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Roy Phillips (musician)
Roy Godfrey Phillips (born 5 May 1941, in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset) is a British musician. He was a member of The Soundtracks (a backing group of The Dowlands), The Saints and The Peddlers. Background Phillips is known as the voice and keyboard sound of well-known popular trio, The Peddlers which was formed in Manchester in 1964 . In later years, Phillips was so taken with New Zealand, he decided to settle there. He has lived there since 1981. he spent some time in Auckland but didn't want to settle there so he moved up north to Paihia and ran a café there for eight years. After that he moved to Queenstown. In 2002, he moved to Christchurch and married to his wife, Robyn. He is still performing and writing music. Career 1960s During the 1960s, Phillips was a member of The Song Peddlers which with addition of Trevor Morais became a trio. The lineup also included Tab Martin. The group were managed by Alan Lewis. A single "Rose Marie" bw "I'm Not Afraid" was released on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkstone
Parkstone is an area of Poole, Dorset. It is divided into 'Lower' and 'Upper' Parkstone. Upper Parkstone - "Up-on-'ill" as it used to be known in local parlance - is so-called because it is largely on higher ground slightly to the north of the lower-lying area of Lower Parkstone - "The Village" - which includes areas adjacent to Poole Harbour. Because of the proximity to the shoreline, and the more residential nature of Lower Parkstone, it is the more sought-after district, and originally included Lilliput and the Sandbanks Peninsula (now part of Canford Cliffs) within its official bounds. Lower Parkstone is centred on Ashley Cross, the original location of Parkstone Grammar School, near to the Parish Church of St. Peter. Despite the residential reputation, Parkstone was the site of several industrial undertakings, the largest being George Jennings South Western Pottery, a manufacturer of salt-glaze drainage and sanitary pipes, which had its own steam locomotive, that ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girlie (song)
Girlie was a hit for jazz/pop trio, The Peddlers in 1970. It was also a major hit for them in New Zealand. Background The song which was composed by Roy Phillips was released on CBS 4720 in January, 1970. It was backed with "P.S. I Love You Girlie". As a follow-up to their Top 10 hit "Birth", it didn't do as well and was a minor success. New Zealand was where the song would be a classic. Along with "Birth", "Girlie" is from their ''Birthday'' album. It was also covered by Patty Pravo and released as "Il Mio Fiore Nero". Lucio Dalla Lucio Dalla (; 4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards. Dalla was the composer of " Caruso" (1986), a song dedicated to Italian opera tenor Enrico Caruso, and ... did a version of the song which appears on his ''Terra di gaibola'' album. Chart performance Spending a total of four weeks in the UK singles chart, it peaked at No. 34 on January 31, 1970. However in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acid Jazz Records
Acid Jazz Records is a record label based in East London formed by Gilles Peterson and Eddie Piller in 1987. The label is the namesake of the acid-jazz subgenre of jazz music for which it is most famously known for producing. Background The label's first signing was singer-songwriter Rob Gallagher's band, Galliano, which released the label's first single "Frederick Lies Still" in 1987, which features a sample of "Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield. The label was known in its early days for putting on club nights at Camden's Dingwalls featuring artists such as The Night Trains and A Man Called Adam. In 1989 after Peterson left in order to create his own label Talkin' Loud, Acid Jazz signed a second wave of artists including the Brand New Heavies, who released their self-titled debut album in 1990, Corduroy, Mother Earth, and Jamiroquai, who released their debut single "When You Gonna Learn" on the label in 1992. Throughout the 1990s the label also put out a number of compila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Brothers Records
Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the American film studio Warner Bros. Artists who have recorded for Warner Records include Madonna, Prince, Cher, Devo, The B-52s, Frank Sinatra, Joni Mitchell, Van Halen, Alice Cooper, Kylie Minogue, Goo Goo Dolls, Tom Petty, Sheryl Crow, Gorillaz, Adam Lambert, Bette Midler, Grateful Dead, Jane's Addiction, Blur, Duran Duran, Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, Liam Gallagher, James Taylor, Lily Allen, JoJo, Linkin Park, Muse, George Benson, Nile Rodgers, Black Sabbath, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, My Chemical Romance, Tevin Campbell, Mac Miller, Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, R.E.M., and Sex Pistols. History Founding At the end of the silent movie period, Warner Bros. Pictures decided to expand into publishing and recording so that it could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoop
Scoop, Scoops or The scoop may refer to: Objects * Scoop (tool), a shovel-like tool, particularly one deep and curved, used in digging * Scoop (machine part), a component of machinery to carry things * Scoop stretcher, a device used for casualty lifting * Scoop (utensil), a specialized spoon for serving * Hood scoop, a ventilating opening in the bonnet (hood) of a car * Scoop (theater), a type of wide area lighting fixture * Scoop neckline, a kind of shirt neckline Characters * Scoop (''G.I. Joe''), a character in the ''G.I. Joe'' universe * Scoop, a toy bulldozer in ''Scoop and Doozie'' * Todd "Scoops" Ming, a character on ''WordGirl'' * Scoop, a backhoe loader character in ''Bob the Builder'' Film and television * ''The Scoop'' (film), a 1934 British crime film * ''Scoop'' (1987 film), a film based on novel by Evelyn Waugh * ''Scoop'' (2006 film), a film by Woody Allen * ''Scoop!'', a 2016 Japanese film * ''Scoop'', a Malaysian film by Aziz M. Osman * ''Scoop'' (TV se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Lewis
Linda Ann Fredericks (born 27 September 1950), better known as Linda Lewis, is an English vocalist, songwriter and guitarist. She is the eldest of six children, three of whom also had singing careers. She is best known for the singles " Rock-a-Doodle-Doo" (1973), "Sideway Shuffle" (1973) and her version of Betty Everett's " Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" (1975), and for albums such as ''Lark'' (1972), '' Not a Little Girl Anymore'' (1975), '' Woman Overboard'' (1977) and the later ''Second Nature'' (1995), which became successful in countries such as Japan. Lewis also provided vocals for others such as David Bowie, Al Kooper, Cat Stevens, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Rick Wakeman, Rod Stewart, Peter Bardens, Hummingbird, Joan Armatrading and Jamiroquai. Lewis is a self-taught guitarist and keyboard player, influenced by Harry Nilsson, Billie Holiday and Smokey Robinson, also drawing inspiration from others such as Joni Mitchell. Her music blends folk, funk and soul. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Parrish
Dean Parrish (born Philip Anastasi, or Anastasia; December 30, 1942 – June 8, 2021) was an American singer from New York City, best known for the song, " I'm on My Way", which became noted for being the penultimate record that was played at the last Northern soul all-nighter at the Wigan Casino. Career Anastasi was born to Italian and Spanish parents and was raised in Little Italy, New York. He lived by the train lines in Brooklyn. Anastasi sang second tenor in a street corner doo-wop group and attended the School of Industrial Arts. He was spotted by the same manager who looked after The Mystics and The Passions who tried to convince Anastasi to go from second tenor to lead/solo singer. The Peppermint Lounge was New York's premier nightclub in the very early 1960s. Anastasi frequented the establishment and would eventually appear on the bill. On the advice of The Ronettes' lead singer, Ronnie Spector, he changed his name to Dean Parrish and began his own recording career i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clem Curtis
Clem Curtis (born Curtis Clements; 28 November 1940 – 27 March 2017) was a Trinidadian British singer, who was the original lead vocalist of sixties soul group The Foundations. Background Family He was the father of seven children, six sons and a daughter from previous relationships. Early years Born in Trinidad as Curtis Clements, he arrived in England at the age of fifteen and later found employment as an interior decorator. He entered boxing and won most of his fights as a professional boxer. His mother was a popular singer in Trinidad and Curtis claims that this contributed to his ear for music. Between 1966 and 1967 Curtis joined The Ramong Sound. He joined the group after hearing from his uncle that Ramong, Raymond Morrison, the lead singer of the group, was looking for backing singers. Curtis initially had very limited singing experience, only singing with his uncle when he came around the house with the guitar. After losing their original lead singer, the band took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Tilbrook
Glenn Martin Tilbrook (born 31 August 1957) is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid-1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the decade's end. He generally wrote the music for Squeeze's songs, while his writing partner, Chris Difford, wrote the lyrics. In addition to his songwriting skills, Tilbrook is respected both as a singer and an accomplished guitarist. He was born in Woolwich, London. Squeeze Tilbrook formed Squeeze with fellow guitarist and vocalist Chris Difford in the mid-1970s. Difford had placed an advertisement at a local shop looking for a guitarist and Tilbrook was the only person to respond. Tilbrook also recruited school friend Jools Holland to join the band in its early stages. Tilbrook and Difford would ultimately form a songwriting partnership that was responsible for writing most Squeeze songs, with Tilbrook writing music and Difford writing lyrics. Tilbrook also served as lead guitarist and performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Large
Lord Large is a 60s-influenced Acid Jazz band formed by Stephen Large, a British keyboard-player currently in Squeeze (band), Squeeze (and previously in the Electric Soft Parade, a band who won a Q Award and a Mercury Music Prize nomination in 2002) and drummer Andrew Jones (from Ronnie Scotts Rejects). Career An album by Lord Large, ''The Lord's First XI'', was released that featured Lord Large with some other artists namely Roy Phillips (musician), Roy Phillips from The Peddlers, Clem Curtis of The Foundations, UK female soul singer Linda Lewis, Glenn Tilbrook and Dean Parrish. The album which contains a hidden bonus jam got a 4 star rating by ''Metro (British newspaper), Metro''. It was given a 3 star rating by ''Mojo (magazine), Mojo'' with Curtis' three songs as the highlights and "Stuck in a Wind Up" being the perfect Northern Soul dance floor filler. A number of singles were released including "Stuck in a Wind Up" by Lord Large feat Clem Curtis and "Left Right & Centre" by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Close Up (TV Programme)
''Close Up'' is a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme produced by Television New Zealand. The programme aired at 7 pm weeknights (straight after '' One News'') on TV ONE and was presented in its final years by Mark Sainsbury. The last edition was broadcast on 30 November 2012. '' Seven Sharp'', a current affairs show aimed at a younger audience, took its place in 2013. The new ''Close Up'' began broadcasting on 2 November 2004 as a replacement for the ''Holmes'' show immediately after Paul Holmes announced his resignation from TVNZ and that he would be presenting a similar show on Prime in 2005. The show was originally branded as ''Close Up at 7'' using the existing ''Holmes'' studio; when the show relaunched in 2005, it was branded as simply ''Close Up'' with a new-look studio. ''Close Up'' was hosted by Susan Wood from its first show in 2004 until 4 December 2006, when she resigned from TVNZ, citing health problems. ''Close Up'' competed with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AudioCulture
AudioCulture is a New Zealand On Air funded online project billed as the "''Noisy Library of New Zealand Music''". Working with artists, historians and music industry people, the website tells the story of nearly 100 years of New Zealand popular music culture, from the first local recordings in the 1920s to digital streaming. The website launched on 31 May 2013, with 250 published pages and since then has been growing steadily with new pages and stories added regularly. Organisation The site was conceived and founded by New Zealand music industry historian and pioneer Simon Grigg. Grigg first conceived an online database of New Zealand music in the late 2000s and spent much of the next few years seeking funding and gathering support from the music industry in New Zealand. Backed by Recorded Music New Zealand he approached various funding bodies but was repeatedly turned down. Finally, in 2012 NZ On Air agreed to fund the site. AudioCulture was placed under the wing of the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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