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Sam Phillips (musician)
Leslie Ann Phillips (born June 28, 1962), better known by her stage name Sam Phillips, is an American singer and songwriter. Her albums include the critically acclaimed '' Martinis & Bikinis'' in 1994 and '' Fan Dance'' in 2001. She has also composed scores for the television shows ''Gilmore Girls'', ''Bunheads'', and ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel''. Early life Phillips was born in Glendale, California to parents William and Peggy Phillips. She is the second of three children and has a brother and a sister. She was given the nickname Sam, which would later become her stage name. Phillips started singing at a young age, along with dancing, painting, and playing the piano. Phillips also started studying philosophy and fundamentalism at the age of 14. Phillips began writing songs as a teenager to cope with her parents' divorce. Career Phillips began her musical career in the early 1980s in the contemporary Christian music industry, where she sang background vocals for Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census the population was 196,543, up from 191,719 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the List of largest California cities by population, 24th-largest city in California. It is located about north of downtown Los Angeles. Glendale lies in the Verdugo Mountains, and is a suburb in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The city is bordered to the northwest by the Sun Valley, Los Angeles, Sun Valley and Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, Tujunga neighborhoods of Los Angeles; to the northeast by La Cañada Flintridge, California, La Cañada Flintridge and the unincorporated area of La Crescenta, California, La Crescenta; to the west by Burbank, California, Burbank and Griffith Park; to the east by Eagle Rock, Los An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Christian Music
Contemporary Christian music, also known as CCM, Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christian faith and stylistically rooted in Christian music. It was formed by those affected by the 1960s Jesus movement revival who began to express themselves in other styles of popular music, beyond the church music of hymns, gospel and Southern gospel music that was prevalent in the church at the time. Initially referred to as Jesus music, today, the term is typically used to refer to pop, but also includes rock, alternative rock, hip hop, metal, contemporary worship, punk, hardcore punk, latin, EDM, R&B-influenced gospel and country styles. It has representation on several music charts including '' Billboard''s Christian Albums, Christian Songs, Hot Christian AC (Adult Contemporary), Christian CHR, Soft AC/Inspirational and Christian Digital Songs as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinis And Bikinis
''Martinis & Bikinis'' is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Sam Phillips. It was released on March 8, 1994 and re-released on July 17, 2012. "Circle of Fire" was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards. The photographs included in this album's artwork reportedly led to Phillips' role as a mute terrorist in the film ''Die Hard with a Vengeance''. Track listing Personnel * Sam Phillips * T Bone Burnett * Mickey Curry * David Mansfield * Jerry Scheff Guests * Michael Blair * Peter Buck * Marvin Etzioni * Don Heffington * Van Dyke Parks * Marc Ribot * Larry Taylor * Benmont Tench Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Early years Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin ... * Sid Page Strings Charts References {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinis and Bikinis 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in 2020, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist, Best British Male Artist. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Costello number 80 on its Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Costello began his career as part of London's Pub rock (United Kingdom), pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk and new wave movement that emerged in the mid-to-late 1970s. His critically acclaimed debut album ''My Aim Is True'' was released in 1977. Shortly after recording it, he formed the Attractions as his backing band. His second album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruel Inventions
''Cruel Inventions'' is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Sam Phillips. Critical reception ''Cruel Inventions'' received mostly favorable reviews from critics. At ''Entertainment Weekly'', David Browne gave the album an A, writing that it "...is fraught with both beauty and tension, making it one of the year's most beguiling records." Browne named it his sixth favorite album of 1991. Track listing Personnel * Sam Phillips – vocals, Chamberlin, guitars * T Bone Burnett – Chamberlin, guitars * Van Dyke Parks – Chamberlin, string arrangements * Jim Goodwin – acoustic piano * Elvis Costello – guitars * Marc Ribot – guitars * Jerry Scheff – bass * Alex Acuña – drums, percussion * Michael Blair – drums, percussion * Mickey Curry – drums, percussion * Ralph Forbes – drums, percussion * David Kemper – drums, percussion * Scott Musick – drums, percussion * Sandy Bull – oud * The Sid Page Strings – string quartet ** Larry Corbet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks. He is best known for his 1967 album ''Song Cycle (album), Song Cycle'' and for his collaborations with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys (particularly the album ''Smile (The Beach Boys album), Smile''). In addition to producing or arranging albums by Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, Phil Ochs, Little Feat, Happy End (band), Happy End, Ry Cooder and Joanna Newsom, Parks has worked with performers such as Syd Straw, Ringo Starr, U2, Grizzly Bear (band), Grizzly Bear, Inara George, Kimbra, Suzy Williams, and Silverchair. Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Parks spent his childhood studying clarinet, piano, and singing at the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey. He started his professional career as a child actor. During the 1950s, he worked steadily in movies and television, and in the early 1960s, he majored in mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indescribable Wow
''The Indescribable Wow'' is the fifth studio album from American singer and songwriter Sam Phillips. It is her first album for Virgin Records and her first album she released after moving from Christian pop to secular alternative rock and using the name Sam rather than Leslie. The single "Holding On to the Earth" peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in early 1989. Reception ''The Indescribable Wow'' was well received. In ''Rolling Stone'' the reviewer said, "Phillips is a major talent, with great rewards to offer" while AllMusic states that the album's music is "timeless". Track listing Personnel * Sam Phillips – vocals, guitars * Mike Utley – organ * David Miner – harpsichord, harmonium, bass * T Bone Burnett – guitars, mandocello, Marxophone, arrangements (5) * Jerry Scheff – bass * Mickey Curry – drums * Steve Jordan – drums * Alex Acuña – drums, percussion * Ralph Forbes – drum machine * Darrell Leonard – trumpet * Buell Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. History Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House. In 1934 they published the first authorized edition of James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses'' in the Anglophone world. ''Ulysses'' transformed Random House into a formidable publisher over the next two decades. In 1936, it absorbed the firm of Smith and Haas—Robert Haas became the third partner until retiring and selling his share back to Cerf and Klopfer in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Turning (album)
''The Turning'' is an album by Leslie Phillips that was released by Myrrh in 1987 and re-released in 1997 under the name Sam Phillips. This album marks the first time Phillips worked with producer T Bone Burnett. The two married soon after the release of this album, and Burnett would go on to produce more albums for the singer. ''The Turning'' stands out as a turning point in Phillips' career as a singer and songwriter; on one side, the cheerful, upbeat pop-rock albums that she recorded in the early 1980s, and, on the other, the quirky 60's music influenced rock and folk albums, with a much darker and more poetic tone lyrically. This album was listed at No. 8 in the book ''CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music''.''The Turning'' peaked at number 21 on the ''Billboard'' Top Inspirational Albums chart. Track listing Personnel * Leslie Phillips – vocals, harmony vocals, synthesizers, drum programming * John Andrew Schreiner – synthesizers * T Bone Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black And White In A Grey World
''Black and White in a Grey World'' is the third album by Leslie Phillips, released in 1985 on Myrrh Records. Phillips picked up her first Grammy Award nomination (as Leslie Phillips) for Best Gospel Performance, Female at the 28th Grammy Awards. The album peaked at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Top Inspirational Albums chart. Track listing All songs written by Leslie Phillips, except where noted. Side one # "Black And White in a Grey World" – 4:20 # "Tug of War" – 3:21 # "When The World Is New" – 4:31 # "Psalm 55" – 3:49 # "Your Kindness" – 4:02 # "Larger Than Life" – 3:44 Side two # "The More I Know You" – 5:02 # "Smoke Screen" (Phillips, Daniel Brown) – 3:38 # "You're My Lord" – 4:14 # "Walls of Silence" – 4:54 # "You're the Same" – 4:15 # "Love Is Not Lost" – 3:46 Note: Cassette and LP versions did not include "Larger Than Life" and "Love Is Not Lost". However, these tracks were issued on vinyl in Australia. "Love Is Not Lost" would lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing With Danger
''Dancing with Danger'' is the second album by Leslie Phillips, released in 1984 on Myrrh Records. The album peaked at number 20 on the ''Billboard'' Top Inspirational Albums chart. Critical reception AllMusic wrote that "while the focus of the album is on dance music, Phillips' pop smarts are already evident, and her songwriting is unconventional (especially for Christian music)." Track listing All songs written by Leslie Phillips Side one # "Dancing with Danger" (remix) – 3:29 # "I Won't Let It Come Between Us" (remix) – 4:32 # "Strength of My Life" (guest vocals by Russ Taff) – 5:34 # "Give 'em All You've Got (Tonight)" – 4:24 # "By My Spirit" (with Matthew Ward) - 4:43 Side two # "Hiding in the Shadows" – 3:52 # "Powder Room Politics" – 2:40 # "Light of Love" – 4:17 # "Song in the Night" – 3:52 # "Here He Comes with My Heart" – 2:48 CD bonus track # "By My Spirit" (Radio version) – 5:42 Personnel * Leslie Phillips – lead vocals, backin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
