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Siobhan Maher
Siobhan Maher Kennedy (born 11 January 1964) is an English singer and songwriter. She was the lead vocalist of the Liverpool-based band River City People during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band released two albums, '' Say Something Good'' and '' This Is the World''. She is the daughter of Liverpool entertainer and BBC Radio Merseyside presenter Billy Maher. Musical career In the 1980s, prior to joining River City People, Maher had been a vocalist with the local bands Passion Polka, Peep Show (with future RCP bassist Dave Snell, to whom she was briefly married) and The Persuaders (with future RCP drummer and co-founder Paul Speed). After River City People split, Maher teamed with the rave act Oceanic for the single "Ignorance" after their regular singer Jorinde Williams lost her voice. "Ignorance" charted at number 72 on the Official UK Singles chart in November 1992 and would be Maher Kennedy's only solo credited hit on the Official Charts database. A couple of years la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singing
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art song or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music, Japanese music, and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal, and popular music styles such as pop, rock, and electronic dance music. Singing can be formal or informal, arranged, or improvised. It may be done as a form of religious devotion, as a hobby, as a source of pleasure, comfort, or ritual as part of music education or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Kennedy (country Singer)
Ray Kennedy (born May 13, 1954)Whitburn, Joel (1996). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits'', p.173. . is an American country music artist. He has recorded two albums for Atlantic Records. His two albums produced four singles that appeared on the Hot Country Songs charts; 1990's " What a Way to Go" was his only top 40 country hit and peaked at No.10. Born in Buffalo, New York, Kennedy won a Grammy Award in 2005 in the Best Contemporary Folk Album category for producing Steve Earle's album '' The Revolution Starts Now''. He has produced many recordings with Earle which are collectively known as The Twangtrust. Ray's father is Ray Kennedy, Sr. Ray Kennedy Sr. was a credit manager for Sears; he had the idea to create the Discover Card which was launched in 1985. Ray Kennedy Jr. is married to Siobhan Maher Kennedy. Discography Albums Singles Music videos As a producer *'' Dream Number 29'' by Cindy Bullens (2005) References External links *AllMusic Biography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Corazón (Steve Earle Album)
''El Corazón'' (English: ''The Heart'') is the seventh album by American singer-songwriter Steve Earle, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). The music writers of The Associated Press voted it one of the ten best pop albums of the 1990s. Track listing All songs written by Steve Earle. #"Christmas in Washington" – 4:58 #"Taneytown" – 5:13 #*With Emmylou Harris on background vocals. #"If You Fall" – 4:10 #"I Still Carry You Around" – 2:45 #*With the Del McCoury Band. #"Telephone Road" – 3:42 #*With The Fairfield Four on background vocals. #"Somewhere Out There" – 3:46 #"You Know the Rest" – 2:12 #"N.Y.C." – 3:37 #*With the Supersuckers. #"Poison Lovers" – 3:47 #*Duet with Siobhan Kennedy. #"The Other Side of Town" – 4:17 #"Here I Am" – 2:38 #"Fort Worth Blues" – 4:02 Personnel *Steve Earle - guitar, vocals, mandola, harmonium, harmonica *Del McCoury - guitar, vocals * Emmylou Harris - vocals *Ray Kennedy - drums, harmonium *Dan Bolton - guitar * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azalea Place
''Azalea Place'' is the second solo album by Joey Tempest, the vocalist in the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was released on 25 April 1997. "After my first solo album I went out to the States to work with Richard Dodd - who's this English guy living out in Nashville – on the second one, which kept me away from home for a long time," Tempest said in an interview, "But it was something that I needed to do, I had to get it out of my system." Track listing # "The Match" – 3:53 (Joey Tempest, Chris Difford) # "If I'd Only Known" – 3:54 (Joey Tempest, Steve Diamond, Richard Dodd) # "The One in the Glass" – 3:20 (Joey Tempest, Janet Zuckerman) # "Dance for You" – 3:12 (Joey Tempest) # "Not Welcome Any More" – 3:53 (Joey Tempest) # "Losing You Again" – 4:21 (Joey Tempest, Kent Lavoie) # "Revolution of Love" – 4:08 (Joey Tempest) # "Better Than Real" – 3:31 (Joey Tempest) # "If We Stay Or If We Go" – 4:02 (Joey Tempest, Will Jennings) # "In Confidence" – 4:27 (Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Tempest
Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson (born 19 August 1963), known professionally as Joey Tempest, is a Swedish singer best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Europe. He has written the band's great hits such as " The Final Countdown", " Rock the Night", "Cherokee", and "Carrie". He started performing in 1979. Early life Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 19 August 1963. When he was eight years old, he would sit in front of the television or radio with a tape recorder and try to capture songs from the UK or US that he liked and listen to them over and over again. He learned how to play the piano and a friend of his father's taught him three chords (A, D, and E) on his sister's acoustic guitar. Larsson played football and ice hockey and competed in go-cart racing; he once came in fourth place in the Junior Cart Race, a Swedish championship. Like many of the other Europe members, Larsson grew up in Stockholm suburb Upplands Väsby. His biggest influences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loup Garou (album)
''Loup Garou'' (French language, French for ''werewolf'') is an album released in 1995 by Willy DeVille. First released in Europe in 1995 on the East West Records, EastWest label, it was released the following year in the United States on the Discovery Records, Discovery label. It was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by John Philip Shenale, who also produced DeVille’s ''Backstreets of Desire'' album. Duet with Brenda Lee ''Loup Garou'' includes a duet with Brenda Lee (“You’ll Never Know”). DeVille said about recording with Lee: She’s amazing, and so professional. She's just this tiny little woman who has this great big voice. I had to cool out her accent a little bit. She had a real Cracker (pejorative), cracker-type of accent. I guess it's gotten thicker over the years, because she didn't sound like that when she was a teenager doing "Sweet Nothing." She didn't know who the hell I was. I just called her up, played the song for her, and she loved it. She had her busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy DeVille
Willy DeVille (born William Paul Borsey Jr.; August 25, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, DeVille created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary music, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr. John, Mark Knopfler, Allen Toussaint, and Eddie Bo. Music of Latin America, Latin rhythms, blues riffs, doo-wop, Cajun music, strains of French cabaret, and echoes of early-1960s uptown Soul music, soul can be heard in DeVille's work. Mink DeVille was a house band at CBGB, the historic New York City nightclub where punk rock was born in the mid-1970s. DeVille helped redefine the Brill Building#"Brill Building Sound", Brill Building sound. In 1987 his song "Storybook Love" was nominated for an Academy Award. After his move to New Orleans in 1988, he helped spark the ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Devaney
Sue Devaney (born Susan Barber, 2 July 1967) is an English actress. Her roles include Debbie Webster in ''Coronation Street'', Rita in ''Jonny Briggs'', Liz Harker in ''Casualty'' and Jane in ''Dinnerladies''. Career Devaney has played various roles on British television including; Debbie Webster in ''Coronation Street'' (1984–1985, 2019–present), Rita Briggs in ''Jonny Briggs'' (1985–1987), Liz Harker in ''Casualty'' (1994–1997), and Jane in ''Dinnerladies'' (1998–2000). In the early 1990s she appeared in a commercial for the Gateway supermarket chain (later Somerfield). In 2009, she played the role of Peggy in the Channel 4 drama '' Shameless'', and lent her voice to the role of Jane in Carol Donaldson's BBC Radio 4 play ''Normal and Nat''. Devaney performed at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury as the Fairy Godmother in ''Cinderella'', Friday 2 December 2011 – Sunday 22 January 2012. In 2013, she appeared in the ITV comedy-drama series ''Great Night Out'' as Linda, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Crane
Howard Andrew Crane (born 24 February 1964) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for presenting Children's BBC between 1987 and 1990 and for his current work as a presenter on the Greatest Hits Radio network. Career Crane started his career in radio before applying for Children's BBC in 1986, making his debut late that year before taking over as sole presenter from Phillip Schofield. In this role he presented the interstitial sections of the schedule through the use of in-vision continuity. Presenting from the continuity announcer's booth, nicknamed 'The Broom Cupboard', Crane presented links until leaving in 1990, to be replaced by Andi Peters. In addition to Children's BBC, Crane also acted as a relief presenter on ''Top of the Pops'' in 1988 and 1989 and was thrown into the 'gunk tank' on the first Comic Relief telethon. After leaving the BBC, Crane moved to co-present the hit technology magazine ''Bad Influence!'', for CITV, with Violet Berlin, between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's BBC
BBC Children's and Education is the BBC division responsible for media content for children in the UK. Since the launch of specially dedicated television channels in 2002, the services have been marketed under two brands. CBBC (short for Children's BBC or initialed for Children's British Broadcasting Corporation) is aimed at children aged between 6 and 12, and CBeebies offers content for younger viewers. Unlike CBeebies, the CBBC brand pre-dates the launch of these channels and before 2002, CBBC was also the brand name used for all of the BBC's children's programmes. CBBC broadcasts from 7:00am to 7:00pm (previously 7:00am to 9:00pm until 4 January 2022) and CBeebies broadcasts from 6:00am to 7:00pm, respectively timesharing with BBC Three for CBBC and BBC Four for CBeebies. The brands also have dedicated websites, social media channels and over-the-top media services on BBC iPlayer. History 1930–1952 The BBC has produced and broadcast television programmes for children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clothes Show
''The Clothes Show'' is a British television show about fashion that was broadcast on BBC One from 1986 to 2000, and from 2006 on UKTV Style and Really. At its height, ''The Clothes Show'' had around 9 million viewers every Sunday night. It also spawned a live event that has outlived the TV show. BBC series (1986-2000) ''The Clothes Show'' was first broadcast on 13 October 1986, with '' Breakfast Times Selina Scott and designer Jeff Banks as its first hosts. The show combined reports from the catwalks with items on how to achieve a catwalk-type look on a reasonable budget. Selina and Jeff were later joined by Caryn Franklin (a former Fashion Editor and co-Editor of international style magazine '' i-D''), who took over as Banks' main co-host after Scott left. Such was the success of the show that in 1989 the annual Clothes Show Live event was launched at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre, and later a magazine was produced to accompany the programme. The programme continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC1
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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