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Solid Bronze – Great Hits
''Solid Bronze: Great Hits'' is The Beautiful South's ninth album and second greatest hits compilation. It was released in November 2001 and contains 19 tracks. The album contains two songs ("Pretenders to the Throne" and "Dream a Little Dream") that were released between '' Carry on up the Charts'' and '' Blue Is the Colour'', and never made it onto any album. It produced one single, "The Root of All Evil", released the same month as the album, and only getting to number 50 in the UK Singles Chart. The album got to number 10. The name of the album parodies other compilation albums e.g. "Solid Gold - Greatest Hits" by self-deprecating the popularity of the band. Track listing CD Single/CDEP B-Sides As was their usual modus operandi, ''The Beautiful South'' included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums. Three tracks on this compilation, all singles, had not previously appeared on a Beautiful South album in the UK. from the "Dream A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South were an English pop rock group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Hull group The Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members throughout the band's existence were former Housemartins roadie Sean Welch (bass), Dave Stead (drums) and Dave Rotheray (guitar). The band's original material was written by Heaton and Rotheray. After the band's first album, ''Welcome to the Beautiful South'' (1989, recorded as a quintet), they were joined by a succession of female vocalists. All of the following artists performed lead and backing vocals alongside Heaton and Hemingway – Briana Corrigan for albums two and three after appearing as a guest vocalist on one, followed by Jacqui Abbott for the fourth to seventh albums, and finally Alison Wheeler for the final three Beautiful South albums. The group were known for their wry and socially observant lyrics. They broke up in January 2007, claiming the spli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabian Andre
Fabian Andre (January 8, 1910 – March 30, 1960) was an American composer, best known for co-writing the music of " Dream a Little Dream of Me" with Wilbur Schwandt in 1931. Popular in its time, the song was revived in 1968 when covered by the Mamas & the Papas. As an orchestra leader, he had a hit with the song "Dance of an Ear of Corn" for Columbia Records in July 1940. Death In 1960, Andre was found dead in his hotel room in Mexico City. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be "alcoholic congestion". Years later, the Mamas and the Papas decided to record "Dream a Little Dream of Me" after member Michelle Phillips Michelle may refer to: People *Michelle (name), a given name and surname, the feminine form of Michael * Michelle Courtens, Dutch singer, performing as "Michelle" * Michelle (German singer) * Michelle (Scottish singer) (born 1980), Scottish ... got word that Andre, whom she met in her childhood, had died supposedly in a fall down an elevator shaft. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream A Little Dream Of Me (song)
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" is a 1931 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was first recorded in February 1931 by Ozzie Nelson and also by Wayne King and His Orchestra, with vocals by Ernie Birchill. A popular standard, it has seen more than 60 other versions recorded. The song enjoyed its highest-charting success when it was covered in 1968 by Cass Elliot with The Mamas & the Papas, and followed the same year with a recording by Anita Harris. More than 40 other versions followed, including by the Mills Brothers, Sylvie Vartan, Henry Mancini, The Beautiful South, Anne Murray, Erasure, Michael Bublé, Tony DeSare, Eddie Vedder, Karen Fukuhara and Italian vocal group Blue Penguin. Early recordings "Dream a Little Dream of Me" was recorded by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra, with vocal by Nelson, on February 16, 1931, for Brunswick Records. Two days later, Wayne King and His Orchestra, with vocal by Ernie Birchill, recorded the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud)
Good as Gold may refer to: * ''Good as Gold'' (novel), a 1979 novel by Joseph Heller * ''Good as Gold'' (Red Rockers album), 1983 * ''Good as Gold'' (Eddie Money album), 1996 * " Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud)", a 1994 song by The Beautiful South * Good as Gold (''Doctor Who''), a 2012 ''Doctor Who'' Script to Screen ''Blue Peter'' special episode * ''Good as Gold'' (film), a 1927 American Western film * “Good as Gold” (song), 2020 song by Ai * "Good as Gold", a song by Dala from ''Best Day ''Best Day'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian band Dala Dala may refer to: Places *Dala Airport, Dalarna province, Sweden *Dala, Angola * Dala, Bhutan * Dala, Kano, Nigeria **Dalla Hill, a hill in Kano, Nigeria *Đala, Serbia * Dalas, Kh ...'', 2012 See also * '' Good as Gold!'', a 1983 album by Country Gentlemen, released in 1983 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miaow (album)
''Miaow'' is the fourth album by English pop rock group the Beautiful South. It was released in 1994 via GO! Discs. As with most Beautiful South albums, the songs were written by Dave Rotheray and Paul Heaton. The cover originally depicted numerous dogs seated in a music hall with a gramophone on the stage. However, HMV made the band withdraw it as it mocked their trademark dog, and the band put out a second cover depicting four dogs in a boat. Both paintings were created by Michael Sowa. The album's tracks reflect a depressing period in Heaton's life, and this continues with the follow-up album '' Blue is the Colour'' (1996). The songs also led the group's first female singer, Briana Corrigan, to leave the band; after Heaton sent her copies of the songs, including "Mini-correct" and "Worthless Lie", she swiftly made the decision to leave. Heaton employed the then-unknown Jacqui Abbott, who went on to appear on every album up to ''Painting It Red'', to replace Corrigan. ''Miao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Neil
Fred Neil (March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularly " Everybody's Talkin", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after it was used in the film ''Midnight Cowboy'' in 1969. Though highly regarded by contemporary folk singers, he was reluctant to tour and spent much of the last 30 years of his life assisting with the preservation of dolphins. Life and career Fred Neil was born Frederick Ralph Morlock Jr., in Cleveland, Ohio, just two weeks after his parents, Frederick Ralph Morlock and Lura Camp Riggs, married. Neil later said that he took his stage name from his maternal grandmother, Addie Neill, the family member of whom he was fondest. While they lived in Ohio, his father installed sound systems for the Automatic Musical Instrument Distribution Company (AMI), which ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choke (album)
''Choke'' is The Beautiful South's second album, released in 1990. It was pushed to number 2 in the charts after the release of the band's only number-1 single, "A Little Time". The album was followed by two more singles, both of which were flops. "My Book", which became the band's first single to chart outside the top 40, peaked at number 43, and "Let Love Speak Up Itself" reached number 51. Non-German releases of the album contain 11 tracks. The twelfth track, exclusive to the German release, was intended for the album from the beginning but was removed at a late stage of production. The cassette release of the standard version feature a long silence at the end of the first side, possibly indicating that this would have been the location originally intended for the track. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' wrote that "''Choke'' makes it clear that the Beautiful South has ample pop sense and pure venom to keep its unique act going for quite a while." ''The New York Times'' wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Little Time
"A Little Time" is a song by English pop rock group the Beautiful South, the first single to be released from their second album, '' Choke''. It consists of a duet featuring vocalists Dave Hemingway and Briana Corrigan. Produced by , "A Little Time" is the band's only single to reach number one on the , and it peaked inside the top 20 in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Lyrical content |
Don't Marry Her
"Don't Marry Her" is a song by English pop rock group the Beautiful South and the opening track on their fifth studio album, '' Blue Is the Colour'' (1996). Vocalist Jacqui Abbott begs a man to run away with her from the woman he is going to marry and attempts to sway him by describing what she thinks married life with the other woman will be like, painting an uninviting picture. Released on 2 December 1996, the single peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. Background The song's lyrics were substantially altered for the release as a single – changing from "Don't marry her, fuck me" to "Don't marry her, have me", and with "sweaty bollocks" becoming " Sandra Bullocks". The song spent 10 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number eight, and also charted within the lower reaches of several European charts. The single version appears on the best of album '' Solid Bronze: Great Hits'', while '' Soup'' features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome To The Beautiful South
''Welcome to the Beautiful South'' is the debut album by English band The Beautiful South, released in October 1989 by Go! Discs and the next year in the United States by Elektra Records. Three singles were released from the album, which became top 40 hits in the United Kingdom: " Song for Whoever" (#1), "You Keep It All In" (#8) and "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" (#31). The original album cover depicted two pictures by Jan Saudek, one of a woman with a gun in her mouth, and another with a man smoking. Woolworths refused to stock the album, in the words of the band, to "prevent the hoards '' ic' of impressionable young fans from blowing their heads off in a gun-gobbling frenzy, or taking up smoking"; An alternative cover featuring a picture of a stuffed toy rabbit and a teddy bear was therefore made. A second alternative cover was also prepared for the Canadian edition of the album; this version omitted the picture of the woman, and featured only the smoking man. ''NME'' included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |