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Shakin' Street (album)
Shakin' Street may refer to: *"Shakin' Street", a song by MC5 from their 1970 album '' Back in the USA'' *Shakin' Street, a French rock band founded by Eric Lévi and Fabienne Shine {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back In The USA (album)
''Back in the USA'' is the debut studio album (and second album overall, following 1969's live album ''Kick Out the Jams'') by American rock band MC5. Background The central focus of the album is the band's movement away from the raw, thrashy sound pioneered and captured on their first release, the live album ''Kick Out the Jams'' (1969). This was due in part to producer Jon Landau's distaste for the rough psychedelic rock movement, and his adoration for the straightforward rock and roll of the 1950s. Landau, who originally wrote for ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, was looking to get more involved in actual music production. Becoming close with Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler was his chance and led Landau to the politically radical MC5, who had just been picked up by Atlantic after being dropped from Elektra Records in 1969 – the Kinney National Company (later known as Time Warner), parent of Atlantic, acquired Elektra in the same year of this album's release; both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Lévi
Éric Jacques Levisalles, stagename Eric Lévi (Paris, 1955) is a French rock musician and film composer. In 1975, Eric Lévi founded the hard rock band Shakin' Street with Fabienne Shine, which would release the two albums ''Vampire Rock'' and ''Solid as a Rock''. Shakin' Street briefly toured with AC/DC and the Blue Öyster Cult before disbanding in 1981. He then moved to New York, and back to Paris in 1992. Later on in his career, Eric Lévi wrote the musical score to several films, including '' L'Opération Corned-beef'' the comedy ''Les Visiteurs'' which was an international success and one of the highest-grossing films of all time in France, and La Vengeance d'une Blonde. Levi wrote the end-credit song People And Places for La Vengeance d'une Blonde with Philip Bailey and Roxanne Seeman. People And Places was recorded by Dee Dee Bridgewater and Philip Bailey for the film soundtrack. It was released as a single and on the soundtrack album as a single, club mix, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |