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Sunshine To Rain
''Sunshine to Rain'' is the eleventh studio album by New Zealand-Australian band, Dragon. The band reformed featuring Mark Williams on vocals. The album was released on 27 June 2006 and is their first since 1995's ''Incarnations''. The album debuted and peaked at number 87 on the ARIA Charts. The album release was followed with a tour. Track listing # "Sunshine" (Paul Hewson) – 5:00 # "Speak No Evil" (Alan Mansfield, Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter) – 4:02 # "April Sun in Cuba" (Marc Hunter, Paul Hewson) – 3:47 # "Are You Old Enough?" (Paul Hewson) – 4::43 # "Body and the Beat" (Marc Hunter Robert Taylor) – 3:14 # " Wilderworld" (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter, Todd Hunter) – 3:56 # " Still in Love with You" (Paul Hewson) – 3:19 # "Dreams of Ordinary Men" (Alan Mansfield, Doane Perry, Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter, Todd Rundgren) – 4:24 # " Get that Jive" (Paul Hewson) – 4:01 # "Magic" (Marc Hunter, Robert Taylor) – 4:14 # "Age of Reason" (Todd Hunter, Johanna Pigot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon (band)
Dragon are a New Zealand rock band which was formed in Auckland in January 1972, and, from 1975, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The band was originally fronted by singer Graeme Collins, but rose to fame with singer Marc Hunter and is currently led by his brother, bass player and vocalist Todd Hunter. The group performed, and released material, under the name Hunter in Europe and the United States during 1987. Keyboard player Paul Hewson wrote or co-wrote most of the group's 1970s hits: " April Sun in Cuba" peaked at No. 9 in New Zealand and No. 2 in Australia; " Are You Old Enough?" reached No. 6 in New Zealand and No. 1 in Australia in 1978; and " Still in Love with You" reached No. 35 and No. 27 in each country respectively that same year. Later hits, from when the band re-grouped in the 1980s, were written by other band members, often working with outside associates: The Hunter brothers, with Todd's partner, Johanna Pigott, wrote "Rain", a No. 2 hit in 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilderworld
"Wilderworld" is a song by New Zealand-Australian rock band Dragon released in July 1984 as the fourth single from the group's seventh studio album ''Body and the Beat'' (1984). The song peaked at number 42 on the Australian Kent Music Report. Track listing # "Wilderworld" (Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter, Marc Hunter) – 3:51 # "Easy Street" (Bruce Smeaton) (from the film ''Street Hero ''Street Hero'' is a 1984 Australian film directed by Michael Pattinson and starring Vince Colosimo, Sigrid Thornton, Sandy Gore, Bill Hunter and Ray Marshall. The film won an AFI award. Plot Vinnie is a teenage boy who is an outcast at school, ...'') - Charts References Dragon (band) songs 1984 singles 1983 songs Polydor Records singles Mercury Records singles Songs written by Marc Hunter Songs written by Todd Hunter Songs written by Johanna Pigott {{1980s-NewZealand-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Bell (musician)
Ronald Nathan Bell (November 1, 1951 – September 9, 2020), also known as Khalis Bayyan, was an American composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, saxophonist and co-founding member of Kool & the Gang. The band recorded nine No. 1 R&B singles in the 1970s and 1980s, including its No. 1 pop single " Celebration". The group is honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Early life Bell was born in Youngstown, Ohio, to Aminah Bayyan (1932–2014) and Robert "Bobby" Bell (1929–1985). His father was a professional boxer and Golden Gloves amateur boxing winner. Training in Elwood, New York, he hung out with jazz players and became friends with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, who lived in the same apartment building as the elder Bell. Ronald Bell and his brother, Robert "Kool" Bell, were introduced to jazz at around five or six. The family moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1960. In 1964, the brothers joined neighborhood fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kool & The Gang
Kool & the Gang is an American R&B/soul/funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West. They have undergone numerous changes in personnel and have explored many musical styles throughout their history, including jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, funk, disco, rock, and pop music. After settling on their name following several changes, the group signed to De-Lite Records and released their debut album, ''Kool and the Gang'' (1969). The band's first taste of success came with the release of their fourth album '' Wild and Peaceful'' (1973), which contained the US top-ten singles "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging". Kool & the Gang subsequently entered a period of decline before they reached a second commercial peak between 1979 and 1986 following their partnership with Brazilian musician and producer Eumir Deodato and the additio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebration (Kool & The Gang Song)
"Celebration" is a 1980 song by American band Kool & the Gang. Released as the first single from their twelfth album, ''Celebrate!'' (1980), it was the band's first and only single to reach No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 2021, the Library of Congress selected "Celebration" for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally historically or aesthetically significant". Origins Co-founder Ronald Bell, the group's saxophonist and musical arranger, explained the origins of the song; Composition "Celebration" is in the key of A♭ in common time and was written as a collaboration by the whole band. The song moves at a tempo of 123 beats per minute. The group's vocals span from A3 to E5. Commercial performance "Celebration" reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on February 7, 1981, and held that position for two weeks before Dolly Parton's " 9 to 5" overtook it. It remains the band's only ''Billboard'' No. 1 hit. By late 1980, the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon O'Neill
Sharon Lea O'Neill (born 23 November 1952) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and pianist, who had an Australasian hit single in 1983 with " Maxine" which reached No. 16 on both the Australian Kent Music Report and Recording Industry Association of New Zealand charts. Note: n-lineversion established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.Australian chart peaks: *Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988. *Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: *"Satin Sheets" (ARIA Chart) peak: *''The Very Best of Collette and Sharon O'Neill'': New Zealand chart peaks: *All except "Don't Let Love Go": *"Don't Let Love Go": Career 1960s–1977: Career beginnings Sharon O'Neill is a self taught musician who learned to play guitar by ear and started composing at an early age, by putting chords to her poetry. She began playing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Years
"Young Years" is a song by New Zealand group Dragon, released on 3 April 1989 as the second single to be released from the group's ninth studio album ''Bondi Road'' (1989). "Young Years" peaked at No. 18 on the ARIA charts and No. 13 on the Recorded Music NZ chart, their final top 40 hit to date. Overview NZOn Screen said, "Marc is celebratory in one of his last videos with the band. Todd — bass against the bush background — is gleeful. Written by keyboard player Alan Mansfield and his partner, Kiwi singer Sharon O’Neill, ‘Young Years’ gained added poignancy following Marc Hunter's death in 1998. Track listing # Young Years (Alan Mansfield, Sharon O'Neill) – 3:56 # Runaway (Alan Mansfield, Sharon O'Neill) – 3:49 Charts Personnel * Backing vocals – Mary Azzopardi, Wendy Matthews * Drums – Mitch Farmer * Bass, backing vocals – Todd Hunter * Banjo – Mark Collins * Saxophone – Andrew Oh * Violin – Wayne Goodwin * Guitar – Tommy Emmanuel, Mike Cae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Time (Dragon Song)
"This Time" (In the Right Direction) is a song by New Zealand band Dragon, released in 1976, and included on their album ''Sunshine''. It was released as a single in June 1976, and peaked at No. 26 on the Australian national singles chart, remaining on the chart for 23 weeks B-side The b-side, "The Dreaded Moroczy Bind", did not appear on any of Dragon's studio albums but was included on '' Greatest Hits Vol. 1'' and some subsequent compilations. Chess-fan Hewson named it after the Maróczy Bind, a pawn formation. Track listing # This Time (Marc Hunter, Neil Storey, Paul Hewson, Robert Taylor, Todd Hunter) – 3:05 # The Dreaded Moroczy Bind (Marc Hunter, Neil Storey, Paul Hewson, Robert Taylor, Todd Hunter) – 3:24 Charts Personnel * Paul Hewson – keyboards * Marc Hunter — Vocals * Todd Hunter Todd Stuart Hunter NOTE: Requires user to input song title, e.g. POLITICS (born 22 June 1951) is a New Zealand musician and composer known for his involvement in the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Reason (song)
"Age of Reason" is a song by Australian pop rock singer John Farnham. Written by Todd Hunter and Johanna Pigott, it was released as the first single from Farnham's 1988 album of the same name. The song topped Australia's ARIA Singles Chart for four weeks and became a top-five hit in New Zealand, where it peaked at number four. At the APRA Music Awards of 1990, the song won the Most Performed Australasian Popular Work award. Composition "Age of Reason" was composed by Todd Hunter and partner Johanna Pigott, who had previously written the song "Rain" for Dragon and played together in the XL Capris. Pigott said, "You write songs and you're surprised at what you wrote sometimes, and you think, goodness, is that me, did I do that? It's not something you consider of perfect taste or anything, and someone records them and you think that's fantastic. It's a really exciting and thrilling thing." Music video The music video for "Age of Reason" was filmed in 1988 and included six key scene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic (Dragon Song)
"Magic " is a song by New Zealand-Australian rock band Dragon released in November 1983 as the second single from the group's seventh studio album ''Body and the Beat'' (1984). The song peaked at number 33 on the Australian Kent Music Report. Track listing # "Magic" (Robert Taylor, Marc Hunter) - 3:57 # "April Sun in Cuba "April Sun in Cuba" is a song recorded by New Zealand group Dragon, released in October 1977. It is the first single to be released from Dragon's fourth studio album Running Free. "April Sun in Cuba" first charted on 7 November 1977, peaking at nu ..." (Marc Hunter, Paul Hewson) (Live In Concert 1982) - Charts References Dragon (band) songs 1983 singles 1983 songs Polydor Records singles Mercury Records singles Songs written by Marc Hunter {{1980s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, multimedia artist, sound engineer and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band Utopia. He is known for his sophisticated and often unorthodox music, his occasionally lavish stage shows, and his later experiments with interactive entertainment. He also produced music videos and was an early adopter and promoter of various computer technologies, such as using the Internet as a means of music distribution in the late 1990s. A native of Philadelphia, Rundgren began his professional career in the mid 1960s, forming the psychedelic band Nazz in 1967. Two years later, he left Nazz to pursue a solo career and immediately scored his first US top 40 hit with "We Gotta Get You a Woman" (1970). His best-known songs include "Hello It's Me" and " I Saw the Light" from ''Something/Anything?'' (1972), which get frequent air time on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
