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Todd Cerney
Todd David Cerney (August 8, 1953 – March 14, 2011) was an American songwriter and musician. He composed " Good Morning Beautiful", a 2002 five-week country number one (Billboard) hit for Steve Holy (co-written with Zack Lyle); "The Blues Is My Business" (co-written with Kevin Bowe), part of Etta James' 2003 Grammy Award-winning album "Let's Roll"; and "I'll Still Be Loving You", a 1987 country number one (Billboard) hit for Restless Heart (co-written with Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy, and Pat Bunch). He and his co-writers were nominated for a Grammy Award for "I'll Still Be Loving You". The song won the 1988 award for "ASCAP Country Song of the Year". Cerney was born in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Zanesville High School in Zanesville, Ohio in 1971. He began his song-writing career after moving to Nashville, where he initially worked aBuzz_Cason">Buzz_Cason's_Creative_Workshopas_an_Audio_engineering.html" "title="Buzz_Cason's_Creative_Workshop.html" ;"title="Buzz Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and the 14th-largest in the United States. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. ''Time'' named Detroit as one of the fifty World's Greatest Places of 2022 to explore. Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional economy in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanesville High School
Zanesville High School is a public high school in Zanesville, Ohio. Zanesville High School is the only public high school in the Zanesville City School District. History The first Zanesville High School was built in downtown North 6th Street 1849 and opened its doors in 1855. In 1908, a new Zanesville High School was built across the street and named Lash High School in honor of Superintendent William D. Lash. The fourth version, was opened on September 9, 1954, on Blue Ave. This land was willed by John McIntire for public park/education. At the time of its opening, the Times Recorder' said of the $4 million school, "you have to see it to believe it.". Old Lash High became Hancock Jr High until it was demolished in the early 1980s. From 1908 until 1988, ZHS housed grades 10–12, now ZHS houses grades 9–12. The fifth Zanesville High School opened its doors on Tuesday, September 7, 2010, built on the same land as the old ZHS on Blue Ave. Student/teacher population Zanesvill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
''I'm Gonna Git You Sucka'' is a 1988 American blaxploitation parody film written, directed by, and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans in his directorial debut. Featured in the film are several noteworthy African-American actors who were part of the genre of blaxploitation: Jim Brown, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, and Isaac Hayes. Other actors in the film are Kadeem Hardison, Ja'net Dubois, John Witherspoon, Damon Wayans, Clarence Williams III, and Chris Rock. The film is also the film debut of comedian Robin Harris, who appears as a bartender, and of brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. The film's main villain, "Mr. Big," was played by John Vernon. Plot Soldier Jack Spade returns home to Any Ghetto, U.S.A. after receiving news that his brother, Junebug, died of an "OG" – overdosing on gold chains. Surveying the old neighborhood, Jack observes the effect of gold chains on his community and desires revenge not only for his brother's death, but for the community at large. He vows to des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Tops
The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet from Detroit who helped to define the city's Motown sound of the 1960s. The group's repertoire has included soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, doo-wop, jazz, and show tunes. Founded as the Four Aims, lead singer Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton remained together for over four decades, performing from 1953 until 1997 without a change in personnel. The Four Tops were among a number of groups, including the Miracles, the Marvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas, the Temptations, and the Supremes, who established the Motown Sound heard around the world during the 1960s. They were notable for having Stubbs, a baritone, as their lead singer, whereas most other male and mixed vocal groups of the time were fronted by tenors. The group was the main male vocal group for the highly successful songwriting and production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland, who crafted a stream of hit singles fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the " Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in ''Rolling Stone''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". With global sales of over 75 million records, Franklin is one of the world's best-selling music artists. As a child, Franklin was noticed for her gospel singing at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was a minister. At the age of 18, she was signed as a recording artist for Columbia Records. While her career did not immediately flourish, Franklin found acclaim and commercial success once she signed with Atlantic Records in 1966. Hit songs such as "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", " Respect", " (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Chain of Fools", "Think", and "I Say a Little Prayer", propelled Franklin past her musical peers. Franklin continued to record acclaimed albums such as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad English (album)
''Bad English'' is the debut studio album by British/American glam metal supergroup Bad English. It was released in on June 26, 1989. The album was a massive success, especially because of the No. 1 single " When I See You Smile". That single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America while the album was certified platinum. Aside from that song, the album had two other top 40 hits, "Price of Love" and "Possession", which peaked at No. 5 and No. 21, respectively. Critical reception The album received generally positive reviews. ''RPM'' reviewer David Spodek called it "an LP full of enough hard driving rock and roll and power chords to please any AOR MD" and named "Forget Me Not" as the best cut. ''Rock Hard'' gave an extremely positive review, and called it the "best AOR album of the past six months". AllMusic's Dan Heilman gave the album four stars, saying, " id some tailor-made power ballads lurks some decent hard rock." LouderSound writer Dave Everle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildside (album)
''Wildside'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Loverboy, released in September 1987. It was the band's first to not turn platinum, signalling a decline in their popularity. ''Cash Box'' cited the "driving rock melodies" of the single "Love Will Rise Again", which "continues in band's established tradition of melodic power-rock". Of the album, ''Musician'' reviewer J. D. Considine wrote simply: "Talk a walk." Track listing Personnel All information from the album booklet.(1987). "''Wildside'' liner notes". In ''Wildside'' D booklet Columbia Records. Loverboy * Mike Reno – lead vocals * Paul Dean – guitar, backing vocals * Doug Johnson – keyboards * Scott Smith – bass * Matt Frenette – drums Additional musicians * Darrell Mansfield – harp * Alison Glass – voice on "That's Where My Money Goes" * Paul Hyde – voice on "That's Where My Money Goes" Production * Neil Shilkin – programming * Bruce Fairbairn – producer, backing vocals * Bob Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing To Lose (Eddie Money Album)
''Nothing to Lose'' is the seventh studio album by American rock musician Eddie Money. The album was released on October 4, 1988, by Columbia Records. The top-ten hit " Walk on Water" featured a guest appearance from original band member Jimmy Lyon on lead guitar. Track listing Personnel * Drums: Mike Baird *Bass guitar: John Pierce * Keyboards, synthesizers: Kim Bullard, Kevin Gilbert, Jesse Harms, Eddie Money, Richie Zito *Guitars: John Nelson, Stevie Salas, Richie Zito, Jimmy Lyon *Saxophone: Danny Hull, Eddie Money, David Woodford * Harmonica: Eddie Money *Backing vocals: Bobbie Eakes, Joe Esposito, Tommy Funderburk, Donny Gerrard, Joe Pizzulo, John Rowe, Annie Sampson, Bruce Sudano, Julia Tillman-Waters, Joe Turano, Luther Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard-Waters Production * Produced by Eddie Money and Richie Zito *Engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lap Of Luxury
''Lap of Luxury'' is the tenth studio album by United States, American musical ensemble, band Cheap Trick. Released on April 12, 1988, it is the band's second-most commercially successful studio album (trailing only 1979's ''Dream Police''), reaching number 16 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and being certified Music recording sales certification, platinum in sales. The album contains the band's only US number-one hit, "The Flame (Cheap Trick song), The Flame", as well as the additional hit singles "Don't Be Cruel" (an Elvis Presley cover) and "Ghost Town (Cheap Trick song), Ghost Town". Overview ''Lap of Luxury'' was considered a comeback album for Cheap Trick. Before its recording, original bassist Tom Petersson rejoined the group. Owing to the band's last few albums failing to live up to commercial expectations, Epic insisted that Cheap Trick work with outside songwriters. Don Grierson, the senior VP of A&R for Epic, told ''Billboard'' in 1988: "What we attempted to do w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Son (album)
''American Son'' is a studio album by American country rock musician Levon Helm, who is most famous for his work as drummer for the rock group the Band. It was released in October 1980 on MCA Records and was Helm's third studio album. It had generally been considered Levon Helm's best solo work until the release of ''Dirt Farmer'' in 2007. Background Helm played the part of Loretta Lynn's father in the 1980 film '' Coal Miner's Daughter'' and was asked to record a version of Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky" for the film's soundtrack. The session went well, and producer Fred Carter, Jr., decided to cut more tracks. Using a band of veteran Nashville session players, Carter and Helm recorded 20 tracks over two weeks, half of which ended up on ''American Son''. Critical reception '' ''Billboard'''s'' reviewers noted that the album was more rock-like than country-like and pleasant to listen to. The authors also suggested that due to the success of the film, which starred Lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audio Engineering
Audio most commonly refers to sound, as it is transmitted in signal form. It may also refer to: Sound * Audio signal, an electrical representation of sound *Audio frequency, a frequency in the audio spectrum * Digital audio, representation of sound in a form processed and/or stored by computers or digital electronics *Audio, audible content (media) in audio production and publishing *Semantic audio, extraction of symbols or meaning from audio * Stereophonic audio, method of sound reproduction that creates an illusion of multi-directional audible perspective * Audio equipment Entertainment *AUDIO (group), an American R&B band of 5 brothers formerly known as TNT Boyz and as B5 * ''Audio'' (album), an album by the Blue Man Group * ''Audio'' (magazine), a magazine published from 1947 to 2000 *Audio (musician), British drum and bass artist * "Audio" (song), a song by LSD Computing *, an HTML element, see HTML5 audio See also *Acoustic (other) *Audible (other) *A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
