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VOA (album)
''VOA'' is the eighth studio album by American rock musician Sammy Hagar, released on July 23, 1984 by Geffen Records. In 1985, Hagar joined Van Halen and ''VOA'' was his last solo album until 1987's '' I Never Said Goodbye''. The title is a reference to the Voice of America broadcast network. The album features the single "I Can't Drive 55", Hagar's most successful song as a solo artist. The album peaked at number 32 on the Billboard 200 album charts on December 15, 1984. Background and recording The album was recorded at Fantasy Recording in Berkeley, California and Sunset Sound in Hollywood, and then mixed at The Power Station in New York. According to the album's liner notes,VOA album liner notes, 1984 "Burnin' Down the City" is inspired by the street artists of New York City. Track listing Personnel *Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, lead guitar *Gary Pihl – rhythm guitar, backing vocals *Jesse Harms – keyboards, backing vocals *Bill Church – bass guitar, backing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Hagar
Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose and subsequently launched a successful solo career, scoring a hit in 1984 with "I Can't Drive 55". He enjoyed commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the second lead vocalist of Van Halen in 1985, but left in 1996. He returned to the band from 2003 to 2005. In 2007, Hagar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen. His musical style primarily consists of hard rock and heavy metal. Also a businessman, Hagar founded the Cabo Wabo tequila brand and restaurant chain, as well as Sammy's Beach Bar rum. His current musical projects include being the lead singer of Chickenfoot and Sammy Hagar and the Circle. Hagar also is the host of '' Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar'' on AXS TV. Early life Sam Roy Hagar was born to Bobby and Gladys Hag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine and is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its " number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, and acquired its current name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985) and ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales – both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday (to coinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albums Produced By Ted Templeman
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s, sharply declined during the 1990s and had largely disappeared dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Albums
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Sammy Hagar Albums
Sammy is a nickname, frequently for people named Samuel, and also an English spelling of the Arabic name Sami. People Music *Sammy Adams (born 1987), American rapper and songwriter *Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), American songwriter *Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990), American singer and actor * Sammy Fain (1902-1984), American composer *Sammy Hagar (born 1947), American rock musician *Sammy Johns (1946–2013), American country singer-songwriter *Sammy Kershaw (born 1958), American country music artist *Sammy Masters (1930–2013), American rockabilly musician *Sammy Price (1908-1992), American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. Sports *Sammy Adjei (born 1980), Ghanaian retired footballer *Sammy Baugh (1914-2008), American college and Hall-of-Fame National Football League player and coach *Sammy Brooks (footballer) (1890-1960), English footballer * Sammy Carlson (born 1989), American freestyle skier *Sammy Collins (1923–1998), English footballer *Samuel Day (sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Industry Association Of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the United States". RIAA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. RIAA was formed in 1952. Its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations. Early RIAA standards included the RIAA equalization curve, the format of the stereophonic record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm records. RIAA says its current mission includes: #to protect intellectual property rights and the First Amendment rights of artists #to perform research about the music industry #to monitor and review relevant laws, regulations, and policies Between 2001 and 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Christian
Terence Christian (born 8 May 1960) is a British broadcaster, journalist and author. He has presented several national television series in the UK including Channel 4's late night entertainment show '' The Word'' (1990–1995) and six series of ITV1 moral issues talk show '' It's My Life'' (2003–2008). He has also been a regular guest panelist on the topical Channel 5 series ''The Wright Stuff'' and ''Jeremy Vine''. Christian presented two series of ''Turn On Terry'' with regular guest Tony Wilson and numerous other programmes for ITV, MTV, VH1, Channel 4 as well as a variety of different local and national radio programmes on stations including BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 6 Music, Talksport, Century Radio, Key 103, Signal and BBC Radio Derby and BBC Radio Manchester. While at Radio Derby he won two Sony Awards. Biography Early life Christian grew up in the Brooks Bar neighbourhood of Old Trafford with five brothers and sisters and Irish parents from Dublin: Daniel Christian a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lauser
David Lauser (born 20 February 1951) is an American rock drummer, who is most famous for playing with Sammy Hagar. Sammy Hagar and David Lauser played together in a band called Justice Brothers before Sammy Hagar joined Montrose. Lauser later played on various Sammy Hagar solo albums, starting with '' Standing Hampton'', and is now a member of The Waboritas, and has also played with Sammy Hagar in Los Tres Gusanos. Lauser's first marriage to Jacqueline Cushen in 1982 resulted in having one daughter, Danielle Marie, also known affectionately as "Ella Bean." In 2002, Lauser married his second wife. On January 4, 2015, his wife Liza Cozad-Lauser died from cancer. David Lauser continues to tour with Sammy Hagar's Wabos and December People, a charitable rock and roll holidays band. Discography With Sammy Hagar solo *'' Standing Hampton'' *''Three Lock Box'' *''VOA'' *'' I Never Said Goodbye'' *'' Unboxed'' *'' Cosmic Universal Fashion'' With Sammy Hagar And The Waboritas *''Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Pihl
Gary O. Pihl (pronounced "peel") (born November 21, 1950) is an American rock musician and guitarist best known for playing with Sammy Hagar and the hard rock band Boston."Boston: Musicians," Bandboston.com/ Biography Gary Pihl was born in , , where he lived the first 12 years of his life. In 1963 his family relocated to , where Pihl would become active in music and a participant in a number of loc ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Harms
Jesse Harms (born July 6, 1952 in Massachusetts) is an American musician and songwriter. He has worked with Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth, Eddie Money, REO Speedwagon, Bad English, Guitar Shorty, Patty Smyth, and McAuley Schenker Group. Early life Harms was raised in Berkeley, California. He began playing the piano at 8 years old and studied classical music until he was 15. He lost interest in classical at that time and in high school started playing the organ with a band called Zephyr, later Rags. They became friends with another band, Cookin' Mama, that guitarist Pat Thrall played in, and around 1971 some combining of the members took place. After high school Harms attended the University of California, Berkeley but dropped out to concentrate on music. During the next few years Harms studied piano with some very good jazz teachers notably, Bill Bell (Carmen McRae), Tom Coster (Santana, Gabor Szabo) and Wilbert Baranco. Career 1970s In the early 70's Harms formed a band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graffiti
Graffiti (plural; singular ''graffiti'' or ''graffito'', the latter rarely used except in archeology) is art that is written, painted or drawn on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed Graffito (archaeology), since ancient times, with examples dating back to ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire. Graffiti is a controversial subject. In most countries, marking or painting property without permission is considered by property owners and civic authorities as defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime, citing the use of graffiti by street gangs to mark territory or to serve as an indicator of gang-related activities. Graffiti has become visualized as a growing urban "problem" for many cities in industrialized nations, spreading from the New York City Subway nomenclature, New York City subway system and Philadelphia in the early 1970s to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
