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The Reflections (Detroit Band)
The Reflections were an American blue-eyed soul/doo-wop group from Detroit, Michigan, United States. They had one hit single in 1964 called "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet", written by Bob Hamilton and Freddie Gorman. The song was produced by Rob Reeco on Golden World Records. The disc reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 record chart, chart, and number 9 on the ''Cashbox (magazine), Cash Box'' chart. The record was even more popular in rhythm and blues locations, reaching number 3 on that ''Cashbox'' chart, and was featured on ''American Bandstand'' as a "spotlight dance". A cover version by new wave music, new wave band Mental As Anything hit number 27 on the Australian charts in 1980. "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" and "Adam and Eve" were and remain popular on the Northern soul scene. After a few more records that were moderate successes on the national charts, Ray Steinberg left the group for other interests. As a foursome, The Reflections continued re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-eyed Soul
Blue-eyed soul (also called white soul) is rhythm and blues (R&B) and soul music performed by white artists. The term was coined in the mid-1960s, to describe white artists whose sound was similar to that of the predominantly-black Motown and Stax record labels. Though many R&B radio stations in the United States in that period would only play music by black musicians, some began to play music by white acts considered to have "soul feeling"; their music was then described as "blue-eyed soul." 1960s Georgie Woods, a Philadelphia radio DJ, is thought to have coined the term "blue-eyed soul" in 1964, initially to describe The Righteous Brothers, then white artists in general who received airplay on rhythm and blues radio stations. The Righteous Brothers in turn named their 1964 LP ''Some Blue-Eyed Soul''. According to Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers, R&B radio stations who played their songs were surprised to find them to be white when they turned up for interviews, and one DJ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Bandstand
''American Bandstand'', abbreviated ''AB'', is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989, and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer. It featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark; at least one popular musical act—over the decades, running the gamut from Jerry Lee Lewis to Run–D.M.C.—usually appeared in person to lip-sync one of their latest singles. Freddy Cannon holds the record for most appearances, at 110. The show's popularity helped Dick Clark become an American media mogul and inspired similar long-running music programs, such as '' Soul Train'' and British series ''Top of the Pops''. Clark eventually assumed ownership of the program through his Dick Clark Productions company. Background ''American Bandstand'' premiered locally in late March 1952 as ''Bandstand'' on Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV Channel 6 (n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Acts Who Appeared On American Bandstand
List of acts who appeared on the television show ''American Bandstand''. __NOTOC__ 0-9 *The 13th Floor Elevators *1910 Fruitgum Company *20/20 *The 5th Dimension * 9.9 A *a-ha *Willie Aames *ABBA *Gregory Abbott *ABC *Adam and the Ants *Bryan Adams *Aerosmith *Alabama * All Sports Band *The Alarm *Deborah Allen *The Animals *Paul Anka *Ann-Margret *Susan Anton *Adam Ant *Aerosmith *America *Animotion *Ashford & Simpson *The Association *Christopher Atkins *Atlantic Starr *Patti Austin *Autograph *Frankie Avalon *Angel B *The Babys *Bachman–Turner Overdrive *Badfinger *Philip Bailey *Baltimora *Scott Baio *Anita Baker *Joby Baker *LaVern Baker *Marty Balin *Bananarama *The Bangles *Len Barry *Toni Basil *Fontella Bass *Bay City Rollers *Berlin *The Beach Boys *Beastie Boys *The Beatles (on video not live) * The Beat *The Beau Brummels *Bee Gees *Pat Benatar *Robby Benson *Tony Bennett *Barbi Benton *Chuck Berry * Elvin Bishop * Stephen Bishop *Big Country *Jack Blanchard & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Doo-wop Musicians
This is a list of doo-wop musicians. A *The Accents *The Ad Libs * The Alley Cats * Lee Andrews & the Hearts * The Angels * The Aquatones *The Ardells *The Avons B *Hank Ballard * The Belmonts *The Blenders *The Blue Jays * The Bop Chords *The Bobbettes * The Bosstones * The Buccaneers C * The Cadets *The Cadillacs *The Capitols *The Capris *The Cap-Tans *The Cardinals *The Casinos *Jimmy Castor *Gene Chandler *The Channels *The Chantels *The Charms * The Charts *The Checkers *The Chevrons *The Chiffons *The Chimes *The Chips *The Chordettes *The Chords (US band) *The Classics *The Cleftones *The Clovers * The Collegians *The Contours *The Corsairs * The Counts * Don Covay and the Goodtimers *The Crests *The Crows *The Crystals *The Cues * The Cufflinks D * The Danleers *Danny & the Juniors *The Darts *The Del Satins *The Del-Vikings *The Dells *The Delta Rhythm Boys * The Demensions *The Devotions *The Diamonds *Dante & the Evergreens * Dion * Dion and the Belmonts *Don a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of 1960s One-hit Wonders In The United States
A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit. The term may also be applied to an artist who is remembered for only one hit despite other successes (such as " Take on Me" by A-ha in the United States, which topped a ''Rolling Stone'' magazine poll to find the top one-hit wonder). This list contains artists known primarily for one hit song in the United States, who are described as one-hit wonders by the media even though they may actually have had multiple hits. Criteria Music reviewers and journalists sometimes describe a musical artist as a one-hit wonder, based on their professional assessment of chart success, sales figures, and fame. For the purpose of his book ''The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders'', music journalist Wayne Jancik defines a one-hit wonder as "an act that has won a position on ''Billboard''s national, pop, Top 40 just once." In his definition of an "act", Jancik distinguishes between a solo ... [...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] |
The Shades Of Blue
The Shades of Blue were an American blue-eyed soul vocal group from Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The band started in high school as the Domingos. Original group members included Nick Marinelli, Ernie Dernai, Linda Allen and Bob Kerr. By 1965, The Domingos signed a recording contract for the Detroit-based Golden World label. John Rhys, a sound engineer, suggested a name change and the Shades of Blue was the result. Their biggest hit was the song "Oh How Happy", recorded in the fall of 1965 and released in early 1966, written by Edwin Starr, which reached number 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, number 16 on the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart and the Top 10 in Canada. That same year, the song "Lonely Summer", again written by Starr, reached number 72, and then "Happiness" peaked at number 78 in the Hot 100. Taste in popular music changed in the late 1960s, and the group's later single efforts failed to chart and they disbanded in 1970. In 2003, original member Nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flaming Ember
The Flaming Ember was an American soul band from Detroit, Michigan, United States, who found commercial success starting in the late 1960s. The group originally formed in Detroit in 1964. At that time they were known as The Flaming Embers, named for a local Detroit restaurant. In 1969, they signed with Hot Wax Records, (the label founded by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.), after the band had recorded for a number of smaller Detroit-area labels since 1965. They recorded for Ed Wingate's Ric Tic label in 1967, but when Berry Gordy, Jr.'s Motown Records purchased Golden Records/ Ric-Tic from Wingate, the Flaming Ember chose not to sign with Motown. They dropped the "s" from its name and scored a pop and rhythm and blues hit with " Mind, Body and Soul" in 1969 (number 26 on the US Billboard pop singles chart); they hit charts again with their signature song (and heartland rock antecedent) "Westbound #9" (number 24 US pop, number 15 US '' Billboard'' R&B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mental As Anything
Mental As Anything are an Australian New wave music, new wave and pop rock musical ensemble, band that formed in Sydney in 1976. Its most popular line-up (which lasted from 1977 to 1999, and recorded all of their charting singles and albums) was Martin Plaza (birth name Martin Murphy) on vocals and guitar; Reg Mombassa (birth name Christopher O'Doherty) on lead guitar and vocals; his brother Peter O'Doherty, Peter "Yoga Dog" O'Doherty on bass guitar and vocals; David Twohill, Wayne de Lisle (birth name David Twohill) on drum kit, drums; and Greedy Smith, Andrew "Greedy" Smith on vocals, keyboard instrument, keyboards and harmonica. Their original hit songs were generated by Mombassa, O'Doherty, Plaza and Smith, either individually or collectively; they also hit the Australian charts with covers of songs by Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. Their top ten Kent Music Report, Australian singles are "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" and "Too Many Times" (both from 1981), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Wave Music
New wave is a loosely defined music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock, including punk itself. Later, critical consensus favored "new wave" as an umbrella term involving many popular music styles of the era, including power pop, synth-pop, ska revival, and more specific forms of punk rock that were less abrasive. It may also be viewed as a more accessible counterpart of post-punk. Common characteristics of new wave music include a humorous or quirky pop approach, the use of electronic sounds, and a distinctive visual style in music videos and fashion. In the early 1980s, virtually every new pop/rock act – and particularly those that employed synthesizers – were tagged as "new wave". Although new wave shares punk's do-it-yourself philosophy, the artists were more influenced by the styles of the 1950s along with the lighter s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cover Version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. Originally, it referred to a version of a song released around the same time as the original in order to compete with it. Now, it refers to any subsequent version performed after the original. History The term "cover" goes back decades when cover version originally described a rival version of a tune recorded to compete with the recently released (original) version. Examples of records covered include Paul Williams' 1949 hit tune "The Hucklebuck" and Hank Williams' 1952 song "Jambalaya". Both crossed over to the popular hit parade and had numerous hit versions. Before the mid-20th century, the notion of an original version of a popular tune would have seemed slightly odd – the production of musical entertainment was seen as a live event, even if it was reproduced at home via a cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
