Orchestra Luna was an American

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band of the 1970s who had two incarnations, the first producing a hard-to-categorize mixture of cabaret, Broadway musicals, and rock, and the second a somewhat more traditional mix of pop and rock.

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, at the time using his birth name of Richard Kinscherf, composed most of their songs, sang, and played keyboards. Rick was the driving force of the band and is the only person who was a member in all the various lineups. On their eponymous debut album

Orchestra Luna Orchestra Luna was an American rock and roll band of the 1970s who had two incarnations, the first producing a hard-to-categorize mixture of cabaret, Broadway musicals, and rock, and the second a somewhat more traditional mix of pop and rock. Rick ...

, the band consisted of: *Richard Kinscherf - Keyboards, Vocals *Lisa Kinscherf - Vocals *Liz Gallagher - Vocals *Scott Chambers - Bass, Vocals *Randy Roos - Guitars *Don Mulvaney - Drums, Percussion, Vocals * Peter Barrett - Narration, Vocals The second major version of the band included: *Richard Kinscherf - Keyboards, Vocals *Liz Gallagher - Vocals *Peter Barrett - Vocals *

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- Vocals *Steven Paul Perry - Guitar *Chet Cahill - Bass *Bob Brandon - Keyboards *Ace Holleran - Drums (August, 1976 to May 1977) *Erik Engstrom - Drums (May, 1997 through early 1978) *Joe Petruzzelli - Drums (early 1978 to the end)

Luna (band)

After Orchestra Luna, some of its former members formed the band

Luna Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin * Luna (goddess), the ancient Roman personification of the Moon Luna may also refer to: Places Philippines * Luna, Apayao * Luna, Isabela * Luna, La Union * Luna, San Jose Roma ...

as a new American

band. It was spearheaded by

from Orchestra Luna. In 1977, the band released the single "Hollywood" with B-side as "Dumb Love". Band members were: *

- Keyboards, Vocals *Steven Paul Perry - Guitar *Chet Cahill - Bass *Bob Brandon - Keyboards *Joe Petruzzelli - Drums It disbanded after two years.

Discography

''Orchestra Luna'' is the eponymous debut album by the American

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group Orchestra Luna. It was released in 1974 by

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. The first incarnation of Orchestra Luna produced music often called a mixture of cabaret, Broadway musical, and rock, and that is clearly evident on this album. Composer/singer/pianist

is listed on the album under his birthname Richard Kinscherf. Kinscherf relates the story of his band in the booklet accompanying the 2007 CD reissue of the album by

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Track listing

All songs by

Richard Kinscherf Rick Berlin (born Richard Gustave Kinscherf III, in Sioux City, Iowa in 1945) is a Boston-based singer-songwriter, formerly the frontman of Orchestra Luna, Luna, Berlin Airlift, Rick Berlin: The Movie, and The Shelley Winters Project. Life an ...

, except where noted. #"Were You Dancin' on Paper" (F. Reitano) – 3:34 #"Miss Pamela" – 3:17 #"Little Sam" – 3:12 #"Heart" (

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, Jerry Ross) – 5:54 #"Love Is Not Enough" – 6:25 #"Boy Scouts" – 2:24 #"Fay Wray" – 4:18 #"But One" – 3:02 #"Doris Dreams" – 11:53

Credits

–

Keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Lisa Kinscherf – Vocals *Liz Gallagher – Vocals *Scott CHambers – Bass, Vocals *Randy Roos –

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s *Don Mulvaney –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

, Vocals *Peter Barrett –

Narration Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to storytelling, convey a narrative, story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deli ...

, Vocals

External links

Rick Berlin's home page
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