7th Heaven is a

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created by guitarist Richie Hofherr, Tony Di Giulio, and Michael Mooshey. Formed in 1985, it has continued up to present day with changing band members. The band was named by co-founder Michael Mooshey in 1985. The band name 7th Heaven was named after the line "we'll be right in 7th heaven" from the song "

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" by Bill Haley & His Comets.

About

7th Heaven is currently managed by NTD Management and signed to NTD Records. They were previously managed by

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in 1997-1998. They have sold 100,000 CDs to date. Their acclaimed ''Silver'' 30-tracks double CD released in 2004 was a popular release. The title of their 2008 release 14-track album ''USA-UK'' comes from joining of the Northern Ireland singer,

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joining the American AOR band. Semple had been in '' Popstars: The Rivals'' a UK singing competition and had eventually become a member of boy band

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during the period 2002-2003, before the band broke up. Semple had a gold record with One True Voice mainly through their double A side hit "

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" that had reached #2 in the British music charts. The band released the album entitled ''Jukebox'' in 2010 on the occasion of the band's 25 years. It contains 15 cds with almost 300 of the band's song from its start to then. They have also recorded another Semple-led album entitled ''Pop Media'' in 2011 containing 22 new songs. In January 2013, Keith Semple left the band and was replaced by

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as lead singer. In June of that year, they released the album ''Synergy''. On August 22, 2013 the band announced that Fedorov was no longer in the band. After Federov's departure, Keith Semple became the band's temporary lead vocalist. On December 1, 2014, Adam Blair was announced as the new lead singer. Adam has also been in bands such as Dot Dot Dot, Adam and the Go Comets and The Fabulous Janes. Dot Dot Dot was featured on

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''. Besides performing around 200 shows a year in the

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, 7th Heaven performs on the "Chicago Music Cruise" every January in the Caribbean; as well as Las Vegas every couple years.

Members

Current members

*Richard Hofherr - guitars, vocals, keyboards (co-founder) *Adam Heisler - lead vocals, guitar *Mark Kennetz - bass, vocals *Nick Cox - guitar, vocals *Frankie Harchut - drums

Former members

*Tony DiGiulio (co-founder) *Michael Mooshey (co-founder) *Tony Golec *Danny Weymouth *Andrew Blake *Dan Miller *Mark Jones *Matt Clark *Erica Heiden *Stephen Jensen *Alby Odum *Dave Carozzo *Dean Cutenelli *Chris Senior *

*Tamara Mooshey *Tony Davis *Carl Cichanski *Dan O'Brien *Scot Coogan *James Bluthardt *Chris Mosher

Discography

Studio albums

*1990: ''The Time Has Come'' *1998: ''Media Overkill'' *1999: ''Pop Life'' *2000: ''Faces Time Replaces'' *2003: ''Silver'' *2008: ''U.S.A - U.K.'' *2011: ''Pop Media'' *2013: ''Synergy'' *2014: ''Spectrum'' *2015: ''Next'' *2017: ''Luminous'' *2018: ''Color in Motion'' *2020: ''Be Here''

Live albums

*2005: ''Live at Durty Nellies'' (included in the ''Live at Durty Nellies'' DVD)

Christmas albums

*2004: ''Christmas CD'' *2012: ''Merry Christmas in Chicago'' (includes new songs and different versions of the songs which were also included on ''Christmas CD'') *2018: ''Christmas 2018'' (includes new songs and different versions of the songs which were also included on ''Christmas CD'' and ''Merry Christmas in Chicago'')

Remix albums

*2013: ''Dance Media'' (includes dance remixes of some songs of the studio album ''Pop Media'')

Cover albums

*2004: ''Sampler – Vol. 1'' (includes the "Rock medley" and eight more cover songs) *2009: ''Pop Medley 2'' (includes a medley of several pop and rock songs) *2009: ''Unplugged'' (not really an unplugged album, includes also non unplugged songs) *2015: ''Pop Medley 3'' (includes a medley of several pop and rock songs) *2017: ''Pop Medley 4'' (includes a medley of several pop and rock songs) *2019: ''Covered''

Compilations

*2007: ''Medley CD'' (includes "Pop Medley 1" and "Rock Medley") *2010: ''Medley CD/DVD'' (includes "Pop Medley 1", "Pop Medley" 2 and "Rock Medley") *2010: ''Jukebox'' (consists of 15 CDs with almost 300 hundred songs and one DVD of 700 songs) *2015: ''The Best of 1985–2015''

Videography

DVDs and Blu-Rays

*2005: ''Live at Durty Nellies'' (includes also an audio CD of the concert) *2010: ''Live at Soldier Field'' *2011: ''Live at Schaumburg Septemberfest'' *2014: ''Return to Schaumburg Live'' *2015: ''Live on the Oasis of the Seas'' *2018: ''Live on the Harmony of the Seas 2017''

In popular culture

*7th Heaven is listed in the "Bon Jovi" display at the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" *Performed on ''

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'' (with over 75 Million Viewers Worldwide) *Performed the

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at the United Center - Chicago Bulls - L.A. Lakers basketball game on March 21, 2009 *They opened for Bon Jovi and Kid Rock at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 30, 2010 after winning the popular vote in an online-based contest *Adam Blair Heisler was on FOX's ''The Next Great American Band'' *Anthony Federov was on Season 4 of ''

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'' *Keith Semple is on 2015 Season 9 of ''

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'' on NBC *Natalie Yacovazzi is on 2015 Season 9 of ''The Voice'' on NBC *7th Heaven original "Beautiful Life" is on MTV's "Teen Mom" Volume 20, #11 "Trouble in Paradise"

References

External links

7th Heaven official website
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