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À L'Olympia (Celine Dion Album)
''À l'Olympia'' (English: "at the Olympia") is the second live album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 21 November 1994 by Sony Music. It features primarily French-language songs, mainly from '' Dion chante Plamondon'' (1991), but also includes English-language hits: " The Power of Love", " Where Does My Heart Beat Now", " Love Can Move Mountains" and " Calling You". ''À l'Olympia'' was certified Platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, denoting sales of over one million copies in Europe. Content The album was recorded on 28 and 29 September 1994, during two sold-out concerts at the Paris Olympia. Among songs from singer's previous French album '' Dion chante Plamondon'', Dion performed also " Calling You", (Academy Award-nominated song from '' Bagdad Café''), "Quand on n'a que l'amour" (originally by Jacques Brel), and a medley of songs from the '' Starmania'' musical, including two songs unavailable on Dion previous releases: "Quand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had a Cultural impact of Celine Dion, significant impact on popular music. Born into a large family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion was discovered by her future manager and husband, René Angélil, and emerged as a teen star in her home country with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. She gained international recognition by winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, represented Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi". Dion went on to release Celine Dion albums discography, twelve English-language albums. ''The Colour of My Love'' (1993), ''Falling into You'' (1996), ''Let's Talk About Love'' (1997), and ''All the Way... A Decade of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagdad Café
''Bagdad Cafe'' (sometimes ''Bagdad Café'', titled ''Out of Rosenheim'' in Germany) is a 1987 English-language West German film directed by Percy Adlon. It is a comedy-drama set in a remote truck stop and motel in the Mojave Desert in the U.S. state of California. Inspired by Carson McCullers' novella '' The Ballad of the Sad Café'' (1951), the film centers on two women who have recently separated from their husbands, and the blossoming friendship that ensues. It runs 108 minutes in the German version and a shorter 95 minutes in the U.S. version. The song " Calling You", sung by Jevetta Steele and written by Bob Telson, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 61st Academy Awards. Plot German tourists Jasmin Münchgstettner from Rosenheim and her husband fight while driving through the Mojave Desert. She storms out of the car, taking a suitcase, and walks down the road, while he drives off in the opposite direction. When he comes back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Rhodes
Taylor Laurence Rhodes is an American songwriter, producer, and musician from Nashville, Tennessee, most notable for his work with hard rock band Aerosmith since 1993. Music career 1980s In 1987, Rhodes co-wrote the lead-off minor hit title track from Y&T's album '' Contagious''. The following year, he co-wrote a single on fellow glam metal band Kix's commercial breakthrough album, ''Blow My Fuse''. This track, "Cold Blood" became a hit on rock radio stations and helped earn Rhodes a spot as producer for the next Kix album. 1990s Rhodes produced the 1991 Kix album '' Hot Wire'', in addition to co-writing half of the songs from the album. In 1993, he co-wrote " Cryin'" with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. The song was Aerosmith's biggest single from the ''Get a Grip'' album (achieving sales of over 20 million copies worldwide), reaching #12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. For this song, Rhodes was nominated for a Grammy Award for Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert White Johnson
Robert White Johnson (born c. 1952) is an American songwriter and musician, based in Nashville, best known for co-writing "Where Does My Heart Beat Now", which was a major hit for Celine Dion.Rick MooreNashville Songwriter Series: Robert White Johnson ''American Songwriter'', January 3, 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-15. History Robert White Johnson is a native of Moline, Illinois, where he commenced his career as a professional musician, playing drums. He originally went to Nashville at the behest of Dottie West, who was interested in developing Johnson's pop music career. He later became a staff writer for Tree Publishing. While continuing as a staff writer with Tree Publishing, in 1981, Johnson co-founded, with bass and keyboard player Jimmie Lee Sloas, the rock band RPM, where Johnson was the lead singer. The band released two albums and had a modest AOR hit single, "A Legend Never Dies". The group's albums were produced by Brent Maher and Gary Langan, respectively. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova is the stage name of Aldo Caporuscio (born November 13, 1956), a Canadian hard rock musician and music producer. He is a guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist. He gained recognition with his 1982 debut album '' Aldo Nova'', which peaked at ''Billboard'' number 8 position, and its accompanying single, "Fantasy", which reached number 23 on the US '' Billboard'' Hot 100 and boosted sales for its parent album. In 1997, he won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year as co-producer of Celine Dion's 1996 album ''Falling into You''. He co-wrote four songs on the 2000 album ''Uno'' by La Ley, which won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album. Early life Nova was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Italian immigrant parents from a small village near Rome. He adopted the stage name Aldo Nova when he started playing guitar and keyboards at age 15. Career 1980s–1990s Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced album ''Aldo Nova'' in 1982, that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Plamondon
Luc Plamondon (born March 2, 1942) is a French Canadians, French-Canadian lyricist and music executive. His work includes the musicals Starmania (musical), ''Starmania'' and Notre-Dame de Paris (musical), ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. He is the brother of Louis Plamondon, a long-serving member of the House of Commons of Canada. Plamondon has accepted honours from Canadian institutions and is a francophone nationalist and Quebec sovereigntist. He was born in Saint-Raymond, Quebec, Saint-Raymond. His father was a horse dealer. He learned the piano and undertook classical studies at the Collège François-de-Laval, Petit Séminaire de Québec. He says that he entered the seminary to be a priest and that he came out a poet. However, when his interview was published, the word "poet" became "painter", hence the misunderstanding that he was an expert in painting. On the other hand, although he has never painted, he is a fan of modern painting. Activities From 1972, in addition to his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Mots Qui Sonnent (song)
"Des mots qui sonnent" (meaning "words that resonate") is a 1991 French-language song of Canadian singer Celine Dion, included on her tenth studio album, ''Dion chante Plamondon''. It is based on the music of "Nothing Can Stop My Love", a song by American R&B singer Angela Clemmons from her second studio album, ''This Is Love'' (1987). The French lyrics were written by Luc Plamondon and the production was handled by Jannick Top and Serge Perathoner. "Des mots qui sonnent" was released as a promotional single in Quebec in November 1991 and peaked at number 10 on the airplay chart. Background and release Dion recorded "Des mots qui sonnent" for her tenth studio album, ''Dion chante Plamondon''. Luc Plamondon wrote French lyrics to the music by Aldo Nova and Marty Simon. The song was produced by Jannick Top and Serge Perathoner. In November 1991, "Des mots qui sonnent" and "L'amour existe encore" were released simultaneously as the first promotional singles in Quebec. In 2005, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibliothèque Et Archives Nationales Du Québec
The (; ; abbr. BAnQ) is a Quebec government agency which manages the province's legal deposit system, national archives, and national library. Located at the Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal, the BAnQ was created by the merging of the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec and the Archives nationales du Québec in 2006. The Bibliothèque nationale du Québec had previously merged with the Grande Bibliothèque du Québec in 2002. History The National Archives of Quebec (, ANQ) were founded on 2 September 1920, with Pierre-Georges Roy as Quebec's first Head Archivist. The purpose of the institution was to process historical materials, more specifically public archives and the Quebec government's archives, and to collect documents pertaining to the history of Quebec. the ANQ were brought under the jurisdiction of the Department of Cultural Affairs in 1961, and renamed the Archives de la province de Québec in 1963. On 12 August 1967, the National Assembly of Quebec legislated to esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Recording Industry Association
Music Canada is a non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 in Toronto to represent the interests of companies that record, manufacture, produce, and distribute music in Canada. It also offers benefits to some of Canada's leading independent record labels and distributors. It was known as the Canadian Record Manufacturer's Association () until 1972 and the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) () until 2011. History Originally formed as the 10-member Canadian Record Manufacturer's Association, the association changed its name to Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) in 1972 and opened membership to other record industry companies. In 2006, a number of smaller labels resigned their memberships, complaining that the organization was not representing their interests. On 7 July 2011, the CRIA changed its name to Music Canada, and began offering special benefits to some of the leading independent labels and distributors. Organization Music Canada i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, 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 compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes 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 res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Colour Of My Love Tour
The Colour of My Love Tour was the sixth concert tour by Celine Dion. The tour was organized to support her third English-language and twelfth studio album '' The Colour of My Love'' (1993). History The set list included mainly songs from ''The Colour of My Love'' and Dion's previous English albums. But there were also few French songs and covers of " Calling You", " River Deep, Mountain High", and "Can't Help Falling in Love." At first, Dion performed 2 concerts in September 1993 in Quebec City, Canada, which were later used for the TV specials and a home video release, '' The Colour of My Love Concert''. Another 2 concerts in Quebec were performed in November 1993, to mark the release of a new album. However, the real tour started on 11 February 1994 in San Francisco, United States. After 10 concerts in the United States, Dion went on the Canadian sold out leg of the tour, which included 6 concerts in the Montreal Forum and a show before 10,000 people in Hamilton among other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
