Thursday, 19 June 2008

Bob Sege

Bob Sege   
Artist: Bob Sege

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   



Discography:


Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band   
 Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band

   Year: 1980   
Tracks: 10




Originally a hard-driving rocker in the vein of fellow Michigan garage rockers the Rationals and Mitch Ryder, Bob Seger developed into one of the most popular heartland rockers over the grade of the '70s. Combining the driving charge of Ryder's Detroit Wheels with Stonesy garage rock and devotion to hard-edged soul and R&B, he crafted a distinctively American heavy. While he never attained the decisive regard of his present-day Bruce Springsteen, Seger did develop a dedicated following through constant touring with his Silver Bullet Band. Following various years of missed chances and bemused opportunities, Seger at long last achieved a national interview in 1976 with the back-to-back freeing of Live Bullet and Night Moves. After the atomic number 78 success of those albums, Seger maintained his popularity for the next deuce decades, releasing seven-spot Top Ten, platinum-selling albums in a row.


Seger began playing music in 1961 as the drawing card of the Detroit-based ternary the Decibels; his future managing director, Eddie "Punch" Andrews was as well a member of the band. Moving to Ann Arbor, he played with the Town Criers before he became the keyboardist and vocaliser for Doug Brown & the Omens. Billing themselves as the Beach Bums, the band released "The Ballad of the Yellow Beret," a takeoff of the Sgt. Barry Sadler song "The Ballad of the Green Beret." The single was withdrawn in short after its freeing after Sadler threatened a lawsuit. In 1966, Seger released his number 1 solo single, "East Side Story," which became a regional strike. Several other local hit singles followed on Cameo Records, including "Persecution Smith" and "Heavy Music," before his label folded. In 1968, he formed the Bob Seger System and sign-language with Capitol Records, releasing his debut album, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, in the spring of that year. The title track became a national strike, mounting to number 17, simply the group's followup, Noah, stiffed and Seger distinct to quit the music business at the end of 1969 to go to college.


By the last of the summer, Seger had returned to rock & roll with a new mount banding, releasing Mongrel at the last of the class. For 1971's Brand New Morning, he disbanded his group and recorded a singer/songwriter elbow grease. Following its release, he began playacting with the duette Dave Teegarden and Skip "Van Winkle" Knape, and the yoke provided backing on 1972's Smokin' O.P.'s, which was the showtime outlet on Palladium Records, a pronounce he formed with Andrews. The album failed to sell, as did Back in '72 (1973) and Seven (1974), and he affected back to Capitol Records for 1975's Beautiful Loser. For the recording of Beautiful Loser, Seger formed the Silver Bullet Band, which consisted of guitarist Drew Abbott, bassist Chris Campbell, keyboardist Robyn Robbins, saxophonist Alto Reed, and drummer Charlie Allen Martin. Seger supported Beautiful Loser with an extensive duty tour with the Silver Bullet Band, and while it didn't build the album a strike, it provided a widespread grassroots following across the country. The touring gainful off in 1976, when Live Bullet, a double album recorded in Detroit, became a murder, disbursal over three years on the U.S. charts and going gold; the album would eventually go quadruple pt.


The groundswell slow Live Bullet sent Seger's future studio album, Night Moves (1976), into the Top Ten early in 1977. Nighttime Moves became a blockbuster, generating the stumble singles "Night Moves," "Mainstreet," and "Rock & Roll Never Forgets." Stranger in Town, released in the summer 1978, was just as successful, featuring the hits "Soundless the Same," "Hollywood Nights," "We've Got Tonite," and "Onetime Time Rock & Roll." Stranger in Town positive his status as ane America's about popular bikers. Seger's future album, 1980's Against the Wind, became his showtime number ane album and all of its big hits -- "Fire Lake," "Against the Wind," "You'll Accomp'ny Me" -- were ballads. The live album Nine Tonight continued his multi-platinum success in 1981, merchandising three gazillion copies and peaking at number tierce.


Seger returned with The Distance in 1982. The Distance was the showtime album since Seven to be recorded with the plus of session musicians, which caused guitar player Abbott to depart the band in thwarting. Over the class of the next 10, the membership of the Silver Bullet Band shifted constantly. While The Distance featured "Attaint on the Moon," his biggest murder single to escort, its gross revenue plateaued at a gazillion copies, suggesting that his popularity was beginning to layer turned. Seger likewise began to drastically reduce his transcription and touring schedules -- he just released unitary other record album, 1986's Like a Rock, during the '80s. Like a Rock and its supporting spell were both successes, pavement the way of life for "Shakedown," a sung dynasty taken from the soundtrack to Beverly Hills Cop II, to suit Seger's lone number one hit in 1987. Four age after its sacking, he returned with The Fire Inside. Although the album went atomic number 78 and reached the Top Ten, it only appealed to Seger's devoted next, as did 1995's It's a Mystery, which became his first album since Live Bullet to fail to go atomic number 78, demolishing off at gold status. In 2006, after an 11-year hiatus, Seger released Face the Promise.





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Saturday, 14 June 2008

British singer Craig David relaunching U.S. career

DETROIT (Billboard) - Armed with a hot David Bowie sample and a successful overseas track record, British R&B singer Craig David is ready to re-invade America -- and says he's willing to work to make the Yanks care about it.


"I'm going to have to slowly but surely build momentum back in the States," David told Billboard.com. He's not necessarily a stranger to the U.S.; his 2000 debut "Born To Do It" went platinum with hits such as "Fill Me In" and "7 Days," while 2002's "Slicker Than Your Average" was certified gold.


But, David said, "It's been a good, like, four years or so that I've been away from America. To come back in and say, 'I'm here! Accept me!,' I'd be fooling myself. America's not waiting for me. It's open with all arms if you're hungry and you go in and make things happen, so I know I've got to work from the grass roots upward."


With his fourth album, "Trust Me" (Warner Bros.) issued in the United States last month after a 2007 release overseas, David is busy trotting around the U.S., visiting radio stations to drum up excitement for the single "Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)," which is built on a Bowie-approved sample from his 1983 hit "Let's Dance." David, who has a second residence in Miami these days, then hopes to return with his band for a concert tour some time this summer.


"You have to split yourself off from the success you may be having elsewhere," said David. "You're playing (London's) Wembley Arena, and the next thing you're in a program director's office playing to that one person acoustically ... while the person's messing around with his sticky notes and talking to people on the phone. But you're hoping that record gets added, which you know can create an incredible ripple and domino effect, so you do what you have to do to make things happen."


And, David added, he's willing to be patient about that process. "I'm young -- I'm only 27 now -- and I've got a new record and I'm excited. If this album just stars the ripple to which I drop a next record, then that's what it's all about. I'm not expecting to just come here and, bang!, Craig David's back. I have to work it hard."


Reuters/Billboard

Friday, 30 May 2008

Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon marriage confirmed by family member!

Confirmed! Mariah Carey has married beau Nick Cannon.
The confirmation came late last night from a member of Nick’s family, Linda Cannon, who says she received a phone call from the 27-year old funnyman confirming the happy news.
“Yes, we know. He called and told us all about it,” Linda tells E! News. “We are happy for him. If that is what he wants then we are happy for him.”
As for the specifics, including whether or not the wedding took place in the Bahamas, as previously reported, Mrs. Cannon declined to elaborate, saying only, “I’m not going to give you any details, but we are happy for him.”

Tuesday, 27 May 2008

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt buy $70m French chateau

Angelina Jolie and Brad PittHollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have splashed out $70m on a chateau in the French Riviera to base their growing family.


The pair decided on the palatial 35-bedroom estate after viewing around 100 properties.


The picturesque residence comes complete with it’s own vineyard, moat, lake and� whicforesth they bought direct from the owner after spotting the property from the air by helicopter.


The pair, who are expecting their fifth and sixth children later this year, hope to move in to their new home by the beginning of August as Jolie, 32, is set to give birth to twins on the 19th.




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Boris Kovac and Ladaaba Orchestra

Boris Kovac and Ladaaba Orchestra   
Artist: Boris Kovac and Ladaaba Orchestra

   Genre(s): 
Jazz
   



Discography:


Ballads At The End Of Time   
 Ballads At The End Of Time

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 14




 






Deyn named best-dressed ahead of Kate Moss

Kate Moss has been knocked off the top of a best-dressed list by model-of-the-moment Agyness Deyn.
34-year-old Moss had taken the best-dressed crown for the last two years thanks to her prized ability to influence the contents of women's wardrobes.
Although she still receives praise in Tatler magazine's annual list, it is Moss's rival Deyn, 25, whose sartorial choices enlist most respect.
Tatler also puts Samantha Cameron, the wife of Tory leader David Cameron, in the top 10 for being "consistently chic and never flash". The magazine adds: "She brings some much-needed glamour to the Tory Wives Club."
Actress Keira Knightley takes fourth place, for being a "red carpet style icon" who works the "grungy but clean" look during the day.
Anouck Lepere, the Belgian model girlfriend of Moss's ex, Jefferson Hack, is sixth.
Alexa Chung, the girlfriend of Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner and presenter of T4, is 10th. The magazine says she is often "seen in a navy children's princess coat with a velvet collar which cost a tenner in Brick Lane".
Former chip girl Deyn, winner of Model of the Year, recently replaced Moss in the latest Burberry campaign.
The fashion label says Moss is "still part of the Burberry family".
Tatler writes of Deyn: "Whether she's sipping chai at the Russian Tea Rooms in Primrose Hill or kicking back at Henry Holland's studio, She's fash-fabulous... Rockin."
It still credits Moss with influencing women, giving her second place in the top 10 and writing: "If she wears it, the rest of the world follows suit.She has proven her designer credentials with her sell-out Topshop clothing range."
Top 10 Best-Dressed1. Agyness Deyn (model)2. Kate Moss (model)3. Natalia Vodianova (Russian model)4. Keira Knightley (actress)5. Stella Tennant (model)6. Anouck Lepere (model)7. Lynn de Rothschild (of the banking family)8. Kirsty Bertarelli (billionaire's wife and former beauty queen)9. Samantha Cameron (David Cameron's wife and creative director of Smythson)10. Alexa Chung (T4 presenter)

Norton hosts BBC's Oliver show

Irish presenter Graham Norton is to host a new BBC One series which will search for new stars for the musical 'Oliver!'.
'I'd Do Anything' finds Norton joined by showbiz legends Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cameron Mackintosh and a panel of judges as they try to find new stars to play the roles of Oliver and Nancy in the musical.
Commenting, Elaine Bedell, Controller, BBC Entertainment Commissioning, said: "We're really pleased to be building on the success of 'Any Dream Will Do' with a new search for West End stars next year."
She continued: 'Oliver!' is a much-loved British musical so we're sure the show will unite families and melt hearts."
'I'd Do Anything' premieres on BBC One next year.