Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who has died suddenly aged 33, had successfully made the transition from teenage pop idol to mainstream show business performer. He had been the first member of Boyzone to bring out a solo single, New Beginning, and his subsequent roles in West End musicals brought him to a new and broader audience. Several successful television appearances, including ice-skating and interviewing film stars, suggested that he would have had a bright future in broadcasting. Gately was born in the working-class Sheriff Street area of Dublin, the fourth of five children (four sons and a daughter) to painter and decorator Martin Gately and his wife Margaret. He was 17 when he joined Boyzone, having answered an advertisement placed by local entrepreneur Louis Walsh.
The Musical Evolution of Blink 182 By Alex Barlow Introduction Blink 182 is a pop-punk band from San Diego, California. Formed in 1992 by Tom Delonge (vocals, lead guitar), Mark Hoppus (vocals, bass guitar) and Scott Raynor (drums). Together they recorded two demo tapes named Flyswatter and Buddha (1993) before being signed to Cargo Records in 1994. Their first album Cheshire Cat (1994) was not initially a commercial success but after the band toured the album gained more exposure and sales, with the song “M+M’s” being the only single from the album. After nonstop touring, Blink 182 began to record their second album.
The song was written by two english singer/songwriters named Anthony Newly and Leslie Bricusse. Its original purpose was for the 1965 musical "The Roar of the Greaseplant - The Smell of the Crowd", and was originally sung by Cy Grant. I believe that Nina Simone's slightly contrasting version added a new light to the song and opened up many more doors for the growth of the song. Many different versions have been recorded since. Versions and other songs containing samples of Nina Simone's version The George Michael version contains samples, and is featured in Swedish hip hop group Fjärde Världen's song "Ingen Annan".
The life and career of Jeff Lynne Jeffrey Lynne was born on 30th December 1947; he grew up in the shard end area of Birmingham. He is a singer, songwriter, producer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist who find fame as the leader and founder of the Electric Light Orchestra, a unique band that created modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. He also founded a group called The Travelling Wilburys along with George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. Lynne has also produced recordings for artists such as: The Beatles, Brian Wilson, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Del Shannon. Among many of his compositions most successful include: Livin’ thing, Xanadu, Mr Blue Sky, Do Ya, I won’t back down and Free Fallin’.
There is some controversy over who really made the first music video. The Beatles may, or may not, have invented the music video, but they certainly made it popular and defined it: "There have been many claims on who made the first music video, with groups such as the Beatles, Who and Kinks often cited as examples. Some have claimed that Ricky Nelson made the first music video in 1961. However, three years earlier in 1958, the Big Bopper actually recorded three music videos for his songs: ‘Chantilly Lace’, ‘Big Bopper's Wedding’, and ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. Plus, he also coined the term ‘rock video’ in a printed interview in 1959.
Led Zeppelin Research Topic Led Zeppelin was an English rock band active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed as The New Yardbirds in 1968, the band consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. Led Zeppelin are frequently recognised as the progenitors of heavy metal and hard rock and they have also had a significant cultural impact. In 1966, Jimmy Page joined the blues-influenced rock band, The Yardbirds, replacing bassist Paul Samwell Smith. Page wanted to form a supergroup so he and bassist Chris Dreja began putting a new line up together.Terry Reid (Page's first choice for lead singer of the band) suggested Robert Plant, a Stourbridge singer for the Band of Joy and Hobbstweedle.
This essay will consist on how these musicians took control of America and the impact it gave to us. Their energy came across the screen and caused young girls to scream and their fathers to protest. The Beatles came to New York City on February 7,1964,less than three months after the assassination of J.F.K. In his book “The Beatles Come To America” Martin Goldsmith states that and the band brought with them a sound that hadn’t been heard before and helped rouse the country out of mourning. John Lennon wrote over 70 of the songs by himself, including A Hard Days Night, Let It Be, All You need is love, Come Together, and I Am the Walrus.
<BR> You can barely read a magazine or flip on the television without hearing about one of these new hip-hop/rock groups. Media such as Rolling Stone and MTV treat these bands like miraculously they created this "new" genre of music. Bands such as Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, and Sugar Ray are treated as creative geniuses when they are only doing things that have already been done before. Some of these new bands are very talented, but bands such Run DMC, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Rage Against the Machine, blended the seemingly mismatched flavors of rap and rock with brilliant results long before any of these bands had ever even seen a turntable. <br> The earliest example of this mix of hip-hop and hard rock, came in 1985 with the release of Run DMC's "Rock Box".
"Blood on the Tracks" is generally regarded as Bob Dylan's best album after his mid-'60s trilogy of electric rock, consisting of the iconic universally beloved albums "Bringing It All Back Home", "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Blonde on Blonde". It's a somber yet temperamental record that people tend to call his "break-up album" or his most 'confessional' one, despite Dylan's own claims that he doesn't write confessional songs, having tried that once without much success (referring to "Ballad in Plain D", which he regretted writing and recording). "Blood on the Tracks" is a pretty straightforward work of music in terms of lyrics, lacking the enigmatic nature of his magnum opus "Blonde on Blonde", the eccentric warmth of "Planet Waves" which preceded it, the exoticism of "Desire" which followed it, and definitely the cynicism and deviance that hounds 1978's underrated "Street-Legal". Despite being devoid of happiness, the album is hardly callous - it is a blizzard of woeful emotions that showcase Bob as a vulnerable and mature human being, which is an interesting change from 1974's "Planet Waves" that consists mostly of short love songs - Dylan's comes off unusually affable on that album; it truly conveys his enjoyment of playing music and singing. Dylan first recorded "Blood on the Tracks" in New York and later decided to re-record most of it with a backing band after his brother suggested it the original may perhaps be too monotonous.
Simon Cowell Simon Cowell was born on October 7, 1959, in London, England. Cowell started his career in the music industry working in the mailroom at EMI Music Publishing. He worked as a record producer, talent scout and consultant within the music industry before producing the hit British TV show Pop Idol and its U.S. counterpart, American Idol. Cowell's scathing comments were famous during his 10 seasons as a judge on American Idol. He started judging The X Factor in 2011.