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Derek Sharp (musician)
Derek "D#" Sharp is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, engineer, and vocalist. He is best known as the lead singer and frontman of the Jim Kale-managed incarnation of The Guess Who from 2008 to 2024. Career Early career and collaborations Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Sharp has worked with a wide range of musicians, including Jeff Healey, Alannah Myles, Red Rider, Styx, Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow), Alex Ligertwood (Santana), and Ellis Hall. He served as the musical director and producer for the ''Canadian Idol'' winner tours, featuring artists such as Kalan Porter, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Melissa O’Neil. Sharp has also performed and recorded with Canadian Music Hall of Fame legends Andy Kim and Bobby Curtola. Collaborations with Sass Jordan Sharp has had a longstanding musical partnership with his wife, Canadian rock vocalist Sass Jordan, whom he first met in 1995. He appears on Jordan's albums ''Get What You Give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Kale
Michael James Kale (born August 11, 1943) is a Canadian rock musician, best known as the original bassist for the rock band The Guess Who. He was also a member of the band Scrubbaloe Caine. In 1987, he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of The Guess Who. Career Michael James "Jim" Kale was born in Winnipeg. He described his father, who died in 1967 while the Guess Who were on tour in the UK, as abusive and an alcoholic. Kale joined the local Winnipeg band Chad Allan and the Reflections in 1962; that band later spun off into The Guess Who. Kale was the band's bassist during its most successful period up to 1972, appearing on several hit singles and albums and co-writing the band's best-known song, " American Woman", which reached no. 1 in Canada and the United States.Kale left The Guess Who in 1972 after the '' Live at the Paramount'' album, going on to join Scrubbaloe Caine. Scrubbaloe Caine was nominated for the 1974 Juno Award for Most Promising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After studying musical theatre for most of her school life and while in university, Jepsen garnered mainstream attention after placing third on the fifth season of '' Canadian Idol'' in 2007. In 2008, Jepsen released her folk-influenced debut studio album ''Tug of War'' in Canada before it was internationally released in 2011. Jepsen's breakthrough came in 2012 with her acclaimed single " Call Me Maybe", which was declared the best-selling single of that year, sold over 18 million copies, reached number one in more than 19 countries, and led to major record deals with Schoolboy Records and Interscope Records. Jepsen's sophomore studio album, ''Kiss'', was released later that year and included the single " Good Time" with Owl City; both charted in the top ten in Canada and the United States. In 2014, Jepsen made her Broadway theatre stage debut, playing the titular character in ''Cinderella'' for 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Record Producers
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21st-century Canadian Singer-songwriters
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Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label that has the sub-labels Hypnotic Records, Goldenlane, Stardust, Purple Pyramid, Deadline and X-Ray Records. History Founded in January 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, deathrock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music. It is known for its compilations, usually collections of cover songs performed by bands signed to the label. In the mid-1990s, Cleopatra released tribute albums of goth and industrial bands covering artists such as the Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, Christian Death, Alien Sex Fiend, Specimen, Sex Gang Children and New Order. Other goth and industrial acts were compiled to cover songs by AC/DC, Pink Floyd, the Smashing Pumpkins (on '' A Gothic-Industrial Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins''), Guns N' Roses, Dead Can Dance and Skinny Puppy. Notable artists Current and previous notable artists include: Gary N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Bachman
Randolph Charles Bachman ( ; born September 27, 1943) is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of the bands The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. He was the writer and singer of several hit rock songs, including, "Takin' Care of Business (song), Takin' Care of Business", and "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (Bachman–Turner Overdrive song), You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet". Bachman also recorded as a solo artist and was part of a number of short-lived bands such as Brave Belt, Union and Ironhorse. He was a national radio personality on CBC Radio, hosting the weekly music show, ''Vinyl Tap''. Bachman was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016. Early life and education Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Karl (Charlie) Bachman and Anne (Nancy) Dobrinsky, Bachman is of half-German Canadians, German and half-Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian descent. At age three, he won a singing contest on CKY-FM, CKY's King of the Saddle program an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burton Cummings
Burton Lorne Cummings (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is best known for leading the Guess Who during that band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and for a lengthy solo career. Cummings has been inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been cited as one of the most influential performers in Canadian rock music. He has also been named as an officer of the Order of Canada and Order of Manitoba. The Burton Cummings Theatre and Burton Cummings Community Centre in Winnipeg are named in his honour. Career Early years Cummings was born and raised in Winnipeg by his mother and maternal grandparents, after his father left the family during his infancy. He attended St. John's High School (Winnipeg), St. John's High School but dropped out at age 17 to pursue a career in music. The school granted him an honorary diploma in 2010. In 1964 Cummings joined local R&B band the Devero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sass Jordan
Sarah "Sass" Jordan (born 23 December 1962) is an English-born Canadian rock singer from Montreal, Quebec. Her first single, "Tell Somebody," from her debut album of the same title won the Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1989. Since then, she has been nominated three more times for Juno Awards. Her album ''Rebel Moon Blues'' hit #5 on the Billboard Blues chart. Released 28 April 2023, her latest is a live album from 1994 when she toured with Taylor Hawkins on drums called Live in New York Ninety-Four. Early life Jordan was born in 1962, in Birmingham, England to French literary professor Albert Jordan and former English ballerina Jean Lanceman. When Jordan was three years old, her dad moved them from France to Montreal for a position as a professor at Concordia University. In 1986, Jordan made her recording debut on the Bündock album ''Mauve'' as co-lead vocalist on the song "Come On (Baby Tonight)". She soon began working as a session vocalist for other Montr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Curtola
Robert Allen Curtola, CM (April 17, 1943 – June 4, 2016) was a Canadian rock and roll singer and teen idol. History Curtola was born in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. He began performing at age 15 with a band called Bobby and the Bobcats, singing at high school assemblies. Over the subsequent years, the singer had many songs on the Canadian music charts beginning with "Hand in Hand With You" in 1960. He was backed by the Corvettes, a group who changed their name to The Martels (named after Curtola's manager, Maria Martell). Curtola went on to record hits such as "Indian Giver", "Aladdin" and his biggest chart topper, " Fortuneteller" in 1962, which was also successful internationally, selling 2.5 million copies. On June 20, 1962, he performed on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. Between 1960 and 1968 he had continual single and album releases on the Tartan label in Canada. The managers and main songwriters were brothers Dyer and Basil Hurdon. The Del-Fi label released s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Kim
Andrew Kim (born July12, 1982) is an American politician and former diplomat serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States senator from New Jersey since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served from 2019 to 2024 as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. Kim worked as a civilian advisor at the United States Department of State in Afghanistan during the Obama administration. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018, defeating incumbent Tom MacArthur. With incumbent senator Bob Menendez facing corruption and bribery charges, Kim announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in September 2023. He won the Democratic primary after successfully petitioning to abolish "Elections in New Jersey#County line, county line" primary ballots in New Jersey. Kim went on to win in the 2024 United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2024 gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
