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Del Amitri
Del Amitri is a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Glasgow in 1980. They are best known for their 1990 single " Nothing Ever Happens", which reached No. 11 in the UK, and their 1995 hit " Roll to Me", which reached the top 10 in both Canada and the United States. They have released seven studio albums, five of which have reached the UK top 10. Del Amitri has sold over six million albums worldwide. History Band name Del Amitri's founding member and main songwriter, Justin Currie, explained in 2010 that the band's name "was invented to be meaningless – basically a corruption of the Greek name 'Dimitri'." In 2018, Currie clarified that 'Del Amitri' is a bastardisation of the name of a film producer who appeared in the closing credits of a film he saw in 1979: "probably Dimitri-something, but we couldn't remember... so eventually through osmosis or maybe Chinese Whispers 'Dimitri' became 'Del Amitri'." Many sources have repeated a claim that the name was chosen because i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton
Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253,651 at the 2011 census, making it one of the most populous cities in southern England. Southampton forms part of the larger South Hampshire conurbation which includes the city of Portsmouth and the boroughs of Borough of Havant, Havant, Borough of Eastleigh, Eastleigh, Borough of Fareham, Fareham and Gosport. A major port, and close to the New Forest, Southampton lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and River Itchen, Hampshire, Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south. Southampton is classified as a Medium-Port City. Southampton was the departure point for the and home to 500 of the people who perished on board. The Supermarine Spitfire, Spitfire was built in the city and Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Cummings (musician)
David Cummings (sometimes credited as Dave Cummings) is a British musician and scriptwriter. He is best known for writing for British television comedies such as ''The Fast Show'', and for being a guitarist in Del Amitri between 1989 and 1995. He was educated at The College of Richard Collyer, Collyer’s School and the University of East Anglia, where he earned a degree in English & American Studies. It was while studying at the UEA that he met Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson, who later went on to create ''The Fast Show''. At this time, however, Higson was mostly interested in music, and Cummings was a founder member of his band, The Higsons, who gained some cult popularity at the time. After graduating, Cummings moved to London, where he continued playing guitar, notably in the cult band Bonsai Forest featuring Paul Whitehouse on lead guitar. In 1989 he joined the Scottish group Del Amitri after the departure of their guitarist Mick Slaven, being pictured on the cover of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waking Hours
''Waking Hours'' is the second studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Del Amitri, released in July 1989 by A&M Records. It reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart and featured one of the band's most famous songs, " Nothing Ever Happens", which reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart. The album's opening track, "Kiss This Thing Goodbye", entered the top 40 of the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 when released as a single for the second time. History Many Del Amitri fans consider ''Waking Hours'' to be the band's first "real" album. The post-punk influence of the first album, ''Del Amitri'' (1985), had produced a sound radically different to the remainder of the band's output. The first album had been extremely difficult to find for many years, before its 2003 CD reissue, leaving many who became fans in the 1990s totally unaware of its existence. ''Waking Hours'' arguably represents Del Amitri's first "mature" record, and was certainly the first to bring them any mainstream s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Amitri (album)
''Del Amitri'' (stylised as ''del Amitri'') is the eponymous debut album by the Scottish rock band Del Amitri, released in May 1985 by Chrysalis Records. Two singles were released, "Sticks and Stones, Girl" (with B-side "The King Is Poor" and "The Difference Is" as an additional track on the 12-inch) and a rerecorded version of "Hammering Heart" (with B-side "Lines Running North" along with a live version of "Brown Eyed Girl" on the 12-inch). Neither single charted. A CD reissue in 2003 included the four bonus tracks. Background Del Amitri had released their debut single "Sense Sickness" in 1983 on the Glasgow indie label NoStrings Records. They recorded their first Peel session in March 1984, which led to a deal with Chrysalis Records later in the year. After an unsuccessful session at Britannia Row Studios in London with former frontman of Television, Tom Verlaine, producing, the band recorded their first album with producer Hugh Jones at Park Lane Studio in Glasgow. Before t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Contract
A recording contract (commonly called a record contract or record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording act (artist or group), where the act makes an audio recording (or series of recordings) for the label to sell and promote. Artists under contract are normally only allowed to record for that label exclusively; guest appearances on other artists' records will carry a notice "By courtesy of (the name of the label)", and that label in question may receive a percentage of sales through publishing. Copyrights, payment and royalties Labels typically own the copyright in the records their artists make, and also the master copies of those records. An exception is when a label makes a distribution deal with an artist; in this case, the artist, their manager, or another party may own the copyright (and masters), while the record is licensed exclusively to the label for a set period of time. Promotion is a key factor in the success of a record, and is largel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordanhill School
Jordanhill School, located in Jordanhill, Glasgow, educates children from age 4–19. It was formerly run by Jordanhill College of Education as its demonstration school, and was previously known as Jordanhill College School. Uniquely among Scottish schools, it is funded directly by the Scottish Government (rather than through the local authority, in this case Glasgow City Council). The school consists of a primary department and a secondary department. In the primary, P1 & P2 have three classes of twenty-two pupils each while P3–P7 have two classes of thirty-three. Pupils in upper Primary spend up to 60% of their week working in the Secondary department. The secondary school takes in an additional thirty-three pupils in S1 to bring the number per year up to 99. The school is categorised as non-denominational. The school is state-funded by direct grant from the Scottish Government, and is non fee-paying. The school catchment area encompasses predominantly owner-occupi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek (, ; , ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic languages, Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the list of languages by first written accounts, longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting importance in the European canon. Greek is also the language in which many of the foundational texts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Whispers
Telephone (American English and Canadian English), or Chinese whispers (some Commonwealth English), is an internationally popular children's game in which messages are whispered from person to person and then the original and final messages are compared. This sequential modification of information is called transmission chaining in the context of cultural evolution research, and is primarily used to identify the type of information that is more easily passed on from one person to another. Players form a line or circle, and the first player comes up with a message and whispers it to the ear of the second person in the line. The second player repeats the message to the third player, and so on. When the last player is reached, they announce the message they just heard, to the entire group. The first person then compares the original message with the final version. Although the objective is to pass around the message without it becoming garbled along the way, part of the enjoyment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closing Credits
Closing credits, aka end credits or end titles, are a list of the cast and crew of a particular motion picture, television show, or video game. While opening credits appear at the beginning of a work, closing credits appear close to or at the very end of a work. A full set of credits can include not only the cast and crew, but also production sponsors, distribution companies, works of music licensed or written for the work, various legal disclaimers, such as copyright, and more. Appearance Typically, the closing credits appear in white lettering on a solid black background, often with a musical background. Credits are either a series of static frames, or a single list that scrolls from the bottom of the screen to the top. Occasionally closing credits will divert from this standard form to scroll in another direction, include illustrations, extra scenes, bloopers, joke credits and post-credits scenes. History The use of closing credits in film to list complete production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond Race Magazine
''Beyond Race Magazine'' (often abbreviated to ''Beyond Race'' or ''BRM'') is a quarterly magazine based in New York City, founded in 2005 by David Terra, and dedicated to "groundbreaking music and culture". The first issue of ''Beyond Race'' was published in the summer of 2006. On May 18, 20, and 21, 2010, ''BRM'' ran benefit shows in order to raise money to continue operating. On November 16, 2010, Verde Media Group Inc. acquired 100% ownership of Beyondrace.com. In 2013, VMGI transferred ownership of Beyond Race Magazine and Beyondrace.com to its editor-in-chief. It is primarily centered on independent and emerging artists, covering music, film, and other arts, such as literature, graffiti, tattooing, and visual arts. The publication also reports heavily on progressive issues and culture, in general. Along with in-depth features on musicians and artists, each issue also covers social and political topics and has several pages devoted to album reviews. Past issues have c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roll To Me
"Roll to Me" is a song by Scottish pop rock band Del Amitri Del Amitri is a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Glasgow in 1980. They are best known for their 1990 single "Nothing Ever Happens" which reached No. 11 in the UK, and their 1995 hit "Roll to Me", which charted in the top 10 in both Can ..., released as the third single from their fourth studio album, '' Twisted'' (1995). The song became their biggest hit in the United States when it reached number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. It finished at number 55 on the ''Billboard'' Year-End Hot 100 singles chart of 1995. In the United Kingdom, it was a moderate hit, peaking at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart. Track listings UK CD1 # "Roll to Me" # "In the Frame" # "Food for Songs" (acoustic version) # "One Thing Left to Do" (acoustic version) UK CD2 # "Roll to Me" # "Spit in the Rain" # "Stone Cold Sober" # "Move Away Jimmy Blue" UK cassette single and European CD single # "Roll to Me" # "In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing Ever Happens
"Nothing Ever Happens" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock band Del Amitri. Released as a single on 1 January 1990 by A&M Records, it reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's biggest hit in the UK; and was also a top-10 hit in Ireland, peaking at #4. It is the last track on the band's second studio album, ''Waking Hours ''Waking Hours'' is the second studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Del Amitri, released in July 1989 by A&M Records. It reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart and featured one of the band's most famous songs, " Nothing Ever Happens", ...'' (1989). Track listing A-side *"Nothing Ever Happens" B-side *"So Many Souls To Change" *"Don't I Look Like The Kind Of Guy You Used To Hate" *"Evidence" References External links * "On The Record: Justin Currie – Nothing Ever Happens by Del Amitri"at bbc.co.uk "Del Amitri: How I wrote 80s hit Nothing Ever Happens - Off The Record"at The Times and The Sunday Times {{authority contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
