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Mike Reno
Mike Reno (born Joseph Michael Rynoski; born January 8, 1955) is a Canadian musician, singer and the lead singer of the rock band Loverboy. He fronted other bands, including Moxy (band), Moxy, before helping form Loverboy. Reno also sang for the Canadian band Hammersmith in 1976. Early life, family and education Reno was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. He spent his early years in the South Okanagan. Reno recalls writing songs when he was 12 or 13 years old. He graduated from Penticton Secondary School. Career During his high school years in the early 1970s, Reno joined a cover band called Morning Glory in which he played the drums. Eventually he joined the cover band Synergy. Later, Reno moved on to a band, Spunk, with guitarist Jack Stoltz. After graduating from high school, Reno briefly joined the band Moxy (band), Moxy for a single album, ''Under the Lights'', released in 1978. It was something of a departure from the previous Moxy albums, partially becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Westminster
New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capital of the Colony of British Columbia in 1858 and continued in that role until the Mainland and Island colonies were merged in 1866. It was the British Columbia Mainland's largest city from that year until it was passed in population by Vancouver during the first decade of the 20th century. It is located on the banks of the Fraser River as it turns southwest towards its estuary, on the southwest side of the Burrard Peninsula and roughly at the centre of the Greater Vancouver region. History The area now known as New Westminster was originally inhabited by Kwantlen First Nation. The discovery of gold in BC and the arrival of gold seekers from the south prompted fear amongst the settlers that Americans may invade to take over this lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. One of the key bands in the grunge, grunge movement of the early 1990s, Pearl Jam has outsold and outlasted many of its contemporaries from the early 1990s, and is considered one of the most influential bands from that decade, dubbed "the most popular American rock and roll band of the '90s". Since 1998, the band's lineup has comprised bassist Jeff Ament, guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, vocalist/guitarist Eddie Vedder and drummer Matt Cameron; keyboardist Boom Gaspar has also been a session and touring member with the band since 2002. Drummers Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, Dave Abbruzzese, and Jack Irons are former members of the band. Formed after the demise of Gossard and Ament's previous bands, Green River (band), Green River and Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with their debut album - ''Ten (Pearl Jam album), Ten'' - in 1991. ''Ten'' stayed on the US ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoyt Axton
Hoyt Wayne Axton (March 25, 1938 – October 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. Among his best-known songs are " Joy to the World", "The Pusher", "No No Song", "Greenback Dollar", "Della and the Dealer", "Never Been to Spain", and "Boney Fingers". He was also a prolific character actor, with many film and television roles to his credit, often playing a father figure in a number of films, including '' The Black Stallion'' (1979), '' Heart Like a Wheel'' (1983), and ''Gremlins'' (1984). Early life Born in Duncan, Oklahoma, Axton spent his preteen years in Comanche, Oklahoma, with his brother John. His mother Mae Boren Axton, a songwriter, cowrote the song "Heartbreak Hotel", which became a major hit for Elvis Presley. Some of Hoyt's own songs were later recorded by Presley. Axton's father John Thomas Axton was a na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Been To Spain
"Never Been to Spain" is a song written by Hoyt Axton, originally released on his 1971 LP ''Joy to the World'' and later that year performed by Three Dog Night, with Cory Wells on lead vocal. It was featured on their 1971 album ''Harmony (Three Dog Night album), Harmony''. The recording was produced by Richard Podolor. Background The lyrics consist of the narrator ruminating about overseas locales that he has never visited, but about which he feels he has some proxy experience, primarily via the music, but also due to other presumed highlights found in those places. He loosely compares his own actual travels to these more worldly spots. In the final verse, he observes that while he has "never been to heaven", he has "been to Oklahoma", where he was told he was born, thus implying a kinship between the two places. Hoyt Axton, who was born in Oklahoma, explained that he originally wrote, "...in Oklahoma, born in a coma...." However, it was considered inappropriate; thus, the lyrics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream A Little Dream (film)
''Dream a Little Dream'' is a 1989 American fantasy- romantic comedy-drama film directed by Marc Rocco and starring Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Meredith Salenger, Jason Robards, Piper Laurie and Harry Dean Stanton. It was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina. This was the third film featuring The Two Coreys. A direct to video sequel, '' Dream a Little Dream 2'', was released in 1995. Plot Bobby Keller is a slacker high school student who, while running through a short cut through a backyard in his neighborhood one night, collides with Lainie Diamond, over whom Bobby has recently been obsessing. During the collision, elderly professor Coleman Ettinger is performing a meditation exercise in the yard with his wife Gena, theorizing that if he and his wife can enter a meditative alpha state together voluntarily, they will be able to live together forever. However, just as the Ettingers are on the verge of completing their meditation experiment, the teenagers' collision rend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Eagle II
''Iron Eagle II'' (also titled ''Iron Eagle II: The Battle Beyond the Flag'') is a 1988 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie and written by Furie and Kevin Alyn Elders. A sequel to the 1986 film ''Iron Eagle'', it is the second installment of the ''Iron Eagle'' film series, with Louis Gossett Jr. reprising his role as Charles "Chappy" Sinclair, alongside newcomers Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin, Maury Chaykin, Alan Scarfe, Colm Feore, and Clark Johnson. An uncredited Jason Gedrick also returns as ace pilot Doug Masters in the film's opening scene. Like its predecessor, ''Iron Eagle II'' received negative reviews. It also did not fare well at the box-office, with earnings of $10,497,324. Despite this, it was nominated for three Genie Awards ( Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Sound Editing, and Best Overall Sound). Plot While on a routine patrol in United States airspace west of Alaska, pilots Doug "Thumper" Masters and Matt "Cobra" Cooper test the g-forces of their F- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Gun
''Top Gun'' is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, with distribution by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an article titled "Top Guns", written by Ehud Yonay and published in ''California'' magazine three years earlier. It stars Tom Cruise as Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier . He and his radar intercept officer, Lieutenant (junior grade) Nick "Goose" Bradshaw ( Anthony Edwards), are given the chance to train at the United States Navy's Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer and Tom Skerritt also appear in supporting roles. When ''Top Gun'' was released on May 16, 1986, although its visual effects and soundtrack were universally acclaimed, the film initially received mixed reviews from film critics. Despit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven In Your Eyes
"Heaven in Your Eyes" is a song recorded by Canadian rock band Loverboy for the soundtrack to the film ''Top Gun''. It later appeared on Loverboy's 1989 hits compilation '' Big Ones''. The power ballad reached No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the US. The song was originally written by Mae Moore and John Dexter, both Vancouver-area musicians. As recorded, it is credited to Moore, Dexter and Paul Dean and Mike Reno from Loverboy. ''Cash Box'' called it a "powerful, emotional rock ballad." ''Billboard'' called it a "routine power ballad." Noteworthy is the fact that Loverboy keyboardist A keyboardist or keyboard player is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instru ... Doug Johnson does not appear in the song's music video. His absence was intentional, as he felt that the ''Top Gun'' film over-glamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footloose (1984 Film)
''Footloose'' is a 1984 American musical drama film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Dean Pitchford. It tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), a teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town, where he attempts to overturn a ban on dancing enforced by the efforts of a local minister (John Lithgow). The film was released on February 17, 1984, by Paramount Pictures, and received mixed reviews from the critics, but was a box office success, grossing $80 million in North America, becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 1984. The songs " Footloose" by Kenny Loggins and "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Plot Chicago native Ren McCormack and his mother Ethel move to the small town of Bomont, Utah to live with Ren's aunt and uncle. While attending church, he meets Reverend Shaw Moore, his wife Vi and their daughter Ariel, who rebels against her father's strict religious nature and behav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart (band)
Heart is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1973. The band evolved from previous projects led by founding members Roger Fisher (guitarist), Roger Fisher (guitar) and Steve Fossen (bass guitar), including The Army (1967–1969), Hocus Pocus (1969–1970), and White Heart (1970–1973). By 1975, original members Fisher, Fossen, and Ann Wilson (lead vocals and flute), along with Nancy Wilson (rock musician), Nancy Wilson (rhythm guitar, vocals), Michael Derosier (drums), and Howard Leese (guitar, keyboards and backing vocals) formed the lineup for the band's initial mid- to late-1970s success period. These core members were included in the band's 2013 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Heart rose to fame with music influenced by hard rock and heavy metal music, heavy metal as well as folk music. The band underwent a major lineup change between the late 1970s and the early 1980s; by 1982 Fisher, Fossen, and Derosier had all left and were replaced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Wilson
Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950) is an American singer best known as the lead singer of the rock band Heart. Wilson has been a member of Heart since the early 1970s; her younger sister, Nancy Wilson, is also a member of the band. One of the first hard rock bands fronted by women, Heart released numerous albums between 1975 and 2016; the early Heart albums '' Dreamboat Annie'' (1975) and '' Little Queen'' (1977) generated classic hard rock singles such as " Magic Man", " Crazy on You", and "Barracuda". Heart has sold over 35 million records worldwide, placed 29 singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and has scored top 10 albums on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2010s. Wilson was ranked no. 78 in ''Hit Parader's'' 2006 list of "Greatest rock Vocalists of All Time". In 2013, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Heart. Wilson possesses a dramatic soprano vocal range. She is known for her operatic abilities. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duet
A duet (italian language, Italian: ''duo'') is a musical composition for two Performing arts, performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo section rather than performing simultaneously. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is a "piano duet" or "piano four hands". A piece for two pianists performing together on separate pianos is a "List of compositions for piano duo, piano duo". "Duet" is also used as a verb for the act of performing a musical duet, or colloquially as a noun to refer to the performers of a duet. A musical ensemble with more than two solo instruments or voices is called a Trio (music), trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, octet (music), octet, etc. History When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart was young, he and his sister Maria Anna Mozart, Marianne played a duet of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
