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Sophie B. Hawkins
Sophie Ballantine Hawkins (born November 1, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and painter. Born in New York City, she attended the Manhattan School of Music for a year as a percussionist before leaving to pursue a music career. In the 1990s, she achieved critical and commercial success with her first two albums, producing a string of single hits including "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover", " Right Beside You", and "As I Lay Me Down". A dispute with her record label Sony Music over her third album, ''Timbre'', led her to establish her own independent label, Trumpet Swan Productions, which has published her subsequent recordings. Hawkins is a long-time supporter of animal rights and environmental causes. She is also a social and political activist, supporting events promoting women in music and LGBT rights. Career Hawkins's debut album, '' Tongues and Tails,'' was released in 1992. It achieved both worldwide commercial success and critical acclaim, earning her a Gram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongues And Tails
''Tongues and Tails'' is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1992 on Columbia records. It was produced by Rick Chertoff and Ralph Schuckett. The album contains ten original tracks, including "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" and "California Here I Come", and a cover of Bob Dylan's "I Want You"; in ''Rolling Stone'', Paul Evans described the style of her version as "breathy techno-MOR". The album, which sold over 850,000 units worldwide, was a commercial and critical success. It was awarded "Best Pop Album" and "Best Debut Album by a Solo Artist" at the 1992 New York Music Awards, and earned Hawkins a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist in 1993. Background Hawkins recorded her debut album, ''Tongues and Tails'', after signing a contract with Columbia Records, who had liked a demo tape she circulated to various labels. She was enthusiastic about her relationship with the label, telling ''Billboard'' in 1992, "Once it sunk into my brai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. History Virgin established its book publishing arm in the late 1970s; in the latter part of the 1980s Virgin purchased several existing companies, including WH Allen, well known among '' Doctor Who'' fans for their Target Books imprint; Virgin Books was incorporated into WH Allen in 1989, but in 1991 WH Allen was renamed Virgin Publishing Ltd. Virgin Publishing's early success came with the ''Doctor Who'' New Adventures novels, officially licensed full-length novels carrying on the story of the popular science-fiction television series following its cancellation in 1989. Virgin published this series from 1991 to 1997, as well as a range of ''Doctor Who'' reference books from 1992 to 1998 under the Doctor Who Books imprint. In recent times the company is best known for its commercia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by African Americans and had African antecedents. In the 19th century, interest in the instrument was spread across the United States and United Kingdom by traveling shows of the 19th-century minstrel show fad, followed by mass production and mail-order sales, including instructional books. The inexpensive or home-made banjo remained part of rural folk culture, but five-string and four-string banjos also became popular for home parlor music entertainment, college music clubs, and early 20th century jazz bands. By the early 20th century, the banjo was most frequently associated with folk, cowboy music, and country music. By mid-century it had come to be strongly associated with bluegrass. Eventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Gaston
Louise Christina Theodora "Gigi" Gaston is an American writer-director. Early life Gaston was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, to Teddy Getty Gaston and William Gaston who divorced when she was 8. She was raised in New Canaan, and later moved to the Los Angeles area. In 1977, while living in Santa Monica, CA, ''The New York Times'' noted that Gaston was an equestrian, and she pursued a career in show jumping. Career Gaston has written and sold screenplays, including ''Like a Lady'' and ''Mockingbird'', to Steve Tisch and New Line Cinema, and ''Madame Lupescue'' (to Ron Howard in 1996). Her first directed film, the documentary ''The Cream Will Rise'' (1998) profiled singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins's early years, played at film festivals and was reviewed in '' Variety''. Gaston directed the 1998 music video for Olivia Newton-John's updated " I Honestly Love You". Gaston directed the 2002 heist film '' Beyond the City Limits'' ''Rip It Off'' with Nastassja Kinski, Aly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Weber (photographer)
Bruce Weber (born March 29, 1946) is an American fashion photographer and film director known for his work with fashion brands and magazines. Weber has directed several films, including ''Let's Get Lost (1988 film), Let's Get Lost'' (1988), a documentary about jazz musician Chet Baker, and ''Chop Suey'' (2001), a portrait of a wrestler. ''Let's Get Lost'' received an Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature and a Cinecritica Award at the Venice Film Festival. Weber is also the founder and co-owner of Little Bear Press, which publishes books and the independent arts magazine ''All-American''. Weber has been accused of sexual assault by more than 20 models, and has been the subject of three lawsuits, all of which have reached settlements. He currently resides in Miami and is married to , who is also his agent. Life and work Weber was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to a Jewish family. His fashion photography first a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q (magazine)
''Q'' was a British popular music magazine. It was founded in 1986 by broadcast journalists Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, who were presenters of the BBC television music series ''The Old Grey Whistle Test''. ''Q'' was published in print in the UK from 1986 until its final issue was published in July 2020. In 2023, ''Q'' was revived as an Webzine, online publication, but this closed in May 2024. History ''Q'' was originally published by the EMAP media group and set itself apart from much of the other music press with monthly production and higher standards of photography and printing. In the early years, the magazine was sub-titled "The modern guide to music and more". Originally it was to be called ''Cue'' (as in the sense of cueing a record, ready to play), but the name was changed so that it would not be mistaken for a snooker magazine. Another reason, cited in ''Q''s 200th edition, is that a single-letter title would be more prominent on newsstands. In January 2008, EMAP so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interview (magazine)
''Interview'' is an American magazine founded by pop artist Andy Warhol and journalist John Wilcock in 1969. The magazine, nicknamed "The Crystal Ball of Pop," features interviews of and by celebrities. Background In 1965, pop artist Andy Warhol announced his retirement from painting to focus on filmmaking. After he survived an assassination attempt in 1968, he began to concentrate on building a business enterprise. When Warhol tried to obtain press permits for the New York Film Festival, he was denied. Therefore, having a formal method for obtaining press passes was one of the reasons he founded ''inter/VIEW: A Monthly Film Journal'' with British journalist John Wilcock in 1969. The magazine, which was headquartered at Warhol's Factory, started as a film review before shifting its emphasis to pop culture. "I felt there was a need for an easygoing, conversational magazine,' said Warhol. "Every other paper is full of bad news, but we publish only good." ''Interview'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RIAA Certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) operates an awards program based on the certified number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets.RIAA certification criteria Retrieved on September 11, 2006 Other countries have similar awards (see ). Certification is not automatic; for an award to be made, the must first request certification. The audit is conducted against net shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Lipson
Stephen J. Lipson is an English record producer, audio engineer, guitarist and songwriter. As a record producer, he has worked with many artists including Annie Lennox, Propaganda, Act, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Simple Minds, Will Young, Geri Halliwell, Jeff Beck, Billie Eilish and Hans Zimmer. He has also engineered, played guitar on and contributed to much of the programming on many of the records he has produced. Record collaborations * ''American Idol'' * Annie Lennox * Backstreet Boys * Billie Eilish * Blake * Boyzone * Brian Kennedy * ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' * '' Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' * Cher * Children in Need 2014 * Clay Aiken * Daniel Bedingfield * David Cook * David Jordan * Diesel Park West * Donald Glover * Emma Bunton * Foy Vance * Frankie Goes to Hollywood * Gary Barlow * Geri Halliwell * Gerry Rafferty * Godley & Creme * Grace Jones * Hans Zimmer * Hardwicke Circus * Tomoyasu Hotei * Hothouse Flowers * Idina Menzel * Jamie Cullum * Jars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whaler (album)
''Whaler'' is the second album by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1994 on Columbia Records. The release was preceded by the single "Right Beside You", which reached No. 56 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, but did much better in the UK, where it peaked at No. 13. The album was not as commercially successful as her debut album ''Tongues and Tails'' two years earlier; however, the sales picked up after the third single, "As I Lay Me Down", released at the beginning of 1995, went to No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Consequently, the album managed to climb to No. 65 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Critical reception The critical reception was mixed. Paul Evans of ''Rolling Stone'' said that the album did not quite live up to the standard and expectations set by her debut. The ''Los Angeles Times'' review noted that Hawkins tries to knit "a crazy quilt of styles" trying to combine different influences but the experimentation does not pay off and "u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
''The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration'' is a live double-album release in recognition of Bob Dylan's 30 years as a recording artist. Recorded on October 16, 1992, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, it captures most of the concert, which featured many artists performing classic Dylan songs, before ending with three songs from Dylan himself. The house band for the show were the surviving members of Booker T. & the M.G.'s: Booker T. Jones on organ, Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass, and Steve Cropper on guitar. Joining them was drummer Anton Fig filling in for the late Al Jackson, plus drummer Jim Keltner. Longtime ''Saturday Night Live'' bandleader and initial lead guitar player in Dylan's Never Ending Tour G. E. Smith served as the music director of the whole event as well as a sideman on guitar and mandolin for several artists. Background singers were Sheryl Crow and Sue Medley among others. ''The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration'', which reached No. 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
