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Souled
''Souled'' is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Thomas Anders. It was released in April 1995, and was produced by Peter Wolf, who had previously worked with Starship. The album featured covers of The Beatles' " Michelle", Stephanie Mills' " Never Knew Love Like This Before" and a duet with The Pointer Sisters on "Feel for the Physical". "Road To Higher Love", "A Little Bit Of Lovin'" and "Never Knew Love Like This Before" were released as singles. Overview After his lackluster success in pop music, Anders decided to experiment with new styles of music, which culminated in the 1994 release of '' Barcos De Cristal'', a Latin-style album which was recorded entirely in Spanish. Although ''Barcos De Cristal'' was not successful in its native country, it was a commercial success in Argentina. Anders decided to focus on soul music for his next album. While working in the United States, Anders met producer Peter Wolf, who would produce his next solo album, ''Souled''. Recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Anders
Bernd Weidung (born 1 March 1963), known by his stage name Thomas Anders, is a German singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the vocalist of the former pop duo Modern Talking. Starting his singing career while still in school, Anders unsuccessfully attempted to establish himself as a Schlager artist for several years. After forming the Eurodisco duo Modern Talking with Dieter Bohlen in 1983, they became a worldwide sensation with their hit " You're My Heart, You're My Soul". They followed up with a string of other hits, namely " You Can Win If You Want", " Cheri, Cheri Lady", " Brother Louie", " Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)", " Geronimo's Cadillac", and "Jet Airliner", before dissolving in 1987. In 1998, they reunited and produced several new songs such as "You Are Not Alone", " Sexy, Sexy Lover", " No Face, No Name, No Number", " Ready for the Victory", and " TV Makes the Superstar", before dissolving again in 2003. Their controversial break-ups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only Sisters Can Do That
''Only Sisters Can Do That'' is the fifteenth (and to date, final) studio album by The Pointer Sisters, released in 1993 on the SBK label. History ''Only Sisters Can Do That'' is the last Pointer Sisters studio album made with founding member June Pointer. Issa Pointer, the daughter of longtime group member Ruth Pointer, performed as a background vocalist on two album tracks; she eventually replaced June Pointer in the group's lineup in 2002. The album was helmed by producer Peter Wolf and led by the single "Don't Walk Away", which featured Michael McDonald as a guest vocalist. Originally, the track had been recorded by Ruth Pointer for a solo album that she abandoned in favor of the ''Only Sisters'' project. Other songs of note include "I Want Fireworks" and "Tell It to My Heart", which were both co-written by Anita Pointer, and the title track, penned by all three sisters. The track "Feel for the Physical" appeared on the 1995 album ''Souled'' by Thomas Anders reworked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Concert (album)
''Live Concert'' is the seventh album by singer-songwriter and producer Thomas Anders. It is his first solo album to be recorded live. The album was released in 1997 with a jazz band and features such evergreens as Cole Porter's " Night and Day", Bobby Darin's " Beyond the Sea", and Barry Manilow's " When October Goes". Track listing # "Paradise Café" (Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman) – 4:58 # "Can't Teach My Old Heart New Tricks" ( Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer) – 4:06 # "Just Remember" (Manilow, Mercer) – 3:40 # "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 3:29 # " When October Goes" (Manilow, Mercer) – 5:16 # " How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" (Featuring Lilly Thornton) (Michel Legrand, A. & M. Begmann) – 5:19 # " Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 6:09 # " Beyond the Sea" (Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence) – 5:08 # " Moonlight in Vermont" ( John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 4:32 Personnel * Executive Producer: Thomas Anders Bernd Weidung (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Braunagel
Tony Braunagel is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter from Houston, Texas, United States, who is based in Los Angeles, California. Braunagel has played on many film scores and television shows as well as numerous albums as a musician, composer and producer. He is best known as a session drummer and/or percussionist of over 200 albums including those of Otis Rush, Eric Burdon, Johnny Nash, Coco Montoya, Lucky Peterson, as well as Grammy winning albums of Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal (musician), Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy (percussion) and for performing live with dozens of music icons including Bonnie Raitt, Rickie Lee Jones, B.B. King, BB King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lightnin’ Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Bette Midler, Lyle Lovett, and Taj Mahal to name just a few. Braunagel's recording and performing career encompasses numerous and diverse rhythms and drum styles, but he is most known for Rhythm and blues, Rhythm and Blues, Blues, Americana Rock ‘n’ Roll, Blues shuffl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Gaitsch
Bruce R. Gaitsch (; born February 7, 1953) is an American guitarist, composer, and producer. He is best known for working with notable bands and musicians such as Chicago, Peter Cetera, Madonna, and Agnetha Fältskog as a session musician and songwriter. Gaitsch co-wrote the Madonna song " La Isla Bonita", an international #1 single that earned Gaitsch an award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1987. He has collaborated numerous times with fellow Chicago native Richard Marx, whose career he was instrumental in launching. Bruce is married to singer Janey Clewer, with whom he recorded several albums. Discography Solo albums Source: * 1995 – ''A Lyre in a Windstorm'' * 1997 – ''Aphasia'' * 1998 – ''Counterpart'' (with Tommy Denander) * 1998 – ''Nightingale'' * 2001 – ''One on One'' (with Janey Clewer) * 2002 – ''Nova'' * 2007 – ''Sincerely'' * 2023 – ''How Fragile We Are'' * 2023 – ''Sacred Ground'' with the band The Bossa N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Knew Love Like This Before
"Never Knew Love Like This Before" is a song written and produced by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, and recorded by American R&B singer Stephanie Mills for her fourth studio album, '' Sweet Sensation'' (1980). The single was released in August 1980 by 20th Century Fox Records and is inspired by the birth of Lucas' daughter Lisa. The song became Mills' most successful song in the United States, peaking at number six on the ''Billboard'' Pop Singles Chart, outperforming " What Cha' Gonna Do with My Lovin'", which peaked at 22 in 1979. "Never Knew Love Like This Before" also charted on the R&B and Adult Contemporary charts, peaking at number 12 and five, respectively. The song was a bigger commercial success in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number four. "Never Knew Love Like This Before" won Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 23rd Annual Grammy Awards in 1981, beating fellow nominees including Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Roberta Flack, and Minnie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters are an American female vocal group from Oakland, California, who achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. They have had a repertoire with many genres, they have sold around 50 million records throughout their career included. The Pointer Sisters have won three Grammy Awards and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. The group had 13 US top 20 hits between 1973 and 1987. The group had its origins when sisters June and Bonnie Pointer began performing in clubs in 1969 as "Pointers Au Pair". The line-up grew to a trio when sister Anita joined them. Their record deal with Atlantic Records produced several unsuccessful singles. The trio grew to a quartet when sister Ruth joined in December 1972. They then signed with Blue Thumb Records, recorded their debut album and, with their new label, began seeing more success, winning a Grammy Award in 1975 for Best Country Vocal Performance for " Fairytale" (1974). Bonnie left the group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an international border with the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, largest state by population and List of U.S. states and territories by area, third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following Mexican War of Independence, its successful war for independence, but Mexican Cession, was ceded to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-eyed Soul
Blue-eyed soul (also called white soul) is rhythm and blues (R&B) and soul music performed by white artists. The term was coined in the mid-1960s, to describe white artists whose sound was similar to that of the predominantly black Motown and Stax record labels. Though many R&B radio stations in the United States in that period would only play music by black musicians, some began to play music by white acts considered to have "soul feeling"; their music was then described as "blue-eyed soul". 1960s Georgie Woods, a Philadelphia radio DJ, is thought to have coined the term "blue-eyed soul" in 1964, initially to describe the Righteous Brothers, then white artists in general who received airplay on rhythm and blues radio stations. The Righteous Brothers in turn named their 1964 LP ''Some Blue-Eyed Soul''. According to Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers, R&B radio stations who played their songs were surprised to find them to be white when they turned up for interviews, and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Pointer
Ruth Esther Pointer (born March 19, 1946) is an American singer best known as the eldest and last surviving original member of the family vocal group the Pointer Sisters. Career Joining her sisters in 1972, the Pointer Sisters released their first album in 1973. The group eventually found fame with songs like " Yes We Can Can" (1973), their country crossover hit, " Fairytale" (1974) and " How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)" before Bonnie's exit in 1977. Continuing as a trio, the group found their biggest success covering tunes of rock, pop and new wave with singles such as "Fire" (1978), " He's So Shy" (1980), and " Slow Hand" (1981). The group found its biggest success with the release of the '' Break Out'' album in 1983 which featured hits such as "Automatic", "Jump (For My Love)", a re-released version of " I'm So Excited", "Neutron Dance", and "Baby Come And Get It". It's notable for featuring Ruth's lead vocals on "Automatic" and "Neutron Dance", which hit the top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Pointer
June Antoinette Pointer (November 30, 1953 – April 11, 2006) was an American singer, best known as the youngest of the founding members of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters. Early life and career Born the youngest of six children to minister parents Reverend Elton and Sarah Pointer, June shared a love of singing with her sisters. In 1969, she and sister Bonnie founded the duo Pointers, A Pair. June and Bonnie sang at numerous clubs, then became a trio later that year when sister Anita quit her job as a secretary, wanting to join the group. The group officially changed its name to the Pointer Sisters. The trio signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and released a few singles, none of which made a substantial impact on the music charts. In 1972, sister Ruth wanted to join the group, now making it a quartet. The four then signed with Blue Thumb Records. As a trio the group made several singles, now as a quartet they would record their first album. The Pointer Sisters and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
