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Toploader
Toploader are an English Rock music, rock band from Eastbourne, East Sussex, formed in 1997, with over two million album sales and several top-20 hits both home and abroad. Their debut album, ''Onka's Big Moka'', sold over one million units and peaked in the top five of the UK Albums Chart, where it remained for six months; it earned them four nominations at the 2001 Brit Awards. They are best known for their 2000 cover of King Harvest's US hit "Dancing in the Moonlight", which became a global hit for them. Their second album, ''Magic Hotel'', reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart. The band broke up in 2003, after the release of their second album, but they reformed in 2009 and remain active as of . History Beginnings (1997–1998) Named after a Joint (cannabis), joint-rolling technique, Toploader's career began playing with Coldplay and Muse (band), Muse in small venues across the UK. They later went on to support the likes of Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Tom Jones (singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing In The Moonlight
"Dancing in the Moonlight" is a song written by Sherman Kelly, originally recorded in 1970 by Kelly's band Boffalongo, and then a hit single by King Harvest in 1972, reaching no. 5 in Canada and no. 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 2000, a cover by English band Toploader became a worldwide hit and achieved multi-platinum status in the United Kingdom. Another cover by Swedish EDM duo Jubël, released in 2018, was also a hit in some European countries. History Sherman Kelly wrote the song in 1969. While recovering from a vicious assault by a gang, he "envisioned an alternate reality, the dream of a peaceful and joyful celebration of life". Kelly wrote: On a trip to St. Croix in 1969, I was the first victim of a vicious St. Croix gang who eventually murdered 8 American tourists. At that time, I suffered multiple facial fractures and wounds and was left for dead. While I was recovering, I wrote "Dancin' in the Moonlight" in which I envisioned an alternate reality, the dre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onka's Big Moka
''Onka's Big Moka'' is the debut studio album by English band Toploader, which was released on 22 May 2000, through S2 Records. Having been recorded between 1998 and 1999, it was produced by long time collaborator of the Manic Street Preachers, Dave Eringa. After its release, the album reached the top 5 of the UK Albums Chart at number 4, where it stayed for six months. The song "Dancing in the Moonlight", a cover of the Boffalongo song, was later featured in television commercials for the supermarket chain Sainsbury's, on the soundtrack of the 2002 American coming-of-age teen romantic drama ''A Walk to Remember'', the 2010 comedy film ''Four Lions'', and the 2019 television series ''The Umbrella Academy''. The album cover was taken at Lancaster Gate, located in the Bayswater district of Central London, while the title is a reference to the 1974 anthropological documentary '' Ongka's Big Moka: The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea''. Track listing All tracks written by Joseph Washb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Hotel
''Magic Hotel'' is the second album by English band Toploader. Released in 2002, it is a follow-up to their successful 1999 album ''Onka's Big Moka''. The album title is a reference to a Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ... hotel where the band lived while recording the album. Critical reviews were harshly negative, and sales of the album were disappointing compared to their debut. As a result Toploader was dropped by S2 Records, and the band broke up before reforming in 2009. Track listing #"Time of My Life" – 03:35 #"Cloud 9" – 03:34 #"Never Forgotten" – 03:31 #"Leave Me Be" – 03:29 #"Lady Let Me Shine" – 05:02 #"Stupid Games" – 03:29 #"Following The Sun" - 03:08 #"Only Desire" – 04:03 #"Promised Tide" – 04:14 #"The Midas Touch" – 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Hipgrave
Daniel Hipgrave (born 5 August 1975) is an English musician and writer, best known as the guitarist of the post-Britpop/alternative rock band Toploader. Early life Hipgrave studied psychiatric nursing at the University of Sussex, until he left in 1996 to devote his time to his band. Music career In April 1998, Toploader signed a six-album deal with S2 Records, a subsidiary of Sony Records. They went on to tour worldwide in their own right, and as a supporting act to Paul Weller, Robbie Williams and Bon Jovi. Toploader's debut album, ''Onka's Big Moka'', was released in 1999, it sold more than one million copies. The album featured various chart hits including their cover of "Dancing in the Moonlight", "Achilles Heel" and "Only for a While". Toploader's second album, ''Magic Hotel'', was released in 2002. But despite it entering the UK Albums Chart at number 3, the band were dropped by their label. Toploader split in 2003 stating the reason as 'personal differences', the band re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Brit Awards
Brit Awards 2001 was the 21st edition of the annual pop music Brit Awards awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 26 February 2001 at Earls Court in London. Performances Winners and nominees Outstanding Contribution to Music * U2 List of British Newcomer shortlist ;British Dance Newcomer * Artful Dodger (Runner-up) * Chicane * Oxide & Neutrino * Shaft * Sonique ;British Pop Newcomer * A1 (Runner-up) * Atomic Kitten * Lolly * Point Break * Richard Blackwood ;British Rock Newcomer * Badly Drawn Boy * Coldplay (Runner-up) * Death in Vegas * Muse * Toploader (Runner-up) ;British Urban Newcomer * Architechs * Craig David (Runner-up) * DJ Luck & MC Neat * M. J. Cole * Sweet Female Attitude Multiple nominations and awards Notable moments Noel Gallagher and A1 During the ceremony, boy band A1 picked up the 'Award for Best Newcomer'. At the end of the night, Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastbourne
Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. It is also a non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the larger Eastbourne Downland Estate. The seafront consists largely of Victorian architecture, Victorian hotels, a Eastbourne Pier, pier, Congress Theatre (Eastbourne), theatre, Towner Gallery, contemporary art gallery and a Napoleonic era, Napoleonic era Eastbourne Redoubt, fort and military museum. Although Eastbourne is a relatively new town, there is evidence of human occupation in the area from the Stone Age. The town grew as a fashionable tourist resort largely thanks to prominent landowner William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish, later to become the Duke of Devonshire. Cavendish appointed archite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Eringa
David James Eringa (born 30 July 1971 in Brentwood, Essex, Brentwood, Essex) is an English people, English record producer, sound engineer, and mix engineer. Biography He has had a long-standing association with Manic Street Preachers. His early involvement included tea-making duties on their first single, "''Motown Junk''". He played keyboards on ''Generation Terrorists'', produced and mixed ''Gold Against the Soul'', and performed live keyboards with the band from 1993 to 1994. He also produced and mixed two tracks on ''Everything Must Go'' ("''Australia''" and "''No Surface All Feeling''"), produced and mixed half of ''This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours'' (including the No. 1 single "''If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next''"), and worked on their first No. 1 single of the new millennium, "''The Masses Against the Classes''". Additionally, he produced and mixed ''Know Your Enemy'' and produced ''Send Away the Tigers''. He has also collaborated extensively with Idlewi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TFI Friday
''TFI Friday'' (Thank Four it's Friday) is an entertainment show that was broadcast on Channel 4 television in the United Kingdom. It was produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker, and hosted by Chris Evans, for the first five series. The sixth series was hosted by several guest presenters. The show was broadcast on Fridays at 6pm from 9 February 1996 to 22 December 2000, with a repeat later that night. Its theme tune was Ron Grainer's theme from '' Man in a Suitcase'', in keeping with Evans' frequent use of 1960s television themes in his work. A one-off revival episode of the show was broadcast on Channel 4 on 12 June 2015. The episode was well-received; on 23 June 2015, Channel 4 announced that it had commissioned a full revived series, which began airing on 16 October 2015. In 2016, Channel 4 announced that there were no plans for any further series. Format The show regularly featured live music, mostly of the then-popular Britpop school. A snippet of " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wembley Stadium (1923)
Wembley Greyhounds, Wembley Stadium (; originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a Association football, football stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. It stood on the same site now occupied by its Wembley Stadium, successor. Wembley hosted the FA Cup final annually, the first in 1923 FA Cup final, 1923, which was the stadium's inaugural event, the EFL Cup, League Cup final annually, five UEFA Champions League, European Cup finals, the 1966 FIFA World Cup final, 1966 World Cup final, and the UEFA Euro 1996 final, final of Euro 1996. Brazilian footballer Pelé once said of the stadium: "Wembley is the cathedral of football. It is the capital of football and it is the heart of football", in recognition of its status as the world's best-known football stadium. The stadium also hosted many other sports events, including the 1948 Summer Olympics, rugby league's Challenge Cup final, and the 1992 Rugby League World Cup final, 1992 and 1995 R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983. The band consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarists John Shanks and Phil X, percussionist Everett Bradley (musician), Everett Bradley, and bassist Hugh McDonald (American musician), Hugh McDonald. Original bassist Alec John Such left the band in 1994, and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013. In 1984, Bon Jovi released Bon Jovi (album), their self-titled debut album, and its single "Runaway (Bon Jovi song), Runaway" managed to reach the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 1986, the band achieved widespread success and global recognition with their third album, ''Slippery When Wet'', which included three Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, two of which reached No. 1: "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer". Their fourth album, ''New Jersey (album), New Jersey'' (1988), was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Weller
John William Weller (born 25 May 1958), better known as Paul Weller, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame in the late 1970s as the guitarist and principal singer and songwriter of the rock band the Jam, alongside Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler. The band gained significant critical and commercial success in the United Kingdom, and were the most influential band of the mod revival of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Following the dissolution of the Jam at the end of 1982, Weller formed the Style Council with Mick Talbot, where he explored a wide variety of other musical styles, including pop, jazz, soul, hip hop, folk and classical. Although initially successful, the band's popularity declined in the late 1980s, leading them to break up in 1989. Weller began a solo career in the early 1990s, slowly re-establishing his commercial standing across his first four solo albums, ''Paul Weller (album), Paul Weller'' (1992), ''Wild Wood'' (1993), ''Stanley Road' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
