10 cc - Donna ( S2 )

 

"Donna" is the first single by British art pop band 10cc. Released in 1972, it peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Lol Creme and Kevin Godley.

Overview

"Donna", a parody of doo-wop songs (see also "Donna" by Ritchie Valens), was originally written as a potential B-side to the song "Waterfall". The song features sharp contrasts between falsetto in the chorus (Creme) and deep monotone vocals (Godley) in the verse. The melody line is similar to the Beatles song "Oh! Darling".

Band member Eric Stewart has said: "We knew it had something. We only knew of one person who was mad enough to release it, and that was Jonathan King." The song was subsequently released on King's UK Records label. The band had considered releasing it under the name of "Doctor Father Part Two", resurrecting a band name they had used for their 1970 song "Umbopo". Band manager Harvey Lisberg said there was "a vague sort of plan at that time to keep on bringing out records under different names until they got a hit".

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The Beach Boys ( B7 )

  It was during the sessions for this single that Brian made the production decision from that point on to use double tracking on the group's vocals, resulting in a deeper and more resonant sound. The album of the same name followed in March and reached number 2 on the Billboard charts. Its success propelled the group into a nationwide spotlight, and was vital to launching surf music as a national craze, albeit the Beach Boys' vocal approach to the genre, not the original instrumental style pioneered by Dick Dale. Biographer Luis Sanchez highlights the "Surfin' U.S.A." single as a turning point for the band, "creat[ing] a direct passage to California life for a wide teenage audience ... [and] a distinct Southern California sensibility that exceeded its conception as such to advance right to the front of American consciousness."

Throughout 1963, and for the next few years, Brian produced a variety of singles for outside artists. Among these were the Honeys, a surfer trio that comprised sisters Diane and Marilyn Rovell with cousin Ginger Blake. Brian was convinced that they could be a successful female counterpart to the Beach Boys, and he produced a number of singles for them, although they could not replicate the Beach Boys' popularity. He also attended some of Phil Spector's sessions at Gold Star Studios. His creative and songwriting interests were revamped upon hearing the Ronettes' 1963 song "Be My Baby", which was produced by Spector. 

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Billy Idol ( b3 )

 He then went on to join the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, a loose gang that travelled to wherever the band played.

Career

1976–1981: Generation X

Main article: Generation X (band)

The name "Billy Idol" was coined due to a chemistry teacher's description of Idol on his school report card as "idle". Idol has stated that the subject was one that he hated and in which he underachieved. In an interview on 21 November 1983, Idol said the name "Billy Idol" "was a bit of a goof, but part of the old English school of rock. It was a 'double thing', not just a poke at the superstar-like people... It was fun, you know?" In another interview for BBC Breakfast in October 2014, he said that he wanted to use the name "Billy Idle", but thought the name would be unavailable due to its similarity to the name of Monty Python star Eric Idle and chose Billy Idol instead.

In late 1976, he joined the newly-formed West London 1960s retro-rock band Chelsea as a guitarist. The act's singer/frontman Gene October styled Idol's image, advising him to change his short sighted eye-glasses for contact lenses, and dye his hair blonde with a crew cut for a retro-1950s rocker look. After a few weeks performing with Chelsea, Idol and Tony James, the band's bass guitarist, quit the act and co-founded Generation X, with Idol switching from guitarist to the role of singer/frontman. Generation X was one of the first punk bands to appear on the BBC Television music programme Top of the Pops. Although a punk rock band, they were inspired by mid-1960s British pop, in sharp contrast to their more militant peers, with Idol stating; "We were saying the opposite to the Clash and the Pistols. They were singing 'No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones', but we were honest about what we liked.

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Sparks - Fa La Fa Lee ( L2 )

Fa la fa lee, she ain't heavy 

she's a brother to me

What I need, she can't be
Nature, nurture, who's to say?
But still fa la, fa lee
Anything between us is a felony

Fa la fa lee, she thinks 

only of the higher parts of me
Such a shame, were I she
I'd set my sights much lower then I'd sing
fa la fa la fa lee
But as it stands now that would be a felony

I sing fa la fa lee, but as it stands now
that would be a felony

Roxy Music ( B25 )

 Compilation albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	GER [3]	NL [4]	NZ [5]	US [6]
1977	Greatest Hits Released: November 1977 Label: Polydor (UK)/Atco (US)	20	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Gold
1981	The First Seven Albums Released: December 1981 Label: EG/Polydor	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	The Atlantic Years 1973–1980 Released: November 1983 Label: EG/Polydor (UK)/Atco (US)	23	60	62	46	31	183	BPI: Gold
1986	Street Life: 20 Great Hits Released: 1986 Label: EG Credited to Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry.	1	2	14	10	1	100	BPI: Platinum
1988	The Ultimate Collection Released: 1988 Label: EG/Virgin Credited to Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry.	6	11	—	—	15	—	BPI: 3× Platinum
1989	The Early Years Released: 1989 Label: EG	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989	The Later Years Released: 1989 Label: EG	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	The Thrill of It All Released: 20 November 1995 Label: Virgin	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	More than This Released: November 1995 Label: Virgin/EMI Credited to Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry.	15	—	91	—	23	—	BPI: Platinum
2001	The Best of Roxy Music Released: 19 June 2001 Label: Virgin	12	—	19	—	—	—	BPI: Platinum
2004	The Platinum Collection Released: 24 August 2004 Label: Virgin Credited to Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry	17	—	—	41	—	—	BPI: Gold
2011	Essential Released: 31 October 2011 Label: EMI/Virgin	—	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver
2012	The Complete Studio Recordings 1972–1982 Released: 6 August 2012 Label: Virgin	—	—	20	91	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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Love ( I1 )

 

Blue Oyster Cult - I'm On The Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep ( L2 )

Canadian mounted baby, a police force that works
Red and black, that's their color scheme
get their man, in the end
It's all right, it's all right.

Frontenac chateau baby
I'll cross the frontier at ten
Got a whip in my hand baby
And a girl or a husky at leather's end
It's all right, it's all right
My lovely bel punice, you'd kill and you'd maim

Hornswoop me bungo pony, dogsled on ice
Make a dash for freedom baby, don't skate on polar ice
It's to thick to be sliced by the light
Of long and white polar nights
It's all right, it's all right
My lovely bel punice, you'd kill and you'd maim

The Beach Boys ( B6 )

 After being turned down by Dot and Liberty, the Beach Boys signed a seven-year contract with Capitol Records. This was at the urging of Capitol executive and staff producer Nick Venet who signed the group, seeing them as the "teenage gold" he had been scouting for. On June 4, 1962, the Beach Boys debuted on Capitol with their second single, "Surfin' Safari" backed with "409". The release prompted national coverage in the June 9 issue of Billboard, which praised Love's lead vocal and said the song had potential. "Surfin' Safari" rose to number 14 and found airplay in New York and Phoenix, a surprise for the label.

The Beach Boys' first album, Surfin' Safari, was released in October 1962. It was different from other rock albums of the time in that it consisted almost entirely of original songs, primarily written by Brian with Mike Love and friend Gary Usher. Another unusual feature of the Beach Boys was that, although they were marketed as "surf music", their repertoire bore little resemblance to the music of other surf bands, which was mainly instrumental and incorporated heavy use of spring reverb. For this reason, some of the Beach Boys' early local performances had young audience members throwing vegetables at the band, believing that the group were poseurs.

"Surfin' U.S.A." (1963)

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"Surfin' U.S.A." was a rewrite of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" with lyrics about surfing, later becoming one of the best known surf rock songs.

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In January 1963, the Beach Boys recorded their first top-ten single, "Surfin' U.S.A.", which began their long run of highly successful recording efforts. 

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Billy Idol ( b2 )

  Having accumulated three UK top 10 singles ("Rebel Yell", "White Wedding" and "Mony Mony") Idol released a 1988 greatest hits album titled Idol Songs: 11 of the Best; the album went platinum in the United Kingdom. Idol then released Charmed Life (1990) and the concept album Cyberpunk (1993).

Idol spent the second half of the 1990s focusing on his personal life out of the public eye. He made a musical comeback with the release of Devil's Playground (2005) and again with Kings & Queens of the Underground (2014).

Early life

Idol was born William Michael Albert Broad on 30 November 1955 in Stanmore, Middlesex, England. His parents were devout Anglicans and attended church regularly. Billy is half Irish, his mother was born in Cork and is an O'Sullivan. In 1958, when he was two years old, he moved with his parents to the US and settled in Patchogue, New York. They also lived in Rockville Centre, New York. His younger sister, Jane, was born during this time. The family returned to England four years later and settled in Dorking, Surrey. In 1971, the family moved to Bromley in southeastern London, where Idol attended Ravensbourne School for Boys. His family later moved to the Worthing suburb of Goring-by-Sea in West Sussex, where he attended Worthing High School for Boys. In October 1975, he attended the University of Sussex to pursue an English degree and lived on-campus (East Slope), but left after year one in 1976. 

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Roxy Music ( B24 )

 

Live albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	GER [3]	NL [4]	NZ [5]	US [6]
1976	Viva! Released: July 1976 Label: Island (UK)/Atco (US); Polydor (UK 1977 reissue)	6	15	48	2	20	81	BPI: Silver[7]
1983	The High Road Released: March 1983 Label: EG/Polydor (UK)/Warner Bros. (US) Live EP	26	13	25	11	21	67
1990	Heart Still Beating Released: 30 October 1990 Label: Reprise	—	—	—	78	—	—
1998	Concert Classics Released: 15 June 1998 Label: Dream Catcher	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	Valentine Released: April 2000 Label: NMC	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	Concerto Released: 12 June 2001 Label: Pilot	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	Vintage Released: 23 October 2001 Label: Pilot	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Ladytron Released: 30 July 2002 Label:	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Reflection Released: 2002 Label: NMC	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Roxy Music Live Released: 3 June 2003 Label: Eagle	—	—	100	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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Diverse ( 232 )

 

Captain Beefheart ( Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band ) - Safe as Milk ( D1 )

 

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Istoric ( 320 )

 18.05.1967 - John Lennon si Paul Mc Cartney canta backing vocal pe o inregistrare The Rolling Stones, mai exact pentru piesa We Love You.

The Beach Boys ( B5 )

 Candix wanted to name the group the Surfers until Russ Regan, a young promoter with Era Records, noted that there already existed a group by that name. He suggested calling them the Beach Boys. "Surfin'" was a regional success for the West Coast, and reached number 75 on the national Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was so successful that the number of unpaid orders for the single bankrupted Candix.

1962–1967: Peak year

Surfin' Safari, Surfin' U.S.A., Surfer Girl, and Little Deuce Coupe

The Beach Boys, in Pendleton outfits, performing at a local high school, late 1962

By this time the de facto manager of the Beach Boys, Murry landed the group's first paying gig (for which they earned $300) on New Year's Eve, 1961, at the Ritchie Valens Memorial Dance in Long Beach. In their earliest public appearances, the band wore heavy wool jacket-like shirts that local surfers favored before switching to their trademark striped shirts and white pants. In early 1962, Morgan requested that some of the members add vocals to a couple of instrumental tracks that he had recorded with other musicians. This led to the creation of the short-lived group Kenny & the Cadets, which Brian led under the pseudonym "Kenny". The other members were Carl, Jardine, and the Wilsons' mother Audree. In February, Jardine left the Beach Boys and was replaced by David Marks.

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Billy Idol ( b1 )

 William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English-American singer and songwriter. He first achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of the group Generation X. Subsequently, he embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made Idol a lead artist during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in the United States. The name "Billy Idol" was inspired by a schoolteacher's description of him as "idle".

Idol began his music career in late 1976 as a guitarist in the punk rock band Chelsea. However, he soon left the group. With his former bandmate Tony James, Idol formed Generation X. With Idol as lead singer, the band achieved success in the United Kingdom and released three albums on Chrysalis Records, then disbanded. In 1981, Idol moved to New York City to pursue his solo career in collaboration with guitarist Steve Stevens. His debut studio album, Billy Idol (1982), was a commercial success. With music videos for singles "Dancing with Myself" and "White Wedding" Idol soon became a staple of then newly-established MTV.

Idol's second studio album, Rebel Yell (1983), was a major commercial success, featuring hit singles "Rebel Yell" and "Eyes Without a Face". The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of two million copies in the US. In 1986, he released Whiplash Smile.

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Roxy Music ( B23 )

 

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		UK	AUS	GER	NL	NZ	US
1972	Roxy Music Released: June 1972 Label: Island (UK)/Reprise (US)	10	49	—	89	—	—	BPI: Gold
1973	For Your Pleasure Released: March 1973 Label: Island (UK)/Warner Bros. (US)	4	41	28	—	—	193	BPI: Gold
1973	Stranded Released: November 1973 Label: Island (UK)/Atco (US)	1	33	39	—	—	186	BPI: Gold
1974	Country Life Released: November 1974 Label: Island (UK)/Atco (US)	3	26	38	—	8	37	BPI: Gold
1975	Siren Released: October 1975 Label: Island (UK)/Atco (US)	4	12	—	9	33	50	BPI: Gold
1979	Manifesto Released: March 1979 Label: Polydor (UK)/Atco (US)	7	13	37	5	8	23	BPI: Gold
1980	Flesh and Blood Released: May 1980 Label: Polydor (UK)/Atco (US)	1	10	6	8	1	35	BPI: Platinum ARIA: Gold RIANZ: Gold
1982	Avalon Released: May 1982 Label: EG/Polydor (UK)/Warner Bros. (US)	1	1	4	1	1	53	BPI: Platinum ARIA: Platinum RIAA: Platinum
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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Dave Davies ( b14 )

 

Singles

Release date	Title	Chart positions
		UK	AUS	BEL	GER	NLD	NZ	SWE	NOR
1967	"Death of a Clown"	3	37	5	3	2	10	—	7
January 1968	"Susannah's Still Alive"	20	—	—	27	10	—	18	3
July 1968	"Lincoln County"	—	—	—	—	15	—	—	—
January 1969	"Hold My Hand"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Other appearances

Year	Song	Album	Notes
2012	"My Generation"	Who Are You: An All Star Tribute to The Who	with Knox and Rat Scabies

Demo recordings (The Meta Media Demo Series)

• Fortis Green (1999)
• Fragile (2001)
• Decade (2018)

Collaborations with Russ Davies

• Purusha and the Spiritual Planet (1998)
• Two Worlds by The Aschere Project (2010)
• Open Road (2017)

Collaborations

• In the Mouth of Madness soundtrack, lead guitar on track one (1995)
• Village of the Damned soundtrack (1995)