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marți, 2 august 2022
luni, 1 august 2022
10 cc - Donna ( S2.1 )
Chart performance
Weekly charts
| Chart (1972) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 53 |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 2 |
| France (SNEP) | 7 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 2 |
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | 4 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) | 2 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1973) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | 26 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) | 20 |
| Single by 10cc | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| from the album 10cc | ||||
| B-side | "Hot Sun Rock" | |||
| Released | 23 September 1972 | |||
| Genre |
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| Length | 2:53 | |||
| Label | UK Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lol Creme Kevin Godley | |||
| 10cc singles chronology | ||||
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duminică, 31 iulie 2022
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".
sâmbătă, 30 iulie 2022
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.
vineri, 29 iulie 2022
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
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.
joi, 28 iulie 2022
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
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
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
miercuri, 27 iulie 2022
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
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| 1981 | The First Seven Albums
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1983 | The Atlantic Years 1973–1980
| 23 | 60 | 62 | 46 | 31 | 183 |
|
| 1986 | Street Life: 20 Great Hits
| 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 100 |
|
| 1988 | The Ultimate Collection
| 6 | 11 | — | — | 15 | — |
|
| 1989 | The Early Years
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | The Later Years
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1995 | The Thrill of It All
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1995 | More than This
| 15 | — | 91 | — | 23 | — |
|
| 2001 | The Best of Roxy Music
| 12 | — | 19 | — | — | — |
|
| 2004 | The Platinum Collection
| 17 | — | — | 41 | — | — |
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| 2011 | Essential
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| 2012 | The Complete Studio Recordings 1972–1982
| — | — | 20 | 91 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
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