Velvet Tone Records - Velvet Tone Records label of a Velvet Tone Record, c. 1928, featuring Rudy Vallee Velvet Tone Records was a United States based record label, active from 1925 through 1932. Audio fidelity is about average for the era, with pressings in below average quality shellac that shows significant surface noise after moderate wear. List of record labels This is a stub article. You can help improve it..
Music of the United States - became dominant among a smaller portion of the listening audience. By the middle of the decade, British blues and R&B bands like The Beatles (see British Invasion) were topping the charts, alongside newly-secularized soul music and the mainstreaming of the Bakersfield Sound. Folk-based singer-songwriters like Bob Dylan also added new innovations to popular music, expanding its possibilities, such as by making singles more than the standard three minutes in length. Psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock became the genre most closely intertwined with the youth culture. It arose from the British Invasion of blues in the middle of the decade, when bands like The Beatles, Rolling Stones and The Who dominated the charts and only a few American bands, such as The Beach Boys and The Mamas & the Papas, could compete. It.
Music of the United Kingdom (1970s) - Heavy metal is a highly-evolved form of blues rock played with intense emotions and a stronger focus on the bass guitar than other genres. It is sometimes characterized as needlessly loud, aggressive and bombastic, but it also typically passionate and intense. The genre is generally considered a British development, with the bands Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath the primary innovators. However, these bands drew on earlier proto-metal ranging from British blues rock bands like The Yardbirds to American proto-punks The Stooges and Velvet Underground, and the dark psychedelic rock of The Doors and Blue Cheer. Heavy metal lyrics are often cryptic, sometimes with references to literature (especially science fiction or fantasy) and the occult. Black Sabbath's debut, Black Sabbath, was released in 1970 and caused an immediate stir. The name of.
List of punk cities - regional variations to the core sound. For each city, significant local events, bands, record companies and venues are listed in alphabetical order. Austin, Texas (Big Boys, Butthole Surfers, Dicks) Belfast (Good Vibrations Records, Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones) Berkeley, California (Beserkley Records, Berkeley Square, Gilman Street Project, Green Day, Lookout! Records, NOFX) Boston (Bastard Squad, Mighty, Mighty Bosstones, Mission of Burma) Cleveland (Devo, Disastrodrome, The Pagans, Pere Ubu, Rockets from the Tomb) Chicago (Big Black, Screeching Weasel, Urge Overkill) Detriot (MC5, The Sillies, The Stooges, Bookie's Club 870, Nebula Records) Durban (Wild Youth, Power Age) London (The Clash, The Roxy Club, Sex Pistols, The Bromley Contingent, 100 Club Punk Festival) Leeds (Chumbawamba, Fast Product, Gang of Four, The Mekons) Long Beach, California (The Middle Class, SST Records, Sublime, Suburban Lawns) Los.
List of record labels - or operated many of the labels listed below. See also: List of electronic music record labels, List of independent record labels Current and historic record labels listed alphabetically: A&M Records A-F Records Accent Records Ace-Hi Records Ace of Clubs Records Ace of Hearts Records Aco Records (1922-1927) Aeolion Records Ajax Records Aladdin Records Alamo Records Albany Records All-Star Records Alternative Tentacles Amco Records American Music Records (1944- ) American Record Company American Record Corporation American Recordings Amphetamine Reptile Records Andante Records Angel Records Angelophone Records Apex Records Apollo Records Apple Records (1968-1976) ARA Records Arcadia Records Arhoolie Records Ariel Records Ariola Records Arista Records Arte Nova Artemis Records Arto Records (1920-1923) Asylum Records ASV Records Atco Records Atlantic Records Attic Records Audiodiscs Records Audiophile Records Aurora Records Autograph Records (c.1920-c.1926) Auvidis.
True Tone Records - True Tone Records True Tone Records was a United States based record label producing 78 disc records of Dixieland jazz in the 1950s. The label was headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. List of record labels This is a stub article. You can help improve it..
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground was an American rock and roll band of the late 1960s. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Overview 2 The Velvet Underground and Nico 3 White Light/White Heat 4 The Velvet Underground 5 Loaded 6 Discography Overview Although never commercially successful, the Velvet Underground remain one of the most influential bands of their time: Brian Eno is purported to have said that, "Only five thousand people ever bought a Velvet Underground album, but every single one of them started a band." The group's often raw sound would influence punk rock, and singer Lou Reed's lyrics brought new levels of poetic sophistication and social realism to rock. Bands heavily influenced by the Velvets include the Modern Lovers and Galaxie 500. The Velvet.
Chrysalis Records - Chrysalis Records Chrysalis is a record label that was created in 1969. The name is an amalgam of its founders names; Chris Wright and Terry Ellis. Chrysalis was formed through a licensing deal with Chris Blackwell's Island Records based on the success of bands like Jethro Tull and Procol Harum, which were promoted by the label. Towards the end of the 1970s, the Chrysalis offshoot 2-Tone brought us bands such as the Specials, the Selector, Madness and the Beat. In the 1980s Chrysalis was at the forefront of the British New Romantic movement with bands like Ultravox and Spandau Ballet (on the Reformation label). The Chrysalis Records label was sold to EMI in 1991, but the music publishing business was retained as Chrysalis Music. Chrysalis Music's songwriters.
Jobriath - demos met with such hostility that, ironically, they helped to get him signed. Rock empresario Clive Davis, then head of Columbia Records, described Jobriath's sound as "mad and unstructured and destructive to melody," a comment that so intrigued Jerry Brandt — who managed Carly Simon — that Brandt got Jobriath a deal with Elektra Records. His subsequent career is said to be considered an object lesson in the dangers of excessive hype to this day. Elektra, thinking it had the next David Bowie on its hands, over-promoted the artist. They spent $80,000 promoting Jobriath's solo album, but the omnipresent advertising and Brandt's braggadocio (with remarks to the press like, "Jobriath is as different from Bowie as a Lamborghini is from a Model A Ford") backfired. The public was just turned off..
Hans Memling - of 1479 in the hospital of St John, which for their part are hardly less interesting as illustrative of the master's power than the Last Judgment in the cathedral of Danzig. Critical opinion has been unanimous in assigning the altarpiece of Danzig to Memling; and by this it affirms that Memlinc was a resident and a skilled artist at Bruges in 1473; for there is no doubt that the Last Judgment was painted and sold to a merchant at Bruges, who shipped it there on board of a vessel bound to the Mediterranean, which was captured by a Danzig privateer in that very year. But, in order that Memling's repute should be so fair as to make his pictures purchasable, as this had been, by an agent of the Medici at.
David Bowie - hit for UK pop singer Lulu, and would later be recorded by Kurt Cobain's Nirvana.) His next record, Hunky Dory (1971), saw the partial return of the fey pop singer of Space Oddity, with light fare such as the droll "Kooks" (dedicated to his young son known to the world as Zowie Bowie but legally named Duncan Jones) and "Oh! You Pretty Things" sitting along side the verbose philosophising of "The Bewlay Brothers". Lyrically, Bowie also took the time to pay tribute to some of his influences, on "Song for Bob Dylan", "Andy Warhol" and "Queen Bitch" (dedicated to The Velvet Underground. The next year, Bowie would produce Lou Reed's solo breakthrough, Transformer). Supported by another hit single in "Life on Mars", Hunky Dory sold tremendously well and lifted Bowie into.
1969 in music - sought $8 million, but ended up being awarded much less. January 30 - The Beatles perform for the last time in public, on the roof of Apple Studios at 3 Saville Row, in London. The performance, which was filmed for the Let It Be movie, is stopped early by police after neighbors complain about the noise. February 3 - John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr hire Allen Klein as the Beatles' new business manager, against the wishes of Paul McCartney. February 4 - Paul McCartney hires the law firm of Eastman & Eastman, Linda Eastman's father's law firm, as general legal counsel for Apple. February 7 - George Harrison is admitted to London's University College Hospital with an infected back molar that has infected his tonsils. February 8 - George.
1967 in music - on their box set Old Friends, the majority of this concert is not released until July, 2002. February 3 - UK record producer Joe Meek, commits suicide by shooting himself in the head February 12 - British police arrest Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Marianne Faithfull on drug charges. February 14 - Aretha Franklin records "Respect" at the New York based Atlantic Studios February 16 - "Aretha Franklin day" is declared in Detroit, Michigan February 23 - A taped appearance by The Beatles on American Bandstand. The band premieres their new music videos for the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" February 24 - The Bee Gees sign a management contract with Robert Stigwood March 3 - The Animals refuse to perform a show in Ottawa, Ontario unless.
1942 in music - 'years in music'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hit records 4 Published popular songs 5 Musical theater 6 Musical films 7 Births 8 Deaths Events Bunk Johnson makes his first recordings Albums released Holiday Inn - Bing Crosby Top hit records "Blues In the Night" by Woody Herman "Don't sit under the Apple Tree" - Andrews Sisters "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings" by Kay Kyser "Jersey Bounce" by Benny Goodman "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" by Kay Kyser "Kalamazoo" by Glenn Miller "Moonlight Cocktail" by Glenn Miller "Sleepy Lagoon" by Harry James "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" by Benny Goodman "Tangerine" by Jimmy Dorsey "White Christmas" - Bing Crosby (The best selling song of all time from a film) Published popular songs ""C" Jam.
1940 in music - list of 'years in music'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Top hit records 3 Published popular songs 4 Musical theater 5 Musical films 6 Births 7 Deaths Events July 20 - Billboard magazine publishes its first "Music Popularity Chart" November 23 - Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Quintet is premiered December 6 - Arnold Schoenberg's Violin Concerto is premiered Thelonius Monk begins performing Woody Guthrie's musical career begins Top hit records "Careless" - Glenn Miller "Frenesi" - Artie Shaw "I'll Never Smile Again" - Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra "In the Mood" - Glenn Miller "Only Forever" - Bing Crosby "Sierra Sue" - Bing Crosby "Trade Winds" - Bing Crosby "Tuxedo Junction" - Glenn Miller "When You Wish Upon a Star" - Glenn Miller "The Woodpecker Song" - Glenn Miller Published.
Timeline of trends in music (1960-1969) - rude boys, and will shift ska into rocksteady Music of the United States Dick Dale and others popularize surf rock Reverend James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir of Nutley release Peace Be Still, which introduced choir-based gospel to mainstream America The Dillards begin their bluegrass career and will help to bring a sophisticated Appalachian sound to mainstream America Girl groups like The Shirelles ("Soldier Boy") and The Crystals ("There's No Other (Like My Baby)") dominate the charts, alongside other pop vocalists like Chubby Checker ("The Twist"), The Four Seasons ("Big Girls Don't Cry") and Roy Orbison ("Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)") 1963 in music Music of the Bahamas The beginning of modern junkanoo in the Bahamas with artists like The Valley Boys, The Saxons and The Vikings cementing the.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - of many musical flourishes. The Red Hot Chili Peppers label was originally an EMI subsidiary known as EMI Manhattan. Their breakthrough record Blood Sugar Sex Magik as well as all subsequent records were released on Warner Brothers Records. Their earlier work was a fusion of funk and punk rock with a party attitude. After the sobering death of guitarist Hillel Slovak, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have had deeper lyrics matched by more complex instrumentals. See also: Chain Reaction and Anthym (first band before Red Hot Chili Peppers) The band has featured: singer Anthony Kiedis, who has been a member of the band since its foundation; bass player Michael Balzary, known as "Flea", who also has been a continuous member; founding guitarist Hillel Slovak (d. June 1988 from a heroin overdose),.
Roy Orbison - Recognizing that a career in music was a long shot, after graduating high school the group disbanded and Roy Orbison went to North Texas State College. In 1955 Orbison l college, determined to give music a serious try. With a new band band name, "The Teen Kings" he headed for Memphis, Tennessee and to Sun Records. There, Roy Orbison (along with Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley) recorded for Sam Phillips. Many of the earliest songs he recorded were produced by Sam Phillips. But the rockabilly and blues sounds of Sun's artists did not bring Orbison much success and his career seemed over until he signed with Monument Records in Nashville, Tennessee. There, Fred Foster, the record company's head, encouraged him to break from his established style..
Music of the United Kingdom (1980s) - house and rave music had entered the British pop charts, led by Orbital, 808 State, Nightmares on Wax and LFO. British soul Soul music developed in the United States in the 1960s when singers like Ben E. King and Sam Cooke created a secular version of gospel music that owed a debt to R&B. Though there were some British soul singers in the 60s and 70s, they found little success. Perhaps the most characteristic quality of British soul is its influence from reggae and other Caribbean influences, a result of the large Jamaican population in the UK that was never present in the States. Though the 70s saw some British soul acts like Hot Chocolate ("You Sexy Thing", 1975) and Hi-Tension (Hi-Tension (album), 1978) achieved mainstream renown, British soul did not.
Janet Jackson - much in the same vein as the material from her last album. Ironically, Janet would start anew with her next project. For her next album, Jackson was put in touch with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The duo had been producing hits for the likes of Luther Vandross and the SOS band. They steered Jackson away from the light pop of her first two albums towards a more stripped-down funk. Importantly, they also encouraged Jackson to write more personal lyrics. In particular, the title track "Control" speaks of her stuggle to escape her family's influence. The album went to number one on both the pop and r&b charts. Six of the nine tracks were released as singles. Five singles went to the Top 5 of the Pop charts, with Janet achieving.
