For the Boys is a 1991 film which traces the life of Dixie Leonard, a 1940s actress/singer who teams up with Eddie Sparks, a famous performer, to entertain American troops. As in The Rose, Bette Midler‘s first starring role and also a blockbuster quasi-biopic, the film is fiction. However, actress/singer Martha Raye believed that Midler’s […]
Vincent “Vinnie” Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of fourteen. After attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston for a year, Colaiuta had […]
Los Lobotomys was recorded live in 1989 at the Complex on April 29 1989 (Los Angeles). For more information about this masterpiece click here. Tracks 1 Dismemberment (Lenny Castro, David Garfield) 6:14 2 Oozer (Carlos Vega, David Garfield) 7:07 3 Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix) 0:41 4 Big Bone (Jeffrey Porcaro, David Garfield) 6:37 5 […]
Toto is an American rock band formed in 1977 in Van Nuys in Greater Los Angeles, California. The band’s current lineup consists of Joseph Williams (lead vocals), David Paich (keyboards, vocals), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Steve Lukather (guitars, vocals), David Hungate (bass) and Shannon Forrest (drums). Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements […]
Hiding In Myself was the eighth solo album by Kenny Rankin, released in 1988. Kenny Rankin (February 10, 1940 – June 7, 2009) was an American pop and jazz singer and songwriter, originally from the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, New York. Rankin was born in Los Angeles and raised in New York, […]
Soul Kiss is the thirteenth studio album by Australian pop, adult contemporary singer, Olivia Newton-John, which was released in October 1985. It made No. 11 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart and the Top 30 on the United States Billboard 200. The album was produced by long-time associate, John Farrar, who also co-wrote […]
Dog Eat Dog is the 12th album by Joni Mitchell, released in 1985. It was her second album for Geffen Records. The album was a departure for Mitchell due to its synthetic sound (featuring production work by British synthesiser musician Thomas Dolby). Lyrically, the album dealt with prominent issues in mid 1980s society, such as […]
Emotion is the twenty-third studio album released by Barbra Streisand. It was released on October 9, 1984 and went platinum in the United States on December 18 the same year. This album was recorded in eleven L.A. and two N.Y. studios with a multitude of producers and writers. The title track, the third single released […]
Nielsen/Pearson is an American adult contemporary/soft rock duo — Reed Nielsen and Mark Pearson — that recorded three albums between 1978 and ’83. Their single “If You Should Sail” reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980, and they reached #56 the following year with a cover version of Frankie Valli’s “The Sun Ain’t […]
Wild Things Run Fast is Joni Mitchell‘s eleventh studio album and her first for Geffen Records. Released in 1982, it represents her departure from jazz to a more 80s pop sound. The resulting world tour took Mitchell through the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia. A video of the tour was released in 1983, entitled Refuge […]