Donna D. Sadler Donna Davis On June 25th, Donna Davis saw the light of day. Music has been an important part of her life since she was born. She reports of an ear operation that she had to undergo as a young child. She wore a thick bandage around her head, but as soon as she heard music she jumped up and danced "Singing was always on of my favorite things to do". Cynthia and I were roommates on the collage and sang on campus. When we met Pam in 1975 we had no experience in the music business. Pam was our entry, and what an entry it was. Brandye Promotion Flyer 2017 We started with a 17 day session, so we got off to a really good start I would say. She doesn't describe a single artist as her greatest musical influence, but says, “when you grew up in Detroit, Motown was“ all around us ”. You practically breathed it. I also worked briefly in the Motown post office packing the 45 singles, my father was friends with the Gordy family. If you drove past Hi...
10cc's blend of musical invention and lyrical lament brought pop perfection to the mid-70s charts Pinterest Few bands survive for long with four equally strong songwriters, so it was inevitable 10cc would implode one day. But in the mid-1970s they brought musical invention and lyrical lament to the British pop charts, appealing as much to John Peel's earnest student listeners as to Top of the Pops teenyboppers. Graham Gouldman had already written hits including For Your Love and Heart Full of Soul for the Yardbirds, Bus Stop for the Hollies and No Milk Today for Herman's Hermits. His fellow Mancunians Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, joined by Eric Stewart who had played with Gouldman in the Mindbenders, had an international hit with Neanderthal Man under the name Hotlegs, before Gouldman joined and they were signed to Jonathan King's label UK Records and rechristened 10cc. The foursome soon divided into two main writing partnerships that brought commercial suc...
July 28, 1979 - 42 Years Ago Today: Herb Alpert debuted at No. 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with his single, "Rise." This Andy Armer/Randy Badazz-penned instrumental was the trumpeter-bandleader-producer-composer-mogul's first single to chart after officially going solo following his stint with the Tijuana Brass and later billed as Herb Alpert and the TJB. "Rise" was a huge sensation and began a 2-week run at No. 1 on October 20, 1979 as well as one week at No. 1 on the Billboard AC Chart. "Rise" also rose as high as No. 4 on the Billboard R&B Chart and No. 17 on the Billboard Disco Top 100 and was certified Gold. It earned Alpert a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental. Herb Alpert was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 (Lifetime Achievement/Non-Performer). Noteworthy: Alpert is the only musician to hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968) and an ins...
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