David Michael "Dave" Navarro (born June 7, 1967) is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, with whom he has recorded four studio albums, and as a former member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Navarro has also been a member of the Jane's Addiction spin-off bands, Deconstruction and The Panic Channel, and released a solo album, entitled Trust No One, in 2001.
Navarro joined Jane's Addiction in 1986, at the suggestion of his childhood friend Stephen Perkins, who had recently joined the band. Over the next five years, Jane's Addiction released three critically acclaimed albums, Jane's Addiction (1987), Nothing's Shocking (1988) and Ritual de lo Habitual (1990), before splitting acrimoniously, in 1991, during the first Lollapalooza festival and at the height of their popularity.
Following the band's break-up, Navarro continued working with bassist Eric Avery in the band Deconstruction, alongside drummer Michael Murphey. The band released one studio album before splitting, with Navarro joining the Red Hot Chili Peppers, in 1993, as the replacement for guitarist John Frusciante. Navarro recorded one studio album with the band, One Hot Minute (1995), before leaving in 1998 due to creative differences.
Madness are an English ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976. One of the most prominent bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s 2 Tone ska revival, they continue to perform with their most recognised line-up of seven members.
Madness achieved most of their success in the early to mid-1980s. Both Madness and UB40
spent 214 weeks on the UK singles charts over the course of the decade,
holding the record for most weeks spent by a group in the 1980s UK
singles charts. However, Madness achieved this in a shorter time period
(1980–1986).
Madness have had 15 singles reach the UK top ten, one UK number one single ("House of Fun") and two number ones in Ireland, "House of Fun" and "Wings of a Dove".
Gregory Stuart "Greg" Lake (born 10 November 1947) is an English musician, songwriter, and producer. He was a singer and bassist for King Crimson, and the bassist, guitarist, singer, and lyricist for Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
The Jackson Five (J5 ou Jackson 5ive) est un groupe de soulaméricain originaire de Gary dans l'Indiana près de Chicago, et composé de cinq membres d'une même fratrie : Jackie, Toriano dit Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, et Michael. En 1976, la fratrie quitte la Motown pour CBS et le plus jeune, Randy, entre dans le groupe au départ de son frère Jermaine, qui préfère rester au sein de la Motown. Le groupe devient alors The Jacksons.
Le groupe a vendu des millions de disques et a reçu une grande
attention par beaucoup de médias et dans le monde entier à leur époque.
Les Jackson 5 deviennent l'une des grandes "légendes" de l'histoire de
la musique et "laissent une trace" aujourd'hui grâce à leurs plus grands
tubes comme I Want You Back, I'll Be There ou encore ABC.
The Jackson 5 or Jackson Five; later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana. Formed in 1964 under the name the Jackson Brothers, the founding members were Jackie, Tito and Jermaine. Marlon and Michael would later join, and the band's name would be changed to The Jackson 5. After participating in talent shows and the chitlin' circuit, they entered the professional music scene in 1967 signing with Steeltown Records and releasing two singles. In 1969 they left Steeltown Records in order to sign with Motown.
Natalie Jane Imbruglia (/ɪmˈbruːliə/; Italian: [imˈbruʎʎa]; born 4 February 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, she played Beth Brennan in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, she began a singing career, with the cover and hit "Torn".
On 3 December 2014, Imbruglia announced plans to release a newly
recorded album of songs originally performed by male artists. The album,
her first since 2009's Come To Life, is scheduled for release in July 2015, to be followed by an album of original material.
Hall and Oates ou Daryl Hall and John Oates est un duopopaméricain formé en 1972 par Daryl Hall et John Oates. Il a connu le succès à la fin des années 1970 et durant la première moitié des années 1980. Hall comme Oates chantent et utilisent des instruments au sein du groupe. Ils se sont spécialisés dans un style, fusion du rock 'n' roll et du rhythm and blues, qu’ils ont surnommé le « rock and soul ».
Les critiques Stephen Thomas Erlewine et J. Scott McClintock écrivent que « les meilleures chansons de Hall & Oates étaient remplies d’accroches et de mélodies solides qui suivaient les traditions de la soul sans en être l’esclave en intégrant des éléments new wave et hard rock ».
Durant certaines tournées et concerts, des musiciens de soul et de
blues reconnus ont joué au sein du groupe. Alors que la réputation du
duo est due à sa série de succès dans les classements pop dans les
années 1980, Hall & Oates est aussi reconnu pour sa capacité à
croiser les frontières de plusieurs styles.
Leur « appropriation naturelle et accrocheuse de la soul de Philadelphie leur fit connaitre un énorme succès commercial » dans les années 1970 et 1980 aux États-Unis. Le groupe est surtout connu pour ses six succès numéro un dans le Billboard Hot 100 : Rich Girl, Kiss on My List, Private Eyes, I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do), Out of Touch et Maneater,
leur titre-phare sorti en 1982, de même que bien d’autres titres qui
ont figuré dans le Top 40 pop américain. Ils l’atteignirent pour la
dernière fois en 1990, et lentement le public se détourna du groupe,
bien que formellement celui-ci ne se soit pas séparé ; il a continué à
enregistrer et à partir en tournée.
Au total, le groupe a eu 34 simples dans les classements du Billboard Hot 100 américain. Hall & Oates remporta sept disques de platine certifiés par la Recording Industry Association of America, ainsi que six disques d’or. Une compilation des meilleurs titres sortis en 2001 sous le label RCA. En 2003, Hall et Oates ont intégré le Songwriters Hall of Fame. Billboard Magazine plaça Hall & Oates à la 15e place sur leur liste des 100 plus grands artistes de tous les temps, et premier dans leur classement des duos. VH1 mit le groupe à la 99e place sur sa liste des 100 plus grands artistes de tous les temps.
Daryl Hall and John Oates, known more commonly as Hall & Oates, are an American musical duo from Philadelphia.
Daryl Hall is generally the lead vocalist of the pairing, and also plays a wide range of musical instruments. John Oates also plays a range of instruments, but primarily plays electric guitar
and provides backing vocals as well as occasional leads. The two also
write most of the songs they perform, either separately or in
collaboration. They achieved their greatest fame from the late 1970s to
the mid-1980s with a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues, which they dubbed "rock and soul". Critics Stephen Thomas Erlewine and J. Scott McClintock write,
"at their best, Hall & Oates' songs were filled with strong hooks
and melodies that adhered to soul traditions without being a slave to
them by incorporating elements of new wave." While much of their
reputation is due to the sustained pop-chart run in the 1980s, they
continue to record and tour, and remain respected by various artists for
their ability to cross stylistic boundaries.
In 2003, Hall and Oates were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Billboard magazine had Hall & Oates at No. 15 on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time and the No. 1 duo, while VH1 placed the duo as No. 99 on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014.
