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Brazil
Brazil (; , ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (, ), is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas and the largest lusophone country in the world.
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Chiswick
Chiswick () is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with an agrarian and fishing economy. Having good communications with London from an early time the area became a popular country retreat, and as part of the suburban growth of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries the population of Chiswick significantly expanded. With neighbouring Brentford, it became a municipal borough in 1932 and has formed part of Greater London since 1965.
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Dersingham
Dersingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north of the town of King's Lynn and north-west of the city of Norwich, opening onto the Wash.
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England
England () is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
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Finland
Finland (pronounced ), officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden on the west, Norway on the north and Russia on the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.
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Middlesex
Middlesex () is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time. The county was significantly affected by the expansion of the metropolitan area of London in both the 18th and 19th centuries; such that from 1855 the south east was administered as part of the metropolis. When county councils were initially introduced in England in 1889 around 20% of the area of Middlesex, and a third of its population, was transferred to the County of London, and the remainder formed a smaller county, in the north west, under the control of Middlesex County Council.
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New Zealand
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Pasila
:This article is about the suburb of Helsinki. For the TV series named after this suburb, see Pasila (TV series)''.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia () is the largest city in Pennsylvania, sixth-most-populous city in the United States and the fifty-first most populous city in the world.
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San Antonio, Texas
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South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an independent country wholly surrounded by South African territory.
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Switzerland
Switzerland (, , , ), officially the Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin, hence its ISO country codes CH and CHE), is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
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Texas
Texas () is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States.
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The Alamo
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.
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Adam Clayton
Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960) is the bassist of the rock band U2. Clayton has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965. Clayton is well-known for his bass playing on songs such as "New Year's Day", "Bullet the Blue Sky", "With or Without You", "Mysterious Ways", "Get on Your Boots", and "Magnificent". His work on No Line on the Horizon has been cited as his best bass playing. He has worked on several solo projects throughout his career, such as his work with fellow band member Larry Mullen Jr. on the theme of 1996's . Clayton, as a part of U2, has won 22 Grammy awards.
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Alan Menken
Alan Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American musical theatre and film composer and pianist.
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Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards.
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Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse (born 14 September 1983) is an English singer-songwriter, known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including R&B;, soul, jazz. Winehouse is best known for her powerful contralto vocals.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer of musical theatre. He started composing at the age of six, and published his first piece at the age of nine.
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Anthony Drennan
Anthony Drennan is an Irish guitarist noted for his involvement with Genesis and The Corrs whom he has played with thought most of his career. He was born in Luton, England, but moved back to Ireland at a young age. He has also played with Clannad, Paul Brady, Moving Hearts, and dozens of other well-known Irish bands and performers.
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Arif Mardin
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Babyface (musician)
Kenneth Brian "Babyface" Edmonds (born April 10, 1958) is an American R&B; and pop singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, record producer, film producer, and entrepreneur.
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Bette Midler
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress and comedian, also known (by her informal stage name) as The Divine Miss M. She has starred in live-action films such as Ruthless People, Beaches and Hocus Pocus, as well as featuring in animated films such as Oliver & Company and Fantasia 2000.
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Bill Bottrell
Bill Bottrell is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, probably best known for his Grammy Award-winning collaborations with Michael Jackson and Sheryl Crow.
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Bill Bruford
William Scott "Bill" Bruford (born 17 May 1949 in Sevenoaks, Kent) is an English drummer. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring drummer for Genesis. From 1972 to 1997, Bruford was the drummer for progressive rock band King Crimson. Bruford moved away from progressive rock to concentrate on jazz, leading his own jazz group, Earthworks, for several years. He retired from public performance in 2009, but continues to run his two record labels and to speak about music. His autobiography, Bill Bruford: The Autobiography, was published in early 2009.
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Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to the RIAA.
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Bob Dylan
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Bobby Kimball
Robert Troy "Bobby" Kimball (born March 29, 1947) is an American singer, best known as the longtime frontman of the rock band Toto.
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Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), most commonly known by his stage name Bono ( ), is an Irish singer and musician, best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2. Bono writes almost all U2 lyrics, often using political, social, and religious themes. During their early years, Bono's lyrics contributed to U2's rebellious and spiritual tone. As the band matured, his lyrics became inspired more by personal experiences shared with members of U2.
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed "The Boss", is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of Heartland rock infused with pop hooks, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941 or 1942) is a Canadian Cree singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, pacifist, educator, social activist, and philanthropist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism. Her music might generally be categorized as folk and traditional music, though she did record one mostly country album, ''I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again'', in Nashville. Some of her other songs have more modern popular sounds. Her work has been covered by such musicians as Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Neko Case, Janis Joplin, Chet Atkins, The Indigo Girls and Joe Cocker. She is also responsible for Cradleboard Teaching Project, an educational curriculum devoted to better understanding of Native Americans. She has won recognition and many awards and honours for both her music and her work in education and social activism.
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Celine Dion
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Chester Thompson
Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American drummer and session musician.
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Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album ''She's So Unusual'' and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album. Lauper has released 11 albums and over 40 singles, and as of 2008 had sold more than 30 million records worldwide.
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Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois (, Respell|lan-) (born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, and singer-songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, and Willie Nelson. Lanois is best known for producing, with Brian Eno, a number of albums for U2, including The Joshua Tree.
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Danny DeVito
Daniel Michael "Danny" DeVito, Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor, comedian, director, and producer. He first gained prominence for his portrayal of Louie De Palma on the ABC and NBC TV series Taxi (1978–1983), for which he won a Golden Globe and an Emmy.
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Daryl Stuermer
Daryl Mark Stuermer (born November 27, 1952) is an American musician who plays guitar and bass for Genesis during live shows, and lead guitar for Phil Collins during most of his solo tours and albums.
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David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash (who are sometimes augmented by Neil Young), and CPR. Crosby is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work in The Byrds and CSN.
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David Foster
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David Hungate
David Hungate (b. August 5, 1948) is a bass player noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977-1982. Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album of 1976 included Hungate and several other future members of Toto. Hungate's tracks featured the "hook" popping bassline on the single "Lowdown," and the lyrical bass fills on "Harbor Lights" and "We're All Alone."
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David Paich
David Paich (born David Frank Paich on June 25, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is a session musician, keyboard player, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. David is the son of the late jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich. With Toto, Paich has released 17 albums and sold over 30 million records.
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Dean Pitchford
Dean Pitchford (born July 29, 1951 in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.) is a songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist. His work has earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three additional Oscars, two more Golden Globes, seven Grammy Awards and two Tony Awards.
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Dido (singer)
'''Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong (born 25 December 1971), known mononymously as Dido''' ( ), is an English singer-songwriter.
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Duffy (singer)
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He has worked with his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only person who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times; as a solo performer, as well as a member of rock bands the Yardbirds and Cream. Throughout his career, Clapton has been viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the "Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In 2010, Clapton was ranked #4 on ''Gibson's'' Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
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Frank Zappa
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Franke Previte
Franke Jon Previte is a composer who grew up in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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George Harrison
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George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (); June 25, 1963) is an English singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! along with his school friend Andrew Ridgeley. His first solo single, "Careless Whisper" was released when he was still in the duo and sold about six million copies worldwide.
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Giorgio Moroder
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Helen Terry
Helen Terry (born 25 May 1956) is a British singer, known for her backing vocal work with Culture Club. As a solo performer, she scored a Top 40 hit single in 1984 with "Love Lies Lost", and released one album in 1986, Blue Notes.
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Howard Ashman
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Hugh Padgham
Hugh Padgham is a British record producer. He has won a string of awards, including four Grammys, with Producer of the Year (1985) and Engineer of the Year amongst them. A 1992 poll in Mix magazine voted him one of the world's Top Ten Most Influential Producers.
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Humberto Gatica
Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American record producer, music mixer and audio engineer. Son of humberto gatica brother of lucho gatica the great singer from latin america
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Irene Cara
Irene Cara (born March 18, 1962) is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling." She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and she also starred in the 1980 film Fame.
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Jackie Stewart
:For other people of this name see Jackie Stewart (disambiguation).
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James Blunt
James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount; 22 February 1974) is the stage name adopted by the Grammy Award-nominated English singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and single releases, including "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", brought him to fame in 2005. His repertoire is a mix of acoustic-tinged pop, rock and folk. After recording on the independent American label Custard Records, Blunt won two BRIT Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards, and by 2006 was nominated for five Grammy Awards. The following year, he released his second album All The Lost Souls (2007). Blunt's third studio album, Some Kind of Trouble, is due to be released in November 2010.
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James Horner
James Roy Horner (born August 14, 1953) is an American composer, orchestrator and conductor of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of Celtic musical elements.
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Jeff Porcaro
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Joely Collins
Joely Collins (born August 8, 1972) is a Canadian actress.
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John DeNicola
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John Goodsall
John Goodsall is a progressive rock & jazz fusion guitarist most noted for his work with the jazz-rock band Brand X. He also started a more rock-oriented side project, Fire Merchants, with Doug Lunn and Chester Thompson, in 1989.
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John Lennon
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John Leventhal
John Leventhal is a Grammy Award winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright, The Wreckers and many others. As a musician he has worked with all of the above as well as artists such as Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Bruce Hornsby, Elvis Costello, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Charlie Haden, David Crosby, Levon Helm, Edie Brickell, Paul Simon, Patty Larkin, Susan Tedeschi, Steve Forbert, Kelly Willis and Johnny Cash. As a songwriter he has had over 100 songs recorded by various artists. In 1998 he won s Grammy Award for Record and Song of the year for producing and co-writing the song "Sunny Came Home". Albums he has produced have been nominated for a total of 11 Grammy Awardss. In 2005 he composed the score for the film Winter Solstice.
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John Martyn
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John McIndoe
John McIndoe (born 3 February 1948, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British singer and guitarist and actor. John is best known to American audiences for his role as I.Q. in The Bugaloos (1970).
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John Silver
Jonathan (John) Silver (born 1950) is the former second drummer for the English rock band Genesis. He replaced Chris Stewart in the summer of 1968 and appears on their first full length album, From Genesis to Revelation, and on the Genesis Archive 1967-75 box set. He left the band in August 1969 and was replaced by John Mayhew.
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Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr., on March 2, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of Bon Jovi. Throughout his career, he has released two solo albums and eleven studio albums with his band which have sold over 130 million albums worldwide.
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Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Stephen Ross OBE (born 17 November 1960) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for presenting the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross from 2001 until he left the BBC in 2010. Ross is to host a new chat show on ITV1 from 2011. Ross also hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio 2, and acted as a film critic and presenter of The Film Programme. Other regular roles have included being a regular panelist on the comedy sports quiz ''They Think It's All Over'' from 1999 to 2006, and presenting the annual British Comedy Awards from 1991 to 2007, and 2009 onwards.
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Keith Forsey
Keith Forsey (born on 2 January 1948 in London, England) is an British soundtrack composer, drummer, songwriter and record producer.
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Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier (born Lamont Herbert Dozier June 16, 1941) is an American songwriter and record producer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan.
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Larry Gelbart
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Larry Mullen, Jr.
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Mullen, Jr. (born 31 October 1961) is the drummer for the rock band U2. He is the founder of U2, which he later described as "'The Larry Mullen Band' for about ten minutes, then Bono walked in and blew any chance I had of being in charge." He has worked on numerous side projects during his career, including a collaboration with Michael Stipe and Mike Mills of R.E.M. to form Automatic Baby in 1993 and working with bandmate Adam Clayton on the re-recording of the theme to , in 1996. He and U2 have won many awards, including 22 Grammy awards.
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Leo Sayer
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Leonard Whiting
Leonard Whiting (born June 30, 1950 in London, England) is a British actor who starred as Romeo in the 1968 Zeffirelli film version of Romeo and Juliet opposite Olivia Hussey's Juliet, a role which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor.
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Lily Collins
Lily Jane Collins (born March 18, 1989) is a British/American actress, model, writer, and Nickelodeon television host, often cited for her sense of style. She is the daughter of British musician Phil Collins and his second wife, American-born Jill Tavelman, and the half-sister of actress Joely Collins and musician Simon Collins. She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School, and is currently a student at the University of Southern California with a major in broadcast journalism.
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Marilyn Martin
Marilyn Martin (born May 4, 1954) is an American singer best known for her 1985 hit duet with Phil Collins, "Separate Lives."
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Mark Lawson
Mark Gerard Lawson (born 11 April 1962) is an English journalist, broadcaster and author.
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Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947), better known by his stage name Meat Loaf is an American rock musician and actor. He is noted for the Bat Out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, and . Bat Out of Hell has sold more than 43 million copies. After more than 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually, and stayed on the charts for over nine years.
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Michael Gore
Michael Gore (born March 5, 1951) is an American composer. He, along with lyricist Dean Pitchford, won the Oscar in 1980 for best original song for "Fame" from the film of the same title. He also won the award that year for best original score. Gore is the younger brother of singer/songwriter Lesley Gore.
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Michael Jackson
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Michael Omartian
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Mick Barnard
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Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole (born February 6, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and performer. She achieved success in her early career as an R&B; star, but smoothly changed her repertoire toward a more pop and jazz oriented musical style in the early 1990s. She has won nine Grammy Awards. Cole has been singing since she was 5 years old.
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Nick D'Virgilio
'''Nick D'Virgilio''' is an American muli-instrumentalist, often referred to as NDV, perhaps best known as a member of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He was also one of two drummers chosen to replace Phil Collins in Genesis on the Calling All Stations sessions. He has also done session work with many artists including Tears for Fears and Big Big Train.
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Nir Zidkyahu
Nir Zidkyahu (born November 1967, in Rishon Lezion, Israel) is a well-established studio-session drummer, and the brother of Blackfield's drummer Tomer Zidkyahu. He played the drums for eight songs on Genesis' 1997 album, Calling All Stations, and subsequently joined the band for their 1998 tour.
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Noel Gallagher
Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967) is an English musician, best known as the former principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and occasional vocalist of English rock band Oasis. Raised with younger brother Liam Gallagher in Burnage, Manchester, Gallagher began learning guitar at the age of thirteen. After a series of odd jobs in construction, Gallagher joined local Manchester band, Inspiral Carpets as a roadie and technician in 1988. Whilst touring with the Inspiral Carpets, he learnt that Liam had formed a band of his own, known as The Rain, which eventually took on the name "Oasis". After Gallagher returned to England, he was invited by Liam to join Oasis as songwriter and guitarist.
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Nonce (slang)
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Paul McCartney
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Paul Simon
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People (magazine)
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People Magazine
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Peter Gabriel
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Phil Collins
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Prince (artist)
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Quincy Jones
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Robbie Williams
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Robin Lumley
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Roger Ebert
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Roy Halee
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Russ Titelman
Russ Titelman (born 16 August 1944, Los Angeles, California) is an American record producer and songwriter. He has to date won three Grammy Awards. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song "Higher Love", and his second and third for Eric Clapton's Journeyman and Unplugged albums. Titelman also produced the 24 Nights live album of 1990 and the all-blues album From The Cradle, released in 1994.
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Seal (musician)
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born 19 February 1963 in Paddington, London, England), known simply as Seal, is an English soul and R&B; singer-songwriter, of Nigerian and Brazilian background. His name Olusegun means "God is victorious". A recipient of BRIT, MTV and Grammy Awards, Seal is known for his numerous international hits. He is married to German model Heidi Klum.
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Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC (; born Eilleen Regina Edwards; August 28, 1965) is a Canadian country pop singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in the mid 1990s with her album The Woman In Me (1995), and achieved worldwide success with her 1997 album Come On Over, which became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician, and the best selling country album of all time. The album Come on Over has sold over 39 million copies worldwide. Come on Over is also the 9th bestselling album in the U.S.
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Shawn Colvin
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Sheryl Crow
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Simon Collins
Simon Collins (born September 14, 1976 in Hammersmith, England) is a Canadian musician. He is the son of English drummer Phil Collins.
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Steve Lukather
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Steve Porcaro
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Steven Spielberg
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Stevie Wonder
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Sting (musician)
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by his professional name Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor and philanthropist. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock band The Police.
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Susan Boyle
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The Corrs
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The Edge
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Tina Turner
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Tom Dowd
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Tom Whitlock
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Tony Smith (manager)
Tony Smith (born in England) is best known as talent manager for Genesis since 1973 and for the solo careers of Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. He is also, as of 2007, co-manager of Pink Floyd along with Paul Loasby.
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Toto (band)
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Walter Afanasieff
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Whitney Houston
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Will Jennings
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Yoko Ono
is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront through her music, and is also considered a pioneer and major influence of the 1970s new wave genre. She is a supporter of gay rights and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.
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Air Filmography
- Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
- Quartier lointain (2010)
- Malls R Us (2010)
- L'âge d'or de la musique de film 1965-1975 (2009)
- Hear, Earth, Heart (2009)
- Orange Juice (2008)
- A propos de America (2006)
- Parallel 42 (2005)
- Electronic Performers (2004)
- Architecture of Reassurance (2000)
- The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Aires Filmography
- Sparta
- Anthrax
- Talking Heads
- The Incredible String Band
- Peter Koppes
- Atheist
- Frente!
- Mike Pinder
- Unholy
- Hair Soundtrack
- Sesame Street
karaoke
Our plane falls in the ocean
At least we went down fighting
In the bottom of the ocean
The scenery can fail come
Up to this point been right and fine
Yeah
But the paper wall is pulling me blind
Yeah
Do you remember the days?
You forget those days
What would the odds make you say?
Would the odds make you say?
We're drinking our jet stream
Row tow
Ideas or knuckles
Laid out unmentioned
Row tow
Sink swim this rescue
When find these
These motives
You'll please report your progress
To the captain
Our captain
So he can mark the atlas
Never considered this our prize
Yeah
Up till then it seemed so bright
Yeah
Young and free, something you'll never be
A childhood's end, it's lunacy
Pure dictation, they don't listen
And you're just waiting for what you're missing
Welcome to your nightmare
you just can't walk away
It's time for you, to choose, your fate
You just can't let it lay
Welcome to your nightmare
Your whole life's on the way,
Today
You're no good, misunderstood, A.I.R.
All their hopes and visions, of what they want you to be
Crucial times, made up minds, A.I.R.
So high and mighty, though much too blind to see
Who are you gonna live your life for?
Conformity will trap you like a locked door
Independence means owning your decisions
Authority will put your soul in prison
Fight, or go insane, there's no one else to blame
Stop, their influence, you can't give them a chance
Break, right through the wall, that separates us all
Start, your second life, without their hands in sight
You got your pride, you got your visions
Don't subside, don't ever give in
Don't compromise just keep on grinning
The games they play you just keep on winning
Keep on winning
Keep on winning
Keep on winning
A.I.R.
Air...Air
Hit me in the face
I run faster
Faster into the air
(I say to myself)
What is happening to my skin?
Where is that protection that I needed?
Air can hurt you too
Air can hurt you too
Some people say not to worry about the air
Some people never had experience with...Air...Air
It can break your heart
So remember when the weather gets rough
(You'll say to yourself)
What is happening to my skin?
Where is that protection that I needed?
Air can hurt you too
Air can hurt you too
Some people say not to worry about the air
Some people don't know shit about the...
Air...
Breathing, all creatures are
Brighter then than brightest star
You are by far
You come right inside of me
Close as you can be
You kiss my blood
And my blood kiss me.
Instrumental
The air stirs up the galaxy!
Be!!!.........
The crosswinds of forever become me and place me on
The porch of the breeze
Without my sounds would be silent
No gullible gusts through the trees
Carrying seasons to bring us
The atmosphere we all can enjoy and we destroy
The blur on the horizon disturbs me
It casts a disguise on the sun
In the end it's the wind that will weaken
And the human goes from billions to none
The wind will regain all its motion
And clear the air for the following to...(breathe)
(spoken) The breeze of; a new creation
Moving clouds, from everywhere
Sensing a rainy stare
Smelling the moisture in the air
In the air.
The weather can be deemed as deceiving
To predict the unpredictability
The passion that it peels for the ocean
Air and water sharing laughter
A bond between two forces of nature
All to live and breathe
The breeze of a new creation
Breathe
The breeze of a new creation.
(you wanted to be weightless you didn't want to wait)
we are
the sad sad people those scared scared scared scared eyes insane unseen an island inside inside out
minds unbeing dead isn't being alive what's wrong with the air, what's wrong with the air
what's wrong with the air, what's wrong with the air? the red line when
the sky ends the pretty ugly lives can't take your car to heaven can't take god
for a drive unbeing dead isn't being alive what's wrong with the air,
what's wrong with the air, what's wrong with the air, what's wrong with the air? what's wrong
with the air what's wrong with the sky what's wrong with your eyes? what's wrong with the air
what's wrong with the sky? around you, around you, around you, around you, in mourning
for the morning, you laughed yourself into the afternoon you thought was endless you wanted to be weightless unbeing dead isn't being alive
what's wrong with the air, what's wrong with the air, what's wrong with the air,
what's wrong with the air? what's wrong with the air what's wrong with the sky
what's wrong with your eyes? what's wrong with the air what's wrong with the sky?
around you, around you, around you, around you, around you, around you
around you, around you, you wanted to be weightless you didn't want to wait
you wanted to be weightless you didn't want to wait
you wanted to be brainless you didn't want to think
you wanted to be shameless you didn't want to want to
[Instrumental]
Was it the wind or whispers of mind
Inside me
Rumble of thunder eating my soul
In a distance
Storms and earthquakes finally begin
Closing fast
Bolt of lightning lights up the sky
Confused minds begging for mercy
Darkness surrounds this unreal world
Horizon alters red, it sparks blood and all burns
Black shadow in the sky once was the sun
Goddess of Air makes us scream with fear
The voice of crying wind heralding the endBlood in the sky...
Light and shadow join each other...
At last comes silence
New days dawn, all begins again
Wind is crying
I feel the power, power of death
Growing fast
Is this the wind or a whisper of god
Inside me
Lyrics by Ismo Toivonen
Welcome! sulphur dioxide
Hello! carbon monoxide
The air, the air
Is everywhere
Breath deep, while you sleep
Breath deep
Bless you, alcohol bloodstream
Save me, nicotine lung steam
Incense, incense
Is in the air
Breath deep, while you sleep
Breath deep
Cataclysmic ectoplasm
Fallout atomic orgasm
Vapor and fume
At the stone of my tomb
Breathing like a sullen perfume
Eating at the stone of my tomb
Welcome! sulphur dioxide
Hello! carbon monoxide
The air, the air
Is everywhere
Breath deep, while you sleep
Breath deep
Deep, deep, deep, cough cough
Listen up, America
We've got something great for you!
It's something you can feel and breathe and even see right through
It isn't something you can smell
Or taste or eat or see
And please don't send us money --
It's absolutely free
Oh yes, it's air, air, air
It's the bargain of the day
Air, air, air
Doesn't look like much but, hey!
It's handy when you're working
It's handy when you play
So get some air, air, air
It'll blow you right away!
Oh, you can breathe it with your mouth
Or you can breathe it through your nose
And when you take your shoes off, you can feel it on your toes
It isn't purple, green, or pink
Or red or white or blue
It's kind of hard to spot it, but
It's always there for you
No taste! No waste!
No tell tale smell, it's swell!
Oh yes, it's air air air
Send for your supply today
Air, air, air from Maine to Monterey
Americans just love it
They breathe it night and day
So get some air air air
It'll blow you right away!
ALBUMS
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Astronomic Club
- Seven Stars
- Retour sur Terre
- Parade
- Moon Fever
- Sonic Armada
- Who Am I Now?
- Décollage
- Cosmic Trip
- Homme Lune
- Lava
- Do the Joy
- Love
- So Light Is Her Footfall
- Be a Bee
- Missing the Light of the Day
- Tropical Disease
- Heaven's Light
- Night Hunter
- Sing Sang Sung
- Eat My Beat
- You Can Tell It to Everybody
- African Velvet
- La Femme d'argent
- Sexy Boy
- All I Need
- Kelly, Watch the Stars!
- Talisman
- Remember
- You Make It Easy
- Ce matin-là
- New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal)
- Le Voyage de Pénélope
- Don't Be Light (edit)
- Don't Be Light (Mr. Oizo remix)
- How Does It Make You Feel? (Adrian Sherwood version)
- Don't Be Light (Neptunes remix)
- People In The City (Modjo version)
- Don't Be Light (The Hacker remix)
- How Does It Make You Feel? (edit)
- People In The City (Jack Lahana remix)
- Don't Be Light (Malibu remix)
- Modular Mix (Stein House remix edit)
- Summer Love (demo version)
- Space Maker
- Once Upon a Time
- One Hell of a Party
- Napalm Love
- Mayfair Song
- Left Bank
- Photograph
- Mer du Japon
- Lost Message
- Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping
- Redhead Girl
- Night Sight
- All Cats Are Grey
- Planet Caravan
- O' Venezia Venaga Venusia
- I Shall Be Released
- Camille
- Ghosts
- The Old Man's Back Again
- Come Wander With Me
- Metal Heart
- Loving You
- For the World
- Le Long de la rivière Tendre
- My Autumn's Done Come
- P.L.A.
- Let's Get Lost
- Cousin Jane
- Musica
- Pavane pour une infante défunte
- [Nic Harcourt intro]
- Talisman
- Venus
- Alpha Beta Gaga
- Remember
- People in the City
- Cherry Blossom Girl
- Hurricane / Playground Love
- Kelly Watch the Stars
- Radian
- Biological / Sexy Boy
- Don't Be Light (feat. Jason Falkner & Beck)
- Alone in Kyoto
- La Femme d'Argent
- Venus
- Cherry Blossom Girl
- Run
- Universal Traveler
- Mike Mills
- Surfing on a Rocket
- Another Day
- Alpha Beta Gaga
- Biological
- Alone in Kyoto
- La nuit de tous nos rêves approche
- Clearing Your Head
- On Her Way In
- Elle a du shell
- Synthetique be-pop
- Sex-au-phone
- On Her Way Out
- Inauguration
- Oui
- Est-ce que l'amour fait mal ?
- Give Space a Trance, Chance I
- Give Space a Trance, Chance II
- Give Space a Trance, Chance III
- More
- Le Temps des copains
- Spying Glass
- Lady Day
- Fingerprint File
- Remember (David Whitaker version)
- I Just Got Back
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- Contact
- The Look of Love
- Prix Choc
- Dum Dum Boys
- Ventura
- Papa
- Summer Love (demo version)
- Speed of Life
- The End
- Lloyd Price Express
- Executive Party Dance
- Pornographic Movies
- Suicide Is Painless
- Summer in the City
- En Melody
- The Soft Wead Factor
- Computer Dream
- Loving You
- How Do You Sleep
- Flight of the Bumblebee
- Car Thief
- Roses Are Free
- In Your House
- In Time
- Water to Drink
- Crazy You
- Stratovarius
- Don't Be Light (edit)
- Don't Be Light (Mr. Oizo remix)
- How Does It Make You Feel? (Adrian Sherwood version)
- Don't Be Light (Neptunes remix)
- People in the City (Modjo version)
- Don't Be Light (The Hacker remix)
- How Does It Make You Feel? (edit)
- Don't Be Light (Malibu remix)
- People in the City (Jack Lahana remix)
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Electronic Performers
- How Does It Make You Feel?
- Radio #1
- The Vagabond
- Radian
- Lucky and Unhappy
- Sex Born Poison
- People in the City
- Wonder Milky Bitch
- Don't Be Light
- Caramel Prisoner
- Travelling Without Moving, Trip 1
- Travelling Without Moving, Trip 2
- Travelling Without Moving, Trip 3
- Travelling Without Moving, Trip 4
- Travelling Without Moving, Trip 5
- Travelling Without Moving, Trip 6
- Travelling Without Moving, Trip 7
- Travelling Without Moving, Trip 8
- Travelling Without Moving, Trip 9
- Travelling Without Moving, Trip 10
- Travelling Without Moving, Trip 11
- Playground Love
- Clouds Up
- Bathroom Girl
- Cemetary Party
- Dark Messages
- The Word 'Hurricane'
- Dirty Trip
- Highschool Lover (Theme From The Virgin Suicides)
- Afternoon Sister
- Ghost Song
- Empty House
- Dead Bodies
- Suicide Underground
- All I Need
- Kelly Watch the Stars
- Sexy Boy
- La Femme d'argent
- Le soleil est près de moi
- J'ai dormi sous l'eau
- Kelly Watch the Stars (Moog Cookbook remix)
- intro
- j'ai dormi sous l'eau
- kelly watch the stars
- la femme d'argent
- le slow
- le soleil est pres de moi
- le voyage de penelope
- mabrouk
- new star in the sky
- remember
- sexy boy
- talisman
- Wind
- 1st Impression
- Breeze
- Je suis triste et seul ici
- Spiritual Invocation
- Arc
- Mystical Appearance
- Chaque ligne de ta peau fut aimée
- Lost in Passion
- I'll Be Right Here Waiting
- No. 2
- G.v.E.
- Subtraction
- Keep Right On Playing Through the Mirror Over the Water
- Realize
- Mr. Man
- Baby, I Don't Know Where Love
- Martin
- In Our Time
- Man Is Free
- Sister Bessie
- Lipstick
- Man's Got Style
- Jail Cell
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
- Encounters of the Third Kind
- Talisman
- Kelly Watch the Stars
- Le soleil est près de moi
- Be a Bee
- Sexy Boy
- Le Voyage de Pénélope
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- You Make It Easy
- All I Need
- The Laytis
- Mabrouk
- A New Star in the Sky
- Radian Intro
- Radian
- Venus
- Alpha Beta Gaga
- Run
- J' J'ai dormi sous l'eau
- Suring on a Rocket
- People in the City
- Talisman
- Electronic Performers
- How Does It Make You Feel
- Talisman
- Radio #1
- Lucky and Unhappy
- Bathroom Girl
- Playground Love
- J'ai dormi sous l'eau
- People in the City
- Sex Born Poison
- Don't Be Light
- Radian
- Kelly Watch the Stars (intro)
- Kelly Watch the Stars
- La Femme d'argent (intro)
- La Femme d'argent
- Sexy Boy (intro)
- Sexy Boy
- Intro
- Talisman
- Remember
- J'ai dormi
- Sous l'eau
- Le soleil est près de moi
- Kelly Watch the Stars
- La Femme d'argent
- Sexy Suite: A Spy Theme
- Sexy Suite: B. Tomorrow Never Knows
- Sexy Suite: C. Sexy Boy
- O Funky Final
- Electronic Performers
- Radio #1
- Talisman
- Lucky & Unhappy
- Playground Love
- New Star in the Sky
- J'ai Dormi Sous l'Eau
- People in the City
- How Does It Make You Feel?
- Sex Born Poison
- Don't Be Light
- Clouds Up
- Radian
- Sexy Boy
- Le Femme d'Argent
- Intro
- Dark Messages
- The Word 'Hurricane'
- Intro
- Clouds Up
- Highschool Lover
- Afternoon Sister
- Dirty Trip
- Empty House
- Dead Bodies
- Cemetary Party
- Playground Love
- Suicide Underground
- Encore 1 Intro
- Talisman
- J'ai dormi sous l'eau
- Encore 2 Intro
- La Femme d'argent
- Close Encountress
- Talisman
- Kelly Watch the Stars
- Le soleil est près de moi
- Be a Bee
- Sexy Boy
- Le Voyage de Pénélope
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- You Make It Easy
- All I Need
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Me, We.
- Right Riot (feat. KJ)
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Air - Playground Love
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- Duration: 3:25
- Published: 27 Feb 2009
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
Music video by Air performing Playground Love (Clip).
http://wn.com/Air_Playground_Love
Air - Sexy Boy
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- Duration: 3:50
- Published: 25 Feb 2009
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
Music video by Air performing Sexy Boy.
http://wn.com/Air_Sexy_Boy
Air - La Femme D'Argent
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- Duration: 5:54
- Published: 01 Jun 2008
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
A 2008 music video for a famous track of the french project "Air" by Guillaume Delaperriere.
http://wn.com/Air_La_Femme_D'Argent
Morgan Page, Sultan + Ned Shepard, & BT - In the Air feat. Angela McCluskey (Official Music Video)
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- Duration: 3:54
- Published: 21 Nov 2011
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
The latest release from Grammy-nominated remixer and producer, Morgan Page is a mélange of dance music all-stars. A collaboration with Sultan + Ned Shepard, BT and featuring Angela McCluskey, the track titled "In the Air" is the first single from Page's upcoming studio album, set to drop early next year. The official music video for "In The Air" was filmed in the Hollywood Hills and during last month's sold out performance at Avalon Hollywood. Page has said that "In The Air" is a song about "the excitement of being in the moment," and this sums it up perfectly. Directed By: Justin Coloma Download "In The Air" on iTunes: www.itunes.com Download "In The Air" on Amazon (US): amzn.to Visit Morgan Page Online: www.morgan-page.com http www.twitter.com Distributed in US by WMG.
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Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (Official Video)
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- Duration: 4:54
- Published: 11 May 2010
- Updated: 08 Sep 2012
THE NEW ALBUM IS NOW AVAILABLE ON iTUNES: www.smarturl.it Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (Official Video) Official Website: www.philcollins.com Official Facebook www.facebook.com Official Twitter: www.twitter.com
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Morgan Page, Sultan + Ned Shepard, and BT | In the Air feat. Angela McCluskey - (Lyric Music Video)
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- Duration: 5:16
- Published: 22 Aug 2011
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
Morgan Page, Sultan + Ned Shepard, and BT "In The Air" feat. Angela McCluskey lyric music video. "In The Air" Available on - iTunes: smarturl.it Amazon: amzn.to Extended mix available on Beatport: bit.ly The latest release from Grammy-nominated remixer and producer, Morgan Page is a mélange of dance music all-stars. A collaboration with Sultan + Ned Shepard, BT and featuring Angela McCluskey (Telepopmusik), the track titled "In the Air" is the first single from Page's upcoming studio album, set to drop later this year. Page has said that "In The Air" is about capturing the excitement of being in the moment. Volleying from BT, Sultan and Shepard's unique live instruments into gorgeous synth swells, the song is as expansive as it is enthralling. And as for Angela McCluskey's vocals, they can only be described as hauntingly powerful. Fun fact about "In The Air": McCluskey had a unique approach to penning the lyrics by clipping out magazine headlines. Visit Morgan Page Online: www.morgan-page.com http www.twitter.com Visit Nettwerk Online: www.nettwerk.com http www.twitter.com Distributed in US by WMG.
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Chipmunk Feat. Keri Hilson - In The Air
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- Duration: 4:11
- Published: 31 Mar 2011
- Updated: 06 Sep 2012
Music video by Chipmunk Feat. Keri Hilson performing In The Air. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
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Air - Kelly Watch The Stars
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- Duration: 3:52
- Published: 03 Apr 2008
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
Music video by Air performing Kelly Watch The Stars.
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TV Rock ft Rudy - 'In The Air' (Axwell Remix Official Video)
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- Duration: 2:44
- Published: 17 Mar 2010
- Updated: 06 Sep 2012
Buy this track on iTunes now: bit.ly The brand new single on Data Records, this is TV Rock feat. Rudy - In The Air (Axwell Remix), released 2nd May 2010!
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Bach, JS - "Air" Orchestral Suite N° 3 in D Major_BWV 1068
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- Duration: 5:01
- Published: 08 Mar 2007
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
Ton Koopman _ The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
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Snakadaktal - Air (Official Clip)
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- Duration: 3:57
- Published: 24 Oct 2011
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
The official music video for Snakadaktal's song 'Air' which is taken from their debut self titled EP. The EP will be released through I OH YOU Records on the 25th of November 2011. Directed by Lachlan Wilson and Tom Burgess. Production Company - Vegadeetz Films Lyrics: "The girl next door said that your walks go too long While she was singing her favourite song Her smile hid behind the camera lense He tried not to laugh but he chuckled like a hen And that love that we fatally made And the doves that took it away And the love that you said it can't stay It went away Our city of apple trees are curled up to sing We spent all our money buying roses for the king And the shade may be breaking through your window Dont look for the answer, it's the question you don't know"
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Air - Run
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- Duration: 4:24
- Published: 07 Sep 2006
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
a video clip for the song "Run" by the french group "Air"
http://wn.com/Air_Run
Bach Air
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- Duration: 4:20
- Published: 22 Nov 2006
- Updated: 06 Sep 2012
Bach: Air from Suite No.3 (Air on a G String) Performed by me on soprano sax with midi accompaniment. Sorry, I don't have a video camera, so my videos consist only of the title and credits, a still image, and the music of course. I hope you enjoy listening.
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Timbaland - Hands In The Air ft. Ne-Yo
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- Duration: 4:08
- Published: 06 Jul 2012
- Updated: 08 Sep 2012
Buy now! smarturl.it Music video by Timbaland performing Hands In The Air. (C) 2012 Interscope Records
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Bach, Air ("on the G string", string orchestra)
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- Duration: 5:16
- Published: 27 Feb 2009
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
JS Bach's Air on a G-string, from his 3rd orchestral suite in D major. FAQ Q: Where can I get free sheet music for this piece? A: The score in the video can be downloaded from here: www.musanim.com And here's a piano arrangement of it www.musanim.com www.musanim.com Click here to watch it in high-quality (recommended): www.youtube.com Q: Who is performing? A: I got this recording from Royalty Free Classical Music (dot org); they sell stock performances, and give stock answers to questions; the stock answer to "who is performing this" is "The RFCM Symphony Orchestra". Q: What is the BWV number for this? A: BWV 1068 Q: What does this have to do with a g-string? A: The short answer is that many people know it by the name "Air on the G-string," so I put it in the title to help people find it. You can read more about this here: en.wikipedia.org Q: What is the real name of this piece? A: It is the second movement of Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, titled "Aria" (Italian for "Air"). Q: Can you please do a video of ______? A: Please read this: www.musanim.com Q: How can I make this kind of display? A: Check out this: www.musanim.com Q: How can I turn the MAM MIDI Player display into a movie? A: See the "How to capture video" section of this page www.musanim.com and ask for advice from the people who have been doing this. .
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In the Air tonight LIVE- phil collins
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- Duration: 5:27
- Published: 11 Sep 2006
- Updated: 08 Sep 2012
this is a video of phil collins in his farewell tour. song- In the Air Tonight
http://wn.com/In_the_Air_tonight_LIVE_phil_collins
Jamie Woon - Night Air (Official Video) HD
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- Duration: 5:17
- Published: 22 Nov 2010
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
Like Jamie on Facebook: on.fb.me
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AIR op
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- Duration: 1:32
- Published: 13 Jul 2007
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
Air opening
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FIFA 13 Exclusive Gameplay: Air Japes vs. KSIOlajidebt | Man. City vs. Man. United
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- Duration: 7:54
- Published: 05 Sep 2012
- Updated: 08 Sep 2012
You wanted it, you got it! Please remember to leave a rating and some feedback! Big thanks to NVIDIA for the incredible computers and to elgato for the top notch capture cards!!! NVIDIA www.nvidia.com Elgato www.gamecapture.com vLOG from the FIFA 13 Evenet: www.youtube.com Follow me on Twitter @airjapesfifa : www.twitch.tv/airjapesfifa www.facebook.com/airjapesfifa Live on www.twitch.tv/airjapesfifa Check these channels for more FIFA 13! www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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Jason Becker - Air
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- Duration: 5:39
- Published: 23 Apr 2009
- Updated: 06 Sep 2012
Jason Becker's masterpiece from his solo album Perpetual Burn. Crafted by the hand of a genius, Air stands as a proof of what Jason was capable of doing in terms of musical composition complexity... too bad he can't play anymore. His music is truly an inspiration; enjoy!
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![In The Air - Axwell Remix (TV Rock feat. Rudy) [HQ]](http://web.archive.org./web/20120908024502im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/z6gPJZDhDCo/0.jpg "In The Air - Axwell Remix (TV Rock feat. Rudy) [HQ]")
In The Air - Axwell Remix (TV Rock feat. Rudy) [HQ]
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- Duration: 5:40
- Published: 29 Jul 2009
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
amzn.to --- get the song here & support the artist for making amazing music! ______ New hit remix from Axwell, member of Sweedish House Mafia, along with Steve Angelo and Sebastian Ingrosso. This year the group is shaking the grounds in club Pacha - Ibiza every monday, and here is the new summer hit "In The Air" ------------- Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com
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Bach - Air on a G String
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- Duration: 5:13
- Published: 07 Nov 2007
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
Bach - Air on a G String
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Air - Alone In Kyoto
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- Duration: 4:49
- Published: 21 Sep 2010
- Updated: 07 Sep 2012
Original Soundtrack "Lost In Translation"
http://wn.com/Air_Alone_In_Kyoto
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"Air" redirects here. For other uses, see Air (disambiguation).
"Qualities of air" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Air quality.
The atmosphere of Earth is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth that is retained by Earth's gravity. The atmosphere protects life on Earth by absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation, warming the surface through heat retention (greenhouse effect), and reducing temperature extremes between day and night (the diurnal temperature variation).
Atmospheric stratification describes the structure of the atmosphere, dividing it into distinct layers, each with specific characteristics such as temperature or composition. The atmosphere has a mass of about 5×1018 kg, three quarters of which is within about 11 km (6.8 mi; 36,000 ft) of the surface. The atmosphere becomes thinner and thinner with increasing altitude, with no definite boundary between the atmosphere and outer space. An altitude of 120 km (75 mi) is where atmospheric effects become noticeable during atmospheric reentry of spacecraft. The Kármán line, at 100 km (62 mi), also is often regarded as the boundary between atmosphere and outer space.
Air is the name given to atmosphere used in breathing and photosynthesis. Dry air contains roughly (by volume) 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.039% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. Air also contains a variable amount of water vapor, on average around 1%. While air content and atmospheric pressure vary at different layers, air suitable for the survival of terrestrial plants and terrestrial animals is currently only known to be found in Earth's troposphere and artificial atmospheres.
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Composition[link]
Main article: Atmospheric chemistry
Air is mainly composed of nitrogen, oxygen, and argon, which together constitute the major gases of the atmosphere. The remaining gases are often referred to as trace gases,[1] among which are the greenhouse gases such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. Filtered air includes trace amounts of many other chemical compounds. Many natural substances may be present in tiny amounts in an unfiltered air sample, including dust, pollen and spores, sea spray, and volcanic ash. Various industrial pollutants also may be present, such as chlorine (elementary or in compounds), fluorine compounds, elemental mercury, and sulfur compounds such as sulfur dioxide [SO2].
| ppmv: parts per million by volume (note: volume fraction is equal to mole fraction for ideal gas only, see volume (thermodynamics)) | |
| Gas | Volume |
|---|---|
| Nitrogen (N2) | 780,840 ppmv (78.084%) |
| Oxygen (O2) | 209,460 ppmv (20.946%) |
| Argon (Ar) | 9,340 ppmv (0.9340%) |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) | 394.45 ppmv (0.039445%) |
| Neon (Ne) | 18.18 ppmv (0.001818%) |
| Helium (He) | 5.24 ppmv (0.000524%) |
| Methane (CH4) | 1.79 ppmv (0.000179%) |
| Krypton (Kr) | 1.14 ppmv (0.000114%) |
| Hydrogen (H2) | 0.55 ppmv (0.000055%) |
| Nitrous oxide (N2O) | 0.3 ppmv (0.00003%) |
| Carbon monoxide (CO) | 0.1 ppmv (0.00001%) |
| Xenon (Xe) | 0.09 ppmv (9×10−6%) (0.000009%) |
| Ozone (O3) | 0.0 to 0.07 ppmv (0 to 7×10−6%) |
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 0.02 ppmv (2×10−6%) (0.000002%) |
| Iodine (I2) | 0.01 ppmv (1×10−6%) (0.000001%) |
| Ammonia (NH3) | trace |
| Not included in above dry atmosphere: | |
| Water vapor (H2O) | ~0.40% over full atmosphere, typically 1%-4% at surface |
Structure of the atmosphere[link]
Principal layers[link]
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Layers of the atmosphere (not to scale)
In general, air pressure and density decrease in the atmosphere as height increases. However, temperature has a more complicated profile with altitude. Because the general pattern of this profile is constant and recognizable through means such as balloon soundings, temperature provides a useful metric to distinguish between atmospheric layers. In this way, Earth's atmosphere can be divided into five main layers. From highest to lowest, these layers are:
Exosphere[link]
Main article: Exosphere
The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere extends from the exobase upward. It is mainly composed of hydrogen and helium. The particles are so far apart that they can travel hundreds of kilometers without colliding with one another. Since the particles rarely collide, the atmosphere no longer behaves like a fluid. These free-moving particles follow ballistic trajectories and may migrate into and out of the magnetosphere or the solar wind.
Thermosphere[link]
Main article: Thermosphere
Temperature increases with height in the thermosphere from the mesopause up to the thermopause, then is constant with height. Unlike in the stratosphere, where the inversion is caused by absorption of radiation by ozone, in the thermosphere the inversion is a result of the extremely low density of molecules. The temperature of this layer can rise to 1,500 °C (2,700 °F), though the gas molecules are so far apart that temperature in the usual sense is not well defined. The air is so rarefied that an individual molecule (of oxygen, for example) travels an average of 1 kilometer between collisions with other molecules.[3] The International Space Station orbits in this layer, between 320 and 380 km (200 and 240 mi). Because of the relative infrequency of molecular collisions, air above the mesopause is poorly mixed compared to air below. While the composition from the troposphere to the mesosphere is fairly constant, above a certain point, air is poorly mixed and becomes compositionally stratified. The point dividing these two regions is known as the turbopause. The region below is the homosphere, and the region above is the heterosphere. The top of the thermosphere is the bottom of the exosphere, called the exobase. Its height varies with solar activity and ranges from about 350–800 km (220–500 mi; 1,100,000–2,600,000 ft).[citation needed]
Mesosphere[link]
Main article: Mesosphere
The mesosphere extends from the stratopause to 80–85 km (50–53 mi; 260,000–280,000 ft). It is the layer where most meteors burn up upon entering the atmosphere. Temperature decreases with height in the mesosphere. The mesopause, the temperature minimum that marks the top of the mesosphere, is the coldest place on Earth and has an average temperature around −85 °C (−120 °F; 190 K).[4] At the mesopause, temperatures may drop to −100 °C (−150 °F; 170 K).[5] Due to the cold temperature of the mesosphere, water vapor is frozen, forming ice clouds (or Noctilucent clouds). A type of lightning referred to as either sprites or ELVES, form many miles above thunderclouds in the troposphere.
Stratosphere[link]
Main article: Stratosphere
The stratosphere extends from the tropopause to about 51 km (32 mi; 170,000 ft). Temperature increases with height due to increased absorption of ultraviolet radiation by the ozone layer, which restricts turbulence and mixing. While the temperature may be −60 °C (−76 °F; 210 K) at the tropopause, the top of the stratosphere is much warmer, and may be near freezing[citation needed]. The stratopause, which is the boundary between the stratosphere and mesosphere, typically is at 50 to 55 km (31 to 34 mi; 160,000 to 180,000 ft). The pressure here is 1/1000 sea level.
Troposphere[link]
Main article: Troposphere
The troposphere begins at the surface and extends to between 9 km (30,000 ft) at the poles and 17 km (56,000 ft) at the equator,[6] with some variation due to weather. The troposphere is mostly heated by transfer of energy from the surface, so on average the lowest part of the troposphere is warmest and temperature decreases with altitude. This promotes vertical mixing (hence the origin of its name in the Greek word "τροπή", trope, meaning turn or overturn). The troposphere contains roughly 80% of the mass of the atmosphere.[7] The tropopause is the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere.
Other layers[link]
Within the five principal layers determined by temperature are several layers determined by other properties:
- The ozone layer is contained within the stratosphere. In this layer ozone concentrations are about 2 to 8 parts per million, which is much higher than in the lower atmosphere but still very small compared to the main components of the atmosphere. It is mainly located in the lower portion of the stratosphere from about 15–35 km (9.3–22 mi; 49,000–110,000 ft), though the thickness varies seasonally and geographically. About 90% of the ozone in our atmosphere is contained in the stratosphere.
- The ionosphere, the part of the atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation, stretches from 50 to 1,000 km (31 to 620 mi; 160,000 to 3,300,000 ft) and typically overlaps both the exosphere and the thermosphere. It forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere. It has practical importance because it influences, for example, radio propagation on the Earth. It is responsible for auroras.
- The homosphere and heterosphere are defined by whether the atmospheric gases are well mixed. In the homosphere the chemical composition of the atmosphere does not depend on molecular weight because the gases are mixed by turbulence.[8] The homosphere includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Above the turbopause at about 100 km (62 mi; 330,000 ft) (essentially corresponding to the mesopause), the composition varies with altitude. This is because the distance that particles can move without colliding with one another is large compared with the size of motions that cause mixing. This allows the gases to stratify by molecular weight, with the heavier ones such as oxygen and nitrogen present only near the bottom of the heterosphere. The upper part of the heterosphere is composed almost completely of hydrogen, the lightest element.
- The planetary boundary layer is the part of the troposphere that is nearest the Earth's surface and is directly affected by it, mainly through turbulent diffusion. During the day the planetary boundary layer usually is well-mixed, while at night it becomes stably stratified with weak or intermittent mixing. The depth of the planetary boundary layer ranges from as little as about 100 m on clear, calm nights to 3000 m or more during the afternoon in dry regions.
The average temperature of the atmosphere at the surface of Earth is 14 °C (57 °F; 287 K)[9] or 15 °C (59 °F; 288 K),[10] depending on the reference.[11] [12][13]
Physical properties[link]
Pressure and thickness[link]
Main article: Atmospheric pressure
The average atmospheric pressure at sea level is about 1 atmosphere (atm) = 101.3 kPa (kilopascals) = 14.7 psi (pounds per square inch) = 760 torr = 29.92 inches of mercury (symbol Hg). Total atmospheric mass is 5.1480×1018 kg (1.135×1019 lb),[15] about 2.5% less than would be inferred from the average sea level pressure and the Earth's area of 51007.2 megahectares, this portion being displaced by the Earth's mountainous terrain. Atmospheric pressure is the total weight of the air above unit area at the point where the pressure is measured. Thus air pressure varies with location and weather.
If the atmosphere had a uniform density, it would terminate abruptly at an altitude of 8.50 km (27,900 ft). It actually decreases exponentially with altitude, dropping by half every 5.6 km (18,000 ft) or by a factor of 1/e every 7.64 km (25,100 ft), the average scale height of the atmosphere below 70 km (43 mi; 230,000 ft). However, the atmosphere is more accurately modeled with a customized equation for each layer that takes gradients of temperature, molecular composition, solar radiation and gravity into account.
In summary, the mass of the earth's atmosphere is distributed approximately as follows:[16]
- 50% is below 5.6 km (18,000 ft).
- 90% is below 16 km (52,000 ft).
- 99.99997% is below 100 km (62 mi; 330,000 ft), the Kármán line. By international convention, this marks the beginning of space where human travelers are considered astronauts.
By comparison, the summit of Mt. Everest is at 8,848 m (29,029 ft); commercial airliners typically cruise between 10 km (33,000 ft) and 13 km (43,000 ft) where the thinner air improves fuel economy; weather balloons reach 30.4 km (100,000 ft) and above; and the highest X-15 flight in 1963 reached 108.0 km (354,300 ft).
Even above the Kármán line, significant atmospheric effects such as auroras still occur. Meteors begin to glow in this region though the larger ones may not burn up until they penetrate more deeply. The various layers of the earth's ionosphere, important to HF radio propagation, begin below 100 km and extend beyond 500 km. By comparison, the International Space Station and Space Shuttle typically orbit at 350–400 km, within the F-layer of the ionosphere where they encounter enough atmospheric drag to require reboosts every few months. Depending on solar activity, satellites can still experience noticeable atmospheric drag at altitudes as high as 700–800 km.
Density and mass[link]
Main article: Density of air
The density of air at sea level is about 1.2 kg/m3 (1.2 g/L). Density is not measured directly but is calculated from measurements of temperature, pressure and humidity using the equation of state for air (a form of the ideal gas law). Atmospheric density decreases as the altitude increases. This variation can be approximately modeled using the barometric formula. More sophisticated models are used to predict orbital decay of satellites.
The average mass of the atmosphere is about 5 quadrillion (5×1015) tonnes or 1/1,200,000 the mass of Earth. According to the American National Center for Atmospheric Research, "The total mean mass of the atmosphere is 5.1480×1018 kg with an annual range due to water vapor of 1.2 or 1.5×1015 kg depending on whether surface pressure or water vapor data are used; somewhat smaller than the previous estimate. The mean mass of water vapor is estimated as 1.27×1016 kg and the dry air mass as 5.1352 ±0.0003×1018 kg."
Optical properties[link]
See also: Sunlight
Solar radiation (or sunlight) is the energy the Earth receives from the Sun. The Earth also emits radiation back into space, but at longer wavelengths that we cannot see. Part of the incoming and emitted radiation is absorbed or reflected by the atmosphere.
Scattering[link]
Main article: Scattering
When light passes through our atmosphere, photons interact with it through scattering. If the light does not interact with the atmosphere, it is called direct radiation and is what you see if you were to look directly at the Sun. Indirect radiation is light that has been scattered in the atmosphere. For example, on an overcast day when you cannot see your shadow there is no direct radiation reaching you, it has all been scattered. As another example, due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering, shorter (blue) wavelengths scatter more easily than longer (red) wavelengths. This is why the sky looks blue; you are seeing scattered blue light. This is also why sunsets are red. Because the Sun is close to the horizon, the Sun's rays pass through more atmosphere than normal to reach your eye. Much of the blue light has been scattered out, leaving the red light in a sunset.
Absorption[link]
Main article: Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
Different molecules absorb different wavelengths of radiation. For example, O2 and O3 absorb almost all wavelengths shorter than 300 nanometers. Water (H2O) absorbs many wavelengths above 700 nm. When a molecule absorbs a photon, it increases the energy of the molecule. We can think of this as heating the atmosphere, but the atmosphere also cools by emitting radiation, as discussed below.
The combined absorption spectra of the gases in the atmosphere leave "windows" of low opacity, allowing the transmission of only certain bands of light. The optical window runs from around 300 nm (ultraviolet-C) up into the range humans can see, the visible spectrum (commonly called light), at roughly 400–700 nm and continues to the infrared to around 1100 nm. There are also infrared and radio windows that transmit some infrared and radio waves at longer wavelengths. For example, the radio window runs from about one centimeter to about eleven-meter waves.
Emission[link]
Main article: Emission (electromagnetic radiation)
Emission is the opposite of absorption, it is when an object emits radiation. Objects tend to emit amounts and wavelengths of radiation depending on their "black body" emission curves, therefore hotter objects tend to emit more radiation, with shorter wavelengths. Colder objects emit less radiation, with longer wavelengths. For example, the Sun is approximately 6,000 K (5,730 °C; 10,340 °F), its radiation peaks near 500 nm, and is visible to the human eye. The Earth is approximately 290 K (17 °C; 62 °F), so its radiation peaks near 10,000 nm, and is much too long to be visible to humans.
Because of its temperature, the atmosphere emits infrared radiation. For example, on clear nights the Earth's surface cools down faster than on cloudy nights. This is because clouds (H2O) are strong absorbers and emitters of infrared radiation. This is also why it becomes colder at night at higher elevations. The atmosphere acts as a "blanket" to limit the amount of radiation the Earth loses into space.
The greenhouse effect is directly related to this absorption and emission (or "blanket") effect. Some chemicals in the atmosphere absorb and emit infrared radiation, but do not interact with sunlight in the visible spectrum. Common examples of these chemicals are CO2 and H2O. If there are too much of these greenhouse gases, sunlight heats the Earth's surface, but the gases block the infrared radiation from exiting back to space. This imbalance causes the Earth to warm, and thus climate change.
Refractive index[link]
The refractive index of air is close to, but just greater than 1. Systematic variations in refractive index can lead to the bending of light rays over long optical paths. One example is that, under some circumstances, observers onboard ships can see other vessels just over the horizon because light is refracted in the same direction as the curvature of the Earth's surface.
The refractive index of air depends on temperature, giving rise to refraction effects when the temperature gradient is large. An example of such effects is the mirage.
See also: Scintillation (astronomy)
Circulation[link]
Main article: Atmospheric circulation
Atmospheric circulation is the large-scale movement of air through the troposphere, and the means (with ocean circulation) by which heat is distributed around the Earth. The large-scale structure of the atmospheric circulation varies from year to year, but the basic structure remains fairly constant as it is determined by the Earth's rotation rate and the difference in solar radiation between the equator and poles.
Evolution of Earth's atmosphere[link]
See also: History of Earth and Paleoclimatology
Earliest atmosphere[link]
The outgassings of the Earth were stripped away by solar winds early in the history of the planet until a steady state was established, the first atmosphere. Based on today's volcanic evidence, this atmosphere would have contained 60% hydrogen, 20% oxygen (mostly in the form of water vapor), 10% carbon dioxide, 5 to 7% hydrogen sulfide, and smaller amounts of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, free hydrogen, methane and inert gases.[citation needed]
A major rainfall led to the buildup of a vast ocean, enriching the other agents, first carbon dioxide and later nitrogen and inert gases. A major part of carbon dioxide exhalations were soon dissolved in water and built up carbonate sediments.
Second atmosphere[link]
Water-related sediments have been found dating from as early as 3.8 billion years ago.[17] About 3.4 billion years ago, nitrogen was the major part of the then stable "second atmosphere". An influence of life has to be taken into account rather soon in the history of the atmosphere, since hints of early life forms are to be found as early as 3.5 billion years ago.[18] The fact that this is not perfectly in line with the 30% lower solar radiance (compared to today) of the early Sun has been described as the "faint young Sun paradox".
The geological record however shows a continually relatively warm surface during the complete early temperature record of the Earth with the exception of one cold glacial phase about 2.4 billion years ago. In the late Archaean eon an oxygen-containing atmosphere began to develop, apparently from photosynthesizing algae which have been found as stromatolite fossils from 2.7 billion years ago. The early basic carbon isotopy (isotope ratio proportions) is very much in line with what is found today,[19] suggesting that the fundamental features of the carbon cycle were established as early as 4 billion years ago.
Third atmosphere[link]
The accretion of continents about 3.5 billion years ago[20] added plate tectonics, constantly rearranging the continents and also shaping long-term climate evolution by allowing the transfer of carbon dioxide to large land-based carbonate storages. Free oxygen did not exist until about 1.7 billion years ago and this can be seen with the development of the red beds and the end of the banded iron formations. The Earth had a lot of iron in the beginning, and higher amounts of oxygen was not available in the atmosphere until all the iron had ben oxidized. This signifies a shift from a reducing atmosphere to an oxidising atmosphere. O2 showed major ups and downs until reaching a steady state of more than 15%.[21] The following time span was the Phanerozoic eon, during which oxygen-breathing metazoan life forms began to appear.
The amount of oxygen in the atmosphere has gone up and down during the last 600 million years. There was a peak 280 million years ago, when the amount of oxygen was about 30 %, much higher than today. The cause of changes in the atmosphere is two main processes: Plants converts carbon dioxide into the bodies of the plants, which emits oxygen into the atmosphere, and break down of pyrite rocks cause sulphur to be added to the oceans. Volcanos cause this sulphur to be oxidized, reducing the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. But volcanos also emit carbon dioxide, so that plants can convert this to oxygen. The exact cause of the variation of oxygen in the atmosphere is not known. Periods with much oxygen in the atmosphere are believed to cause rapid development of animals. Even if the atmosphere today has only 21 percent oxygen, today is still regarded as a period with rapid development of animals because of a high amount of oxygen in the atmosphere.[22]
Currently, anthropogenic greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, this increase is the main cause of global warming.[23]
Air pollution[link]
Main article: Air pollution
Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to organisms into the atmosphere.[24] Stratospheric ozone depletion is believed to be caused by air pollution (chiefly from chlorofluorocarbons).[citation needed]
See also[link]
- Aerial perspective
- Air glow
- Airshed
- Atmosphere (for information on atmospheres in general)
- Atmospheric dispersion modeling
- Atmospheric electricity
- Atmospheric models
- Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) (in the U.S.)
- Atmospheric stratification
- Aviation
- Biosphere
- Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere
- Compressed air
- Environmental impact of aviation
- Global dimming
- Historical temperature record
- Hydrosphere
- Hypermobility (travel)
- Kyoto Protocol
- Lithosphere
- Standard Dry Air
- COSPAR international reference atmosphere (CIRA)
- U.S. Standard Atmosphere
- Warm period
- Water vapor in Earth's atmosphere
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- ^ "Trace Gases". Ace.mmu.ac.uk. http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/Atmosphere/Older/Trace_Gases.html. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ^ Source for figures: Carbon dioxide, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, (updated 2012.03). Methane, IPCC TAR table 6.1, (updated to 1998). The NASA total was 17 ppmv over 100%, and CO2 was increased here by 15 ppmv. To normalize, N2 should be reduced by about 25 ppmv and O2 by about 7 ppmv.
- ^ Ahrens, C. Donald. Essentials of Meteorology. Published by Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2005.
- ^ States, Robert J.; Gardner, Chester S. (January 2000). "Thermal Structure of the Mesopause Region (80–105 km) at 40°N Latitude. Part I: Seasonal Variations". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 2000 57: 66–77. DOI:10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0066:TSOTMR>2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Joe Buchdahl. "Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Programme". Ace.mmu.ac.uk. http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/Atmosphere/Older/Mesosphere.html. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
- ^ "The height of the tropopause". Das.uwyo.edu. http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~geerts/cwx/notes/chap01/tropo.html. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
- ^ McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. (1984). Troposhere. "It contains about four-fifths of the mass of the whole atmosphere."
- ^ "''homosphere''—AMS Glossary". Amsglossary.allenpress.com. http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?id=homosphere1. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
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- ^ Geometric altitude vs. temperature, pressure, density, and the speed of sound derived from the 1962 U.S. Standard Atmosphere.
- ^ "The Mass of the Atmosphere: A Constraint on Global Analyses". Ams.allenpress.com. 1970-01-01. http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2FJCLI-3299.1. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
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- ^ B. Windley: The Evolving Continents. Wiley Press, New York 1984
- ^ J. Schopf: Earth's Earliest Biosphere: Its Origin and Evolution. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1983
- ^ Celestial climate driver: a perspective from 4 billion years of the carbon cycle Geoscience Canada, March, 2005 by Jan Veizer
- ^ Veizer in B. F. Windley (ed.), The Early History of the Earth, John Wiley and Sons, London, p. 569., 1976
- ^ Christopher R. Scotese, Back to Earth History : Summary Chart for the Precambrian, Paleomar Project
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- ^ Starting from [2] Pollution — Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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| Angela McCluskey | |
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| Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Genres | Alternative, pop rock, singer-songwriter, scottish |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Manhattan, Geffen |
| Associated acts | Wild Colonials Télépopmusik Curio Glasvegas Morgan Page BT |
| Website | Angelamccluskey.com |
Angela McCluskey is a Scottish singer-songwriter[1] based in California. She performs as a solo artist and as a member of the folk rock group, Wild Colonials. McCluskey has also provided vocals for Curio and recorded the European dance hit and US Mitsubishi commercial hit "Breathe" among other songs with Télépopmusik (on albums Genetic World and Angel Milk). Angela also sang ‘Beautiful Things’ for American Express and more recently her voice can be heard on the Shick Quatro commercial singing ‘I’m not the girl'. Her Songs have appeared on the soundtracks for the films Rachel Getting Married and Sherrybaby.
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Biography[link]
McCluskey was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She went to London, and found work as a publicist, and then in the video department of EMI Records. In 1993, McCluskey relocated to Hollywood, California.
She is married to Paul Cantelon.
In Los Angeles in 1993, McCluskey and her friend Shark formed a band called Wild Colonials. Two albums, Fruit of Life (1994) and This Can't Be Life (1996), were followed by performances at 1997's Lilith Fair road show.
During this period, McCluskey worked with Dr. John, Cyndi Lauper, Deep Forest, Joe Henry, The The, Triptych and Télépopmusik.
In 2004, McCluskey released her debut album The Things We Do. The record was written and recorded in Manhattan and Sweden. It was produced by Shudder To Think's Nathan Larson.
The song "It's Been Done" appears on the soundtrack of Rachel Getting Married
Track listing[link]
- It's Been Done
- Somebody Got Lucky
- Love Is Stronger Than Death
- Know It All
- A Thousand Drunken Dreams
- Sleep On It
- Perfect Girl Eleven
- Wrong Side
- Dirty Pearl
- Sucker
- This Night
- Long Live I
- Hidden Song
In 2009 Angela released her second solo album You Could Start a Fight in an Empty House. Angela also recorded a song with an Alternative Hip-Hop duo Fortunate Ones titled "Pipe Dreams."
In 2011, Angela performed her one woman(and two men) show 'Catch a Falling Star' in New York while also performing at Carnegie Hall. Angela also appears as a featured vocalist on Robbie Robertson's album How to Become Clairvoyant and Morgan Page's dance hit single 'In the Air' with Sultan + Ned Shepard and BT.
Discography[link]
- The Things We Do (2004)
- Angela McCluskey EP (2004)
- You Could Start a Fight in an Empty House (2009)
- Handle With Grace EP (2010)
- Lambeth Palace (EP) (2012)
with Wild Colonials[link]
- Fruit of Life (1994)
- This Can’t Be Life (1996)
- Reel Life vol 1 (2000)
- Life As We Know It EP 1/4 (2007)
with Telepopmusik[link]
- Genetic World (2001)
- Angel Milk (2005)
as a featured artist[link]
- Tell Me Why (feat. Angela McCluskey) by Morgan Page (2010)
- In the Air (feat. Angela McCluskey) (by Morgan Page, Sultan & Ned Shepard, BT) (2012)
- Is It Love Kendrick Lamar (feat. Anglea McCluskey)
References[link]
- ^ Stein, Maggie (May 4, 2002). "Catalogue Debut Lets Telepopmusik 'Breathe'". Billboard. http://books.google.com/books?id=5xAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28&dq=Angela+McCluskey&hl=en&ei=m2E4Tom6GaPmiAKvr630Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Angela%20McCluskey&f=false. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
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 Phil Collins performing in Perugia, Italy, 1996 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Philip David Charles Collins |
| Born | (1951-01-30) 30 January 1951 (age 61) Chiswick, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Progressive rock, rock, pop, pop rock, soft rock, jazz fusion, R&B, big band |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, drums, percussion, guitar, piano, keyboards |
| Years active | 1968–2011 |
| Labels | Virgin, Atlantic |
| Associated acts | Genesis, Brand X, Flaming Youth, Philip Bailey, Eric Clapton, the Phil Collins Big Band, Frida Lyngstad, Brian Eno |
| Website | philcollins.co.uk |
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951)[1] is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.
Collins sang the lead vocals on several chart hits in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1975 and 2010, either as a solo artist or with Genesis. His singles, sometimes dealing with lost love, ranged from the drum-heavy "In the Air Tonight", dance pop of "Sussudio", piano-driven "Against All Odds", to the political statements of "Another Day in Paradise".
Collins's professional music career began as a drummer, originally in a band called The Real Thing with Andrea Bertorelli, who later became his first wife. Collins played drums and shared lead vocals (with Brian Chatton) in Flaming Youth which recorded one album, (Ark II). In 1970, he took over drums for Genesis, which had already recorded two albums. In Genesis, Collins originally supplied backing vocals for front man Peter Gabriel, singing lead on only two songs: "For Absent Friends" from 1971's Nursery Cryme album and "More Fool Me" from Selling England by the Pound, which was released in 1973. Following Gabriel's departure in 1975, Collins became the group's lead singer.
His solo career, heavily influenced by his personal life, brought both himself and Genesis commercial success. According to Atlantic Records, Collins's total worldwide sales as a solo artist, as of 2000, were 150 million.[2] Collins has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including seven Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards—winning Best British Male three times, an Academy Award, and two Golden Globes for his solo work.[3][4] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.
Collins is one of only three recording artists (along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson) who have sold over 100 million albums worldwide both as solo artists and (separately) as principal members of a band.[5] When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, Collins had more top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s than any other artist.[6] In 2008, Collins was ranked the 22nd most successful artist on the "The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists".[7]
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Early life[link]
Collins was born in Chiswick, London, the son of Winifred M. "June" (née Strange), a theatrical agent, and Greville Philip Austin Collins, an insurance agent.[8][9] He was given a toy drum kit for Christmas when he was five. Later, his uncle made him a makeshift one that he used regularly. As Collins grew older these were followed by more complete sets bought by his parents.[10] He practiced by playing alongside the television and radio, and never learned to read and write conventional musical notation; instead, he uses a system he devised himself.[11]
Early career[link]
His professional training began at 14 when he entered Barbara Speake Stage School.[12] He began a career as a child actor and model, and won his first major role as the Artful Dodger in the London production of Oliver!. He was an extra in the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, one of hundreds of screaming teenagers during the TV concert sequence and seen fleetingly in a close-up. He was also in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as one of the children who storms the castle at the end of the film, but it was cut.[13] He also auditioned for the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1968),[14] a role won by fellow Artful Dodger actor Leonard Whiting.[15] Collins was among the last three finalists for the role of I.Q. on the American children's television show The Bugaloos (he lost out to English actor/musician John McIndoe).[16]
Despite the beginnings of an acting career, Collins continued to gravitate towards music. While attending Chiswick Community School he formed a band called the Real Thing and later joined the Freehold. With the latter group, he wrote his first song titled "Lying Crying Dying".[17]
Collins's first record deal came as drummer for Hickory, who changed their name to Flaming Youth by the time of their sole album, Ark 2 (1969).[18] A concept album inspired by the recent media attention surrounding the moon landing, Ark 2 (with Ronnie Caryl, Brian Chatton and Gordon (Flash) Smith), failed to make much commercial success despite positive critical reviews. Melody Maker featured the album as "Pop Album of the Month", describing it as "adult music beautifully played with nice tight harmonies".[19] The album's main single, "From Now On", failed on the radio. After a year of touring, band tensions and the lack of commercial success dissolved the group. In 1970, the 19-year old Collins played percussion on the George Harrison song "The Art of Dying". Harrison credited him in the liner notes to the remastered CD version of the album released in 2000.[20]
Genesis era[link]
Main article: Genesis (band)
In 1970, Collins answered a Melody Maker classified ad for "...a drummer sensitive to acoustic music, and acoustic twelve-string guitarist".[21] Genesis placed the ad after having already lost three drummers over two albums.[22] The audition occurred at the home of Peter Gabriel's parents. Prospective candidates performed tracks from the group's second album, Trespass (1970). Collins arrived early, listened to the other auditions while swimming in Gabriel's parents' pool, and memorised the pieces before his turn.[23]
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The music video for "Land of Confusion" featured the members of Genesis in puppet form, with the single cover (parodying the With the Beatles album and using puppets from the satirical TV show Spitting Image).
Collins won the audition. Nursery Cryme was released a year later. Although his role remained primarily that of drummer and backing vocalist for the next five years, he twice sang lead vocals: once on "For Absent Friends" (from Nursery Cryme) and once on "More Fool Me" (from Selling England by the Pound).
In 1974, while Genesis were recording the concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Brian Eno (who is credited with "Enossification" for electronic vocal effects on the track "Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging") needed a drummer for his album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy).[24] Collins was sent to fill the gap, and played drums in lieu of payment for Eno's work with the band. Collins later contributed drums to the Brian Eno 1975, and 1977 art rock releases Another Green World and Before and After Science.
In 1975, following the final tour supporting the album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Gabriel left the group to pursue a solo career. Collins became lead vocalist after a lengthy but ultimately fruitless search for Gabriel's replacement (where he sang back-up with the over 400 hopefuls that reportedly auditioned).[25] In the short term, the group recruited former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford to play drums during live shows, although Collins continued to play during longer instrumental sections. Bruford's drumming can be heard on the track "The Cinema Show" on the live album Seconds Out. He was soon replaced by ex-Frank Zappa band member Chester Thompson, who became a mainstay of the band's live line-up. Collins, however, continued to play drums on all of the group's studio recordings.
The first album with Collins as lead vocalist, 1976's A Trick of the Tail, reached the American Top 40, and peaked high as No.3 on the UK charts. Said Rolling Stone, "Genesis has managed to turn the possible catastrophe of Gabriel's departure into their first broad-based American success."[26] Following the recording of Genesis's next album Wind and Wuthering guitarist Steve Hackett left the group to pursue his own solo career. The group decided to continue as a trio for recording with Mike Rutherford playing guitar and bass in the studio, although the lineup was regularly augmented by Chester Thompson and American guitarist Daryl Stuermer for concert tours.
Collins simultaneously performed in a jazz fusion group called Brand X. The band recorded their first album, Unorthodox Behaviour, with Collins as drummer, but because Genesis was Collins's priority, there were several Brand X tours and albums without him. Collins credits Brand X as his first use of a drum machine as well as his first use of a home 8-track tape machine.[27]
Collins also performed on Steve Hackett's first solo album, Voyage of the Acolyte, on which he sang lead vocals and played drums. As the decade closed, Genesis began a shift from their progressive rock roots and toward more accessible, radio-friendly pop-rock music. The album ...And Then There Were Three... featured their first UK Top 10 and US Top 40 single, "Follow You Follow Me".[28][29]
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In the 1980s, while Collins developed as a songwriter and established a parallel career as a solo artist, Genesis recorded a series of highly successful albums including Duke, Abacab, Genesis, and Invisible Touch. The latter album's title track reached No.1 on the American Billboard singles chart, the only Genesis song to do so. The group received an MTV "Video of the Year" nomination in 1987 for the single "Land of Confusion" (which featured puppet caricatures created by the British satirical team Spitting Image) but lost out to Peter Gabriel's solo hit, "Sledgehammer".[30] Reviews were generally positive, with Rolling Stone's J. D. Considine stating, "every tune is carefully pruned so that each flourish delivers not an instrumental epiphany but a solid hook."[31]
Collins left Genesis in 1996 to focus on his solo career.[17] The last studio album with him as the lead singer was 1991's We Can't Dance. He and Gabriel reunited with other Genesis members in 1999 to re-record "The Carpet Crawlers" for Genesis's Turn It on Again: The Hits. When in the mid-2000s discussions of a possible Genesis reunion arose, Collins stated that he would prefer to return as the drummer, with Gabriel handling the vocals.[32] Eventually Turn It On Again: The Tour was announced for 2007, with the Collins/Rutherford/Banks line-up.
In March 2010, Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio was asked to pay tribute to Genesis, one of his favourite bands, upon being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to Anastasio's speech, Phish appeared and performed two Genesis songs, "Watcher of the Skies" and "No Reply At All". Collins and his Genesis band-mates (minus Peter Gabriel) attended the ceremony but they did not perform.
Solo career[link]
Early solo recordings (1981–1983)[link]
The dominant theme running through Collins's early solo recordings (although never specifically mentioned in his songs) was the acrimonious breakdown of his first marriage and then-recent divorce. Two songs he wrote on the Genesis album Duke, "Please Don't Ask", and the Top 20 hit "Misunderstanding", dealt with failed relationships. One year earlier, he had played drums and sung backing vocals on John Martyn's Grace and Danger, an album whose main theme is also marriage break-up. With the recording of his first solo album, Face Value, Collins attributed his divorce as his main influence,[33] as can be inferred from songs such as "If Leaving Me Is Easy".
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"In the Air Tonight" from Face Value (1981), was the first single of Collins' solo career.
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Collins made his live debut as a solo performer, appearing at the invitation of producer Martin Lewis at the Amnesty International benefit show, The Policeman's Other Ball at the Theatre Royal in London in September 1981, performing two songs from Face Value including "In the Air Tonight" and "The Roof is Leaking" accompanying himself on piano. Face Value became a surprise international success topping the charts in at least seven countries and hitting the top ten of the Billboard 200 eventually going triple-platinum in the US. Hits from the album included "In the Air Tonight", "I Missed Again" and "If Leaving Me Is Easy". In 1982, he produced ABBA member Frida's solo album, Something's Going On, which helped to spawn the title track, "I Know There's Something Going On", which became a hit.
Much like Face Value, many of the songs from Collins's 1982 follow-up album, Hello, I Must Be Going!, came from Collins's marital problems with his first wife such as "I Don't Care Anymore" and "Do You Know and Do You Care". Collins’s early albums had a dark presence, usually heavy on the drums. Regarding Face Value, he says, "I had a wife, two children, two dogs, and the next day I didn't have anything. So a lot of these songs were written because I was going through these emotional changes."[34] There were occasional poppier influences–Face Value's "Behind the Lines", for example, was a jazzy remake of a Genesis song he co-wrote. Face Value was a critical and multi-platinum success, and saw Collins’s profile increase further. Hello, I Must Be Going! gave him a UK No.1 for his cover of the Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love". The album went triple-platinum in the United States, like its predecessor. The Supremes' cover was his first Top 10 US hit (it also hit the Top 10 of Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart). The album also reached No.2 on the UK album chart, spending well over a year there.[28]
Two years before, Collins had played drums on Peter Gabriel's third self-titled record (often referred to as Melt), the first record to feature the "gated reverb" sound, which was used on the song "Intruder". Gabriel reportedly "didn't want any metal on the record" and asked Collins to leave his cymbals at home, to concentrate on the sound of his kit more heavily than usual. Studio engineer Hugh Padgham augmented the drum sound by using a microphone normally intended for studio communication rather than recording and feeding it through a signal processor called a noise gate. This allowed the reverberation added to the drums to be suddenly cut off before it naturally decayed. The result was the arresting "gated reverb" which became Collins signature sound. This was the same 'big drum sound' used on such songs as "In The Air Tonight", "Mama" by Genesis, and Frida's "There's Something Going On".
Mid-career (1984–1992)[link]
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"Against All Odds" from the soundtrack of the same name (1984), is a piano-driven ballad.
A sample of "Another Day in Paradise" from ...But Seriously (1989). The ballad was written to bring attention to the problem of homelessness
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Collins changed his musical style with the release of the ballad, "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", which was the theme song to the movie of the same name in 1984. The more pop-friendly and radio-accessible single became Collins's first solo single to reach number-one on the Billboard Hot 100.[29] Later that year, Collins contributed to production on Earth, Wind & Fire singer Phillip Bailey's debut album, Chinese Wall, collaborating with Bailey on the hit duet, "Easy Lover". Collins featured on Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas", he played drums and sang on the song. Collins released his most successful album, No Jacket Required, in early 1985. It contained the hits "Sussudio", "One More Night", "Don't Lose My Number", and "Take Me Home", as well as the less known yet equally robust "Who Said I Would", and "Only You Know and I Know". The album featured Sting, Helen Terry and ex-bandmate Peter Gabriel as backing vocalists. He also recorded the successful song "Separate Lives", a duet with Marilyn Martin, and a US number one, for the movie White Nights.[29] Collins had three US number one songs in 1985, the most by any artist that year.[29] No Jacket Required went on to win several Grammy awards including Album of the Year.
No Jacket Required received criticism that the album was too safe, despite its upbeat reviews and commercial success. A positive review by David Fricke of Rolling Stone ended, "After years on the art-rock fringe, Collins has established himself firmly in the middle of the road. Perhaps he should consider testing himself and his new fans' expectations next time around."[35] "Sussudio" also drew criticism for sounding too similar to Prince's "1999", a charge that Collins did not deny.[36] Nevertheless, the album went straight to #1 in the US and UK. In 1985, Collins was invited by Bob Geldof to perform at the Live Aid charity event. Collins had the distinction of being the only performer to appear at both the UK concert at Wembley Stadium and the US concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. He accomplished this by performing early in the day at Wembley as both a solo artist and alongside Sting, then transferring to a Concorde flight to the US enabling him to perform his solo material, and drum for Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton in Philadelphia. While being a guest on major artists' hit recordings, Collins continued to enjoy solo success even while on tour with Genesis, besides from his number-one duet with Marilyn Martin in 1986, Collins would score two more hits from movies with the singles, "Two Hearts" (No.1 US, No.6 UK), and "Groovy Kind of Love" (No.1 UK, No.1 US), the latter two from the soundtrack of his feature film, Buster.[28][29]
In 1989, Collins produced another successful album, ...But Seriously, featuring the anti-homelessness anthem "Another Day in Paradise", with David Crosby on backing vocals. (Collins later went on to co-write, sing and play on the song "Hero" on Crosby's 1993 album Thousand Roads.) "Another Day in Paradise" went to Number 1 on the Billboard Charts at the end of 1989 and won Collins Best British Single at the 1990 Brit Awards, and the 1991 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.[37][38] In the process, it became the last No.1 US pop hit of the 1980s. The album ...But Seriously became the first No.1 US album of the 1990s and the best-selling album of 1990 in the UK. Other songs included "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" (No.4 US, No.15 UK), "Do You Remember?" (not released in the UK, but a No.4 hit in the US), and "I Wish It Would Rain Down" (the latter featuring Eric Clapton on guitar) (No.3 US, No.7 UK).[28][29] Songs about apartheid and homelessness demonstrated Collins’s turn to politically-driven material. This theme recurred on his later albums. A live album, Serious Hits... Live!, followed. In September 1990, Collins performed "Sussudio" at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.[39]
Later solo work and Genesis reunion (1993–2008)[link]
Collins's record sales began to drop with the 1993 release of Both Sides, a largely experimental album that, according to Collins, included songs that "were becoming so personal, so private, I didn't want anyone else's input".[40] Featuring a less polished sound and fewer up-tempo songs than his previous albums, Both Sides was a significant departure. Collins used no backing musicians, performed all the vocal and instrumental parts at his home studio, and used rough vocal takes for the final product. The album was not well received by radio. Its two biggest hits were "Both Sides of the Story" and "Everyday". Collins worked on the album completely independently of his record company, and took them by surprise when he delivered them a completed album that they were unaware he was making.
Collins officially parted ways with Genesis in 1996 to focus on his solo career (Genesis would produce one album without Collins—...Calling All Stations...—before going on hiatus). Collins attempted a return to pop music with Dance into the Light, which Entertainment Weekly reviewed by saying that "(e)ven Phil Collins must know that we all grew weary of Phil Collins".[41] It included minor hits such as the title track and the Beatles-inspired "It's in Your Eyes". Although the album went Gold in the US, it sold considerably less than his previous albums. Despite this, the subsequent tour regularly sold out arenas.
In 1996, Collins formed the Phil Collins Big Band. With Collins as drummer, the band performed jazz renditions of various Collins and Genesis hits. The Phil Collins Big Band did a world tour in 1998 that included a performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival. In 1999, the group released the CD A Hot Night in Paris including big band versions of "Invisible Touch", "Sussudio", and the more obscure "The Los Endos Suite" from A Trick of the Tail.
A compilation album ...Hits was released in 1998 and sold very well, returning Collins to multi-platinum status in America. The album's sole new track, a cover of the Cyndi Lauper hit "True Colors", received considerable play on US Adult Contemporary stations while peaking at No.2.[42] Some of Collins's earlier hits (e.g. "I Missed Again", "If Leaving Me Is Easy", etc.) and other successes were not included in this compilation.
Collins's next single, "You'll Be in My Heart", from the Disney animated movie Tarzan, spent 19 weeks at No.1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart – the longest time ever up to that point. The song won Collins an Academy Award for Best Song. It was his third nomination in the songwriters' category, after being nominated in 1985 and 1989. Collins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on 16 June 1999.[43]
In 2002 Collins released Testify. Metacritic's roundup of album reviews found this record to be the worst-reviewed album at the time of its release, though it has since been "surpassed" by three more recent releases.[44] The album's "Can't Stop Loving You" (a Leo Sayer cover) was yet another #1 Adult Contemporary smash hit for Collins. Testify sold 140,000 copies in the United States by year's end, although a successful worldwide tour followed.[45]
That same year Collins accepted an invitation to drum for the "house band" at a concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee. In 2003 announced his last solo tour[46] – the "First Final Farewell Tour", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the multiple farewell tours of other popular artists. In 2006 he worked with Disney on a Broadway production of Tarzan, a musical which received generally mixed reviews. In 2007 Collins reunited with his Genesis bandmates Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford for Turn It On Again: The Tour, a tour of Europe and North America. During the tour Genesis performed at the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium. Following the band's performance, presenter Jonathan Ross had to apologise to viewers watching the televised version as Collins had used a swear word while singing "Invisible Touch".
[edit] Going Back and retirement (2009–2011)
In October 2009, it was reported that Collins was to record a Motown covers album. He told a German newspaper, "I want the songs to sound exactly like the originals", and that the album would feature up to 30 songs.[47] In January 2010, Chester Thompson said that the album had been completed and would be released some time soon. He also revealed that Collins managed to play the drums on the album despite the adverse effects of his recent spinal operation.[48] It was the first solo album Collins had recorded which consisted entirely of songs written by other people.
Going Back was released on 13 September 2010, entering the UK charts at number 4, rising to number one the following week.[49] In early summer 2010, Collins played six concerts entirely dedicated to the music from Going Back. These included a special programme, Phil Collins: One Night Only, which was broadcast on ITV1 on 18 September 2010. Collins also promoted Going Back with his first and only appearance on the BBC's foremost music series Later... with Jools Holland, broadcast on 17 September 2010.
As of January 2011, Collins has spent 1,730 weeks in German music charts – 766 weeks of them with Genesis albums and singles and 964 weeks with solo releases.[50]
Citing health problems and other concerns, Collins announced on 4 March 2011 that he was taking time off from his career, prompting widespread reports of his retirement.[51] Days later, on 7 March, his UK representative told the press, "He is not, has no intention of, retiring."[52] However, later that day, Collins posted a message to his fans on his own website, confirming his intention to retire in order to focus on his family life.[53][54]
Drums and other equipment[link]
Phil Collins uses Gretsch drums and Sabian cymbals. Drums (all single headed concert toms except for the snare): 20" Bass Drum, 18" Floor Tom, 16" Floor Tom, 15" Mounted Tom, 12" Tom, 10" Tom, 8" Tom, 14"x4" Snare, 14" Phil Collins Special.
Cymbals: HH Medium Crash 20" – HH Extra Thin Crash 17" – Hi-Hats 15" – HH China 20" – HH Medium-Thin Crash 16" -HH China 22" – HH Raw Bell Dry Ride 21".[55]
Until 1986, Collins played Paiste and Zildjian cymbals. Other drums he's used over the years are Premier, Noble & Cooley, Pearl, Simmons and Ludwig drums. He uses a Ludwig Speed King pedal and Pro Mark sticks.
Other instruments which have become synonymous with Collins's sound (particularly in his post-1978 Genesis and subsequent solo career) include the Roland CR-78 and Roland TR-808 drum machines, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizer,[56] and the Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano.
Career as producer[link]
For his solo career and his career with Genesis, Collins produced or co-produced virtually all of his singles and albums, the notable exceptions being "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" (produced by Arif Mardin), and his cover of "True Colors" (produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.)
Collins also maintained a career as a producer for other artists throughout the 1980s, usually working on outside projects at the rate of one artist per year. His first outside work as a producer was the 1981 album Glorious Fool for John Martyn; he followed that up by producing Frida's 1982 album Something's Going On, which contained the international hit "I Know There's Something Going On".
1983 found Collins producing two tracks for Adam Ant, both of which hit the UK charts: "Puss 'N' Boots" and "Strip". ("Strip" was a minor US hit as well.) In 1984, he produced Phillip Bailey's album Chinese Wall, from which the hit Bailey/Collins duet "Easy Lover" was drawn. This album also contained the Bailey hit "Walking On The Chinese Wall".
In 1985, Collins produced several tracks on the Eric Clapton album Behind The Sun. The following year, he produced (in collaboration with Hugh Padgham) one track for Howard Jones, the international hit "No One Is to Blame".
Returning to work with Clapton, Collins was one of the producers on his 1987 album August. The UK top 20 single "Behind The Mask" was drawn from this album, and this particular track credited production to "Phil Collins in association with Tom Dowd."
In 1988, Collins and Lamont Dozier collaborated as writers and producers of the Four Tops top 10 UK hit "Loco In Acapulco", which was taken from the soundtrack of the film Buster, in which Collins starred. Finally, in 1989, Collins was one of the producers of the Stephen Bishop album Bowling in Paris, which included the US Adult Contemporary hit "Walking on Air", produced by Collins and Padgham.
Films, theatre and television[link]
The majority of Collins's film work has been through music. Four of his seven American number one songs came from film soundtracks, and his work on Disney's Tarzan earned him an Oscar. Collins even sang German, Italian, Spanish and French versions of the Tarzan soundtrack for the respective film versions. Collins's acting career has been brief. As a child, he appeared in three films, although two of the films were for brief moments as an extra. Besides the aforementioned A Hard Day's Night (1964), Collins's first lead role was in a children's film Calamity the Cow (1967).
Collins wrote and performed the title song to Against All Odds in 1984. The song became the first of his seven American number one songs and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song. Collins was not invited to perform the song at that year's presentation, although he was in the audience as the song's composer. Collins had arranged his US tour to accommodate the possibility of appearing on the telecast in the event his song was nominated for an Oscar. It is believed that the producers of that year's Academy Awards show were not aware of his prominence as a musical performer. A note to Collins's label from telecast co-producer Larry Gelbart explaining the lack of invitation stated, "Thank you for your note regarding Phil Cooper [sic]. I'm afraid the spots have already been filled". Collins instead watched Ann Reinking perform his song.[57] For a long time afterwards, he would introduce his performance of "Against All Odds" at his concerts by saying: "Miss Ann Reinking's not here tonight, so I guess I'll have to sing my own song".
As a vocalist, Collins sang Stephen Bishop's composition "Separate Lives" for the film White Nights (1985) as a duet with Marilyn Martin. The single of the recording became another number one hit for Collins. The song itself was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song (a category that honours the composer, not the vocalists). Bishop's song had parallels to some of the songs on Collins's first two albums. Writer Stephen Bishop noted that he was inspired by a failed relationship and called "Separate Lives" "a song about anger".[58] When the song was being nominated for an Academy Award, in interviews about the original snub by the Academy for "Against All Odds", Collins would jokingly say "the hell with him – I'm going up too," referring to if Bishop's song were to win the award.[59]
Collins's first film role since becoming a musician came in 1988 with Buster about the Great Train Robbery, which took place in England in August, 1963. The film received good reviews and Collins contributed four songs to the film's soundtrack. His rendition of "Groovy Kind of Love", originally a 1966 single by the Mindbenders, with lyrics by Toni Wine and music by Carole Bayer Sager, but with the melody of the Rondo section of Muzio Clementi's "Sonatina in G major", op. 36 no. 5 reached number one. The film also spawned the hit single "Two Hearts", which he wrote in collaboration with legendary Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier; the two artists would go on to win a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and receive an Oscar nomination in the same category, the second such honour for Collins; "Big Noise", written by Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier, which included Collins on vocals (although the song was not released as a single, an instrumental version of this song appeared as the B-side to the single version of "A Groovy Kind Of Love".) The final song, "Loco In Acapulco", was another collaboration between him and Dozier, with the vocals performed by the legendary Motown group the Four Tops. Film critic Roger Ebert said the role of Buster was "played with surprising effectiveness" by Collins, although the film's soundtrack proved more successful than the film did.[60]
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Collins provided the voices to both Muk and Luk in the 1995 animated feature Balto.
Collins had cameo appearances in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) and the AIDS docudrama And the Band Played On (1993). He starred in 1993's Frauds, which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.[61] He supplied voices to two animated features: Amblin's Balto (1995) and Disney's The Jungle Book 2 (2003). A long-discussed but never completed project was a film titled The Three Bears; originally meant to star him alongside Danny DeVito and Bob Hoskins, he often mentioned the film, though an appropriate script never materialised.[62]
Collins performed the soundtrack to the animated film Tarzan (1999) for the Walt Disney Company. Collins won an Academy Award for "You'll Be in My Heart", which he performed at that year's telecast as well as during a Disney-themed Super Bowl halftime show. The song, which he also recorded in Spanish among other languages, became his only appearance on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks.[42] Disney hired him, along with Tina Turner, in 2003 for the soundtrack to another animated feature film, Brother Bear, and had some airplay with the song "Look Through My Eyes".
On television, he twice hosted the Billboard Music Awards. He also appeared in an episode of the series Miami Vice, entitled "Phil the Shill", in which he plays a cheating con-man. He also guest starred in several sketches with The Two Ronnies. Most recently, he had a cameo appearance on the television series Whoopi.
In 2001, Collins was sought out by the satirist Chris Morris, and appeared in the Brass Eye 'Paedophile Special' endorsing a spoof charity called 'Nonce Sense'. At one point Collins, dressed in a matching baseball cap and t-shirt emblazoned with the name of this fictitious charity, stares into the camera and declares: "I'm talking Nonce-sense."
In 2005, Collins's work on Brother Bear was expanded as Disney used the song "Welcome" as the theme for Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams, the main parade celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland.
In 2006 Disney's Tarzan was adapted for Broadway. Collins contributed 11 new songs and instrumental pieces, and was deeply involved in the production. Unlike the film, where Collins sang all the material, the characters sang on stage.
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Phil Collins as he appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Collins made an appearance as himself in the 2006 PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, set in 1984. He appears in three missions in which the main character must save him from a gang that is trying to kill him, the final mission occurring during his concert, where the player must defend the scaffolding against saboteurs while Phil is simultaneously performing "In the Air Tonight." After this, the player is given the opportunity to watch this performance of 'In the Air Tonight.' "In the Air Tonight" was also featured in the soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and it was also featured in the film Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters, the 2009 movie The Hangover and the 2007 Gorilla commercial for Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate. The advertisement also helped the song re-enter the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart at number three in July 2008, the following week reaching number one, beating its original 1981 No.6 peak. Phil Collins had several ties to the hit show Miami Vice with 5 songs used in the course of the series as well as having starred in the episode "Phil The Shill."
Phil Collins was portrayed in the hit cartoon South Park in the episode "Timmy 2000" holding his Oscar throughout, referring to his 1999 win for "You'll Be In My Heart", which defeated "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. He was seen again in the episode "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime".
Phil Collins appears briefly in the Finnish animated sitcom Pasila in the episode "Phil Collins Hangover". The music of this episode is a pastiche of Phil Collins' "Another Day In Paradise".
Personal life[link]
Family[link]
Collins has been married three times. He married Canadian Andrea Bertorelli in 1975. They met as students in a drama class in London.[63][64] They had a son, Simon Collins, and Collins adopted Bertorelli's daughter Joely Collins, a Canadian actress. They divorced in 1980, after she started an affair with their painter and decorator. Collins later appeared on the BBC's Top of the Pops singing his 1981 solo hit "In The Air Tonight" with a pot of paint and brush positioned near his piano.[65] Collins has since claimed that the presence of the paint and brush was coincidental.
Collins met his second wife, Jill Tavelman, in 1980. They were married from 1984[66] to 1996. They had one daughter, Lily Collins, born in 1989.[67] Collins openly admits that some of their divorce-related correspondence was by fax (one, about access to their daughter, was reproduced in the Sun), but denies that this took her by surprise.[64] Collins paid Jill £17M as final settlement.[65]
Collins married his third wife, Orianne Cevey, in 1999 after a five year romance.[65] They have two sons, Nicholas and Matthew. They bought Sir Jackie Stewart's former house located in Begnins, Switzerland, overlooking Lake Geneva. Announcing their separation on 16 March 2006, they were divorced on 17 August 2008. Collins reportedly paid Cevey £25M in settlement.[65] Collins has said he will continue to live in Switzerland to be near the children. He is currently residing in Féchy, while also maintaining homes in New York and Dersingham, Norfolk, England.[65][68] In 2008, Collins was quoted in People Magazine: "Marriage is a difficult proposition. But I haven't given up on it, either."[69] Collins, however, stated in 2010 that he had no intention of marrying again.[70]
Fortune[link]
Collins was estimated to have a fortune of £115 million in the Sunday Times Rich List of 2011, making him one of the 20 richest people in the British music industry.[71]
Court case[link]
Main article: Phillip Collins Ltd v Davis
On 29 March 2000, Phil Collins launched a case against two former musicians from his band to recoup £500,000 ($780,000) in royalties that were overpaid. Louis Satterfield, 62, and Rahmlee Davis, 51, claimed their contract entitled them to 0.5 per cent of the royalties from Serious Hits... Live!, a live album recorded during Collins's Seriously, Live! World Tour tour in 1990. Their claim was they were an integral part of the whole album, but Collins responded the two should only receive royalties from the five tracks in which they were involved.[72] Instead of asking for a return of what Collins considered overpayment, he sought to recoup the funds by withholding future royalties to Satterfield and Davis, which amounted to less than an annual sum of £12,500 ($20,000) each.
On 19 April 2000, the High Court ruled that the two musicians would receive no more royalty money from Phil Collins. The amount that Collins was seeking was halved, and Satterfield and Davis (who originally brought the suit forward in California) would not have to repay any of it. The judge agreed with Collins's argument that Satterfield and Davis should have been paid for only the five tracks on which they performed, including the hit "Sussudio".[73]
Health problems[link]
Collins reported losing his hearing in his right ear in 2000 due to a viral infection. In September 2009, it was reported that Collins could no longer play drums, due to a recent operation to repair dislocated vertebrae in his neck.[74] A statement from Collins on the Genesis band website said, "There isn't any drama regarding my 'disability' and playing drums. Somehow during the last Genesis tour I dislocated some vertebrae in my upper neck and that affected my hands. After a successful operation on my neck, my hands still can't function normally. Maybe in a year or so it will change, but for now it is impossible for me to play drums or piano. I am not in any 'distressed' state; stuff happens in life."[75]
Honorary Degrees[link]
Collins has received several honorary doctorates in recognition of his work in music and also for his personal interests. In 1987, he received an honorary doctorate of fine arts at Fairleigh Dickinson University.[76] . In 1991, he received an honorary doctorate of music at the Berklee College of Music.[77] Then on 12 May 2012, he received an honorary doctorate of history at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas for his research and collection of Texas Revolution artefacts and documents, which has led him to own one of the world's largest private collection of Alamo related artefacts.[78] His passion for the Battle at the Alamo has also led him to write the book The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey, published in 2012.[79]
Activism[link]
Collins was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in 1994 in recognition of his work on behalf of the Prince's Trust.[80]
Collins has stated he is a supporter of animal rights and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). In 2005, he donated an autographed drumstick in support of PETA's campaign against Kentucky Fried Chicken.[81]
Collins also has a long-standing interest in the Alamo. He has collected hundreds of artefacts related to the famous 1836 battle in San Antonio, Texas, narrated a light and sound show about the Alamo, and spoken at related events.[82] He has completed a book entitled "The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey" published by Statehouse Press, based in Buffalo Gap, Texas.[83]
Collins has often been mentioned erroneously in the British media as being a supporter of the Conservative Party and an opponent of the Labour Party. This derives from the famous article in the Sun, printed on the day of the 1992 UK general election, titled "If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights", which claimed that Collins was among several celebrities who were planning to leave Britain in the event of a Labour victory.[citation needed] Shortly before the 2005 election (when Collins was living in Switzerland), Noel Gallagher is reported as saying: "Vote Labour. If you don't and the Tories get in, Phil is threatening to come back."[84] However, Collins has since stated that although he did once claim many years earlier that he might leave Britain if most of his income was taken in tax, which was Labour Party policy at that time for top earners, he has never been a Conservative Party supporter and he left Britain for Switzerland in 1994 purely because he met a woman who lived there. He said of Gallagher: “I don’t care if he likes my music or not. I do care if he starts telling people I’m a wanker because of my politics. It’s an opinion based on an old misunderstood quote.”[85] Despite his claim that he did not leave Britain for tax purposes, he was one of several super-rich figures living in tax havens who were singled out for criticism in a report by the charity Christian Aid in 2008.[86] Questioned about his politics by Mark Lawson in an interview broadcast in 2009, Collins said: "My father was Conservative but it wasn't quite the same, I don't think, when he was alive. Politics never loomed large in our family anyway. I think the politics of the country were very different then."[87]
Collins founded the Little Dreams Foundation in February 2000, which aims to "realise the dreams of children in the fields of sports and art" by providing future prodigies aged 4 to 16 years with financial, material, and mentoring support with the help of experts in various fields.[88]
Collins supports the South African charity the Topsy Foundation, which provides relief services to some of South Africa's most under-resourced rural communities through a multi-faceted approach to the consequences of HIV and AIDS and extreme poverty. He donates all royalties earned in South Africa to the organization.[89][90]
Collins is a patron of the charity Children in Hunger, a small UK based charity working to combat child poverty in Brazil.[91]
Discography[link]
Genesis[link]
Main article: Genesis discography
Studio albums[link]
The following list includes all Phil Collins's studio albums. For a complete album list, see Phil Collins discography.
| Release date | Title |
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| 1981 | Face Value |
| 1982 | Hello, I Must Be Going! |
| 1985 | No Jacket Required |
| 1989 | ...But Seriously |
| 1993 | Both Sides |
| 1996 | Dance into the Light |
| 2002 | Testify |
| 2010 | Going Back |
Number one singles[link]
The following singles reached number one in the United Kingdom or United States. For a full singles discography, see Phil Collins discography.
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| 1982 | "You Can't Hurry Love" | 1 | 10 | ||
| 1984 | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1985 | "Easy Lover" (With Philip Bailey) | 1 | 2 | ||
| "One More Night" | 4 | 1 | |||
| "Sussudio" | 12 | 1 | |||
| "Separate Lives" (With Marilyn Martin) | 4 | 1 | |||
| 1988 | "A Groovy Kind of Love" | 1 | 1 | ||
| "Two Hearts" | 6 | 1 | |||
| 1989 | "Another Day in Paradise" | 2 | 1 | ||
"In the Air Tonight" re-entered the New Zealand charts in 2008 at No.3 and then peaked at No.1, after featuring in a Cadbury Gorilla advertisement.
See also[link]
- List of awards and nominations received by Phil Collins
- Touring and studio musicians of Phil Collins
Notes[link]
- ^ GRO Register of Births MAR 1951 5e 137 EALING – Philip D. C. Collins, mmn = Strange
- ^ "Phil Collins Celebrates TESTIFY with Weekend Today Performance and NYC In-Store", Atlantic Records press release. 15 November 2002.
- ^ Brit Awards: Phil Collins Brits.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2011
- ^ Past Winners: Phil Collins Grammy.com. Retrieved 24 November 2011
- ^ See List of best-selling music artists for information and references of sales figures.
- ^ Anderson, John (7 January 1990). "Pop Notes". Newsday.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-artists-20.shtml. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Phil Collins Biography (1951-)". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/49/Phil-Collins.html. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ GRO Register of Marriages SEP 1934 3a 706 BRENTFORD – Grevelle Collins to Winifred M. Strange
- ^ Coleman, Ray. Phil Collins: The Definitive Biography, Simon & Schuster. London. 1997. pp.29–30. ISBN 0-684-81784-5
- ^ Classic Albums: Face Value DVD, Eagle Home Entertainment, 2001.
- ^ Face Value at the Official Genesis Biography. Retrieved 10 January 2006.
- ^ Film details at chittybangbang.com. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- ^ Coleman, p.51.
- ^ "The Guide to Musical Theatre". The Guide to Musical Theatre. http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_o/oliver.htm. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ John McIndoe at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
- ^ a b Hewitt, Alan. Biography at Collins' official website (UK). Retrieved 9 January 2006.
- ^ Joynson, Vernon (1995). The Tapestry of Delights. London: Borderline Books. See entry on "Flaming Youth".
- ^ Coleman, p.55.
- ^ The Official George Harrison website[dead link]
- ^ Coleman, p.61.
- ^ "Genesis" Biography, Billboard.com. Accessed 16 January 2006. ]
- ^ Coleman, p.63.
- ^ Thompson, 2004. p.117
- ^ "Phil Collins | Music Videos, News, Photos, Tour Dates, Ringtones, and Lyrics". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/collins_phil/artist.jhtml. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ Nicholson, Kris. A Trick of the Tail review. Rolling Stone. 20 May 1976. Retrieved 10 February 2006.
- ^ Official Brand X biography from the Phil Collins website. Retrieved 14 January 2006.
- ^ a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited
- ^ a b c d e f Whitburn, John. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books, New York. 2000. pp.143–144. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3
- ^ MTV.com. MTV Video Awards, Past Winners. Retrieved 16 January 2006.
- ^ Considine, J. D. Invisible Touch review. Rolling Stone. 14 August 1986. Retrieved 8 February 2006.
- ^ Heller, Corinne. "Phil Collins Said Open to Genesis Reunion". 6 November 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2006.[dead link]
- ^ Bronson, F. The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. Billboard Books, New York. 2003. p.604. ISBN 0-8230-7641-5
- ^ Thompson, D. Turn It On Again: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and Genesis, Back Beat Books. San Francisco. 2004. p.181. ISBN 0-87930-810-9
- ^ Fricke, D. No Jacket Required review. Rolling Stone. 9 May 1985. Retrieved 8 February 2006.
- ^ Bronson, p.611.
- ^ 1990 Brit Awards Brits.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2011
- ^ Phil Collins Rock On The Net. Retrieved 5 December 2011
- ^ 1990 MTV Video Music Awards MTV.com. Retrieved 5 December 2011
- ^ Coleman, p.181.
- ^ Browne, David. Dance into the Light review. Entertainment Weekly. 1 November 1996. Retrieved 10 February 2006.
- ^ a b Billboard magazine, Phil Collins Chart History. Retrieved 13 January 2006.
- ^ Phil Collins: The Hollywood Walk of Fame Retrieved 2010-11-21
- ^ Metacritic, All-Time High and Low Scores. Retrieved 17 November 2006.
- ^ Thompson, p.260.
- ^ Hear-it.org. Retrieved 13 January 2006.
- ^ "Phil Collins To Record Motown Covers Album | undercover.com.au, Music, News, Entertainment". Undercover.com.au. 24 October 2009. http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=9314_Phil_Collins_To_Record_Motown_Covers_Album. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ "Broadcast Yourself". YouTube. 17 November 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FC_gwdMTgM. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ "BBC Entertainment News". BBC News. 27 September 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11416660.
- ^ "Phil Collins: 1.730 Wochen in den Charts - media control". Media-control.de. 2011-01-24. http://www.media-control.de/phil-collins-1730-wochen-in-den-charts.html. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ^ Wardrop, Murray (3 March 2011). "Phil Collins calls time on music career". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/8360584/Phil-Collins-calls-time-on-music-career.html. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ Bartolomeo, Joey. "Phil Collins Is Not Retiring", People, 7 March 2011.
- ^ Collins, Phil."BREAKING NEWS – A Message From Phil...", Phil Collins official website, 7 March 2011.
- ^ "Phil Collins confirms retirement". BBC News. 9 March 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12686726. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "Phil Collins of Genesis Drum Charts, Videos, and Tips". Gigging-drum-charts.com. 30 January 1951. http://www.gigging-drum-charts.com/phil-collins.html. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ Flans, Robyn (1 May 2005). "Classic Tracks: Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight"". Mix. http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_phil_collins_air/.
- ^ Bronson, p.586.
- ^ Bronson, p.624.
- ^ Williams, Stephen (4 October 1985). "A Phil Collins Special And `Miami Vice' on Record". Newsday.
- ^ Ebert, R. Buster review. 25 November 1988. Retrieved 10 February 2006.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Frauds". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2570/year/1993.html. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- ^ Baker, G. A. Penthouse interview, 1993. Retrieved 13 January 2006.
- ^ GRO Register of Marriages: SEP 1975 17 0245 SURREY MID E. – Philip D. C. Collins = Andrea Bertorelli
- ^ a b "I'm Not So Ambitious As I Was", Radio Times, 27 November 2002. reprinted at Collins' website in 2009; archived copy at archive.org.
- ^ a b c d e "Phil Collins pays third wife a record £25million in divorce settlement". Sunday Mirror. 16 August 2008. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/16/phil-collins-pays-third-wife-a-record-25million-in-divorce-settlement-115875-20699955/. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
- ^ GRO Register of Marriages: AUG 1984 17 1515 SURREY SW -Philip D. C. Collins = Jill Tavelman
- ^ GRO Register of Births: APR 1989 17 1579 SURREY SW, Lily Jane Collins, mmn = Tavelman
- ^ Khan, Urmee (17 August 2008). "Phil Collins pays £25 million in divorce settlement". Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2573702/Phil-Collins-pays-25-million-in-divorce-settlement.html.
- ^ His three ex-wives have cost him £42m – no wonder there's no fool like an old Phil London Evening Standard
- ^ McLean, Craig (4 September 2010). "Rock's outsider: Phil Collins interview". The Telegraph (London: Telegraph Media Group Ltd). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/7975594/Rocks-outsider-Phil-Collins-interview.html. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "The top 50 richest people in music". http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/celebrity/article.html?in_article_id=532417&in_page_id=181.
- ^ Watson-Smyth, Kate (30 March 2000). "Phil Collins sues backing band to reclaim 'overpaid' royalties'". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/phil-collins-sues-backing-band-to-reclaim-overpaid-royalties-723775.html. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ Watson-Smyth, Kate (20 April 2000). "Phil Collins wins claim he overpaid musicians'". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/phil-collins-wins-claim-he-overpaid-musicians-721046.html. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "I can never play the drums again, says Phil Collins | Mail Online". The Daily Mail (UK). 9 November 2009. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1212596/I-play-drums-says-Phil-Collins.html. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ "Statement from Phil Collins". Genesis-music.com. 10 September 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20091026045746/http://www.genesis-music.com/news/news.php?uid=466. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ "University will give Phil Collins an honorary doctorate degree.". Lakeland Ledger. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8UVIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bPsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5329%2C6710422. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "Music History for May 4". OnThisDay.com. http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/may04.htm. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "McMurry doctorate a 'tremendous honor,' Phil Collins says". ARNews Weekend. http://www.reporternews.com/news/2012/may/12/mcmurry-doctorate-a-tremendous-honor-phil-says/. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey With special guest and author, Phil Collins.". Dallas Historical Society. http://www.dallashistory.org/about/news.htm. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, Supplement to the London Gazette no. 53696, 11 June 1994, p.4. Accessed 10 April 2011.
- ^ "Phil Collins". Kentucky Fried Cruelty. http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/c-philcollins.asp. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ Michels, Patrick. "Remembering the Alamo with Phil Collins". Dallas Observer. http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/05/phil_collins_at_dallas_histori.php. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ Goldmeier, Jeremy (11 Jan 2011). "Phil Collins in Buffalo Gap?". Abilene Reporter News. http://www.reporternews.com/news/2011/jan/11/phil-collins-in-buffalo-gap/. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ Bainbridge, Luke (13 October 2007). "The 10: right-wing rockers". The Observer (London). http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observermusic/2007/10/the_10_rightwing_rockers.html. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ Paphides, Pete (25 April 2008). "Phil Collins casually serves notice of his retirement". The Times (London). http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3808340.ece. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ O'Grady, Sean (12 May 2008). "Tax evasion 'costs lives of 5.6m children'". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tax-evasion-costs-lives-of-56m-children-826252.html. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ Lawson, Mark. "Mark Lawson talks to... Phil Collins", BBC Four, 4 January 2009.
- ^ "Little Dreams Foundation". http://www.ldf.cc/EN/fondation/mot.html.
- ^ "Musician Phil Collins Donates Nearly $54,000 in South African Royalties to AIDS Foundation". http://www.thebody.com/content/art11481.html.
- ^ "Phil Collins gives money away". Budapest Report. http://www.budapestreport.com/2010/09/17/phil-collins-gives-money-away/.
- ^ "Stars line up to scrawl over Phil Collins". Metro. http://www.metro.co.uk/news/46156-stars-line-up-to-scrawl-over-phil-collins#ixzz1KIfz0E2q.
References[link]
- Atlantic Records Press Release (15 November 2002). "Phil Collins Celebrates TESTIFY With Weekend Today Performance and NYC In-Store". Atlantic Records. http://www.atlanticrecords.com/article/?article=15627&artist=111349. Retrieved 19 January 2006.
- Baker, G.A. (1993). "Penthouse Interview". Penthouse. Archived from the original on 20 December 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051220080230/http://www.philcollins.co.uk/penthouse93.htm. Retrieved 13 January 2006.
- Billboard Magazine, Online. "Genesis Biography". Billboard Online. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?&cr=artist&or=ASCENDING&sf=length&pid=4704&kw=genesis. Retrieved 16 January 2006.
- Billboard Magazine, Online. "Phil Collins Chart History". Billboard Online. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=4332&model.vnuAlbumId=555318. Retrieved 13 January 2006.
- Bronson, Fred The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. Billboard Books, New York. 1998. p. 624. ISBN 0-8230-7641-5
- Browne, David (1 November 1996). "Dance into the Light Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/music/0,6115,294844_4_0_,00.html. Retrieved 10 February 2006.
- Ebert, Roger (25 November 1988). "Buster review". Chicago Sun-Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19881125/REVIEWS/811250301/1023. Retrieved 10 February 2006.
- Fricke, David (9 May 1985). "No Jacket Required review". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/philcollins/albums/album/245563/rid/5941462/. Retrieved 8 February 2006.
- Giammetti, Mario. Phil Collins – The Singing Drummer. Edizioni Segno. Tavagnacco. 2005. ISBN 88-7282-836-8
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| Keri Hilson | |
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 Keri Hilson performing at Supafest in Australia, April 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Keri Lynn Hilson |
| Born | (1982-12-05) December 5, 1982 (age 29) Decatur, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | R&B, pop |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, dancer, actress |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Zone 4, Mosley Music, Interscope |
| Associated acts | The Clutch, Polow da Don, Timbaland, Chris Brown, Akon, Kanye West |
| Website | kerihilson.com |
Keri Lynn Hilson (born December 5, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, and spent most of her youth working with producer Anthony Dent, as a songwriter and background vocalist for several R&B and hip hop artists. By the age of 14, Hilson had secured a record deal with the girl group D'Signe, who later disbanded. She attended Emory University in Atlanta, while she continued writing songs for artists, including Britney Spears and Mary J. Blige, with the production and songwriting team, The Clutch. In 2006, Hilson signed with American rapper and producer Timbaland's record label, Mosley Music. Her breakthrough came the following year after appearing on Timbaland's single, "The Way I Are", which topped charts around the world.
Hilson's debut studio album, In a Perfect World..., was released in 2009, and debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, eventually being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album spawned the hit singles, "Knock You Down", "Turnin Me On" and "I Like". It also earned Hilson two Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Knock You Down". Her second studio album, No Boys Allowed, was released in 2010 and was considerably less successful than its predecessor; however, it included the hit single, "Pretty Girl Rock". Hilson's achievements include a BET Award, MOBO Award, NAACP Image Award and two Soul Train Music Awards. Apart from her work in music, she has pursued a career in acting. Hilson made her acting debut in the romantic comedy film, Think Like a Man, in 2012.
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Biography[link]
1982–2007: Early life and career beginnings[link]
Keri Lynn Hilson was born on December 5, 1982 in Decatur, Georgia.[1][2] She was raised in an African-American neighborhood and came from a middle class family.[3] Hilson and her siblings did not attend a school within the neighborhood because her parents cared a lot for their education, stating that "they shipped us off for an hour to get to school every day. It was just that important for us to maintain the life that they had created".[3] From the age of 12, Hilson wanted to pursue a musical career, after watching television talent shows, Star Search and Showtime at the Apollo.[1] Her mother then hired a piano teacher to give her piano lessons; however, Hilson wanted to become a singer and therefore "converted those sessions into vocal lessons, accompanying the teacher on piano".[1] By the age of 14, Hilson had secured a record deal with the girl group D'Signe, who later disbanded.[4][1]
Hilson spent most of her teenage years working with producer Anthony Dent, as a songwriter and background vocalist for the likes of Usher, Ludacris, Kelly Rowland, Ciara and Polow da Don.[1] After graduating from high school, Hilson attended Emory University in Atlanta for three years and studied a course in theater.[3] She continued working as a songwriter and background vocalist during her schooling years.[1] Hilson eventually stopped working with Dent, and began working more with Polow da Don.[1] She also became a member of the songwriting and production team, The Clutch.[1] Together, they wrote Mary J. Blige's "Take Me as I Am" (2006), Omarion's "Ice Box" (2006), Ciara's "Like a Boy" (2006), The Pussycat Dolls' "Wait a Minute" (2007) and Britney Spears' "Gimme More" (2007).[1][4] In 2006, Polow introduced Hilson to American rapper and producer Timbaland, who then signed her to his record label, Mosley Music Group.[1] In November 2006, Hilson was featured on American rapper Lloyd Banks' single, "Help", for his album Rotten Apple (2006).[5]
The following year, Hilson was featured on three singles; in June, on Timbaland's song "The Way I Are", the second single from his album Shock Value (2007); on Rich Boy's "Good Things" with Polow da Don; and thereafter, in December, on Timbaland's song "Scream" with Nicole Scherzinger, the fifth single from Shock Value.[6] Out of the three singles, "The Way I Are" achieved the most success, topping nine charts around the world.[7][8][9][10][11]
[edit] 2008–09: In a Perfect World...
In 2008, Hilson appeared in the music videos for Usher's single, "Love in This Club", and Ne-Yo's single, "Miss Independent".[12][13] Her debut studio album, In a Perfect World..., was released on March 24, 2009.[14] The album contained pop-oriented R&B songs.[15] It was initially planned to be released the previous year; however, the album was delayed several times because Hilson wanted to make sure it came out to her liking, stating "I'm just a perfectionist. I have had many [release dates], but it's all for a good cause. The label wants to make sure the album has its proper release, and I'm thankful for that. Very grateful, even though fans look at it like it's a bad thing."[16] In the US, In a Perfect World... debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart, and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with first-week sales of 94,000 copies.[17][18] By October 2009, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[19] Its first single, "Energy", released in May 2008, peaked within the top eighty on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[20] It reached the top fifty in the United Kingdom, and peaked the highest in New Zealand at number seven, and was certified gold in the country.[10][21][22] Hilson also featured on three singles in 2008; in June, on rapper Nas' song "Hero"; in September, on Kardinal Offishall's "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)"; and thereafter, in October, on Chris Brown's song "Superhuman".[23][6][24]
"Return the Favor", featuring Timbaland, served as the second international single from Hilson's In a Perfect World... album, while "Turnin Me On" featuring Lil Wayne, was released as the second US single. The latter achieved commercial success, reaching number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, eventually being certified platinum in the US.[20][19] The next single, "Knock You Down" featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo, achieved more success, reaching number three on the Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, eventually being certified two times platinum.[20][19] The song also reached the top ten in Canada, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.[20][25][21][10] "Make Love", "Slow Dance", and "Change Me" featuring Akon, were released as the album's fourth, fifth and sixth US singles, respectively.
Hilson, along with Gym Class Heroes, Gorilla Zoe and T-Pain, were supporting acts on Lil Wayne's I Am Music Tour in North America.[26] At the 2009 BET Awards, she was nominated in four categories, including Best New Artist, Best Female R&B Artist, as well as Viewer's Choice and Best Collaboration for "Turnin Me On" with Lil Wayne.[27] She eventually won the Best New Artist category.[28] In 2009, Hilson was featured on five singles; "Number One" with R. Kelly, "She Don't Wanna" with Asher Roth, "Everything, Everyday, Everywhere" with Fabolous, "Medicine" with Plies, and on the remix of Sean Paul's song, "Hold My Hand".[29][6] Hilson was nominated for Breakthrough Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist at the 2009 American Music Awards, but lost to Beyoncé Knowles.[30] The re-released edition of In a Perfect World..., in January 2010, included the single "I Like", which reached number one in Germany, Poland and Slovakia, and peaked within the top ten in Austria, Norway and Switzerland.[31][32][33][34] At the 52nd Grammy Awards, Hilson was nominated for Best New Artist and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Knock You Down" with Kanye West and Ne-Yo.[35]
[edit] 2010–present: No Boys Allowed
During the first half of 2010, Hilson guest featured on rapper Trina's single, "Million Dollar Girl", and on T.I.'s single, "Got Your Back".[6] In April 2010, it was made known that she had replaced Jennifer Hudson as the new face of the cosmetics and personal care products company, Avon.[36] "Breaking Point" was released as the first single from Hilson's second studio album, No Boys Allowed, in September 2010; it only appeared on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart at number 44.[20] On December 2, 2010, Hilson was among one of the many female artists who performed at the VH1 Divas Salute the Troops concert, where she sang "Turnin Me On", "Knock You Down", "Pretty Girl Rock", and a duet with American country music duo, Sugarland, on the Aretha Franklin song, "Think".[37] No Boys Allowed was released on December 21, 2010.[38] Described as a "girl power album", No Boys Allowed was primarily of the R&B and pop genres.[39][40] Despite the album's title, Hilson stated "it's not about excluding men. It's more about women understanding that there comes a time in your life when you want a man. A real man. A grown up. Not a boy. And that's not a bad thing."[41] Speaking of the songs on the album, she explained "I write from a female perspective, but I'm also telling men what women are really thinking and feeling about them".[41] In the US, No Boys Allowed debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200, and number seven on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with first-week sales of 102,000 copies.[42][43] Although it sold 8,000 copies more than her debut album, In a Perfect World..., it failed to match that album's debut chart position of number four.[42] As of February 2011, No Boys Allowed has sold 205,500 copies in the United States.[44]
Hilson achieved success with the album's second single, "Pretty Girl Rock", which reached number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart, eventually being certified platinum.[20][19] The single reached the top twenty in Germany and New Zealand, and top thirty in Austria and Slovakia.[45][21][46][47] "One Night Stand" featuring Chris Brown, and "Lose Control (Let Me Down)" featuring Nelly, were released as the album's third and fourth singles, respectively. In 2011, she was featured on British rapper Chipmunk's single "In the Air", for his album Transition (2011).[48] In April 2011, Hilson, along with many other R&B and hip hop acts, traveled to Australia to be part of its biggest urban music festival, Supafest.[49] At the 2011 BET Awards, Hilson was nominated for Best Female R&B Artist and Video of the Year for "Pretty Girl Rock".[50] In July 2011, she was a supporting act on the second leg of Lil Wayne's I Am Still Music Tour in North America, before embarking on her first headlining European tour in October.[51][52]
2012–present: Acting debut and third studio album[link]
During an interview with 106 & Park on October 25, 2011, Hilson revealed that she has already begun recording her third studio album.[53] She explained, "There's some people in the world that aren't gon' like this album coming from me. As I was experiencing the world, there were things that I was also experiencing on a personal front, and in my music it's coming out. There's a specific few people who ain't gon' like to listen to this album. Very emotional, I'll say that."[53] She further explained in an interview with The Boombox that she's working on a new sound for the album, and described it as a mixture of her first two albums with some surprising elements thrown in.[54] Hilson also said a release date has not been confirmed yet, saying "I just write about my experiences and keep the release dates far, far from me. When I feel that I have [good material] is when I will give it to the label. But I'm not quite there yet. I'm still working."[54] Hilson made her acting debut in the romantic comedy film, Think Like a Man, released on April 20, 2012.[55][56] She will also star alongside Vin Diesel in the sci-fi action film, Riddick (2013), but it is unknown what role Hilson will play.[57]
Artistry[link]
Musical style and influences[link]
Hilson's music is generally R&B and pop. Her debut album, In a Perfect World..., consists of a pop/R&B style, with elements of electro music.[15][58] Many of the album's themes deal with relationships, physical attraction and lovemaking.[59] Hilson said, "lyrically it's a very vulnerable album. You know, I definitely didn't want to paint myself as perfect on this project. Instead, I wanted it to be something that was very relatable, especially to women".[60] Her second album, No Boys Allowed, displays a wide variety of styles, including pop, R&B, hip hop, soul, acoustic, electronic and reggae.[40][61][62][63] Hilson describes the album as "more self assured. It's a lot more aggressive".[64] Kristin Macfarlane of The Daily Post noted that the album is "pure girl power and about being sexually confident, and confident as a woman; not putting up with crap relationships and getting your way".[65] Hilson sings with "smooth vocals".[66] Following the release of her debut album, Sophie Bruce of BBC Music expressed that, "there's no denying Hilson has a great voice, but it lacks the feisty edge of [Nicole] Scherzinger, [Mary J.] Blige or [Beyoncé] Knowles".[67] Mark Nero of About.com commented, "Keri's voice, while strong, isn't particularly distinctive or memorable".[68] Hilson has stated that her musical influences come from her father's side of the family.[60] In addition, she cites Michael Jackson and Lauryn Hill as inspirations.[69][70]
Philanthropy[link]
Besides her career in music, Hilson has also been involved with several charities. In January 2010, she teamed up with Akon on the charity single, "Oh Africa".[71] All proceeds of the single benefited underprivileged African youth.[71] The following month, Hilson joined the extended list of artists during the recording session of the single, "We Are the World 25 for Haiti", to benefit victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[72] On May 25, 2010, she performed at the Virginia Stand Up! A Call to Action benefit concert, organized by Chris Brown to help with continued relief efforts in Haiti.[73] On October 21, 2010, Hilson attended Collins Academy High School in Chicago as part of the Get Schooled National Challenge and Tour, a "program aimed at increasing high school and college graduation rates and promoting the importance of education".[74][75] A year later, she received a Get Schooled Award for her involvement with the program.[76] In 2011, Hilson contributed in the fight against AIDS, by posing in retail-clothing company H&M's celebrity-driven collection for Fashion Against AIDS.[77] 25% of all sales from the collection were donated to the Designers Against Aids charity.[77] Hilson contributed to the It Gets Better Project, a project which aims to prevent suicide among LGBT youth.[78][79]
In June 2011, Hilson became an ambassador for MTV Staying Alive, a foundation which raises awareness and prevention of HIV and AIDS.[80] In September 2011, she lent her support to US First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign, which aims to combat childhood obesity.[81] She made t-shirts for the campaign that read "Pretty Girls Sweat", and exercised with the young women at The Educational Alliance's Sirovich Senior Center in New York on September 24.[81] During Hilson's visit in Africa in November 2011, she stopped by an orphanage to visit her young fans who had lost their families during the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis.[82] She gave each orphan a "care" package, which consisted of bookbags, t-shirts, sunglasses, notebooks and an electric keyboard.[82] In April 2012, Hilson teamed up with DoSomething.org to encourage young people to join in the nationwide Epic Book Drive by bringing books to local people in need.[83] In a press release, she stated: "Joining DoSomething.org's newest effort to provide for people in need with Epic Book Drive was the easiest decision ever!. I truly believe providing access to those who want to learn is the key to bettering lives around the country. And helping kids find healthy outlets, such as books, has always been a passion of mine. So my involvement here is a natural fit."[83]
Discography[link]
Main article: Keri Hilson discography
- In a Perfect World... (2009)
- No Boys Allowed (2010)
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Think Like a Man | Heather | Supporting role |
| 2013 | Riddick | N/A |
Tours[link]
Headlining
- European Tour (2011)
Supporting
- I Am Music Tour (2009) (with Lil Wayne)
- I Am Still Music Tour (2011) (with Lil Wayne)
Awards and nominations[link]
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "The Way I Are" (Timbaland featuring D.O.E. and Keri Hilson) | MTV Video Music Award for Monster Single of the Year[84] | Nominated |
| 2009 | Herself | American Music Award for Favorite Female R&B/Soul Artist[30] | Nominated |
| American Music Award for Breakthrough Artist[30] | Nominated | ||
| BET Award for Best New Artist[28] | Won | ||
| BET Award for Best Female R&B Artist[27] | Nominated | ||
| "Turnin Me On" (with Lil Wayne) | BET Award for Viewer's Choice[27] | Nominated | |
| BET Award for Best Collaboration[27] | Nominated | ||
| In a Perfect World... | Urban Music Award for Best Album[85] | Nominated | |
| Herself | Urban Music Award for Best Female Act[85] | Nominated | |
| MOBO Award for Best International Act[86] | Nominated | ||
| MOBO Award for Best R&B/Soul Act[86] | Won | ||
| Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist[87] | Won | ||
| "Turnin Me On" (with Lil Wayne) | Soul Train Music Award for Song of the Year[87] | Nominated | |
| "Knock You Down" (with Kanye West and Ne-Yo) | Soul Train Music Award for Best Collaboration[87] | Won | |
| Soul Train Music Award for Record of the Year[87] | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration[35] | Nominated | |
| Herself | Grammy Award for Best New Artist[35] | Nominated | |
| NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist[88] | Won | ||
| "Got Your Back" (T.I. featuring Keri Hilson) | Soul Train Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Song[89] | Nominated | |
| 2011 | "Pretty Girl Rock" | BET Award for Video of the Year[50] | Nominated |
| Herself | BET Award for Best Female R&B Artist[50] | Nominated | |
| Get Schooled Award[76] | Won | ||
| "Pretty Girl Rock" | Soul Train Music Award for Best Dance Performance[90] | Nominated |
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| Date of birth | 1982-12-05 |
| Place of birth | Decatur, Georgia |
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| Jamie Woon | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1983-03-29) March 29, 1983 (age 29) |
| Origin | New Malden, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London |
| Genres | R&B, soul, dubstep, post-dubstep |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Production |
| Years active | 2006 - present |
| Labels | Candent Songs, Polydor Records |
| Associated acts | Burial |
| Website | jamiewoon.com |
Jamie Woon (born March 29, 1983[1]) is a British singer, songwriter and producer signed to Polydor who gained widespread acclaim in 2010 for his single Night Air which was co-produced by Burial, following his previous independent release, Wayfaring Stranger EP.[2]
The Eurasian son of a Malaysian Chinese father, and Scottish Irish mother (Celtic singer Mae McKenna), he was born and raised in New Malden in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London.[3] He was educated at Sacred Heart RC Primary School (New Malden), S.T Catherines RC Middle School (Raynes Park) & Wimbledon College (Wimbledon). He later attended the BRIT School, where he graduated the year behind Amy Winehouse, whom he later supported live.[4][5]
Woon's sound and style is presently described as soul inflected vocals backed by samplers and programming, or a single guitar track. He describes his music as "... R&B, it's groove-based vocal-led music ...".[3]
On 4 January 2011, the BBC announced that Woon had been placed fourth in the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.[4]
Woon's debut album is entitled Mirrorwriting and was released on 18 April 2011 via Polydor Records.[6]
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Discography[link]
Studio albums[link]
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| UK [7] |
BEL (FLA) [8] |
BEL (WAL) [9] |
DEN [10] |
NOR [11] |
NLD [12] |
SWI [13] |
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15 | 9 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 38 | 50 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||
Extended plays[link]
| Album Title | Album details |
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| Wayfaring Stranger |
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| iTunes Festival: London 2007 |
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Singles[link]
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| UK [7] |
BEL (FLA) [8] |
BEL (WAL) [9] |
DEN [10] |
FRA [16] |
NLD [12] |
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| 2007 | "Robots" | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| 2010 | "Night Air" | 67 | 15 | 29 | — | — | — | Mirrorwriting | |
| 2011 | "Lady Luck" | 76 | 29 | 71 | 14 | 84 | 56 | ||
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Music videos[link]
| Year | Title | Director |
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| 2007 | "Wayfaring Stranger" | Sophie Clements[17] |
| 2008 | "Spirits" | – |
| 2010 | "Night Air" | Lorzenzo Fonda[18] |
| 2011 | "Lady Luck" | – |
Official remixes[link]
- "Video Games" (Jamie Woon Remix) - Lana Del Rey
Awards and nominations[link]
| Year | Event | Prize | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | MOBO Awards | Best Newcomer | Nominated | [19] |
References[link]
- ^ "YouTube - jamiewoon's Channel". http://www.youtube.com/user/jamiewoon.
- ^ AshMeikle (2010-09-04). "The return of the talented Jamie Woon". Shout4Music.com. http://www.shout4music.com/news/the-return-of-the-talented-jamie-woon.html. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ a b Geoghegan, Kevin (2011-01-04). "BBC Sound of 2011: Jamie Woon". BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11999921. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ a b "Jamie Woon". BBC Music. 4 January 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/soundof/2011/artists/jamiewoon. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ Lester, Paul (2010-11-05). "New band of the day : Jamie Woon (No 903)". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/05/new-band-jamie-woon. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ "Wear My Heart On My Sleeve". Wotyougot. 2008-12-31. http://www.wotyougot.com/03-01-2011/artwork/jamie-woon-mirrorwriting-release-date-and-sleeve. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ a b "Jamie Woon - UK Charts". www.chartstats.com/. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=12771.
- ^ a b "Jamie Woon - Belgium (Flanders) Charts". ultratop.be/nl/ Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jamie+Woon.
- ^ a b "Jamie Woon - Belgium (Wallonia) Charts". ultratop.be/fr/ Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jamie+Woon.
- ^ a b "Jamie Woon - Danish Charts". danishcharts.com/ Hung Medien. http://danishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jamie+Woon.
- ^ "Jamie Woon - Norwegian Charts". norwegiancharts.com/ Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jamie+Woon.
- ^ a b "Jamie Woon - Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl/ Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jamie+Woon.
- ^ "Jamie Woon - Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch/ Hung Medien. http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jamie+Woon.
- ^ "Wayfaring Stranger Ep: Jamie Woon: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001ERCQXW. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - iTunes Festival: London 2007 - EP by Jamie Woon". iTunes Store. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/itunes-festival-london-2007/id263226728. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ^ "Jamie Woon - French Charts". lescharts.com/ Hung Medien. http://www.lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Jamie+Woon.
- ^ "" (2007-02-05). "Wayfaring Stranger (dir. Sophie Clements)". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNmYKUA42WI&feature=channel. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ "Jamie Woon – "Night Air (Deadboy Remix)"". Stereogum. 2010-12-15. http://stereogum.com/601972/jamie-woon-night-air-deadboy-remix/mp3s/. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ "MOBO Awards 2011: Winners in full". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a344045/mobo-awards-2011-winners-in-full.html. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
External links[link]
- Official website
- Jamie Woon on Twitter
- Jamie Woon on Myspace
- Jamie Woon's channel on YouTube
- Jamie Woon's BBC Sound of 2011 page at BBC Online
- Jamie Woon Interview
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| Short description | English singer |
| Date of birth | 1983-03-29 |
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http://wn.com/Jamie_Woon
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