Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
Elevation footnotes
Official name	City of Loveland, Colorado
Settlement type	City
Nickname	The Sweetheart City
Postal code type	ZIP codes
Postal code	80534, 80537-80539
Map caption	Location of Loveland shown within Colorado
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name
Subdivision type1	State
Subdivision name1
Subdivision type2	County
Subdivision name2	Larimer County
Government type	Home Rule Municipality
Leader title	Mayor
Leader name	Cecile Gutierrez
Leader title1	Mayor ''pro tem''
Leader name1	Larry Heckel
Leader title2	City Manager
Leader name2	Don Williams
Established title	Founded
Established date	1877
Established title2	Incorporated
Established date2	April 30, 1881
Named for	William A.H. Loveland
Area total km2	66.1
Unit pref	Imperial
Area total sq mi	25.5
Area land km2	63.6
Area land sq mi	24.6
Area water km2	2.4
Area water sq mi	0.9
Area water percent	3.68
Population as of	2010
Population total	66859
Population density km2	795.3
Population density sq mi	2,059.7
Timezone	MST
Utc offset	-7
Timezone dst	MDT
Utc offset dst	-6
Coordinates display	inline,title
Coordinates type	region:US_type:city
Elevation m	1519
Elevation ft	4982
Website	City of Loveland
Area code	970
Blank name	FIPS code
Blank info	08-46465
Blank1 name	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 info	0177720
Blank2 name	Highways
Blank2 info	I-25, US 34, US 287, SH 60, SH 402
Footnotes	Fourteenth most populous Colorado city }}

Loveland is a Home Rule Municipality that is the second most populous city in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Loveland is situated north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. Loveland is the 14th most populous city in Colorado. The United States Census Bureau that in 2010 the population of the city of Loveland was 66,859. The city forms part of the Fort Collins-Loveland Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The city's public schools are part of the Thompson R2-J School District.

History

The city was founded in 1877 along the newly-constructed line of the Colorado Central Railroad, near its crossing of the Big Thompson River. It was named in honor of William A.H. Loveland, the president of the Colorado Central Railroad. The city was founded one mile (1.6 km) upstream from the existing small settlement of St. Louis, the buildings of which were moved to the site of Loveland. For the first half of the 20th century the town was dependent on agriculture. The primary crops in the area were sugar beets and sour cherries. In 1901, the Great Western Sugar Company built a factory in Loveland, which remained as a source of employment until its closure in 1985. During the late 1920s the Spring Glade orchard was the largest cherry orchard west of the Mississippi River. At that time the cherry orchards produced more than $1 million worth of cherries per year. A series of droughts, attacks of blight and finally a killer freeze destroyed the industry. By 1960 cherries were no longer farmed. In the late 20th century, the economy diversified with the arrival of manufacturing facilities by Hewlett-Packard, Teledyne, and Hach, a water quality analysis equipment manufacturer. A new medical center has added a substantial amount of employment in that sector as well.

The city is south of Fort Collins, its larger neighbor and the county seat. The two cities have been steadily growing towards each other over the last several decades and are considered to be a single metropolitan area by the U.S. government. The establishment of county-owned open space between the two communities in the 1990s was intended to create a permanent buffer to contiguous growth. Loveland has aggressively expanded its incorporated limits eastward to embrace the interchange of Interstate 25 and U.S. Highway 34, and is currently developing the area. In the last decade, the intersection has become a primary commercial hub of northern Colorado, with the construction of shopping centers and the Budweiser Events Center. A new medical center and mall have also been built on the Interstate 25 and U.S. Highway 34 interchange. This area is known as Centerra. The interchange is shared with its smaller neighbor Johnstown, of Weld County.

Geography and climate

Loveland is located at (40.404789, -105.085868).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.5 square miles (66.1 km²), of which, 24.6 square miles (63.6 km²) of it is land and 0.9 square miles (2.4 km²) of it (3.68%) is water.

The city is south of Fort Collins, its larger neighbor and the county seat. The northward city limits are now contiguous with those of Windsor, which has expanded westward from Weld County across Interstate 25.

Loveland Pass, also named after William A.H. Loveland, is not located near the town of Loveland.

Loveland has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification ''''BSk'''').

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 50,608 people, 19,741 households, and 14,035 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,059.7 people per square mile (795.3/km²). There were 20,299 housing units at an average density of 826.2 per square mile (319.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.85% White, 0.37% Black, 0.69% Native American, 0.83% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 3.21% from other races, and 2.02% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.57% of the population.

There were 19,741 households out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families. 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $47,119, and the median income for a family was $54,337. Males had a median income of $38,971 versus $26,714 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,889. About 4.0% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Continuing education

Aims Community College

Colorado Christian University (Northern Colorado Center satellite site)

High schools

Harold Ferguson High School

Loveland High School

Mountain View High School

Thompson Valley High School

Middle schools

Bill Reed Middle School

Conrad Ball Middle School

Lucile Erwin Middle School

Walt Clark Middle School

New Vision Charter School

Elementary schools

B.F. Kitchen Elementary School

Big Thompson Elementary School

Carrie Martin Elementary School

Centennial Elementary School

Cottonwood Plains Elementary School

Coyote Ridge Elementary School

Garfield Elementary School

Laurene Edmondson Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School

Mary Blair Elementary School

Monroe Elementary School

Namaqua Elementary School

New Vision Charter School

Ponderosa Elementary School

Sarah Milner Elementary School

Stansberry Elementary School

Truscott Elementary School

Winona Elementary School

Van Buren Elementary School

Private schools

Campion Academy

HMS Richards Adventist School

Immanuel Lutheran School

Heritage Christian Academy

Loveland Protestant Reformed Christian School

Resurrection Christian School

Saint John the Evangelist Catholic School

Seven Oaks Academy & Little Acorns

Transportation

Allegiant Air.com offers regular passenger airplane service into the nearby Fort Collins / Loveland Airport. Denver International Airport, which is to the south, is served by nearly twenty airlines. Loveland can be approached from Denver by car via Interstate 25.

U.S. Highway 34 runs East to West into the mountains through Loveland. It becomes Eisenhower Blvd. in the city, dividing it in half. Loveland's two main zip codes (80538 and 80537) are separated by this highway.

The city bus system in Loveland is called COLT -- City of Loveland Transit.

Loveland is connected to Fort Collins, Berthoud, and Longmont via the FLEX regional bus route.

Atmosphere

The Loveland-Ft Collins metropolitan area has received numerous awards as a great place to live, by Money Magazine, USA Today, AARP the Magazine, and others. There is a large population of artists in Loveland, which has drawn three foundries, an art museum, and the annual sculpture shows in August. Loveland has a reputation as being somewhat conservative in its politics, with a large and active population of Evangelical Christians. The city is a major business center for northern Colorado.

The city is located in the Colorado Front Range region at the base of the foothills just east of the mouth of Big Thompson River Canyon at the intersection of U.S. Highway 34 and U.S. Highway 287. Longs Peak and other mountains of the Front Range are visible from much of the city. Lake Loveland, an early agricultural reservoir in the irrigation system of the region, is located in the city limits and provides a recreational facility for the city residents.

Because of its location along U.S. 34, at one of the principal access routes to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park, Loveland receives a significant amount of pass-through tourist traffic, especially in the summer months. In addition, the city serves as a "bedroom" community to commuters in many directions: to employment locations in Boulder, Westminster and other parts of the Denver Metropolitan area; and also to the college towns of Fort Collins (CSU), Greeley (UNC), and Boulder, (CU).

The Valentine Re-Mailing Program

Loveland is the home of the Valentine Re-Mailing Program. For decades people from across the world have sent their valentines to Loveland, Colorado, to be hand-stamped with a cachet and verse, and a specially designed postal cancelation. A new verse and stamp are selected each year through a contest held by the Loveland Chamber of Commerce and residents can submit their poems and artwork to be judged. On average, this program re-mails more than 160,000 cards from the United States and more than 110 countries. Loveland’s Valentine Re-mailing Program has inspired many other Valentine’s Day programs including the Official Loveland Valentine, Miss Loveland Valentine and the Thompson Valley Rotary Heart’s Program. Information on all these programs is available through the Loveland Chamber of Commerce website. The Loveland Chamber of Commerce and the Loveland Post Office sponsor the Loveland Valentine Re-mailing Program.

Loveland’s Valentine Re-mailing Program began in January 1947 by Ted Thompson and Elmer Ivers, the Loveland postmaster after Ivers received about 30 valentines from individuals requesting to have the cards postmarked from Loveland for, “a romantic extra touch.” The two thought re-mailing valentines would be an opportunity to advertise Loveland, and the Loveland Chamber of Commerce agreed to promote the service. Thompson designed a cachet with the message, “A Valentine Greeting from Sweetheart Town, Loveland, Colorado,” and the image was a heart pierced by an arrow over the Rocky Mountains. The cachet was used twice, then Thompson started the tradition of changing it each year at the request of collectors. Since then, a different verse and design have been used every year.

The public arts program

Loveland has just under 300 pieces of art in its public arts collection. The arts collection consists primarily of sculpture; however, the collection also includes murals and other flat work. Over 100 pieces of the city's sculpture can be found in Loveland's Benson Sculpture Garden.

The ''Sculpture in the Park'' show, hosted by the Loveland High Plains Arts Council, takes place annually in August and exhibits artwork from artists from the United States and the world.

Loveland Chamber of Commerce

The Loveland Chamber of Commerce is a membership-based organization of more than 700 companies and 16,000 individuals in northern Colorado and serves as the driving force for business in Loveland, promoting business and community prosperity. The Chamber promotes business and community prosperity by focusing on four core competencies: connections, visibility, education and advocacy. It plays an important role in advocating for businesses regarding public policy. The Loveland Chamber is one of the founding members of the Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance, along with the Fort Collins and Greeley chambers of commerce. The organization’s mission is to lead and influence local, state and federal policy issues affecting the business interests of northern Colorado. With the assistance of a legislative affairs committee, the Loveland Chamber takes a position on certain legislation and campaigns in the community for or against it.

The Chamber is an essential contributor to the business community by providing an array of events, programs and opportunities to help its investors, both large and small, gain the skills and resources necessary to thrive and prosper in today's economy. The Chamber is responsible for the Old Fashioned Corn Roast Festival, one of Loveland’s largest community festivals and the world famous Loveland Valentine Re-mailing Program in addition to supporting day-to-day events in the Loveland community.

Notable natives and residents

Wayne Allard - Former United States Senator from Colorado

Jeremy Bloom - Olympic skier. Former wide receiver and punt returner at the University of Colorado. Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2006.

Jeff Byers - Offensive Guard for University of Southern California.

Alexi Grewal - Olympic Gold Medalist

Kyle Howard - American film and television actor

Jeff Lucas - Writer/ Broadcaster

Don Marostica - Colorado Director of Economic Development

Marilyn Martinez - Comic

Scot McCloughan - Former San Francisco 49ers general manager

James Niehues - Panoramic illustrator famous for his ski area trail maps

Bucky Bakes - Fashion Designer and Syk Fuk. Lead singer and guitarist for Syc Bois (Yo!)

See also

Colorado municipalities

Loveland Chamber of Commerce

Medical Center of the Rockies

References

External links

CDOT map of the City of Loveland

Loveland Chamber of Commerce

Loveland Reporter-Herald

Category:Populated places in Larimer County, Colorado Category:Cities in Colorado

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Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
name	David Byrne
background	solo_singer
born	May 14, 1952Dumbarton, Scotland, UK
instrument	Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, synthesizer, flute, clavinet, slide guitar, harmonica, autoharp, harmonium, violin, accordion buildings
genre	New Wave, experimental pop, worldbeat, alternative rock
occupation	Musician, Songwriter, artist, singer, actor, director, Film producer, Record producer
years active	1974–present
label	Luaka Bop, Nonesuch Records, Thrill Jockey
associated acts	Talking Heads, Brian Eno, X-Press 2, Fatboy Slim, The BPA
website	Official Website
notable instruments	Fender MustangFender Stratocaster }}

David Byrne (born May 14, 1952) is a Scottish-born, American musician and artist most associated with his role as a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera, and non-fiction. He has received Grammy, Oscar, and Golden Globe awards and been inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Biography

Byrne was born in Dumbarton, Scotland, to Tom and Emma Byrne. He was the elder of two children. Two years later, his parents moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and then to Arbutus, Maryland, when he was 8 or 9 years old. His father worked as an electronics engineer. Before high school, David Byrne already knew how to play the guitar, accordion, and violin. He was rejected from his middle school’s choir because they claimed he was "off-key and too withdrawn." From a young age, Byrne had a strong interest in music. His parents say that he would constantly play his phonograph from age three and he learned how to play the harmonica at age five. In his journals he says, "I was a peculiar young man — borderline Asperger's, I would guess." As revealed by Tina Weymouth in the commentary for the concert film Stop Making Sense, Byrne is left handed but plays guitar right handed.

He graduated from Lansdowne High School in southwest Baltimore County. Byrne started his musical career in a high school duo named Bizadi with Mark Kehoe. Their repertoire consisted mostly of songs such as "April Showers," "96 Tears," "Dancing On The Ceiling," and Frank Sinatra songs. Byrne then attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the Maryland Institute College of Art before dropping out and forming a band called "The Artistics" with fellow RISD student Chris Frantz. The band dissolved within a year, and the two moved to New York together with Frantz's girlfriend Tina Weymouth. Unable to find a bass player in New York, Frantz and Byrne persuaded Weymouth to learn to play the bass guitar. She admits that the encouragement she received from Byrne, Frantz, and famed trumpet player Don Cherry (who lived in their building), was critical as to her grasp of the instrument.

After some practice and playing together they founded the group Talking Heads which had its first gig in 1975. Multi-instrumentalist Jerry Harrison joined the group in 1977. During his time in the band, Byrne took on outside projects, collaborating with Brian Eno in 1981 on the album ''My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'', which attracted considerable critical acclaim and featured a groundbreaking use of sampling.

While working on the film ''True Stories'', Byrne met costume designer Adelle Lutz whom he married in 1987. They have a daughter, Malu Abeni Valentine Byrne, born in 1989. Byrne and Lutz divorced in 2004. Byrne began a relationship with the artist Cindy Sherman in 2007.

Although a resident of the United States since childhood, Byrne is a British citizen, and has never applied for U.S. citizenship. He lives in New York City.

Work in music and film

In 1981, Byrne partnered with choreographer Twyla Tharp, scoring music he wrote that appeared on his album, ''The Catherine Wheel'' for a ballet with the same name, prominently featuring unusual rhythms and lyrics. Productions of ''The Catherine Wheel'' appeared on Broadway that same year. ''In Spite of Wishing and Wanting'' is a soundscape David Byrne produced for the Belgian dance company Ultima Vez.

His work has been extensively used in movie soundtracks, most notably in collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su on Bernardo Bertolucci's ''The Last Emperor'', which won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. In 2004, ''Lead Us Not Into Temptation (music from the film "Young Adam")'' included tracks and musical experiments from his score to ''Young Adam''. Byrne also wrote, directed, and starred in ''True Stories'', a musical collage of discordant Americana released in 1986, as well as producing most of the film's music. Byrne also directed the documentary ''Île Aiye'' and the concert film of his 1992 Latin-tinged tour titled ''Between the Teeth''. He was chiefly responsible for the stage design and choreography of ''Stop Making Sense'' in 1984. Byrne added "Loco de Amor" (Crazy for Love) with Celia Cruz to Jonathan Demme's 1986 film ''Something Wild''.

Byrne wrote the Dirty Dozen Brass Band-inspired score for Robert Wilson's Opera ''The Knee Plays'' from ''The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down''. Some of the music from Byrne's orchestral album ''The Forest'' was originally used in a Wilson-directed theatre piece with the same name. ''The Forest'' premiered at the Theater der Freien Volksbühne, Berlin in 1988. It received its New York premiere in December 1988 at BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The Forestry Maxi-single contained dance and industrial remixes of pieces from ''The Forest'' by Jack Dangers, Rudy Tambala, and Anthony Capel.

Byrne has contributed songs to five AIDS benefit compilation albums produced by the Red Hot Organization: ''Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter'', ''Red Hot + Rio'', ''Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin'', ''Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon'', and ''Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip''. Byrne appeared as a guest vocalist/guitarist for 10,000 Maniacs during their ''MTV Unplugged'' concert, though the songs in which he is featured were cut from their following album. One of them, "Let the Mystery Be", appeared as the fourth track on 10,000 Maniacs' CD single "Few and Far Between". Byrne worked with the "Queen of Tex-Mex", Tejano superstar Selena, writing, producing and singing a song ("God's Child (Baila Conmigo)"), included on Selena's last album, "Dreaming of You", before her death. Byrne was the host of ''Sessions at West 54th'' during its second of three seasons and collaborated with members of Devo and Morcheeba to record the album ''Feelings'' in 1997.

In 2008 Byrne collaborated with The Brighton Port Authority, composing the music and singing the lyrics for "Toe Jam".

In May 2011 Byrne contributed backing vocals to the Arcade Fire track "Speaking in Tongues" which will appear on the deluxe edition of their 2011 album The Suburbs

Other work

Byrne founded the world music record label Luaka Bop in 1990. It was originally created to release Latin American compilations, but it has grown to include music from Cuba, Africa, the Far East and beyond, releasing the work of artists such as Cornershop, Os Mutantes, Los De Abajo, Jim White, Zap Mama, Tom Zé, Los Amigos Invisibles and King Chango.

Byrne is also a visual artist whose work has been shown in contemporary art galleries and museums around the world since the 1990s. Represented by the Pace/MacGill Gallery in New York, he has also created public art installations, many of them anonymously. In 2010 his original art work is due to be featured in the exhibition ''The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl'' at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

Cycling

Byrne is known for his activism in support of increased cycling, and for having used a bike as his main means of transport for most of his life, especially cycling around New York. He has a regular cycling column in the ''New York Times''.

He says that he cycled when he was in high school and returned to it as an adult in the late 1970s. He likes the freedom and exhilarating feeling cycling gives him. He has written widely on cycling, including a 2009 book, ''Bicycle Diaries''. In August 2009, he auctioned his Montague folding bike in order to raise money for the London Cycling Campaign.

In 2008, Byrne designed a series of innovative bicycle parking racks in the form of image outlines corresponding to the areas in which they were located, such as a dollar sign for Wall Street and an electric guitar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Byrne worked with a manufacturer that would construct the racks in exchange for the chance to sell them later as artworks, and the racks remained on the streets for about a year.

Musical activity since 2001

In 2001 a censored version of Byrne's single “Like Humans Do” was selected by Microsoft as the sample music for Windows XP to demonstrate Windows Media Player (not included in SP2 installs). The next year, he provided vocals for a track, "Lazy" by X-Press 2, which reached number 2 in the United Kingdom and number 1 on the U.S. Dance Charts. Byrne said in an interview in BBC Four Sessions's coverage of his Union Chapel performance that “Lazy” was number 1 in Syria.

In April 2003, Byrne appeared as himself in an episode of ''The Simpsons'', "Dude, Where's My Ranch?". Later in the year, Byrne released the book ''Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information'' (ISBN 3-88243-907-6). together with a companion DVD. The work included artwork composed entirely in Microsoft PowerPoint. It includes one image that depicts, according to Byrne, "Dan Rather's profile. Expanded to the nth degree. Taken to infinity. Overlaid on the back of Patrick Stewart's head."

Byrne's solo album, ''Grown Backwards'', was released on March 16, 2004 by Nonesuch Records. This album used orchestral string arrangements, and includes two operatic arias. He also launched a North American and Australian tour with the Tosca Strings. This tour ended with Los Angeles, San Diego and New York shows in August 2005. The following year, his singing was featured on "The Heart's a Lonely Hunter" on ''The Cosmic Game'' by Thievery Corporation.

In 2005, Byrne initiated his own internet radio station, Radio David Byrne. Each month, Byrne posts a playlist of music he likes, linked by themes or genres. Byrne's playlists have included African popular music; Country music classics; Vox Humana; Classical opera, and film scores from Italian movies. Byrne also posts personal comments on the music and, occasionally, on the state of the recorded music industry. In July 2007, Byrne posted the following comment: }}

Returning to this work in the theatre, in late 2005 Byrne and Fatboy Slim began work on ''Here Lies Love'', a disco opera or song cycle about the life of Imelda Marcos, the controversial former First Lady of the Philippines. Some music from this piece was debuted at Adelaide Festival of Arts in Australia in February 2006 and the following year at Carnegie Hall on February 3, 2007.

Byrne and Eno's influential 1981 album ''My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'' was re-released for its 25th anniversary in early 2006, with new bonus tracks. In keeping with the spirit of the original album, two of the songs' component tracks were released under Creative Commons licenses and a remix contest site was launched. Later that same year, Byrne released ''Arboretum'', a sketchbook facsimile of his Tree Drawings, published by McSweeney's. He also had an exhibition of his chairs — drawings, photographs, sculptures, and embroideries — at Pace/MacGill Gallery, NYC. In 2007, David Byrne provided a cover of The Fiery Furnaces' song "Ex-Guru" for a compilation to celebrate the 15th birthday of Thrill Jockey, a Chicago-based label.

In April 2008, Byrne took part in the Paul Simon retrospective concert series at BAM performing "You Can Call Me Al" and "I Know What I Know" from Simon's ''Graceland'' album. In 2008, Byrne and his production team programmed the Battery Maritime Building, a 99-year-old ferry terminal in Manhattan, to play music. Essentially Byrne took the old New York City building, hooked the entire structure - pipes, heaters, pillars and all, electronically to an old pipe organ, and made a playable musical instrument of it, for a piece called "Playing the Building". This project was also installed in 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden, and at the London Roundhouse in 2009. It bears similarities to a series of installations performed by New Zealand and Detroit based artists Alastair Galbraith and Matt De Genaro, recorded on their 1998 record ''Wire Music'' and 2006 follow-up ''Long Wires in Dark Museums, Vol. 2''. Byrne says that the point in this project was to allow people to experience art first hand, by creating the music with the organ, rather than simply looking at it. Byrne and Eno reunited for 2008's ''Everything That Happens Will Happen Today'' and Byrne assembled a band to tour the album and other collaborations between the two through late 2008. He assembled a band to tour worldwide for the album for a six-month period from late 2008 through early 2009 on the Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour. The day after that album was released, ''Big Love: Hymnal'' - his soundtrack to season two of ''Big Love'' was made available. These two albums constituted the first releases on his personal independent record label Todo Mundo. In the same year, Byrne performed at the Austin City Limits festival.

He is featured on the tracks "Money" and "The People Tree", on N.A.S.A.'s 2009 album ''The Spirit of Apollo''. Also in 2009, David Byrne appeared on HIV/AIDS charity album ''Dark Was the Night'' for Red Hot Organization. He collaborated with Dirty Projectors on the song "Knotty Pine". In the same year, Byrne performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. He also was a signator of a letter protesting the decision of the Toronto International Film Festival to choose Tel Aviv as the subject of its inaugural City-to-City Spotlight strand.

In 2010, David Byrne songs were featured on the soundtrack of Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

Works by David Byrne

Selected discography

''My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'' (with Brian Eno) (1981)

''Rei Momo'' (1989)

''The Forest'' (1991)

''Uh-Oh'' (1992)

''David Byrne'' (1994)

''Feelings'' (1997)

''Look into the Eyeball'' (2001)

''Grown Backwards'' (2004)

''Everything That Happens Will Happen Today'' (with Brian Eno) (2008)

Books

''True Stories'' (1986)

''Strange Ritual, Chronicle Books'' (1995)

''Your Action World'' (1999)

''The New Sins (Los Nuevos Pecados)'' (2001)

''David Byrne Asks You: What Is It?'' Smart Art Press (2002)

''Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information'' with DVD (2003)

''Arboretum'', (2006)

''Bicycle Diaries'' (2009)

Film

''Stop Making Sense'' - concert movie from Talking Heads tour (1984)

''True Stories'' (1986)

''Ile Aiye'' (''The house of life'') - Documentary (1989)

''Here Lies Love'' - with concept album in collaboration with Norman Cook (released 2010)

''Ride, Rise, Roar'' - music documentary of his concert tour with Brian Eno (released 2010)

''This Must Be the Place'' - 2011

References

Further reading

Sytze Steenstra: ''Song and Circumstance. The Work of David Byrne from Talking Heads to the Present''. New York and London: Continuum Books, 2010.

John Howell: ''David Byrne''. (American Originals Series) New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1992.

Ian Gittin: ''Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime: The Stories Behind Every Song''.

External links

Byrne, Baby Byrne, Guernica Magazine's Michael Archer interviews David Byrne

TED talk: ''How architecture helped music evolve''. Feb 2010

His journal

David Byrne Carl Jung Lecture

We Are The Noise Between Stations: A philosophical exploration of the work of David Byrne, at the crossroads of popular media, conceptual art, and performance theatre''. Maastricht: Mixed Media, 2003.

The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl

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Coordinates	37°46′45.48″N122°25′9.12″N
Name	Tatsurō Yamashita
Background	solo_singer
Born	February 04, 1953
Origin	Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tōkyō-to, Japan
Genre	Adult contemporary, rock, pop, R&B;, funk, kayōkyoku |
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, record producer
years active	1973 - present
instrument	Vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion
Label	AIR, Moon, Niagara, Elec, RCA, RVC, Warner Music Japan, Nippon Columbia, EastWest Japan, MMG
Associated acts	Sugar Babe
Website	www.smile-co.co.jp/tats/ }}

(occasionally credited to Tatsu Yamashita or Tats Yamashita, born February 4, 1953) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and record producer. He has been known by his musical style deeply influenced from 1960s American pop and rock music.

Yamashita is best known for the song "Christmas Eve", which was initially appeared on his album ''Melodies'' in 1983 and later became a hit throughout the decades. It is considered one of the standard Japanese Christmas songs, winning the Special Prize at the 45th Japan Record Awards 20 years after its release.

Career

In 1973, Yamashita formed the band Sugar Babe with the musicians including Taeko Onuki and Kunio Muramatsu, and released their sole album ''Songs'' two years later. After the group disbanded in 1976, Yamashita signed to RCA and launched his own career, with release of the solo album ''Circus Town''. Following 1979 award-winning album ''Moonglow'' gained moderate success, Yamashita rose to fame. In 1980, his song "Ride on Time" peaked at #3 on the Japanese Oricon, and the same-titled album topped the chart subsequently.

As a solo artist, Yamashita has released 17 studio albums, 2 live albums, multiple compilations and over 40 singles. He has been one of the most commercially successful Japanese male solo recording artists in the history of the Japanese album chart, selling approximately 9 million copies albums in total. He also composed for films or television commercials, and worked on the records by other artists. Particularly, he is successful as a musical collaborator for Mariya Takeuchi, who married him in 1982 and had a daughter.

Discography

Studio albums

{|class="wikitable" !Year !Album !Chart positions(JP) !Label !Notes |- |1976 |''Circus Town'' |align="center"|27 |rowspan="4" align="center"|RVC/RCA |rowspan="3"|Peaked the chart at the time of 2002 reissue |- |1977 |''Spacy'' |align="center"|29 |- |1978 |''Go Ahead!'' |align="center"|25 |- |1979 |''Moonglow'' |align="center"|20 | |- |rowspan="2"|1980 |''Ride on Time'' |align="center"|1 |rowspan="3" align="center"|RVC/AIR |- |''On the Street Corner 1'' |align="center"|13 |Expanded edition was reissued in later years |- |1982 |''For You'' |align="center"|1 |- |1983 |''Melodies'' |align="center"|1 |rowspan="5" align="center"|Alfa Moon | |- |1984 |''Big Wave'' |align="center"|2 |Soundtrack for the same-titled motion picture |- |rowspan="2"|1986 |''Pocket Music'' |align="center"|1 | |- |''On the Street Corner 2'' |align="center"|3 | |- |1988 | |align="center"|1 | |- |1991 |''Artisan'' |align="center"|1 |rowspan="2" align="center"|Moon/MMG | |- |1993 |''Season's Greetings'' |align="center"|4 |align="center"|Christmas Album |- |1998 |''Cozy'' |align="center"|1 |rowspan="3" align="center"|Moon/Warner | |- |1999 |''On the Street Corner 3'' |align="center"|4 | |- |2005 |''Sonorite'' |align="center"|2 | |- |2011 |''Ray of Hope'' |align="center"|1 | |- |}

Albums recorded with other musicians

{|class="wikitable" !Year !Album !Chart positions(JP) !Label !Notes |- |1975 |''Songs'' |align="center"|3 |align="center"|Elec/Niagara |

The only studio album by the band Sugar Babe

Peaked the chart at the time of 1994 reissue

|- |1976 |''Niagara Triangle Vol.1''(with Ei-ichi Ōtaki and Ginji Ito) |align="center"|63 |align="center"|Niagara/Columbia |

Peaked the chart at the time of reissue

|- |}

Albums recorded with other musicians

{|class="wikitable" !Year !Album !Chart positions(JP) !Label !Notes |- |1975 |''Songs'' |align="center"|3 |align="center"|Elec/Niagara |

The only studio album by the band Sugar Babe

Peaked the chart at the time of 1994 reissue

|- |1976 |''Niagara Triangle Vol.1''(with Ei-ichi Ōtaki and Ginji Ito) |align="center"|63 |align="center"|Niagara/Columbia |

Peaked the chart at the time of reissue

|- |}

Live albums

{|class="wikitable" !Year !Album !Chart positions(JP) !Label !Notes |- |1978 |''It's a Poppin' Time'' |align="center"|28 |align="center"|RCA/Air |Peaked the chart at the time of 2002 reissue |- |1989 |''Joy: Tatsuro Yamashita Live'' |align="center"|3 |align="center"|Alfa Moon |Double album |- |}

Compilation albums

{|class="wikitable" !Year !Album !Chart positions(JP) !Label !Notes |- |1980 |''Tatsuro from Niagara'' |align="center"|37 |rowspan="center"|Niagara/Columbia |Peaked the chart at the time of 2009 reissue |- |1982 |''Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita'' |align="center"|2 |rowspan="8" align="center"|RVC/AIR | |- |rowspan="2" align="center"|1984 |''Come Along II'' |align="center"|8 | |- |''Come Along'' |align="center"|32 | |- |1985 |''Tatsuro Collection'' |align="center"|35 | |- |rowspan="2" align="center"|1986 |''Ballad for You'' |align="center"|37 | |- |''Rock'n Funk Tatsu'' |align="center"|59 | |- |rowspan="2" align="center"|1990 |''Best Pack I (1976–1979)'' |align="center"|— | |- |''Best Pack II (1979–1982)'' |align="center"|— | |- |1995 |''Treasures'' |align="center"|1 |align="center"|Moon/East West | |- |2002 |''Rarities'' |align="center"|1 |align="center"|Moon/Warner | |- |}

Other releases

Following materials are not marketed to the record retailers, though they have been available via mail order to his official fan club. {|class="wikitable" !Album !Label !Footnotes |- |''Add Some Music to Your Day'' |rowspan="4" align="center"|Wild Honey |

Cover album that Yamashita and his friends produced and released independently in 1972

|- |''The Works of Tatsuro Yamashita Vol.1'' |

Compilation comprises his compositions written for other artists

|- |''Tatsuro Yamashita CM Collection Vol.1'' |rowspan="2"|

Compilation comprises materials originally used in the advertisements and never issued on his official releases

|- |''Tatsuro Yamashita CM Collection Vol.2'' |- |}

Singles

{|class="wikitable" !Year !A-Side !B-Side(s) / Double A-Side

!Chart positions(JP) !Label !Notes |- |1975 |"Downtown"(written and sung by Tatsuro Yamashita) |"" (written and sung by Taeko Ōnuki) |align="center"| — |align="center"|Elec/Niagara |Sugar Babe's only single |- |1976 |"" |"Dreaming Day" |align="center"| — |align="center"|Columbia/Niagara |Collaboration with Ei-ichi Ōtaki and Ginji Ito |- |rowspan="3"|1979 |"Let's Dance Baby" |"Bomber" |align="center"|— |align="center" rowspan="2"|RVC/RCA | |- |" (Let's Kiss the Sun)" |"" |align="center"|— | |- |"" |"Funky Flushin'" |align="center"|— |align="center" rowspan="4"|RVC/AIR |- |rowspan="2"|1980 |"Ride on Time" |"Rainy Talk" |align="center"|3 | |- |"My Sugar Babe" |"Daydream" |align="center"|90 | |- |1982 |"" |"Music Book" |align="center"|12 | |- |rowspan="3"|1983 |"" |"Darlin'" |align="center"|17 |align="center" rowspan="11"|Alfa Moon | |- |"" |"Please Let Me Wonder" |align="center"|34 | |- |"" |"White Christmas" |align="center"|44 |12-inch single |- |1984 |"The Theme from Big Wave" |"I Love You (Part I & II)" |align="center"|23 | |- |rowspan="2"|1985 |"" |"" [Live version] |align="center"|12 | |- |"" |"Mermaid" |align="center"|22 | |- |1986 |"" |"White Christmas" |align="center"|1 |Reissue, topped the chart in 1989 |- |1987 |"" |"You Make Me Feel Brand New" |align="center"|19 |- |1988 |"Get Back in Love" |"First Luck ()" |align="center"|6 | |- |rowspan="2"|1989 |"" |"The Girl in White" |align="center"|76 | |- |"" |"" [Live version] |align="center"|22 | |- |1990 |"Endless Game" |"The Theme from Big Wave" [Live version] |align="center"|5 |align="center" rowspan="8"|MMG/Moon | |- |rowspan="2"|1991 |"" |"Morning Shine" |align="center"|12 | |- |" -Turner's Steamroller-" |"Only with You" [Live version] |align="center"|30 | |- |1992 |"" |"Blow" |align="center"|18 | |- |rowspan="2"|1993 |"Magic Touch" |"I Do" |align="center"|17 | |- |"Jungle Swing" |Medley: "Bella Notte"/"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" |align="center"|22 | |- |1994 |"Parade" |"Downtown" |align="center"|29 | |- |1995 |"" |"" [Live version] |align="center"|24 | |- |rowspan="2"|1996 |" -Stand in the Light-" |"" [Live version] |align="center"|23 |align="center" rowspan="2"|Eastwest/Moon |Duet with Melissa Manchester |- |"Dreaming Girl" |"" [Live version] |align="center"|25 | |- |rowspan="3"|1998 |"" |— |align="center"|10 |align="center" rowspan="8"|Warner/Moon | |- |"" |"" |align="center"|12 | |- |"" |"White Christmas" |align="center"|56 |Reissue |- |rowspan="2"|1999 |"" |"Blow" |align="center"|88 |Reissue |- |"Love Can Go the Distance" |"When You Wish Upon a Star" |align="center"|18 | |- |rowspan="2"|2000 |"" |"" [Live version] |align="center"|20 | |- |"" |"White Christmas" / "Christmas Eve" [English lyrics ver.] |align="center"|6 |Reissue |- |2001 |"" |"So Much in Love" [Remix] |align="center"|15 | |- |2002 |"Loveland, Island" |"Your Eyes" |align="center"|26 |align="center" rowspan="2"|BMG/AIR | |- |rowspan="3"|2003 |"Ride on Time" |"" |align="center"|13 |Reissue |- |"" [2003 New Vocal Remix] |"Phoenix" |align="center"|16 |align="center" rowspan="8"|Warner/Moon | |- |"" |"White Christmas" / "Christmas Eve" [English ver, remix] |align="center"|47 |Reissue |- |2004 |"" |"" |align="center"|14 | |- |rowspan="3"|2005 |"Forever Mine" |"Midas Touch" |align="center"|8 | |- |"" |— |align="center"|29 | |- |"" |"" |align="center"|49 | |- |2008 |"" |"Angel of the Light" / "La Vie en rose" |align="center"|4 | |- |2009 |"" |"Muse" / "" [Live version] |align="center"|8 | |- |2010 |"" |"" |align="center"| | |- |}

Awards

Year	Title	Category	Personnel
			(Performer, composer, arranger and producer: Yamashita / lyricist: Minako Yoshida)
			(Performer, arranger, producer: Yamashita)
			(Performer, composer, arranger and producer: Yamashita / lyricist: Minako Yoshida)
	align="left"	Best 10 Albums	(Songwriter, producer, arranger, performer: Yamashita)
			(Songwriter, producer, arranger, performer: Yamashita)
			(Songwriter, producer, arranger, performer: Yamashita)
			(Songwriter, producer, arranger, performer: Yamashita)
			(Producer and arranger: Yamashita / Performer and songwriter: Mariya Takeuchi)
			(Songwriter, producer, arranger, performer: Yamashita)

Year	Song	Category	Personnel
1994 (9th)			(Producer and arranger: Yamashita / Songwriter and performer: Mariya Takeuchi / arranger: Katsuhisa Hattori / recording engineer: Yasuo Sato)
1998 (13th)			(Songwriter, producer, arranger, performer: Yamashita)

References

External links

Official website (Japanese)

Artist Page in Warner Music Japan

Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:Japanese singer-songwriters Category:Japanese male singers Category:Japanese record producers Category:People from Tokyo

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