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- Duration: 21:09
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- published: 27 Apr 2012
- views: 30314
- author: EMILIOMARENGO
Arif Mardin - Forms (1974)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:56
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from his '74 LP Journey producer, arranger and record company executive born Istanbul 15 March 1932 married (one son, one daughter) died New York 25 June 200...
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- Duration: 4:03
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From the album "Journey". Atlantic, 1974.
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From the album "Journey". Atlantic, 1974.
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- Duration: 4:44
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Atlantic Records Orchestra.
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Honoring Arif Mardin - Interview with Barry Gibb & Joe Mardin
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- Duration: 9:55
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- published: 21 Jul 2010
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A JazzMan Dean Upload - Arif Mardin - Flight - Jazz Fusion
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![Arif Mardin - Street Scenes (Parade) - 1974 [Jazz-Funk]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130522113627im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bPrcfSZ-CrM/default.jpg "Arif Mardin - Street Scenes (Parade) - 1974 [Jazz-Funk]")
Arif Mardin - Street Scenes (Parade) - 1974 [Jazz-Funk]
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- Duration: 4:59
- Updated: 02 May 2013
From "Journey" album (Atlantic, 1974)
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mardinli arif
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World Premiere: All My Friends Are Here [The Arif Mardin Story] Panel [#2]
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- Duration: 7:23
- Updated: 22 Dec 2010
On Wednesday, June 15th Joe Mardin, son of famed Atlantic arranger and composer, Arif Mardin debuted this movie about his father's life. After the screening ...
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On Wednesday, June 15th Joe Mardin, son of famed Atlantic arranger and composer, Arif Mardin debuted this movie about his father's life. After the screening ...
- published: 18 Jun 2010
- views: 314
- author: Sam Frank
ARIF MARDIN - SITTIN' ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY
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- Duration: 3:33
- Updated: 25 Apr 2013
Atlantic Records Orchestra Arr&Cond-A.Mardin.;
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Atlantic Records Orchestra Arr&Cond-A.Mardin.;
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- views: 69
- author: W.P.Harry Schouten
Arif Mardin - Glass Onion 1969. ☮ ♥♫☼ Share By Gürol Erkan
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- Duration: 2:45
- Updated: 20 Apr 2013
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Arif Mardin - Glass Onion . Great Rock Comment Track 69. THANKS FOR LISTENER.
- published: 30 Oct 2010
- views: 2711
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Produser Arif Mardin: ölümündən sonra
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 22 Dec 2010
Oğlu onun yarımçıq qoyub getdiyi albomunu Atalar günündə produserin xatirəsinə hədiyyə edib.
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Oğlu onun yarımçıq qoyub getdiyi albomunu Atalar günündə produserin xatirəsinə hədiyyə edib.
- published: 30 Jun 2010
- views: 207
- author: VOAazerbaijani
![World Premiere: All My Friends Are Here [The Arif Mardin Story] Panel [#1]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130522113627im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AoiIKahrFrI/default.jpg "World Premiere: All My Friends Are Here [The Arif Mardin Story] Panel [#1]")
World Premiere: All My Friends Are Here [The Arif Mardin Story] Panel [#1]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:07
- Updated: 05 Nov 2010
On Wednesday, June 15th Joe Mardin, son of famed Atlantic arranger and composer, Arif Mardin debuted this movie about his father's life. After the screening ...
http://wn.com/World_Premiere_All_My_Friends_Are_Here_The_Arif_Mardin_Story_Panel_1_
On Wednesday, June 15th Joe Mardin, son of famed Atlantic arranger and composer, Arif Mardin debuted this movie about his father's life. After the screening ...
- published: 17 Jun 2010
- views: 917
- author: Sam Frank
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The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story (EPK)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:40
- Updated: 15 Apr 2013
Aretha Franklin's Until You Come Back To Me, the Bee Gees' Jive Talkin, Norah Jones' Don't Know Why, Chaka Khan's I Feel For You, Bette Midler's Wind Beneath...
http://wn.com/The_Greatest_Ears_in_Town_The_Arif_Mardin_Story_EPK
Aretha Franklin's Until You Come Back To Me, the Bee Gees' Jive Talkin, Norah Jones' Don't Know Why, Chaka Khan's I Feel For You, Bette Midler's Wind Beneath...
- published: 17 Oct 2012
- views: 1369
- author: Arif Mardin
Pick Up The Pieces ARIF MARDIN conducts PHIL COLLINS BIG BAND & Soloists
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:09
- Updated: 17 May 2013
The Phil Collins Big Band at Montreux Jazz Festival, on July 14, 1998. After four numbers, Claude Nobs announced a tribute to Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlan...
http://wn.com/Pick_Up_The_Pieces_ARIF_MARDIN_conducts_PHIL_COLLINS_BIG_BAND_Soloists
The Phil Collins Big Band at Montreux Jazz Festival, on July 14, 1998. After four numbers, Claude Nobs announced a tribute to Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlan...
- published: 27 Apr 2012
- views: 30314
- author: EMILIOMARENGO
Honoring Arif Mardin - Interview with Barry Gibb & Joe Mardin
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:55
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Joe Mardin and Barry Gibb honor famous producer, composure and arranger Arif Mardin for his profound talent and inspirational encouragement of the Artists th...
http://wn.com/Honoring_Arif_Mardin_Interview_with_Barry_Gibb_Joe_Mardin
Joe Mardin and Barry Gibb honor famous producer, composure and arranger Arif Mardin for his profound talent and inspirational encouragement of the Artists th...
- published: 21 Jul 2010
- views: 9027
- author: AmericanVocalAcademy
Arif Mardin - "Dark Alleys"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:03
- Updated: 10 May 2013
From the album "Journey". Atlantic, 1974.
http://wn.com/Arif_Mardin_Dark_Alleys
From the album "Journey". Atlantic, 1974.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 5732
- author: myvinylweighsaton79
New Album a Tribute to the Late Arif Mardin
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:05
- Updated: 28 Aug 2012
Grammy-award winning producer Arif Mardin died in 2006 after being diagnosed with cancer a year earlier. Now, four years after his death -- and through a lov...
http://wn.com/New_Album_a_Tribute_to_the_Late_Arif_Mardin
Grammy-award winning producer Arif Mardin died in 2006 after being diagnosed with cancer a year earlier. Now, four years after his death -- and through a lov...
- published: 29 Jun 2010
- views: 1251
- author: VOAvideo
Arif Mardin - Forms (1974)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:56
- Updated: 02 May 2013
from his '74 LP Journey producer, arranger and record company executive born Istanbul 15 March 1932 married (one son, one daughter) died New York 25 June 200...
http://wn.com/Arif_Mardin_Forms_1974
from his '74 LP Journey producer, arranger and record company executive born Istanbul 15 March 1932 married (one son, one daughter) died New York 25 June 200...
- published: 22 Aug 2010
- views: 3657
- author: Sam Buddy
BEE GEES & ARIF MARDIN -40 Years Atlantic Records-
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:00
- Updated: 10 May 2013
Rehearsel.
http://wn.com/BEE_GEES_ARIF_MARDIN_-40_Years_Atlantic_Records-
Arif Mardin TEC Hall of Fame Tribute 2005
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:33
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
Tribute video to Arif Mardin, TEC Hall of Fame inductee, produced by Jeff Scheftel and presented at the 2005 TEC Awards show in New York.
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- published: 31 Jan 2010
- views: 3117
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Arif Mardin Glass Onion
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:47
- Updated: 12 May 2013
I do not own the copyright to this recording. This video is for historical and educational purposes Composed by John Lennon & Paul McCartney Arranged & direc...
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I do not own the copyright to this recording. This video is for historical and educational purposes Composed by John Lennon & Paul McCartney Arranged & direc...
- published: 15 Jun 2011
- views: 3233
- author: MrBeatlesCovers
Arif Mardin - Dark Alleys - Love On A Rainy Afternoon
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:07
- Updated: 07 May 2013
1974.
http://wn.com/Arif_Mardin_Dark_Alleys_Love_On_A_Rainy_Afternoon
Arif Mardin - Strange Brew
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:16
- Updated: 08 Apr 2013
1969.
http://wn.com/Arif_Mardin_Strange_Brew
ARIF MARDIN - MIDNIGHT WALK (Arif Mardin) Atlantic Records
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:44
- Updated: 14 May 2013
Atlantic Records Orchestra.
http://wn.com/ARIF_MARDIN_MIDNIGHT_WALK_Arif_Mardin_Atlantic_Records
A JazzMan Dean Upload - Arif Mardin - Flight - Jazz Fusion
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:43
- Updated: 29 May 2012
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- published: 26 Feb 2012
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World Premiere: All My Friends Are Here [The Arif Mardin Story] Panel [#1]
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On Wednesday, June 15th Joe Mardin, son of famed Atlantic arranger and composer, Arif Mardin debuted this movie about his father's life. After the screening ...
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On Wednesday, June 15th Joe Mardin, son of famed Atlantic arranger and composer, Arif Mardin debuted this movie about his father's life. After the screening ...
- published: 17 Jun 2010
- views: 917
- author: Sam Frank
Arif Mardin - Street Scenes (Parade) - 1974 [Jazz-Funk]
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From "Journey" album (Atlantic, 1974)
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Arif Mardin Atlantic Orchestra - Proud Mary (Atlantic)
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- Updated: 05 Apr 2013
Big Band.
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Arif Mardin, Oğlu Joe Mardin'in Girişimiyle Yine Müzikseverlerin Karşısında
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- Updated: 19 Jan 2013
2006 yılında kansere yenik düşen ünlü müzik yapımcısı Arif Mardin, oğlu Joe Yusuf Mardin'in girişimiyle bir kez daha müzik dünyasına katkıda bulunuyor. Kendi...
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2006 yılında kansere yenik düşen ünlü müzik yapımcısı Arif Mardin, oğlu Joe Yusuf Mardin'in girişimiyle bir kez daha müzik dünyasına katkıda bulunuyor. Kendi...
- published: 07 Jun 2010
- views: 1271
- author: voaturkce
Herbie Mann & Duane Allman - Push Push
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- Duration: 10:06
- Updated: 16 May 2013
Herbie Mann Push Push 1971 Other performers:Duane Allman (guitar) Cornell Dupree (guitar) David Spinozza (guitar) Gene Bianca (harp) Richard Tee (piano, elec...
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- published: 07 May 2013
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ARIF MARDIN ORCH. - LISTEN HERE(Eddie Harris) Atlantic Records
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- Updated: 30 Mar 2013
Big Band JAZZ.
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Interview with Arif Mirza, CEO of UniqueAuction.ae
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- Duration: 10:16
- Updated: 15 Apr 2013
An interview with Arif Mirza, founder of http://www.UniqueAuction.ae/. Unique Auction allows you to bid for a product or service and win it for less than 1 %...
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An interview with Arif Mirza, founder of http://www.UniqueAuction.ae/. Unique Auction allows you to bid for a product or service and win it for less than 1 %...
- published: 09 Feb 2012
- views: 1192
- author: Amir Anzur
Eric Dolphy plays the Stranger ( Arif Mardin )
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- Updated: 28 Mar 2013
one of the best solos ever played by Eric Dolphy on alto sax - absolute genius here - he recorded this with the John Lewis orchestra and the tune was compose...
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- published: 25 Apr 2011
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- author: Manga Charlus
Raul Midon 2007 interview (part 4)
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- Duration: 4:09
- Updated: 29 Aug 2012
Raul about Classic rock, Woodstock, Shakira, J-Lo, Pick Somebody Up More video's: http://www.FaceCulture.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/_FaceCulture Fac...
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- published: 29 Aug 2012
- views: 20
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5:40
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story (EPK)
Aretha Franklin's Until You Come Back To Me, the Bee Gees' Jive Talkin, Norah Jones' Don't...
published: 17 Oct 2012
author: Arif Mardin
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story (EPK)
Aretha Franklin's Until You Come Back To Me, the Bee Gees' Jive Talkin, Norah Jones' Don't Know Why, Chaka Khan's I Feel For You, Bette Midler's Wind Beneath...
- published: 17 Oct 2012
- views: 1369
- author: Arif Mardin
21:09
Pick Up The Pieces ARIF MARDIN conducts PHIL COLLINS BIG BAND & Soloists
The Phil Collins Big Band at Montreux Jazz Festival, on July 14, 1998. After four numbers,...
published: 27 Apr 2012
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Pick Up The Pieces ARIF MARDIN conducts PHIL COLLINS BIG BAND & Soloists
The Phil Collins Big Band at Montreux Jazz Festival, on July 14, 1998. After four numbers, Claude Nobs announced a tribute to Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlan...
- published: 27 Apr 2012
- views: 30314
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9:55
Honoring Arif Mardin - Interview with Barry Gibb & Joe Mardin
Joe Mardin and Barry Gibb honor famous producer, composure and arranger Arif Mardin for hi...
published: 21 Jul 2010
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Honoring Arif Mardin - Interview with Barry Gibb & Joe Mardin
Joe Mardin and Barry Gibb honor famous producer, composure and arranger Arif Mardin for his profound talent and inspirational encouragement of the Artists th...
- published: 21 Jul 2010
- views: 9027
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4:03
Arif Mardin - "Dark Alleys"
From the album "Journey". Atlantic, 1974....
published: 21 Jul 2011
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Arif Mardin - "Dark Alleys"
From the album "Journey". Atlantic, 1974.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
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5:05
New Album a Tribute to the Late Arif Mardin
Grammy-award winning producer Arif Mardin died in 2006 after being diagnosed with cancer a...
published: 29 Jun 2010
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New Album a Tribute to the Late Arif Mardin
Grammy-award winning producer Arif Mardin died in 2006 after being diagnosed with cancer a year earlier. Now, four years after his death -- and through a lov...
- published: 29 Jun 2010
- views: 1251
- author: VOAvideo
3:56
Arif Mardin - Forms (1974)
from his '74 LP Journey producer, arranger and record company executive born Istanbul 15 M...
published: 22 Aug 2010
author: Sam Buddy
Arif Mardin - Forms (1974)
from his '74 LP Journey producer, arranger and record company executive born Istanbul 15 March 1932 married (one son, one daughter) died New York 25 June 200...
- published: 22 Aug 2010
- views: 3657
- author: Sam Buddy
6:00
BEE GEES & ARIF MARDIN -40 Years Atlantic Records-
Rehearsel....
published: 25 Mar 2012
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BEE GEES & ARIF MARDIN -40 Years Atlantic Records-
Rehearsel.
- published: 25 Mar 2012
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3:33
Arif Mardin TEC Hall of Fame Tribute 2005
Tribute video to Arif Mardin, TEC Hall of Fame inductee, produced by Jeff Scheftel and pre...
published: 31 Jan 2010
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Arif Mardin TEC Hall of Fame Tribute 2005
Tribute video to Arif Mardin, TEC Hall of Fame inductee, produced by Jeff Scheftel and presented at the 2005 TEC Awards show in New York.
- published: 31 Jan 2010
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2:47
Arif Mardin Glass Onion
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published: 15 Jun 2011
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Arif Mardin Glass Onion
I do not own the copyright to this recording. This video is for historical and educational purposes Composed by John Lennon & Paul McCartney Arranged & direc...
- published: 15 Jun 2011
- views: 3233
- author: MrBeatlesCovers
8:07
Arif Mardin - Dark Alleys - Love On A Rainy Afternoon
1974....
published: 18 Jun 2011
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Arif Mardin - Dark Alleys - Love On A Rainy Afternoon
1974.
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4:16
Arif Mardin - Strange Brew
1969....
published: 13 Sep 2012
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Arif Mardin - Strange Brew
1969.
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4:44
ARIF MARDIN - MIDNIGHT WALK (Arif Mardin) Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records Orchestra....
published: 08 Jan 2013
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ARIF MARDIN - MIDNIGHT WALK (Arif Mardin) Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records Orchestra.
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6:43
A JazzMan Dean Upload - Arif Mardin - Flight - Jazz Fusion
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9:07
World Premiere: All My Friends Are Here [The Arif Mardin Story] Panel [#1]
On Wednesday, June 15th Joe Mardin, son of famed Atlantic arranger and composer, Arif Mard...
published: 17 Jun 2010
author: Sam Frank
World Premiere: All My Friends Are Here [The Arif Mardin Story] Panel [#1]
On Wednesday, June 15th Joe Mardin, son of famed Atlantic arranger and composer, Arif Mardin debuted this movie about his father's life. After the screening ...
- published: 17 Jun 2010
- views: 917
- author: Sam Frank
Vimeo results:
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"The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story" trailer
Grammy nominated feature documentary
directed and produced by Joe Mardin and Doug Biro...
published: 18 Mar 2011
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"The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story" trailer
Grammy nominated feature documentary
directed and produced by Joe Mardin and Doug Biro
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Waiting for Arif
Directed by Didem Yilmaz-Hart
2006 Short Documentary about Latife Mardin, wife of Arif Mar...
published: 02 Jun 2012
author: Suat Kutlug
Waiting for Arif
Directed by Didem Yilmaz-Hart
2006 Short Documentary about Latife Mardin, wife of Arif Mardin of Atlantic Records.
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Lulu - People In Love
"New Routes", 1970. Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, & Arif Mardin....
published: 06 Dec 2011
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Lulu - People In Love
"New Routes", 1970. Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, & Arif Mardin.
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Lulu - Saved
"Melody Fair", 1970. Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, & Arif Mardin....
published: 06 Dec 2011
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Lulu - Saved
"Melody Fair", 1970. Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, & Arif Mardin.
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Arif Mardin Atlantic Orchestra - Proud Mary (Atlantic)
Big Band....
published: 08 Jan 2013
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Arif Mardin Atlantic Orchestra - Proud Mary (Atlantic)
Big Band.
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7:21
Arif Mardin, Oğlu Joe Mardin'in Girişimiyle Yine Müzikseverlerin Karşısında
2006 yılında kansere yenik düşen ünlü müzik yapımcısı Arif Mardin, oğlu Joe Yusuf Mardin'i...
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Arif Mardin, Oğlu Joe Mardin'in Girişimiyle Yine Müzikseverlerin Karşısında
2006 yılında kansere yenik düşen ünlü müzik yapımcısı Arif Mardin, oğlu Joe Yusuf Mardin'in girişimiyle bir kez daha müzik dünyasına katkıda bulunuyor. Kendi...
- published: 07 Jun 2010
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10:06
Herbie Mann & Duane Allman - Push Push
Herbie Mann Push Push 1971 Other performers:Duane Allman (guitar) Cornell Dupree (guitar) ...
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Herbie Mann & Duane Allman - Push Push
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21 May 2013
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. Amy Elliott, spokeswoman for Oklahoma City's medical examiner, said at least 91 people had died, including 20 children, The New York Times reported ... Block after block lay in ruins ... Oklahoma Gov....(size: 11.3Kb)
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21 May 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "If the mainspring of popular government in peacetime is virtue, in revolution it is both virtue and terror. virtue without terror is fatal; terror without virtue is powerless."-Maximilien Robespierre speaking to France's National Convention, 1794. If the French Revolution gave the world a new and enlightened but terrorist means of killing, so did America's Global War on Terror....(size: 5.9Kb)
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21 May 2013
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire back. The two sides appeared to be referring to the same incident ... Firing at an Israeli target seems to be in line with the tougher rhetoric that followed the airstrikes ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
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20 May 2013
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says militants from 29 different countries are now fighting,,, Vimeo. Assad stated that foreign intervention is the most important factor aggravating the situation in Syria. ... Secondly, the calculations of confrontational states that intervened in Syria have now proven incorrect. . These states perceived their plan would succeed within weeks or months; this has not materialized ... . Source ... ....(size: 3.6Kb)
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The Examiner
01 May 2013
To read part 1 of this special report by Aberjhani please click here. The concluding part 2 begins now. ... –– Director General of UNESCO Irina Bokova ... U.S ... Location ... Nearly every moment of the concert could be described as a highlight, including when American vocalist Dianne Reeves and Turkey’s native son, clarinetist Hüsnü Şenlendirici, joined forces for a powerful tribute to another native son, the great music producer Arif Mardin ... No ... ....(size: 8.2Kb)
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National Public Radio
30 Apr 2013
The pianist and composer John Beasley has one of the most formidable tasks of anyone associated with today's International Jazz Day, the celebration produced by UNESCO and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz ... ET in the U.S.) ... Howard Mandel for A Blog Supreme ... Not yet ... We'll do Dizzy Gillespie's "Night in Tunisia," using [Turkish-American record producer] Arif Mardin's arrangement that Chaka Khan recorded, which is iconic, as a finale ... ....(size: 9.7Kb)
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25 Mar 2013
Born March 25th, 1942, in Memphis Tennessee, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin! Aretha Franklin signed to Atlantic Records in 1967 where she worked with Atlantic Records Co-CEO and producer Jerry Wexler and producer-arranger Arif Mardin. Mardin re-arranged Otis Redding's ......(size: 1.5Kb)
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Deccan Herald
16 Mar 2013
Her smooth voice poured into the music scene like warm sunshine. With nine Grammys to her credit, Norah Jones has had a rather eventful journey to the top, writes Joel Premkumar ... She was also in the band and performed on the alto sax ... It was recorded by Craig and produced by the legendary producer Arif Mardin ... In 2004, she released her highly anticipated follow-up album, Feels Like Home, again with producer Arif Mardin ... 1 in the US ... ....(size: 6.9Kb)
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MSNBC
15 Mar 2013
Elvis Presley drummer DJ Fontana is 82. Former Apollo astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth human to walk on the moon, is 81. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 80. Actor Judd Hirsch ("Taxi," "Numb3rs") is 78. Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is 78,. Bassist Phil Lesh (The Grateful Dead) is 73. Singer Mike Love of the Beach Boys is 72. Advertise . AdChoices. Advertise ... 1932 Arif Mardin, music producer and record label executive; died 2006 ... ....(size: 3.1Kb)
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21 Feb 2013
Today the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb is in a position neither he nor anyone else would wish for. He's the survivor. Younger brother Robin Gibb died from cancer last year ... His brothers will be there in spirit, he says ... Ad Feedback ... Producer Arif Mardin encouraged them to write and record disco-style songs. A significant change - that became a Bee Gees' trademark - was Mardin's suggestion one of the Bee Gees sing in falsetto on Nights on Broadway....(size: 6.5Kb)
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The Examiner
19 Feb 2013
Rating for Lulu. 5. Brit pop icon Lulu’s New York debut may have come nearly 50 years after her breakthrough hit cover of The Isley Brothers’ R&B classic “Shout” (it was Top 10 in the U.K ... King’s ... in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s with legendary R&B producers Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin, she delivered her 1970 hit "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby),” then Derek and the Dominos’ Dowd-produced “Bell Bottom Blues.” ... ....(size: 7.1Kb)
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Yahoo Music
29 Jan 2013
Trailing Babyface on the list of multiple winners are David Foster and Jones, with three wins each; and Rick Rubin, Arif Mardin and Peter Asher, with two wins each. Mardin holds the record for the longest span of Producer of the Year awards ... Mardin also set a record in 2002 as the oldest winner of Producer of the Year ... Mardin, a producer of exceptional taste and range, died in 2006 ... Babyface & L.A ... Arif Mardin; 1976 ... Dr ... Arif Mardin; 2003 ... ....(size: 7.3Kb)
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The Examiner
29 Jan 2013
She was one of the most in-your-face confident female vocalists of her time, yet somehow, Lulu is nervous as her big club date in NY approaches. Then again, she didn’t much play the U.S. back in her 1960s heyday, though she did enjoy a string of hits, including “Shout,” "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" and of course, her No ... At B.B ... I did two albums in America in the ‘70s with Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin ... Notes Vivino ... ....(size: 10.9Kb)
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Lexington Herald-Leader
25 Oct 2012
In just about any picture you see of him, Felix Cavaliere will be smiling ... Whatever the era with whatever music he was creating, Cavaliere has kept smiling ... "I see a lot of people that are so negative ... The entire cast, from the musicians to the people who were in the room assisting in production, like Arif Mardin and Tom Dowd (who became two of Atlantic's most famed producers), was so musically tuned in to the songs ... All of us did ... ....(size: 4.7Kb)
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The Daily Telegraph Australia
04 Oct 2012
IF there was one song in a 50-year career that could be the undoing of Barry Gibb during his world tour next year, it would be How Can You Mend A Broken Heart ... Barry insists he never wanted the limelight, that he was the shy one whose falsetto pushed him up front by default when producer Arif Mardin asked one of the brothers to volunteer to try out a vocal take using the higher octaves. "Working with Arif was a turning point ... ....(size: 6.9Kb)
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The Dallas Morning News
11 Sep 2012
This review was originally posted to the Pop Culture Blog. ALLEN – Even if Daryl Hall and John Oates never recorded another song or performed one more concert, their place in the annals of pop music history is secure ... But instead of quibbling about the absent tunes, let’s talk about the present ones ... Hall sang the praises of revered produced Arif Mardin, the man who helmed H&O’s 1973 album Abandoned Luncheonette ... TOP PICKS ... Music ... ....(size: 3.6Kb)
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
05 Sep 2012
What does John Oates make of that?. "It's a hollow achievement," he says in a phone interview ... OK. Move on."Hall & Oates. With. Mutlu. Where ... When ... It was Daryl and I, having just moved to New York City, having been on the road for one year with our first solo album under our belt, having a great collection of musicians around us, and meeting Arif Mardin, who produced that album and was a production genius and a mentor, really ... ....(size: 6.6Kb)
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| Arif Mardin | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Arif Mardin at the Grammy Awards, February, 1990. |
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| Born | (1932-03-15)March 15, 1932 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Died | June 25, 2006(2006-06-25) (aged 74) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Music producer |
Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for over 30 years, as both an assistant, producer, arranger, studio manager, and vice president, before moving to EMI and serving as vice president and general manager of Manhattan Records. His collaborations include working with Queen, The Bee Gees, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, Laura Branigan, Chaka Khan, Scritti Politti, Phil Collins, Daniel Rodriguez, Norah Jones, Richard Marx, Culture Club and Jewel. Mardin was awarded 11 Grammy Awards.
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Biography[link]
Early life[link]
Arif Mardin was born in Istanbul into a renowned family that included statesmen, diplomats and leaders in the civic, military and business sectors of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic. His father was co-owner in a petroleum gas station chain.
Mardin grew up listening to the likes of Bing Crosby and Glenn Miller. Through his sister he met jazz critic Cuneyt Sermet, who turned him onto this music and eventually became his mentor. After graduating from Istanbul University in Economics and Commerce, Mardin studied at the London School of Economics. Influenced by his sister's music records and jazz, he was also an accomplished orchestrator and arranger, but he never intended to pursue a career in music. However, he made two solo albums: Glass Onion, in 1970, and Journey, in 1975. In Journey, he was the composer and arranger, but he also played electric piano and percussion, and was accompanied by many stars of jazz (Randy and Michael Brecker, Joe Farrell, Gary Burton, Ron Carter, Steve Gadd, Billy Cobham and many others).[1]
However, his fate changed in 1956 after meeting the American jazz musicians Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones at a concert in Istanbul. He sent three demo compositions to his friend Tahir Sur who worked at a radio station in America. Sur took these compositions to Quincy Jones and Mardin became the first recipient of the Quincy Jones Scholarship at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1958 he and his fiancé Latife moved from Istanbul to Boston. After graduating in 1961, he taught at Berklee for one year and then moved to New York City to try his luck. Arif Mardin was later made a trustee of Berklee and was awarded an honorary doctorate.
Career[link]
Mardin began his career at Atlantic Records in 1963 as an assistant to Nesuhi Ertegün. A fellow Turkish émigré, Nesuhi was the brother of Ahmet Ertegün, Atlantic's co-founder and a jazz enthusiast when they met at the Newport Jazz Festival. Mardin rose through the ranks quickly, becoming studio manager, label house producer and arranger. In 1969, he became the Vice President and later served as Senior Vice President until 2001. He worked closely on many projects with co-founders Ertegün and Jerry Wexler, as well as noted recording engineer Tom Dowd; the three legends (Dowd, Mardin, and Wexler) were responsible for establishing the "Atlantic Sound". Arif Mardin retired from Atlantic Records in May 2001 and re-activated his label Manhattan Records. He maintained ties to the Turkish music industry.
He produced countless hit artists including Margie Joseph, The Rascals, Carly Simon, Petula Clark, Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, the Bee Gees, Diana Ross, Queen, Patti Labelle, Aretha Franklin, Lulu, Anita Baker, Judy Collins, Phil Collins, Scritti Politti, Culture Club, Roberta Flack, Average White Band, Hall & Oates, Donny Hathaway, Norah Jones, Daniel Rodriguez, Chaka Khan, George Benson, Melissa Manchester, Side Show, The Manhattan Transfer, Modern Jazz Quartet, Willie Nelson, John Prine, Leo Sayer, Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, Jewel and Ringo Starr.
Mardin, when producing the Bee Gees' 1975 Main Course album track "Nights on Broadway" famously discovered the distinctive falsetto of Barry Gibb, which became a familiar trademark of the band throughout the disco era.
In his career of more than 40 years, he collected over 40 gold and platinum albums, over 15 Grammy nominations and 12 Grammy Awards. In 1990, Arif Mardin was inducted into the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
Personal life[link]
Mardin died at his home in New York on June 25, 2006 following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. His remains were brought to Turkey and were interred at Karacaahmet Cemetery in Üsküdar district of Istanbul on July 5, 2006. Bee Gees' soloist Robin Gibb and his wife Dwina attended the funeral service, among other prominent people.[2]
Arif’s widow Latife is a playwright. The other daughter, Nazan Joffre, works along with her brother. Joe Mardin created a documentary about his father called The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story which was released on June 15, 2010. The documentary was directed by Doug Biro. It was premiered at several screenings at different chapters of The Recording Academy. The first screening took place in New York on June 15, 2010.
Awards[link]
- Grammy Awards
- Album of the Year 1979 (Saturday Night Fever soundtrack), 2003 (Come Away with Me - Norah Jones)
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance 1982 ("You Should Hear How She Talks About You" - Melissa Manchester)
- Best Album Notes 1993 (Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings- Aretha Franklin)
- Best Jazz Vocal Album 2004 (A Little Moonlight - Dianne Reeves)
- Best Musical Show Album 1996 (Smokey Joe's Cafe)
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- Best Pop Vocal Album 2003 (Come Away with Me)
- Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices 1984 ("Be Bop Medley" with Chaka Khan)
- Producer of the Year, Non-Classical 1976, 2003 (Come Away with Me)
- Record of the Year 1990 ("Wind Beneath My Wings"), 2003 ("Don't Know Why")
- Trustees Award 2002
- Trustee Award for a Lifetime of Achievement in Music by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) 2001
- "Man of the Year" by the Nordoff-Robbins Music Foundation 2001
- Ertegün Impact Award
References[link]
- ^ See more http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,126231,00.html
- ^ Yilmaz, Gözde; Gamze Tufekci (2006-07-06). "Mardin’in cenazesinde bir Bee Gees". Hürriyet. http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/haber.aspx?id=4705867. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
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| Name | Mardin, Arif |
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| Date of birth | March 15, 1932 |
| Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Date of death | June 25, 2006 |
| Place of death | New York, U.S. |
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This article is about the city. For other uses, see Mardin (disambiguation).
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| Coordinates: 37°19′0″N 40°44′16″E / 37.316667°N 40.73778°E / 37.316667; 40.73778Coordinates: 37°19′0″N 40°44′16″E / 37.316667°N 40.73778°E / 37.316667; 40.73778 | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Region | Southeastern Anatolia |
| Province | Mardin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Süleyman Yıldız |
| Area | |
| • City | 8,806 km2 (3,400 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,083 m (3,553 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Density | 80/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 82.444 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 47x xx |
| Area code(s) | 0482 |
| Licence plate | 47 |
| Website | Mardinimiz.net |
Mardin (Ottoman Turkish: ماردين, Mardīn, Kurdish: Mêrdîn, Classical Syriac: ܡܪܕܝܢ) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for its Arabic-like architecture, and for its strategic location on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria.[1]
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History[link]
The name of the city is derived from the Syriac-Aramaic word "ܡܪܕܐ" meaning fortress. Most Syriac Orthodox churches and monasteries in the city were built on ancient pre Christian temple sites and some are still active today. The Syriac Orthodox Saffron Monastery was founded in 439 AD and is one of the oldest monasteries in the world and the only one that is still functioning in southern Turkey. From 1160 until 1932, it was the seat of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch, until the Patriarchate relocated to the Syrian capital Damascus. The site of the monastery itself is said to have been used as a temple by sun worshipers as long ago as 2000 BC.[2][3] Mardin is likely the Maride and Marida of the Greeks and Romans. Another important church, Kırklar Kilisesi (Church of the 40 Martyrs), originally built in the name of Behnam and Saro, the two sons of a Aramean (Syriac) ruler who executed them because they chose to become Christian, dates from 569 AD[citation needed], and even during its use as a capital by the Artukid Turkish dynasty which ruled Eastern Anatolia and Northern Mesopotamia between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries. The 12th century Sitti Radviyye Madrasa, the oldest of its kind in Anatolia, dates from this period.
The lands of the Artukid dynasty fell to the Mongols sometime between 1235 and 1243, but the Mongols never directly governed the area. The Artukid family ruling Mardin became vassal state of the Mongol Empire.[4] During the battle of Ain Jalut in 1260, the Artuqid ruler revolted against the Mongol rule. Hulegu's general and Chupan's ancestor, Koke-Ilge of the Jalayir, stormed the city and Hulegu appointed the rebel's son, al-Nasir, governor of Mardin. Although, Hulegu suspected the latter's loyalty for a while, thereafter the Artukids remained loyal unlike nomadic Bedoun and Kurd tribes in the south western frontier. The Mongol Ilkhanids considered them important allies. For this loyalty they shown, Artukids were given more lands in 1298 and 1304. Mardin was later controlled by the Turkic tribes who came from Central Asia Akkoyunlu kingdom. The Kasımiye Madrasa was built by Sultan Kasım, son of the Akkoyunlu Sultan Cihangir, between 1457 and 1502. In 1517, Mardin was conquered by Ottoman Turks. During 1915-1916, Arab, Assyrian/Syriac and Armenian Christians of all denominations were massacred or driven away.[5][6] After the genocide in 1916, the Christian survivors fled mostly south to Syria and Iraq. The most common destination was either Al-Kamishli or Al-Hasaka, Syria; there is even a Mardin Club in Detroit, MI today.
Mosques[link]
- Melikşah Grand Mosque
- Melik Mahmud Mosque
- Abdüllatif Mosque
- Şehidiye Medresse and Mosque
- Selsel Mosque
- Necmettin Gazi Mosque
- Kasım Tuğmaner Mosque
- Reyhaniye Mosque
- Hamidiye Mosque
- Süleymanpaşa Mosque
- Secaattin and Mehmet Mosque
- Hamza-i Kebir Mosque
- Şeyh Abdülaziz Mosque
- Melik Eminettin el-Emin Mosque
- Sıtra Zaviye Mosque
- Şeyh Salih Mosque
- Mahmut Türki Mosque
- Sarı Mosque
- Şeyh Çabuk Mosque
- Nizamettin Begaz Mosque
- Kale Mosque
- Dinari Mosque
Churches[link]
- Meryemana (Virgin Mary) Church
- Mor Yusuf (Surp Hovsep) Church
- Mor Behnam Church
- Deyrü'z-Zafaran Monastery
- Mor Mihail Church
- Mor Semune Church
- Mor Petrus and Pavlus Church
- Red (Surp Kevork) Church
- Mor Cercis Church
- Mor Efraim Monastery
Climate[link]
Mardin has a semi-arid climate with very hot and dry summers and cold, wet, and occasionally snowy winters. Temperatures in summer usually increase to 40°C - 50°C (104°F - 122°F) due to Mardin being situated right next to the border of Syria. Snowfall is quite common between the months of December and March, snowing for a week or two. Mardin has over 3000 hours of sun per year. The highest recorded temperature is +48.8°C.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
17.7 (63.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
35.3 (95.5) |
34.9 (94.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
20.39 (68.71) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
8.2 (46.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
19.7 (67.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
16.15 (61.07) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
1.3 (34.3) |
4.7 (40.5) |
9.9 (49.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
2.7 (36.9) |
12.22 (53.99) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 99.8 (3.929) |
110.7 (4.358) |
94.6 (3.724) |
75.5 (2.972) |
37.7 (1.484) |
8.3 (0.327) |
3.3 (0.13) |
1.2 (0.047) |
4.1 (0.161) |
33.3 (1.311) |
68.7 (2.705) |
104.2 (4.102) |
641.4 (25.252) |
| Avg. rainy days | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 6.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 10.2 | 74.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 139.5 | 142.8 | 189.1 | 222 | 310 | 375 | 396.8 | 368.9 | 315 | 238.7 | 174 | 136.4 | 3,008.2 |
| Source: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü [1] | |||||||||||||
Notable people[link]
- The world's tallest living man since 2009, Sultan Kösen, lives nearby.[7]
- The Turkish poet Murathan Mungan hails from Mardin.
- Blessed Ignatius Maloyan was the Armenian Catholic Church's Archbishop of Mardin. After refusing to convert to Islam, Archbishop Maloyan was murdered as part of the Armenian Genocide.[8][9]
- Birthplace of photographer Yousuf Karsh.
International relations[link]
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Turkey
Twin towns — Sister cities[link]
Mardin is twinned with:
Ljubljana, Slovenia, since 2003
See also[link]
Notes[link]
- ^ Mardin, Turkey, from planetware.com
- ^ http://sor.cua.edu/ChMon/MardinDKurkmo/index.html
- ^ http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=assyrian-monastery-dated-back-to-4000-years-2010-01-03
- ^ Ed. Morris Rossabi - China among equals: the Middle Kingdom and its neighbors, 10th-14th centuries, p.244
- ^ Jacques Rhétoré: Les chrétiens aux bêtes. Souvenirs de la guerre sainte proclamée par les Turcs contre les chrétiens en 1915, Les éditions du cerf, Paris 2005 ISBN 2-204-07243-5, pp. 13
- ^ Yves Ternon: Mardin 1915. Mardin dans le génocide arménien. in: Revue d'Histoire Arménienne Contemporaine, Tome IV - 2002
- ^ Satter, Raphael (16 Sept 09). "8'1" Turk takes title of world's tallest man". http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_britain_tallest_man. Retrieved 17 Sept 09
- ^ Blessed Ignatius Maloyan
- ^ Paul Burns, Alban Butler, Butler's Lives of the Saints: Supplement of New Saints and Blesseds, (Liturgical Press, 2005), 150-152.
References[link]
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- Ayliffe, Rosie, et al.. (2000) The Rough Guide to Turkey. London: Rough Guides.
- Gaunt, David: Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia During World War I, Gorgias Press, Piscataway (NJ) 2006 I
- Grigore, George (2007), L'arabe parlé à Mardin. Monographie d'un parler arabe périphérique. Bucharest: Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti, ISBN (13) 978-973-737-249-9 [2]
- Jastrow, Otto (1969), Arabische Textproben aus Mardin und Asex, in "Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft" (ZDMG) 119 : 29-59.
- Jastrow, Otto (1992), Lehrbuch der Turoyo-Sprache in "Semitica Viva – Series Didactica", Wiesbaden : Otto Harrassowitz.
- Minorsky, V. (1991), Mārdīn, in "The Encyclopaedia of Islam". Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- Niebuhr, Carsten (1778), Reisebeschreibung, Copenhagen, II:391-8
- Shumaysani, Hasan (1987), Madinat Mardin min al-fath al-'arabi ila sanat 1515. Bayrūt: 'Ālam al-kutub.
- Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1692), Les six voyages, I:187
- Sasse, Hans-Jürgen (1971), Linguistische Analyse des Arabischen Dialekts der Mhallamīye in der Provinz Mardin (Südossttürkei), Berlin.
- Socin, Albert (1904), Der Arabische Dialekt von Mōsul und Märdīn, Leipzig.
- della Valle, Pietro (1843), Viaggi, Brighton, I: 515
- Wittich, Michaela (2001), Der arabische Dialekt von Azex, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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| Phil Collins | |
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| 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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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".
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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.
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US | ||||
| 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
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| Name | Collins, Phil |
| Alternative names | Collins, Philip David Charles |
| Short description | English musician |
| Date of birth | 30 January 1951 |
| Place of birth | Chiswick, London, England, UK |
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 The Bee Gees performing on Dutch television in 1968. From left to right: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb |
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Pop, pop rock, disco, blue-eyed soul, soft rock |
| Years active | 1958–2003 2009–2012 |
| Labels | RSO, Warner Bros., Festival, Polydor, Atco |
| Website | www.beegees.com |
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| Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb Colin Petersen Vince Melouney Geoff Bridgford Alan Kendall Dennis Bryon Blue Weaver |
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The Bee Gees were a musical group founded in 1958. The group's line-up consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s/early 1970s, and as prominent performers of the disco music era in the late 1970s.
The group sang three-part tight harmonies that were instantly recognisable; Robin's clear vibrato lead was a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the late 1970s and 1980s. The brothers wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists.
Born in the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived their first few years in Chorlton, Manchester, England, then moved in the late 1950s to Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia, where they began their musical careers.[1] After achieving their first chart success in Australia with "Spicks and Specks" (their 12th single), they returned to the United Kingdom in January 1967 where producer Robert Stigwood began promoting them to a worldwide audience.
It has been estimated that the Bee Gees' career record sales total more than 220 million,[2] ranking them among the best-selling music artists of all time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997;[3] the presenter of the award to "Britain's first family of harmony" was Brian Wilson, historical leader of the Beach Boys, a "family act" also featuring three harmonising brothers.[4] The Bee Gees' Hall of Fame citation says "Only Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees".[3]
Following Maurice's sudden death in January 2003, Barry and Robin Gibb retired the group's name after 45 years of activity. In 2009, however, Robin announced that he and Barry had agreed that the Bee Gees would re-form and perform again.[5] Robin died in May 2012 after a prolonged bout of cancer.[6]
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History[link]
Early years[link]
Barry Gibb (b. 1946) and fraternal twin brothers Robin (1949–2012) and Maurice Gibb (1949–2003) were born on the Isle of Man, but the family returned to father Hugh Gibb's home town of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England where they went to Oswald Road Primary School, in the early 1950s where the boys began to sing in harmony. The story is told that they were going to lip sync to a record in the local Gaumont cinema (as other children had done on previous weeks) and as they were running to the theatre, the heavy 78-RPM record broke. The brothers had to sing live and received such a positive response from the audience that they decided to pursue a singing career.[7]
In 1958 the Gibb family, including infant brother, Andy (1958–1988), emigrated to Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia. The young brothers began performing where they could to raise pocket money. First called the Rattlesnakes, later Wee Johnny Hayes & the Bluecats, they were introduced to radio DJ Bill Gates by racetrack promoter Bill Goode (who saw them perform at Brisbane's Speedway Circuit). Gates renamed them the "Bee Gees" after his and Goode's initials – thus the name was not specifically a reference to "Brothers Gibb", despite popular belief.[8]
By 1960 the Bee Gees were featured on television shows. In the next few years they began working regularly at resorts on the Queensland coast. For his songwriting, Barry sparked the interest of Australian star Col Joye, who helped them get a record deal with Festival Records subsidiary, Leedon Records, in 1963 under the name "Bee Gees." The three released two or three singles a year, while Barry supplied additional songs to other Australian artists. From 1963 to 1966 the Gibb family lived at 171 Bunnerong Road, Maroubra in Sydney.[9]
A minor hit in 1965, "Wine and Women", led to the group's first LP The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs. By 1966 Festival was, however, on the verge of dropping them from the Leedon roster because of their perceived lack of commercial success. It was at this time that they met American-born songwriter, producer and entrepreneur, Nat Kipner, who had just been appointed A&R manager of a new independent label, Spin Records. Kipner briefly took over as the group's manager and successfully negotiated their transfer to Spin in exchange for Festival being granted the Australian distribution rights to the group's recordings.[citation needed]
Through Kipner the Bee Gees met engineer-producer, Ossie Byrne. He produced (or co-produced with Kipner) many of the earlier Spin recordings, most of which were cut at his own small self-built St Clair Studio in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville. Byrne gave the Gibb brothers virtually unlimited access to St Clair Studio over a period of several months in mid-1966. The group later acknowledged that this enabled them to greatly improve their skills as recording artists. During this productive time they recorded a large batch of original material—including the song that would become their first major hit, "Spicks and Specks" (on which Byrne played the trumpet coda) – as well as cover versions of current hits by overseas acts such as The Beatles. They regularly collaborated with other local musicians, including members of beat band Steve & The Board, led by Steve Kipner, Nat's teenage son.
Frustrated by their lack of success, the Gibbs decided to return to England in late 1966. Ossie Byrne travelled with them, and Colin Petersen, who eventually became the group's drummer, followed soon after. While at sea in January 1967, they learned that "Spicks and Specks" had been awarded Best Single of the Year by Go-Set, Australia's most popular and influential music newspaper.
Late 1960s: first international fame[link]
Before their departure from Australia to England, Hugh Gibb sent demos to Brian Epstein who managed The Beatles and was director of NEMS, a British music store and promoter. Brian Epstein had passed the demo tapes to Robert Stigwood, who had recently joined NEMS. After an audition with Stigwood in February 1967, the Bee Gees were signed to a five-year contract whereby Polydor Records would be their record label in the United Kingdom and ATCO Records would be the United States distributor. Work quickly began on the group's first international album, and Robert Stigwood launched a promotional campaign to coincide with its release.
Stigwood proclaimed that the Bee Gees were "The Most Significant New Talent Of 1967" and thus began the immediate comparison to The Beatles.[10] Their second British single (their first UK 45 rpm issued was "Spicks and Specks"), "New York Mining Disaster 1941", was issued to radio stations with a blank white label listing only the song title. Some DJs immediately assumed this was a new single by The Beatles and started playing the song in heavy rotation. This helped the song climb into the Top 20 in both the United Kingdom and the United States. No such chicanery was needed to boost the Bee Gees' second single, "To Love Somebody", into the US Top 20. Originally written for Otis Redding, "To Love Somebody" was a soulful ballad sung by Barry, which has since become a pop standard covered by hundreds of artists including Gram Parsons, Rod Stewart, Bonnie Tyler, Janis Joplin, The Animals, Nina Simone, Jimmy Somerville and Michael Bolton. Another single, "Holiday", was released in the United States, peaking at No. 16. The parent album, Bee Gees 1st (their first internationally), peaked at No. 7 in the United States and No. 8 in the United Kingdom.
Following the success of Bee Gees 1st, the band (which now consisted of Barry on rhythm guitar, Maurice on bass, Vince Melouney on lead guitar and Colin Petersen on drums),.[10] began work on the act's second album. Released in late 1967, Horizontal repeated the success of their first album, featuring the No. 1 UK single "Massachusetts" (a No. 11 US hit), and the No. 7 UK single "World". The sound of the album Horizontal had a more "rock" sound than their previous release, though ballads like "And The Sun Will Shine" and "Really And Sincerely" were also prominent. The Horizontal album reached No. 12 in the US, and No. 16 in the UK promoting the record, the Bee Gees made their first appearances in America, playing live concerts and television shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Two more singles followed in early 1968, the ballad "Words" (No. 15 US, No. 8 UK) and the double A-sided single "Jumbo" b/w "The Singer Sang His Song". "Jumbo" was the Bee Gees' least successful single to date only reaching No. 57 in the US, and No. 25 in the UK. The Bee Gees felt that "The Singer Sang His Song" was the stronger of the two sides, an opinion shared by listeners in the Netherlands, who made it a No. 3 hit. Further Bee Gees chart singles followed: "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (No. 8 US, No. 1 UK) and "I Started A Joke" (No. 6 US), both culled from the band's third album Idea. Idea was another Top 20 album in the US (No. 17) and the UK (No. 4). Following the tour and TV special to promote the album, Vince Melouney left the group, feeling that he wanted to play more of a blues style music than the Gibbs were writing. Melouney did achieve one feat while with the Bee Gees—his composition "Such A Shame" (from Idea) is the only song on any Bee Gees album not written by a Gibb brother.
By 1969, the cracks began to show within the group. Robin began to feel that Stigwood had been favouring Barry as the frontman. Their next album, which was to have been a concept album called Masterpeace, evolved into the double-album Odessa. Most rock critics felt this was the best Bee Gees album of the '60s, with its progressive rock feel on the title track, the country-flavoured "Marley Purt Drive" and "Give Your Best", and signature ballads such as "Melody Fair" and "First of May"; the last of which became the only single from the album, and was a minor hit. Feeling that the flipside, "Lamplight" should have been the A-side, Robin quit the group in mid-1969 and launched a solo career. Robin Gibb saw brief success in Europe with the No. 2 hit "Saved By The Bell" and the album Robin's Reign. Barry and Maurice continued as the Bee Gees, even recruiting their sister Lesley to appear with them on stage.
The first of many Bee Gees compilations, Best of Bee Gees was released, featuring the non-LP single "Words" plus the Australian hit "Spicks and Specks" The CD release replaces "Spicks and Specks" with another non-LP single "Tomorrow Tomorrow", because Polydor could no longer secure the rights to the Australian track. "Tomorrow Tomorrow" was a moderate hit in the UK reaching No. 23, but stalled at No. 54 in the US. The compilation reached the Top Ten in both the US and the UK.
While Robin was off on his own, Barry, Maurice, and Colin continued on as the Bee Gees, recording their next album, Cucumber Castle. There was also a TV special filmed to accompany the album, which aired on the BBC in 1971. Colin Petersen played drums on the tracks recorded for the album, but was fired from the group after filming began and his parts were edited out of the final cut of the film. After Colin was fired, Australian drummer Geoff Bridgford was recruited to complete the recording of songs for Cucumber Castle. The leadoff single, "Don't Forget to Remember" was a big hit in the UK reaching No. 2, but a disappointment in the US, only reaching No. 73. The next 2 singles, "I.O.I.O." and "If I Only Had My Mind on Something Else" barely scraped the charts, and following the release of the album, Barry and Maurice parted ways. It seemed that the Bee Gees were finished. Barry recorded a solo album which never saw official release, though "I'll Kiss Your Memory" was released as a single, without much interest. Meanwhile, Maurice released the single "Railroad", and starred in the West End musical Sing A Rude Song.
Early 1970s[link]
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Bee Gees' wordmark logo (1975-1981)
The three brothers reunited in the later part of 1970 penning a series of songs about heartache and loneliness. During this period they became a four piece band joined again by Australian drummer Geoff Bridgford who after playing on the 2 Years On album and Trafalgar album became the last non-Gibb brother to be a member of the Bee Gees. Although they had lost traction on the British charts, the Bee Gees hit No. 3 in America with "Lonely Days" (from the reunion LP 2 Years On) and had their first US No. 1 with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (from Trafalgar). The trio's talents were included in the soundtrack for the 1971 film Melody as they performed several songs for the title. In 1972, they hit No. 16 in America with the single "My World" and "Run To Me" from the LP To Whom It May Concern; the latter also returned them to the British top ten for the first time in three years.
By 1973, however, the Bee Gees were in a rut. The album, Life in a Tin Can, released on RSO Records and its lead-off single, "Saw a New Morning," sold poorly with the single peaking at No. 94. This was followed by an unreleased album (known as A Kick in the Head Is Worth Eight in the Pants). A second compilation album, Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2 was released in 1973, though it did not repeat the success of Volume 1.
On the advice of Ahmet Ertegün, head of their US label Atlantic Records, Stigwood arranged for the group to record with famed soul music producer Arif Mardin. The resulting LP, Mr. Natural, included fewer ballads and foreshadowed the R&B direction of the rest of their career. But when it too failed to attract much interest, Mardin encouraged them to work with the soul music style.
The brothers attempted to assemble a live stage band that could replicate their studio sound. Lead guitarist Alan Kendall had come on board in 1971, but did not have much to do until Mr. Natural. For that album, they added drummer Dennis Bryon, and they later added ex-Strawbs keyboard player Blue Weaver, completing the late 1970s "Bee Gees band". Maurice, who had previously performed on piano, guitar, organ, mellotron, and bass guitar, as well as exotica like mandolin and Moog synthesiser, now confined himself to bass onstage.
At Eric Clapton's suggestion, the brothers relocated to Miami, Florida, early in 1975 to record. After starting off with ballads, they eventually heeded the urging of Mardin and Stigwood and crafted more rhythmic disco songs, including their second US No. 1, "Jive Talkin'", along with US No. 7 "Nights on Broadway." The band liked the resulting new sound, and this time the public agreed, sending the LP Main Course up the charts. This was their second album to have two US top-10 singles since 1968's Idea. Main Course also became their first charting R&B album. Mardin was unable to work with the group afterwards, but the Bee Gees enlisted Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson who had worked with Mardin during the Main Course sessions. This production team would carry the Bee Gees through the rest of the 1970s.
The next album, Children of the World, was drenched in Barry's newfound falsetto and Weaver's synthesiser disco licks. Led off by the single "You Should Be Dancing," it pushed the Bee Gees to a level of stardom they had not previously achieved in the US, though their new R&B/disco sound was not as popular with some die hard fans from the 1960s. The Bee Gees' band was now closer to a rock act, with rhythm guitar and real drums behind the falsetto.
[edit] Late 1970s: Saturday Night Fever
Following a successful live album, Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live, the Bee Gees agreed with Stigwood to participate in the creation of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. It would be the turning point of their career. The cultural impact of both the film and the soundtrack was seismic, not only in the United States, but in the rest of the world as well, bringing the nascent disco scene mainstream.
The band's involvement in the film did not begin until post-production. As John Travolta asserted, "The Bee Gees weren't even involved in the movie in the beginning ... I was dancing to Stevie Wonder and Boz Scaggs."[11] Producer Robert Stigwood commissioned the Bee Gees to create the songs for the film. The brothers wrote the songs "virtually in a single weekend" at France's Château d'Hérouville studio.[11] Barry Gibb remembered the reaction when Stigwood and music supervisor Bill Oakes arrived and listened to the demos:
| “ | They flipped out and said these will be great. We still had no concept of the movie, except some kind of rough script that they'd brought with them ... You've got to remember, we were fairly dead in the water at that point, 1975, somewhere in that zone–- the Bee Gees' sound was basically tired. We needed something new. We hadn't had a hit record in about three years. So we felt, Oh Jeez, that's it. That's our life span, like most groups in the late 60s. So, we had to find something. We didn't know what was going to happen.[11] | ” |
Bill Oakes, who supervised the soundtrack, asserts that Saturday Night Fever did not begin the disco craze; rather, it prolonged it: "Disco had run its course. These days, Fever is credited with kicking off the whole disco thing–-it really didn't. Truth is, it breathed new life into a genre that was actually dying."[11]
Three Bee Gees singles ("How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive", and "Night Fever") reached No. 1 in the United States and many countries around the world, launching the most popular period of the disco era. They also penned the song "If I Can't Have You" which became a No. 1 hit for Yvonne Elliman, while the Bee Gees' own version was the B-Side of "Stayin' Alive." Such was the popularity of Saturday Night Fever that two different versions of the song "More Than a Woman" received airplay, one by the Bee Gees, which was relegated to album track, and another by Tavares, which was the hit. The Gibb sound was inescapable. During an eight-month period beginning in the Christmas season of 1977, six songs written by the brothers held the No. 1 position on the US charts for 25 of 32 consecutive weeks—three of their own releases, two for brother Andy Gibb, and the Yvonne Elliman single.
Fueled by the movie's success, the soundtrack broke multiple industry records, becoming the highest-selling album in recording history to that point. With more than 40 million copies sold, Saturday Night Fever is among music's top five best selling soundtrack albums. It is currently calculated as the 4th highest-selling album worldwide.[12]
During this era, Barry and Robin also wrote "Emotion" for an old friend, Australian vocalist Samantha Sang, who made it a Top Ten hit (the Bee Gees sang backing vocals). Barry also wrote the title song to the movie version of the Broadway musical Grease for Frankie Valli to perform, which went to No. 1. During this period, the Bee Gees' younger brother Andy followed his older siblings into a music career, and enjoyed considerable success. Produced by Barry, Andy Gibb's first three singles all topped the US charts. In March 1978, the Bee Gees held the top 2 positions on the US Charts with "Night Fever" and "Stayin' Alive", the first time this had happened since The Beatles. On the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for 25 March 1978, five songs written by the Gibbs were in the US top ten at the same time: "Night Fever", "Stayin' Alive", "If I Can't Have You", "Emotion" and "Love is Thicker Than Water". Such chart dominance hadn't been seen since April 1964, when The Beatles had all five of the top five American singles. Barry Gibb became the only songwriter to have four consecutive number one hits in the US breaking the John Lennon and Paul McCartney 1964 record. These songs were "Stayin' Alive", "Love Is Thicker Than Water", "Night Fever", "If I Can't Have You".
The Bee Gees also co-starred with Peter Frampton in the movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) loosely inspired by the classic 1967 album by The Beatles. The film had been heavily promoted prior to release, and was expected to enjoy great commercial success. However, the disjointed film was savaged by the movie critics, and ignored by the public. Though some of its tracks charted, the soundtrack too was a high-profile flop. The single "Oh! Darling", credited to Robin Gibb, reached No. 15 in the US. Previously, the Bee Gees had recorded three Beatles covers—"Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight", "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" and "Sun King" – for the transitory musical documentary All This and World War II.
The Bee Gees' follow-up to Saturday Night Fever was the Spirits Having Flown album. It yielded three more No. 1 hits: "Too Much Heaven", "Tragedy", and "Love You Inside Out." This gave the act six consecutive No. 1 singles in America within a year and a half (a record surpassed only by Whitney Houston). "Too Much Heaven" ended up as the Bee Gees' musical contribution to the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in January 1979, a benefit organised by the Bee Gees, Robert Stigwood, and David Frost for UNICEF that was broadcast worldwide. The brothers donated the royalties from the song to the charity. Up to 2007, this song has earned over $11 million for UNICEF. During the summer of 1979, the Bee Gees embarked on their largest concert tour covering the US and Canada. The Spirits Having Flown tour capitalised on Bee Gees fever that was sweeping the nation, with sold out concerts in 38 cities. The Bee Gees produced a video for the title track of "Too Much Heaven" directed by Miami-based film-maker, Martin Pitts and produced by Charles Allen. With this video, Pitts and Allen began a long association with the brothers.
The Bee Gees even had a country hit in 1979 with "Rest Your Love On Me", the flip side of their pop hit "Too Much Heaven", which made Top 40 on the country charts. In 1981, Conway Twitty's version of "Rest Your Love On Me" topped the country charts.
The Bee Gees' overwhelming success rose and fell with the disco bubble. By the end of 1979, disco was rapidly declining in popularity, and the backlash against disco put the Bee Gees' American career in a tailspin. Radio stations around America began promoting "Bee Gee Free Weekends". Following their remarkable run from 1975 to 1979, the act would have only one more top ten single in the US, and that would not come until 1989. The Bee Gees' international popularity sustained somewhat less damage. Barry Gibb considered the success of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack both a blessing and a curse:
| “ | Fever was No. 1 every week ... It wasn't just like a hit album. It was No. 1 every single week for 25 weeks. It was just an amazing, crazy, extraordinary time. I remember not being able to answer the phone, and I remember people climbing over my walls. I was quite grateful when it stopped. It was too unreal. In the long run, your life is better if it's not like that on a constant basis. Nice though it was.[11] | ” |
1980s[link]
Robin and Barry Gibb released various solo albums in the 1980s but only with sporadic and moderate chart success. The brothers had continuing success behind the scenes, however, writing and producing for several artists. In 1980 Barry Gibb worked with Barbra Streisand on her album Guilty. He co-produced and wrote or co-wrote all nine of the album's tracks (four of them written with Robin and the title track with both Robin and Maurice). Barry also appeared on the album's cover with Streisand, and duetted with her on two tracks. The album reached No.1 in both the US and the UK, as did the single "Woman in Love" (written by Barry and Robin), becoming Streisand's most successful single and album to date.
In 1981 the Bee Gees released the album Living Eyes, their last release on RSO. This album was the first CD ever played in public, when it was played to viewers of the BBC show Tomorrow's World.[13] With the disco backlash still running strong, the album failed to make the UK or US Top 40. Two singles from the album fared little better – "He's a Liar" reached No. 30 in the US and "Living Eyes" reached No. 45, breaking the Bee Gees' Top 40 streak which started in 1975 with "Jive Talkin'".
In 1982 Dionne Warwick enjoyed a UK No.2 and US Adult Contemporary No. 1 with her comeback single, "Heartbreaker", taken from her album of the same name written largely by the Bee Gees and co-produced by Barry Gibb. The album reached No.3 in the UK and the Top 30 in the US where it was certified Gold.
A year later Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers recorded the Bee Gees-penned track "Islands in the Stream", which became a US No. 1 hit and Top 10 in the UK. Rogers' 1983 album, Eyes That See In The Dark, was written entirely by the Bee Gees and co-produced by Barry. The album was a Top 10 hit in the US and was certified Double Platinum.
The Bee Gees had greater success with the soundtrack to Staying Alive in 1983, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever. The soundtrack was certified platinum in the US, and included their Top 30 hit "The Woman in You".
Also in 1983 the band were sued by Chicago songwriter Ronald Selle, who claimed that the brothers stole melodic material from one of his songs, "Let It End", and used it in "How Deep Is Your Love". At first, the Bee Gees lost the case; one juror said that a factor in the jury's decision was the Gibbs' failure to introduce expert testimony rebutting the plaintiff's expert testimony that it was "impossible" for the two songs to have been written independently. However, the verdict was overturned a few months later.
In 1985 Diana Ross released the album Eaten Alive, written by the Bee Gees, with the title track co-written with Michael Jackson (who also performed on the track). The album was again co-produced by Barry Gibb and the single "Chain Reaction" gave Ross a UK and Australian No.1 hit.
The Bee Gees released the album E.S.P. in 1987, which sold over 3 million copies. It was their first album in six years, and their first for Warner Bros. Records. The single "You Win Again" went to No. 1 in numerous countries, including the UK,[14] and made the Bee Gees the first group to score a UK No. 1 hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[15] The single was a disappointment in the US, charting at No. 75, and the Bee Gees voiced their frustration over American radio stations not playing their new European hit single, an omission which the group felt led to poor sales of their current album in the States.
On 10 March 1988, younger brother Andy died, aged 30, as a result of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle due to a recent viral infection. His brothers acknowledge that Andy's past drug and alcohol use probably made his heart more susceptible to this illness. Just before Andy's death, it had been decided by the group that Andy would join them, which would have made the group a four-piece group. The Bee Gees' following album, One (1989), featured a song dedicated to Andy, "Wish You Were Here". The album also contained their first US top ten hit (No. 7) in a decade, "One". After the album's release, they embarked on their first world tour in ten years.
1990s[link]
In 1990, Polydor Records issued the box set Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song, which contained all of the group's singles (except 1981's "Living Eyes"), rare B-sides, unreleased tracks, solo material, and live performances. Many songs received new stereo mixes by Bill Inglot with some songs making their CD debut. At the time of its release, Tales was one of the first box sets issued in the music business and it was considered an honour for a group to have one. In the UK, Polydor issued a single disc hits collection from Tales called The Very Best of the Bee Gees, which contained their biggest UK hits. The album became one of their best selling albums in that country, eventually being certified Triple Platinum.
Following their next album, High Civilization (1991), which contained the UK top five hit "Secret Love", the Bee Gees went on a European tour. After the tour, Barry Gibb began to battle a serious back problem, which required surgery. In addition, he also suffered from arthritis, and at one point, it was so severe that it was doubtful that he would be able to play guitar for much longer. Also in the early 1990s, Maurice Gibb finally sought treatment for his alcoholism, which he had battled for many years, with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous.
In 1993, the group returned to the Polydor label, and released the album Size Isn't Everything, which contained the UK top five hit "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Success still eluded them in the US, however, as the first single released, "Paying the Price of Love" only managed to reach No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 while the parent album stalled at No. 153.
In 1997, they released the album Still Waters, which sold over four million copies, and reached No.2 in the UK (their highest album chart position there since 1979) and No.11 in the US. The album's first single, "Alone", gave them another UK Top 5 hit and a top 30 hit in the US. Still Waters would be the band's most successful US release of their post-RSO era.
At the 1997 BRIT Awards held in Earls Court, London on 24 February, the Bee Gees received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.[16] On 14 November 1997, the Bee Gees performed a live concert in Las Vegas called One Night Only. The show included a performance of "Our Love (Don't Throw It All Away)" synchronised with a vocal by their deceased brother Andy and a cameo appearance by Celine Dion singing "Immortality". The CD of the performance sold over 5 million copies. The "One Night Only" name grew out of the band's declaration that, due to Barry's health issues, the Las Vegas show was to be the final live performance of their career. After the immensely positive audience response to the Vegas concert, Barry decided to continue despite the pain, and the concert expanded into their last full-blown world tour of "One Night Only" concerts.[17] The tour included playing to 56,000 people at London's Wembley Stadium on 5 September 1998 and concluded in the newly built Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Australia on 27 March 1999 to 72,000 people.[17]
In 1998, the group's soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever was incorporated into a stage production produced first in the West End and then on Broadway. They wrote three new songs for the adaptation. Also in 1998 the brothers recorded Ellan Vannin for Isle of Man charities. Known as the unofficial national anthem of the Isle of Man, the brothers performed the song during their world tour to reflect their pride in the place of their birth.[18]
The Bee Gees closed the decade with what turned out to be their last full-sized concert, known as BG2K, on 31 December 1999.
2000–08: Maurice's death and hiatus[link]
In 2001, the group released what turned out to be their final album of new material as a group, This Is Where I Came In. The album was another success, reaching the Top 10 in the UK (being certified Gold), and the Top 20 in the US. The title track was also a UK Top 20 hit single. The album gave each member of the group a chance to write in his own way, as well as composing songs together. For example, Maurice's compositions and leads are the "Man in the Middle" and "Walking on Air," while Robin contributed "Déjà Vu," "Promise the Earth," and "Embrace," and Barry contributed "Loose Talk Costs Lives," "Technicolour Dreams", and "Voice in the Wilderness". The other songs are collaborative in writing and vocals. They performed many tracks from This Is Where I Came In, plus many of their biggest hits, on the live televised concert series Live by Request, shown on the A&E Network. The last concert of the Bee Gees as a trio was at the Love and Hope Ball in 2002.
Maurice, who had been the musical director of the Bee Gees during their final years as a group, died unexpectedly on 12 January 2003 at the age of 53 from a heart attack, while awaiting emergency surgery to repair a strangulated intestine.[19] Initially, his surviving brothers announced that they intended to carry on the name "Bee Gees" in his memory. But as time passed they decided to retire the group name, leaving it to represent the three brothers together.[20]
The same week that Maurice died, Robin's solo album Magnet was released. On 23 February 2003, the Bee Gees received the Grammy Legend Award. Barry and Robin accepted as well as Maurice's son, Adam, in a tearful ceremony.
Although there was talk of a memorial concert featuring both surviving brothers and invited guests,[21] nothing materialised. Barry and Robin continued to work independently, and both released recordings with other artists, occasionally coming together to perform at special events.
In late 2004, Robin embarked on a solo tour of Germany, Russia and Asia. During January 2005, Barry, Robin and several legendary rock artists recorded "Grief Never Grows Old," the official tsunami relief record for the Disasters Emergency Committee. Later that year, Barry reunited with Barbra Streisand for her top-selling album Guilty Pleasures, released as Guilty Too in the UK as a sequel album to the previous Guilty. Robin continued touring in Europe. Also in 2004, Barry recorded his song "I Cannot Give You My Love" with Cliff Richard, which became a UK top 20 hit single.[22]
In February 2006, Barry and Robin reunited on stage for a Miami charity concert to benefit the Diabetes Research Institute. It was their first public performance together since the death of brother Maurice. Barry and Robin also played at the 30th annual Prince's Trust Concert in the UK on 20 May 2006.
In October 2008, Robin performed a couple of songs in London as part of the BBC Electric Proms Saturday Night Fever performance. This involved various other performers and the BBC Concert Orchestra and was screened on the BBC and BBC interactive services.
2009–12: Return to performing and Robin's death[link]
On 1 September 2009, Barry's 63rd birthday, he, in an interview with Easy Mix radio host Tim Roxborough, mentioned on the subject of future tours that "they will be back"; but in an agreement with Warner/Rhino they would not make an announcement at that time.[23][24] On 7 September 2009, Robin Gibb disclosed to Jonathan Agnew that he had been in touch with Barry Gibb and that they had agreed that the Bee Gees would re-form and "perform again".[25]
Barry and Robin performed on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing on 31 October 2009[26] and appeared on ABC-TV's Dancing with the Stars on 17 November 2009.[27] On 15 March 2010, Barry and Robin inducted the Swedish group ABBA into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[28] On 26 May 2010, the two made a surprise appearance on the ninth season finale of American Idol.
In October 2010, Robin Gibb was interviewed by the Daily Mail, and confirmed that the story of the Bee Gees is to be made into a Hollywood movie by Steven Spielberg. The Oscar-winning director believes the group's journey from unknowns in Manchester to worldwide fame will prove box-office gold. Robin told the Daily Mail: "The movie is going to be done by some very important people. It will be our life story. Barry and I will be involved in the technical side". One of the challenges for Spielberg will be replicating the brothers' distinctive three-part harmonies and Barry's falsetto voice. Robin said: "I'd like our original recordings to be used because it's very hard to emulate them."[29]
On 13 February 2012, Robin joined British military trio The Soldiers for the Coming Home charity concert at the London Palladium, in support of injured servicemen. It was his first public appearance for almost five months, and his final.
On 20 November 2011 it was announced that Robin Gibb, at 61 years old, was diagnosed with liver cancer, a condition he became aware of several months earlier. He had become noticeably thinner in previous months and had to cancel several appearances due to issues with severe abdominal pain.[30] On 14 April 2012, it was reported that Gibb had contracted pneumonia[31] in a Chelsea hospital and was in a coma.[32] Gibb came out of his coma on 20 April 2012.[33] He died on 20 May 2012.[34] With Robin's death, Barry became the last surviving Gibb brother.
Songwriting success[link]
The Bee Gees have sold in excess of 200 million records worldwide.[35] At one point in 1978, the Gibb brothers were responsible for writing and/or performing nine of the songs in the Billboard Hot 100.[36] In all, the Gibbs placed 13 singles onto the Hot 100 in 1978, with 12 making the Top 40. The Gibb brothers are fellows of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).[37]
At least 2,500 artists have recorded their songs.[38] Their most popular composition is "How Deep Is Your Love", with 400 versions by other artists in existence.[39] Among the artists who have covered their songs are Ardijah, Michael Bolton, Boyzone, Eric Clapton, Billy Corgan, Destiny's Child, Faith No More, Feist, The Flaming Lips, Al Green, Jinusean, Elton John, Tom Jones, Janis Joplin, Lulu, Elvis Presley, Nina Simone, Percy Sledge, Robert Smith, Take That, and John Frusciante (who has covered "How Deep Is Your Love" during Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts). The band's music has also been sampled by dozens of hip hop artists.
Songs written by the Gibbs, but largely better known through versions by other artists, include:
- "Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me From You" by Teri DeSario
- "Buried Treasure" by Kenny Rogers (backing vocals The Gatlin Brothers)
- "Chain Reaction" by Diana Ross
- "Come on Over" by Olivia Newton-John
- "Emotion" by Samantha Sang
- "Gilbert Green" by Gerry Marsden
- "Grease" by Frankie Valli
- "Guilty" and "Woman in Love" by Barbra Streisand
- "Heartbreaker" & "All the Love in the World" by Dionne Warwick
- "Hold On to My Love" by Jimmy Ruffin
- "I Will Be There" by Tina Turner
- "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman
- "Immortality" by Celine Dion
- "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
- "Morning of My Life" by Abi and Esther Ofarim
- "Only One Woman" by The Marbles
- "Rest Your Love on Me" by Conway Twitty
- "Sacred Trust" by One True Voice
- "Warm Ride" by Graham Bonnet
The Bee Gees' major non-UK/US breakthrough hit "Spicks and Specks"—a 1966 chart success in Australia (top five) and New Zealand (number one), and in Holland (top five) in 1967—was covered by British rock-pop band Status Quo for their 1968 debut album. And Al Green's 1972 non-single cover of the Bee Gees' massive 1971 North American number one "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" enjoys a certainly critical and popular following, particularly in the UK.
Awards and recognition[link]
Inductions[link]
- 1979 Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 1994 Songwriters Hall of Fame
- 1995 Florida's Artists Hall of Fame
- 1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 1997 ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Hall of Fame
- 2001 Vocal Group Hall of Fame
- 2004 Dance Music Hall of Fame
- 2005 London's Walk of Fame
Grammy Awards[link]
- 1978 Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Group – "How Deep Is Your Love"
- 1979 Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group – "Saturday Night Fever"
- 1979 Best Arrangement Of Voices – "Stayin' Alive"
- 1979 Album Of The Year – "Saturday Night Fever"
- 1979 Producer Of The Year – "Saturday Night Fever"
- 1981 Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal – "Guilty" (Barry Gibb with Barbra Streisand)
- 2000 Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2003 Legend Award
- 2004 Hall Of Fame Award – "Saturday Night Fever"
World Music Awards[link]
- 1997 Legend Award
American Music Awards[link]
- 1979 Favorite Pop / Rock Band, Duo Or Group
- 1979 Favorite Soul / R&B Album – "Saturday Night Fever"
- 1980 Favorite Pop / Rock Band, Duo Or Group
- 1980 Favorite Pop / Rock Album – "Spirits Having Flown"
- 1997 International Artist Award
BRIT Awards[link]
BMI Awards[link]
- On 15 May 2007, the Bee Gees were named BMI Icons at the 55th annual BMI Pop Awards. Collectively, Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb have earned 109 BMI Pop, Country and Latin Awards.[40]
Commemorative stamps[link]
In October 1999 the Isle of Man Post Office unveiled a set of 6 stamps honouring their native sons' music. The official launch took place at the London Palladium where the stage show of Saturday Night Fever was playing. A similar launch was held in New York shortly after to coincide with the show opening across the Atlantic. The songs depicted on the stamps are "Massachusetts", "Words", "I've Gotta Get A Message To You", "Night Fever", "Stayin' Alive" and "Immortality".
Civic honours[link]
In 1978, following the success of Saturday Night Fever, and the single "Night Fever" in particular, Reubin Askew, the Governor of the US state of Florida, named the Bee Gees honorary citizens of the state, since they resided in Miami at the time.[41]
All three brothers (including Maurice, posthumously) were appointed Commanders in the Order of the British Empire in December 2001 with the ceremony taking place at Buckingham Palace on 27 May 2004.[42][43]
On 10 July 2009, the Isle of Man's capital bestowed the Freedom of the Borough of Douglas honour on Barry and Robin, as well as posthumously on Maurice.[44] On 20 November 2009, Douglas Borough Council released a limited edition commemorative DVD to mark their naming as Freemen of the Borough.[45]
Discography[link]
Main article: Bee Gees discography
Studio albums[link]
| Year | Title | US Chart |
UK Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs | — | — |
| 1966 | Spicks and Specks | — | — |
| 1967 | Bee Gees 1st | 7 | 8 |
| 1968 | Horizontal | 12 | 16 |
| 1968 | Idea | 17 | 4 |
| 1969 | Odessa | 20 | 10 |
| 1970 | Cucumber Castle | 94 | 57 |
| 1970 | 2 Years On | 32 | — |
| 1971 | Trafalgar | 34 | — |
| 1972 | To Whom It May Concern | 35 | — |
| 1973 | Life in a Tin Can | 69 | — |
| 1974 | Mr. Natural | 198 | — |
| 1975 | Main Course | 14 | — |
| 1976 | Children of the World | 8 | — |
| 1979 | Spirits Having Flown | 1 | 1 |
| 1981 | Living Eyes | 41 | 73 |
| 1987 | E·S·P | 96 | 5 |
| 1989 | One | 68 | 29 |
| 1991 | High Civilization | — | 24 |
| 1993 | Size Isn't Everything | 153 | 23 |
| 1997 | Still Waters | 11 | 2 |
| 2001 | This Is Where I Came In | 16 | 6 |
Live albums[link]
| Year | Title | US Chart |
UK Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live | 8 | — |
| 1998 | One Night Only | 72 | 4 |
Soundtrack releases[link]
| Year | Title | US Chart |
UK Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Saturday Night Fever | 1 | 1 |
| 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 5 | 38 |
| 1983 | Staying Alive | 6 | 14 |
Catalogue reissue[link]
The Gibbs recently gained ownership rights to their back catalogue, and set up a new distribution arrangement with Warner/Rhino/Reprise Records where they have since reissued digitally remastered versions of Saturday Night Fever, their later Bee Gees Greatest album, and a new boxed set: The Studio Albums: 1967–1968.
Additionally, more recent titles such as Still Waters and This Is Where I Came In were among the first batch of re-releases. The band's three Warner Bros. releases, E. S. P., One and High Civilisation were also made available on iTunes for the first time since the albums went out of print in North America in the mid-90s.
According to Robin Gibb's website, three more reissues were planned for the 2008 holiday season: Best of Bee Gees, Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2 and Love Songs. The double album Odessa was released on 13 January 2009 in a special 3-disc deluxe edition complete with the original red velvet cover with remastered stereo and mono versions of the album as well as alternate versions and unreleased tracks.
Since the remastered release of Odessa, Rhino has stopped reissuing original Bee Gees albums and there has not been any announcement as to when the remaining albums will be remastered.
Limited edition[link]
Ellan Vannin was recorded in 1997 as a 1,000 quantity limited edition single for Isle of Man charities. The song was featured in the Bee Gees World Tour and on ITV's "An Evening With ..." but to date has not been released generally. The single was subsequently also available as part of the 1999 Bee Gees Stamp issue.
50th anniversary collections[link]
In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Bee Gees (when they started calling themselves "Bee Gees" in 1959), Rhino Records have released two new collections. Mythology is a four-disc collection highlighting each brother, including Andy, with tracks personally selected by Barry, Robin, Maurice's wife Yvonne (with his children Adam and Samantha), and Andy's daughter Peta. Maurice's disc contains two unreleased tracks called "Angel Of Mercy" and "The Bridge". Andy's disc contains the unreleased track "Arrow Through The Heart". Mythology also features a scrapbook of family photos, many never-before published, along with tributes from artists such as George Martin, Brian Wilson, Elton John, Graham Nash and the band's longtime manager Robert Stigwood.
The second collection, The Ultimate Bee Gees, is a more modest two-disc 40-track collection highlighting their biggest hits and includes a bonus DVD of unreleased videos, previously unreleased television appearances, live performances, and promo videos. Each disc is themed, with the first disc being the more upbeat songs called "A Night Out" and the second disc being more ballad-focused called "A Night In".[46]
Band instrumentalists[link]
Barry Gibb played rhythm guitar.
During the early 1970s, Robin Gibb played piano and violin occasionally, but most of the time he only sang. Although he kept on playing strings and keyboards privately, he had not played any instrument on stage since mid-'70s.
Maurice Gibb played bass guitar, rhythm and lead guitar, piano, organ, harpsichord, electric piano, mellotron, and electronic keyboards, synthesisers and drum tracks. From 1966 to 1972 he played multiple instruments on many records. During the late 1970s he played mainly bass guitar. From about 1986 onward he usually played keyboards and guitars. Maurice was credited by the brothers as being the most technologically savvy member of the band, and had built his own home studio. The bootleg CD ESP Demos allegedly includes rough versions of tracks from the album of the same name that were recorded at that studio.[citation needed]
These musicians were considered members of the band:[citation needed]
- Colin Petersen – drums (1967–1969)
- Vince Melouney – lead guitar (1967–1968)
- Geoff Bridgford – drums (1969–1972)
- Alan Kendall – lead guitar (1971–1980, 1987–2001)
- Dennis Bryon – drums (1974–1980)
- Blue Weaver – keyboards (1975–1980)
Filmography[link]
- 1969: Cucumber Castle
- 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- 1979: The Bee Gees Special
- 1990: One For All Tour
- 1997: Keppel Road
- 1998: One Night Only
- 2001: This Is Where I Came In
- 2002: Live By Request
- 2010: In Our Own Time
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Joe Mardin (born Yusuf Mardin) is a music producer, arranger and engineer from New York City. He is a Berklee College of Music graduate and is the son of producer Arif Mardin (Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin, Hall & Oates, Chaka Khan etc...). Joe is also a conductor, songwriter and drummer.
Along with his father, Joe Mardin co-produced Queen Latifah, The Dana Owens Album[1], Joy A Holiday Collection, a Christmas album by singer/songwriter Jewel (he shared several roles on both albums including conductor, arranger, engineer, programming and orchestration), and the debut album of blind singer, songwriter, guitarist Raul Midón entitled State of Mind. Currently, he is producing Midón's second album for Manhattan Records, due out in September 2007.
Joe has also worked with Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Daniel Rodriguez, among many others[2]. Joe was a co-composer for "Caught in the Act" on Chaka Khan's I Feel For You album. His conducting credits include Whitney Houston's, Whitney: The Greatest Hits album [3]
He produced the documentary The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story which is about the career of his father. It was directed by Doug Biro.
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