THE BRAND NEW York City-based DJ Reset gained notoriety for his mash-ups — such as for example “Frontin’ on Debra” (Pharrell meets Beck), “7 Superman Army” (Eminem meets the White colored Stripes), and “With just a little 1999” (Wings meet Prince) — but he previously been associated with music in …

b. Derrick Johnson, Birmingham, Britain. Elevated in Manchester, Jamaica, Johnson originally performed beneath the moniker Superman. In 1984 he released, in conjunction with Courtney Allen (as Superman And Spiderman), the Rank Joe -created album, Wickedest Mixture. Inspired by performers such as for example Michigan And Smiley, Yellowman and Fathead, the …

Composer/editor/movie director and California local John Ottman’s enthusiasm for music and film began in a young age group in San Jose. Years spent producing short movies in his parents’ garage area ultimately led the youthful auteur to USC, where he graduated from your university’s prestigious College of Cinema-Television and fulfilled …

Three-time Tony-award-winning songwriter (Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, Annie) Charles Strouse may remember attending displays young along with his parents and getting awestruck with all the current glamour. The author of “Placed on a Content Encounter” (from Bye Bye Birdie), “A WHOLE LOT of Living to accomplish,” and “A long time …

Upon his emergence through the mid-’60s, Donovan was anointed “Britain’s response to Bob Dylan,” a facile but generally unfounded comparison which compromised the Scottish folk-pop troubadour’s own unique vision. Where in fact the thrust of Dylan’s music continues to be its bleak introspection and bitter realism, Donovan completely embraced the …

Five for Fighting may be the one-man music group of John Ondrasik, who rose to popularity in 2001 in the effectiveness of the pop/rock and roll ballad “Superman (IT ISN’T Easy).” Although originally released in 2000, the one became popular following the occasions of Sept 11, 2001, which shone brand-new …

After briefly getting into the mainstream pop radar in 1981 with her lone hit “O Superman,” Laurie Anderson liked a public visibility higher than just about any other avant-garde amount of her era. Her infrequent forays into rock and roll aside, Anderson even so remained solidly grounded inside the world …

Since Clark Kent may be the key identification of Superman, it had been no real surprise when Klark Kent ended up being an alter ego aswell. Kent was in fact Stewart Copeland, the drummer for the authorities. In 1980, Copeland donned the Klark Kent disguise, also creating a fake biography. …

Chicago’s Ides of March burst onto the country wide picture in 1970 using the million-selling sole “Automobile,” a tune that bore greater than a transferring resemblance towards the then mega-selling Bloodstream, Perspiration & Tears. However the band’s pedigree returned beyond BS&T’s, and using a very much different origin. Produced in …

The Leathercoated Thoughts were a LA studio-only group, formed for the express reason for exploiting both sound and image of the L.A. psychedelic picture circa 1966-1967. Their single record, the LP A VACATION Down the Sunset Remove, was released on the tiny Viva label in 1967 because — as Viva …