Tag Archives: 1970s – 1980s

Founded as Creed in 1969 by vocalist Andy Forgie, guitarist Tag Rashotte, bassist Tag Wilkins and drummer John Paul Murphy, Photograph was also called the Elevators before their last name modify. Authorized to Capitol in 1979, the Ontario-based quartet got three Canadian strikes in 1981 using their self-titled debut recording. …

Guitarist Joe Mock and dulcimer participant Rick Scott formed the folk group Pear of Pied Pumkin in the past due ’60s. The duo released albums independently Squash label, you start with Pied Pumpkin String Outfit in 1975, and adopted the next yr by Pied Pumpkin Allah Setting. A self-titled LP …

Foday Musa Suso is a Mandingo (Western African tribe) griot (hereditary musician and cultural curator) who are able to track his hereditary lineage back again to the initial performer within the 21-string kora lute. After a normal apprenticeship in Africa, he found the united states in 1977 and shaped The …

Also known as Denmark’s response to the Beatles, Danish rock-band Gasolin’ are broadly regarded as the country’s most popular band to date. Founded in 1969 by Kim Larsen, Franz Beckerlee, and Wili Jonsson, Gasolin’ began with English-language materials such as for example “Silky Sally,” “Kid from the Organization,” and “Johnny …

Performer and article writer Jill Kroesen hasn’t only participated in several rock rings and avant-garde productions, but in addition has produced primary music theater functions and written for separate magazines. In the middle-’70s, after gaining her M.F.A. at Mills University (where she examined with Terry Riley and Robert Ashley), Kroesen …

Inspired with the Velvet Underground (especially lead vocalist Bob Pfeifer) as well as the angst-ridden post-punk of Pleasure Division, Human Switchboard debuted in 1977 with an EP made by Pere Ubu’s David Thomas. Individual Switchboard Live premiered by the music group three years afterwards (though it resembles a bootleg), and …

Originally referred to as Sullivan’s Gypsies, Fergus O’Byrne, Dermot O’Reilly and Denis Ryan renamed themselves Ryan’s Fancy if they moved from Ireland to Newfoundland, Canada. The trio’s albums consist of Ryan’s Nice Sung by Sullivan’s Gypsys (1970), Dark Isle (1971), Looking Back again (1972), Newfoundland Consuming Songs (1973), Instances to …

The next successive Israeli winners from the Eurovision Song Contest (following on from Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta), Dairy & Honey triumphed in the 1979 finals. A trio of Reuven Gvirtz, Shmulik Bilu, and Yehuda Tamir, they performed “Hallelujah” alongside celebrity and vocalist Gali Atari. Popular performers within their homeland, Dairy …

The Chicago-based performing and songwriting team Zane Grey and Len Ron Hanks wrote songs for Jerry Butler in the first ’70s before shifting to LA in 1976. They have scored big strikes as composers in the ’70s with L.T.D.’s “Back Love Once again” as well as the Tavares’ “NEVER REALLY …

Bluespumpm, an Austrian group whose users were Johann “Zappa” Cermak (acoustic guitar, vocal, harmonica), Wolfgang Frosch (bass), Dieter Thoma (piano, drums), and Franz “Bongo” Frank (vocals, acoustic guitar, drums), released 3 Austrian albums between 1979 and 1981.