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| www.michaelbuble.com His new CD, which he calls “my remark on the state of love,” contains a depth of feeling that will surprise and delight long-term fans and impress those new to his Music then there’s the exhilarating, salsa-flavored “It Had Better Be Tonight,” written by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini, which Bublé attacks with a hot- blooded vengeance“another very sexy song.. and edgy.” From there, he takes on “Me and Mrs. Jones,” the 1972 Gamble and Huff classic popularized by soul singer Billy Paul. “David (Foster) brought it to me, I’d never actually heard it before,” Bublé says. “We wanted it to be authentic and tell the story. Other highlight's include two of Bublé’s original songs, Includ- ing the acoustic-guitar driven “Everything,” co written with Amy Foster -Gillies and Alan Chang (who also co-wrote Bublé’s touching hit ballad “Home” off It’s Time) and produced by fellow Canadian Bob Rock (Bon Jovi, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Bryan Adams). Rounding out Call Me Irresponsible is Frank Sinatra’s “That’s Life" which, in Bublé’s hands, becomes a power- house complete with a full choir. Bublé spent the months his parents were away with his music-loving Italian grandfather, who intro- duced him to the singers who would become Bublé’s idols: Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Sinatra, Ray Charles, and Elvis Presley. “These guys were triple threats,” he says. “They could sing, they could dance, they could act. They were entertainers, and I believe that’s a lost art now.” |
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Blake Shelton is One of
Nashville Lifestyles 25 Most
Beautiful People!
Blake Shelton was born on June
18, 1976, in Ada, Okla. He wrote
songs as a teenager and honed
his performing style as he
played honky-tonk bars and
became a regular on a local
country music show.
At 17, Shelton met songwriter
Mae Boren Axton ("Heartbreak
Hotel"). She had returned to her
Oklahoma roots for a tribute
show honoring her in Ada.
Shelton was part of the
entertainment lineup and Axton
told him to move to Nashville if
he wanted a successful country
music singing career. Two
weeks out of high school in
1994, he packed his guitar and
headed there. In 1997, he was
co-writing with a friend who
tipped off songwriter/producer
Bobby Braddock, who co-wrote
the standards "He Stopped
Loving Her Today,"
"D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and "Time
Marches On," among others.
Braddock ultimately served as
the producer for Shelton's
self-titled debut on Warner Bros.
Nashville.
Nashville Lifestyles 25 Most
Beautiful People!
Blake Shelton was born on June
18, 1976, in Ada, Okla. He wrote
songs as a teenager and honed
his performing style as he
played honky-tonk bars and
became a regular on a local
country music show.
At 17, Shelton met songwriter
Mae Boren Axton ("Heartbreak
Hotel"). She had returned to her
Oklahoma roots for a tribute
show honoring her in Ada.
Shelton was part of the
entertainment lineup and Axton
told him to move to Nashville if
he wanted a successful country
music singing career. Two
weeks out of high school in
1994, he packed his guitar and
headed there. In 1997, he was
co-writing with a friend who
tipped off songwriter/producer
Bobby Braddock, who co-wrote
the standards "He Stopped
Loving Her Today,"
"D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and "Time
Marches On," among others.
Braddock ultimately served as
the producer for Shelton's
self-titled debut on Warner Bros.
Nashville.
His debut single, "Austin," stayed at No. 1 on Billboard's
singles chart for five weeks, tying Billy Ray Cyrus'
record for a debut single. Shelton also reached No. 1
for three weeks with "The Baby" in 2003. He spent most
of the year on the road with Toby Keith and married his
high school sweetheart. They divorced in 2006.
In 2004, he released the studio album Blake Shelton's
Barn & Grill, which included the hits "Some Beach,"
"Goodbye Time" and "Nobody But Me."
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singles chart for five weeks, tying Billy Ray Cyrus'
record for a debut single. Shelton also reached No. 1
for three weeks with "The Baby" in 2003. He spent most
of the year on the road with Toby Keith and married his
high school sweetheart. They divorced in 2006.
In 2004, he released the studio album Blake Shelton's
Barn & Grill, which included the hits "Some Beach,"
"Goodbye Time" and "Nobody But Me."
www.bsersfanclub.com
| A decade and a half is a long time to be at the top of your game; no matter what that game might be. In music, it’ s a near impossibility. While many set off as next big things, few stay the distance to arrive as genuine international icons. After 15 years, 159 weeks on the UK singles chart, 232 weeks on the albums chart, more than 20 million album sales and five mammoth world tours – playing to 5 million people in 38 countries – it’s fair to say that Jay Kay, the quick stepping 37 year-old professionally known as Jamiroquai, has finally made it. From the vanguard of the early ‘90s acid jazz revolution to one of the most recognisable musicians of a generation. What’s more, he’s got the 6 multi-platinum albums, 5 MTV Awards, the Grammy, the Ivor Novello and enough lurid tabloid headlines to prove it. And now, just in case there was any doubt, he’s got ‘High Times: Singles 1992-2006’, a singles collection which rams home the point and tracks the decade and a half journey via his rare groove and unmistakable barbed disco. |
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| Rimes was nominated for the Country Music Association Horizon award and the CMA Best Country Singer, becoming the youngest singer in the history of the CMA awards to receive a nomination; she won neither award. After two quickie 1997 releases -- Unchained Melody: The Early Years and You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs -- she issued her second proper LP, Sittin' on Top of the World, in 1998. Her self-titled third album followed a year later and I Need You appeared in early 2001. The next year, Rimes emerged with a sexy flair for the pop-oriented Twisted Angel, but returned to contemporary country in 2005 with This Woman. Her 2006 effort Whatever We Wanna found her going back to pop and was released exclusively in Europe. In 2007 she kicked off the Evan Almighty soundtrack with the gospel rave-up "Ready for a Miracle," appeared on Hal Ketchum's single "In Front of the Alamo," and began promoting her next album, Family, with the single "Nothing Better to Do |
| www.rihannasite.com rihanna.fancorner.org 2005 saw Rihanna rocking the mic on tour with Gwen Stefani, making crowds sweat in Japan, posing for magazine covers in Los Angeles and shooting her first film role for Bring It On Yet Again. This was a long way from the quiet life she led in Barbados in the parish of St michael. Robyn Rihanna Fenty has come through her musical initiation process unscathed. And now she is poised for everything that 2006 may hold as she readies to do it again with her sophomore release A Girl Like Me. |
| Although he was born in St. Louis, Aliaune Thiam -- aka Akon -- grew up in Senegal before he and his family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor Thiam) returned to the United States and settled in New Jersey when he was seven. There he discovered hip-hop for the first time, as well as crime. He was eventually jailed, but he used the time to work on his musical ideas. Upon release, Akon began writing and recording tracks in a home studio. The tapes found their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually released Trouble, Akon's debut LP, in June 2004. The album was an interesting hybrid of Akon's raps and silky, West African-styled vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beats. The success of the song "Locked Up" raised Akon's profile, and he followed up in the fall of 2006 with Konvicted. Soon enough, two of the album's singles, "I Wanna Love You" and "Smack That," had made their way to the upper regions of the Billboard charts |
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| During the recording of A Girl like Me, Rihanna jet set down to Jamaica to record with Sean Paul on the yardie duet "Break It Off." Smiling, Rihanna explains, "I have so much respect and love for Sean Paul. He took me to visit the Bob Marley Museum before going into the studio, which was an amazing experience. When we finally got to the studio, I felt as though Marley's spirit was in the room with us. With A Girl Like Me, the beautiful singer proves that her breakthrough was no fluke. After selling 1 million copies worldwide of her debut Music Of The Sun, once again, the summer belongs to Rihanna. |
| While growing up, both Rowlands and Simons grooved to an eccentric musical diet, ranging from the Smiths and Jesus and Mary Chain to Kraftwerk and Public Enemy. They met while taking the same history course at Manchester University, though neither were native Mancunians Rowlands enrolled because of the legendary Haçienda nightclub nearby, while Simons acknowledged the city as birthplace to the Smiths and New Order. The pair began sampling Manchester's vibrant nightclub scene together during 1989 and 1990, |
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