This performance of ‘Your Song’ was Elton’s second appearance on Top Of The Pops, airing on January 14th 1971. This was just one week before the song became his first-ever entry on the UK Singles Chart. Taken from Elton’s eponymous second UK album, the now classic ballad peaked at #7 and spent 10 weeks inside the Top 40. This performance, recorded at the BBC Television Centre, features band members Nigel Olsson on drums and Dee Murray on bass.
Sting does not fit into any category: Behind the world-famous rock star there is a misunderstood intellectual, an ostracized artist and - above all - a free and sensitive man who expresses his innermost thoughts and deepest convictions in his music.
Review of his artistic career.
"Englishman in New York", "Roxanne", "Every Breath You Take", "Desert Rose", "Walking on the Moon" or "Fragile": some of the most successful hits of the last decades come from Sting. As the front man of The Police, Sting worked his way up to an international star from 1977 to 1984. A solo career followed, during which he already celebrated multiple platinum success with his debut album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles" (1985). Thanks to his talent and fame, the musician, author and composer soon became a pop icon. In the course of his 40-year career, he has sold over 100 million records, received 16 Grammys and one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As the band leader and bass player for The Police, he went into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Sting has a unique voice that seems to transport you into a world of its own. In his music, jazz meets pop and pop meets classical. Sting does not only express his freedom through music and sheet music. It shows up primarily in his lyrics. Sting, who has been involved in social and environmental politics for decades, does not ignore difficult topics. In "Inshallah", for example, he addresses the journey of refugees through Europe. In " Musicians and producers such as Bob Geldof, will.i.am, Vinnie Colaiuta, Zucchero, Dominic Miller, Branford Marsalis, Pascal Negre, Martin Kierszenbaum and Rufus Miller also have their say in the portrait. Archival recordings testify to a life full of encounters and musical creations and tell the story of a British rock legend, a border crosser and free spirit who is constantly looking for new challenges. Documentation by Julie Veille (F 2016, 56 min) ► Available on Youtube until 30/06/2021 ►Subscribe to our YouTube culture channel: Archive recordings testify to a life full of encounters and musical new creations and tell the story of a British rock legend, a border crosser and free spirit who is constantly looking for new challenges. Documentation by Julie Veille (F 2016, 56 min) ► Available on Youtube until 30/06/2021 ►Subscribe to our YouTube culture channel: Archival recordings testify to a life full of encounters and musical creations and tell the story of a British rock legend, a border crosser and free spirit who is constantly looking for new challenges. Documentation by Julie Veille (F 2016, 56 min) ► Available on Youtube until 30/06/2021 ►Subscribe to our YouTube culture channel:https: //www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyg ...
The Moody Blues are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1964, initially consisting of keyboardist Mike Pinder, multi-instrumentalist Ray Thomas, guitarist Denny Laine, drummer Graeme Edge, and bassist Clint Warwick. The group came to prominence playing rhythm and blues music. They made some changes in musicians but settled on a line-up of Pinder, Thomas, Edge, guitarist Justin Hayward, and bassist John Lodge, who stayed together for most of the band's "classic era" into the early 1970s.
She marched to Washington with Martin Luther King and performed in Woodstock: Joan Baezhas always remained true to her ideals and has always been a strong voice for civil rights, democracy and pacifism. What do you associate with the singer and songwriter?
Jimmy Page is the head of Led Zeppelin and it was he who wrote the great songs of the legendary group. Before that, he spent years as a studio musician from one studio to another. Today what many consider the best guitarist of all time is celebrating his 77th birthday.
82 years ago today, Scott McKenzie was born as Philip Wallach Blondheim in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA. He managed to become a musical institution with a single hit. This hit is, of course, “San Francisco”.
A documentary tracing punk from the SEX shop of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood. Featuring contributions from Tony James, Gene October, Jon Savage, Glen Matlock, Jah Wobble, Steve Severin and archive performances.