In addition to his main work—performing with Deep Purple and other bands during the 1970s and 1980s—he sang the role of Jesus in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar (1970), performed in the charity supergroup Rock Aid Armenia, and engaged in...
issued February 13, 1970, but also that band’sParanoid, Uriah Heep’s debut, and most important of this set of three, Deep Purple’sIn Rock. And of course, by this point, dozens of other bands are discussed
Heatwave recruited a new vocalist, James Dean (JD) Nicholas, to perform live on tour while to everyone’s amazement Wilder, while still paralysed, sang lead vocals and produced the group’s next album, ‘Candles’. Another album (‘Current’) would be released but the band broke up in the...
I knew Oliver Reed couldn’t sing, but as I knocked back mugs of Rémy Martin while coaching him line-by-tortuous-line, he did his thing in the studio and it worked extraordinarily well. I had been told that Jack Nicholson wasn’t a trained singer either, but he sang beautifully. (He...
like a Capability Brown. Bright paths led here and there, and an ornately coloured bridge stood over a cave big enough for a small bear. The Master looked at the trees, some of the grandest he’d ever seen, and the brightly coloured birds that sang a strange song that sounded almost hu...
He brought many adoring fans to tears as they sang along when he crooned such hits as “Hasta Que Te Conoci” (“Until I Met You”) and “Amor Eterno” (“Eternal Love”). His song “Querida” (“Dear”) topped Mexico’s charts for a whole year. A six-time Grammy nominee, Gabrie...
They grew closer when Amy opened up about not having a lot of friends after she moved from Puerto Rico. She recalled her dad begging other kids to come to her birthday party. In a more lighthearted moment, Johnny sang an original song and made her laugh. ...
Win your kid's next birthday or holiday gift-giving extravaganza with one of these 20 toys inspired by metal bands. Regardless of how many options there are, buying gifts for a kid can be hard. Their minds change in an instant as they move on to the next toy they want as soon as it...
Brian Alford first met Colin Day when they both sang in a Fulham church choir but Brian would first pursue a career in music with his own youth club band called ‘The Shadows’ (no not that one) before John White and him broke away as a duo called The Shadows brothers’. They ...
Eventually I gave up and started to head back. But the bird kept singing. I decided to make one more concentrated look from a different vantage point. I would wait for each time the bird sang to try to hone in on its location. Then, somehow, I spotted the singing bird at the very ...