“Sledgehammer” is a song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released as the lead single from his fifth studio album, So, on 21 April 1986. It was produced by Gabriel and Daniel Lanois. It reached No. 1 in Canada on 21 July 1986, where it spent four weeks; No. 1 on the Billboard […]
“Don’t Give Up” is a song written by English musician Peter Gabriel and recorded as a duet with Kate Bush for Gabriel’s fifth solo studio album So (1986). The single version was released as the second single from the album in the UK in 1986 and as the fifth single in the United States in […]
“In Your Eyes” is a song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel from his fifth solo album So (1986). It features Youssou N’Dour singing a part at the end of the song translated into his native Wolof. Gabriel’s lyrics were inspired by an African tradition of ambiguity in song between romantic love and love of […]
“Big Time” is a song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel from his 1986 album So. It was his second top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at no. 8. The song’s bass guitar part is unique in that backing bassist Tony Levin and then-backing drummer Jerry Marotta teamed up for the main bassline. […]
White Elephant, otherwise known as Mike Mainieri & Friends, was a jazz-rock big band made up of session and studio musicians based in New York City. Under the direction of Mike Mainieri (arranger, composer, keyboards, liner notes, percussion, producer & vocals), band members included Michael Brecker (tenor), Frank Vicari (tenor), George Young (alto) & Ronnie […]
Diana In The Autumn Wind is an album by Gap Mangione, released in 1968. Tracks 1 Boy With Toys (Gap Mangione) 02:40 2 Diana In The Autumn Wind (Gap Mangione) 02:55 3 Long Hair Soulful (Gap Mangione) 04:33 4 Yesterday (John Lennon; Paul McCartney) 03:56 5 The Xith Commandment (Gap Mangione) 03:18 6 St. Thomas […]
The Key is the eighth studio album by the British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released on 28 February 1983 by A&M Records. The album was recorded at Townhouse Studios in Shepherd’s Bush, London; Polar Studios in Stockholm and also in New York. The album spawned the single “Drop The Pilot”, which became one of Armatrading’s biggest […]
Boys In The Trees is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released in 1978. The album included “You Belong to Me”, which reached No. 6 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and became Simon’s fifth Top 10 pop hit. Another track, a remake of The Everly Brothers’ 1958 hit “Devoted to You”, […]
Future Shock is an album by Michael Whalen, released in 2021 on Solace/myndstream. Michael Whalen (born December 2, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA) is a composer of over 650 television and film scores and thousands of advertising jingles. He has won two Emmy Awards and his works feature in places from TV […]
Love Play is the fourth solo album by Mike Manieri, released in 1977 on Arista. Tracks 1 High Life (Mike Mainieri) 05:26 2 Magic Carpet (Mike Mainieri) 04:27 3 Latin Lover (Mike Mainieri) 03:32 4 I’m Sorry (Mike Mainieri) 06:19 5 Silkworm (Warren Bernhardt) 04:26 6 Easy To Please (Mike Mainieri) 05:16 7 Sara Smile […]