Showing posts with label composer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label composer. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Monday, December 16, 2024

Born on this day – Lizzy Mercier Descloux:


Lizzy Mercier Descloux


Singer

Musician

Writer

Composer

Actress

Painter

December 16, 1956 – April 20, 2004

Credits:

Albums:

Rosa Yemen – Live in N.Y.C July 1978 (1978); Press Color (1979); Mambo Nassau (1981); Zulu Rock (1984); One for the Soul (1985); Suspense (1988).

Movies and television:

Corporate (2019); Cocoricocoboy (1984); 5 Flaschen für Angelika (1981); Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979); Midi-Première (1979).

Born on this day – Ludwig van Beethoven:


Ludwig van Beethoven


Composer

Musician

December 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Born on this day – Dickey Betts:


Dickey Betts


Guitarist

Singer

Songwriter

Composer

December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Atlanta's Burning Down (1978); Bougainvillea's Call: The Very Best of Dickey Betts 1973-1988 (2006); Dickey Betts & Great Southern (1977); Highway Call (1974); Let's Get Together (2001); Live at the Coffee Pot 1983 (2016); Live from the Lone Star Roadhouse (2018); Official Bootleg Vol.1 (2021); Pattern Disruptive (1988); Ramblin' Man: Live at the St. George Theatre (2019); Rockpalast: 30 Years of Southern Rock 1978–2008 (2010); The Collectors #1 (2002); The Official Bootleg (2007).

Movies, video and television:

2004 Jammys: The Theatre at Madison Square Garden (2004); American Revolutions: Southern Rock (2005); And So It Goes (2014); Beat Shazam (2017); Belushi (2020); Big Fish (2003); Bird on a Wire (1990); Casey's Shadow (1978); Chicago Hope (1996); Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man (2020); Clear History (2013); Cockfighter (1974); Cold Case (2008); Comedian (2002); David Letterman (2011); Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Back Where It All Begins - Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum (2005); Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Back Where It All Begins - Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum (2005); Dickey Betts Band: Ramblin' Live at the St. George Theater (2018); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Erik (2016); Fear (1996); Field of Dreams (1989); Fresh Off the Boat (2016); Guitar Hero II (2006); Guitar Hero: World Tour (2008); Incendiary (2008); Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020); Ken Park (2002); Lassie (1994); Late Show with David Letterman (2000); Miami Vice (1986); Mongrels (2010); Morning Joe (2021–2022); Musicians for Disaster Relief 05' (2005); My Generation (2000); Nash Bridges (1996); Ohne Filter (1991); Outside Providence (1999); Psych (2008); Push, Nevada (2002); Radio Arrow (1998); Rock Legends (2017); Rock n' Roll Fantasy Camp (2006); Southern Rock at the BBC (2012); Southern Voices, American Dreams (1985); Supernatural (2005–2008); The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005); The Allman Brothers Band: Brothers of the Road (1985); The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods (1992); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2018); The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1995); The Cowboy Way (1994); The Exorcist (1973); The Full Moon Show (1992); The Good Guys (2010); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Holdovers (2023); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1978); The Shipping News (2001); The Simpsons (2007–2023); The Three Stooges (2012); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2017); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1990); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012); The Waterboy (1998); Top Gear (2007–2010); Turn It Up! (2014); Unplugged (1990); Volunteer Jam (1976); Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008); When Harry Met Sally... (1989).

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Saturday, November 16, 2024

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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Born on this day – JD Souther:


JD Souther


Actor

Composer

November 2, 1945 – September 17, 2024

Credits:

Songs:

Banging My Head Against the Moon; Believe Me; Best of My Love; Black Rose; Border Town; Faithless Love; Fallin' in Love; Go Ahead and Rain; Hearts Against the Wind; Heavenly Fire; How Long; I’ll Take Care of You; If You Don’t Want My Love; If You Have Crying Eyes; I'll Be Here at Closing Time; Little Victories; New Kid in Town; Safe at Home; Silver Blue; Simple Man, Simple Dream; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Something in the Dark; Songs of Love; The Fast One; The Last in Love; The Moon Just Turned Blue; The Sad Café; ’Til the Bars Burn Down; White Rhythm and Blues; Wishing on Another Lucky Star; You're Only Lonely.

Albums:

20 Songs (1999); Black Rose - Live At The Troubadour Nightclub, West Hollywood, Ca. April 8Th 1976 (2016); Black Rose (1976); Border Town: The Very Best of J.D. Souther (2007); Call Out My Name (2019); Hanging By A Thread (2024); Home by Dawn (1984); If the World Was You (2008); John David Souther (1972); Midnight In Tokyo (2012); Natural History (2011); Rain - Live at the Belcourt Theatre (2009); Tenderness (2015); The Souther–Hillman–Furay Band (1974); You're Only Lonely (1979).

Movies and television:

1991 MTV Video Music Awards (1991); 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards (2007); About Last Night (1986); Always (1989); American Masters (2011); Anything But Love (1989); At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (2019); Bernadette Peters in Concert (1998); Bob Hearts Abishola (2020); CMT Hot 20 Countdown (2007); Coast to Coast (1980); Cry-Baby (1990); Deadline (2012); Don Henley: The Heart of the Matter (1990); Doom Patrol (2019); Eagles: Hell Freezes Over (1994); Eagles: How Long (2007); Eagles: The Best of My Love (Live 1977); Eagles: The Farewell 1 Tour - Live from Melbourne (2005); Encore! (1980); Entourage (2005); Fire with Fire (1986); Florida Georgia Line: Dirt (2014); FM (1978); Glenn Frey Strange Weather Live in Dublin (1992); Good Day L.A. (2013); History of the Eagles (2013); How to Make the Cruelest Month (1998); I Love Trouble (1994); J.D. Souther: Go Ahead and Rain (1984); James Taylor & J.D. Souther: Her Town Too (1981); John Waite: If Anyone Had a Heart (1986); Laurel Canyon (2020); Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019); Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill (2022); My Girl 2 (1994); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1997); Nashville (2012–2017); NBI: Epimaco Velasco, the True Story (1994); Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights (1980); Once Upon a River (2019); P.O.V. (2015); Permanent Record (1988); Postcards from the Edge (1990); Providence (2000); Pure Country (1992); Purgatory (1999); Queens Logic (1991); Roswell (2001); Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988); Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30 (2017); Saturday Night Live (2001); Sex and the City (2008); Strictly Come Dancing (2014); The Best Little Girl in the World (1981); The Color of Money (1986); The Last Horror Film (1982); The Midnight Special (1972); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1973); The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (2002); The Rivermen (1980); The Seventies (2015); The Simpsons (2005); The Sure Thing (1985); The Wraith (1986); Thirtysomething (1989–1990); To Cross the Rubicon (1991); Top of the Pops (1977); Troubadours (2011); Urban Cowboy (1980).

Friday, November 1, 2024

Born on this day – Jim Steinman:


Jim Steinman


Composer

Singer

Musician

Lyricist

November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021

Music credits:

(including collaborations with Bonnie Tyler, Meat Loaf, Billy Squier and Pandora's Box)
Bad for Good (1981); Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Signs of Life (1984); Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986); Bat Out of Hell (1977); Dead Ringer (1981); Bad Attitude (1984); Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006); Braver Than We Are (2016); Original Sin (1989); Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993); Whistle Down the Wind (1996); A Man's a Man (1967); Baal (1968); The Beard (1968); The Dream Engine (1969); More Than You Deserve (1973); Rhinegold (1974); The Confidence Man (1976); Neverland (1977); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Rude Awakening (1989); Tanz der Vampire (1997); Shrek 2 (2004); Bat Out of Hell The Musical (2017); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way (2016); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Tina Arena: Whistle Down the Wind (1998); Céline Dion in Céline Dion: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1996); Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) (1996); Taylor Dayne: Original Sin (1995); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993); Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1989); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Todd Rundgren: Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It) (1985); Fire Inc.: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Fire Inc.: Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983);Meat Loaf: Read 'Em and Weep (1982); Dead Ringer (1982); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978).