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The Supremes乐队是60年代在美国流行乐坛盛及一时的女子三重唱组合,是美国最著名最有影响力的乐队之一,在美国音乐发展历程上有着不可忽视的重要地位。在当时的白人和黑人中间有极高的人气,是少有的可以跨界的人气组合。 全球女子乐团的典范,也是最为畅销的单曲制造机,更是光荣进入名人摇滚殿堂、并成为黑人音乐大本营Motown唱片旗下最引以为傲的女子兵团!集歌唱外貌于一身的The Supremes,50年代中期成军之初,原名为Primettes,成员包含Diana Ross、Mary Wilson、Florence Ballard及Barbara Martin,60年在Lupine唱片发行一张单曲后,被Motown创始人Berry Gordy招揽旗下。刚开始,她们只是合音天使,后来更换团名成The Supremes,才独立出来录制专辑,并套换时尚亮眼装扮,将热情、欢愉的独特魅力展现在活泼流畅的曲目中,这时Barbara正式离团,剩下The Supremes三人组合的标准机制,Diana Ross也成为团中主唱及灵魂核心。 64年推出《Where Did Our Love Go》登上流行榜冠军后,也开始了The Supremes不凡的音乐事迹,更成为第一组登上英国金榜冠军的女子团体。表现相当突出的Diana在67年将团名改为Diana Ross & The Supremes,再经Berry的鼓励下于69年离团单飞,展现多艺长才,跨界演出电视剧及电影,连创佳绩在整个70年代。81年偕同Lionel Richie对唱的经典曲“Endless Love”攻顶排行冠军长达9周之久!同年她选择离开Motown唱片,也划下她在Motown的风光休止符 .
The Wards of Court were a harmony quintet from Essex, who might have been fair rivals to the likes of the Equals under other circumstances as a British soul outfit. Their one and only contribution to posterity was a single, "All Night Girl" b/w "How Could You Say One Thing," of which -- too typical of English rock at the time -- the B-side was the greater achievement, a stomping soul selection that could have done great things on the charts and for the group, had it not been overlooked. It has since surfaced on the compilation CD The Mod...
Soul Supreme (real name David Åström), born 1983, is a hip hop producer from Sweden. He has worked with the likes of KRS-One, Pete Rock and Big Daddy Kane. In 2003 he released his debut and self-produced album “The Saturday Night Agenda” under the name Soul Supreme on the Boston based label Grit Records. The album featured KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Pete Rock, O.C. and many more. Later the same year he produced the entire mixtape "Soulmatic", a remixed version of Nas classic album "Stillmatic", which was released through hiphopsite.com. In 2004 he continued with another remix mixtape; Soul &...
The Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra performs Gagaku, which is the ancient music of the royal court of Japan. Dating from the Nara (645 - 710) and Heian (794 - 1185) periods, Gagaku is a stately, formal music performed by an orchestra conisting of wind, reed, string and percussion instruments. Most notable, and giving Gagaku its characteristic sound, are the hichiriki, a double-reed instrument (somewhat like an oboe) with a nasal sound which is used to carry the melody, and the sho, which consists of 17 reed pipes and provides the harmony. Gagaku is one of the oldest forms of...
The Supreme Cool Beings were a lo-fi indie band from Olympia, Washington that formed in 1982. They consisted of Heather Lewis, Gary Allen May and Doug Monaghan. They gigged around Olypmia and Tacoma for roughly half a year before recording "Surival of the Coolest" live on KAOS-FM. The Supreme Cool Beings were seminally Olympian in a number of ways: they often did not use a bass guitar, had both male and female vocals, a female drummer, and played in multiple bands at the same time. Though now commonplace, these features were quite unusual in 1982. The following year, Heather Lewis...