Russell Mael, dos Sparks, comemora hoje 76 anos

Russell Craig Mael (Los Angeles, California, October 5, 1948) is an American singer best known as the lead singer for the band Sparks which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother Ron Mael. Mael is known for his wide vocal range, in particular his far-reaching falsetto. He has a flamboyant and hyperactive stage presence which contrasts sharply with Ron Mael's deadpan scowling. The band released an album with British rock band Franz Ferdinand, as the supergroup FFS, titled FFS, released in 2015. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. 

 

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Ron Mael, dos Sparks, celebra hoje 79 anos

Ronald David Mael (Culver City, California, August 12, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the keyboard player and principal songwriter in the band Sparks which he founded with vocalist, occasional songwriter and younger brother Russell Mael in 1971. Mael is known for his quirky and idiosyncratic approach to songwriting, his intricate and rhythmic keyboard playing style and for his deadpan and low key, scowling demeanour onstage often remaining motionless over his keyboard in sharp contrast to Russell's animated and hyperactive frontman antics. Ron Mael is also noted for his conservative clothes and unfashionable moustache. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. 

 

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Marc Almond - 67 anos

Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almond (Leeds, Merseyside, 9 de julho de 1957) é um compositor e músico britânico. Almond começou apresentando-se e gravando no duo de synthpop/new wave Soft Cell. Também possui uma carreira a solo diversificada. As suas colaborações incluem um dueto com Gene Pitney no single número um no Reino Unido em 1989 "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". Almond vendeu mais de 30 milhões de discos no mundo todo. Passou um mês em coma, após um acidente de moto, quase fatal, em 2004, e mais tarde tornou-se um patrono da causa dos problemas cerebrais. 

Foi elevado a Oficial da Ordem do Império Britânico (OBE) no ano de 2018, pelos seus serviços para com arte e cultura.

 

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O álbum So, de Peter Gabriel, foi lançado há 38 anos

So is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 19 May 1986 by Charisma Records and Virgin Records. After working on the soundtrack to the film Birdy (1984), producer Daniel Lanois was invited to remain at Gabriel's Somerset home during 1985 to work on his next solo project. Initial sessions for So consisted of Gabriel, Lanois and guitarist David Rhodes, although these grew to include a number of percussionists.

Although Gabriel continued to use the pioneering Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer, songs from these sessions were less experimental than his previous material. Nevertheless, Gabriel drew on various musical influences, fusing pop, soul, and art rock with elements of traditional world music, particularly African and Brazilian styles. It is Gabriel's first non-eponymous album, So representing an "anti-title" that resulted from label pressure to "properly" market his music. Gabriel toured So on the This Way Up tour (1986–1987), with some songs performed at human rights and charity concerts during this period.

Often considered his best and most accessible album, So was an immediate commercial success and transformed Gabriel from a cult artist into a mainstream star, becoming his best-selling solo release. It has been certified fivefold platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. The album's lead single, "Sledgehammer", was promoted with an innovative animated music video and achieved particular success, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and subsequently winning a record of nine MTV Video Music Awards. It was followed by four further singles, "Don't Give Up" (a duet with Kate Bush), "Big Time", "In Your Eyes", and "Red Rain".

The album received positive reviews from most critics, who praised its songwriting, melodies and fusion of genres, although some retrospective reviews have criticised its overt commercialism and 1980s production sounds. So was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1987 but lost to Paul Simon's Graceland. It has appeared in lists of the best albums of the 1980s, and Rolling Stone included the album in their 2003 and 2020 editions of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2000 it was voted number 82 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. So was remastered in 2002, partially re-recorded for Gabriel's 2011 orchestral project New Blood and issued as a box set in 2012. 

 

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O baterista Chris Frantz nasceu há 73 anos

   

Charton Christopher Frantz (Fort Campbell, Kentucky, May 8, 1951) is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer for both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, both of which he co-founded with wife and Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth. In 2002, Frantz was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads.

 

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Cindy Wilson, uma das vocalistas dos The B-52's, celebra hoje 67 anos

  

Cynthia Leigh Wilson (Athens, 28 de fevereiro de 1957) é uma cantora e atriz norte-americana, popular por ser uma das vocalistas e compositoras da banda de rock The B-52's.

 

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David Sylvian, vocalista dos Japan, comemora hoje 66 anos

    

David Sylvian, nome artístico de David Alan Batt (Beckenham, Kent, 23 de fevereiro de 1958), é um cantor e músico inglês que adquiriu proeminência no final dos anos 70 como vocalista e principal compositor do grupo de new romantic Japan. O crítico Jason Ankeny, no Allmusic, descreve a sua carreira: "uma carreira esotérica e de longo alcance que abrangeu não só discos a solo como também uma série fascinante de colaborações, incluindo fascinantes incursões no cinema, fotografia e arte moderna". De entre os músicos que tocaram ou gravaram com Sylvian, estiveram desde músicos de jazz e de vanguarda, como Mark Isham, John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, David Torn e Derek Bailey, até músicos de rock progressivo e krautrock, como Robert Fripp, Bill Nelson e Rolger Czukay. Também se destaca na maioria dos seus discos a presença de seu irmão, Steve Jansen, na bateria, outro antigo membro dos Japan, e do teclista nipónico Ryuichi Sakamoto.

   

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A cantora Jain faz hoje 32 anos

    

Jeanne Galice, diteJain, née le 7 février 1992 à Toulouse (Occitanie), est une autrice-compositrice-interprète et musicienne française.

Chantant en anglais, elle développe un style de musique mélangeant la pop avec de nombreux autres genres dont la musique électronique, le reggae et diverses musiques du monde, inspiré par ses nombreux séjours à l'étranger.

Son premier album, Zanaka, sorti en novembre 2015 est certifié double disque de platine en septembre 2016. Son deuxième album, Souldier, est sorti en août 2018. The Fool, son troisième album, est sorti en avril 2023. 

 

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Tina Weymouth - 73 anos

Martina Michèle Weymouth (Coronado, California, November 22, 1950) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member and bassist of the new wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club, which she co-founded with her husband, Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz. In 2002, Weymouth was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads.

 

  

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Russell Mael, dos Sparks, faz hoje 75 anos

Russell Craig Mael (Los Angeles, California, October 5, 1948) is an American singer best known as the lead singer for the band Sparks which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother Ron Mael. Mael is known for his wide vocal range, in particular his far-reaching falsetto. He has a flamboyant and hyperactive stage presence which contrasts sharply with Ron Mael's deadpan scowling. The band released an album with British rock band Franz Ferdinand, as the supergroup FFS, titled FFS, released in 2015. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. 

 

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Ron Mael, dos Sparks, faz hoje 78 anos

Ronald David Mael (Culver City, California, August 12, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the keyboard player and principal songwriter in the band Sparks which he founded with vocalist, occasional songwriter and younger brother Russell Mael in 1971. Mael is known for his quirky and idiosyncratic approach to songwriting, his intricate and rhythmic keyboard playing style and for his deadpan and low key, scowling demeanour onstage often remaining motionless over his keyboard in sharp contrast to Russell's animated and hyperactive frontman antics. Ron Mael is also noted for his conservative clothes and unfashionable moustache. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. 

 

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Marc Almond - 66 anos

Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almond (Leeds, Merseyside, 9 de julho de 1957) é um compositor e músico britânico. Almond começou apresentando-se e gravando no duo de synthpop/new wave Soft Cell. Também possui uma carreira a solo diversificada. As suas colaborações incluem um dueto com Gene Pitney no single número um no Reino Unido em 1989 "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". Almond vendeu mais de 30 milhões de discos no mundo todo. Passou um mês em coma, após um acidente de moto quase fatal em 2004, e mais tarde tornou-se um patrono da causa dos problemas cerebrais. 

Foi elevado a Oficial da Ordem do Império Britânico (OBE) no ano de 2018, pelos seus serviços para com arte e cultura.

 

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O fantástico álbum So de Peter Gabriel foi lançado há 37 anos

So is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 19 May 1986 by Charisma Records and Virgin Records. After working on the soundtrack to the film Birdy (1984), producer Daniel Lanois was invited to remain at Gabriel's Somerset home during 1985 to work on his next solo project. Initial sessions for So consisted of Gabriel, Lanois and guitarist David Rhodes, although these grew to include a number of percussionists.

Although Gabriel continued to use the pioneering Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer, songs from these sessions were less experimental than his previous material. Nevertheless, Gabriel drew on various musical influences, fusing pop, soul, and art rock with elements of traditional world music, particularly African and Brazilian styles. It is Gabriel's first non-eponymous album, So representing an "anti-title" that resulted from label pressure to "properly" market his music. Gabriel toured So on the This Way Up tour (1986–1987), with some songs performed at human rights and charity concerts during this period.

Often considered his best and most accessible album, So was an immediate commercial success and transformed Gabriel from a cult artist into a mainstream star, becoming his best-selling solo release. It has been certified fivefold platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. The album's lead single, "Sledgehammer", was promoted with an innovative animated music video and achieved particular success, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and subsequently winning a record of nine MTV Video Music Awards. It was followed by four further singles, "Don't Give Up" (a duet with Kate Bush), "Big Time", "In Your Eyes", and "Red Rain".

The album received positive reviews from most critics, who praised its songwriting, melodies and fusion of genres, although some retrospective reviews have criticised its overt commercialism and 1980s production sounds. So was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1987 but lost to Paul Simon's Graceland. It has appeared in lists of the best albums of the 1980s, and Rolling Stone included the album in their 2003 and 2020 editions of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2000 it was voted number 82 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. So was remastered in 2002, partially re-recorded for Gabriel's 2011 orchestral project New Blood and issued as a box set in 2012. 

 

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O baterista Chris Frantz nasceu há 72 anos

   

Charton Christopher Frantz (Fort Campbell, Kentucky, May 8, 1951) is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer for both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, both of which he co-founded with wife and Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth. In 2002, Frantz was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads.

 

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Cindy Wilson, uma das vocalistas dos The B-52's, faz hoje 66 anos

  

Cynthia Leigh Wilson (Athens, 28 de fevereiro de 1957) é uma cantora e atriz norte-americana, popular por ser uma das vocalistas e compositoras da banda de rock The B-52's.

 

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David Sylvian, vocalista dos Japan, faz hoje 65 anos

    

David Sylvian, nome artístico de David Alan Batt (Beckenham, Kent, 23 de fevereiro de 1958), é um cantor e músico inglês que adquiriu proeminência no final dos anos 70 como vocalista e principal compositor do grupo de new romantic Japan. O crítico Jason Ankeny, no Allmusic, descreve a sua carreira: "uma carreira esotérica e de longo alcance que abrangeu não só discos a solo como também uma série fascinante de colaborações, incluindo fascinantes incursões no cinema, fotografia e arte moderna". De entre os músicos que tocaram ou gravaram com Sylvian, estiveram desde músicos de jazz e de vanguarda, como Mark Isham, John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, David Torn e Derek Bailey, até músicos de rock progressivo e krautrock, como Robert Fripp, Bill Nelson e Rolger Czukay. Também se destaca na maioria dos seus discos a presença de seu irmão, Steve Jansen, na bateria, outro antigo membro dos Japan, e do teclista nipónico Ryuichi Sakamoto.

   

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Russell Mael, dos Sparks, faz hoje 74 anos

Russell Craig Mael (Los Angeles, California, October 5, 1948) is an American singer best known as the lead singer for the band Sparks which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother Ron Mael. Mael is known for his wide vocal range, in particular his far-reaching falsetto. He has a flamboyant and hyperactive stage presence which contrasts sharply with Ron Mael's deadpan scowling. The band released an album with British rock band Franz Ferdinand, as the supergroup FFS, titled FFS, released in 2015. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. 

 

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Ron Mael, dos Sparks, faz hoje 77 anos

Ronald David Mael (Culver City, California, August 12, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the keyboard player and principal songwriter in the band Sparks which he founded with vocalist, occasional songwriter and younger brother Russell Mael in 1971. Mael is known for his quirky and idiosyncratic approach to songwriting, his intricate and rhythmic keyboard playing style and for his deadpan and low key, scowling demeanour onstage often remaining motionless over his keyboard in sharp contrast to Russell's animated and hyperactive frontman antics. Ron Mael is also noted for his conservative clothes and unfashionable moustache. The Mael brothers are the founders of Lil' Beethoven Records. 

 

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Hoje é de ouvir The B-52's...!

Cindy Wilson - 65 anos...!

  

Cynthia Leigh Wilson (Athens, 28 de fevereiro de 1957) é uma cantora e atriz norte-americana, popular por ser uma das vocalistas e compositoras da banda de rock The B-52's.

 

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