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Sade Biography

Friday, 31 December 2010 § 0

On January 16th 1959, Helen Folsade Adu was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. Years later, she was to become a sensational musician, with a very distinctive voice and personal charm. This is the story of Sade:

Adebisi Adu, and Ann Hayes, also known as Sade's parents, had an unfortunate marriage and by the time Sade turned 4, they broke up. Ann moved back to London, where Sade grew up listening to Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Al Green and Billie Holiday. She got accepted at St. Martin School of Art and studied fashion design, but that did not stop young Sade to have various jobs since high-school.

She had been a men's clothing fashion designer between 1979 and 1983, then started her career in music as a back-up singer for Pride in 1982. A year later, Sade and Pride's saxophonist, Stuart Mathewman, started the band "Sade" and things have started to turn for the better. Critics liked her name just as much as they loved to refer to her voice as a smooth, sophisticated, sound with a slightly jazzy act. Sade became a standard for all singers who tried and utterly failed to get close to her style. By the end of 1984, the band included Andrew Hale (keyboardist), Paul Denman (bassist) and Paul Cooke (drummer).

"Diamond Life" was Sade's debut album, released on the international market in early 1985. It contained the single "Smooth Operator" and was sold in six million copies by the Established a new sales record of British singer, the end of the year. It is a sadist for best new artist Grammy, one of the reasons why even received.

"Promises," Thad comes another historical sophomore album - "Taboo. Sweetest" of a world tour in eight months, tired, tired of the rumors, Sade is some time down the projector possibly be. "Puraidosutorongazan" his comeback album - released in 1988 - onceagain, a massive success, but Sade disappeared from the music world again after a concert tour that included Australia, Japan and jaw-breaking performances in the United Stated. Her decision to move to Spain and marry a documentary filmmaker has brought her on the edge of depression for a whole year.

It was 1992 when Sade released her next album, "Love Deluxe", and earned another Grammy with the featured single "No Ordinary Love". Another career break However, this time followed by the mother in 1995 and Sade. Sade and "after" the best release "Intarakutibusado," she will not get enough of the Sade album "soldiers" in the world of love that comes with finally be on stage!

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Bob Marley Biography and Top 10 Songs

Friday, 30 April 2010 § 0

Bob Marley has been one of my favourite artists for a long time. I probably own more Bob Marley CD's than any other band or artist with the exception of Wu-Tang. My friends mum D, is partly responsible for my listening to Bob over the years because when I was little I used to like the song Jammin' and used to play the 45 single I had of it all the time and I had got the single off her. I would say I have a Bob CD in my stereo 90% of the time (it can have 3 in at a time). Bob not only made good music but also the messages that the lyrics were about were of peace and freedom.

Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley was born in Jamaica on February 6th 1945 and is the most successful of any Reggae artist ever. The album Legend has sold over 12 million copies worldwide. When Bob was a child he lived in the slums of Kingston's Trench town and had a reputation for "self-defense" which earned him the title "Tuff Gong" which he and the Wailers used to create their own record label in 1970.

Bob and some of his friends (Bunny Livingston, Junior Braithwaite, Peter McIntosh, Beverley Kelso and Cherry Smith formed the Wailers in 1963 but by 1966 there was only Bob, Bunny and Peter left. The Wailers released their first album (Catch A Fire) in 1973 to massive success after their signing to JAD Records in London, England. Concrete Jungle being the most successful song from the album. Soon to follow was the release of Burnin' which had some of the Wailers most popular songs I Shot The Sheriff, Get Up, Stand Up and Small Axe. Eric Clapton also had huge success with a cover of I Shot the Sheriff which helped to elevate Bob into the public eye.

In 1974 the Wailers broke up, each to pursue their own solo careers but Bob still continued to record as "Bob Marley & The Wailers" with his new backing band which consisted of Carlton and Aston Barrett, Junior Marvin, Tyrone Downie, Al Anderson and Earl Lindo. Backing vocalists were Rita Marley (Bob's wife), Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt.

The new line-up had their first international hit with No Woman, No Cry which was on the Natty Dread album released in 1975 alongside other hits, Lively Up Yourself and Rebel Music. The album Rastaman Vibration was released in 1976 in the US and was at the top of the Billboard charts for 4 weeks.

Two days before Bob Marley was going to embark on his Smile Jamaica tour Bob, Rita and their manager were injured during a shootout inside Bob's home. The attack was reported as being politically motivated as many people felt the tour was a support rally. Even though all concerned received serious injuries they all made full recoveries and the tour went on as planned with an injured Bob performing on stage.

By the end of 1976 Bob Marley left Jamaica and moved to London, England where he recorded two albums (Exodus, which had the hits: Exodus, Three Little Birds, Jammin', One Love and waiting In Vain, and Kaya which boasted: Easy Skanking, Kaya, Is This Love, Satisfy My Soul and Sun Is Shining among its singles). While in London Bob was arrested for possession of cannabis.

In 1978 Bob returned to home for the One Love Peace Concert to help with the peace effort and to help calm the warring parties in Jamaica. At Bob's request both political leaders (Manley and Seaga) joined him on stage and shook hands. Babylon By Bus was released also in 1978 which was a live double album, the song Jammin captures the crowds wild and frenzied intensity to Bob's performance.

Survival which was released in 1979 was a political statement about the suffering of the African population. The album contained some controversial songs such as Africa Unite, Wake Up And Live and Zimbabwe. Bob was also invited to perform at Zimbabwe's Independence Day on April 17th.

Uprising which was released in 1980 was to be Bob's final studio album and is one of his most religious albums. The album contained Could You Be Loved, Forever Loving Jah and Redemption Song (his famous lyrics being: Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds...).

Bob died on May 11th 1981 from cancer which had started in his toe (due to a soccer accident) in 1977. Bob refused to have his foot amputated because of his Rastafarian beliefs which say that the body must remain whole. Over time the cancer had metastasized into Bob's stomach, liver, lungs and brain.

Confrontation was released after Bob's death and contained the unreleased song Buffalo Soldier and songs previously only available in Jamaica (Jump Nyabinghi and Rastaman Live Up).

My Top 10 Bob Marley Songs are:

01. Lively Up Yourself
02. Small Axe
03. Trench Town Rock
04. Duppy Conqueror
05. Could You Be Loved
06. Jammin'
07. One Love
08. Redemption Song
09. Waiting In Vain
10. Buffalo Soldier

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