What mid-career hit of a Hawthorne, California-based rock band was co-written by Ray Kennedy?
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Raymond Louis Kennedy Raymond Louis "Ray" Kennedy (November 26, 1946 – February 16, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, based in Los Angeles. His works span multiple genres including R&B, pop, rock, jazz, fusion, acid rock, country and many others. He co-wrote "Sail On, Sailor", one of The Beach Boys' mid-career hits as well as two hits for The Babys: "Everytime I Think of You" and "Isn't It Time".
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The Beach Boys The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson; their cousin Mike Love; and their friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by their vocal harmonies and early surf songs, they are one of the most influential acts of the rock era. The group, led by their principal songwriter and producer Brian, pioneered novel approaches to popular music form and production, combining their affinities for jazz-based vocal groups, 1950s rock and roll, and black R&B to create their unique sound. He later arranged his compositions for studio orchestras and explored a variety of other styles, often incorporating classical or jazz elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways.
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Mark Kennedy (musician) Mark Kennedy (born 20 August 1951) is an Australian musician who has been the drummer for several artists including Spectrum (1969–70), Doug Parkinson in Focus (1971), Leo de Castro (1971–73), Ayers Rock (1973–76), Marcia Hines (1976–83), Men at Work (1985), Renée Geyer (1985–86, 1995–96) and Jimmy Barnes (2005).
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All Summer Long (The Beach Boys song) "All Summer Long" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1964 album "All Summer Long", and as a single in the UK in February 1965.
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Idle Eyes Idle Eyes is a Canadian rock and roll band from Vancouver, British Columbia. They are best known for the Canadian hit single "Tokyo Rose", which peaked at #16 on "RPM"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Canadian singles chart in June 1985. David Bruce "Tad" Campbell is the group's singer, chief songwriter and sole constant member.
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Thee Midniters Thee Midniters were an American group, among the first Chicano rock bands to have a major hit in the United States. Also they were and one of the best known acts to come out of East Los Angeles in the 1960s, with a cover of "Land of a Thousand Dances", and the instrumental track, "Whittier Boulevard" in 1965. They were among the first rock acts to openly sing about Chicano themes in songs such as "Chicano Power" and "The Ballad of César Chávez" in the late 1960s.
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Man About Town (album) Man About Town is the fourth studio album by American singer Mayer Hawthorne. It was released on April 8, 2016, by Vagrant Records.
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It's a Shame About Ray It's a Shame About Ray is the fifth album by American alternative rock band The Lemonheads. It was released on June 2, 1992. Tom Morgan of Australian band Smudge helped author the album, The Robb Brothers produced, and Juliana Hatfield played bass and sang backing vocals on some songs.
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Rooney (band) Rooney is the primary musical project of singer-songwriter Robert Schwartzman, evolving from its origin as an American rock band formed by high school friends in Los Angeles. Before Schwartzman decided to continue the project in a different direction, the band's most enduring line-up consisted of Schwartzman (lead vocals, guitar), Louie Stephens (keyboards, piano), Taylor Locke (lead guitar, backing vocals), Matthew Winter (bass guitar) and Ned Brower (drums, backing vocals). The band is named after Ed Rooney, the principal in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".
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The Radiators (Australian band) The Radiators are an Australian pub rock band formed in September 1978. Mainstay members are Brian Nichol on lead vocals and guitar, Stephen "Fess" Parker on lead guitar and Geoff Turner on bass guitar. In 1987 they were joined by Mark Lucas on drums. Their most popular albums are "Feel the Heat" (March 1980) and "Scream of the Real" (May 1983), which both peaked in the top 25 of the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Their best known songs are "Coming Home", "No Tragedy" and "Gimme Head". Rock music historian, Ian McFarlane described the group as "an archetypal, hard-working pub-rock band capable of delivering tightly crafted, well-executed, hard-hitting metal-pop anthems backed by a playful sense of humour. The band toured constantly, racking up over 2500 gigs by the early 1990s".
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Still Cruisin' (song) "Still Cruisin'" is a song written by Mike Love and Terry Melcher for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1989 album "Still Cruisin'" and reached number 11 in Austria, number 28 in Australia and number 93 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
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Papa Doo Run Run Papa Doo Run Run is a band from Cupertino, California, United States, that specializes in covers of songs from the heyday of surf music in the 1960s.
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Last Child "Last Child" is a song by American rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Brad Whitford and released as the first single from the album "Rocks" in 1976. It peaked at #21 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, one of a string of hits for the band in the mid-1970s.
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Vintage Trouble Vintage Trouble (sometimes abbreviated as VT or ¥) is an American rhythm & blues band. The band formed in Hollywood, California in 2010. They have released three albums, "The Bomb Shelter Sessions" (2011), "The Swing House Acoustic Sessions" (2014) and "1 Hopeful Rd." (2015). Their sound has been described as "retro", reminiscent of a number of late 1950s and 1960s blues and rock artists, such as The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry and The Animals. One of their more well known songs called "Today is Pretty Great" was featured in a Honda Civic commercial with the artists seen at the very beginning for a few seconds.
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Rebel Girl (song) "Rebel Girl" is a song by American punk rock band Bikini Kill. The song was released in three different recorded versions in 1993 – on an EP, an LP, and a 7-inch single. The single version was produced by Joan Jett and features her on guitar and background vocals. Widely considered a classic example of punk music, the song remains emblematic of the riot grrrl movement of the 1990s.
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Darling Violetta Darling Violetta is a dark wave band based in Hollywood, California. Their name is taken from the salutation used by Bela Lugosi in letters to his mistress, Violetta Napierska. The band released their first EP "Bath-Water-Flowers" in 1997, though this work is commonly considered an album by most sources. Two songs were performed by the band in the episode "Faith, Hope & Trick" of the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (season 3, episode 3), "Blue Sun" from "Bath-Water-Flowers" and "Cure" from "The Kill You EP." The following year, the band, with producer Holly Knight, composed and recorded the theme for "Angel", the spinoff series from "Buffy".
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The Streak "The Streak" is a popular country/novelty song written, produced, and sung by Ray Stevens. It was released in March 1974 as the lead single to his album "Boogity Boogity". "The Streak" capitalized on the then-popular craze of streaking. In 2007 Cledus T. Judd covered "The Streak" on his album "Boogity Boogity - A Tribute to the Comic Genius of Ray Stevens".
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Lady Lynda "Lady Lynda" is a song written by vocalist and guitarist Alan Jardine and Ron Altbach for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1979 album "L.A. (Light Album)".
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Ramones The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first band to define the punk rock sound. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the 1970s punk movement in both the United States and United Kingdom.
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Tom DeLonge Thomas Matthew DeLonge Jr. (born December 13, 1975) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock band Angels & Airwaves and was the guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Blink-182, which he co-founded, from 1992 to 2015. DeLonge grew up in the suburbs of Poway, California, where he embraced skateboarding at an early age. DeLonge received his first guitar shortly thereafter and began writing original punk rock songs. He formed Blink-182 with bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Scott Raynor during his high school years. The band created a following in the mid-1990s through independent releases and relentless touring, particularly in their home country and in Australia. They signed to MCA Records in 1996 and their second album, "Dude Ranch" (1997), featured the hit single "Dammit".
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Hang Loose with The Surfin' Lungs Hang Loose With The Surfin' Lungs is the fourth album released by surf music band The Surfin' Lungs, released in 1996 on the Spanish label No Tomorrow. This album featured new drummer Ray Webb, re-christened Ray Banz by the group, who replaced LA-bound Graeme Block. Coming six years after their previous album, "The Beach Will Never Die", this longplayer represented a progression in terms of musicianship and style, while Webb's vocals helped create a more rounder sound to the group. Also, "Hang Loose" had more of an edgier feel, with Clive Gilling's guitar work more prominent than previous releases. Of the 14 tracks, 13 were written by the group, while one, "Peppermint Twist" was a cover of a song by the Joey Dee and the Starliters, which was a No.1 hit single on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1961.
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The David (band) The David was an American garage rock/psychedelic rock band from Bakersfield, in southern California who were active in the 1960s and early 1970s. They are known for songs such as "40 Miles," which became a minor hit in Bakersfield. They began with a basic 60s punk approach but later expanded their creative palatte to incorporate esoteric and baroque elements on the 1967 album, "Another Day, Another Lifetime." They continued for a few more years but disbanded in the early 1970s.