| Kane Gang | |
|---|---|
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Years active | 1983-1991 |
| Label(s) | London, Capitol |
| Members | |
| Martin Brammer Paul Woods Dave Brewis | |
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Career
Vocalists Martin Brammer born in Seaham, County Durham and Paul Woods, plus multi-instrumentalist Dave Brewis formed the trio in 1982, after meeting in small local bands, and signed to a small record label, which led to a deal with London Records in 1984. For the town of the same name in New South Wales, Australia see Seaham New South Wales Seaham, formerly Seaham Harbour is A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. London Records is a Record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin
Their debut album, Bad and Lowdown World of the Kane Gang (released in the United States as Lowdown), was released the next year, and spawned two United Kingdom hit singles. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located These were "Closest Thing To Heaven" (#12) and a cover of The Staples Singers' "Respect Yourself"[1] (#21). In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group The latter was also a hit in Australia, reaching #19. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The album had a decent pedigree, being produced by Pete Wingfield, and having both P. P. Arnold and Sam Brown as backing singers. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Pete Wingfield (born 7 May 1948, Liphook, Hampshire, England) is a English Record producer, keyboard player Pat Arnold (born Patrica Ann Cole 3 October 1946, Los Angeles, California, professionally known as P Sam Brown (born Samantha Brown, 7 October 1964, Stratford London, England) is an English female Singer-songwriter A backing vocalist or backing singer (or especially in the US [2]
The band's next album, Miracle, released in 1987, spawned two U. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public S. hit singles: "Motortown" (#36 U. S. / #45 UK) and another cover - this time of Dennis Edwards' "Don't Look Any Further" [1](#64 U. Dennis Edwards (born February 3, 1943) is an American soul and R&B singer most noted for being one of Motown act S. / #52 UK).
Woods left the band in 1991 to attempt a solo career. In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer Woods and Brewis also worked on an album which was never released.
Adaptation
- The Kane Gang are infamous for providing the music for the 'Ooh Gary Davies. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Gary Davies (born in Manchester on 13 December 1957) was one of the UK's most popular Disc jockeys of the 1980s . . on your radio' jingle for BBC Radio 1. A jingle is a memorable Slogan, set to an engaging Melody, mainly broadcast on Radio and sometimes on Television commercials. As was the fashion around the time, bands would adapt songs to provide the radio station with a jingle, and embed the hook of the track in the public's consciousness. This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. The Gary Davies jingle was based on their track "Smalltown Creed" (from The Bad & Lowdown World of the Kane Gang LP). A gramophone
- The music for the 'Ooh Gary Davies. Gary Davies (born in Manchester on 13 December 1957) was one of the UK's most popular Disc jockeys of the 1980s . . on your radio' jingle, was also used as the basis for the theme tune of the long running Children's BBC Byker Grove, the television program that launched the careers of Ant and Dec (as PJ & Duncan), and Donna Air. The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie. CBBC ( Children's BBC) is the brand-name for the BBC 's Children's television programmes aimed at children aged between 6 and 12 years old Byker Grove is a British television series which aired between 1989 and 2006 and was created by Adele Rose. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Ant & Dec are a British duo of Light entertainment television presenters consisting of Novocastrians (the colloquial terminology for this is " This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by British pop duo PJ & Duncan, now known under their real names of Ant & Dec. Donna Air (born August 2 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English Television presenter, Singer and Actress
Post Kane Gang
Brammer continues to write songs for other artists such as
- Beverley Knight
- Tina Turner - "Open Arms"
- Lighthouse Family - "Lifted", "Loving Every Minute" and "Raincloud"
- James Morrison - "Undiscovered" and "The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore"
- Sheena Easton - "Timebomb"
- Roland Gift - "Flown"
- Nick Carter
Discography
The Miracle of The Kane Gang was released late in 2007, a double CD collection, released on Kitchenware Records, containing tracks from the two albums plus previously unreleased tracks and b-sides:-
Disc One
1. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Beverley Knight MBE (born March 22, 1973) is an English soul and R&B singer Songwriter, and Record Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American " Open Arms " is a song by Tina Turner. It was released as a single towards the end of 2004 and is taken from her compilation album Lighthouse Family were a British musical duo active from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s " Lifted " is a pop song written by British duo Lighthouse Family, for their debut Album Ocean Drive (1996 " Loving Every Minute " is a song by the Lighthouse Family, released as the fourth and final single from their debut album Ocean Drive (1996 James Morrison (born 13 August 1984) is an English Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist born in Rugby. " Undiscovered " is a song written by British singer James Morrison, Martin Brammer Steve Robson and performed by Morrison " The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore " is a song by British singer James Morrison, from his debut album Undiscovered. Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr on April 27, 1959) is a Scottish pop singer and theatre and television actress Roland Gift (born Roland Lee Gift, 28 May 1961 Birmingham, England) is a British Actor and Musician. Nick Carter may refer to Nick Carter (musician, a member of the band The Backstreet Boys Nick Carter (cyclist (1924–2003 a cyclist A double album is an audio Album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold (especially records and Compact Discs. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio A compilation album is an Album ( Music or Spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple Recording artists, often culled from a variety of A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s "Brother Brother"
2. "Gun Law"
3. "We'll Take This Train"
4. "How Much Longer"
5. "Loserville"
6. "Printer's Devil"
7. "Respect Yourself"
8. "Closest Thing To Heaven"
9. "Smalltown Creed"
10. "Crease In His Hat"
11. "It's A Gift"
12. "Angel On A Motorbike" *
13. "Six O'Clock City" *
Disc Two
1. "Motortown"
2. "What Time Is It?"
3. "Looking For Gold"
4. "Take Me To The World"
5. "King Street Rain"
6. "Don't Look Any Further"
7. "A Finer Place"
8. "Let's Get Wet"
9. "Strictly Love (It Ain't)"
10. "Sitting Ducks" *
11. "King Of Nothing" *
12. "Love Thing" *
13. "Lonesome, Weary And Blue" *
14. "Start Walking" *
15. "Brightest Star" *
- Previously unreleased *
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
- Number-one dance hits of 1988 (USA)
- Now That's What I Call Music 4 (U.K. series)
References
External links
- Mini biography/discography at ear.fm
- Biography at 80's Pue Pop website
- Martin Brammer interview at Zioshow.com
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