Russell Craig Mael (born 5 October 1948, Santa Monica, California[1]), is an American singer who, with his older brother Ron, is in the multi-genre band, Sparks. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ron Mael (born Ronald David Mael, August 12 1948, Culver City, California) is an American Musician and A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Sparks is an American rock and Pop music band formed in Los Angeles in 1970 by brothers Ron (keyboards and Russell Mael (vocals
His most notable vocal trait is a far-reaching falsetto, especially evident on songs such as "Equator" from Sparks' Kimono My House album. The term falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, false refers to the Vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the Modal voice register and A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Kimono My House is the third Album by Sparks. The album title is generally assumed to be a Pun on the Rosemary Clooney hit An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public
In 2005, he contributed to the UNICEF benefit song, "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?". The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946 " Do They Know It's Hallowe'en ? " is a Satire of the song " Do They Know It's Christmas ?"
References
External links
- http://www.allsparks.com/
- http://graphikdesigns.free.fr/halfnelson-ron-russ-mael.html
- Sparks - The "Kimono My House" album files
- Sparks fanzine