| Santa Esmeralda | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California; France |
| Genre(s) | Disco, Latin pop |
| Years active | 1977 - 1981; 2002-present |
| Label(s) | Fauves Puma, Casablanca, Hot Productions, Pazzazz |
| Former members | |
| The Original Santa Esmeralda Leroy Gómez (Lead vocals 1977-78) Jimmy Goings (Lead vocals 1978-82) Jean Claude Petit (Keyboards, arrangements, composer) |
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Mr. "Misunderstood"
Leroy Gómes was born in Wareham, Massachusetts of Cape Verdean descent. Wareham (Typically pronounced Wear-ham is a town located in Plymouth County Massachusetts. The Republic of Cape Verde ( Portuguese: Cabo Verde, 'kabu 'veɾdɨ is a Republic located on an Archipelago in the Macaronesia Learning how to sing and play the saxophone, Gómes started his own band at 14, and later joined Tavares, a local group of brothers who shared his Cape Verdean heritage, and with whom he would go on to tour North America and Europe. The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind Tavares (also known as The Tavares Brothers) is a successful American R&B, Disco, and Soul music band, composed of five In Paris, Elton John invited him to play sax on his classic album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh Studio album by British Singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1973 [1] Amidst this success, Gómes decided to leave Tavares and remain in Europe, getting work as a session player in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city There he met Nicolas Skorsky and Jean Manuel de Scarano, songwriters who had launched their own label with the aim of producing artists who would record their compositions. Santa Esmeralda was born of their collaboration, and the album Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, with Gómes on lead vocals, debuted on the independent French label, Fauves Puma. A sudden huge success in Europe, the record was picked up for worldwide distribution by Casablanca Records of Los Angeles, the preeminent label of the Disco era. This article is about Casablanca the record label For other uses please see Casablanca (disambiguation. [2]
Essentially a studio act, Gómes was eager to perform, and a touring group was put together, including a troupe of dancers, one of whom, by the name of Tequila, would appear on several album and single cover photos and ultimately become his wife. [3]
Repeatedly "Misunderstood"
Originally written in 1964 for Nina Simone, her understated version had failed to chart and the song was picked up by Rock group The Animals the following year. Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her Stage name Nina Simone ( IPA: ninɐ sʌmɞnɑ (February 21 1933 – April 21 2003 was a fifteen-time The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. The Animals gave "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" an urgent, Classic Rock edge and had a #15 Hot 100 hit single. Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s The essential nature of the song is Latin and Flamenco, which combined with that urgency lent itself to the Disco sensibility in the 1970s. Flamenco is a Spanish term that refers both to a musical genre known for its intricate rapid passages and a dance genre characterized by its audible footwork With strident overload of a wall of sound of guitars and horns in the interim riffs, the song became a hit all over again, first topping the U. S. Disco charts and then matching the #15 peak of The Animals' version on the Hot 100. The album was certified Gold. The flip side of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", the love ballad You're My Everything (co-written by Gómes), became a radio request song and received much airplay, even though the song never charted. 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 A ballad is a Poem usually set to Music; thus it often is a story told in a Song. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Record chart are a method of ranking Music according to Popularity during a given period of time "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" would be recorded by dozens of other artists, including Elvis Costello, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper and Yusuf Islam, though none to date have enjoyed the massive success achieved by these two hit versions. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944 is an English rock / Blues Singer who came to popularity in the 1960s and is most known for his gritty Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22 1953 is an American Grammy - and Emmy award winning Singer-songwriter and Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 best known by his former Stage name Cat Stevens, is a British Musician
Comings and Goings
Santa Esmeralda also scored a Top 20 Disco hit with a dance version of another song turned into a classic rock staple in a cover by The Animals, "The House of the Rising Sun", in 1978, although this time lead vocals were handled by Jimmy Goings, who would record for the group's subsequent recordings in the disco era. " The House of the Rising Sun " is a folk song from the United States. In 1978 they recorded the song "Sevilla Nights" for the Thank God It's Friday film soundtrack. Thank God It's Friday is a 1978 Film directed by Robert Klane and produced by Motown Productions and Casablanca Filmworks for Columbia In addition to their contribution to that hit soundtrack, the group had three of their own albums on the Pop Albums charts that year, including the #25 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood and the #41 The House of the Rising Sun (also on Casablanca), which did equally well on the Black charts. The following year they returned to the Disco Top 20 with "Another Cha-Cha/Cha-Cha Suite", which peaked at #16. The group also had a minor club hit with "Beauty and the Beast. " After a couple more albums which failed to produce notable hits, and in the face of an anti-disco backlash in the States which all but killed the genre and the Casablanca label, the group disbanded. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public
At present for Santa Esmeralda
In 2002, Gómez, who had been touring with a new incarnation of the group, released Lay Down My Love, an album of new material, and in 2004 Santa Esmeralda - The Greatest Hits, featuring newly recorded versions of the band's disco-era hits, including those which had been sung by Goings. [4]
The group re-entered the popular consciousness in 2003 when "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" appeared on the soundtrack to the first volume of Quentin Tarantino's homage to the martial arts film genre, Kill Bill. Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an Academy Award - BAFTA Award - and Palme d'Or -winning Emmy - and Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. Kill Bill is the fourth film by Writer - director Quentin Tarantino. [5]
External links
- ^ Elton John : Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (DVD Audio 2 Discs) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
- ^ Casablanca Records Story
- ^ MySpace.com - Santa Esmeralda - Italy, France - Club / Disco House / Latine - www.myspace.com/santaesmeraldamusic
- ^ MySpace.com - Santa Esmeralda - Italy, France - Club / Disco House / Latine - www.myspace.com/santaesmeraldamusic
- ^ RZA helps Quentin Tarentino on Kill Bill :: news articles at Wu-Tang Corp. - The Official Site of the Wu-Tang Clan
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