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A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of a specific artist's songs. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released

There have been tributes or covers recorded since before the first albums became technically feasible; Enrico Caruso's 1907 recordings of Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci are one early example. Enrico Caruso (born Errico Caruso; February 25 1873 &ndash August 2 1921) was an Italian Opera singer Ruggero (Ruggiero Leoncavallo (23 April 1857- 9 August 1919 was an Italian Opera Composer. Pagliacci ( Players, or Clowns) is an Opera consisting of a prologue and two acts written and composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The birth of the 'modern' tribute album is often credited to record producer Hal Willner with the Amarcord Nino Rota LP in 1981. 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 Hal Willner (born 1957, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American Music producer working in recording films TV and live events Nino Rota ( December 3, 1911 &ndash April 10, 1979) was an Italian Composer best known for his work on Film scores See also Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 List of 'years in music' He followed up with tributes to Thelonious Monk, Disney cartoons, Kurt Weill, Charles Mingus and Harold Arlen. Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer. Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner was established WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Kurt Julian Weill ( March 2, 1900 &ndash April 3, Charles Mingus ( 22 April 1922 &ndash 5 January 1979) was an American Jazz Bassist, Composer, Harold Arlen ( February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American Composer of popular music

Some tribute albums are created with a further conceptual twist than a simple collection of covers. These include:

Some albums titled and marketed as "tributes" to well-known musical figures are effectively sound-alikes or knock-offs, recorded by anonymous session musicians or performers of no distinction. A sound-alike is a recording intended to imitate the sound of a popular record the style of a popular Recording artist, or a current musical trend the term also refers to the A counterfeit is an imitation that is made usually with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins Session musicians are musicians available for hire as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right

List of tribute albums

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

References

  1. ^ Come and Get It: A Tribute To Badfinger
  2. ^ Revolution No. 9: A Tribute to the Beatles 1997: Album review and songs from Answers.com
  3. ^ Various - Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father
  4. ^ For the Sick: A Tribute to Eyehategod. Sublime was a hip-hop influenced American Ska-punk and Reggae band that originated in Long Beach California. Suicidal Tendencies (also known as ST or Suicidal) is an American Hardcore punk and heavy metal band Roland Stephen Taylor (born December 9, 1957) is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record producer and Film director Terry Scott Taylor (born May 24, 1950) is an American Songwriter, Record producer, Writer and founding member of the Daniel Amos (aka D A, Dä) is a Rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals Marty Dieckmeyer on bass When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos is an indie tribute Album by a variety of artists that pays musical tribute to the band Testament is an American Thrash metal band from California. Testament has two Top 40 albums and one Top 50 album to its credit in the UK They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American Alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Thin Lizzy are an Irish Hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969 Richard John Thompson (born 3 April 1949 in Notting Hill Gate, West London) is a British songwriter Guitar player Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. Pride The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays U2 is a U2 Tribute album recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in May 1998 Van Halen is a Hard rock band formed in in 1972 They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978 This article is about the band For their self-titled album see The Velvet Underground (album; for the book see The Velvet Underground (book Fifteen Minutes A Tribute to the Velvet Underground was an album released by Imaginary Records in the UK in 1994 Venom are an English A bootleg recording is an audio and/or Video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority is a Black metal band from Tokyo, Japan that was formed in May of 1990 WASP is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 and emerged with the L Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Holly Cole (born November 25, 1963 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian Jazz Singer, particularly popular Step Right Up The Songs of Tom Waits is the title of a tribute album to Tom Waits, released in 1995 by Manifesto Records. John P Hammond (born John Paul Hammond, 13 November 1942, New York) (often mistakenly known as "John Hammond Jr" which Weezer (ˈwizɚ is an American Alternative rock band from Los Angeles California formed in 1992 WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Kurt Julian Weill ( March 2, 1900 &ndash April 3, Lost In The Stars The Music of Kurt Weill is a 1985 Tribute album to German-American composer Kurt Weill. Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958 in Shreveport Louisiana) is an American Singer / Songwriter and musician Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Hawthorne, California) is an American Musician best known as the lead Making God Smile An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson is a compilation of cover songs by various artists in tribute to Brian Wilson and XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005 A Testimonial Dinner The Songs of XTC is a 1995 Tribute album, featuring a variety of artists covering songs from the British band XTC. Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (ˈjæŋkəvɪk born October 23 1959 is a Grammy Award winning American singer Musician, actor satirist Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician The Bridge A Tribute To Neil Young is a 1989 anthology album that features a variety of alternative rock bands covering songs written by Neil Young. Warren William Zevon (January 24 1947 &ndash September 7 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician Enjoy Every Sandwich Songs of Warren Zevon is a Tribute album released in 2004 to the late Warren Zevon by many famous musicians Super-Charger Hell is a Tribute album dedicated to Groove metal band White Zombie. Robert Bartleh Cummings (born January 12, 1965) better known by his Stage name, Rob Zombie, is an American Musician The Electro-Industrial Tribute to Rob Zombie is a Tribute album completely dedicated to Heavy metal musician Rob Zombie. For the Undead creature of Vodou lore see Zombie. For other meanings see Zombie (disambiguation. Allmusic. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Retrieved on 2008-04-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy.
  5. ^ Reviews - Sing Hollies in Reverse
  6. ^ Black Days: Midwest Movement Tribute to Soundgarden. Allmusic. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Retrieved on 2008-04-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy.
  7. ^ The Posies | Releases

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