The Hues Corporation was an American soul trio that released five albums through 1978 and scored R&B hits with “Rockin’ Soul,” “Love Corporation,” and the 1974 global chart-topper “Rock the Boat,” a pioneering disco song. Members: Hubert Ann Kelly, St. Clair Lee [aka Bernard Henderson] (1969-74), Flemming Williams, Tommy Brown (1974-75), Karl Russell (1975-78) Background […]
Irma Thomas is an American soul singer who emerged with the 1959 R&B hit “Don’t Mess with My Man” and scored pop crossover hits with the 1964 singles “Wish Someone Would Care,” “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand),” “Times Have Changed,” and “He’s My Guy.” Between 1964 and 2009, she released seventeen albums […]
The Jackson Sisters were an American soul group, best known for the 1973 R&B hit “I Believe in Miracles.” They cut four singles through 1975, compiled on the 1976 Tiger Lily release Jackson Sisters. Members: Jacqueline Jackson-Rencher, Lyn Jackson, Pat Jackson, Rae Jackson, Gennie Jackson Background The Jackson Sisters consisted of five sisters from the […]
James Gilstrap (November 10, 1946 – July 18, 2026) was an American soul singer who emerged in Stevie Wonder‘s backing group Wonderlove. He released the 1975/76 solo albums Swing Your Daddy and Love Talk. As a sessionist, he sang the Good Times theme and earned backing credits behind Bill Withers, Candi Staton, Dee Dee Bridgewater, […]
James Ingram (Feb. 16, 1952 — Jan. 29, 2019) was an American soul singer, songwriter, and keyboardist who sang the Quincy Jones hits “Just Once” and “One Hundred Ways” and scored major duets with Patti Austin (“Baby, Come to Me”) Michael McDonald (“Yah Mo B There”), and Linda Ronstadt (“Somewhere Out There”). His solo hits […]
James Wells was an American soul singer from Chicago who cut four 1976/77 Polydor singles and the 1978/79 AVI albums My Claim to Fame and Explosion. Background James Wells was born January 19, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois. Wells grew up with gospel music and moved into R&B in his teens. He first sang R&B with […]
Jocelyn Brown (born Nov. 25, 1950) is an American soul singer from Kinston, NC. Jocelyn Brown (born Nov. 25, 1950) is an American soul singer from Kinston, North Carolina, who moved from New York studio groups to the 1984 album Somebody Else’s Guy, the 1987 Warner Bros. release One From the Heart, and the 1991 […]
J.R. Bailey (1937–1985) was an American soul singer who first led The Cadillacs, a doo-wop group that charted in 1958 with “Peek-A-Boo.” He worked as a background singer behind Aretha Franklin and Roberta Flack and co-wrote hits for Al Wilson (“Help Me”) and the Main Ingredient (“Everybody Plays the Fool”). As a solo singer, Bailey […]
Keni Burke (born Sept. 28, 1953) is an American soul singer, bassist, songwriter, and producer from Chicago. He first recorded with the Five Stairsteps of “O-o-h Child” fame, then launched a solo career that produced the R&B singles “Risin’ to the Top” and “Shakin’.” Background Keni Burke was born Kenneth M. Burke on Sept. Illinois, […]
Kim Tolliver (June 21, 1937 — June 6, 2007) was an American soul singer who cut late-Sixties singles for Sure-Shot and Rojac, then partnered with songwriter-producer Fred Briggs on two albums under the Kimberley Briggs name. In 1973, she made the Chess album Come and Get Me, I’m Ready. Background Kim Tolliver was born Dorothy […]
Lillo Thomas (born 1961) is an American soul singer and songwriter from Brooklyn, New York. He recorded a run of mid-1980s R&B albums for Capitol, working closely with producer Paul Laurence and the Hush Productions circle. His best-known singles include “Sexy Girl,” “I’m in Love,” and “Your Love’s Got a Hold on Me.” Background Lillo […]
Luboš Andršt is a Czech jazz-rock guitarist, composer, and bandleader. Discography: Capricornus (1980) Plus-Minus Blues (1988) Imprints (1992)
Už Jsme Doma are a Czech avant-rock band, led since 1985 by singer-guitarist Miroslav Wanek. They emerged from the Czech underground with the 1990 album Uprostřed slov. Už Jsme Doma subsequently toured throughout Europe, North America, and Japan and made nine studio albums through the 2018 release Kry. Members: Miroslav Wanek (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, […]
Václav Neckář & Bacily were a Czech pop-rock group formed in Prague in 1971 by singer Václav Neckář with guitarist Ota Petřina and multi-instrumentalist Jan Neckář. They debuted with the live album Dr. Dam Di Dam a jeho bacily and developed an art-rock repertoire on Tomu, kdo nás má rád, culminating in the 1977 concept […]
Vladimír Mišík & Etc Band were a Czech symphonic/folk-rock band from Prague. Between 1976 and 1987, they cut four self-titled albums and the 1978 release They Cut Off the Little Boy’s Hair. Members: Vladimír Mišík (vocals, guitars, percussion), Petr Pokorný (guitar, 1974-76, 1979-82, 2003-present), Vladimír Padrůněk (bass, 1974-78), Bořek Suchý (saxophone, 1974-75), Miroslav Hrubý (drums, […]
Stromboli were a Czech art-rock band that was active during the second half of the 1980s. Members: Michal Pavlíček (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Klaudius Kryšpín (drums, 1985-88), Vladimír Kulhánek (bass, 1985-87), Bára Basiková (vocals, 1986-89), Vendula Kašpárková (keyboards, 1986-88), Jiří Veselý (bass, 1987-89), Jan Seidl (drums, 1988-89), Roman Dragoun (vocals, keyboards, 1988-89) Discography: Stromboli (1987) Shutdown […]
SHQ was a Czech jazz-rock ensemble led by multi-instrumentalist Karel Velebný. The group maintained a changing lineup through the Sixties and Seventies and moved from modern jazz and hard bop into freer forms, large-ensemble writing, and electric jazz-rock. SHQ recorded for Supraphon and Panton in Czechoslovakia and also made albums for the West German SABA […]
Progres 2 were a Czech symphonic/art-rock band from Brno, formed in 1968 as the Progress Organization. Members: Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals), Pavel Váně (guitar, vocals, 1968-81, 1992-present), Jan Sochor (keyboards, 1968-77), Emanuel Sideridis (bass, 1968-77), Pavel Pelc (bass, synthesizer, vocals, 1976-87, 1992-present), Miloš Morávek (guitar, vocals, 1977-83), Karel Horký [Daniel Forró] (synthesizer, 1977-79), Roman Dragoun […]
Prague Big Band were a Czech jazz-funk ensemble founded in 1974 by conductor Milan Svoboda. Members: Milan Svoboda (conductor), Jiří Stivín, Pavel Komzák, Zdeněk Hostek, Jiří Niederle, Václav Harmáček, Jaroslav Šolc, Svatobor Macák, Rudolf Ticháček, Svatopluk Čech, Josef Nachtman, Petr Venkrbec, Milan Krajíc, Ivan Myslikovjan, Rudolf Březina, Štěpán Markovič, Pavel Pivarči, František Kop, Jiří Kulisev, […]
Pražský Výběr were a Czech art-rock band that was active through several iterations across three decades, starting in 1977. Members: Michael Kocáb (vocals, keyboards), Ondřej Soukup (bass, 1975-81), Jiří Niederle (saxophone, 1975-78), Jan Žižka (drums, 1975-77), Zdeněk Fišer (guitar, 1977-78), Martin Koubek (guitar, 1977-78), Vratislav Placheta (drums, 1977-78), Ladislav Malina (drums, 1977-78), Michal Pavlíček (guitar, […]
The Plastic People of the Universe were a Czech rock group formed in Prague in 1968, with bassist Milan Hlavsa as the central songwriter across a changing lineup. The group moved from English-language material into original Czech settings of texts by Egon Bondy and other writers while state restrictions pushed its concerts into private venues […]
Petr Novák (Sept. 6, 1945 — Aug. 19, 1997) was a Czech vocalist and songwriter who was active for almost three decades, starting in 1968. Discography: Kolotoč svět (1970) Modlitba za lásku (1970) Ve jménu lásky (1971) Kráska a zvíře (1975) Co je to láska / Planeta snů (1980) Sladké trápení (1982) Ahoj, tvůj Petr […]
Ota Petřina (June 4, 1949 — July 11, 2015) was a Czech guitarist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader behind the 1978 Supraphon album Super-Robot, followed in 1983 with Pečeť. Background Ota Petřina was born Otakar Petřina on June 4, 1949, in Malé Žernoseky, Czechoslovakia. The family moved to Libčice nad Vltavou, where Petřina took piano lessons […]
Marsyas were a Czech folk-rock trio that was initially active for 15 years, starting in 1973. The band released five albums between 1978 and 1989 on Supraphon. Members: Oskar Petr (vocals, acoustic guitar, 1973-78), Zuzana Michnová (vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion), Petr Kalandra (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, 1973-84), Jiří Vondráček (12-string acoustic guitar, vocals, 1978-81, 2004-05), […]
Pavol Hammel is a Slovak vocalist, songwriter, and bandleader, active since the late 1960s. Discography: Som šťastný keď ste šťastní (1972 • Pavol Hammel & Prúdy) Šlehačková princezna (1973 • Pavol Hammel & Prúdy) Zelená pošta (1972 • Pavol Hammel & Marián Varga) Hráč (1975) Na II. programe sna (1976 • Marián Varga / Pavol […]
Mahagon was a Czech jazz-rock band that issued three singles and two albums between 1976 and 1980 on Supraphon. Members: Petr Klapka (bass), Jan Hála (keyboards), Adib Ghali (guitar), Zdena Adamová (vocals), Vladimír Severa (guitar), Jiří Nepomucký (guitar), Jaroslav Bubeník (drums), Jaroslav Šolc (flute), Jan Hrubý (electric violin), Zdeněk Šedivý (trumpet), Jindřich Parma (trumpet), Jiří […]
Plastics were a Japanese new wave band from Tokyo that released three albums 1980/81 on Invitation. Guitarist Hajime Tachibana became a prolific solo artist. Members: Chica Sato (vocals), Toshio Nakanishi (guitar, vocals, percussion), Hajime Tachibana (guitar, vocals), 佐久間正英 [Masahide Sakuma] (keyboards, guitar, bass), Takemi Shima (rhythm box) Background Plastics formed in 1976 in Tokyo when […]
Nozomi Aoki — 青木望 (born March 2, 1931) — is a Japanese composer and arranger from Tokyo. Discography: 1999 A.D (1974) Galaxy Express 999 (1979) Galaxy Express 999: Symphonic Poem (1979) 交響詩 銀河鉄道999 (映画オリジナル・サウンドトラック) (Symphonic Poem Galaxy Express 999) (OST, 1979) 北斗の拳 音楽編 I (TV, 1984) 北斗の拳 音楽編 II (TV, 1985) 北斗の拳2 音楽編 (TV, 1987)
Momoe Yamaguchi (山口百恵) is a Japanese former singer who released twenty-two albums between 1973 and 1980 on CBS/Sony. She landed twenty-six Top 5 hits, including the Oricon chart-toppers “Winter Colors,” “Yokosuka Story,” “Swaying in Pearl Color,” and “Dream Guide.” As an actress, she appeared in fifteen films. At age twenty-one, she married co-star Tomokazu Miura […]
Wappa Gappa was a Japanese symphonic-rock band behind the 1996–98 discs Yamataikoku and A Myth on Air From Mt Fuji, followed by the 2004 Musea/InterMusic disc Gappa. Members: Keizo Endo (bass), Yasuhiro Tachibana (guitar, 1992-98, 2001-03), Tamami Yamamoto (vocals), Sato-ken (drums, 1992-93), Hiroshi Mineo (drums, 1993-present), Hideaki Nagaike (keyboards, 1993-present), Hisaaki Takemori (guitar, 1998-2001), Masahiro […]
Mariya Takeuchi — 竹内まりや (born March 20, 1955) — is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Taisha, Shimane, who released five albums on RCA between 1978 and 1981, followed by eight albums on Moon Records between 1984 and 2014. She is married to art-pop musician Tatsuro Yamashita. Discography: Beginning (1978) University Street (1979) Love Songs […]
The Günther Fischer Quintett was an East German jazz-rock band that made five albums between 1973 and 1978 on AMIGA. They recorded their first two albums in collaboration with Leipzig soul/jazz vocalist Uschi Brüning. A second pair of albums feature Duisburg singer/songwriter Manfred Krug. In 1978, they released Kombination, produced by Jürgen Lahrtz with liner […]
Helena Vondráčková (born June 24, 1947) is a Czech pop vocalist and actress with an entertainment career that has spanned more than half a century. Starting in 1964, she cut numerous singles for Supraphon. In 1970, the label released her first proper album, Ostrov Heleny Vondráčkové, recorded with orchestral and choral backing. Since that time, […]
Gattch were a Slovak jazz-rock/psych band from Bratislava, active from 1969 to 1974. In 1971, the band issued a self-titled album on Opus. Members: Ľudovít “Ali” Beladič (piano), Tomáš “Tomy” Rédey (guitar, violin), Karol Slanina (rhythm guitar, 1969-?), Anton “Tony” Lančarič (bass, 1969-72), Juraj “George” Štefula (drums, percussion), Valentín Čekovský (bass, 1972-74), Gabriel Jonáš (soprano […]
Emil Viklický (born Nov. 23, 1948) is a Czech pianist, composer, and bandleader who first emerged as a member of jazz-rock combo Energit, appearing on their 1975 eponymous album for Supraphon. He concurrently served in SHQ, playing on their 1977 three-song EP in Panton’s Mini Jazz Klub series. In 1978, Viklický recorded as one-third of […]
Extempore were a Czech avant-rock band that began life in 1973 as Naive Extempore Band. A string of underground gigs and private recordings preceded and followed a name-change to Rock & Jokes Extempore Band before the unit briefly ran aground in the summer of 1978. Later that same year, a revitalized band issued Dům č.p. […]
Bohemia was a Czech symphonic/jazz-rock spinoff of Modry Efekt and Flamengo. They made the 1978 Panton album Zrnko Písku. Guitarist Michal Pavlíček and keyboardist Jan Hála played concurrently in Mahagon. Members: Jan Kubík (woodwinds, vocals), Vladimír Kulhánek (bass, vocals), Lešek Semelka (vocals, keyboards, 1975-77), Josef Kůstka (guitar, vocals, 1975-76), Pavel Frištenský (drums, 1975-76), Andrej Horváth (guitar, […]
Ladislav Gerhardt (Aug. 23, 1937 — Aug. 21, 1993) was a Slovak jazz-rock pianist, composer, and bandleader who was active between the early 1960s and mid-1980s. Discography: Dobre sme sa oženili (1970) Záplata [feat. Tomáš Janovic] (1971) Prečo sme sa oženili? (1978) Už sa ženiť nebudeme (1981)
Jazz Celula was a Czech jazz-rock big band, active eighteen years under trumpeter Laco Deczi. They debuted as the Cellula Quintet with the 1969 Supraphon album Pietoso. In 1976, they resurfaced with the Panton release Oheň až Požár, followed with Laco Deczio on Opus. After their EP for Panton’s Mini Jazz Klub series, they made […]
Jazz Q was a Czech post-bop/jazz-rock ensemble from Praha, active for two decades. They co-debuted with psych-rockers Blue Effect on the 1970 album Coniunctio and proliferated with the 1973/74 albums Pozorovatelna and Symbiosis, both with English singer Joan Duggan. On Panton, Jazz Q cut a 1976 EP for the Mini Jazz Klub series and contributed […]
Dvouletá Fáma were a Czech avant-garde/New Wave band that was initially active between 1981 and 1983 and again from 1987 to 1992. The first period produced 37 minutes of music, originally released on cassette and later issued on the Black Point CD Studio 1983. Members: Zdenek Konopásek (drums), Martin Vik (guitar), Jana Machácková (vocals, 1981-83), […]
Dežo Ursiny (Oct. 4, 1947 — May 2, 1995) was a Slovak musician, composer, screen writer, and television personality with a career in entertainment that spanned three decades. During the 1960s, he cut singles with pop combos The Beatmen and The Soulmen. In 1973, Ursiny released his first bandleader album on Supraphon with backing by […]
Combo FH was a Czech avant/jazz-rock band that debuted with a 1976 EP on Panton’s Mini Jazz Klub series. They returned with a 1980 single and the popular 1981 album Věci (Things). In 1986, the concluded with Situace na Střeše. Members: Daniel Fikejz (keyboards, vocals), Bořivoj Suchý (saxophone), Milan Sládek (bassoon, percussion), Oldřich Svoboda (flute), […]
Lou Pride (May 24, 1950 — June 5, 2012) was an American soul singer from Chicago who recorded in El Paso and Memphis. He cut three 1970 singles for Suemi Records. In 1979, his album Very Special appeared as a test-press on Black Gold. Background Lou Pride was born George Lou Pride on May 24, […]
Lou Ragland (born July 18, 1942) is an American soul singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and label operator from Cleveland. He recorded the Northern soul favorite “I Travel Alone” for Amy Records and led the Cleveland group Hot Chocolate on a self-titled 1971 album. Ragland established SMH Records for his 1977 solo album He Says “Understand […]
Marsha Hunt (born April 15, 1946) is an American soul singer from Philadelphia. She moved to Britain in 1966 and entered the London music circuit through work with Bluesology, Alexis Korner, and Ferris Wheel, then joined the original London cast of Hair. Hunt recorded a run of soul and rock singles for Track Records from […]
Mary McCreary (born 8 Feb. 1951) is an American soul singer who cut two singles with the Family Stone auxiliary trio Little Sister and made the 1973/74 solo albums Butterflies in Heaven and Jezebel. With husband Leon Russell, she made the 1976/77 duet albums Wedding Album and Make Love to the Music. Background Mary McCreary […]
Mary Wilson (March 6, 1944 – February 8, 2021) was an American soul singer from Greenville, Miss., who served as the one constant member of The Supremes throughout their 18-year existence. After the group folded in 1977, she released a self-titled solo album on Motown in 1979. Discography: Mary Wilson (1979) Walk the Line (1992)
The Moment of Truth was an American soul group from NYC that released a 1977 self-titled album on Salsoul Records. Members: Ivery “Caprice” Bell, Norris Harris, Michael Garrison, Billy Jones, John Mitchell Background Moment of Truth formed in 1976 in New York City when producers Reid Whitelaw and Norman Bergen converted an existing studio project […]
Musique was an American soul-funk vocal group assembled by New York producer Patrick Adams. They made two albums in 1978/79 and scored dance hits with “In the Bush,” “Keep on Jumpin’,” and “Glide.” Members: Jocelyn Brown (1978-79), Gina Tharps (1978-79), Angela Howell (1978-79), Christine Wiltshire (1978-79), Mary Seymour (1979-80), Denise Edwards (1979-80), Gina Taylor (1979-80) […]
Chris Squire (March 4, 1948 — June 27, 2015) was an English bassist who emerged in The Syn, a psychedelic pop band that presaged Yes. Between 1969 and 2014, Squire appeared on twenty-one Yes studio albums. During their 1975 pause for solo activity, he released Fish Out of Water on Atlantic. Background Christopher Russell Edward […]
Topas were an Austrian-German art-rock band that released a self-titled album on Polydor in 1980. Members: Heinz-Dieter Brand-Gudat, Frithjof Landvogt, Rolf Oppermann, Siegfried Miensok Discography: Topas (1980)
Opús are an Austrian art-rock/pop band from Graz that formed in 1973 and played the live circuit for seven years before releasing their first album, Daydreams, on Philips in 1980. The album Eleven followed on RCA in 1982, after which the band released three albums apiece on OK Musica on Polydor during the ensuing seven-year […]
Falco (Feb. 19, 1957 — Feb. 6, 1998) was an Austrian new wave singer and songwriter who landed a national No. 1 with the 1982 NDW single “Der Kommissar,” popularized in the Anglosphere by After the Fire. In 1985, he scored a global hit with the rap-dance novelty “Rock Me Amadeus” from his third album […]
Chuzpe was an Austrian New Wave Band from Wien that debuted with a standalone single on Schnazz-o-phone Records in 1979, followed by three 1981 singles and the 1982 album 1000 Takte Tanz on GiG Records. Members: Robert (guitar, vocals), Stephan (synthesizer, vocals), Christian (bass, vocals), Gunulf (drums, vocals) Discography: “(They Can’t Beat) The Beat” / […]
Aardvarks were an Austrian hard-rock band from Salzburg that released four albums on namesake self-press Aardvarks Records between 1982 and 1990. Members: Kurt Deixler (guitar, 1980), Michael Wagner (bass, vocals, 1980), Rico Pucher (guitar, vocals, 1980-82), Robert Jansky (drums, 1980), Johann Kastinger (keyboards, 1980-85), Horst Trattnig (vocals, blues harp, 1980), Paul Hochrainer (guitar, 1987), Heimo […]
Shabby Tiger was an English hard-rock/pop band that released five 1974–76 singles on RCA Victor, culminating with a 1976 self-titled album. In 1980, they reappeared as Hendy for two final singles. Members: Tony Baker (keyboards, vocals), Dave Almond (guitar, flute, vocals), Graham Fielden (drums, percussion), Henderson Gibson (vocals), Mike Ryan (bass) Background Shabby Tiger formed […]
Semuta was an English Latin-jazz/rock band that released a 1979 self-titled album on Lee Lambert Records. Members: Ian Ballantine (vibraphone, marimba), Alan Cook (piano, electric piano), Dave Tyas (drums), Frank Dawkins (bass, guitar), Dave Bartle (tenor saxophone), Sergio Castillo (percussion) Background Semuta emerged on the northern English jazz circuit in the late 1970s under vibraphonist–marimbist […]
Savage was an English hard-rock/metal band behind the 1983 album Loose ‘n Lethal on Ebony Records, followed in 1985 by Hyperactive on Zebra/Axe Killer. Across the ensuing three decades, Savage unleashed five further titles on Neat Metal and Minuszzebra. Members: Chris Bradley (vocals, bass), Andy Dawson (guitar, vocals), Simon Dawson (drums, 1978-79), Andy Bradbury (guitar, […]
Salamander was an English symphonic-rock band that released the album The Ten Commandments on Young Blood in 1971. Members: A.B. Benson (organ, vocals), Dave Chriss (bass), John Cook (drums), Dave Titley (guitar, lead vocals) Background Salamander appeared when guitarist/singer Dave Titley and organist Alistair Benson teamed with bassist Dave Chriss and drummer John Cook. Titley […]
Daevid Allen (1938–2015) was an Australian musician, best known as the frontman of the Anglo–French space-rock band Gong, which he co-founded in Paris with partner Gilli Smyth. He also played in the original lineup of Soft Machine. As a solo artist, he debuted with the 1971 album Banana Moon. With Gong, he made the 1970–71 […]
Radio Birdman was an Australian proto-punk band from Sydney that released the 1976 EP Burn My Eye and the 1977 album Radios Appear on indie Trafalgar Records. Before their 1978 breakup, they completed a third album that later appeared as Living Eyes. Members: Deniz Tek (guitar), Rob Younger (vocals), Ron Keeley (drums), Pip Hoyle (keyboards), […]
V8 was an Argentine metal band that released three albums between 1983 and 1986 on Umbral, starting with Luchando por el Metal. Members: Ricardo Iorio (bass, vocals), Ricardo “Chofa” Moreno (guitar, 1980-82), Gerardo Osemberg (drums, 1980-81), Alejandro “Pesadilla” Colantonio (drums, 1981-82), Alberto “Beto” Zamarbide (vocals, 1982-87), Osvaldo Civile (guitar, 1982-85), Gustavo Rowek (drums, 1982-87), Miguel […]
Sumo was an Argentine new wave/art-punk band that made four albums between 1985 and 1989 on CBS. Their first drummer, Stephanie Nuttal, hailed from Manchester, England, and played in the avant-punk combo Manicured Noise. Members: Luca Prodan (vocals, guitar), Germán Daffunchio (guitar), Alejandro Sokol (bass, drums, 1981-84), Stephanie Nuttal (drums, 1981-82), Ricardo Curtet (guitar, 1981), […]
Soluna was an Argentine folk ensemble that made the 1977 Microfón album Energía Natura. Frontman Gustavo Santaolalla resurfaced in the LA new wave act Wet Picnic and later gained renown as a soundtrack composer. Keyboardist Alejandro Lerner launched a prolific solo career. Members: Gustavo Santaolalla (vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion), Alejandro Lerner (keyboards), Monica Campins (vocals, […]
Rodolfo Alchourrón (April 25, 1934 — May 16, 1999) was an Argentinian jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and bandleader with a recording career that spanned nearly four decades. One of his earliest recorded appearances was on the track “Demasiado Tarde” on the 1960 Menorama EP by Agrupacion Nuevo Jazz. In 1966, he played in Trío Eduardo […]
Relax was an Argentine hard-rock band that made the 1977 album Padre … on Vedette. Members: Daniel Grasso (vocals, guitar, flute), Héctor Grasso (bass, vocals), Juan Rodríguez (drums, percussion), Rubén Campas (vocals, guitar) Background Relax formed in Argentina in the mid-1970s when singer–guitarist Daniel Grasso and bassist–singer Héctor Grasso teamed with guitarist Rubén Campás and […]
The Prime Element was a Manhattan-based Latin-jazz/rock big band headed by Argentinian keyboardist/arranger Carlos Franzetti. The project yielded the 1976 Trova album Alborada. Members: Carlos Franzetti (Rhodes, guitar, Hammond, Moog, percussion, arranger), Omar Clay (percussion, marimba, arranger), Alex Layne (bass), Greg Maker (bass), Akua Dixon (cello, vocals), Ray Mantilla (congas), Mauricio Smith (flute, clarinet), Greg […]
Pastoral was an Argentine folk duo of guitarist-singers Alejandro De Michele and Miguel Angel Erausqui. They debuted in 1973 and made five albums through 1979 with support players. Charly García oversaw their 1976 third album, Humanos. Erausqui went solo with the 1981 album Hacia la Libertad. De Michele joined the pop band Merlin. Pastoral made […]
Pablo El Enterrador is an Argentine symphonic-rock ensemble that has been intermittently active for nearly half a century. Formed in 1971, the band finally released its self-titled debut album in 1983 on RCA Victor. Two further albums would follow at 15- and 18-year intervals. Members: Jorge Antun (synthesizer, Hammond organ), Marcelo Sali (drums), José María […]
Montes were an Argentine psych-rock combo that issued a 1973 single and a 1974 album, Cuando Brille el Tiempo, on Philips. The band was headed by namesake guitarist Jorge Montes, who had earlier played in the prolific singles act La Séptima Brigada. Members: Jorge Montes (guitar), Juan Carlos Policastro (vocals), Alberto Oneto (bass), Carlos Salazar (drums) […]
Miguel Cantilo (born Nov. 9, 1949) is an Argentinian singer/songwriter with a career that spans half a century. He first emerged alongside guitarist Kubero Díaz in the turn-of-the-seventies psych-rock combo La Cofradía de la Flor Solar. He subsequently formed an on-off partnership with guitarist/vocalist Jorge Durietz, recording as Pedro y Pablo on a pair of early […]
Melimelum was an Argentine folk four-piece that released a 1976 self-titled album on CBS. Frontman Jorge Durietz was part of the singer/songwriter duo Pedro y Pablo, which resumed activities after Melimelum. Members: Daniel Russo (bass), Eduardo Figueroa (guitar), Jorge Durietz (guitar, vocals), Nicky Mitchell (drums) Background Melimelum formed in Buenos Aires in 1976 when guitarist-vocalist […]
Los Abuelos de la Nada was an Argentinian rock band, active briefly in the late Sixties and resurrected for a lengthy Eighties run. Their first formation produced the 1968 single “Diana Divaga.” In 1982, the reformed band released a self-titled album, followed by three studio titles and a live disc through 1986 on DG Discos. […]
Luis Alberto Spinetta (Jan. 23, 1950 – Feb. 8, 2012) was an Argentinian guitarist, singer, and songwriter with a musical career that spanned more than 40 years. He first emerged with the psych-rock foursome Almendra, which issued two albums circa 1969–70. He repurposed the band name for the title of his first solo album, released […]
Jorge López Ruiz (April 1, 1935 – Dec. 11, 2018) was an Argentinian bassist, cellist, pianist, arranger, and composer who was active throughout the last four decades of the 20th century. He first appeared in 1961 with the album B.A. Jazz on RCA’s Vik subsidiary. During the mid-1960s, he backed pianist Enrique Villegas on a […]
Huinca was a blues-rock combo fronted by Argentinian musician/vocalist Litto Nebbia. The project grew out of his 1971 solo album Nebbia’s Band, which features the same rhythm section of bassist Cacho Lafalce and drummer Oscar Moro. Nebbia and Moro had earlier played together in the 1960s beat group Los Gatos. Huinca recorded one album before Nebbia resumed his […]
Horizonte were an Argentine folk-rock band that released two albums on the Music Hall label during the closing years of the 1970s. Members: Rubán Bloise (drums), Mario Vannini (guitar, charango, quena), Hugo Ojeda (percussion, vocals), Fernando Mouro (bass), Alex Tiscornia (keyboards), Sergio Vainikoff (keyboards), Jorge Alfano (bass) Discography: Horizonte (1978) Señales sin Edad (1979)
Horacio Vaggione (born 1943) is an Argentine-born electronic musician and composer who has been active on the European scene since the mid-1970s. In 1976, he emerged as one-half of the avant-garde electronic duo IT, which issued the album Viaje (Música Electrónica Libre) on the Spanish Movieplay label. Two years later, he released a solo album, […]
Gustavo Montesano (born Oct. 14, 1955) is an Argentinian guitarist and composer who has been musically active locally and abroad since the mid-1970s. He first emerged as one-fourth of the symphonic/hard-rock band Crucis, with whom he recorded two albums in 1976. The following year, he issued his first and only solo album of the 20th […]
Fricción was an Argentine goth-rock band that made the 1986–88 Interdisc albums Consumación o Consumo and Para Terminar. Members: Christian Basso (bass, 1985-87), Fernando Samalea (drums, 1985-87), Gustavo Cerati (guitar, 1985-86), Richard Coleman (guitar, 1985-87), Gonzalo Palacios (saxophone), Celsa Mel Gowland (vocals), Daniel Castro (bass, 1987-88) Background Fricción formed in Buenos Aires in 1984 when […]
