"Box. After a chance meeting with Manchester DJ Mike Pickering, formerly of Quando Quango, Small and her distinctive voice helped to sell over 10 million albums worldwide singing with the group M People. They had considerable success with songs such as ""Moving On Up"", ""One Night In Heaven"" and ""Search for the Hero"". Small has said that her major influence has been singer Elkie Brooks. In 1997, Small performed on the ""Perfect Day"" record alongside a wide range of artists including Tom Jones and Lou Reed. The song was the official 1997 Children in Need charity release. It sold over"
"Friday 26 September and the video was played in full on ""The Chart Show"" the next day. The video was shot overnight in Los Angeles over the weekend of 24/25 August 1997. The four main members of the band featured prominently in a coolly-lit disused warehouse. In the fore, is Heather Small, sat on a blue silk draped sofa on a round stage surrounded by cables on the floor and speakers either side, singing the camera up above wearing a black nightdress. Also on the subtly-lit raised stage, is Shovell on drums, Paul Heard on guitar and Mike Pickering on"
"completely revised funked up version. On the re-issued Northern Soul released in 1992, Sasha had remixed the single and this replaced the original version. The studio-set video features Heather Small singing and dancing alone surrounded by darkness and later, with a strobe lighting effect in the background. She wears a yellow jacket on a black polo neck with enormous earrings. This is intercut with footage of the band performing the song live from their 1992 Northern Soul Tour featuring the rest of the band, Mike Pickering, Paul Heard and the live session musicians. The artwork of the single incorporates the"
"playing cover songs at local clubs in Tennessee and eventually becoming a national touring club circuit band. Lead vocalist-guitarist Brett Scallions joined the group after bassist Jeff Abercrombie saw him performing in a bar in Jackson, Tennessee in 1993 and later asked him to join in 1994. That same year, the band moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where they played at local Pennsylvania bars and nightclubs under the name Reel Too Real, playing cover songs. The band made a choice to go under a different name when showcasing its own original material. That name, for the time being, would be Small"
"of the performances—this band sounds tight and expert throughout, and Entwistle and [Zak] Starkey are a mighty rhythm section. Henry Small (singer) Henry Cave Small (born February 29, 1948) is an American born Canadian singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and radio personality. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Small has been a member of three rock bands: Prism, Scrubbaloe Caine, and Small Wonder. With Prism, Small enjoyed great success and recognition in the early 1980s. His first studio album with the band was ""Small Change"", released in 1981. It was the band's most commercially successful studio album on the"
"Cab for Cutie, Foster the People, Cage the Elephant, etc.). The Smalls The Smalls are a Canadian hard rock/metal band formed in 1989 in Edmonton. They were influenced by jazz, hardcore punk, speed metal and country music. They were one of the most prominent Alberta bands in the second wave of performers that came out of the Canadian west coast DIY scene that was first ushered into Alberta by the iconic hardcore punk band SNFU in the mid-1980s. Formed in 1989, the band featured original members Derek Bevans and ""Carigh"" Brown until 1990. Later on, the line-up consistently included vocalist"
"The Smalls The Smalls are a Canadian hard rock/metal band formed in 1989 in Edmonton. They were influenced by jazz, hardcore punk, speed metal and country music. They were one of the most prominent Alberta bands in the second wave of performers that came out of the Canadian west coast DIY scene that was first ushered into Alberta by the iconic hardcore punk band SNFU in the mid-1980s. Formed in 1989, the band featured original members Derek Bevans and ""Carigh"" Brown until 1990. Later on, the line-up consistently included vocalist Mike Caldwell and bassist Corb Lund from the town of"
"Smaller Smaller were an English alternative rock band from Liverpool, active during the 1990s. They had hits with ""Wasted"" and ""Is"" in 1996 and 1997. The band was formed in the early 1990s by former Cook da Books guitarist/singer Peter ""Digsy"" Deary, his brother Stephen (drums), Jason Riley (guitar/vocals), and Paul Cavanagh (bass guitar). The band's debut release was the single ""God I Hate This Town"" in 1995. They recorded a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in November that year. A second single failed to chart, but they broke into the UK top 75 with ""Wasted"" in"
"label to acclaim from both critics and colleagues as well as being heavily rotated on dancefloors. This single became the first official cut from the album ahead of its release in 1991. The band's core members, Mike Pickering and Paul Heard, had been working on the parent album and various tracks which featured a variety of different lead singers, including Mark Bell (who would go on to duet with Heather Small on hit single ""Don't Look Any Further"" on the next album). The band had also been trialling their songs out on the road playing at various small venues across"
"Henry Small (singer) Henry Cave Small (born February 29, 1948) is an American born Canadian singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and radio personality. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Small has been a member of three rock bands: Prism, Scrubbaloe Caine, and Small Wonder. With Prism, Small enjoyed great success and recognition in the early 1980s. His first studio album with the band was ""Small Change"", released in 1981. It was the band's most commercially successful studio album on the ""Billboard"" 200, being their first and only album to the make the Top 100. The lead single, ""Don't Let"
"The Beautiful South The Beautiful South were an English pop group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Hull group the Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members throughout the band's tenure were former Housemartins roadie Sean Welch (bass), Dave Stead (drums) and Dave Rotheray (guitar). The band's original material was written by the team of Heaton and Rotheray. After the band's first album (recorded as a quintet), they were joined by a succession of female vocalists. All of the afformentioned artists performed lead and backing vocals alongside Heaton"
"Hetch Hetchy (band) Hetch Hetchy was an American post-punk band formed in Athens, Georgia. Lynda Stipe, sometimes credited as Lynda L. Limner, was the only consistent member of the group until they permanently disbanded. The EP ""Make Djibouti"" was issued through Texas Hotel in 1988 and was produced by Lynda's brother Michael Stipe the lead singer of the band R.E.M. After the release of ""Make Djibouti"" most of the original players left the band, leaving Stipe as the only remaining group member. Bassist and vocalist Jay Totty, who had recently moved from Athens to Florida, saw Stipe performing with her"
"Little Village Little Village was an American/British rock band, formed in 1991 by Ry Cooder (guitar, vocal), John Hiatt (guitar, piano, vocal), Nick Lowe (bass, vocal) and Jim Keltner (drums). Each of the group's members had previously worked on Hiatt's 1987 album ""Bring The Family"", and formed in 1991 while on a break from their own musical projects. The group's name was initially (and jokingly) announced as Hiatus. It was soon changed to Little Village, in reference to the foul-mouthed in-studio diatribe by Sonny Boy Williamson II, on a Chess reissue album titled ""Bummer Road"". The group released its only"
"surprised and disappointed most expectations to only chart and stall at number 33, their lowest chart entry since ""Someday"", their third single six years previously. However, lead singer, Heather Small had scored her first ever number one for the charity single Perfect Day as a prominent featured artist in a stella and varied line-up for Children in Need. Despite the relatively lower sales chart position, the single spent a total of nine weeks on the chart longer than any of the last five singles since Sight for Sore Eyes in 1994. This nine-week sojourn also included the first and only"
"extended hiatus. Heather Small recorded a successful solo album: ""Proud"" and it seemed that the band had split. However, a re-packaged greatest hits album entitled ""Ultimate Collection"" and released in 2005 led the band to embark on a short promotional tour of the UK. Small continued to pursue a solo career releasing her second solo album ""Close to a Miracle"" in 2006. M People toured once again in 2007 as part of the Forestry Commission's 2007 Forest Tours at Delamere Forest, Cheshire; Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire Moors; Thetford Forest, Suffolk and Westonbirt Arboretum, Wiltshire to support The Forestry Commission's social"
"September 1996. Their next single, ""Is"", which featured Noel Gallagher on guitar, gave them their biggest hit, reaching number 55 in the UK in March 1997. The band's debut album, ""Badly Badly"", was released in April 1997, featuring further contributions from Gallagher. A second album was recorded, featuring a guest appearance from Richard Hawley, but it remained unreleased, various members of the band left and where replaced by friends of the Smallers - Lee Watson on guitar and Chris Mullin on bass joined 1999, drummers Bren Moore & Chris Campbell came along later and the transition from Smaller to The"
"Small Faces Small Faces were an English rock band from East London. The group was founded in 1965 by members Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston, although by 1966 Winston was replaced by Ian McLagan as the band's keyboardist. The band is remembered as one of the most acclaimed and influential mod groups of the 1960s with memorable hit songs such as ""Itchycoo Park"", ""Lazy Sunday"", ""All or Nothing"", and ""Tin Soldier"", as well as their concept album ""Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake"". They later evolved into one of the UK's most successful psychedelic bands until 1969. The"
"Small Circle Small Circle is an American emo punk supergroup from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band formed in 2016 and was considered an emo punk supergroup due to all members being in prominent emo bands during its formation. The band consisted of vocalist Marissa D'Elia, Vocalist/Guitarist Cameron Boucher (Sorority Noise/Old Gray), Adam Ackerman (Sorority Noise/later Old Gray), and Sean Hallock (Rozwell Kid). Following Hallock's departure, he was replaced by drummer Charlie Singer, also of Old Gray and later Sorority Noise. Singers Marissa D'Elia and Cameron Boucher first met in 2012. In January 2016, Boucher sent D'Elia several instrumentals he had recorded"
"General Specific Small Faces Small Faces were an English rock band from East London. The group was founded in 1965 by members Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston, although by 1966 Winston was replaced by Ian McLagan as the band's keyboardist. The band is remembered as one of the most acclaimed and influential mod groups of the 1960s with memorable hit songs such as ""Itchycoo Park"", ""Lazy Sunday"", ""All or Nothing"", and ""Tin Soldier"", as well as their concept album ""Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake"". They later evolved into one of the UK's most successful psychedelic bands until"
"band back on Capitol Records, and decidedly more rock-oriented. They featured Geoff Whitehorn on guitars and vocals, Gabriel Magno on keyboards and Walt Monaghan on bass and vocals (replacing Mike Tomich, who had toured with the band prior to these last recordings), as well as Cliff Davies and Dick Morrissey. Coinciding with their more rock-influenced style, they also changed their famous small-case logo ""if"" for the more solid-looking large-case ""IF"". If finally broke up in 1975, Dick Morrissey going on to work with the Average White Band and Herbie Mann, eventually forming Morrissey–Mullen; Geoff Whitehorn to join Crawler and, subsequently,"
"the band were thinking about recording their follow-up to the poorly received commercial disappointment ""Young and Restless"" in December 1980, Ron Tabak was fired. Various reasons have been cited, including his conflicts with other band members, several run-ins with the law and/or a lack of songwriting ability. A new lead vocalist Henry Small was brought in and the new four-piece line-up (Small/Mitchell/Harlow/Norton) recorded the album ""Small Change"" in the summer of 1981, which was released later in the year. Keyboardist John Hall departed the band early on during the sessions for the album. By the beginning of 1982, Mitchell, Harlow"
"The single entered on airplay at number 75 four weeks before release moving to 52 to 40 to 21. It then peaked at number 14 the week after their tenth top sales hit placing but only hung around the top twenty for three weeks, making made this single their lowest charting airplay hit since 1992. However, while airplay was relatively slower than normal, the music channels heavily rotated the video particularly VH1, MTV and The Box. The artwork for the single is a stylised photograph of lead singer, Heather Small sat on a backless leather sofa all dressed in black"
"Little Hell (band) Little Hell was a London-based rock band formed in 2001 by former Some Have Fins/Levitation/Carrie singer Steve Ludwin. The band was first formed in 2000 following the demise of Carrie. Ludwin maintained his working relationship with Carrie guitarist Dennis Dicker, but stepped back from his frontman duties, concentrating instead on songwriting and guitar playing. Instead, vocalist Lucy Johnston was recruited as frontwoman and the lineup was completed by bass guitarist Natasha Moledina and drummer Clive Dicker. Little Hell signed to Double Dragon Records and released their first limited edition 7-inch single ""Lose It"". This was followed up"
"in 1991 by Dan Maines (bass), Jean-Paul Gaster (drums), Tim Sult (guitar), and Roger Smalls (vocals) in Germantown, Maryland. Before settling on the name Clutch, the band used the early names Glut Trip and Moral Minority. Smalls soon departed and was replaced by Neil Fallon, a longtime schoolmate of the other members at Seneca Valley High School. The band quickly gained notice through constant touring. The 12"" single ""Passive Restraints"" on the Earache label was Clutch’s first commercial release, garnering attention from other labels. Their debut LP, ""Transnational Speedway League"", was released in 1993. It was followed by a self-titled"
"in Los Angeles in 1985 while working with Eric Clapton on his ""Behind the Sun"" album. Murphy joined Clapton's band for the ensuing tour, which included Live Aid. Murphy's career in vocals has been both as band lead singer and session singer. She has sung, toured, and recorded with such acts as the Moody Blues, Bob Seger, Herbie Hancock, Phil Collins, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Maria Muldaur, Bruce Hornsby, Michael Bolton, Coco Montoya, Alice Cooper, Little Feat and rock musicals, ""Hair"" and ""Sgt. Pepper's"", etc. In 1993, she became a full-time member of the Los Angeles-based band Little Feat. She"
"Little Village (album) Little Village is the only studio album by the band of the same name. The band, a supergroup comprising Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, Nick Lowe, and Jim Keltner, released the album, went on a tour of the US and Europe to support it, and disbanded the year of its release. They had previously worked as a group while recording Hiatt's solo album ""Bring the Family"" in 1987. Although all songs are credited to all four group members, Hiatt sang all but three, with two sung by Lowe and one by Cooder. ""Solar Sex Panel"" and ""Don't Go"
"Boston, and Director of Faith Outreach for Climate XChange, which advocates for carbon pricing legislation in Massachusetts. Fred Small (singer-songwriter) Frederick Emerson Small (born November 6, 1952), known publicly as Fred Small, is an American singer-songwriter. He began his career as a lawyer and later became a Unitarian Universalist minister. His songs often make a political or ethical statement. Among his best-known songs are ""Heart of the Appaloosa,"" ""Everything Possible,"" ""Peace Is"", and ""Cranes Over Hiroshima"". He is hailed by Pete Seeger as ""one of America's best songwriters"". His debut album, ""Love's Gonna Carry Us"" (1981), featured Small singing and"
"up a new band, naming it ""The Beautiful South"" as a sarcastic comment on their staunch Northern roots. The third initial bandmember was Dave Rotheray, a songwriting guitarist who'd previously played with Hemingway in two other Hull bands, The Newpolitans and The Velvetones. At the time Rotheray was studying for a PhD at the University of Hull and living on Grafton Street, where Heaton also lived. Rotheray and Heaton became the songwriting team for The Beautiful South, which was conceived as a quintet with Heaton and Hemingway (who was no longer drumming) as the two lead singers. The core band"
"Dave Smalley Dave Smalley is an American musician, best known as the lead singer for the hardcore punk bands DYS, Dag Nasty, and All and as lead singer/guitarist with Down by Law. He is known for his influence on pop punk music and his early contributions to the emo genre. He also founded a side project called The Sharpshooters, whose music is influenced by mod revival bands such as The Jam. Smalley has also produced and appeared on Canadian punk band Penelope's second album, ""Face au silence du monde"", recorded by Don Zientara at Inner Ear Studio in Arlington, Virginia."
"Small Black Small Black is an American indie band from Brooklyn, New York. They are currently signed to the Jagjaguwar record label. The band consists of Josh Kolenik (lead vocals/guitar), Ryan Heyner (guitar/keyboards), Juan Pieczanski (bass/guitar), and Jeff Curtin (drums). After releasing the critically acclaimed ""Small Black"" EP, the band signed to Jagjaguwar to release their debut full length, ""New Chain"" (2010). Their second full length, ""Limits of Desire"" was released in May 2013, with the single ""No Stranger"" a mainstay on satellite radio. The band has toured consistently since 2010, participating in numerous festivals such as Primavera Sound Festival,"
"Sutton, a supporting member who occasionally plays guitar for the band. The live album was followed one month later by the studio album ""Missing Years"". This album produced three singles, although only one — the title track — made the country charts, peaking at No. 45. Another studio album with Howell on lead vocals, ""Young for a Long Time"", followed in 2015. Little Texas (band) Little Texas is an American country music band founded in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1988 by Tim Rushlow (lead and background vocals), Brady Seals (lead and background vocals, keyboards), Del Gray (drums), Porter Howell (lead guitar,"
"Fred Small (singer-songwriter) Frederick Emerson Small (born November 6, 1952), known publicly as Fred Small, is an American singer-songwriter. He began his career as a lawyer and later became a Unitarian Universalist minister. His songs often make a political or ethical statement. Among his best-known songs are ""Heart of the Appaloosa,"" ""Everything Possible,"" ""Peace Is"", and ""Cranes Over Hiroshima"". He is hailed by Pete Seeger as ""one of America's best songwriters"". His debut album, ""Love's Gonna Carry Us"" (1981), featured Small singing and accompanying himself on guitar. As his fame and success increased, so too did the production level of"
"as a drummerless two piece, before adding Greta Little and Chad Hedley as their rhythm section (bass guitar and drums respectively), under the name Catherine Wheels, in 1986. The band performed infrequently around Perth for about a year, releasing a single, ""Big Letdown"" in February 1987, before they relocated to Sydney where Underwood, Little and Hedley left to form a new band, Northern Lights. Lowe returned to Perth and conscripted Will Akers (The Triffids) on bass guitar and Felicity 'Flick' Dear (Holy Rollers) on drums and Craig Chisholm (Holy Rollers) on lead/rhythm guitar to form a new version of Charlotte's"