"solo album ""Just a Boy"" and released as a single, which became one of Sayer's biggest hits, peaking at number 6 in the UK, and placing in the top 10 in South Africa. One Man Band (Roger Daltrey song) One Man Band is a song by The Who's lead singer, Roger Daltrey from his début solo album ""Daltrey"". The song was written by David Courtney and Leo Sayer, and features Daltrey's acoustic guitar strumming. According to Daltrey, it ""reminiscences of Shepherd's Bush"" [A place in west London where Daltrey had grown up and The Who were formed] and became one"
"""Billboard"" Pop Albums chart. There was also a Quadraphonic mix of the album that included alternate vocal takes and elongated versions of some songs. One Man Dog One Man Dog is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter James Taylor. Released on November 1, 1972, it features the hit ""Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"", which peaked at number 14 on the Billboard charts on January 13, 1973. The follow-up single, ""One Man Parade"", also charted but less successfully, peaking at number 67 in the US and reaching number 55 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. The basic tracks were primarily"
"One Man Dog One Man Dog is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter James Taylor. Released on November 1, 1972, it features the hit ""Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"", which peaked at number 14 on the Billboard charts on January 13, 1973. The follow-up single, ""One Man Parade"", also charted but less successfully, peaking at number 67 in the US and reaching number 55 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. The basic tracks were primarily recorded in Taylor's home studio. The album is made up of 18 short pieces strung together. It climbed to number 4 on the US"
"One Man Band (James Taylor album) One Man Band is a live album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor that was released in November 2007 on Hear Music. It was recorded over several days at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The songs span over five decades. The premise for ""One Man Band"" is that instead of having a wide array of instruments, as with most concerts, Taylor is accompanied by only his guitar and Larry Goldings on piano. There are some exceptions, such as the pre-recorded Tanglewood Festival Chorus sings on ""My Traveling Star"" and ""Shower the People"". Also, a"
"Baby"", that went to No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on August 24-September 7, 1974. Having heard Coates singing on an Edwin Hawkins Singers gospel album, he decided to use her on the recording as it needed a female voice. Because of her being good, it was decided that she be used on further recordings. The two recorded several more Top 10 & Top 20 hits, including 1974's ""One Man Woman/One Woman Man"" and 1975's ""I Don't Like To Sleep Alone"" and ""(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love"". She recorded ""Make It Up To Me in Love"","
"Andrew Gold Andrew Maurice Gold (August 2, 1951 – June 3, 2011) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger. His works include the US Top 10 single ""Lonely Boy"" (1977), as well as ""Thank You for Being a Friend"" (1978) and the UK Top Five hit ""Never Let Her Slip Away"" (1978). He had further international chart success in the 1980s as the lead singer of Wax, a collaboration with English musician and songwriter Graham Gouldman. Gold was a multi-instrumentalist who played guitar, bass, keyboards, accordion, synthesizer, harmonica, saxophone, flute, drums and percussion, and more arcane musical instruments such"
"One Man Band Man One Man Band Man is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist and record producer Swizz Beatz, released on August 21, 2007, through Full Surface and Universal Motown Records. The album features guest appearances from Drag-On, Lil Wayne, R. Kelly and Jadakiss. The album's production was handled by Swizz Beatz himself, as well as producers such as The Individualz, Needlz, Nottz, Snags, Neo Da Matrix, Eric McCaine, Young World Music. Swizz Beatz announced he was working on his first solo album on November 14, 2006 at Green Lantern's mixshow. The first offering was"
"their two daughters, Helen-Marie, was born. Tara was born two years later. Gilbert O'Sullivan Gilbert O'Sullivan (born Raymond Edward O'Sullivan, 1 December 1946) is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits ""Alone Again (Naturally)"", ""Clair"", and ""Get Down"". Worldwide he has charted 16 top-40 records, including six No. 1 songs, the first of which was 1970's ""Nothing Rhymed"". His most successful recording period was between 1970 and 1980, though he has since recorded ten studio albums up to 2015. Speaking in 2009 he said, ""I write pop songs. That's all I want to do. I have no"
"the 1974 album ""One Hell of a Woman"" by Vikki Carr. In 1975, Helen Reddy recorded ""Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady"" for an album which was entitled ""No Way to Treat a Lady"". Personnel on Reddy's album included guitarist Lee Ritenour. Although the choice of lead single from ""No Way to Treat a Lady"" went to the Leon Russell song ""Bluebird"", the influential LA radio station 93 KHJ began playing ""Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady"" resulting in its release as a single in August 1975 with a chart peak that October of #8 on the ""Billboard"""
"and Leo Sayer, the latter of whom later became a well-known singer in his own right. At the time, Daltrey was playing in his home recording studio with Sayer, who told Daltrey about his struggles to get a record deal. Daltrey, joking, asked Sayer to write him some songs for a solo album. Sayer and Courtney came back with ten songs, which Daltrey recorded for his first solo album. Sayer enjoyed greater chart success than Daltrey did as a solo artist; the opening track on this album, ""One Man Band"" (also reprised at the end), became one of Sayer's biggest"
"1971, Freddy Fender in 1976, and Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler in 1990. Just One Time (song) ""Just One Time"" is a single written and originally recorded by American country music artist Don Gibson. Released in February 1960, the song reached #2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart, while also reaching #29 on the Billboard Pop chart. The single was later released on Gibson's album ""Look Who's Blue"". In 1971 American country artist Connie Smith recorded a cover version of ""Just One Time"" and released it as a single in April 1971. The single peaked at #2 on the"
"Amanda (Don Williams song) ""Amanda"" is a 1973 song written by Bob McDill and recorded by both Don Williams (1973) and Waylon Jennings (1974). ""Amanda"" was Waylon Jennings's eighth solo number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for three weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart. As recorded by Jennings, ""Amanda"" had been a track on his 1974 album ""The Ramblin' Man"", but was not released as a single at that time; two other tracks, ""I'm a Ramblin' Man"" and ""Rainy Day Woman,"" were. More than 4½ years later, new overdubs were added to"
"One Man Parade ""One Man Parade"" is a song written by James Taylor that was first released as the first track on his 1972 album ""One Man Dog"". It was also released as the second single from the album, following up on the Top 20 hit ""Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,"" after receiving significant airplay as an album track. The single was issued twice with two different B-sides, ""Hymn"" and ""Nobody But You."" It did not achieve the same chart success as ""Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,"" peaking at #67 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It also charted"
"One Hell of a Woman ""One Hell of a Woman"" is a 1974 song (see 1974 in music) by the American singer-songwriter Mac Davis. The song was written by Davis and Mark James. Released as a single from his album ""Stop and Smell the Roses"", the song became Davis' second Top 20 hit on the U.S. pop chart, where it peaked at #11 in the fall of 1974. The song remained in the Top 40 for ten weeks. It spent a total of 28 weeks on the national charts, 10 weeks longer than did his number-one hit, ""Baby, Don't Get"
"One Man in My Heart ""One Man in My Heart"" is a song recorded by British synthpop band The Human League. It was released as the second single from the band's album ""Octopus"". A ballad, the song differs from all previous Human League tracks as the lead vocal is performed by a female member of the band, Susan Ann Sulley, with spoken word refrains from Philip Oakey and contrasting backing from the third Human League member Joanne Catherall. Released on 6 March 1995 in the UK, the song received positive reviews from music critics and eventually peaked at number 13"
"The Bangin' Man ""The Bangin' Man"" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1974 as a non-album single. It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler. It reached No. 3 in the UK, remaining in the charts for seven weeks. The song was certified UK Silver by BPI for sales over 250,000 that same year. After the release of ""Everyday"" as a single in March 1974, the band soon returned to the studio to record a follow-up. Returning to a more rock-based sound, ""The Bangin' Man"" was"
"""One Man Parade"" single and was also the follow-up single in March 1973, backed with ""Fanfare."" Both ""Hymn"" and ""Fanfare"" were part of a suite of short songs on side 2 of the album. Both songs were recorded at A&R Studios in New York. Landau rated ""Hymn"" as the best song on the album, calling attention to the line ""As a man and a woman stand alone in the light/Give us reason to be, like the sun on the sea."" Langis regards the song as being semi-religious with lines such as ""Let the winter wind blow/Where will we hide when"
"Adam Ant Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard; 3 November 1954) is an English singer and musician. He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring 10 UK top ten hits from 1980 to 1983, including three UK No. 1 singles. He has also worked as an actor, appearing in over two dozen films and television episodes from 1985 to 2003. Since 2010, Ant has undertaken an intense reactivation of his musical career, performing live regularly in his hometown of London and beyond, recording and releasing a"
"Band on the Run (song) ""Band on the Run"" is the title song of Paul McCartney and Wings' 1973 album ""Band on the Run"". The song was released as a single in 1974, following the success of ""Jet"", and became an international chart success. The song topped the charts in the United States, also reaching number 3 in the United Kingdom. The single sold over one million copies in 1974 in America. It has since become one of the band's most famous songs. A medley of three distinct musical passages that vary in style from folk rock to funk, ""Band"
"Hot City Bump Band Hot City Bump Band were an Australian soul, funk band which formed in late 1973 by Chuck McKinney (vocals), his wife, Margaret McKinney (vocals), John Adolphus (guitar), David McMaster (organ), Robert Ellis (congas), David Green (bass) and Mick Holden (drums; ex-the Mixtures). They released a studio album, ""Come Together"" (1975), that peaked at No. 11 on Melbourne album charts. They broke up in 1976. According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, they were ""one of the first soul/funk bands ever assembled in Australia, and local audiences (having been brought up on a steady diet of rock, boogie"
"drum/high-hat. The simple guitar and harmonica combination (as used by such musicians as Tex Williams, Anton Newcombe, Jimmy Reed, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry) is so common now that it is rarely considered to be a one-man band. British-born Don Partridge made the classic one-man band outfit (bass drum on the back, guitar and harmonica) famous in the streets of Europe, and was an early busker to enter the Top Ten of the UK Singles Chart, with his hit singles ""Rosie"" and ""Blue Eyes"" in 1968. Modern one-man bands include such performers as Ben de"
"Listen to What the Man Said ""Listen to What the Man Said"" is a hit single from Wings' 1975 album ""Venus and Mars"". The song featured new member Joe English on drums, with guest musicians Dave Mason on guitar and Tom Scott on soprano saxophone. It was a number 1 single on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in the US; as well, it reached number 1 in Canada on the ""RPM"" National Top Singles Chart. It also reached number 6 in the UK, and reached the top ten in Norway and New Zealand and the top twenty in the Netherlands."
"Gilbert O'Sullivan Gilbert O'Sullivan (born Raymond Edward O'Sullivan, 1 December 1946) is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits ""Alone Again (Naturally)"", ""Clair"", and ""Get Down"". Worldwide he has charted 16 top-40 records, including six No. 1 songs, the first of which was 1970's ""Nothing Rhymed"". His most successful recording period was between 1970 and 1980, though he has since recorded ten studio albums up to 2015. Speaking in 2009 he said, ""I write pop songs. That's all I want to do. I have no interest in just touring, and living in the past."" The music magazine"
"Rob Davis (musician) Rob Davis (born Robert Berkeley Davis, 1 October 1947, Carshalton, Surrey, England) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was the guitarist of the 1970s glam rock band Mud, who achieved the biggest selling Number One record of 1974 in the United Kingdom, with their song ""Tiger Feet"". After the band's eventual demise in 1977, Davis worked with several other groups, including The Tremeloes and Darts, but his efforts met with little commercial return. He later turned his attention to songwriting, initially writing club tracks for Coco Star with the song ""I Need A Miracle"" and Jan"
"Ono Band ""Give Peace a Chance"". Clark was performing in Montreal in June 1969 and was being heckled by the audience due to her bilingual performance. Clark went to see Lennon for advice on dealing with this as he was staying at the city's Queen Elizabeth Hotel doing his Bed in protest and ended up on the recording. During the early 1970s, Clark had chart singles on both sides of the Atlantic with ""Melody Man"" (1970), ""The Song of My Life"" (1971), ""I Don't Know How To Love Him"" (1972), ""The Wedding Song (There Is Love)"" (1972) and ""Loving Arms"""
"A Lonely Man A Lonely Man is the fourth studio album by American soul group The Chi-Lites, produced and largely written by lead singer Eugene Record. The album was released in 1972 on the Brunswick label. ""A Lonely Man"" includes The Chi-Lites most successful single ""Oh Girl"", which topped both the pop and R&B charts and peaked at No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart, the eight and a half-minute epic ""The Coldest Days of My Life"" and a cover of Marvin Gaye's ""Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"". ""A Lonely Man"" was The Chi-Lites' most successful album, topping"
"the single release of ""Jet"" and ""Band on the Run"". ""Band on the Run"", backed with ""Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"", was released in America on 8 April 1974 as the follow-up single to Paul McCartney and Wings' top-ten hit ""Jet"". The song was a smash hit for the band, becoming McCartney's third solo American chart-topping single and Wings' second. The single was later released in Britain (instead backed with ""Zoo Gang"", the theme song to the television show of the same name), reaching number 3 on the British charts. The song reached number 1 in both Canada and New Zealand."
"Walking Man Walking Man is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter James Taylor. Released on June 1, 1974, it was not as successful as his previous efforts, only reaching #13 on the Billboard Album Chart and only selling 300,000 copies in the USA. It is also the only studio album he released that never received a certification as a gold or platinum record from the RIAA. The song ""Walking Man"", released as the album's first single, failed to place on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart at all, but nevertheless, stands today as an often reprised fan favorite. ""Hello Old Friend"""
"Legend"", biographer Bob Allen writes that Jones ""seemed to briefly rediscover the old honky-tonk fervor he'd misplaced in middle age. The entire LP...was firmly anchored in the honky-tonk spirit."" One Woman Man One Woman Man is an album by American country music artist George Jones, released on February 28, 1989 on Epic Records. ""One Woman Man"" spawned one hit single, a cover of the 1950s Johnny Horton song ""(I'm A) One Woman Man"", which peaked at No. 5 in March 1989. None of the other singles penetrated the top 25, although ""The King Is Gone (So Are You)"" would become"
"it comes from inside?"" The single failed to chart. One Man Parade ""One Man Parade"" is a song written by James Taylor that was first released as the first track on his 1972 album ""One Man Dog"". It was also released as the second single from the album, following up on the Top 20 hit ""Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,"" after receiving significant airplay as an album track. The single was issued twice with two different B-sides, ""Hymn"" and ""Nobody But You."" It did not achieve the same chart success as ""Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,"" peaking at"
"""drum machine"" (in this case, a large mechanical device that physically plays drums) made by Taylor and his friend Gordon Fairfield appears on ""Slap Leather"" and ""Chili Dog"". The mix of ""One Man Band"" won a TEC Award for best surround sound recording in 2008. One Man Band (James Taylor album) One Man Band is a live album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor that was released in November 2007 on Hear Music. It was recorded over several days at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The songs span over five decades. The premise for ""One Man Band"" is that instead"
"One Man Band Tour tour of the United States and Europe, featuring some of Taylor's most beloved songs and anecdotes about their creative origins—accompanied solely by the ""one man band"" of his longtime pianist/keyboardist, Larry Goldings. The mix of ""One Man Band"" won a TEC Award for best surround sound recording in 2008. On November 28–30, 2007, Taylor, accompanied by his original band and Carole King, headlined a series of six shows at the Troubadour. The appearances marked the 50th anniversary of the venue, where Taylor, King and many others, such as Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, and Elton John, performed"
"the R&B chart and peaking at No. 5 on the pop chart. It is frequently cited as the group's best recording. AllMusic reviewer Craig Lytle describes the album as ""flawless"" and ""exquisite"". A Lonely Man A Lonely Man is the fourth studio album by American soul group The Chi-Lites, produced and largely written by lead singer Eugene Record. The album was released in 1972 on the Brunswick label. ""A Lonely Man"" includes The Chi-Lites most successful single ""Oh Girl"", which topped both the pop and R&B charts and peaked at No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart, the eight and"