"The Rocket Record Company The Rocket Record Company was a record label founded by Elton John, along with Bernie Taupin, Gus Dudgeon, Steve Brown and others, in 1973. The company was named after the hit song ""Rocket Man"". The label was originally distributed in the UK by Island and in the US by MCA Records, both of which Elton John was also signed to (after 1976). The first artist who signed to the label was Stackridge, who completed two albums for The Rocket Record Company after moving from MCA. It also became the home of Cliff Richard, Neil Sedaka (whose"
"three most successful U.S. mid-1970s albums were on Rocket), Colin Blunstone, the Hudson Brothers, Blue, Kiki Dee, Judie Tzuke, The Lambrettas, Junior Campbell, Brian & Brenda Russell, and the Dutch band Solution. John offered to sign Iggy Pop & The Stooges to the label, but they declined. After John left his British label, DJM, in 1976, his records were also released by The Rocket Record Company on both sides of the Atlantic. The label also attempted to attract talent from all over the UK and submitted an advertisement to ""Melody Maker"" for bands to record their sound of today and"
"Rockets (band) Rockets were a French space rock band that formed in Paris in 1974. Some of the former members had played together since 1970 in a local band called Crystal. In their most successful era (1977–1982) the line-up comprised vocalist Christian Le Bartz, bassist and vocalist ""Little"" Gérard L'Her, guitarist and keyboardist Alain Maratrat, drummer and percussionist Alain Groetzinger, and keyboardist Fabrice Quagliotti. The band went through a number of name changes, being known as the Rocket Men and Rok-Etz, among others. In the year 2000, Fabrice Quagliotti decided to reform the band (initially with the name Rockets N.D.P.),"
"The Rockets (band) The Rockets are an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan founded by guitarist Jimmy McCarty and drummer Johnny ""Bee"" Badanjek, both former members of the group Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels. Along with slide and rhythm guitarist Dennis Robbins, bass guitarist John Fraga, and lead vocalist David Gilbert, The Rockets reached their pinnacle of success in 1979 with a Top 40 hit, a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song ""Oh Well"", and an appearance on the TV series ""The Midnight Special"". The Rockets were formed in 1972 by former Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels members"
"including outreach projects such as handing out Vegetarian Starter Kits to the public. Joan Jett Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American rock singer, songwriter, composer, musician, record producer and occasional actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song ""Cherry Bomb"". The Blackhearts' version of the song ""I Love Rock 'n Roll"" was number-one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982. Jett's other notable hit"
"Rikki Rockett Richard Allan Ream (born August 8, 1961), better known by the stage name Rikki Rockett, is an American drummer for glam metal band Poison. The band has sold more than 45 million records worldwide and has sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one ""Every Rose Has Its Thorn"". Richard Allan Ream was born on August 8, 1961 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, the youngest of two children of Norman and Margaret Ream."
"Rocket (Beyoncé song) ""Rocket"" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé from her fifth studio album, ""Beyoncé"" (2013). It was written by Miguel, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Jerome ""J-Roc"" Harmon and Beyoncé with the group of the latter three people also serving as its producers. Miguel initially conceived the song inspired by Beyoncé, trying to showcase her confidence and sexuality. Beyoncé revealed that ""Rocket"" was inspired by D'Angelo's ""Untitled (How Does It Feel)"" (2000) and felt it was one of her liberating songs meant to illustrate different sides of her personality. ""Rocket"" is a slowtempo soul, funk and R&B ballad"
"Sizzy Rocket Sabrina Louise Bernstein (Sizzy Rocket) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. (Born April 16, 1992). In 2016, she released her debut album, “Thrills” and toured nationwide as direct support for ""Kitten."" In 2016, she started independent record label/brand Diet Punk Records through which her punk side project with The Kick-Drums, ""Shiny Wet Machine"", is released. Growing up in Las Vegas, Rocket knew she wanted to be a performer from the age of 7 and found an audience where she could, performing everywhere from strip malls to churches. In high school, she threw herself into her studies and"
"Ronnie Spector Ronnie Spector (born Veronica Yvette Bennett; August 10, 1943) is an American rock and roll singer known as ""The Bad Girl of Rock & Roll"". Spector is the lead singer of the rock/pop vocal girl group the Ronettes, who had a string of hits during the early to mid–1960s such as ""Be My Baby"", ""Baby, I Love You"", and ""The Best Part of Breakin' Up"". Subsequently, Spector launched her solo career and has since released five studio albums (""Siren"" in 1980, ""Unfinished Business"" in 1987, ""Something's Gonna Happen"" in 2003, ""Last of the Rock Stars"" in 2006, and"
"Lorna, a division of Autumn Records. The Rockets (album) The Rockets is the sole release by The Rockets in 1968. Selling only about 5,000 copies, it was far from a success. Nevertheless, the album found among its fans Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, who would soon take Danny Whitten, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina for his backing band on the album ""Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"". They first dubbed themselves War Babies, but Young renamed them Crazy Horse, a name that would stick. The Rockets soon folded due to Young's insistence on having Whitten, Talbot and Molina keep to"
"Joan Jett Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American rock singer, songwriter, composer, musician, record producer and occasional actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song ""Cherry Bomb"". The Blackhearts' version of the song ""I Love Rock 'n Roll"" was number-one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982. Jett's other notable hit songs include ""Bad Reputation"", ""Crimson and Clover"", ""Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh"
"The Rockets (album) The Rockets is the sole release by The Rockets in 1968. Selling only about 5,000 copies, it was far from a success. Nevertheless, the album found among its fans Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, who would soon take Danny Whitten, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina for his backing band on the album ""Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"". They first dubbed themselves War Babies, but Young renamed them Crazy Horse, a name that would stick. The Rockets soon folded due to Young's insistence on having Whitten, Talbot and Molina keep to a strict practice schedule (although the"
"Rocket Record Company, they did not achieve commercial success. He also collaborated with Brian Harrison to produce an EP on the Sunderland Multicord label (label number MULT-SH-1, producer Ken McKenzie), recording two songs (""Girl"" and ""Green She Said"") from a school musical production written by teacher Dick Bradshaw, one traditional number (""A Blacksmith Courted Me"") and a song written by Dave and Brian (""Deep December""). After leaving Wearside Stewart then spent several years living in squats in London. In late 1976, he was introduced to Annie Lennox by Paul Jacobs. Soon, Stewart and Lennox became romantically involved. By 1977, the"
"Rocket (En Vogue song) ""Rocket"" is a song by American recording group En Vogue. It was written by Ne-Yo and recorded for their seventh studio album ""Electric Café"" (2018), while production was handled by Curtis ""Sauce"" Wilson. The R&B song serves as the album's lead single and was released on December 1, 2017. In the United States, the song peaked at number eight on ""Billboard""s Adult R&B Songs chart, becoming En Vogue's first top 10 hit in twenty years. An accompanying music video, directed by Damien Sandoval, was released online on January 22, 2018. Filmed in the El Mirage Lake"
"Rocket (Alex G album) Rocket is the seventh studio album by American musician (Sandy) Alex G, released on May 19, 2017, through Domino Recording Company. On March 2, 2017, Giannascoli announced that his seventh studio album, ""Rocket"", would be released on May 19. The announcement was accompanied by the release of the first two singles, ""Bobby"" and ""Witch"", the former accompanied by a music video directed by Colin Acchione (who played bass on two of the album's tracks). On April 4, Giannascoli announced the change of his stage name from Alex G to (Sandy) Alex G, and shared another single,"
"Boyd Bennett Boyd Byron Bennett (December 7, 1924 – June 2, 2002) was an American rockabilly songwriter and singer. His two biggest hit singles, both written and performed by him, were ""Seventeen"" with his band, the Rockets (U.S. No. 5), (U.S. R&B No. 7), as well as No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart. ; and ""My Boy, Flat Top"" (U.S. No. 39). He later became a disc jockey in Kentucky. He also worked with Francis Craig and Moon Mullican. Bennett was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame for his contribution to the genre. Bennett was born in Muscle"
"Rocket Queen ""Rocket Queen"" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured on their debut studio album, ""Appetite for Destruction"" (1987). Slash stated in his autobiography that he and Duff McKagan wrote the main riff to ""Rocket Queen"" when they first got together in the short-lived band Road Crew with Steven Adler, prior to Slash and Adler joining Hollywood Rose. According to frontman Axl Rose: A credit in the booklet for ""Appetite for Destruction"" reads ""Barbi (Rocket Queen) Von Greif"", implying that she was ""this girl"" Rose mentions in the quote. Slash states that, while Von Grief"
"sometimes critical of John's work; for instance, in Elizabeth Rosenthal's book ""His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John"", Dudgeon called the 1974 ""Caribou"" album ""a piece of crap ... the sound is the worst, the songs are nowhere, the sleeve came out wrong, the lyrics weren't that good, the singing wasn't all there, the playing wasn't great and the production is just plain lousy"". Dudgeon and John, along with Bernie Taupin and Steve Brown, founded The Rocket Record Company in 1973. In 1995 Dudgeon remastered much of Elton's catalogue. Gus was also responsible for the mixing of the 80-plus"
"Peter Beckett Peter Beckett (born 10 August 1948) is an English musician and songwriter who has written songs for many prominent recording artists, his own bands and solo work, and for several films. He is likely best known as the lead singer and guitarist for 1970s soft rock group Player, which scored a U.S. number one hit in 1977 with ""Baby Come Back"". Beckett was born in the Aigburth district of Liverpool, England. He was influenced by seeing the Beatles perform at the famous Cavern Club. At 16, he recorded his first record, ""All Night Stand"", with a band called"
"own Rocket Record Company label, starting with ""Blue Moves"" in 1976. Music journalist Paul Gambaccini wrote the liner notes to the original LP, which were included in the booklet that came with the 1995 remastered edition. This album was also released under the titles Here and Now and London & New York. MCA Records released ""Love Song"" as a promotional single to radio in the U.S. For the 1995 CD reissue, original producer Gus Dudgeon remixed both shows and expanded the original single LP's song list for a two-CD set. While ""Take Me to the Pilot"" and ""Your Song"" appear"
"Anson Funderburgh Anson Funderburgh (born James Anson Funderburgh; November 14, 1954) is an American blues guitar player and bandleader of Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets since 1978. Their style incorporates both Chicago blues and Texas blues. Funderburgh was born in Plano, Texas, United States. Anson was with The Bee's Knees in 1976 and recorded ""Cold Hearted Woman"". In 1977 the Rockets began with Anson, Mark Hickman on Fender bass, David Watson on drums and vocalist Darrell Nulisch. In 1981, Funderburgh released the Rockets' debut album ""Talk to You By Hand"" from New Orleans, Louisiana based Black Top Records. The band"
"lists albums and EPs on which Reis has performed. For complete listings of releases by each act, see their individual articles. John Reis John Reis (born 1969) and also known by the pseudonyms Speedo, Slasher, and The Swami is an American musician, singer, guitarist, record label owner, and disc jockey. He is best known as the singer and guitarist for the rock band Rocket from the Crypt, which he formed and fronted (as Speedo) for the entirety of its career from 1990 to 2005. Prior to this he was the guitarist in the post-hardcore band Pitchfork, and also played in"
"with The Yacht Rock Revue. Beckett is currently working on a country CD, Peter Beckett - Limey Cowboy and continues to tour with his band Player. Peter Beckett Peter Beckett (born 10 August 1948) is an English musician and songwriter who has written songs for many prominent recording artists, his own bands and solo work, and for several films. He is likely best known as the lead singer and guitarist for 1970s soft rock group Player, which scored a U.S. number one hit in 1977 with ""Baby Come Back"". Beckett was born in the Aigburth district of Liverpool, England. He"
"lung ailment in June 2002. Shortly before his death he was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Boyd Bennett Boyd Byron Bennett (December 7, 1924 – June 2, 2002) was an American rockabilly songwriter and singer. His two biggest hit singles, both written and performed by him, were ""Seventeen"" with his band, the Rockets (U.S. No. 5), (U.S. R&B No. 7), as well as No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart. ; and ""My Boy, Flat Top"" (U.S. No. 39). He later became a disc jockey in Kentucky. He also worked with Francis Craig and Moon Mullican. Bennett was"
"but with a totally different line-up. This brought to an anomalous situation, as far as none of the former members agreed to hold a reunion. In fact, the last former member to leave the band was Alain Maratrat, in 1992. Rockets (band) Rockets were a French space rock band that formed in Paris in 1974. Some of the former members had played together since 1970 in a local band called Crystal. In their most successful era (1977–1982) the line-up comprised vocalist Christian Le Bartz, bassist and vocalist ""Little"" Gérard L'Her, guitarist and keyboardist Alain Maratrat, drummer and percussionist Alain Groetzinger,"
"releases until 2007. The name was also resurrected in 2006 for the eponymous Platinum Weird album. In 2011, John formed a company named Rocket Music Entertainment Group. The label still exists today, but now just has three newer artists signed to it, as John himself has not released a studio album on Rocket since 2004's ""Peachtree Road"", although the 2010 one-off collaboration with Leon Russell, ""The Union"" has the Rocket logo from that time. Otherwise, Rocket is primarily a management company handling established artists such as Ed Sheeran and Squeeze's Chris Difford along with upcoming artists including Anne-Marie and Jake"
"Rocket (The Smashing Pumpkins song) ""Rocket"" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the fourth and final single from their second album, ""Siamese Dream"", and was written by Billy Corgan. A 7"" vinyl record was released in the United Kingdom as part of the ""Siamese Singles"" box set, and on its own. Its B-side (not taken from the album) was a cover version of the Depeche Mode song ""Never Let Me Down Again."" The CD single was commercially released only in Australia, and is considered a valuable rarity by fans of the band. Promo"
"Rocket (The Smashing Pumpkins song) ""Rocket"" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the fourth and final single from their second album, ""Siamese Dream"", and was written by Billy Corgan. A 7"" vinyl record was released in the United Kingdom as part of the ""Siamese Singles"" box set, and on its own. Its B-side (not taken from the album) was a cover version of the Depeche Mode song ""Never Let Me Down Again."" The CD single was commercially released only in Australia, and is considered a valuable rarity by fans of the band. Promo"
"John Reis John Reis (born 1969) and also known by the pseudonyms Speedo, Slasher, and The Swami is an American musician, singer, guitarist, record label owner, and disc jockey. He is best known as the singer and guitarist for the rock band Rocket from the Crypt, which he formed and fronted (as Speedo) for the entirety of its career from 1990 to 2005. Prior to this he was the guitarist in the post-hardcore band Pitchfork, and also played in Drive Like Jehu during the early 1990s. In 1999 he formed the Hot Snakes, and in 2000 also formed the Sultans,"
"Rocket (Def Leppard song) ""Rocket"" is a song recorded by English rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album ""Hysteria"". It was the sixth (seventh in the US) and final single release, coming out in January 1989 and hitting the Top 15 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. The song was considered experimental for hard rock at the time. Most notably, producer Mutt Lange used backmasking effects to feature the line ""We're fighting with the gods of war"" (from ""Gods of War"", also on ""Hysteria"") sung backward throughout the track. This sample was omitted from"
"Inglewood Park Cemetery. With Gary Bartz With Donald Byrd Syreeta Wright Syreeta Wright (born Rita Wright; February 28, 1946 – July 6, 2004), who recorded professionally under the single name Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early-1970s through the early-1980s. Wright's career heights were songs involved with her ex-husband Stevie Wonder and musical artist Billy Preston. Wright was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1946, and started singing at age four. Her father served in the Korean War and Wright and her two sisters, Yvonne and Kim, were raised by their mother Essie and their"
"latter, “Don’t Trip,” was featured on Flosstradamus’ most recent EP with Run The Jewels. In 2016 she released her debut full-length album ""THRILLS"" via independent record label Yebo Music - the lead single, ""Bestie"" received polarizing press, with PAPER Magazine calling it a “biting girl-on-girl anthem"". Currently, Rocket is based in Los Angeles writing songs with artists such as Hey Violet, and working on her multiple artist projects - to be released later this year via Diet Punk. Sizzy Rocket Sabrina Louise Bernstein (Sizzy Rocket) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. (Born April 16, 1992). In 2016, she released"
"Marc Bolan Marc Bolan ( ; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, and poet. He was best known as the lead singer of the glam rock band T. Rex. Bolan was one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement of the 1970s. He died at the age of 29 in a car accident a fortnight before his 30th birthday. Bolan grew up in Stoke Newington Common, in the borough of Hackney, east London, the son of Phyllis Winifred (née Atkins) and Simeon Feld, a lorry driver. His father was"