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Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae

Biografie van de kunstenaar Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae Born Corinne Bailey On 26 February 1979 Is A Grammy-Winning English Singer And Songwriter Who Released Her Eponymous Debut Album "Corinne Bailey Rae" In February 2006. Rae Was Named The Number-One Predicted Breakthrough Act Of 2006 In An Annual BBC Poll Of Music Critics. Rae Was Born In Leeds West Yorkshire To A Kittitian Father And An English Mother And She Was The Eldest Of Three Daughters. She Began Her Musical Career At School Where She Studied Classical Violin Before She Turned Her Attention To Singing "I Started Off Singing In Church I Suppose But People Think It Must Have Been A Gospel Church Because Of The Whole You Know Black Assumption" She Says In Reference To Her Multiracial Background. "But It Wasn't Gospel At All It Was Just Your Regular Brethren Church Very Middle-Class Where We Would Sing These Harmonies Every Sunday. It Was Always My Favourite Part Of The Service The Singing". Rae Later Transferred To A Baptist Church Where The Choir Would Sing Traditional Hymns And Primal Scream Tunes. "We Changed The Words Though" Rae States On Her Website. "We Didn't Want To Offend The Regular Churchgoers Now Did We?" Performing In Church Broadened Rae's Musical Horizons And Her Love Affair With Making Music Was Solidified After A Local Youth Leader Offered To Buy Her An Electric Guitar. In Her Mid-Teens She Became Obsessed With Rock Legends Led Zeppelin "I Loved That Band During My Teens I Wanted Somehow To Follow In Their Footsteps And To Create Music Of My Own". Rae Formed An All-Female Indie Group Called Helen Which Was Inspired By Similar Acts Such As Veruca Salt And L7. "It Was The First Time I'd Seen Women With Guitars. They Were Kinda Sexy – But Feminist. I Wanted To Be Like That At The Front Of Something". The Group Raised Eyebrows On Several Fronts In The White Male-Dominated World Of Indie Music They Were An All-Female Group Fronted By A Mixed-Race Singer From Leeds. The Moniker "Helen" Also Drew Attention Albeit For Not All The Right Reasons "What Can I Say? We Were 15 Years Old And Thought That Helen Was A Cheeky Indie Kind Of Thing To Do. It Seemed Clever At The Time. Admittedly It Seems Less So Now". The Group Played Many Gigs Around Leeds Including A Memorable Performance At Joseph's Well With Leeds-Based Band Swift Fronted By Wildman Rocker Royce Dunston. Despite This The Group Became The First Indie Act To Be Signed To Heavy Metal Record Label Roadrunner Records Home To Acts Such As Slipknot In 1995. The Venture Proved To Be Short-Lived However After The Bassist Became Pregnant And The Group Disbanded. " Was I Disappointed? I Was Gutted! I Had No Idea What To Do Next". Corinne Has Often Stated That She Is A Proud Leeds United Football Club Fan. After The Disappointment Of Helen Rae Went On To Attend The University Of Leeds Where She Studied An English Literature Degree. While At University She Began Work As A Hat Check Girl On An Evening In Her Local Jazz Club. Permitted To Sing On Stage With The Jazz Band When Business Was Slow It Was There That She Discovered A Different Type Of Music That Sent Her On A Different Musical Path "I Kept Hearing This Jazz And Soul Stuff And I Realized I Loved That Music Too". It Was There Also That She Met Saxophone Player Jason Rae Whom She Eventually Married In 2001 At Age Twenty-Two. "I Was Corinne Bailey. I Added On Rae My Husband's Name When I Got Married. There's No Hyphen Stops It Being Posh!" Jason Died In March 2008. Career Over The Space Of The Next Three Years Rae Began Working On Solo Material – This Time Steering Away From Her Indie Past And Embarking On A More "soulful" Path. She Collaborated With Leeds-Based Funk Group The New Mastersounds On The Track "Your Love Is Mine" Featured On Their 2003 Album Be Yourself Released Via One Note Records. The Following Year She Again Worked With Another Leeds-Based Group Homecut Directive On The Song "Come The Revolution" Which Was The First Single From The Group's Debut Album. In 2004 Rae Got A Breakthrough When She Was Signed By Global Talent Publishing And Then Approached By Craig David's Mentor Mark Hill From The Duo The Artful Dodger To Appear On His New Album Better Luck Next Time Under His New Alias The StiX. The Resulting Collaboration "Young And Foolish" Was Released In April 2005 And Brought Rae To The Attention Of The Major Record Label Bosses. Rae Released Her Debut Single "Like A Star" In November 2005 And Her First Album Corinne Bailey Rae In February 2006. In September 2006 Rae Scooped Two Awards At The UK's MOBO Awards "Best UK Newcomer" And "Best UK Female". Rae Recorded A Live Session At Abbey Road Studios In July 2006 For Live From Abbey Road. Rae Also Received Three Nominations At The 2007 Grammy Awards "Record Of The Year" "Song Of The Year" Both For "Put Your Records On" And "Best New Artist". During The Ceremony She Performed "Like A Star" And Joined John Legend And John Mayer In A Collaborative Performance Providing Accompanying Vocals To Legend's "Coming Home" And Mayer's "Gravity". The Poll's Predictions Subsequently Came True As She Became Only The Fourth Female British Act In History To Have Her First Album Debut At Number One. She Has Been Nominated For Grammy Awards And BRIT Awards And Won Two MOBO Awards. During An Interview For The 2011 Mercury Awards Corinne Revealed She Is Writing A Follow-Up Album To Her Critically Acclaimed The Sea. In 2013 Bailey Rae Was Moved From Capitol Records To Virgin Records Due To Corporate Restructuring As A Result Of Their Parent Company Being Purchased By Universal Music Group In 2012. Discography Albums * 2006 "Corinne Bailey Rae" * 2007 Live In London & New York * 2010 "The Sea"

Frogtoon Muziek - Nummerinformatie: Put Your Records On

"Put Your Records On" Is The Second Single From English Soul Singer Corinne Bailey Rae's Debut Album Corinne Bailey Rae Released In February And Early March 2006 Throughout Europe. In North America It Was The First Single. This Track Received Two Nominations At The 49th Annual Grammy Awards For Record Of The Year And Song Of The Year Losing Both To Dixie Chicks's "Not Ready To Make Nice". The Song Was Co-Written By Rae John Beck And Steve Chrisanthou And Produced By Chrisanthou. It Crashed Into The UK Charts At Number Two And Was Only Kept Off The Top Spot By Madonna's "Sorry." The Carefree Chilled Out Style Of Both The Song And The Video – Set In South Africa – Caught People's Imagination And Created Hype Around Corinne That A British Urban Music Artist Hasn't Enjoyed Since Craig David And Ms. Dynamite's Emergence In 2000 And 2002 Respectively. The Song's Opening Line "Three Little Birds Sat On My Window/ And They Tell Me I Don't Need To Worry " Is A Reference To Bob Marley's Hit Song Three Little Birds. "Put Your Records On" Enjoyed A Wealth Of Critical And Commercial Acclaim Which Helped Rocket The Album To Number One In Its First Week Of Release. The Track Has Topped A Wealth Of Charts Including The UK Top 40 Downloads And The UK Top 40 R&B Singles It Was Also A Smash Hit On Radio Reaching At Least Number Two On The UK Top 50 Airplay. However The Single Did Not Chart As Well In The US Peaking At #64. As Of March 1 2006 Corinne Bailey Rae Became Only The Second Female Solo Act To Top The UK Top 40 Downloads In History. The Acoustic Version Of This Song Was A Featured "Free Single Of The Week" At The Canadian And The U.S. ITunes Music Store. The Song Earned A 2007 Grammy Award Nomination For "Song Of The Year". The Single Ended 2006 As The 40th Best Selling Single Of The Year With 2 267 000 Points. This Song Has Been Covered Three Times In Reality Television Programmes In 2007. On "American Idol 6" Semi-Finalist "Antonella Barba" Performed This Song During The Top 16 Week. Also In The UK's "The X Factor 4" Finalist Alisha Performed This Song During The Top 8. Carly Rae Jepsen Also Sang It On Canadian Idol. Week. The Song Appears On The Game Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore.

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