Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The original members of the group Dick Massey and Kenneth McCluskey have formed their own band called "The Commitments". [4] After the film's success Andrew Strong, the lead singer, performed with Elton John, Bryan Adams, Ray Charles and The Rolling Stones, and signed a solo record deal with MCA Records. He continued touring and lives in ...
The Commitments received mostly positive reviews. [1] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes sampled 48 reviews, and gave the film an approval rating of 90%, with an average score of 7.4/10. The critical consensus reads, "The Commitments is a vibrantly funny and blissfully heartfelt ode to the power of music". [67]
Andrew Strong (born 14 November 1973) is an Irish singer and the son of Irish musician and singing coach Robert (Rob) Strong. He grew up in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, (where his father lived while performing with showbands), and Blessington, Co. Wicklow.
The Commitments may refer to: The Commitments, a 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle; ... The Stars from the Commitments, tribute band from the film
Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter.. A major figure in the development of soul music, Pickett recorded more than 50 songs that made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100.
A live version performed in 1967 at the Monterey International Pop Festival was also recorded. [citation needed] In the 1991 Irish film, The Commitments, the band performs the song in the style of Otis Redding. The version by The Commitments reached No. 13 in the Irish chart. [10] In 2015, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [11]
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were a British rock and pop band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1982.Between 1984 and 1989, the band scored four Top 20 albums and five Top 40 singles in the UK; it also had success in several other countries including Australia, the Netherlands, Sweden and New Zealand.
He formed his own band The Frames in 1990, and the group have been gigging regularly in Ireland since. Hansard came to international attention as guitar player Outspan Foster in the 1991 Alan Parker film The Commitments. He has often stated that he regretted taking the role because he felt it distracted him from his music career.