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Sparks is an American pop and rock duo formed by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals) in Los Angeles. The duo is noted for their quirky approach to songwriting; [1] their music is often accompanied by sophisticated and acerbic lyrics—often about women, and sometimes containing literary or cinematic references [2] —and an idiosyncratic, theatrical stage presence, typified by ...
Ronald David Mael was born on August 12, 1945, in Culver City, California.The Mael brothers grew up in Pacific Palisades – an affluent beach neighbourhood of Los Angeles – with their father, Meyer Mael, [4] [5] who was a graphic designer and caricaturist for the Hollywood Citizen-News, [6] [7] and their mother, Miriam (née Moskowitz), a librarian.
Angst in My Pants is the eleventh studio album by American pop and rock band Sparks.The album was released in 1982 by Atlantic Records in both the US and UK, and this was the sixth overall label that the band was signed to in the US, and, for the first time since the mid-1970s, the band would be signed to the same label in both the US and UK for three consecutive studio albums.
Two Hands, One Mouth: Live in Europe is an album by American rock/pop group Sparks, released in March 2013.It is their first ever live album, and first double CD album. In October 2012, Ron and Russell Mael embarked on the Two Hands, One Mouth Tour, which saw them performing for the first time ever as a duo, with no band.
Russell Craig Mael (born October 5, 1948) [1] is an American singer best known as the lead singer for the band Sparks, which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother Ron Mael. Mael is known for his wide vocal range, in particular his far-reaching falsetto. He has a flamboyant and hyperactive stage presence which contrasts sharply with Ron Mael ...
"Beat the Clock" is a 1979 song by the American pop and rock duo Sparks. Produced by famed disco producer Giorgio Moroder, it was released as the fourth single from the band's eighth studio album No. 1 in Heaven. The song peaked at number 10 in August 1979 and spent six weeks in the UK Singles Chart. [1]
Randy Sparks, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and founder of the folk music group the New Christy Minstrels, died Feb. 11 at an assisted-living facility in San Diego. He was 90. His son ...
The Sparks Brothers is a 2021 documentary film about Ron and Russell Mael, members of the pop and rock duo Sparks. The film, directed by Edgar Wright , and produced by Wright, Nira Park , George Hencken and Laura Richardson, premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released the following summer.