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However, Parker's 1985 release Steady Nerves (credited to Graham Parker and The Shot) was a moderate success and included his only US top 40 hit "Wake Up (Next to You)". The Shot was a four-piece backing band, all of whom had played on either The Real Macaw or Another Grey Area : Brinsley Schwarz (guitar), George Small (keyboards), Kevin ...
Stick to Me is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Graham Parker and the Rumour, released in 1977. [1] Background
Deepcut to Nowhere is an album by the English musician Graham Parker, released in 2001. [1] [2] It was his first studio album in five years. [3] The title refers to the village of Parker's youth. [4] Parker supported the album by touring with the Figgs as his backing band. [5]
"Local Girls" was released as the first and only US single from Squeezing Out Sparks, backed with a live version of the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back."According to radio personality T. Morgan, then a member of the staff of Arista Records, the song was intended to be Parker's breakthrough hit on Arista; he recalled, "'Local Girls' was the choice to be the single to take Graham Parker to new vistas.
Struck by Lightning is a solo album by the English musician Graham Parker, released in 1991. [2] [3] It was Parker's best selling album of the 1990s, reaching number 131 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. [4]
A Peabody Award-winning executive, Graham Parker brings more than 25 years of experience in leadership roles at a range of arts organizations.
Graham Parker was a forgotten man at Capitol in the mid 1990s but he found kindred spirits in The Figgs. Their first of many collaborations is documented on Bloodshot Records “The Last Rock And Roll Tour.” Meanwhile, the band returned to the indie world to release 1998’s The Figgs Couldn’t Get High on Absolute A Go Go Records. Produced ...
"You Can't Be Too Strong" is a song by British rock musician Graham Parker, recorded with his backing band the Rumour. The song was released on his 1979 album, Squeezing Out Sparks. Written about abortion, the song originated as a country-style shuffle before Parker and producer Jack Nitzsche changed it to a slower acoustic ballad.