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The group first began performing together in the early 1960s, and signed to Swan Records at the behest of producer Jerry Ross. [1] Their first single was "Where Is Johnny Now" b/w "Your True Love", featuring Leon Huff and Thom Bell on keyboards, Bobby Eli on guitar, Bobby Martin on vibraphones, and Joe Macho on bass.
The Sapphires is a 2012 Australian musical comedy-drama film based on the 2004 stage play The Sapphires by Tony Briggs, which is loosely based on a real-life 1960s girl group that included Briggs' mother and aunt. [4] The film is directed by Wayne Blair and written by Keith Thompson and Briggs.
Mauboy also performed "Gotcha" at Vogue magazine's Fashion's Night Out event in Sydney on 7 September 2012. [22] She performed the song with "Inescapable" at Nickelodeon Australia's first Slimefest concert on 15 September 2012. [23] On 14 October 2012, Mauboy performed "Gotcha" during the first live show of the second season of New Zealand's ...
Los Zafiros (The Sapphires) were a Cuban close-harmony vocal group working from 1962 until 1976. [1] The group was part of the filín (feeling) movement, inspired by American doo-wop groups such as The Platters. Their music was a fusion of Cuban genres, such as the bolero, with doo-wop, ballads, R&B, calypso, Bossa Nova and early rock and roll.
The Sapphires is an Australian play written by Tony Briggs and directed by Wesley Enoch. [1] It is set in 1968 (a year after the referendum , which symbolically expanded the rights of Aboriginal people ) and it tells the story of The Sapphires, a singing group of four Yorta Yorta women who tour Vietnam during the war .
For seasons 5–8, episodes were titled after song names from various 1970s British rock bands: fifth-season episodes are named after songs by Led Zeppelin, sixth season titles are The Who songs, all seventh season titles are from The Rolling Stones and, except for the finale, eighth season titles are Queen songs. [2]
The discography of the Band, a rock group, consists of ten studio albums, nine live albums, nine compilation albums, and thirty-three singles, as well as two studio and two live albums in collaboration with Bob Dylan. They were active from 1964 to 1976, and from 1983 to 1999.
The band was founded in 1995 by brothers Allen and Jay Karpinski (playing guitar and drums, respectively), who had earlier played with Old Hearts Club, a band of similar style including vocals. In 1997, Tim Gerak was added to the core member line-up, playing guitar and also credited with additional engineering on the band's later recordings.