Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On 25 September 1976, [12] while on tour with the British progressive rock band Curved Air in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the northeast of England, the band's American drummer, Stewart Copeland, met and exchanged phone numbers with singer-bassist Gordon Sumner, a.k.a. Sting, [13] who at the time was playing in a jazz-rock fusion band called Last Exit. [14]
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor.He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986.
In early 1977, Copeland founded the Police with lead singer-bass guitarist Sting and guitarist Henry Padovani (who was soon replaced by Andy Summers), and they became one of the top bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Copeland was the youngest member of the band.
Few rock acts have gone out so on top as the Police did after releasing their final and most successful album 40 years ago. Synchronicity was the third-biggest album of 1983, selling 10 million ...
Name of song, writer(s), original release, and year of release Song Writer(s) Original release Year Ref. "Be My Girl – Sally" Sting Andy Summers
38 Special, often stylized as .38 Special or spelled out as Thirty-eight Special, is an American rock band formed by singer-guitarists Donnie Van Zant (born Donald Newton Van Zant on June 11, 1952) and Don Barnes (born Richard Donald Barnes on December 3, 1952) in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1974.
Andrew James Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English guitarist best known as a member of the rock band the Police. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a band member in 2003. [1] Summers has recorded solo albums, collaborated with other musicians, composed film scores, written fiction, and exhibited his photography in ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!