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The band's name derived from an interview Cocker had read with the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, who had approvingly described another performer as having "a lot of grease", with "grease" referring to soul. [1] After Cocker formed the Mad Dogs & Englishmen album band line-up, the group released two albums without him in the 1970s.
Grease is a musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.Named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers and set in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School in Northwest Chicago [1] (based on Taft High School in Chicago, Illinois, [2] and named after rock singer Bobby Rydell [3]), the musical follows ten working-class teenagers as ...
Live at Woodstock is a live album documenting Joe Cocker's famous performance with The Grease Band at Woodstock Festival on 17 August 1969. [2] It was released officially for the first time in 2009 by A&M/Universal.
Before "Grease" became a movie-musical sensation in the late 1970s, it was a Tony-nominated Broadway musical that opened in February 1972. The show was later revived in 1994 and 2007. Additionally ...
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Henry Campbell Liken McCullough (21 July 1943 – 14 June 2016) [1] was a musician and singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland.He was best known for his work as a member of Spooky Tooth, The Grease Band and Paul McCartney and Wings.
Philadelphia, PA Spectrum Supported by Mandrill [335] June 17–18, 1971 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion: Supported by NRBQ on 6/17 and Mandrill on 6/18 [336] June 24, 1971 Minneapolis, MN Minneapolis Auditorium Supported by the Grease Band [337] July 8, 1971 Monroe, LA Monroe Civic Center: Supported by B.B. King [338] August 26–27, 1971
For some, one of the best scene in 1978’s “Grease” is when Sandra sleeps over with her new group of girl friends from Rydell High as they sing “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee,” hair ...