Slipping Away (Max Merritt & The Meteors song)
"Slipping Away" is a 1975 single by Melbourne-based New Zealand group, Max Merritt and The Meteors.
It was released as the second single from their album "A Little Easier" in September 1975, making no impression in Britain but giving Max Merritt the biggest hit of his career in Oceania, peaking at No.2 in Australia and No.5 in NZ.
"That song struck a chord with a lot of people," Max said, "
and I’m very proud of it.
It has been very good to me."
In July 2008, Merritt was inducted by Glenn A. Baker into the ARIA Hall of Fame, Merritt was joined on-stage by Kasey Chambers and Bill Chambers to perform "Slipping Away".
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Max Merritt
Max Merritt (born Maxwell James Merritt, 30 April 1941 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and guitarist who is renowned as an interpreter of soul music and R&B.
As leader of Max Merritt & The Meteors his best known hits are "Slippin' Away", which reached #2 on the 1976 Australian singles charts, and "Hey, Western Union Man" which reached #13.
Merritt rose to prominence in New Zealand from 1958 and relocated to Sydney Australia in December 1964.
Merritt was acknowledged as one of the best local performers of the 1960s and 1970s and his influence did much to popularise soul music / R&B and rock in New Zealand and Australia.
Merritt is a venerable pioneer of rock in Australasia who produced crowd pleasing shows for over 50 years.
He has engendered respect and affection over generations of performers which was evident at the 2007 "Concert for Max" to provide financial support after it was announced he had Goodpasture's syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease.
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) recognised Merritt's iconic status on 1 July 2008 when he was inducted into their Hall of Fame.
Astrid North
Astrid North( Astrid Karina North Radmann; 24 August 1973, Berlin – 25 June 2019, Berlin) was a German soul singer and songwriter.
She was the singer of the German band, with whom she released five Albums.
As guest singer of the band she published three albums.
Eva Amaral
Eva María Amaral Lallana( Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain 4 August 1972) is a Spanish singer- songwriter, and a member of the group Amaral with Juan Aguirre.
She studied sculpture studies at the Art School of Zaragoza.
During this time, she was a member of the band Bandera Blanca, where she was the drummer.
In 1993, she met the guitarist Juan Aguirre, who was a member of the band Días De Vino Y Rosas.
Together, they created the band Amaral.
They moved to Madrid and later signed a contract with Virgin Records.
They have recorded six successful studio albums and have performed as tour support for Lenny Kravitz's Spanish concerts.
Their song" Rosa de la Paz" was included in a record to support Prestige boat victims, also performing at the" Nunca Máis" demonstration in Madrid.
Moby performs along with Eva Amaral on the song" Escapar", the Spanish version of the Amaral song" Slipping Away".
Beto Cuevas, front man with the Chilean band" La Ley" joins Amaral on their song" Te NecesitoPajaros En La Cabeza" is their most famous album.
Slipping Away (Rolling Stones song)
" Slipping Away" is a song by the Rolling Stones featured on their 1989 album" Steel Wheels".
It is sung by guitarist Keith Richards.
Credited to Richards and Mick Jagger," Slipping Away" is a slow ballad, a form of music Richards would embrace on the Stones' later albums.
It was recorded at Montserrat's Air Studios between March and June 1989.
With Richards singing, he and Ron Wood perform the song's electric guitars.
Bill Wyman provides the prominent bass while Charlie Watts performs drums.
The organ and piano are performed by Chuck Leavell and electric piano by Matt Clifford.
The song's brass is provided by the Kick Horns.
Backing vocals are performed by Richards, Jagger, Bernard Fowler, Sarah Dash, and Lisa Fischer.
Richards recorded a re-worked acoustic version for the 1995 live album" Stripped".
Of the song he said at the time,"( When we recorded it for" Stripped") we realized,' Wow, that song kind of slipped away.'
It just kind of tailed off at the end of" Steel Wheels".
We realized what potential it still had, and the band and especially the horn guys said,' You've got to do that !'
So in a way, I agreed to do it at gun point.
But when I got into it, I really liked singing that song.
It's got some depth."
The Stones have since performed" Slipping Away" during the 1995 leg of the Voodoo Lounge Tour, the 2002- 2003 Licks
Tour throughout the 2005- 2007 A Bigger Bang Tour, on the 14 On Fire tour with former guitarist Mick Taylor guesting, and on the 2017 No Filter Tour.
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.
Slipping Away (Moby song)
" Slipping Away" is a song by American electronica musician Moby.
It was released as the sixth and final single from his seventh studio album" Hotel" on January 23, 2006.
It served as the fourth single from" Hotel" in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 53 on the UK Singles Chart, and as the sixth international single from the album.
The single version features British singer- songwriter Alison Moyet on backing vocals.
Moby also recorded two alternate versions of the song, which were later released as singles:" Escapar( Slipping Away)" with Spanish rock band Amaral, which reached number three in Spain, and" Slipping Away( Crier la vie)" with French recording artist Mylène Farmer, which topped the charts in France and Belgium.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.

Question: Where was the performer of song Slipping Away (Max Merritt & The Meteors Song) born?
Answer: Christchurch, New Zealand