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Elvis Presley
A Junkie XL remix of Presley 's `` A Little Less Conversation '' ( credited as `` Elvis Vs JXL '' ) was used in a Nike advertising campaign during the 2002 FIFA World Cup . It topped the charts in over 20 countries , and was included in a compilation of Presley 's number one hits , ELV1S , that was also an international success . The album returned Presley to the Billboard summit for the first time in almost three decades . In 2003 , a remix of `` Rubberneckin ' '' , a 1969 recording of Presley 's , topped the U.S. sales chart , as did a 50th - anniversary re-release of `` That 's All Right '' the following year . The latter was an outright hit in Britain , debuting at number three on the pop chart ; it also made the top ten in Canada . In 2005 , another three reissued singles , `` Jailhouse Rock '' , `` One Night '' / `` I Got Stung '' , and `` It 's Now or Never '' , went to number one in the UK . They were part of a campaign that saw the re-release of all 18 of Presley 's previous chart - topping UK singles . The first , `` All Shook Up '' , came with a collectors ' box that made it ineligible to chart again ; each of the other 17 reissues hit the British top five .
American popular music
By the end of the 1980s , pop - rock largely consisted of the radio - friendly glam metal bands , who used images derived from the British glam movement with macho lyrics and attitudes , accompanied by hard rock music and heavy metal virtuosic soloing . Bands from this era included many British groups like Def Leppard , as well as heavy metal - influenced American bands Mötley Crüe , Guns N ' Roses , Bon Jovi and Van Halen .
Grunge
Strong states that `` ... sections of what was ( US ) hardcore became known as grunge . '' Seattle songwriter Jeff Stetson states that `` ( t ) here is no real difference ... between Punk and Grunge . '' Like punk bands , grunge groups were `` embraced as back - to - basics rock ' n ' roll bands which reminded the public that the music was supposed to be raw and raunchy '' , and they were a response to `` bloated and over-the - top ... progressive rock ... or `` not seriou ( s groups ) like the hair bands of the ' 80s . '' One example of the influence of US hardcore on grunge is the impact that the Los Angeles hardcore punk band Black Flag had on grunge . Black Flag 's 1984 record My War , on which the band combined heavy metal with their traditional sound , made a strong impact in Seattle . Mudhoney 's Steve Turner commented , `` A lot of other people around the country hated the fact that Black Flag slowed down ... but up here it was really great ... we were like ' Yay ! ' They were weird and fucked - up sounding . '' Turner explained grunge 's integration of metal influences , noting , `` Hard rock and metal was never that much of an enemy of punk like it was for other scenes . Here , it was like , ' There 's only twenty people here , you ca n't really find a group to hate . ' '' Charles R. Cross states that grunge was the `` ... culmination of twenty years of punk rock '' development . Cross states that the bands most representing the grunge genre were Seattle bands Blood Circus , TAD , and Mudhoney and Sub Pop 's Denver band The Fluid ; he states that Nirvana , with its pop influences and blend of Sonic Youth and Cheap Trick , was lighter - sounding than bands like Blood Circus . Cosmic
Grunge
A backlash against grunge began to develop in Seattle ; in late 1992 , Jonathan Poneman said that in the city , `` All things grunge are treated with the utmost cynicism and amusement ( ... ) Because the whole thing is a fabricated movement and always has been . '' Many grunge artists were uncomfortable with their success and the resulting attention it brought . Nirvana 's Kurt Cobain told Michael Azerrad , `` Famous is the last thing I wanted to be . '' Pearl Jam also felt the burden of success , with much of the attention falling on frontman Eddie Vedder . Grunge
Musical theatre
After the success of Hair , rock musicals flourished in the 1970s , with Jesus Christ Superstar , Godspell , The Rocky Horror Show , Evita , and Two Gentlemen of Verona . Some of those began with `` concept albums '' and then moved to film or stage , such as Tommy . Others had no dialogue or were otherwise reminiscent of opera , with dramatic , emotional themes ; these sometimes started as concept albums and were referred to as rock operas . Shows like Raisin , Dreamgirls , Purlie and The Wiz brought a significant African - American influence to Broadway . More varied musical genres and styles were incorporated into musicals both on and especially off - Broadway . At the same time , Stephen Sondheim found success with some of his musicals , as mentioned above .
Fly Like an Eagle (song)
Chart ( 1997 ) Rank Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 47 US Billboard Hot 100 79
Guns N' Roses
The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard charts , and sold 190,000 copies its first week . Despite initial success , `` The Spaghetti Incident ? '' did not match the sales of the Illusion albums and its release consequently led to increased tension within the band .
Peninsular War
These defences thwarted the French ; an effort to persuade the garrison to surrender was rejected . Victor 's French troops camped at the shoreline and tried to bombard the city into surrender . Joseph wrote to Napoleon appealing for naval assistance , but this was never forthcoming ; the emperor did not want to risk a second Trafalgar . Large numbers of troops and guns were therefore pushed forward to attack Matagorda and the garrison was evacuated on 22 April . With Matagorda in their hands , the French could harass the harbour and isthmus and shell Cadiz itself . Large mortars were constructed for this purpose at Seville , and the city was thereafter bombarded . The bombardment was ineffectual and the confidence of the gaditanos grew and persuaded them that they were heroes . Alcalá Galiano wrote , `` From December 1810 bombs ... fired by the enemy batteries had started to fall inside Cádiz . However , these shots ... came very infrequently , and then only a few at a time ... to carry so far , the projectiles had had to be increased in weight , and were consequently mostly made up of lead without much space for powder . As a result , they caused little damage ... and in the end little notice was taken of them other than to make them the subject of humour . In theatre and streets , then , a popular couplet was sung ' From the bombs fired by the popinjays , the girls of Cádiz make hair curlers ' '' . With food abundant and falling in price , the bombardment was hopeless despite both hurricane and epidemic -- a storm destroyed many ships in the spring of 1810 and the city was ravaged by yellow fever .
Cultural impact of the Beatles
Their continued commercial and critical success assisted many cultural movements -- including a shift from American artists ' global dominance of rock and roll to British acts ( British Invasion ) , the proliferation of young musicians in the 1960s who formed new bands , the album as the dominant form of record consumption over singles , the term `` Beatlesque '' used to describe similar - sounding artists , and several fashion trends . At the height of their popularity , Lennon controversially remarked that the group had become `` more popular than Jesus '' . The Beatles were still challenged for record sales and artistic prestige , mainly by the Beach Boys , Bob Dylan , and the Rolling Stones . Many of the Beatles ' music experiments were also not without precedent . However , no other acts provoked as many changes in the pop mainstream than the Beatles or Dylan , having opened new spaces for creative advancement and exploiting them to an exceeding degree . The Beatles ' innovations notably contributed to the new psychedelic and progressive music , and some of the band 's unusual production techniques later became part of normal recording practice .
Nessun dorma
`` Nessun dorma '' achieved pop status after Luciano Pavarotti 's 1972 recording of it was used as the theme song of BBC television 's coverage of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy . It subsequently reached # 2 on the UK Singles Chart . Although Pavarotti rarely sang the role of Calaf on stage , `` Nessun dorma '' became his signature aria and a sporting anthem in its own right , especially for football . Pavarotti notably sang the aria during the first Three Tenors concert on the eve of the 1990 World Cup final . For an encore , he performed the aria again , taking turns with José Carreras and Plácido Domingo . The album of the concert achieved triple platinum record status in the United States alone and went on to outsell all other classical recordings worldwide . The number became a regular feature of subsequent Three Tenors concerts .
Make the World Go Away
Chart ( 1975 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 71 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 44 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 31 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 40 Canadian RPM Top Singles 33 UK Singles Chart 18 Irish Singles Chart 20
Grunge
Aside from the genre 's punk and alternative rock roots , many grunge bands were equally influenced by heavy metal of the early 1970s . Clinton Heylin , author of Babylon 's Burning : From Punk to Grunge , cited Black Sabbath as `` perhaps the most ubiquitous pre-punk influence on the northwest scene '' . Black Sabbath played a role in shaping the grunge sound , through their own records and the records they inspired . Musicologist Bob Gulla asserted that Black Sabbath 's sound `` shows up in virtually all of grunge 's most popular bands , including Nirvana , Soundgarden , and Alice in Chains '' . The influence of Led Zeppelin is also evident , particularly in the work of Soundgarden , whom Q magazine noted were `` in thrall to ' 70s rock , but contemptuous of the genre 's overt sexism and machismo '' . Jon Wiederhorn of Guitar World wrote : `` So what exactly is grunge ? ... Picture a supergroup made up of Creedence Clearwater Revival , Black Sabbath and the Stooges , and you 're pretty close . '' Catherine Strong states that grunge 's strongest metal influence was thrash metal , which had a tradition of `` equality with the audience '' , based on the notion that `` anyone could start a band '' ( a way of thinking also shared by US hardcore punk , which Strong also cites as an influence on grunge ) which was also taken up by grunge bands . Strong states that grunge musicians were opposed to the then - popular `` hair metal '' bands .
The Rite of Spring
The music historian Donald Jay Grout has written : `` The Sacre is undoubtedly the most famous composition of the early 20th century ... it had the effect of an explosion that so scattered the elements of musical language that they could never again be put together as before '' . The academic and critic Jan Smaczny , echoing Bernstein , calls it one of the 20th century 's most influential compositions , providing `` endless stimulation for performers and listeners '' . According to Kelly the 1913 premiere might be considered `` the most important single moment in the history of 20th century music '' , and its repercussions continue to reverberate in the 21st century . Ross has described The Rite as a prophetic work , presaging the `` second avant - garde '' era in classical composition -- music of the body rather than of the mind , in which `` ( m ) elodies would follow the patterns of speech ; rhythms would match the energy of dance ... sonorities would have the hardness of life as it is really lived '' .
Melanie (singer)
Year Title US Billboard U.S. Cashbox U.S. AC UK AUS Canada DNK IRL ZAF FRA NLD NOR DEU 1969 `` Beautiful People '' -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 -- -- 1970 `` Bobo 's Party '' -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 -- -- -- 1970 `` Lay Down ( Candles in the Rain ) '' 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1970 `` Peace Will Come ( According to Plan ) '' 32 20 -- -- 43 15 -- -- -- -- 6 -- 47 1970 b / w `` Stop !
Three Days Grace
Life Starts Now debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 , Three Days Grace 's highest chart position to date , and sold 79,000 copies in its first week . The album was met with mostly positive reviews . Ben Rayner of the Toronto Star gave the album a negative review , saying it possesses `` no sound of its own , just a shallow range between Linkin Park and Nickelback '' . According to Allmusic reviewer James Christopher Monger , who gave the album three out of five stars , Life Starts Now `` ... continues the theme of One - X , Gontier 's personal demons , but with a ' hint of sunlight ' . '' He complimented the album , saying it `` ... treats the well - worn metal themes of anger , isolation , heartache , and redemption with the kind of begrudging respect they deserve , pumping out a competent flurry of fist - bump anthems and world - weary , mid-tempo rockers '' .
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
In 2005 , the film spawned a Tony Award - winning Broadway musical smash hit knockoff , Spamalot . Written primarily by Idle , the show has more of an overarching plot and leaves out certain portions of the movie due to difficulties in rendering certain effects on stage . However , the same gags are there for the majority of the show .
Three Days Grace
Gontier successfully completed treatment at CAMH . The band found a place suitable for further songwriting in Northern Ontario , in a cottage where they experimented on , tested , and practiced new songs . After three months at the cottage , they had about finished what would be on their second album . Gontier contributed lyrics about his experiences in rehab ; the first single from One - X , titled `` Animal I Have Become '' , features lyrics Gontier had written while getting sober . The second album contained at least four more such songs , including `` Over and Over '' , `` Gone Forever '' and two more hit songs , `` Pain '' and `` Never Too Late '' . In a 2006 interview , Gontier said that the album 's material was more personal to him than the band 's previous work because the material had come out of his experiences with despondence , drug abuse , and rehab , which had constituted the past two years of his life .
The Clark Sisters
Their next release You Brought the Sunshine would prove to be a monster hit via the title track . Reminiscent of Stevie Wonder 's `` Master Blaster ( Jammin ' ) , '' the song became a hit in church houses and on dance floors , including New York 's Studio 54 . `` Sunshine '' was picked up from its original independent gospel record label Sounds of Gospel and distributed by both Westbound Records and Elektra Records . In 1983 , the song peaked at # 16 on the Black Singles chart , # 27 on the Club Play Charts , and # 80 on the Hot R&B Charts driving the album to Gold sales . This album continues to display Twinkie 's signature blend of scripture with unprecedented vocal and musical arrangements on biblically based songs like `` Psalms 31 . '' The album 's other songs include the sincere prayer found within the lyrics of both `` Center of Thy Will '' and `` Endow Me , '' featuring a young but already vocally mature Karen , as well as `` Overdose of the Holy Ghost '' , showcasing Dorinda 's vocal dexterity . The disco - inspired `` He Keeps Me Company '' is noted for its bubbly syncopation .
Fly Like an Eagle (song)
Twenty years after Steve Miller 's original version , British artist Seal covered `` Fly Like an Eagle '' for the Space Jam soundtrack , even sampling Miller 's original `` Space Intro '' parts in the song 's chorus . This version peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 , number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the Canadian RPM 100 Chart . The single was his first top ten since 1995 's `` Kiss from a Rose '' .
Guns N' Roses
Appetite for Destruction ( 1987 ) G N ' R Lies ( 1988 ) Use Your Illusion I ( 1991 ) Use Your Illusion II ( 1991 ) `` The Spaghetti Incident ? '' ( 1993 ) Chinese Democracy ( 2008 )
Fleetwood Mac
Capitalising on the success of Tango in the Night , the band released a Greatest Hits album in 1988 . It featured singles from the 1975 -- 1988 era and included two new compositions , `` No Questions Asked '' written by Nicks and `` As Long as You Follow '' , written by McVie and Quintela . ' As Long as You Follow ' was released as a single in 1988 but only made No. 43 in the US and No. 66 in the UK , although it reached No. 1 on the US Adult Contemporary charts . The Greatest Hits album , which peaked at No. 3 in the UK and No. 14 in the US ( though it has since sold over 8 million copies there ) was dedicated by the band to Buckingham , with whom they were now reconciled .
Guns N' Roses
Guns N ' Roses accompanied the Use Your Illusion albums with many videos , including `` Do n't Cry '' , `` November Rain '' and `` Estranged '' , some of the most expensive music videos ever made . The hit ballad `` November Rain '' ( No. 3 US ) became the most requested video on MTV , eventually winning the 1992 MTV Video Music Award for best cinematography . It is also the longest song in US chart history to reach the Top Ten , clocking in at 8 : 57 . During the awards show , the band performed the song with Elton John accompanying on piano .
At This Moment
Chart ( 1981 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 Singles 79 Chart ( 1987 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 Singles US Billboard Adult Contemporary US R&B Singles 70 US Billboard Hot Country Singles 42 Canadian RPM Top Tracks Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary UK Singles Chart 32 Dutch Singles Charts 26 New Zealand Singles Charts 50
Classical period (music)
However , the forces destined to end the hold of the Classical style gathered strength in the works of many of the above composers , particularly Beethoven . The most commonly cited one is harmonic innovation . Also important is the increasing focus on having a continuous and rhythmically uniform accompanying figuration : Beethoven 's Moonlight Sonata was the model for hundreds of later pieces -- where the shifting movement of a rhythmic figure provides much of the drama and interest of the work , while a melody drifts above it . Greater knowledge of works , greater instrumental expertise , increasing variety of instruments , the growth of concert societies , and the unstoppable domination of the increasingly more powerful piano ( which was given a bolder , louder tone by technological developments such as the use of steel strings , heavy cast - iron frames and sympathetically vibrating strings ) all created a huge audience for sophisticated music . All of these trends contributed to the shift to the `` Romantic '' style .
Musical theatre
`` These shows built and polished the mold from which almost all later major musical comedies evolved ... The characters and situations were , within the limitations of musical comedy license , believable and the humor came from the situations or the nature of the characters . Kern 's exquisitely flowing melodies were employed to further the action or develop characterization ... ( Edwardian ) musical comedy was often guilty of inserting songs in a hit - or - miss fashion . The Princess Theatre musicals brought about a change in approach . P.G. Wodehouse , the most observant , literate , and witty lyricist of his day , and the team of Bolton , Wodehouse , and Kern had an influence felt to this day .
I Want to Hold Your Hand
The demand was insatiable ; in the first three days alone , a quarter of a million copies had already been sold ( 10,000 copies In New York City every hour ) . Capitol was so overloaded by the demand , it contracted part of the job of pressing copies off to Columbia Records and RCA . By 18 January , the song had started its 15 - week chart run , and on 1 February , the Beatles finally achieved their first number 1 in Billboard , emulating the success of another British group , the Tornados with `` Telstar '' , which topped the Billboard chart for three weeks in December 1962 . `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' finally relinquished the number 1 spot after seven weeks , succeeded by the song they had knocked off the top in Britain : `` She Loves You '' . `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' sold around five million copies in the US alone . The replacement of themselves at the top of the US charts was the first time since Elvis Presley in 1956 , with `` Love Me Tender '' beating out `` Do n't Be Cruel '' , that an act had dropped off the top of the American charts only to be replaced by another of their releases . `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' also finished as the number 1 song for 1964 , according to Billboard . In 2013 , Billboard listed it as the 44th most successful song of all - time on the Hot 100 .
Brontë family
Whilst trying to make a name as an artist , he left for London but in several days used up in cafés of ill - repute the allowance provided by his father . His attempts to obtain low paid work failed , and very quickly he foundered in alcohol and laudanum and was unable to regain his stability .
Land of a Thousand Dances
Chart ( 1966 ) Peak position UK Singles Chart 22 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 6 U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles
Amy Winehouse
She was a 5 - foot - 3 almanac of visual reference , most famously to Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes , but also to the white British soul singer Mari Wilson , less famous for her sound than her beehive ; to the punk god Johnny Thunders ... ; to the fierce council - house chicks ... ( see : Dior and Chanel runways , 2007 and 2008 ) ... to a lineage of bad girls , extending from Cleopatra to Louise Brooks 's Lulu and including Salt - n - Pepa , to irresistible man traps that always seemed to come to the same unfortunate end .
Assault rifle
After World War II , the United States military started looking for a single automatic rifle to replace the M1 Garand , M1 / M2 Carbines , M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle , M3 `` Grease Gun '' and Thompson submachine gun . Early experiments with select - fire versions of the M1 Garand proved disappointing . During the Korean War , the select - fire M2 Carbine largely replaced the submachine gun in US service and became the most widely used Carbine variant . Combat experience suggested that the . 30 Carbine round was under - powered . American weapons designers reached the same conclusion as the German and Soviet ones : an intermediate round was necessary , and recommended a small - caliber , high - velocity cartridge . American
Music of France
Several artists played important roles in popularizing the genre , which , in 2000 , achieved international success . Bob Sinclar 's single `` I Feel For You '' charted in several countries , including Germany , Italy , and Spain . Etienne de Crécy 's album Tempovision charted at # 57 in France and included the successful single `` Am I Wrong . '' In September , the French house group Modjo released `` Lady ( Hear Me Tonight ) , which debuted at # 1 in the UK and became a top - ten hit in thirteen countries . Galleon followed the next year .
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees ' follow - up to Saturday Night Fever was the Spirits Having Flown album . It yielded three more hits : `` Too Much Heaven '' ( US No. 1 , UK No. 3 ) , `` Tragedy '' ( US No. 1 , UK No. 1 ) , and `` Love You Inside Out '' ( US No. 1 ) . This gave the act six consecutive No. 1 singles in the US within a year and a half , equalling the Beatles and surpassed only by Whitney Houston .
Pearl Jam
Compared with the other grunge bands of the early 1990s , Pearl Jam 's style is noticeably less heavy and harkens back to the classic rock music of the 1970s . Pearl Jam has cited many punk rock and classic rock bands as influences , including The Who , Led Zeppelin , Neil Young , Kiss and the Ramones . Pearl Jam 's success has been attributed to its sound , which fuses `` the riff - heavy stadium rock of the ' 70s with the grit and anger of ' 80s post-punk , without ever neglecting hooks and choruses . '' Gossard 's rhythm guitar style is known for its sense of beat and groove , while McCready 's lead guitar style , influenced by artists such as Jimi Hendrix , has been described as `` feel - oriented '' and `` rootsy . ''