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Artist: The Cardinals
The Cardinals, early balladeers that few remember, recorded 12 singles for Atlantic Records (their only label) between 1951 and 1957. They debuted with "Shouldn't I Know," a willowy ballad featuring a prominent lead guitar, tight harmonies, and a deep bass; lead Ernie Warren impressed listeners at the fade by holding a long note in breathtaking... [+] Read More
Artist: Liquid Gang
The Philadelphia-based alt-metal quintet Liquid Gang first emerged in 1995, but fully became a performing unit in 1998 when bassist and founding member Eric Nagy, lead vocalist Jose Maldonado, and guitarists Chris Holt and Stinger decided to commit themselves to the band. Drummer Craig Smith joined shortly thereafter and Liquid Gang went on to... [+] Read More
Artist: Jackie Moore
One of the relatively few artists who emerged in the early '70s to enjoy a run of success with a Southern soul-based sound, this Florida singer recorded her best material for Atlantic in Miami with noted session players like the Memphis Horns and the Dixie Flyers. Putting her earthy pop-soul to ballads and mid-tempo material, much of it written... [+] Read More
Artist: Streets
In 1981, with personal changes happening in the band and commercial fortunes on the decline, Kansas lead singer Steve Walsh left the band that he had fronted since their recording debut in 1974. Wanting to explore new territory, Walsh assembled a new band with bassist Billy Greer, drummer Tim Gehrt, and guitarist Mike Slamer (of British cult... [+] Read More
Artist: Francis Dunnery
The onetime frontman of the progressive rock group It Bites, singer/songwriter Francis Dunnery was born on Christmas Day, 1962 in Egremont, Cumbria, U.K. His tenure with It Bites began in 1984, and after three LPs concluded in 1990; during that time Dunnery invented the Tapboard, a unique guitar-like instrument fitted with such odd accessories... [+] Read More
Artist: Shinedown
Melodic hard rockers Shinedown hail from Jacksonville, Florida and feature vocalist Brent Smith, guitarist Jasin Todd, bassist Brad Stewart and drummer Barry Kerch. Snapped up by Atlantic Records during the early 00's flurry of post-Creed and Nickelback signings, the group released their debut album Leave a Whisper in 2003. Whisper ended up... [+] Read More
Artist: Y Kant Tori Read
Y Kant Tori Read is a band founded by singer/songwriter Tori Amos before she achieved success as a sensitive alternative songstress. The name refers to Amos' days at the Peabody conservatory, where she played songs on her piano after hearing them once, but never mastered reading sheet music. The band performed around California before landing a... [+] Read More
Artist: Cher
Cher has had three careers that place her indelibly in the public consciousness, and two have been in association with her then-husband, composer/producer/singer Salvatore "Sonny" Bono (February 16, 1935-January 8, 1998). She charted major hit records in the 1960s and 1970s, working in idioms ranging from early- '60s girl group-style ballads to... [+] Read More
Artist: Hiram Bullock
Osaka, Japan native Hiram Bullock is a guitar pyrotechnician whose three Atlantic albums land him firmly in fusion-funk territory. He can play all kinds of music, from the blues to speed-metal, and enlivens his shows with friendly mugging, virtuoso technique, and undeniable enthusiasm. Influenced by The Mahavishnu Orchestra and taught by Pat... [+] Read More
Artist: Airplay
Session musicians David Foster, Jay Graydon and Tommy Funderburk formed Airplay and released one album in the laidback late-'70s West Coast rock style epitomized by Toto and Chicago. Keyboard player Foster went on to a successful solo career for Atlantic and production/arrangement dates with Chicago and Natalie Cole (Unforgettable),... [+] Read More
Artist: C-Bank
C-Bank, an electro studio project by production and remix legend John Robie (Afrika Bambaataa, New Order, Cabaret Voltaire), was led by vocalist Jenny Burton (b. Nov. 18, 1957). Robie and Burton took the group into the R&B charts in 1983 with the synth-heavy barnstormer "One More Shot." Later that year, however, Burton went out on her own with... [+] Read More
Artist: John Ewing
In the '80s the credit for John Ewing on Atlantic R&B recording sessions would read "keyboards," but by the '90s electronic keyboard instruments were reproducing quicker than bunnies, resulting in a "multi-instrument" category for the man when he helped Tina Turner with hits such as "What's Love Got to Do with It." Records such as this were the... [+] Read More
Artist: Mae Barnes
Mae Barnes was a singer whose basic but swinging approach fell between jazz and middle-of-the-road pop music. At the age of 12, she started working as both a singer and a tap dancer. Barnes appeared in such shows as Running Wild, Shuffle Along, and By the Beautiful Sea in addition to performing in the Ziegfeld Follies. A car accident in the late... [+] Read More
Artist: Jazz at Preservation Hall
Preservation Hall has long been New Orleans' premier home for traditional Dixieland jazz, maintaining its own high-caliber house band and putting on numerous special events. In July 1962, Atlantic Records co-founder Nesuhi Ertegun -- a longtime fan of classic-style jazz -- traveled to New Orleans for a special week of concerts documenting the... [+] Read More
Artist: The Sweet Inspirations
If one was cutting a soul, R&B, pop, rock, or girl group record in New York in the '60s and needed female backup vocals, chances are they'd try to get the Sweet Inspirations first. The group found their way onto numerous recordings, including hits by the Drifters, Van Morrison, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, Garnett Mimms, and most famously,... [+] Read More
Artist: Tom Dowd
A staff engineer at Atlantic Records for over 25 years, Dowd's exploits on behalf of R&B, soul and rock groups are well known, but he also engineered numerous jazz dates by Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, the Modern Jazz Quartet and Ray Charles, among others. Dowd did landmark work with multi-tracking, helping Atlantic become one... [+] Read More
Artist: George Stafford
This drummer had a relatively short career but can be heard on recordings of classic jazz from the '20s and '30s including sides with trumpeters Jabbo Smith and Henry 'Red' Allen and trombonist Jack Teagarden. George Stafford hailed from a musical family in the Ozarks that has provoked a bit of investigation amongst the private detectives in... [+] Read More
Artist: Angry Salad
Hailing from Boston via Rhode Island, Angry Salad continues the city's tradition of radio-friendly collegiate rock. After formally becoming a band at Brown University in 1993 and winning that year's WBRU Rock Hunt in Providence, the group set off on an extended tour, after which they decided to call Beantown their headquarters. There they... [+] Read More
Artist: Opeth
Brought together in Stockholm by guitarists Peter Lindgren and Mikael Åkerfeldt in 1990, Opeth added progressive influences and acoustic instrumentation to their brand of Swedish death metal. As the group progressed, it was very common for an Opeth live set to fly in several different musical directions -- and an average song lasted no less... [+] Read More
Artist: Die Toten Hosen
German punk/metal band Die Toten Hosen formed early in the '80s from the ashes of two Düsseldorf punk bands, ZK and KFC. Considering that three members of the Hosen were named Andreas, they took assumed names to avoid confusion: vocalist Campino (b. Andreas Frege; June 22, 1962), guitarist Breiti (b. Andreas Breitkopf; Feb. 6, 1964), rhythm... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris Connor
Along with June Christy, Helen O'Connell, and Julie London, Chris Connor epitomized cool jazz singing in the 1950s. Influenced by Anita O'Day, the torchy, smoky singer wasn't one for aggression. Like Chet Baker on the trumpet or Paul Desmond and Lee Konitz on alto sax, she used subtlety and restraint to their maximum advantage. At the University... [+] Read More
Artist: Mark Tabberner
Mark Tabberner started off his trance DJ career with a residency at clubs in the U.K., Ibiza, and other places around Europe in the early '90s. He came to American shores shortly after, with residencies along the west coast, in cities like Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and moved on to other U.S. towns like New York City and Atlanta. He released his... [+] Read More
Artist: Anika Moa
At 21, Auckland-born Anika Moa is the first unknown New Zealand artist to ever be signed to a major label (Atlantic). Not a bad start for the Christchurch-raised singer/songwriter who not long ago performed at the Smokefree Rockquest competition. On the back of her single Youthful, the label debut Thinking Room (recorded in New York with Victor... [+] Read More
Artist: Since August
Originally called EVEN and formed at the University of New Brunswick in 1997, this quintet played various clubs and the Atlantic Canadian university circuit before receiving a big break. Upon hearing of a North American Battle of the Bands contest, the group uploaded its song "Can You Feel the Rain" onto the contest's website. The group won... [+] Read More
Artist: Clyde Brown
Vocalist Clyde Brown had a brief solo career with Atlantic in the '70s, but had the success of The Drifters to keep him from going adrift during much of his career voyage. While this vocal group was popular enough to break off into splinters and franchises, lawsuits and copyright judgements bubbling in the background, Brown was always... [+] Read More
