Rock to Know

Silvano D'Auria is an Italian pianist, arranger, and producer from Ascoli Piceno, Italy.  Early in his career, D'Auria was primarily a jazz musician, and he performed in Italy with his quintet Silvano D'Auria Quintent.  In the '70s, he…

Mariya Takeuchi is a Japanese city pop singer from Taisha, Shimane, Japan.  In 1978, she signed with RCA Records, and she released her debut album, Beginning.  Her debut was decent; it peaked at #17 on the Japanese charts.  She release four…

Mai Yamane is a Japanese city pop singer from Izumo, Shimane, Japan. City pop was a genre of music that originated in Japan in the '70s and it peaked during the '80s.  In 1979, Yamane released her debut single, "Gozen Reiji."  In 1980, she…

France Gall is a French yé-yé singer from Paris, France.  Yé-yé was a style of music that originated in Southern Europe during the early '60s.  The inspiration for the genre was British and American rock 'n' roll.  In 1963, when France Gall…

Eddy Mitchell is a singer and actor from Paris, France who began his music career in the late '50s.  He recorded with the rock & roll group Les Chaussettes Noires for a number of years before he went solo in 1963.   As a solo artist,…

Michel Polnareff is a French singer and songwriter from Nérac (Lot-Et-Garonne), France.   He was the son of two artistic parents.  His mother, Simone Lane, was a Breton dancer, and his father, Leib Polnareff, was a musician.  His father…

Novalis was a progressive rock and Krautrock band from Hamburg, Germany.  The band's namesake came from Novalis, a German poet and philosopher from the Early German Romanticism period.   In 1973, the band released their debut album,…

The Doobie Brothers has had a profound effect on me in many ways. I've always enjoyed the study of history, and through my exploration of The Doobie Brothers, I was able to gain a much better understanding of black and white relationships…