Jun 19
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is a hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s. Over the past 25 years, Bon Jovi has sold over 120 million albums worldwide, including 34 million in the United States alone.
With the possible exception of Def Leppard, no other band defined the Pop Metal era of the 1980s better than Bon Jovi. Everyone’s favorite furry-chested heartthrob Jon Bon Jovi has appeared as an actor in several feature films. Rocker Billy “Stroke Me” Squier produced the demo tape that got Bon Jovi signed in 1983. According to one bio, Jon Bon Jovi was offered the lead in the movie “Footloose”. Kevin Bacon stars in the movie. Jon Bon Jovi’s first recording was the song “R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas” for a “Star Wars” Christmas album.
Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such, and drummer Tico Torres. Other than the departure of Alec John Such in 1994 (which pared the lineup down to a quartet), the lineup has remained the same for the past 25 years. After two moderately successful albums in 1984 and 1985, the band scored big with Slippery When Wet (1986) and New Jersey (1988), which sold a combined 19 million copies in the U.S. alone, charted eight Top Ten hits (including four number one hits), and launched the band into global super stardom. After non-stop touring, the band went on hiatus after the New Jersey Tour in 1990, during which time Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora both released successful solo albums. In 1992, the band returned with the double platinum Keep the Faith and has since created a string of platinum albums throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
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Jun 14
Reba
Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is a Grammy award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American country music singer and performer, and actress. Sometimes referred to as The Queen of Country, she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads. She has issued 31 albums, with over 55 million records sold worldwide in her 33-year career.
McEntire is at the top of the heap when it comes to big-time country pop stars. Her voice swims in Tammy Wynette-esque tones. Her father Clark McEntire was a professional rodeo rider who taught Reba and her sisters how to ride for rodeos. When she was a kid, Reba, her brother and her sisters landed a small hit as a family band with “The Ballad of John McEntire.” She was discovered by Red Steagall after she sang the National Anthem at the National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma City in 1974. Reba had an acting role in a movie. She played the part of Heather Gummer in the 1990 horror film “Tremors.”
Reba McEntire was the most successful female recording artist in country music in the 1980s and 1990s, during which time she scored 23 number-one hits and released five gold albums, six platinum albums, two double-platinum albums, four triple-platinum albums, a quadruple-platinum album, and a quintuple-platinum album, for certified album sales of 33.5 million over the 20-year period. She expanded her activities as an actress in film, on stage, and particularly on television, where she starred in a situation comedy, Reba, which lasted from 2001 to 2007.
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