Chris Rainbow
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Chris Rainbow (born Christopher James Harley; 18 November 1946 - 25 February 2015), also known as Christopher Rainbow, was a Scottish[1][2] rock singer and musician[3] who had two hit songs, "Give Me What I Cry For" and "Solid State Brain" in the 1970s.
Apart from his solo career, he made frequent vocal contributions to The Alan Parsons Project, starting on their 1979 Eve album through to their 1987 album Gaudi, and Eric Woolfson's Freudiana (1990) (an APP album in all but name). Vorlage:Cn
Early life and name
He was born the son of James Harley and Pamela Clapham. He adopted the stage name "Rainbow" to avoid confusion with Steve Harley, saying: Vorlage:Quote
The Alan Parsons Project
Before joining the Project, Rainbow was involved in a band called Hopestreet, 1972-3. Following this he recorded first as Christopher Rainbow then Chris Rainbow and released three solo albums Home of the Brave in 1975, Looking Over My Shoulder in 1977 and White Trails in 1979. Tracks from the latter two albums are collected on The Best of Chris Rainbow, 1972–1980, which has appeared in single and double CD sets and includes radio spots, and rare and unreleased material. At this time Rainbow received much wider recognition for his music through the support of Kenny Everett, then on Capital Radio in London, who featured his music extensively. Some of the jingles that Rainbow made for Capital at this time were later released on an album of out-takes, demos and unreleased material.[4]
Touring
Rainbow recorded and toured with Camel, including singing some lead vocals on studio albums The Single Factor (1982) and Stationary Traveller (1984). He worked with Camel keyboardist Ton Scherpenzeel on his 1984 album Heart of the Universe in a duo format, performing five lead vocals. More recently, Rainbow produced several albums for the Scottish Gaelic rock group Runrig.[1]
Record studio
Rainbow also ran the Vital Spark Music Studio on the Isle of Skye.
Radio Jingles
Rainbow wrote, produced and recorded jingles for Capital Radio 95.8FM 1973 to 1984 for Kenny Everett, Mike Aspel, Tommy Vance, David Symonds and others. The jingles were arranged for broadcast by Tommy Vance and Terence Dackombe. Vorlage:Cn
Discography
Solo
- 1975: Home of the Brave UK-LP/Jap-LP; re-issue Jap-CD 1993; re-mastered Jap-CD 2007
- 1978: Looking over My Shoulder UK-LP/Jap-LP; re-issue Jap-CD 1993; re-mastered Jap-CD 2007
- 1979: White Trails UK-LP/Jap-LP; re-issue Jap-CD 1993
- 1981: Body Music/Girl in collision (single)
- 1999: The Instrumental Chris Rainbow UK mini-LP
Collections
- 2001: The Chris Rainbow Anthology, 1974–1981 UK-CD
- 2002: Unreleased & demo tracks, 1973–1983 Jap-CD
- 2003: The Best of Chris Rainbow 1972–1980 Jap-CD
- 2008: Waves UK-CD
As sideman
- 1979: Eve - Alan Parsons Project
- 1980: Song of Seven – Jon Anderson
- 1980: The Turn of a Friendly Card - Alan Parsons Project
- 1982: Animation – Jon Anderson
- 1982: Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
- 1982: The Single Factor - Camel
- 1983: Ammonia Avenue - Alan Parsons Project
- 1984: Heart of the Universe - Ton Scherpenzeel
- 1984: Stationary Traveller - Camel
- 1984: Vulture Culture - Alan Parsons Project
- 1984: Pressure Points (album) - Camel
- 1985: Stereotomy - Alan Parsons Project
- 1987: Gaudi - Alan Parsons Project
- 1990: Freudiana - Eric Woolfson (Alan Parsons Project)
- 1999: The Time Machine (album) - Alan Parsons
References
External links
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- ↑ a b Biography: Chris Rainbow. Web.archive.org, abgerufen am 26. Februar 2015. Fehler beim Aufruf der Vorlage:Cite web: Archiv im Parameter URL erkannt. Archive müssen im Parameter Archiv-URL angegeben werden.
- ↑ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/chris-rainbow-dies/
- ↑ John M. Borack: Shake some action: the ultimate power pop guide. Shake Some Action – PowerPop, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9797714-0-8, S. 184– (google.com [abgerufen am 14. August 2011]).
- ↑ Chris Rainbow profile. AllMusic, abgerufen am 26. Februar 2015.