As a youth he became one of Finney's band of evangelists and gave himself to winning young men.

It became more common to arrange sketchy jazz combo compositions for big band after the bop era.

In 1989 Jonathan Hellyer became lead singer, and the band extensively toured the U. S. and Europe with back-up vocalist Annie Conway and had one minor hit with the song " Cha Cha Heels ", a one-off collaboration sung by American actress and singer Eartha Kitt.

The ambitious Holly became increasingly interested in the New York music / recording / publishing scene, while his band mates wanted to go back home to Lubbock.

With its jazz sophistication, pop music and blues influence, plus improvised scats and wisecrack commentary by Wills, the band became the first superstars of the genre.

The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s.

In typically subversive, perverse style, the band became the talking point of the ceremony when after about 15 seconds into the song, Biafra said, " Hold it!

In addition to the obscenity lawsuit and being ignored by the mainstream media ( MTV and most radio stations gave such groups scant notice, not to mention airplay ), the band became increasingly disillusioned with the underground scene as well.

The rich orchestral accompaniment that became identified with the disco era conjured up the memories of the big band era — which brought out several artists that recorded and disco-ized some big band arrangements including Perry Como, who re-recorded his 1929 and 1939 hit, " Temptation ", in 1975, as well as Ethel Merman, who released an album of disco songs entitled The Ethel Merman Disco Album in 1979.

Using their knowledge of audience participation, MC charisma, and " crowd-pleasing " repertory selection, the wedding music industry became almost all DJ while combining the class and elegance of the traditional band presentation.

Like his audience and his critics, Bowie himself became increasingly disaffected with his role as just one member of a band.

Invented in 1931, the electric guitar became a necessity as jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound in the big band format.

The need for the amplified guitar became apparent during the big band era as orchestras increased in size, particularly when guitars had to compete with large brass sections.

Work begun in 1991 to expand the GSM standard to the 1800 MHz frequency band and the first 1800 MHz network became operational in the UK by 1993.

In 2002 the first multimedia messaging services ( MMS ) were introduced and the first GSM network in the 800 MHz frequency band became operational.

In later seasons, harmonica player Charlie McCoy joined the cast and eventually formed the Hee Haw Band, which became the house band for the rest of the series ' run.

DJ Lethal became a member of nu metal band Limp Bizkit, who would cover " Jump Around " at live concerts, particularly in Limp Bizkit's early years during the Family Values Tour 1998.

The film became a cult hit and the band has since released several albums and played several concerts.

Using a full blues band, he became a popular act in the South with his daily broadcasts on the ' King Biscuit Time ', originating live from Helena, Arkansas.

In 1997, the British band Cornershop paid tribute to Asha Bhosle with their song Brimful of Asha, which became an international hit.

In the early 1980s, Jarmusch was part of a revolving lineup of musicians in Robin Crutchfield's Dark Day project, and later became the keyboardist and one of two vocalists for The Del-Byzanteens, a No Wave band whose sole LP Lies to Live By was a minor underground hit in the United States and Britain in 1982.

Brown's band recorded the instrumental hit, " Night Train ", which was among the first to credit Brown by himself, and became a Top 5 R & B hit and crossed over briefly to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.

Show, which became successful due to Brown's energetic dance moves and the more polished but sharp choreography of the Famous Flames and the timing of Brown's band which helped to upstage the closing act, The Rolling Stones.

In 1974, Jeffry Hyman co-founded the punk rock band the Ramones with friends John Cummings and Douglas Colvin, upon which point all three adopted stage names using " Ramone " as their surname: Cummings became Johnny Ramone, Colvin became Dee Dee Ramone, and Hyman became Joey Ramone.

The band performed mostly covers of international hits, but Andersson soon started writing his own material, and gave the band the classic hits " No Response ", " Sunny Girl ", " Wedding ", " Consolation ", " It's Nice To Be Back " and " She Will Love You " amongst others.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American TV series I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to whom he was married at the time.

The song gave international exposure to the underground New Romantic movement when Bowie visited the London club " Blitz "— the main New Romantic hangout — to recruit several of the regulars ( including Steve Strange of the band Visage ) to act in the accompanying video, renowned as one of the most innovative of all time.

It was around this time that the rock band Indus Creed formerly known as The Rock Machine got itself noticed on the international stage with hits like Rock N Roll Renegade.

' Impi ' is also the title of a very famous South Africa song by Johnny Clegg and the band Juluka which has become something of an unofficial national anthem, especially at major international sports events and especially when the opponent is England.

In March 2010 the koto received widespread international attention when a video linked by the Grammy Award-winning hard rock band Tool on its website became a viral hit.

Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries.

Men at Work are an Australian rock band who achieved international success in the 1980s.

Also that year, the band contributed a cover of " I Can't Forget " to the Leonard Cohen tribute album I'm Your Fan, and began an international tour on which they played stadiums in Europe and smaller venues in the United States.

The band was an international success, with worldwide hits such as " Computer Game / Firecracker " ( 1978 ) and " Behind the Mask " ( 1978 ), the latter written and sung by Sakamoto.

The contract with the performers, as well as the international distribution, ran from a standard publishing and recording deal involving identical contracts, rather than from one written specifically with the performers of the band.

Burnett follows others, like C. M. Bowra, in suggesting that Sappho's circle was somewhat akin to the Spartan agelai or the religious sacred band, the thiasos, but Burnett nuances her argument by noting that Sappho's circle was distinct from these contemporary examples because " membership in the circle seems to have been voluntary, irregular and to some degree international.

The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s.

The Rolling Stones emergence brought greater international recognition to the primitive urban blues typified by Chess Records ' artists such as Muddy Waters, writer of " Rollin ' Stone ", the song for which the band is named.

The eclectic pop-rock band Taxi have been gaining international respect, as has Spitalul de Urgenţă's raucous updating of traditional Romanian music.

Queen enjoyed success in the UK with their debut and its follow-up, Queen II ( 1974 ), but it was the release of Sheer Heart Attack ( 1974 ) and A Night at the Opera ( 1975 ) that gained the band international success.

It gave the band their first real experience of international success, and was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

* David Swan Montgomery, Vocalist, Composer / Producer, vocalist for international tribute band Led Zepagain and solo artist.

In 1992 the NME declared The Cure had during the 1980s become " a goth hit machine ( 19 to date ), an international phenomenon and, yep, the most successful alternative band that ever shuffled disconsolately about the earth ".

Keyboard duties were taken over by highly-rated singer-keyboardist Paul Carrack, a former member of British soul-pop band Ace, who scored a major international hit with the song " How Long.

The US ignored pleas from the Aristide government for an international peacekeeping force as a motley band of armed thugs led by a suspected drug trafficker and fugitive death squad leaders overran more than half the country.