Orleans
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Biography
[Edit]Best known for their hits "Still the One" and "Dance with Me," Orleans were founded in New York in 1972 by John Hall, Larry Hoppen, and Wells Kelly. Hoppen's brother Lance joined before the group signed with ABC Records in 1973; working with producers Barry Beckett and Roger Hawkins at Muscle Shoals Studios, they released their self-titled debut later that year. In 1974 Orleans recorded a self-produced album in New York's Bearsville Studio, but ABC didn't like it and dropped the group from the label, leaving Asylum to release the album Let There Be Music in 1974, spurring the group's first big hit, 1975's "Dance with Me."
Their album Waking and Dreaming contained the hit "Still the One," which ABC-TV used as a theme song for that year. In 1977, Hall, who wrote many of the group's hits with his wife Johanna, left the group to pursue a solo career. He recorded two solo albums after signing with Elektra Records, and became something of a spokesman for the antinuclear power movement, helping to organize a group called MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy). Hall eventually worked with Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, and Bonnie Raitt to organize the No Nukes concerts at Madison Square Garden in 1979.
Without Hall, Orleans went through several other personnel changes before they had a number 11 hit with "Love Takes Time," from the album Forever. Though MCA's Infinity label went bankrupt in 1980, the group persevered, performing together in clubs and releasing the album One of a Kind in 1982. In 1984 Kelly died in London of a heroin overdose, and by the early '90s Hall ditched his solo career and returned to performing with Orleans. After the group released 1994's Orleans Live, Vol. 1, and 1995's Analog Men on its own Major record label, Hall and the Hoppen brothers toured on and off during the rest of the '90s and 2000s. Hall later left the band to pursue a seat in the U.S. Congress, which he won in 2006 and was re-elected to in 2008 before losing it in 2010. Amidst plans to integrate Hall back into the band, Larry Hoppen died in the summer of 2012.
Title: Live In Orleans, France June 1980
Artist: Orleans, Ian Matthews
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Collections
Title: Classic Rock! Best of the 70s Live!
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Music & The Moon Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 '80s Power Ballads
Genre: Rock
Title: Melodic Rock
Genre: Rock
Title: Love...'70s Style (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Valentine's Day (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: '70s Radio Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: My Baby Rocks! 70's Rock Classics!
Genre: Pop
Title: More Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Stereoparty 2010
Genre: Alternative
Title: Keepin' the Summer Alive
Title: My Record Collection: The 70s
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Pop, Psychedelic
Title: Country Valentines
Genre: Country
Title: They Will Rock '70 FM Hits
Title: The Ultimate Unity & Love Album
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Love Moods Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Have a Nice Day - 70's In a Can (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: In Concert 1970s
Genre: Rock
Title: Show & Tell '70s Gold & Platinum
Genre: Pop
Title: Valentine's Day Love Forever
Title: Rock Classics In Concert
Genre: Rock
Title: Soft Rock Greats (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Soft Rock Radio Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Classic Rock Gold
Genre: Rock
Title: Melodic Ballads
Genre: Pop
Title: Essential Rock Ballads
Genre: Rock
Title: Super Hits of the '70s Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Rock Hits
Title: Play It Loud the 70s
Genre: Pop
Title: Rockin' In The USA - The 70's
Genre: Pop
Title: Chart Hits: The 70s
Title: California
Genre: Pop
Title: THE ULTIMATE ROCK BALLADS COLLECTION - THESE DREAMS CD 2
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Of '70s Rock CD 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Time Life - Sounds Of The Seventies 1976
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Rock, World Music, Country Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: Time Life - Sounds Of The Seventies 1975
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Country Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: Shades Of Love (CD1)
Title: Get Ready, Here Come The '70s
Genre: World Music, Country, Pop
Title: Top Of The Pops 1975 CD4
Title: Top Of The Pops 1976 CD5
Genre: Pop
Title: Sounds Of The Seventies: 1975
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Country Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Sounds Of The Seventies: 1976
Genre: Soul, Country Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Ultimate Rock Ballads: Burning Heart CD1
Genre: Rock
Title: Ultimate 16: Best Of The '70s
Genre: Alternative
Title: Super Hits Of The Seventies - Have A Nice Day, Volume 17
Genre: Rock
Title: Super Hits Of The Seventies - Have A Nice Day, Volume 19
Genre: Rock
Title: Super Hits Of The Seventies - Have A Nice Day, Volume 25
Genre: Rock
Title: 70s Back In Time
Genre: Pop
Title: Singers And Songwriters 1976-1977
Genre: Soul, Rock, World Music, Funk
Title: Billboard Charts Top 1000 Hits 1970-1979 (CD6: 1975)
Genre: Industrial, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Gothic Rock, Grunge, Rock & Roll, Punk, Metal, Reggae, World Music, Country, Pop, Alternative, Psychedelic, Indie, Hardcore, Symphonic
Title: Billboard Charts Top 1000 Hits 1970-1979 (CD7: 1976)
Genre: Industrial, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Gothic Rock, Grunge, Rock & Roll, Punk, Metal, Reggae, World Music, Country, Pop, Alternative, Psychedelic, Indie, Hardcore, Symphonic
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 112
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Power Metal
Title: Now That's What I Call Music! 70's (CD1)
Genre: Blues Rock, Pop, Pop Rock
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