“Nights in White Satin” is a dance-pop cover version performed by German singer Sandra. The song appeared on Sandra’s sixth studio album Fading Shades (1995). It was produced by Michael Cretu and received mixed reception from music critics. The song was released as the lead single in the spring of 1995, although it failed to [...]
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The Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin (Index)
June 17th, 2013 
Francois Pier “Nights in White Satin” is a 1967 single by The Moody Blues, written by Justin Hayward and first featured on the album Days of Future Passed. It is in the key of E minor, and features the Neapolitan chord. When first released in 1967, the song reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart, a position [...]
Profile: Mike Oldfield
May 2nd, 2013 Francois Pier Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock with such genres as folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature. He is best known for his [...]
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Music: The Phantom of the Opera
April 30th, 2013 Francois Pier The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical of the same name, which in turn was based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film was also produced and co-written by Lloyd Webber. The Phantom of the Opera [...]
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Led Zeppelin: Kashmir (Live)
April 17th, 2013 Francois Pier “Kashmir” is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin from their sixth album Physical Graffiti, released in 1975. It was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (with contributions from John Bonham) over a period of three years, with lyrics dating to 1973. The song became a concert staple, being performed by the [...]
Blackmore’s Night: Child In Time (Live)
April 15th, 2013 Francois Pier The song Child In Time is a folk rock version of the famous Deep Purple‘s Child in Time. Blackmore’s Night is a British/American traditional folk rock duo formed in 1997, consisting of Ritchie Blackmore (acoustic and electric guitar) and Candice Night (lead vocals, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist).
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Profile: Blackmore’s Night
April 15th, 2013 Francois Pier Blackmore’s Night is a British/American traditional folk rock duo formed in 1997, consisting of Ritchie Blackmore (acoustic and electric guitar) and Candice Night (lead vocals, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist). Candice Night was a Rainbow fan, and first encountered Ritchie Blackmore to ask him for an autograph in 1989, while she was working for a local New [...]
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Profile: The Moody Blues
January 27th, 2013 Francois Pier The Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed. The Moody Blues have sold more than 70 million albums worldwide and have been awarded 14 platinum and gold discs. As of 2013 they remain active with one [...]
Deep Purple: Beethoven (Live)
January 21st, 2013 Francois Pier Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members claimed that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre.
King Crimson: Epitaph (Lyrics)
January 21st, 2013 Francois Pier “Epitaph” is the third track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson‘s debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King. The song makes heavy use of the mellotron, and as with the first track, “21st Century Schizoid Man”, the song’s lyrics have a distinctly dystopian feel to them. The song’s title was used [...]
