The Cars were an American new wave band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s,they consisted of Ric Ocasek,Benjamin Orr,Elliot Easton,Greg Hawkes (keyboards),and David Robinson (drums). Ocasek and Orr shared lead vocals,and Ocasek was the band's principal songwriter and leader.
The Cars is the debut studio album by American new wave band the Cars,released on June 6,1978,by Elektra Records. The album was managed by longtime producer Roy Thomas Baker,and spawned several hit singles,including "Just What I Needed","My Best Friend's Girl",and "Good Times Roll",as well as other radio and film hits such as "Bye Bye Love" and "Moving in Stereo". The Cars peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart,and has been certified six-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Door to Door is the sixth studio album by American new wave band the Cars,released on August 25,1987,by Elektra Records. The album was produced by frontman Ric Ocasek,with additional production by keyboardist Greg Hawkes. Three singles were released from the album,though only "You Are the Girl" reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100,peaking at number 17. Door to Door became the Cars' lowest-charting studio album,peaking at number 26 on the Billboard 200,and within a year of its release the band would break up.
Benjamin Orr was an American musician best known as the bassist,co-lead vocalist,and co-founder of the new wave band The Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their best-known songs,including "Just What I Needed","Let's Go",''Moving in Stereo'',and "Drive". He also had a moderate solo hit with "Stay the Night".
"Just What I Needed" is a song by American rock band the Cars from their self-titled debut album (1978). The song,which first achieved radio success as a demo,took inspiration from the Ohio Express and the Velvet Underground. The song is sung by bass player Benjamin Orr and was written by Ric Ocasek.
Gregory A. Hawkes is an American musician who is best known as the keyboardist and founding member of the American new wave band The Cars. Hawkes is credited with helping popularize new wave and synth-pop in American popular music as a member of The Cars. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest keyboardists of all time.
"Moving in Stereo" is a song by the American rock band The Cars. It appeared on their first album,The Cars,released in 1978. It was co-written by Ric Ocasek and the band's keyboard player Greg Hawkes,and sung by bassist Benjamin Orr.
The New Cars were a band formed in 2005 by two of the original members of the 1970s/1980s new wave band the Cars. The band was composed of original Cars members Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes,along with vocalist/guitarist Todd Rundgren,bassist/vocalist Kasim Sulton,and drummer Prairie Prince. The band performed the Cars' songs,some new material,and selections from Rundgren's career.
Just What I Needed:The Cars Anthology is a two-disc,career-spanning compilation album of songs by the American new wave rock band the Cars. It features most of the band's singles,as well as many album tracks,non-album B-sides and unreleased songs.
"You Might Think" is a song by American rock band The Cars from their fifth studio album,Heartbeat City (1984). The track was written by Ric Ocasek and produced by Mutt Lange and the Cars,with Ocasek also providing the lead vocals.
"Good Times Roll" is a song by American rock band the Cars released as the first track from their 1978 debut album The Cars. Written by Ric Ocasek as a sarcastic comment on rock's idea of good times,the song features layered harmonies courtesy of producer Roy Thomas Baker.
"You're All I've Got Tonight" is a song by the American rock band the Cars,from their debut album,The Cars. Like "Bye Bye Love" and "Moving in Stereo",two other songs from the album,it continues to receive airplay on classic rock stations today despite never having been released as a single.
"My Best Friend's Girl" is a song by American rock band the Cars from their 1978 self-titled debut album on Elektra Records,released on June 6 of that year. Written by Ocasek as a song about something that "probably ... happened to a lot of people," the track found radio success as a demo in 1977.
"It's All I Can Do" is a song by the American rock band the Cars. It is the third track from their 1979 album Candy-O. It was written by the band's leader and songwriter Ric Ocasek,and features bassist Benjamin Orr on vocals.
"Candy-O" is a song by the American rock band the Cars,the title track of their 1979 album Candy-O. Written by Ric Ocasek,the song was not based on a real person. The song features a prominent guitar solo by Elliot Easton and lead vocals by bassist Benjamin Orr.
"Double Life" is a single by the American rock band the Cars from their second album Candy-O. Written by Ric Ocasek,the song was almost left off the album. The song was released as the third single from the album in 1979,but did not chart.
Move Like This is the seventh and final studio album by American rock band the Cars,released on May 10,2011. It was their first since 1987's Door to Door,and the only one without bassist and vocalist Benjamin Orr,who had died of pancreatic cancer in 2000.
The Cars North American Tour Spring 2011 is a set of eleven concerts in the United States and Canada featuring the newly reunited American band The Cars. Announced in April 2011 prior to the release of the band's album Move Like This,the concerts feature material from Move Like This and from the band's 1970s and 1980s albums.
"I'm in Touch with Your World" is a song by the American rock band The Cars,from their debut album,The Cars. It was written by Ric Ocasek.
The Cars Unlocked:The Live Performances is a 2006 live album and video of American new wave band the Cars released by Warner Music in 2006. The album has received mixed reviews due to the mixed quality of the source material.
