Harvest Records is a British-American record label belonging to Capitol Music Group,originally created by EMI in 1969.
Pink Martini is an American band founded in 1994 by pianist Thomas Lauderdale in Portland,Oregon. Group members call it a little orchestra that crosses several styles,such as classical,latin,traditional pop,and jazz. The co-lead vocalists of Pink Martini are China Forbes and Storm Large.
Thomas Mack Lauderdale is an American musician and pianist,largely known for his work with his Portland-based band Pink Martini.
Charmian Carr was an American actress best known for her role as Liesl,the eldest von Trapp daughter in the 1965 film version of The Sound of Music.
Sascha Ring,better known by the stage name Apparat,is a German electronic musician. He was previously co-owner of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dancefloor-oriented techno,he shifted focus towards ambient music,becoming "more interested in designing sounds than beats".
The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise,and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer,with Richard Haydn,Peggy Wood,Charmian Carr,and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical,composed by Richard Rodgers,with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The film's screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman,adapted from the stage musical's book by Lindsay and Crouse. Based on the 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp,the film is about a young Austrian postulant who,in 1938,is sent to the villa of a retired naval officer and widower to be governess to his seven children.
"Summer Wind" is a 1965 song,originally released in Germany as "Der Sommerwind" and written by Heinz Meier and German language lyrics by Hans Bradtke. Johnny Mercer re-wrote the song into English along the same themes as the original,which talked of the changing of the seasons using the Southern European sirocco wind as a metaphor. In America,it was first recorded by Wayne Newton and subsequently by Bobby Vinton and Perry Como.
"Hushabye Mountain" is a ballad by the songwriting team Robert and Richard Sherman. It appears twice in the 1968 Albert R. Broccoli motion picture Chitty Chitty Bang Bang:first as an idyllic lullaby by Caractacus Potts to his children;and later when the children of Vulgaria have lost all hope of salvation. The song is also featured prominently in the 2002 and 2005 stage musical versions.
"The Lonely Goatherd" is a popular show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.
Hang On Little Tomato is the second studio album by American band Pink Martini,released on October 19,2004,by their own record label,Heinz Records. It has been certified gold in France,Canada,Greece,and Turkey. It was then certified double platinum in France by the UPFI in 2013. In 2014,it was awarded a platinum certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,denoting sales in excess of 400,000 copies across Europe. As of October 2013,it had sold 750,000 copies worldwide.
Hey Eugene! is the third studio album by American band Pink Martini,released on May 15,2007,by Pink Martini's own record label,Heinz Records. The album is named after the track "Hey Eugene",a fan favorite at the band's live concerts. As with most Pink Martini albums,Hey Eugene! features lyrics in several languages:French,Portuguese,Spanish,Japanese,Russian,Arabic,and English. The song "Bukra wba'do",meaning "tomorrow and the day after" in Arabic,describes a lover's anticipation of a first date.
The von Trapps was a musical group made up of Sofia,Melanie,Amanda,and August von Trapp,descendants of the original Trapp Family Singers. They are the grandchildren of Werner von Trapp,who was portrayed as Kurt in The Sound of Music,and the great-grandchildren of Georg Ritter von Trapp and his first wife Agathe Whitehead,and the step-great-grandchildren of Maria von Trapp,Georg's second wife.
Splendor in the Grass is the fourth full-length album from the band Pink Martini. It was released in October 27,2009 on their own label Heinz Records.
Joy to the World is the fifth studio album from the band Pink Martini. It was released on November 16,2010 under the band's own label,Heinz Records. The album was recorded and mixed at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland,Oregon in May 2008 and from May–August 2010. Their rendition of "We Three Kings" was released as a Starbucks free download. In 2014 it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe.
A Retrospective is the first compilation album by the American group Pink Martini,released in September 2011 in the United Kingdom and the following month in the United States,Australia and Canada. The album contains twenty-one tracks from six studio albums. Guest artists include Michael Feinstein,French singer and songwriter Georges Moustaki and director Gus Van Sant;the compilation also features remixes by New York City disc jockey Johnny Dynell and Hiroshi Wada.
Get Happy is the sixth studio album from the American musical group Pink Martini. It was released on September 24,2013,under the band's own label,Heinz Records. Guest artists include Phyllis Diller,Philippe Katerine,Meow Meow,Ari Shapiro,the von Trapps,and Rufus Wainwright.
Le Bonheur is an album by American singer-songwriter Storm Large. It marks the first release for Large with her newly formed band of the same name.
Gespaltene Persönlichkeit is a 2012 studio album by Xavas,a musical project and collaboration between German soul and R&B singer Xavier Naidoo and German rapper Kool Savas. The name Xavas was chosen by taking the first letter of Xavier Naidoo's name and the last part of Kool Savas' name.
Dream a Little Dream may refer to:
Hotel Amour is a studio album by Meow Meow and Thomas Lauderdale featuring Pink Martini,released on March 22,2019 via Heinz Records. Featured guests include Barry Humphries,Michel Legrand,Rufus Wainwright,and The von Trapps.
