Jean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, accompanied by vast laser displays, large projections and fireworks.
Bobbie Gentry is a retired American singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in America to compose and produce her own material.
Led Zeppelin DVD is a double DVD set by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2003, and the United States on 27 May 2003. It contains live concert footage of the band spanning the years 1969 to 1979. The DVD includes the performance filmed by Stanley Dorfman and Peter Whitehead at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 January 1970, and performances at Madison Square Garden in 1973, Earls Court in 1975, and Knebworth in 1979, plus other footage. Bootleg footage from some of the concerts is interspersed with the professionally shot material.
John Allan Jones is an American singer and actor.
"We've Only Just Begun" is a single by the Carpenters, written by Roger Nichols (music) and Paul Williams (lyrics). It was ranked at No. 414 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."
John Valmore Pearson was a British composer, orchestra leader and pianist. He led the Top of the Pops orchestra for sixteen years, wrote a catalogue of library music, and had many of his pieces used as the theme music to television series.
Close to You is the second studio album by American duo Carpenters, released on August 19, 1970. In 2003, the album was ranked number 175 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. The album contains the hit singles "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun". The former was the song which earned the Carpenters an international reputation. The album topped the Canadian Albums Chart and peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard albums chart. It was also successful in the United Kingdom, entering the top 50 of the official chart for 76 weeks during the first half of the 1970s.
Lorn Alastair "Johnnie" Stewart was a British television producer who worked for the BBC, noted mostly for his role in co-creating and co-producing the long-running music programme Top of the Pops with his co-producer and director Stanley Dorfman and Bill Cotton the Controller of BBC1 in 1964. Stewart co-produced Top of the Pops with Stanley Dorfman until 1969, when Stewart was replaced by Mel Cornish as Dorfman's co-producer.
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The best-known version is that recorded by American duo the Carpenters for their second studio album Close to You (1970) and produced by Jack Daugherty. Released on May 14, 1970, the single topped both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. It also reached the top of the Canadian and Australian charts and peaked at number six on the charts of both the UK and Ireland. The record was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in August 1970.
From the Top is a box set by the Carpenters, released in 1991, containing everything from the Richard Carpenter Trio recordings from 1965 to the duo's biggest hits in the early 1970s through to the final song: "Now". This compilation was revised with The Essential Collection: 1965–1997 in 2002.
Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters is a 100-minute-long documentary that was released on DVD by MPI Home Video. It features interviews by Richard Carpenter, John Bettis (co-writer), Gary Sims, Petula Clark, et al.
Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story is an English documentary about American pop-duo the Carpenters that aired on BBC One on April 9, 2007 for the first time. Since then it has been replayed many times on BBC Four.
The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter. They produced a distinctive soft musical style, combining Karen's contralto vocals with Richard's harmonizing, arranging, and composition skills. During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded 10 albums along with many singles and several television specials.
Led Zeppelin's 1970 United Kingdom Tour was a concert tour of the United Kingdom by the English rock band. The tour commenced on 7 January and concluded on 17 February 1970.
Stanley Dorfman is an English music television director, producer, music video pioneer, and painter. He is best known as the co-creator and original producer and director of the British music chart television series Top of the Pops with Johnnie Stewart, and as the creator, director, and producer of the BBC music television series In Concert, as well many other BBC series. Dorfman directed/produced The John Denver Show; Mary: Rhymes and Reasons, hosted by Mary Travers; The Bobbie Gentry Show; The Jack Jones Show, and "Dusty" hosted by Dusty Springfield. He directed/produced concerts and music television specials for the BBC, such as Frank Sinatra: In Concert at the Royal Festival Hall, and the TV Special of Harry Nelson's A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night. He was commissioned by Led Zeppelin to film their 1970 Concert, Live At The Royal Albert Hall, which is featured as Disk One of the 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD. Dorfman also directed/produced movies such Volunteer Jam, the Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy opera The Yeomen of the Guard, and The Music of Nilsson, and documentaries such as Ringo Starr Going Home, and music festivals such as Woodstock '94 and Woodstock '99 for television.
Frank Sinatra: In Concert at the Royal Festival Hall was a BBC musical television special starring Frank Sinatra, recorded on 16 November 1970 at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Sinatra performed two full shows that evening and the second one was filmed. The programme was first broadcast in the UK on BBC Television, 22 November 1970, followed by CBS in America, 4 February 1971. The special was directed by Stanley Dorfman, and produced by Harold Davison.
Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter is an American singer and actress. Carpenter made her acting debut with an appearance in the television crime show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and had a recurring role on Fox's short-lived series, The Goodwin Games, which lasted three months. She starred in the Disney Channel comedy series Girl Meets World (2014–2017); in 2016, she appeared in a television movie, Adventures in Babysitting, for the network.
The videography of English singer-songwriter and actor David Bowie (1947–2016). This page gives an overview of his music video singles, music video films and compilations, live music films and music documentaries.
In Concert was a television series created, produced, and directed by Stanley Dorfman. The series premiered on 9 October 1970 on BBC Two with Joni Mitchell In Concert, and the final episode was Johnny Mercer In Concert in 1975. Each episode consisted of a one-hour live performance by a single singer songwriter. During it's time, Dorfman's format revolutionized the portrayal of singer-songwriters, showcasing their ability to captivate viewers for an entire tv episode without distraction and establishing them as deserving of full attention in a way that no other television show had. The audience were often seated behind the performers, fostering an atmosphere akin to sitting in on an intimate session rather than a traditional stage performance. According to The Guardian in 1974, In Concert was the only music television program that "produced television ideas".
A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night is a 1973 television special, and one of the only television appearances that American singer-songwriter Harry Nillson ever made on TV. Nilsson never toured and never played a single live concert. It was Nilsson’s second full-length collaboration with director and producer Stanley Dorfman. With exception to an episode of Dorfman's BBC series In Concert, A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night was Nilsson's only televised full-length concert. Prior to this, Nilsson was known as a "singer-composer who is heard by not seen". He had appeared only once, for a few moments, on television in England and once in America.