"I'm a Graduate of Bacharach University!" -- Steve Tyrell's New CD Pays Tribute to His Mentor

Steve Tyrell is often asked "Where did you go to college?"

His response is always the same. "I'm a graduate of Bacharach University."

Steve's new CD Back to Bacharach: The Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David pays tribute to the multi-platinum compositions of those gifted composers.

Steve invited a few of his friends to join him on this release. In addition to a who's who of outstanding musicians, the featured vocalists include:

Herb Alpert
Martina McBride
Rod Stewart
James Taylor
Dionne Warwick
Patti Austin
and Mr. Burt Bacharach

If you are an aspiring songwriter, this is a masters thesis on the art.

www.stevetyrell.com

Watch the Making of Back to Bacharach:

Colbie Collaborator Prepares to Take the Spotlight

Jason Reeves sets out to match the multi-platinum success of Caillat:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/singer-songwriter-jason-reeves-signs-warner/story.aspx?guid=%7bABE66C4B-2DBA-4FBB-954C-695D5FC7A2B1%7d&dist=hppr

Potty Mouth Bareilles Writes Her Own Bio (And Along With "Love Song" ...It's A Hit!)

Now I'm not suggesting everyone reading do this and put publicists out of business, but kudos to Sara Bareilles, who didn't think the professional bio written for her was revealing enough so she wrote her own.

Bareilles' 'Little Voice' CD is heading towards Platinum, and her #1 single "Love Song," along with her bio, have resonated with fans.

You know the song, now get to know Sara:
http://www.sarabmusic.com/site.html?section=bio

It's A Beautiful Day for U2 and Live Nation

Yesterday Live Nation CEO and President Michael Rapino announced that U2 would be joining his company’s roster of artists, signing a 12-year global contractual relationship.

Read the Press Release

Band Member / Current Age:
Bono / 48 this May
The Edge / 47 in August
Larry Mullen / 47 in October
Adam Clayton / Turned 48 on March 13th

With some solid investment advice the members of U2 will enjoy a comfortable financial future and one day rest in their Platinum rockers.

U2’s Number Ones (Source: Billboard)

Albums:
The Joshua Tree (1987)
Rattle and Hum (1988)
Achtung Baby (1991)
Zooropa (1993)
Pop (1997)
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004)

Singles:
“With Or Without You” (1987)
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (1987)

Mariah Carey Closing in on Eighteenth #1

Billboard reports that Mariah Carey is closing in on her eighteenth number one song with “Touch My Body.” The tune is expected to top the charts next week.

If Mariah reaches this milestone, she will surpass Elvis Presley (17 number ones) and be only two away from the Beatles, who still hold the record at 20, in the elite list of Top 3 artists with the most number ones in the Rock era.

For all you aspiring songwriters out there, here’s a great list to print out and save for instruction and inspiration:

Mariah Carey:
“Vision of Love”
“Love Takes Time”
“Someday”
“I Don’t Wanna Cry”
“Emotions”
“I’ll Be There”
“Dreamlover”
“Hero”
“Fantasy”
“One Sweet Day”
“Always Be My Baby”
“Honey”
“My All”
“Heartbreaker”
“Thank God I Found You”
“We Belong Together”
“Don’t Forget About Us”

Elvis Presley:
“Heartbreak Hotel”
“I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”
“Don’t Be Cruel”
“Love Me Tender”
“Too Much”
“All Shook Up”
“Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear”
“Jailhouse Rock”
“Don’t”
“Hard Headed Woman”
“A Big Hunk-O Love”
“Stuck On You”
“It’s Now Or Never”
“Are You Lonesome Tonight?”
“Surrender”
“Good Luck Charm”
“Suspicious Minds”

The Beatles:
“I Want To Hold Your Hand”
“She Loves You”
“Can’t Buy Me Love”
“Love Me Do”
“A Hard Day’s Night”
“I Feel Fine”
“Eight Days A Week”
“Ticket To Ride”
“Help!”
“Yesterday”
“We Can Work It Out”
“Paperback Writer”
“Penny Lane”
“All You Need Is Love”
“Hello Goodbye”
“Hey Jude”
“Get Back”
“Come Together”
“Let It Be”
“The Long and Winding Road”

“Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get.”

The Jerry Lembo Entertainment Group is proud to be running the radio promotion campaign for Astonish Entertainment artist David Martin.

And you can’t help but think that David may be feeling a bit like Forrest Gump today. David is featured on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal. Special thanks to WSJ reporter Ellen Byron. Congratulations and Happy Valentine’s Day David!

Think you can “Beat It”?

I purchased the 25^th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, the world’s biggest selling album of all time (104 million copies to date).

According to The Billboard Albums book, Thriller was on the chart for 122 weeks, 37 of those at number one.

It contained seven Top 10 singles with “Beat It” and “Billie Jean” going to number one.

Los Angeles Times staff writers Patrick Day and Todd Martens have compiled 25 Thriller facts.

To put Thriller’s historic accomplishments in perspective, the two biggest sellers on the current Nielsen Soundscan Chart (for the week ending 2/10/08) are:

Nickelback All the Right Reasons 6,604,024 (123 weeks)

Carrie Underwood Some Hearts 6,256,950 (117 weeks)

Michael enlisted multi-platinum artists Akon, Kanye West, Fergie and her Black Eyed Peas bandmate Will.i.am, who contributed to previously unreleased tracks for the 25^th Anniversary Edition of Thriller.

Will any artist ever reach the Epic proportions of Thriller? I think I hear Vincent Price laughing.

The Grammys

I recently had the honor of promoting Herbie Hancock's cd RIVER: The Joni Letters, so needless to say I was delighted to see him add two more Grammy Awards to his already crowded shelf:

Album of the Year
River: The Joni LettersHerbie HancockLeonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer[Verve]

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
River: The Joni LettersHerbie Hancock[Verve]

I was a disco-dj from the mid 70s thru the early 80s and wore out my 12 inch vinyl copy of Herbie's "Rockit". That song was on Columbia Records, a label I would eventually work at from 1986 to 1997.

At 68 years young Herbie beat out platinum artists Kayne West, Amy Winehouse, Vince Gill and the Foo Fighters.

RIVER: The Joni Letters has been number one on the Contemporary Jazz charts for 15 weeks! With his latest wins I would wager it will still be at the top of the charts on his 69th birthday, April 12th.

Here is the complete list of Grammy winners announced on 2/10/08:

http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/