Manfred Mann's Earth Band 1974 - 1986
Albums recorded with the Earth Band include : 'The Roaring Silence'
(1976), 'Watch' (1978), 'Angel Station' (1979), 'Chance' (1980,
'Somewhere in Africa' (1982), 'Live in Budapest' (1983), 'Criminal
Tango' (1986) and most recently 'Soft Vengeance' (1996). Hit singles
include : 'Blinded By The Light' and 'Davys On The Road Again',
the former being a Number 1 around the world.
Night 1979 - 1981
Released two albums, 'Night' (1979) and 'Long Distance' (1981)
and two Top 20 hits 'Hot Summer Night' and 'If You Remember Me'.
Chris has also released three solo albums 'Radio Voices' (1983),
High Cost of Living' (1986) and 'Beat of Love' (1989).
Over the years he has contributed songs and/or vocals to albums
by such artists as The Doobie Brothers, Tina Turner, Elton John,
Roger Daltrey, Brian May, Barbara Dickson, Ozzie Ozbourne, Rita
Coolidge, Michael McDonald, Bonnie Tyler, Isaac Hayes, Jan Hammer,
Jennifer Rush, Alan Parson, Elkie Brooks, Heart, Starship, Procul
Harem, The London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maffay, Ray Charles,
Def Leppard, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Trevor Rabin, Goldfinger,
Plastiscene, Toto, Robbie Nevil, Sarah Brightman and Jeff Wayne's
War of the Worlds. Of particular note was the Number 1 hit around
the world, 'You're The Voice', written for John Farnham.
Chris toured extensively throughout America and Europe with Manfred
Mann's Earth Band from 1975 - 1986, and with Night, also throughout
America and Europe from 1979 - 1983. Since 1986 he has been working
in Europe under his own name, and also recently with Alan Parson's
Project. He made a new album altogether with Manfred Mann's Earth
Band, released in 1996. Summer festivals all over Europe 96 and
97, followed by the huge success of 'Blinded By The Light', 'The
Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band'. A new live album released
in 1998, 'Mann Alive', is the finite Manfred Mann's Earth Band
live album.
Chris is currently working on a new solo album for release in
2001.
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