During the period when the Grateful Dead were mixing their first official live album "Live/Dead", the band played a run of shows at San Francisco's Fillmore West and the performance of "Dark Star" recorded at this venue on February 27, 1969 is highly regarded. The entire show has been released as part of the "" box set, which includes the full four-night run. During this period, "Dark Star" began to take thematic shape and became a cornerstone of the Dead's jamming. Some Deadheads consider February 18, 1971's version at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY to be the best.
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Dark Star (song)
Dark Star (song) | Selected performances
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Lasting 22 minutes in length, this version of "Dark Star" flowed into the song "Wharf Rat" and then back into "Dark Star". Another well-loved performance considered by many fans to be the peak rendition of "Dark Star" is from the Fillmore East on February 13, 1970. This performance of the song includes the "Feelin' Groovy Jam", so-called because of its passing resemblance to "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" by Simon and Garfunkel.
Dark Star (song) | Selected performances
Being present for a "Dark Star" performance became a "Holy Grail" for Deadheads. The song became so legendary that it was often referred to as "IT" by dedicated Heads. Knowing this, the Dead would sometimes tease the song's introduction before switching into another song, finally bringing it back in the end of the seventies on New Years 1978, at the closing of Winterland. Semi-regular guest pianist Bruce Hornsby would later incorporate such teases into his own concerts, knowing a good number of Deadheads might be in attendance. After the New Years 1981 show "Dark Star" would only appear once more in the first half of the eighties (at the Hearst Greek Theatre on July 13, 1984) and would lie dormant until revived at the legendary ""Formerly the Warlocks"" two-day run at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia on October 9, 1989.
Dark Star (song) | Performance history
Due to the relentless touring of the Grateful Dead, and the fact that fans were allowed to tape the band's shows, many live versions of "Dark Star" exist. The studio recording of "Dark Star" lasted only 2:40, yet the song was known for its lengthy live performances, many of which clocked in at 20–30 minutes. Running over 23 minutes (13 minutes of it consisting of Jerry Garcia's guitar solo), the popular rendition as found on the "Live/Dead" live album was a blend of psychedelia, jazz, and jam elements. "Dark Star" defines the Dead's early improvisational music. After 1973, "Dark Star" fell out of the normal rotation at Dead shows; the song was not performed at all between October 18, 1974 and December 31, 1978.
Dark Star (song) | Performance history
Shortly after, performing as the Grateful Dead, Dark Star returned on October 16, 1989 in a performance at the Meadowlands Arean (FKA Brendyn Byrne Arena) which later was released as "Nightfall of Diamonds". After its 1989 revival, this song would become a dreadnought, performed frequently through 1990, and occasionally through the rest of the band's career. A memorable post-revival "Dark Star" is from the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, on March 29, 1990, with jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis sitting in with the band. One of these performances was featured in the syndicated "The Grateful Dead Hour" radio program, extending the song's legend somewhat outside the inner circle of Deadheads; the entire show appears as the vault release "Wake Up to Find Out".
Dark Star (song) | Performance history
During the period when the Grateful Dead were mixing their first official live album "Live/Dead", the band played a run of shows at San Francisco's Fillmore West and the performance of "Dark Star" recorded at this venue on February 27, 1969 is highly regarded. The entire show has been released as part of the "" box set, which includes the full four-night run. During this period, "Dark Star" began to take thematic shape and became a cornerstone of the Dead's jamming. Some Deadheads consider February 18, 1971's version at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY to be the best.
Dark Star (song) | Selected performances
Dark Star is a soundtrack by John Carpenter for the 1974 film of the same name. While recorded in 1973, it wasn't released by Citadel until 1980, after the 1979 re-release of the film and the success of Carpenter's 1978 film "Halloween". A limited expanded edition was released in 2016 through We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records.
Dark Star (soundtrack) | Introduction
Dark Star is a live album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on May 4, 1972, at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, France. It contains only one song from that concert — a version of "Dark Star" that, including an embedded drum solo, is almost 40 minutes long. It was produced as a vinyl LP in a limited edition of 4,200 copies, and released on April 21, 2012, in conjunction with Record Store Day. The entire May 4, 1972 concert, like all of the shows from the Dead's 1972 tour of Europe, was released on CD in 2011, both as a separate album and as part of the boxed set "".
Dark Star (album) | Introduction
"Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2" contains two performances of "Dark Star" — one from the February 14, 1968 concert at the Carousel Ballroom, and one from February 2, 1968, at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. A third performance of the song, from the Eagles Auditorium in Seattle, Washington, is included on the bonus disc.
Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 | Dark Star
"Dark Star" is a song released as a single by the Grateful Dead on Warner Bros. records in 1968. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by lead guitarist Jerry Garcia; however, compositional credit is sometimes extended to include Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and Bob Weir. "Dark Star" was an early Grateful Dead classic and became one of their most loved and anticipated numbers, often with the group using it as a vehicle for musical improvisation sessions that extended well beyond the original structure of the song. The song is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list and was ranked at number 57 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.
Dark Star (song) | Introduction
In May 1967, Garcia composed the preliminary chords of the song, but it was at the time without lyrics. A handful of months later, Robert Hunter, who would become a longtime collaborator with the Grateful Dead, arrived back in California and overheard the band playing around with the track. He immediately sat down and wrote the opening line, contributing the lyrics and name of the song. As Hunter has explained on multiple occasions, he reworded the opening lines of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" as the chorus. "Dark Star" was initially released as a single in 1968, backed with "Born Cross-Eyed", a track written by rhythm guitarist Bob Weir.
Dark Star (song) | Composition and release
In November 2011, the group played its 2,000th show in Ithaca, New York.
Dark Star Orchestra | Overview
"Dark Star" was often the basis for jamming during the Dead's live shows, allowing the band to employ techniques typical of improvisational jazz.
Dark Star (song) | Introduction
The single, to quote Phil Lesh, "sank like a stone." Of the 1600 copies that made up the original shipment in 1968 by Warner Bros., only about 500 actually sold. A classic live version appeared in 1969 on "Live/Dead", the Dead's first live album. It also appeared on later compilations "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been" in 1977 and "The Best of the Grateful Dead" in 2015. It also appears as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue of "Live/Dead". It also features Hunter's only appearance on a Grateful Dead record, reciting a monologue at the end of the song.
Dark Star (song) | Composition and release
The music for "Dark Star" is chiefly a pure electronic score created by Carpenter using a modular synthesizer. The song played during the opening and closing credits is "Benson, Arizona." The music was written by John Carpenter, while the lyrics were written by Bill Taylor, concerning a man who travels the galaxy at light speed and misses his beloved back on Earth. The lead vocalist was John Yager, a college friend of Carpenter's who was not a professional musician, "apart from being in a band in college." Not coincidentally, there is actually a Dark Star Road in Benson, Arizona.
Dark Star (film) | Soundtrack
Recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London, England on 2 June 1986, featuring Ray Gillen performing vocals
Seventh Star | 2010 Deluxe Edition Disc 2
The song has been performed at live shows on a regular basis since the "Architecture & Morality" tour in 1981. A live performance from 1981 was filmed for the Live at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane concert in December 1981, initially released on VHS (1982) and laserdisc (1984) and later on DVD Live recordings have been made available on the "Walking on the Milky Way" CD single (1996), the "Architecture & Morality & More" album (2008), and on "Architecture & Morality / Dazzle Ships – Live at the Royal Albert Hall" (2016). The song was also performed with The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in June 2009 as documented by the "Electricity" DVD release.
Joan of Arc (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song) | Live performances
The first was "Dark Star", which was recorded in 1972 and released in 2012.
Playing in the Band, Seattle, Washington, 5/21/74 | Introduction
The filming took place at NBC TV Studios in New York on 19 December, but the network decided to delay the show for a year and the Harrison segment was never aired.
Dark Horse (George Harrison song) | October–December 1974 radio and television performances
"Fingerspitzengefühl" and "What Was In Between" was dedicated to the memory of Dietrich A. Stoermer (1936 - 2015). "Are Your Stars Out?" was inspired by and dedicated to J.D. Salinger.
Dark Arts (album) | Track listing
If you have never heard the February 13 performance of Dark Star / That's It for the Other One / Lovelight, you must be living in a cave or have never seen the Grateful Dead. It's one of the most amazing performances they ever did. Over 90 minutes of pure bliss that is sure to convert the unconverted."
Dick's Picks Volume 4 | Critical reception
Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead is an album by the David Murray Octet released on Astor Place. It was released in 1996 and contains Murray's versions of compositions by the Grateful Dead. The Octet plays on the first six tracks, and the last is a Murray solo, accompanied only by Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead | Introduction
Recording sessions took place on August 8 and October 7, 1960, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. Initially, four songs were composed for the movie, but "Britches" and "Summer Kisses Winter Tears" were dropped. The soundtrack music in the film consists of only two songs, "Flaming Star" and "A Cane and a High Starched Collar." An early version of "Flaming Star," using the film's working title "Black Star," was recorded by Presley and later released in the 1990s. The significantly darker lyrics of the "Black Star" version were seen by some commentators as part of the reference of David Bowie's "Blackstar".
Elvis by Request: Flaming Star and 3 Other Great Songs | Recording and releases
A two-and-a-half minute edit of "Dark Star" was released on the soundtrack album for "Zabriskie Point", an Antonioni film for which Garcia created additional music. The album's version of "St. Stephen" appears on the 1977 Grateful Dead compilation "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been", but fades out during the final verse. "Live/Dead" was expanded with hidden bonus tracks as part of the 2001 box set "The Golden Road (1965–1973)", and has a longer intro on "Dark Star". This version was released separately in 2003.
Live/Dead | Release
The song was written by Sid Wayne and Sherman Edwards. Elvis Presley recorded it on October 7, 1960 in the Radio Recorders Studio in Hollywood, California. An alternate song entitled Black Star, with a similar theme to that which leads the David Bowie's January 8, 2016 released album Blackstar was also recorded for the movie, but was not used.
Flaming Star (song) | Writing and recording
[...] [But] this 1974 joint is still one of the darkest R&B numbers ever." Allmusic writer Thom Jurek gave the album four out of five stars, calling it "a deeply musical, funky masterpiece of rage, righteous indignation, and soulful killer grooves". However, Jurek criticized the reissue for not including musician credits.
What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?! | Release and reception
(The 59th Annual award ceremony was held on February 12, 2017.)
Bright Star (musical) | Recording
"Dead Star's Light" was performed on the Abbey stage in 1947 as "The Dark Road".
Una Troy | Before and during World War II
The song has the singer questioning about how entertainers express themselves through music and how one can live as a "dark recluse" or "recluso" as the song depicts. It turned out to be the fourth and final single of the band to fail to chart, which caused tension in the band, making four members quit in 1984, after the release of 80's Romance.
The Entertainer (The Belle Stars song) | Background
"A Dark Song" premiered 8 July 2016 at the Galway Film Fleadh in Ireland, and was shown at the 2016 Fantastic Fest, the 2016 BFI London Film Festival and the 2016 Boston Underground Film Festival. It was released on 28 April 2017 in select theatres, video on demand and via digital streaming platforms.
A Dark Song | Release
Jonas and Mustard performed the song live along with "Jealous" with contestant Jurnee during the finale of "American Idol" season 16 on May 21. They performed the song live during the Electric Daisy Carnival that same weekend. They performed the single during the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards on June 18.
Anywhere (Mustard and Nick Jonas song) | Live performances
(The May 8, 1977 concert at Cornell University's Barton Hall received the top ranking.) The same poll rated the 2/13/70 versions of "Dark Star", "The Other One", and "Turn On Your Love Light" as the best ever. (The "Dark Star" played on August 27, 1972, in Veneta, Oregon, was ranked #2. The February 27, 1969 version from the Fillmore West, included in Live/Dead, was #9.) Selections from the Allman Brothers Band's performances at this set of concerts were released as the album "Fillmore East, February 1970".
Dick's Picks Volume 4 | The Fillmore East shows
Dark Star were an English psychedelic rock band, formed in 1996 in London. The band comprised vocalist/guitarist Christian Hayes, drummer David Francolini and bassist Laurence O'Keefe.
Dark Star (band) | Introduction
Also missing is the song "Sat Singing" that was among other songs intended for "Somewhere in England" in 1980 but rejected by Dark Horse distributor Warner Bros. Records, forcing Harrison to record new material for that album. On the DVD, the videos for his singles "True Love", "Blow Away" and "All Those Years Ago" are similarly not included.
The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992 | Content and omissions
A live performance was captured and released on 1977's "Love You Live." Atlantic tinkered with the mix in order to suppress the key expletives, but the very first promo copies were pressed unaltered.
Star Star | Background
"Shining Star" was performed many times by the Jerry Garcia Band during their 1991 through 1994 tours. It frequently appeared to open or near the beginning of the second set. On October 6, 1993, at The Warfield Theater, the band opened the second set with the song. The audience spontaneously began singing the chorus in unison towards the end of the song and the band quieted and riffed off the audience. This became the standard and the song was always performed with audience participation from then on. The band was so amused that they opened the second set with "Shining Star" again the following night.
Shining Star (The Manhattans song) | In popular culture
After being included in many early live sets, the song was not performed live by the band after 1980. A live performance was recorded at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham on 28 July 1980 for "Rockstage" TV broadcast. It was not given official release until 2015 on the "Access All Areas" CD and DVD release.
Red Frame/White Light | Live performances
All titles rendered out of print following U.S. Renditions' demise except where indicated.
U.S. Renditions | Dark Image Entertainment
Glastonbury Fayre is a triple album released in 1972, comprising performances by acts who had appeared at the Glastonbury Festival in 1971 (see Festival line-up 1971) and others. The album came in a fold-out poster sleeve inside a printed PVC outer sleeve, with a 32-page illustrated booklet, a poster sheet and a fold-out Silver Pyramid, all designed by Barney Bubbles. Although most of the performances are live, not all were recorded at the Festival. The track contributed by Grateful Dead (titled "Dark Star...bury" for this compilation) is a version of "Dark Star" recorded at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, on 8 April 1972 (during the band's Europe '72 tour).
Glastonbury Fayre | Introduction
"Chewing on Shadows" was released in a different form on vinyl and it was included in the album's CD re-issue in 2005. In 2003, a live album was released called "Some Soft Black Stars Seen Over London" which contained live versions for seven of the album's songs. In 2017 a sheet-music version was released, including all the piano and vocal parts from the original recording.
Soft Black Stars | Introduction
Recorded at Face Studios, Newcastle Photography by Mark Winkley & Dean Bowen All songs by Kathryn Williams except; Intermission by Kathryn Williams & Laura Reid, Middle Eight & beginning chords of 'Each Star We See' by Dan Moscardini
Little Black Numbers | Recording details
Act I Act II All songs contain music by Martin and Brickell with lyrics by Brickell except "Way Back in the Day" and "At Long Last" by Edie Brickell and "Bright Star" with ensemble lyrics by Martin. "Way Back in the Day", "I Can't Wait", "Heartbreaker", "Another Round", "I Had a Vision", "Always Will" and "So Familiar" all were included on the album "So Familiar". "Asheville" and "Sun's Gonna Shine" both originated from the album "Love Has Come for You".
Bright Star (musical) | Songs
"Always Remember Us This Way" and "I'll Never Love Again" were distributed across Europe and Oceania as radio-only singles on January 4, 2019 and May 27, 2019 respectively. All three singles have been nominated for a minimum of one Grammy Award.
A Star Is Born (2018 soundtrack) | Singles
Although recordings of individual songs were made, no attempt was made to record the entire score until 1963, when Lehman Engel produced a stereo studio recording for Columbia, starring Risë Stevens, Roger White, and Adolph Green. This recording was reissued as a Masterworks Heritage CD, MHK 62869. The reissue also includes five 1941 mono recordings of songs (including "Tschaikowsky") sung by Danny Kaye. According to the liner notes, the maximum playing time of an LP did not permit including everything, and some cuts were made (not specified, but mostly in the number of verses or repeats). The Royal National Theatre revival in 1997 led to the first complete recording of the score (TER/JAY).
Lady in the Dark | Recordings
The same concert featured the premieres of "Central Park in the Dark" and "String Quartet No. 2". The original version of the work was not premiered until March 17, 1984, when Dennis Russell Davies and the American Composers Orchestra performed it at Symphony Space in New York City as part of the "Wall-to-Wall Ives" series. In 1985, Paul Echols and Noel Zahler produced an edition of "The Unanswered Question" that included both the original version and the revised 1930–1935 edition. Echols and Zahler were fortunate in that sufficiently complete sources were available to work from for both scores.
The Unanswered Question | History
The single release included lyrics of Dark Star on the back cover. This single version of the song would be later released as part of the compilation album "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been" by Warner Bros. in 1977, the twelve-CD retrospective box set "The Golden Road (1965-1973)" in 2001, released by Rhino Records (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.), and the 2003 re-release of "Anthem of the Sun" by Rhino.
Born Cross-Eyed | Introduction
After considerable international touring on the back of "North", Whalley, Young and Buttery decamped to a house in rural Yorkshire to begin writing and recording their next album, to be released on Warp. Buttery was now involved in the writing and recording process as an official member of Darkstar. Whalley said in an interview with online magazine Dummy in August 2012 "This album’s more different though because we’ve kind of exhausted that idea, and those melodies that were on ‘North’ and the ones before, as soon as we came up with ideas that reminded us of that we had to move away from it and come up with something that was a new challenge.
Darkstar (band) | "News From Nowhere" album
She performed an acoustic version of "Anywhere" alongside a cover of the Wham! classic "Last Christmas" on Radio 1's Live Lounge on 11 December. On 21 February 2018, Ora performed "Anywhere" live during a medley with "Your Song" and "For You" (with Liam Payne) at the 2018 Brit Awards. On 12 April 2018, she performed the song live during a similar medley at the German Echo Music Prize.
Anywhere (Rita Ora song) | Live performances
"All Star" was featured in the 1999 film "Mystery Men", the 2000 film "", and the 2001 film "Shrek". It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
Astro Lounge | "All Star"
Dylan has performed "Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)" live 33 times. The first performance was on July 15, 1978, at Blackbushe Aerodrome; and the last was on December 9 of that year, when he played it at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, South Carolina.
Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat) | Live performances
Dark Star Orchestra has been playing live shows together since 1997, after guitarist John Kadlecik contacted keyboardist Scott Larned with a concept (introduced by a common friend Andrew "Tiny" Dofner): performing complete Grateful Dead shows out of history. When Scott mentioned having the same idea, John knew they were on to something. Since forming, the band has performed over 2,500 shows. On lead guitar and vocals, John Kadlecik used amp rigs and equipment to imitate guitar tone of Jerry Garcia from the show being recreated. When a 70s show is being performed, vocalist Lisa Mackey provides Donna Godchaux's female harmonies.
Dark Star Orchestra | History
A newly restored 2011 copy was scheduled for screenings at a number of film festivals in the U.S. and overseas, including the Kulture Festival, Florida State University (March, 2011), the New York Jewish Film Festival (2011), and the Jerusalem International Film Festival (July, 2010).
Singing in the Dark | Re-release
The completed film premiered on March 30, 1974 at Filmex, the Los Angeles International Film Exposition, for which Carpenter described the film as ""Waiting for Godot" in outer space." Harris sold the film to Bryanston Pictures, who released it to fifty theatres on January 16, 1975. Following the success of "Alien" and "Halloween", "Dark Star" was re-released June 1979 by the Atlantic Releasing Corporation as "...from the author of 'Alien' & the director of 'Halloween'..." with the tag line, "The Ultimate Cosmic Comedy!"
Dark Star (film) | Release
The Guess Who performed "Star Baby" on "The Midnight Special" television program (season 2, episode 29) on March 29, 1974. The group hosted the show that week.
Star Baby | Television performance
Switchfoot performed the song on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on September 19, 2011, and on "Conan" on October 25, 2011.
Dark Horses (song) | Live performances
"Star for a Week" was first performed live at Harley's sold out Hammersmith Odeon concert in October 1979. For many years after, the song was regularly performed live, which established the song as a fan favourite. After signing to RAK Records in 1984, a studio recording of the song was to be included on Harley's 1986 solo album "El Gran Senor", however the album was shelved after the label went bankrupt in 1986. A few years later, the song was re-recorded for the "Yes You Can" album. Like much of the album, it was recorded and remixed at the White House Studios in Bures, Suffolk.
Star for a Week (Dino) | Background
The song was performed live during concerts given in 2014 in Norway as a part of Ylvis' The Expensive Jacket Tour.
I Will Never Be a Star | Live performances
Barry Gibb's original version of "Evening Star" was released on "The Eyes That See in the Dark Demos" in 2006. This song is a country singalong, with harmony vocals and Maurice Gibb contributing both a slap bass and a snappy lead guitar break. But on Kenny Rogers' version, the vocals would again be done by the Gatlin Brothers for release, and the break was eliminated.
Evening Star (Kenny Rogers song) | Barry Gibb version
VCI Entertainment released a theatrical cut of "Dark Star" on videocassette in August 1983. After criticism of the release by O'Bannon in 1983, a new widescreen video master copy was created based on his personal 35mm print, and a widescreen "Special Edition" was released by 1986.
Dark Star (film) | Home video
Personnel adapted from "Blackstar" liner notes. Musicians Technical
Blackstar (song) | Personnel
Due to fan demand, the band finally re-recorded the song for release on the "There's a Star" single. The newer recording was pretty much the same, but had better production values and slightly altered lyrics. The song was often performed on pre-"1977" gigs. It also appears on "Cosmic Debris", and the US version of "Free All Angels". The first CD 2 B-side, "Here Comes the Music" continues Ash's tradition of covering little-known songs by their friends' bands. "Here Comes the Music" was originally performed by "Fixed Stars" and written by Mark Cullen.
There's a Star | B-Sides
"Star Star" was included as an unlisted "surprise" track on the 1983 cassette release of "Album", but was later removed after the original cassette was pulled from some stores because of non-labelled "explicit" track lyrics. The song was restored on the CD release.
Flashback (Joan Jett album) | Introduction
"All Star" was released on May 4, 1999, as the first single from "Astro Lounge". Also, it was the first single for the soundtrack album for the superhero film "Mystery Men" (1999). It entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 75 on the week of May 22, 1999, and reached its peak position of number 4 on August 14. The song peaked at number one on the component Radio Songs chart, as well as on the Adult Top 40 and Mainstream Top 40 charts. "All Star" peaked at number two and five on the Alternative Songs and Adult Alternative Songs charts, respectively.
All Star (song) | Release and commercial performance
The single was released as a limited edition 12-inch vinyl and cassette single in Canada. The single was backed by three b-sides, all live tracks recorded at a live performance at The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts on March 12, 1986. The show was a part of the Done with Mirrors Tour.
Darkness (Aerosmith song) | Release
Credits adopted from Allmusic:
Star Trek Into Darkness (soundtrack) | Personnel
Amanda Brown, a contestant from Team Adam Levine in the third season of the American "The Voice" performed it on November 19, 2012. American Idol semi-finalist Nick Boddington performed "Stars" during the final round of Hollywood Week in Season 12. The episode aired on February 7, 2013. Emily Piriz performed this song during Hollywood Week on season 13 of American Idol which aired on February 12, 2014.
Stars (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals song) | Covers
"Star" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian rock artist Bryan Adams. It was released in November 1996 as the third single from the album, "18 til I Die". It was the theme song for the 1996 film "Jack" starring Robin Williams.
Star (Bryan Adams song) | Introduction
In a review for Allmusic, Jason Ankeny states, "this two-disc set is far and away the definitive release of the material in question, compiling two 1970 festival appearances documenting Sun Ra at the peak of his considerable creative powers".
Black Myth/Out in Space | Reception
In October 1974, shortly before leaving for Los Angeles, Harrison performed "Dark Horse" on acoustic guitar during a radio interview with BBC disc jockey Alan Freeman. The location has been identified as either Apple's offices on St James's Street, London, or in front of a fire at Friar Park. During the candid interview, Harrison enthused about Eric Clapton and Ravi Shankar, jokingly referred to John Lennon as "a saint" and "such a "bastard"", and claimed that Paul McCartney had "ruined" him as a guitar player."That's Entertainment", Contra Band Music, 10 October 2012 (retrieved 23 December 2013). This version of "Dark Horse" is available unofficially on bootlegs such as "Pirate Songs".
Dark Horse (George Harrison song) | October–December 1974 radio and television performances
Credits adapted from Tidal.
Anywhere (Rita Ora song) | Credits and personnel
Act II. or "Super Star" is a slow jam fused with trap, filled with brassy drums, Middle-Eastern horns, lilting synths, and a backing chorus. The outro, "Divina Commedia", is an experimental alt-R&B track which samples "Veridis Quo" from Daft Punk's 2001 album "Discovery".
G-Dragon | Music
The songs that appear on the soundtrack are in most cases alternate (live) and studio recordings that do not appear in the film. The alternate version of "Lost Inside of You" that actually appears in the movie, was finally released in 1991 as part of the 4-CD Barbra Streisand Anthology "Just for the Record". A previously unreleased studio version of the track appeared on her 1982 compilation "Memories". It was later re-recorded as a duet with Babyface for her 2014 duets album "Partners". An alternative previously unreleased studio version of the track "With One More Look At You" appeared on her 2012 retrospective "Release Me".
A Star Is Born (1976 soundtrack) | Track listing
"Dark Star" received positive reception from video game critics.
Dark Star (1984 video game) | Reception
Dark Horse – A Live Collection is an album by American singer/songwriter and contestant/6th place Ryan Star. Released only weeks after Star was eliminated from the show at the end of August 2006, a lot of the material on the album are his performances on the show, but there are some original songs as well. The recording with the "Rock Star house band" was set up by the CBS show producer Mark Burnett who also arranged the fast distribution of the album. Ryan got the album title when Dave Navarro who was a judge with Supernova stated that he was the dark horse in the competition.
Dark Horse – A Live Collection | Introduction
It is the opening track on the live albums "Nobody's Perfect" (1988), "Come Hell or High Water" (1994), and "From the Setting Sun… (In Wacken)" (2015). The most famous live version is featured on the 1972 live album "Made in Japan". "The Guardian" said, "Blackmore’s playing is like a force of nature on the "Made in Japan" version; those slashing chords in the intro, and that amazing solo featuring the distinctive neo-classical descending runs, combining the spirits of Bach and Jimi Hendrix."
Highway Star (song) | History
The US version includes the above except "I Saw Her Standing There", "Twist and Shout", "Reminiscing", and "Ask Me Why", and substitutes the following four songs:
Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 | US version
From approximately 1974: Major musical theatre works, film and stage music (selection):
Darko Hajsek | Selection of works
This version charted at number six on the Vinyl Albums and number 40 on the Catalog Albums charts. Following this, the group performed the album in its entirety on tour in December 2015 and January 2016. "Dark Blue" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in January 2016.
Everything in Transit | Commercial performance, subsequent events and releases
This live recording was recorded at Hammersmith Odeon on 3 October 1984, and was only released on the double 7".
So in Love (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song) | B-sides
In a retrospective review, AllMusic critic Dave Thompson praised the track as a "revelation of a single" with a "gorgeous melody", adding that "the power of this song is almost equal to Joan's own". Colleague Ned Raggett described it as "a towering heartbreaker, with Andy McCluskey and band in full flight". "Trouser Press" called the song a "magnificent, ethereal hit". The Charlatans vocalist Tim Burgess wrote, "For anyone who wasn't around in 1981 you could not go anywhere without hearing this song... so romantic - such a classic."
Joan of Arc (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song) | Reception
The film had its world premiere on July 18, 1968 at the Dominion Theatre in London, replacing "The Sound of Music", which had played for three years at the theatre. At a time when the popularity of roadshow theatrical releases in general, and musicals in particular, was on the wane, the United States was one of the later countries in which the film was released. When the film was in production, 15,000 people responded to promotional ads placed by 20th Century Fox for advance ticket sales in New York City, but a year later, when the studio followed up by mailing them order forms, only a very small percentage bought tickets.
Star! (film) | Theatrical release
The Roots sampled the song for their 2004 single "Star", from their LP "The Tipping Point". This version of the song, featuring Roots MC Black Thought commenting on how people attempt to earn fame in the wrong way, was also included on a Family Stone tribute/covers album, "Different Strokes by Different Folks", released in July 2005. In 1977, the cast performed the song on an episode of "The Brady Bunch Variety Hour".
Everybody Is a Star | Introduction
A cast recording was planned, but cancelled the day before it was due to be recorded. The show's star, John Barrowman, recorded two songs from the score ("I Was Born To Be Me" and "I'll Dress You In Mourning") which were released as 45 RPM and CD singles timed to coincide with the London opening. Barrowman later recorded "A Boy From Nowhere" on his solo CD, Reflections (released by JAY records).
Matador (English musical) | Discography
Adapted from the "Some Brighter Stars" liner notes. Musicians Additional performers
Some Brighter Stars | Personnel
Credits adapted from digital booklet. Performers Technical
All the Stars | Personnel
the question becomes whether he will ever again become a competent entertainer." The "NME"s Bob Woffinden derided Harrison's songwriting, production and vocals, particularly on two tracks dealing with his troubled personal life, "Simply Shady" and "So Sad".Bob Woffinden, "George Harrison: "Dark Horse"", "NME", 21 December 1974; available at Rock's Backpages ("subscription required"; retrieved 15 July 2012). Woffinden concluded: "I find "Dark Horse" the product of a complete egoist – no one, you see, is in "my" tree – someone whose universe is confined to himself. And his guru ... I'll repeat that this album is totally colourless. Just stuff and nonsense." Writing in "The Village Voice" in January 1975, Robert Christgau bemoaned the album's "transubstantiations" and particularly derided the lyrics to "Māya Love", "in which 'window-pane' becomes 'window brain.' Can this mean that pain (pane, get it?) is the same as brain? For all this hoarse dork knows ..." There were a number of positive reviews for "Dark Horse", with "Billboard" magazine deeming it a "Spotlight" release.
Dark Horse (George Harrison album) | Contemporary reviews
For the album's June 1977 US release (in association with Atlantic Records), four songs were removed and replaced with four different songs from the tapes.
Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 | Release
Credits are adapted from the CD liner notes of "Why".
Starlight (Taeyeon song) | Credits and personnel
A reprise of "Definition" titled "RE: DEFinition" can be found on the "Black Star" album.
Definition (song) | Introduction
News from Nowhere is the second album by the UK electronic music band Darkstar. It was released in February 2013 by Warp Records. The album was produced and recorded at Richard Formby's studio in Leeds, using Formby's vintage analogue synthesizers and classic tape machines. Darkstar members Aiden Whalley, James Young and new member James Buttery returned from touring to promote their debut album "North", and began writing and recording the album in rural Yorkshire. The album is named after William Morris' classic book whose subject matter combined utopian socialism and science fiction. This album differs from their earlier album "North" by the addition of vocal work from Buttery.
News from Nowhere (Darkstar album) | Introduction
Live performances of the song are included on the live portion of The Byrds' "(Untitled)" album, as well as on the "Live at the Fillmore - February 1969" and "Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971" albums.
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star | Release
As of February 20, 2013, the song has sold 183,000 copies in the US.
Stars (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals song) | Commercial performance
During the first official performance of "Dark Side of the Moon", at the Rainbow Theatre on 17 February 1972, a version of this song was played with guitar, keyboard and drums instead of the synthesizer track that appeared on the album. Subsequent performances matched the album version and, at the end of the song, a model aeroplane would fly from one end of the arena to the other, appearing to crash in a brilliant explosion. The same effect was used in the "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" tour, but with a flying bed rather than an aeroplane. "The Division Bell" tour would reuse the aeroplane, only this time with the back of it in flames for additional effects.
On the Run (instrumental) | Live performances
The soundtrack of the 1974 film "Dark Star" by John Carpenter features a muzak-style instrumental piece called "When Twilight Falls on NGC 891". The first solo album by Edgar Froese, "Aqua", also released in 1974, contained a track called "NGC 891". Side 2 of the album, which included this track, was unusual in having been a rare example of a commercially issued piece of music recorded using the "artificial head" system.
NGC 891 | In popular culture
"Q" magazine described the recordings as having "certain historical interest" and remarked: "The show seems like a riot but the sound itself is terrible – like one hell of a great party going on next door." George Harrison gave the assessment: "The Star-Club recording was the crummiest recording ever made in our name!"
Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 | Reception
While the rest of the band repeated the opening riff of "All Star", Harwell began a three-minute profanity-filled verbal tirade against the crowd, with him threatening to beat up anyone who threw things onto the stage. Security restrained Harwell after he tried to enter the crowd; the band continued playing while the crowd sang the song in place of him. Smash Mouth performed the song at the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival on August 28, 2016; Harwell passed out in the middle of the set and was taken to a nearby hospital, but the band continued their set and performed the song without him.
All Star (song) | Live performances
The Dark Star () is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt and starring Elfie Fiegert, Ilse Steppat and Viktor Staal. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Beisenherz.
The Dark Star (1955 film) | Introduction
The Bowlly rendition was used in the Gold Room (ballroom) scene and the closing of Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror film "The Shining". The popularity of this film associated this version of the song to a sense of unease or impending menace in cinema and other media. These include:
Midnight, the Stars and You | Use in cinema and other media
"Lost Stars" is an original song performed by Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine for the romantic comedy-drama film "Begin Again". It was released on June 23, 2014, through ALXNDR, 222 Records, Polydor, and Interscope in the United States. The song was written and produced by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood. It was recorded in New York City at Electric Lady Studios in mid-2012. "Lost Stars" also includes two versions, one for actress Keira Knightley and the other by Levine titled "Into the Night Mix", which are included on the film's soundtrack, with the original version appeared on the deluxe edition of Maroon 5's fifth studio album "V" (2014).
Lost Stars | Introduction
On February 1, 2015, the song was performed by Perry during the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, where she was on a chessboard, with her dancers as chess pieces. It is regarded as the most technical performance in her halftime set.
Dark Horse (Katy Perry song) | Live performances
A music video was released in 1995 that featured the band performing the song in a darkened basement-like room, interspersed with footage of a man covered in tattoos interacting with candles, a mask, a wall clock and other ephemera.
Stars (Hum song) | Music video