Tony Christie
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Tony Christie is an English
musician
, singer and actor
. He is best known for his track, "Is This The Way To Amarillo
", a double UK chart success.
in 1971 with "I Did What I Did For Maria
", which reached #2 and "Is This the Way to Amarillo
", which peaked at #18. He also had a minor hit with "Avenues And Alleyways
" which reached #37, the theme to the television series The Protectors
. "Is This the Way to Amarillo" sold over one million copies by September 1972, and was awarded a gold disc
. His early songs were dramatic big-voiced numbers, many of which were written
by Mitch Murray and Peter Callandar.
He recorded albums regularly throughout the 1970s and made infrequent appearances on the charts. His album With Loving Feeling sold well boosted by the hit single "Is This The Way to Amarillo". He recorded an album in the United States
in 1973 with the record producer Snuff Garrett
, which did little to stop his commercial slide. A live album
followed which sold relatively better. But by the mid 1970s recorded work became rarer and stage work took preference.
In June 1972 he was invited on the music festival
, The Golden Orpheus, then in socialist Bulgaria
. The concert was recorded and published on vinyl by the government musical company Balkanton. He played the role of Magaldi on the original 1976 album recording of the musical Evita, and sought to represent the UK in the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest
, with the song "The Queen of the Mardi Gras" but came third in the national contest to select an entrant, behind eventual contest winners Brotherhood of Man
.
Although his popularity waned in his native England through most of the 1980s and 1990s, he maintained a successful singing career in continental Europe during this period. This was especially so in Germany, with four albums recorded with German producer Jack White
, especially their first album collaboration Welcome To My Music, reaching #7 in the German charts and going platinum. From 1991 to 2002, Christie recorded nine albums especially for the German market.
In 1999, he was the vocalist on the Jarvis Cocker
penned UK Top Ten hit, "Walk Like a Panther", as recorded
by the Sheffield
band, All Seeing I
. His influence on a new generation of singers was further demonstrated when indie
pop band Rinaldi Sings
released a cover version
of "Avenues & Alleyways" in March 2004.
In 2002, "Is This the Way to Amarillo" was used in the TV
comedy series Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights
, leading to a resurgence in his popularity. The song was re-released on 14 March 2005 to raise money for the Comic Relief charity, and reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart
(outselling all the first release's chart run put together). This led to the biggest sales for a #1 single for the whole year, with seven weeks at the chart pinnacle. It also became the longest running chart-topper since Cher
's "Believe
", almost seven years earlier. The single was credited as "featuring Peter Kay
", though Kay only appeared in the video
; the audio track was the original 1971 issue. His album, The Definitive Collection also climbed to the #1 spot the following week in the UK Albums Chart
, breaking records when it also came in at #1 on the downloads chart.
In 2005, the Dutch singer Albert West covered the same song. This release reached #25 in the Dutch record chart
. The same year Christie re-recorded "Amarillo" together with the Hermes House Band
for the German market, reaching #25 in the German charts and having several TV performances. Following the song's success, Christie was awarded the freedom of Amarillo, Texas
, and made a guest appearance on the Yorkshire
based TV soap opera, Emmerdale
.
A few months later he re-released another single "Avenues & Alleyways", as a follow-up to the success of "Amarillo". Although this only reached #26 on the UK Singles Chart
, it once again out-performed the original release, which reached #37 in 1973. Following on from this success, Christie released a single on 5 December 2005, a big band
cover of Slade
's "Merry Xmas Everybody
". The B-side
contained a big band version of "Is This the Way to Amarillo" and a live recording of "If It Feels Good, Do It" plus videos of the first two tracks. However, it only reached #49 on the UK chart.
To coincide with the 2006 World Cup
, a new version of "Amarillo" was released on the novelty single "(Is This The Way To) The World Cup?" on 29 May 2006, reaching #8 in the UK. On 6 November 2006, Christie issued the album, Simply in Love
.
In 2008, Christie recorded the album, Made in Sheffield
, with production from Richard Hawley
, and contributions from Alex Turner
and Jarvis Cocker
. On 20 May 2008, he performed one of the album's songs, "Danger Is A Woman In Love", at the Royal Albert Hall
with Hawley. 2009 saw the release of the download single, "Every Word She Said". The same year, Christie also featured in "Heresy", with his nephew's band Laruso, which was released on their debut album A Classic Case of Cause and Effect.
In July 2010, Christie made his West End
debut in the musical Dreamboats and Petticoats
in London
's Playhouse Theatre
playing the roles of 'Older Bobby' and 'Phil'. On 22 December 2010, Christie appeared in a celebrity version of Come Dine with Me
. Christie came joint second, with actress Susie Amy
, behind winner Janet Ellis
, but ahead of the musician and actor Goldie
. The Channel 4
programme's prize of £1,000 went to charity.
Christie's nineteenth studio album, Now's The Time!, was released in the UK on 7 February 2011 through Acid Jazz. Produced by Richard Barrett of All Seeing I, it included collaborations with Jarvis Cocker and Roisin Murphy
.
To coincide with 50 years in the music industry, Christie then embarked on a 50 date national tour promoting the new album. Over the course of the summer Christie travelled with his band across the country performing in all kinds of venues. The tour included his back catalogue of hits including Avenues and Alleyways
, Las Vegas
, Walk Like A Panther to name a few and several tracks from the new Now's The Time
album. Most notable however, was Christie's capability to turn other people's work into his own. Included in the setlist was a version of Mr. Bojangles that even Sammy Davis Jr. would have been proud of. Other surprises included a cover of the Smokey Robinson
hit, Shop Around. The tour showed that Christie had not lost any of the power in that voice that had become his trademark over the years.
On 23 October 2011 Tony Christie will be releasing a charity single in aid of the Afghan Heroes Charity. The charity supports all of the British Forces fighting on the frontline in Afghanistan
. The single will be available for download only on iTunes
, HMV
and Amazon. All proceeds will go to the charity. The song is a special arrangement of Steal The Sun.
On 23 October 2011, Tony was a guest on the Pienaar's Politics show on BBC Radio 5 Live, and publicly declared his support for Nigel Farage and the UKIP political party.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, singer and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is best known for his track, "Is This The Way To Amarillo
Is This the Way to Amarillo
In the United States, a version by the writer of the song Neil Sedaka made to number 44 in the Billboard charts in 1977, and the title was shortened to "Amarillo".-Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay version:...
", a double UK chart success.
Career
Tony Christie has sold over 10 million albums Worldwide. He had two Top Twenty hits in the UK Singles ChartUK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in 1971 with "I Did What I Did For Maria
I Did What I Did for Maria
I Did What I Did For Maria was a Top 20 hit in 1971 for Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's 'Las Vegas' and 'Avenues And Alleyways'. The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he...
", which reached #2 and "Is This the Way to Amarillo
Is This the Way to Amarillo
In the United States, a version by the writer of the song Neil Sedaka made to number 44 in the Billboard charts in 1977, and the title was shortened to "Amarillo".-Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay version:...
", which peaked at #18. He also had a minor hit with "Avenues And Alleyways
Avenues And Alleyways
"Avenues and Alleyways" is a 1972 single recorded by Tony Christie as the theme song for the television series The Protectors. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's "Las Vegas" and "I Did What I Did For Maria"...
" which reached #37, the theme to the television series The Protectors
The Protectors
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It is Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in the present day...
. "Is This the Way to Amarillo" sold over one million copies by September 1972, and was awarded a gold disc
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
. His early songs were dramatic big-voiced numbers, many of which were written
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
by Mitch Murray and Peter Callandar.
He recorded albums regularly throughout the 1970s and made infrequent appearances on the charts. His album With Loving Feeling sold well boosted by the hit single "Is This The Way to Amarillo". He recorded an album in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1973 with the record producer Snuff Garrett
Snuff Garrett
Snuff Garrett is a retired American record producer whose most famous work was during the 1960s and 1970s. His nickname is a play on Garrett's Snuff, a brand of snuff....
, which did little to stop his commercial slide. A live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
followed which sold relatively better. But by the mid 1970s recorded work became rarer and stage work took preference.
In June 1972 he was invited on the music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
, The Golden Orpheus, then in socialist Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. The concert was recorded and published on vinyl by the government musical company Balkanton. He played the role of Magaldi on the original 1976 album recording of the musical Evita, and sought to represent the UK in the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 occurring February 25 1976 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. For the first time since 1964 a single act did not perform each of the nominated songs with rather each song being...
, with the song "The Queen of the Mardi Gras" but came third in the national contest to select an entrant, behind eventual contest winners Brotherhood of Man
Brotherhood of Man
Brotherhood of Man are a British pop group who achieved success in the 1970s, most notably by winning the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with "Save Your Kisses for Me"....
.
Although his popularity waned in his native England through most of the 1980s and 1990s, he maintained a successful singing career in continental Europe during this period. This was especially so in Germany, with four albums recorded with German producer Jack White
Jack White (producer)
Jack White is a music composer and producer.- Musical work :White started out as a songwriter/producer for German singers in the early 70s and then developed an international style mainly as a producer...
, especially their first album collaboration Welcome To My Music, reaching #7 in the German charts and going platinum. From 1991 to 2002, Christie recorded nine albums especially for the German market.
In 1999, he was the vocalist on the Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career...
penned UK Top Ten hit, "Walk Like a Panther", as recorded
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
by the Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
band, All Seeing I
All Seeing I
The All Seeing I is an English electronic music group from Sheffield, comprising Dean Honer, Jason Buckle and DJ Parrot...
. His influence on a new generation of singers was further demonstrated when indie
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
pop band Rinaldi Sings
Rinaldi Sings
Rinaldi Sings is the stage name used by Steve Rinaldi, a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose orchestrated pop music prompted the New Musical Express to describe him in 2004 as a "cocksure 20th Century Scott Walker".- Background :...
released a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of "Avenues & Alleyways" in March 2004.
In 2002, "Is This the Way to Amarillo" was used in the TV
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
comedy series Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights
Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights
Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights was a BAFTA-nominated English sitcom about The Phoenix Club, a working men's club in the northern English town of Farnworth, Greater Manchester. The show was written by Neil Fitzmaurice, Peter Kay and Dave Spikey, produced by Goodnight Vienna Productions and Ovation...
, leading to a resurgence in his popularity. The song was re-released on 14 March 2005 to raise money for the Comic Relief charity, and reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
(outselling all the first release's chart run put together). This led to the biggest sales for a #1 single for the whole year, with seven weeks at the chart pinnacle. It also became the longest running chart-topper since Cher
Cher
Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...
's "Believe
Believe (Cher song)
"Believe" is a song by American recording artist Cher. It was released on November 24, 1998 as the lead single from her twenty-third studio album of the same name. It was written by Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennen, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Matthew Gray, and Timothy Powell and produced by Mark...
", almost seven years earlier. The single was credited as "featuring Peter Kay
Peter Kay
Peter John Kay is an English comedian, writer, actor, director and producer. His work includes That Peter Kay Thing , Phoenix Nights , Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere , Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and other independent productions which have included two sell out tours.-Early career:Peter Kay...
", though Kay only appeared in the video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
; the audio track was the original 1971 issue. His album, The Definitive Collection also climbed to the #1 spot the following week in the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
, breaking records when it also came in at #1 on the downloads chart.
In 2005, the Dutch singer Albert West covered the same song. This release reached #25 in the Dutch record chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
. The same year Christie re-recorded "Amarillo" together with the Hermes House Band
Hermes House Band
The Hermes House Band is a Dutch pop band, established in 1984 by members of the Hermes fraternity/sorority in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They have released more than twenty five albums and singles.-History:...
for the German market, reaching #25 in the German charts and having several TV performances. Following the song's success, Christie was awarded the freedom of Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...
, and made a guest appearance on the Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
based TV soap opera, Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
.
A few months later he re-released another single "Avenues & Alleyways", as a follow-up to the success of "Amarillo". Although this only reached #26 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, it once again out-performed the original release, which reached #37 in 1973. Following on from this success, Christie released a single on 5 December 2005, a big band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
cover of Slade
Slade
Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles...
's "Merry Xmas Everybody
Merry Xmas Everybody
"Merry Xmas Everybody" is a 1973 song by the English rock band Slade. Written by lead vocalist and guitarist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler, it was the band's sixth number-one single in the UK...
". The B-side
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
contained a big band version of "Is This the Way to Amarillo" and a live recording of "If It Feels Good, Do It" plus videos of the first two tracks. However, it only reached #49 on the UK chart.
To coincide with the 2006 World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
, a new version of "Amarillo" was released on the novelty single "(Is This The Way To) The World Cup?" on 29 May 2006, reaching #8 in the UK. On 6 November 2006, Christie issued the album, Simply in Love
Simply in love
Simply In Love is a 2006 album by Tony Christie. Forty years after his first solo single, Christie released Simply In Love - a collection of classic love songs and other covers including "Light My Fire" by The Doors and "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys. The album was titled Simply In Love and...
.
In 2008, Christie recorded the album, Made in Sheffield
Made in Sheffield (album)
Made in Sheffield is a 2008 album by Tony Christie, released on 10 November, 2008.-Production:After hearing the song "Coles Corner" by Richard Hawley on the radio, Christie suggested that it was the type of production he should be striving for. Christie approached Hawley to request his production...
, with production from Richard Hawley
Richard Hawley
Richard Hawley is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer. After his first band Treebound Story broke up, Hawley found success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s. He later joined the band Pulp, led by his friend Jarvis Cocker...
, and contributions from Alex Turner
Alex Turner (musician)
Alexander David Turner is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter of the English rock band Arctic Monkeys...
and Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career...
. On 20 May 2008, he performed one of the album's songs, "Danger Is A Woman In Love", at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
with Hawley. 2009 saw the release of the download single, "Every Word She Said". The same year, Christie also featured in "Heresy", with his nephew's band Laruso, which was released on their debut album A Classic Case of Cause and Effect.
In July 2010, Christie made his West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
debut in the musical Dreamboats and Petticoats
Dreamboats and Petticoats
Dreamboats and Petticoats is a jukebox musical based on popular songs from the fifties and early sixties. The musical, featuring those songs of the rock 'n' roll era, is set around the years 1957 to 1963 and was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran....
in London
London
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's Playhouse Theatre
Playhouse Theatre
The Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square. The Theatre was built by F. H. Fowler and Hill with a seating capacity of 1,200. It was rebuilt in 1907 and still retains its original substage machinery...
playing the roles of 'Older Bobby' and 'Phil'. On 22 December 2010, Christie appeared in a celebrity version of Come Dine with Me
Come Dine With Me
Come Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...
. Christie came joint second, with actress Susie Amy
Susie Amy
Susie Amy is an English model and actress most famous for her role as Chardonnay Lane-Pascoe in the first two series of Footballers' Wives.-Biography:...
, behind winner Janet Ellis
Janet Ellis
Janet Ellis is a British television presenter and actress, who appeared on BBC children's television in the 1980s, including a four year period as a presenter on Blue Peter, a role she won after hosting the award-winning children's programme Jigsaw.- Early life :Ellis's father was a soldier,...
, but ahead of the musician and actor Goldie
Goldie
Clifford Joseph Price, better known as Goldie is an English electronic music artist, disc jockey, visual artist and actor. He is well known for his innovations in the jungle and drum and bass music genres, having previously gained exposure for his work as a graffiti artist...
. The Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
programme's prize of £1,000 went to charity.
Christie's nineteenth studio album, Now's The Time!, was released in the UK on 7 February 2011 through Acid Jazz. Produced by Richard Barrett of All Seeing I, it included collaborations with Jarvis Cocker and Roisin Murphy
Róisín Murphy
Róisín Marie Murphy is an Irish singer-songwriter and record producer, known for her electronic style.Murphy first came to note as part of the electronic music duo Moloko. Her partner in the band was then-boyfriend Mark Brydon. After the two ended their romantic relationship, Murphy released her...
.
To coincide with 50 years in the music industry, Christie then embarked on a 50 date national tour promoting the new album. Over the course of the summer Christie travelled with his band across the country performing in all kinds of venues. The tour included his back catalogue of hits including Avenues and Alleyways
Avenues And Alleyways
"Avenues and Alleyways" is a 1972 single recorded by Tony Christie as the theme song for the television series The Protectors. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's "Las Vegas" and "I Did What I Did For Maria"...
, Las Vegas
Las Vegas (song)
"Las Vegas" performed by Martin Stenmarck, was the winning song for the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2005. The song managed to finish 2nd as the best result at Svensktoppen and 1st at the Swedish singles chart. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev, Ukraine the song finished 19th of the 24...
, Walk Like A Panther to name a few and several tracks from the new Now's The Time
Now's the Time
Now's the Time is the debut album by 4 P.M., released in 1995.-Track listing:#"Sukiyaki" - 2:42#"Lay Down Your Love" - 4:27#"Forever in My Heart" - 4:35#"Gift of Perfect Love" - 4:02#"Yes" - 3:53#"In This Life" - 3:06#"Naturally" - 5:05...
album. Most notable however, was Christie's capability to turn other people's work into his own. Included in the setlist was a version of Mr. Bojangles that even Sammy Davis Jr. would have been proud of. Other surprises included a cover of the Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...
hit, Shop Around. The tour showed that Christie had not lost any of the power in that voice that had become his trademark over the years.
On 23 October 2011 Tony Christie will be releasing a charity single in aid of the Afghan Heroes Charity. The charity supports all of the British Forces fighting on the frontline in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
. The single will be available for download only on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, HMV
HMV
His Master's Voice is a trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog Nipper listening to a wind-up gramophone...
and Amazon. All proceeds will go to the charity. The song is a special arrangement of Steal The Sun.
On 23 October 2011, Tony was a guest on the Pienaar's Politics show on BBC Radio 5 Live, and publicly declared his support for Nigel Farage and the UKIP political party.
UK chart singles
- 1971: "Las Vegas" (UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#21) - 1971: "I Did What I Did for MariaI Did What I Did for MariaI Did What I Did For Maria was a Top 20 hit in 1971 for Tony Christie. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's 'Las Vegas' and 'Avenues And Alleyways'. The song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he...
" (UK #2) - 1971: "Is This The Way To AmarilloIs This the Way to AmarilloIn the United States, a version by the writer of the song Neil Sedaka made to number 44 in the Billboard charts in 1977, and the title was shortened to "Amarillo".-Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay version:...
" (UK #18) - 1973: "Avenues And AlleywaysAvenues And Alleyways"Avenues and Alleyways" is a 1972 single recorded by Tony Christie as the theme song for the television series The Protectors. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's "Las Vegas" and "I Did What I Did For Maria"...
" (UK #37) - 1976: "Drive Safely Darling" (UK #35)
- 1999: "Walk Like A Panther" (All Seeing I feat. Tony Christie) (UK #10)
- 2005: "Is This The Way To AmarilloIs This the Way to AmarilloIn the United States, a version by the writer of the song Neil Sedaka made to number 44 in the Billboard charts in 1977, and the title was shortened to "Amarillo".-Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay version:...
" (Tony Christie feat. Peter Kay) (UK #1) - 2005: "Avenues And AlleywaysAvenues And Alleyways"Avenues and Alleyways" is a 1972 single recorded by Tony Christie as the theme song for the television series The Protectors. It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's "Las Vegas" and "I Did What I Did For Maria"...
" (Re-Issue) (UK #26) - 2005: "Merry Xmas EverybodyMerry Xmas Everybody"Merry Xmas Everybody" is a 1973 song by the English rock band Slade. Written by lead vocalist and guitarist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler, it was the band's sixth number-one single in the UK...
" (UK #49) - 2006: "Is This The Way To The World Cup" (UK #8)
Albums
- Tony Christie
- With Loving Feeling
- It's Good To Be Me
- From America with Love
- Live
- I'm Not In Love
- Live at the Festival "The Golden Orpheus '72" – Bulgaria (1972)
- Ladies Man
- Time And Tears
- As Long As I Have You
- Welcome To My Music (1991)
- Welcome To My Music 2 (1992)
- In Love Again (1993)
- Calypso And Rum (1994)
- This Is Your Day (1996)
- Time For Love (1998)
- The Greatest Hollywood Movie Songs (1999)
- Weihnachten mit Tony Christie (2001)
- Worldhits & Love-Songs (2002)
- Christmas With Christie (2005)
- Definitive CollectionDefinitive Collection (Tony Christie album)Definitive Collection is a greatest hits album by Tony Christie. It was released by Universal Music TV in 2005 and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart....
(2005) - Simply in LoveSimply in loveSimply In Love is a 2006 album by Tony Christie. Forty years after his first solo single, Christie released Simply In Love - a collection of classic love songs and other covers including "Light My Fire" by The Doors and "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys. The album was titled Simply In Love and...
(2006) - Made in SheffieldMade in Sheffield (album)Made in Sheffield is a 2008 album by Tony Christie, released on 10 November, 2008.-Production:After hearing the song "Coles Corner" by Richard Hawley on the radio, Christie suggested that it was the type of production he should be striving for. Christie approached Hawley to request his production...
(2008) - Now's The Time! (2011)