Bernie Banton was an Australia man born in Sydney in 1946 and passed in November 2007. He was an advocate for all people that are suffering from asbestos related diseases and are fighting for justice. Bernie Banton sturdily believed anyone who worked in a negligent environment which produced the individual to result in sickness and/or injury defiantly deserves to be compensated immediately. Mr Banton had got a job at the James Hardie Camellia Facility in Sydney’s western suburbs in 1968 to…
In the early part of their career, The Eagles struggled to get a big rock sound. Hotel California unveiled almost a whole new band in terms of sound and energy. This album was very transitory for the band because it was their first album without Bernie Leadon who helped shape the Eagles early sound of country-rock. Without Leadon they brought in Joe Walsh as a guitarist/keyboardist who brought a harder rock sound to the band. This album, compared to their 4 previous albums,…
Music and society have a large impact on each other, and how they shape the way people view and act in the world. There are four themes that identify and characterize how music has evolved over the past one hundred years. These themes also show how music affects and expresses the culture that not only we live in today, but also how we have changed in our views on numerous aspects of today’s society. The four themes that are explored directly with a specific artist and, or, band are how they…
King. For nine weeks, "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" was at the top of the Billboard's charts. The song sold 15 million copies in 5 years. The band only spent two weeks working on the 1974 #1 album, Caribou (Schlesinger, 2008). In 1967, John and Bernie Taupin wrote their first song "Scarecrow" (Prono, 2015). "Something about the Way You Look Tonight" was a Top 10 hit featured in the 1997 album, The Big Picture (Hawkins, 2004). In 1980, John made an album called 21 at 33 which had the #3 single…
John and writing partner Bernie Taupin wrote the song for Billie Jean King and the Philadelphia Freedom tennis team in 1975. However, since the song came out just before the United States’ bicentennial celebration in 1976, it was appropriated for the event. Number Five: ‘Living in…