Tonio K. - Amerika LP Vinyl Record Album and 44 similar items

Cover is VG+ (shelf wear), sticker residue) Inner Sleeve is VG (seam splits) Record is VG Labels are very clean Visually Graded Tracklist Side 1 1 One Big (Happy) Family 2:47 2 Say Goodbye 3:45 3 Sons Of The Revolution 4:05 4 Go Away 3:22 5 Cinderella's Baby 4:13 Side 2 1 Trouble 4:13 2 Girl Crazy 2:29 3 I'll Buy It 3:04 4 The Night Fast Rodney Went Crazy 3:49 Merzsuite (6:34) 5 Let Us Join Together In A Tune 3:04 6 Umore / Futt Futt Futt / Umore 3:30 Tonio K. (born Vladamir Steven M. Krikorian) is an American singer/songwriter who has released eight albums. His songs have been recorded by Al Green, Aaron Neville, Burt Bacharach, Bonnie Raitt, Chicago, Wynonna Judd and Vanessa Williams, among many others. His song "16 Tons of Monkeys," co-written with guitarist Steve Schiff, was featured in the 1992 Academy Award-winning short film Session Man. He worked with Bacharach and hip-hop impresario Dr. Dre on Bacharach's At This Time, which won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Recording in 2005. The Kinks' subsequent theatrical concept albums met with less success, but the band experienced a revival during the late 1970s and early 1980s with albums Sleepwalker, Misfits, Low Budget, Give the People What They Want and State of Confusion. In addition, groups such as Van Halen, the Jam, the Knack and the Pretenders covered their songs, helping to boost the Kinks' record sales. In the 1990s, Britpop acts such as Blur and Oasis cited the band as a major influence. The Kinks broke up in 1996, a result of the commercial failures of their last few albums and creative tension between the Davies brothers. The Kinks had five Top 10 singles on the US Billboard chart. Nine of their albums charted in the Top 40. In the UK, the group had seventeen Top 20 singles and five Top 10 albums. Four of their albums have been certified gold by the RIAA. Among numerous honours, they received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Service to British Music". In 1990, their first year of eligibility, the original four members of The Kinks were inducted into the Rock Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the UK Music Hall of Fame in November 2005.