Gogi Grant

In 1957 she supplied the vocals for Ann Blyth in the movie portrayal of Helen Morgan's life. The band launched into an extended European tour in September of 2003. In 1956 she was voted most popular female vocalist by Billboard magazine. In 2003 the band released a live album entitled Sit Down And Listen To Hooverphonic, featuring a selection of songs from the band's previous studio albums, as well as new recordings such as Antarctica and The Last Thing I Need Is You. Before adopting the name "Gogi Grant" she had used the names "Audrey Brown" and "Audrey Grant." She was given the name "Gogi" by Dave Kapp, the head of Artists and Repertory at RCA Records, who liked to patronize a restaurant called "Gogi's LaRue.". The album went platinum in Belgium and won the group ZAMU's Best Pop/Rock Band and Best Album awards in 2002. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jackie Cane retains the dreamy elements of Hooverphonic's previous works, most notably on songs "Nirvana Blue" and "Human Interest", but tracks like "The World Is Mine" (the first single) and "Day After Day" have a clear Broadway showtune quality to them.

Gogi Grant (born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg, September 20, 1924) was an American popular singer. Driven to the brink of insanity by the pressures of fame, Jackie quits show-business and returns home to attempt reconciliation, where her sister poisons her and then commits suicide. "The Wayward Wind" (1956). Categorized by some as a "trip-hopera" (but referred to by the band as a "pop musical"), the album tells the fictional story of the title character, a lounge singer catapulted into stardom at the expense of her relationship with her twin sister. "Suddenly There's a Valley" (1955). 2002 saw the group shifting gears again, this time releasing the concept album Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane. "Strange Are the Ways of Love" (1958). On the heels of Tree's success, the band became the first Belgian outfit to headline Rock Werchter in 2001.

Highlights from the album are the string-laden "Out Of Sight" and "Mad About You". The band followed up Milk with 2000's The Magnificent Tree, which expounds on the sound of Milk but with a much darker tone. The single "Club Montepulciano" was a minor college hit in the U.S., and "Renaissance Affair" was featured in commercials for the new Volkswagen Beetle. A marked departure from their debut, the album is driven less by breakbeats and samples and more by organic string elements and traditional song structures.

With Arnaert on vocals the band released Blue Wonder Power Milk in 1998. Sadonius left Hooverphonic shortly after the release of A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular and was replaced by Geike Arnaert. The original members of the group were vocalist Liesje Sadonius, keyboardist Frank Duchêne, guitarist and programmer Alex Callier, and guitarist Raymond Geerts. The band achieved international recognition through the inclusion of the track "2Wicky" (from A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular) on the soundtrack to Bernardo Bertolucci's 1996 film Stealing Beauty (Io Ballo da Sola).

The band originally called themselves Hoover but later changed their name to Hooverphonic due to complaints by The Hoover Company as well as discovering that other groups were already using that name. They quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be pigeonholed into one genre. Hooverphonic is a Belgian music group formed in the mid-1990s as a trip-hop outfit. Sit Down And Listen To Hooverphonic (2003).

Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane (2002). The Magnificent Tree (2000). Blue Wonder Power Milk (1998). A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (1996).