Darius RuckerDarius Rucker (born May 13, 1966 in Charleston, South Carolina) is the lead singer of the band Hootie & The Blowfish. He has also completed two solo albums. In 2001 he made his solo debut album The Return of Mongo Slade for Atlantic Records. Because of contractual changes, it was never released. Rucker then signed with Hidden Beach Recordings and released Back to Then in July 2002. In March 2005 Darius was spotted doing a Burger King commercial for Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch sandwich. This page about Darius Rucker includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Darius Rucker News stories about Darius Rucker External links for Darius Rucker Videos for Darius Rucker Wikis about Darius Rucker Discussion Groups about Darius Rucker Blogs about Darius Rucker Images of Darius Rucker |
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In March 2005 Darius was spotted doing a Burger King commercial for Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch sandwich. The solo careers of the three singers faded quickly and they left the music business. Because of contractual changes, it was never released. Rucker then signed with Hidden Beach Recordings and released Back to Then in July 2002. Levay also worked with Giorgio Moroder, and Kunze went on to work with Jim Steinman. In 2001 he made his solo debut album The Return of Mongo Slade for Atlantic Records. The further singles released by the trio attempted to duplicate the sound that had made them briefly successful, but the singles "Tiger Baby" and "No No Joe" were only minor hits. He has also completed two solo albums. Wulf's solo effort was only a moderate success. Darius Rucker (born May 13, 1966 in Charleston, South Carolina) is the lead singer of the band Hootie & The Blowfish. McLean and Thompson achieved hit singles with "Lady Bump" and "Ooh What A Night" respectively. During this time the three singers released their own solo work. Their follow up hit "Get Up And Boogie" spent three weeks at number 2 in 1976. "Fly, Robin Fly" whose complete lyrics consisted of only six words, spent three weeks at number 1 in 1975, and won the group a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. As "Silver Convention" they scored two major US hit singles. Thompson), Penny McLean and Ramona Wulf. They recruited vocalists Linda Thompson (who would be billed on her solo records as Linda G. Using female session vocalists for their first recordings, they scored a hit single in the United Kingdom in 1974 with the song "Save Me", and realised they would need to find a public face for what was at the time only a studio group. The group was originally founded in Munich by producers and songwriters Silvester Levay and Michael Kunze. Silver Convention was a German disco recording act of the 1970s. |