LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes performing

Margaret LeAnn Rimes (born August 28, 1982) is a popular American country music singer.

Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Rimes emerged with her first single, "Blue", when she was just thirteen years of age. She is most recognized for her crossover hit "How Do I Live" which, according to the Billboard charts, is one of the most successful songs in American music history. Rimes' other notable songs include "Can't Fight The Moonlight", from the movie Coyote Ugly, and American Idol favorite, "I Need You".

She has won an American Music Award, two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, and four Billboard Music Awards.

On February 23, 2002, she married Dean Sheremet, a dancer she met while recording Twisted Angel. They currently live in Nashville.

Discography

Albums

  1. Blue (1996)
  2. Unchained Melody: The Early Years (1997)
  3. You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (1997)
  4. Sittin' On Top Of The World (1998)
  5. LeAnn Rimes (1999)
  6. I Need You (2001)
  7. God Bless America (2001)
  8. I Need You (Re-issue)(2002)
  9. Twisted Angel (2002)
  10. Greatest Hits (2003)
  11. What A Wonderful World (2004)
  12. This Woman (2005)

Singles

  1. Blue (also released as a video)
  2. One Way Ticket (Because I Can) (also released as a video)
  3. The Light In Your Eyes (also released as a video)
  4. Unchained Melody
  5. How Do I Live (also released as a video)
  6. You Light Up My Life (also released as a video)
  7. On The Side Of Angels
  8. Commitment (also released as a video)
  9. Looking Through Your Eyes (also released as a video)
  10. Feels Like Home
  11. Nothin' New Under The Moon
  12. Written In The Stars (with Elton John) (also released as a video)
  13. Big Deal (also released as a video)
  14. Crazy
  15. Can't Fight The Moonlight (also released as a video)
  16. I Need You (also released as a video)
  17. Life Goes On (also released as a video)
  18. Suddenly (also released as a video)
  19. Tic Toc
  20. We Can (also released as a video)
  21. Last Thing On My Mind (with Ronan Keating) (also released as a video)
  22. This Love
  23. O Holy Night
  24. Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense (also released as a video)

External reference

  • LeAnn Rimes official website (http://www.rimestimes.com)
  • LeAnn Rimes fan site (http://www.leann.net)
  • LeAnn Rimes photo gallery (http://www.leannpictures.com)

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They currently live in Nashville. A large fan site currently offers all of them: http://www.billy-corgan.com/downloads/mp3/mashed_potatoes/index.php . On February 23, 2002, she married Dean Sheremet, a dancer she met while recording Twisted Angel. With Billy's blessing, the 5-disc set, along with many other demos, can today be downloaded on various sites throughout the web. She has won an American Music Award, two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, and four Billboard Music Awards. A very limited-release boxed set of rarities (fewer than 10 copies are rumored to have been produced) was distributed to friends by Corgan in 1994; known as Mashed Potatoes, this set has achieved near-legendary status among fans. Rimes' other notable songs include "Can't Fight The Moonlight", from the movie Coyote Ugly, and American Idol favorite, "I Need You". In addition to official releases, there are a wide variety of bootleg and rare tracks circulating on the web.

She is most recognized for her crossover hit "How Do I Live" which, according to the Billboard charts, is one of the most successful songs in American music history. D'arcy Wretzky has not made any statements or appearances since leaving the band in 1999. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Rimes emerged with her first single, "Blue", when she was just thirteen years of age. James Iha continues his work as guitarist with A Perfect Circle. Margaret LeAnn Rimes (born August 28, 1982) is a popular American country music singer. At the same time, Jimmy Chamberlin has completed work on his first solo album, entitled The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex. LeAnn Rimes photo gallery (http://www.leannpictures.com). He is also publicly open with his work on a new solo album, even requesting fans to attend live taping sessions.

LeAnn Rimes fan site (http://www.leann.net). In October, 2004, Corgan released his first book, a book of poetry entitled Blinking with Fists. LeAnn Rimes official website (http://www.rimestimes.com). On June 3, 2004, he added that "the depth of my hurt [from Iha] is only matched with the depth of my gratitude". Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense (also released as a video). On February 17, 2004, Billy Corgan posted a bitter message on his personal blog calling Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming Iha for the breakup of The Smashing Pumpkins. O Holy Night. Their only album, Mary Star of the Sea, was released to mixed reviews, and after cancelling a few festival appearances Corgan announced the demise of the band in 2003.

This Love. Corgan and Chamberlin would reunite in 2001 as members of Corgan's next project, the shortlived Zwan. Last Thing On My Mind (with Ronan Keating) (also released as a video). This is excluded because the rights are owned by Warner Brothers, who loaned out the band from their regular label, Virgin Records.). We Can (also released as a video). (There is one notable omission, "The End Is the Beginning Is the End", used in the Batman and Robin soundtrack. Tic Toc. It also features the performance of "Fuck You (An Ode To No One)" from their final gig at the Metro.

Suddenly (also released as a video). It compiled all of the Pumpkins promo videos from Gish to MACHINA, the rare promo for "I Am One", a 15 minute short film called "Try" as well as a TV performance of "Geek U.S.A.". Life Goes On (also released as a video). A greatest hits DVD was also released around the same time. I Need You (also released as a video). The now rare double disc version of the album, released as a limited edition, included a B-sides/rarities collection called Judas O. Can't Fight The Moonlight (also released as a video). 2001 saw the release of a posthumous greatest hits compilation, Rotten Apples (Greatest Hits), which included various singles spanning their decade long career.

Crazy. The Smashing Pumpkins won many awards during their careers (including two Grammy awards: Hard Rock Performance 1996 for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", and Hard Rock Performance 1997 for "The End Is the Beginning Is the End"), headlined several major tours, appeared on a few movie soundtracks and released an impressive number of songs in a fairly short time. Big Deal (also released as a video). A DVD of the 4 hour concert is still in the works. Written In The Stars (with Elton John) (also released as a video). On December 2, 2000, Smashing Pumpkins played their final concert at The Metro, the same Chicago club where their career had effectively started twelve years earlier. Nothin' New Under The Moon. The Smashing Pumpkins' final commercial recording was a single, "Untitled".

Feels Like Home. In a first for an established band, the group's final album, MACHINA II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, was released in September 2000 in a limited pressing on vinyl with permission and instructions for free redistribution on the internet by fans. Looking Through Your Eyes (also released as a video). In May 2000, Billy Corgan announced the band's decision to break up at the end of that year following additional touring and recording. Commitment (also released as a video). Bass player Wretzky departed after the recording of MACHINA/The Machines of God, and former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur was recruited for the "Sacred and Profane" tour in support of the album. On The Side Of Angels. The band's lineup changed again at this point.

You Light Up My Life (also released as a video). MACHINA also brought Corgan's desire to write a concept album to fruition. How Do I Live (also released as a video). The return of a rehabilitated Jimmy Chamberlin for 2000's MACHINA/The Machines of God signaled a return to a more familiar Pumpkins sound, but failed to widely connect with fans. Unchained Melody. Although Adore received quite favorable reviews and was nominated for Best Alternative Performance at the Grammys, the album sold only 3 million copies. The Light In Your Eyes (also released as a video). Corgan also modified his public image, shedding his alternative hipster look for a dark Gothic persona, and began hanging around Marilyn Manson.

One Way Ticket (Because I Can) (also released as a video). The record was cut using drum machines and was distinctly experimental. Blue (also released as a video). Recorded following the death of Corgan's mother, 1998's Adore represented a significant change of style from the Pumpkins' previous guitar based rock, veering into electronica, trimming much of the guitar-driven sonic underpinnings and infused with a much heavier mood. This Woman (2005). Billy Corgan became something of a hate figure amongst the hard rock press following a statement in which he declared rock to be dead. He stated that Mellon Collie would be the last Pumpkins record of that type, and that rock was, for himself at least, becoming stale due to a lack of willingness to experiment from other rock artists. What A Wonderful World (2004). Though the band finished the tour with another drummer and keyboardist, their profile had taken a marked downturn.

Greatest Hits (2003). Chamberlin was subsequently fired from the band. Twisted Angel (2002). Melvoin died, and Chamberlin was arrested for drug possession. I Need You (Re-issue)(2002). The band's fortunes changed significantly on July 12, 1996, when touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin and Chamberlin overdosed on heroin in a hotel room in New York City. God Bless America (2001). Its hit songs included "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "Tonight, Tonight," "1979" and "Zero." Many of the remaining songs that, for one reason or another, did not make it onto Mellon Collie were released as B-sides to the singles, eventually compiled in the now out of print The Aeroplane Flies High box set.

I Need You (2001). It also garnered seven 1996 Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year. LeAnn Rimes (1999). While the idea of an overriding concept was dropped somewhere along the way, Mellon Collie became even more successful than Siamese Dream, selling over twelve million copies worldwide. Sittin' On Top Of The World (1998). The result was Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, a double-disc (triple on vinyl) album release featuring 28 songs and lasting over 2 hours. You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (1997). Following this spell of concentrated creativity, the Pumpkins went back into the studio with producer Flood to work on what Corgan described as "The Wall of the '90s," a comparison with Pink Floyd's famous double concept album.

Unchained Melody: The Early Years (1997). Corgan worked non-stop over the next year and wrote, according to statements in interviews, about 50 songs for the next album. Blue (1996). Following relentless touring to support the recordings, the band took time off to write the follow up album. In 2002, Vieuphoria (on DVD) and Earphoria were released to the public. In 1994, Virgin released a B-sides/rarities compilation Pisces Iscariot and a concert video Vieuphoria. A CD version of Vieuphoria, entitled Earphoria was released to radio stations only.

Siamese Dream sold four million copies in the US, and the videos for the songs "Today" and "Disarm" garnered the Pumpkins international attention through heavy rotation on MTV. Corgan went on record saying if the record didn't sell well, the band would break up. Contemporary music press portrayed Corgan as something of a tyrant during the recording sessions, with rumors circulating that Corgan had unilaterally erased and redone guitar and bass parts previously recorded by Iha and D'arcy, claims which band members say were greatly exaggerated. To counteract his depression, Corgan worked overtime, playing all of the guitar, bass and vocal tracks for the 1993 follow up album, Siamese Dream.

During the Gish tour, Iha and Wretsky went through a messy breakup, Chamberlin became addicted to drugs and alcohol, and Corgan entered a deep depression, writing some songs for the upcoming album in the parking garage where he lived at the time. Named after actress Lillian Gish, the record fused heavy metal guitars, psychedelia and Dream pop and went on to become a minor success. To give them indie credibility, Virgin matched the band with Sonic Youth producer Butch Vig and released their 1991 debut album Gish on Virgin subsidiary label Caroline Records. The single sold out and they released another single, "Tristessa" on Sub Pop Records, after which they signed to Virgin Records.

In 1990, they released their first record, a limited edition single called "I Am One" on local Chicago label Limited Potential. Though they played their first gig as a duo at a Polish bar, jazz drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was brought in to the band after Cabaret Metro owner Joe Shanahan agreed to book the Pumpkins, provided they threw out the drum machine and recruited a human drummer instead. In 1988, Corgan met bassist D'Arcy Wretzky at another band's gig in Chicago; Wretzky would join the band shortly after; Wretsky and Iha would eventually have a personal relationship. They began writing songs with the aid of a drum machine.

There he met guitarist James Iha. The band had limited success and quickly dissolved, and Corgan returned to Chicago, taking a job in a record store. Petersburg, Florida with his Goth band The Marked. At the age of 19, singer and guitarist Billy Corgan left his native Chicago, Illinois, moving to St.

They produced a series of critically and commercially successful records between their formation in 1988 and dissolution in 2000. Less punk influenced than many of their contemporaries, their distinctive sound featured a dense, guitar-heavy sound and combined elements of heavy metal, psychedelia, power pop, acoustic music, shoegazer-style production and, in later recordings, electronica. The Smashing Pumpkins (previously known as simply Smashing Pumpkins) were a critically and commercially successful American alternative rock band of the 1990s and early 21st century. Download sample of "Cherub Rock" from Siamese Dream.

Untitled from Rotten Apples. Try, Try, Try from MACHINA/The Machines of God. Stand Inside Your Love from MACHINA/The Machines of God. The Everlasting Gaze from MACHINA/The Machines of God.

Perfect from Adore. Ava Adore from Adore. The End is the Beginning is the End from Batman and Robin OST. Thirty-Three from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

Tonight, Tonight from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Zero from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. 1979 from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Bullet with Butterfly Wings from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

Rocket from Siamese Dream. Disarm from Siamese Dream. Today from Siamese Dream. Cherub Rock from Siamese Dream.

I Am One from Gish (this video was finally released in 2001 on the Greatest Hits DVD). Rhinoceros from Gish. Siva from Gish.