Paul Hardcastle

He has also recorded several acclaimed synth-jazz albums under the name Jazzmasters, which are played heavily on smooth jazz radio. The following year Seth Justman joined as an organist and the group signed to Atlantic Records in 1970. After 1986 he started to specialise in TV soundtracks. In 1967 the band switched focus, starting to play electric guitar and bass and recruiting drummer Stephen Jo Bladd and singer Peter Wolf, both from Boston. He enjoyed several further hits in the UK, including "Don't Waste My Time" (with vocals by Carol Kenyon) and "The Wizard", the theme from BBC TV's Top of the Pops. Geils, bassist Danny Klein and harpist Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz. It was a number one hit in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands and was a significant hit in many other countries. The band started as an acoustic blues trio in the mid 1960s with guitarist J.

He achieved some acclaim for his early singles, notably the instrumental Rainforest 1984, but came to greater prominence in 1985 with the groundbreaking 19, a dance record featuring samples from the 1982 television documentary Vietnam: A Requiem, which was about Vietnam veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (and for which Hardcastle was sued by ABC). They are perhaps best known for the single "Centerfold", an international hit in 1982. In the early 1980s he performed in the dance music groups Direct Drive and First Light, before going solo. Geils Band was a very popular rock and roll band, playing to large arena crowds in the United States in the 1970s before moving towards a more pop-influenced sound in the 1980s. Paul Hardcastle (born December 10, 1958) is a British composer and musician specialising in the synthesiser. The J. You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd (1984).