Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle ( born August 17, 1958 in Hollywood, California as Belinda Jo Carlisle Kerzeskhi ) is an American singer. First, she became known as a member of rock ' n' roll band Go-Go's. After its dissolution Carlisle began in the mid 1980s, a successful solo career and had hits like Heaven Is a Place On Earth, Circle in the sand and Leave a Light On.
As a member of the Go-Go's, she received 11 August 2011 a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood.
- 2.1 albums
- 2.2 Singles
- 2.3 Other Publications
Music career
1977-1985: member of various bands
Carlisle began her musical career in 1977 under the stage name Dottie Danger as a drummer of the punk band The Germs. After just a few samples she changed as a background singer for Black Randy and the Metro Quad.
In 1978 she became a member of the Go-Go's. When the Go-Go's broke up in May 1985 for the first time, Belinda Carlisle began her solo career.
1986: Start of solo career
Her first solo album Belinda was from I.R.S. Records released in June 1986. While she was a little overweight still in her time at the Go-Go's, she appeared in the music video of her first hit single Mad About You much slimmer. Their appearance also seemed much more " glamorous " than before. In addition to the new image also followed the music of a new style. While the rock music of the Go-Go's was heavily influenced by punk and rock 'n ' roll, Carlisle produced as a solo artist rather pop music with slight rock influences.
Also in 1986, she married Morgan Mason, son of the British actor James Mason. Morgan also had roles in Carlisle's videos on Mad About You and Heaven Is a Place on Earth.
1987-1990: Breakthrough as a solo artist
Their glamorous image built Carlisle on the cover of her appearing in the fall of 1987 second solo album Heaven on Earth further. The album was released in the U.S. by MCA, in the UK on the other hand by Virgin Records. The first single was Heaven is a Place on Earth. The title was an international hit, which made it not only in the U.S. but also in Britain and many other countries at the top of the charts. The new sound is certainly attributable to the influence of her producer Rick Nowels, who had previously worked with Stevie Nicks, and Madonna later produced.
Heaven Is a Place on Earth is generally regarded as Belinda's biggest hit and her signature. The success of the title was still supported by the accompanying video, which was created under the direction of American actress Diane Keaton. Also in the video kept Carlisle her new glamorous image, including the now dyed red hair with.
The next published titles from Heaven on Earth was I Get Weak, which climbed to number two on the U.S. charts and its video also Keaton directed. It was followed by the exotic-looking Ballad Circle in the sand, which stormed the Top Ten again in both the U.S. and in the UK and Germany.
Carlisle's next album was Runaway Horses, released on October 23, 1989. The album remained in the U.S. unexpectedly fell short of expectations, while seamlessly anknüpfte on the other side of the Atlantic to the success of its predecessor and once again reached the Top Five in the UK and Australia. These advance the single Leave a Light On was become another top 5 hit in the UK and Australia and top 15 success in the U.S. and Germany.
The other singles from Runaway Horses were also successful, if not more globally. The Mediterranean -inspired La Luna was the beginning of 1990 Top 20 hit in Germany. Here was the first time that Belinda Carlisle in Europe and Australia was much more popular than in their homeland, the USA. The rock anthem ( We Want ) The Same Thing stormed in the autumn of 1990 the British Top Ten, while the number keyboard Summer Rain was in the top ten in Australia.
End of 1990, the Go-Go's came together again to go on a Greatest Hits tour. A part of the tour was an anti-fur campaign, as the band members, and especially Belinda Carlisle supported the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA ).
1991-1997: Subsiding success in American homes
In October 1991, Carlisle released her fourth solo album, Live Your Life, Be Free. The album went largely unnoticed in the U.S., but it landed again in the British Top Ten, where Carlisle was also able to celebrate 20 success in the singles charts with the title track another top. The singer did not go with the plate but on tour because she was pregnant at this time. Her son, James Duke Mason (named after Morgan's father James and Belinda's stepfather Duke Kurczeski ) was born on 27 April 1992 during the riots in Los Angeles.
In August 1992, she released her first greatest hits album The Best of Belinda Vol.1. The compilation was impressive the popularity of their hits as they landed, both in the UK and in Australia at # 1 on the LP charts.
Her fifth solo album Real was released in the fall of 1993 under the Virgin label in the U.S. and in Europe. Without the producer Nowels took off album of Carlisle's previous " polished pop " style. Some critics welcomed this development and compared the sound to that of the Go-Go's. The first single Big Scary Animal was again a top 15 success in the UK, the album itself Carlisle's fifth UK Top Ten album in a row. Outside the UK, the plates were received very little recognition.
After the earthquake in 1994 in Los Angeles Carlisle, Mason and her son moved to southern France.
In mid-1994 there was another brief reunion of the Go-Go's. However, the band broke up after the promotional tour again.
Carlisle returned to the recording studio and worked again with producer Rick Nowels. In late summer 1996, she released her sixth solo album, A Woman and a Man in the UK and Australia, which was a great success there. Brian Wilson ( ex- Beach Boys), Susanna Hoffs ( Bangles) and Per Gessle ( Roxette ) were involved in the album as a songwriter and background vocalist. The singles In Too Deep and Always Breaking My Heart ( written by Gessle ) both reached the British Top Ten and were thus Belinda's greatest successes since 1990.
Due to the success of A Woman and a Man, the album was distributed by the label Ark21 in the U.S. in summer 1997. Despite the promotional appearances by Belinda Carlisle on American television and radio but the album failed to match the success in the UK there.
Published in mid-1997 Belinda Carlisle also a cover version of I Will not Say ( I'm in Love ) from Disney's Hercules. The title was used in the distribution of the film in Europe. The single was sold only in France and Germany.
Since 1999: Another reunion of the Go-Go's and other albums
End of 1999, Carlisle released in Europe yet another greatest hits album, this time under the Virgin label. The album contained three new songs, including All God 's Children, which was released as a single. The title was not very successful; the album, however, was rated by critics as the best ever compilation of their solo work.
In August 2001, Carlisle was photographed naked for the magazine Playboy. There was speculation she would have done this in order to advertise the album God Bless the Go-Go's, which was founded again Go-Go's. In 2004, Belinda as one of ten celebrities on the television show Hell's Kitchen in part and was the first to be voted out by the British viewers.
In February 2007 she released her seventh album Voila her first French chanson sung album. On the idea of an album as they came, they lived for many years in France near Cannes and there hears French oldies station. The titles are cover versions, including Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg and Udo Jürgens.
In June 2010, she published her autobiography, Lips Unsealed. The book received good reviews and reached # 27 in the bestseller list of The New York Times.
In October 2010 we launched ticket sales for a tour of Germany, which took place from 25 to 30 January 2011 with five concerts.
In August 2011, the band Go-Go's ( in the cast Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin ) was honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with an asterisk category music recordings. The star is located at address 6652 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the former night club The Masque, where the band had their first gig in 1978.