Michael Nesmith

Robert Michael Nesmith ( born December 30, 1942 in Houston, Texas) is an American music producer, author, singer, multi -instrumentalist and actor. Bette Nesmith Graham His mother is the creator of " Liquid Paper ", a liquid for fixing typos.

Life

Michael Nesmith began his career under the name Michael Blessing. Under this name he published some not so successful drives, but also wrote songs for other artists. Different Drum Stone Poneys the (feat. Linda Ronstadt ) should be instrumental in the most famous work. Nesmith in 1966 as a member of the pop group The Monkees, which also included Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork became known. Nesmith left in 1970, this pop group. Then he founded more bands and self-produced songs until he founded the Pacific Arts Corporation, and with it in 1975 published the first own production. Only one year later the album From a Radio Engine to a Photon Wing with the hit single Rio.

In early 1971, was sung by the German singer Randolph Rose German version of the Silver Moon Baby Nesmith title Silvermoon eight weeks in the German charts in the first 20 The piece peaked at number 5 in April as the highest placement.

Nesmith created a video broadcast format, called " Pop Clips " for the cable channel Nickelodeon, which it resold to Time Warner / Amex, which ultimately led to the creation of the music channel MTV.

1997 Nesmith turned a revival TV movie titled " Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees ", which after thirty years still shows the original band members in their television roles in search of success. Published in 1998, Nesmith 's first novel entitled The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora.

Awards

Discography

  • The Wichita Train Whistle Sings Presents (1968 )
  • Magnetic South (1970)
  • Loose Salute (1970 )
  • Nevada Fighter ( 1971)
  • Tantamount to Treason Volume One (1972 )
  • And the Hits Just Keep on Comin ' (1972 )
  • Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash (1973 )
  • The Prison (LP with book, 1974)
  • Compilation ( Compilation, 1976)
  • From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing (1977 )
  • Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma ( 1979)
  • The Michael Nesmith Radio Special ( DJ Promo -only LP, 1979)
  • The Newer Stuff ( Compilation, 1989)
  • Tropical Campfires ... ... (1992 )
  • The Garden (CD with book, 1994)
  • The Best Of Michael Nesmith: Listen to the Band (Compilation, 1997)
  • Masters 20 Classic Tracks (Compilation, 1998)
  • 16 Original Classics (Compilation, 1999)
  • 2 on 1: Magnetic South / Loose Salute (2000)
  • 2 on 1: And the Hits Just Keep on Comin '/ Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash (2000)
  • Time Rider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (Soundtrack Sampler, CD re-release, 2000)
  • Complete First National Band Recordings (2 CD compilation, 2001)
  • 2 on 1: Nevada Fighter / Tantamount to Treason Volume One (2001)
  • Various Artists: Papa Nez - A Loose Salute to the Work of Michael Nesmith (2001)
  • The Best of Michael Nesmith: Original Hits (Compilation, 2002)
  • Silver Moon (Compilation, 2002)
  • The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora (Spoken word CD box, 2004)
  • Rays (2006)
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