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Moving to Hollywood he quickly came into demand as a vocalist for live and studio performances.  Among many others Steve recorded and/or performed with platinum songwriter David Pomeranz, Russian pop star Sasha Malinin, 60s legend Melanie, actor Elliot Gould,  Edgar Winter, film scorer and trumpet player Mark Isham, Frank Stallone(Sly’s brother), Karen Black, Rolling Stones pianist Nicky Hopkins,  Jazz master Chick Corea and Austrailian pop star Kate Ceberano.

Steven has logged over 15,000 performances in the US, Canada, Mexico, South America and the Caribbean   He performed with top Mexican pop stars Amanda Miguel, Diego Verdaguer, and Johnny Laboriel, Venezuelan Telenova star Ruddy Rodriguez, 70s Disco Diva Maxine Nightingale, “Waltons” star Judy Norton-Taylor, Catherine Bell (“Jag; The Good Witch”), “X-factor” finalist Stacy Francis, Drummer Tom Brechtline(Chick Corea, Jean Luc Ponty, Robben Ford),  keyboardists John Novello(Taste of Honey) and Peter Schless(Melissa Manchester, Jeffrey Osborn),  Rock bassist Billy Sheehan(David Lee Roth, Mr. Big), legendary arranger David Campbell(Carole King, Alanis Morrissette), “Steely Dan” bassist Tom Barney, David Crosby bandmate Jeff Pevar (CPR), Elisabeth Moss(Mad Men,  The Handmaid’s Tale) and Valerie Fahren!

Other highlights include performing at the St Lucia Jazz Festival, following Rhianna and opening for Babyface, and the St Vincent Blues festival opening for Oleta Adams, where Steve performed his song “I’ve Got No Right to Sing the Blues”

In the course of this wide variety of musical experiences, Steven developed a repertoire of over 1600 songs in addition to a healthy catalog of his own compositions.

Returning from his travels, Steve released  a number of songs including a CD of original music “Eclectic Acoustic” (available on iTunes and other outlets), a Christmas CD “Tis the Season” and Americana album "Things Change", which includes tr

Abraham Laboriel, né le à Mexico, est un bassiste de grande renommée dans le monde de la musique et il est un des membres du groupe . Il est le père du batteur de Paul McCartney, Abraham Laboriel Junior

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Discographie solo

• Dear Friends (1993)
• Gudium (1994)
• Live in Switzerland (2004)

Collaborations

• 1972 : Leon Ware - Leon Ware
• 1973 : Andy Pratt - Andy Pratt
• 1973 : New Quartet - Gary Burton
• 1974 : If It Rains - Paul MacNeil
• 1975 : Symphonic Soul - Henry Mancini
• 1976 : Cop Show Themes - Henry Mancini
• 1976 : Sit on It! - Jimmy Smith
• 1976 : Voz, O Violão, A Música de Djavan - Djavan
• 1977 : Arabesque - John Klemmer
• 1977 : Castle in the Sky - David Castle
• 1977 : I'm Fine, How Are You - Airto Moreira
• 1977 : Just Family/Bad for Me - Dee Dee Bridgewater
• 1977 : Look to the Rainbow - Al Jarreau
• 1977 : Mancini's Angels - Henry Mancini
• 1977 : Patrice - Patrice Rushen
• 1977 : Road to Tomorrow - Chi Coltrane
• 1977 : Solo Two - Pete Escovedo
• 1977 : Thunder in My Heart - Leo Sayer
• 1977 : Sugar Loaf Express Featuring Lee Ritenour - Sugar Loaf Express
• 1977 : Concrete Jungle - David "Fathead" Newman
• 1977 : Saturday Night Fever -Bee Gees
• 1978 : Acting Up - Marlena Shaw
• 1978 : Bish - Stephen Bishop
• 1978 : Black Forest - Luis Conte
• 1978 : Captain's Journey - Lee Ritenour
• 1978 : Concierto de Aranjuez - Kenji Omura
• 1978 : Desert Vision - Barry Zweig
• 1978 : Dream Machine - Paul Horn
• 1978 : Driftin' - Alessi Brothers
• 1978 : Energy - The Pointer Sisters
• 1978 : Flying Dreams - Commander Cody
• 1978 : Kenji Shock - Kenji Omura
• 1978 : Laura Allan - Laura Allan
• 1978 : Little Kiss in the Night - Ben Sidran
• 1978 : Love Light - Yutaka Yokohura
• 1978 : Manifestations - Manfredo Fest
• 1978 : Night Dancing - Joe Farrell
• 1978 : No Compromise - Keith Green
• 1978 : Pages Pages - Bass
• 1978 : Songbird - Barbra Streisand
• 1978 : Suite Lady - Gap Mangione
• 1978 :

1977 soundtrack album by the Bee Gees and various artists

Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack double album (in 2 Long Play records) from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977 by RSO Records. Prior to the release of Thriller by Michael Jackson, Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album in music history, and still ranks among the best-selling soundtrack albums worldwide, with sales figures of over 40 million copies.

In the United States, the album was certified 16× Platinum for shipments of at least 16 million units. The album stayed atop the charts for 24 straight weeks from January to July 1978 and stayed on Billboard's album charts for 120 weeks until March 1980. Three singles from the album contributed by the Bee Gees—"How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever"—along with Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You", all reached No. 1 in the US. In the UK, the album spent 18 consecutive weeks at No. 1. The album epitomized the disco phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic and was an international sensation. The album was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2012 for being "culturally, historically, and/or aesthetically significant".

Writing and recording

According to the DVD commentary for Saturday Night Fever, the producers intended to use the song "Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs in the rehearsal scene between Tony and Stephanie in the dance studio, and choreographed their dance moves to the song. However, representatives for Scaggs's label, Columbia Records, refused to grant legal clearance for it, as they wanted to pursue

1982 song by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

"Up Where We Belong" is a song written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings that was recorded by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. Warnes was recommended to sing a song from the film because of her previous soundtrack successes, and she had the idea for the song to be a duet that she would perform with Cocker. Jennings selected various sections of the score by Nitzsche and Sainte-Marie in creating the structure of the song and added lyrics about the struggles of life and love and the obstacles that people attempt to dodge. It was released in July of that year to coincide with the release of the film.

The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and topped the charts in several other countries. It also sold more than one million copies in the US and was recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America as one of the Songs of the Century. Cocker and Warnes were awarded the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, and Nitzsche, Sainte-Marie, and Jennings won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Despite the song's success, some industry observers believed it took Cocker away from his musical roots.

In 1984, the gospel duo BeBe & CeCe Winans recorded a religious variation of the song that received airplay on Christian radio stations, and their remake in 1996 earned them a GMA Dove Award. Various versions of the song have also been used to parody the final scene of the film on television shows such as Family Guy and The Simpsons.

Background

On February 24, 1982, Joe Cocker performed "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" with the jazz group the Crusaders at the Grammy Awards. Their collaboration on the song for a Crusaders album had earned a nomination that year in the category of Best Inspirational Performance. Si