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Rockapella
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a cappella, a capella, pop, vocal, acapella
Rockapella is an American a cappella musical group best known for their series of Folgers Coffee commercials and the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? theme song. “Rockapella” is a portmanteau of “rock” and “a cappella”. In addition to original vocal music, the group also perform a cappella covers of pop songs.
The original group members consisted of Brown University alumni Elliott Kerman, David Stix, Sean Altman, and Steve Keyes, who started performing together sheerly out of their love for music. Stix left the group early on and was replaced with Charlie Evett. After having performed on New York City street corners for passers-by the group met a producer who found them a spot on the television show Spike & Co.: Do It A Cappella, hosted by Spike Lee. It was this show that put them in the national spotlight.
The text “All sounds provided by the voices and appendages of Rockapella,” the central idea of the group, appears on the group’s label debut, Don’t Tell Me You Do.
None of the original members of Rockapella currently remain in the group. Founding members Sean Altman and Steve Keyes, Rockapella alum Charlie Evett, and non-Rockapella-related baritone Kevin Weist now comprise an a cappella group called The GrooveBarbers. They can be seen on a current nationwide television ad for Astelin nasal spray as ‘The Astelins’. Founding member Elliott Kerman, is working independently on jazz music compilations.
The original group members consisted of Brown University alumni Elliott Kerman, David Stix, Sean Altman, and Steve Keyes, who started performing together sheerly out of their love for music. Stix left the group early on and was replaced with Charlie Evett. After having performed on New York City street corners for passers-by the group met a producer who found them a spot on the television show Spike & Co.: Do It A Cappella, hosted by Spike Lee. It was this show that put them in the national spotlight.
The text “All sounds provided by the voices and appendages of Rockapella,” the central idea of the group, appears on the group’s label debut, Don’t Tell Me You Do.
None of the original members of Rockapella currently remain in the group. Founding members Sean Altman and Steve Keyes, Rockapella alum Charlie Evett, and non-Rockapella-related baritone Kevin Weist now comprise an a cappella group called The GrooveBarbers. They can be seen on a current nationwide television ad for Astelin nasal spray as ‘The Astelins’. Founding member Elliott Kerman, is working independently on jazz music compilations.
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CocoaDusted wrote:
can anyone tell me how much humour i am meant to derive from this? because i have 'eye of the tiger' and 'gangsta's paradise' and i find them funny.
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liffy-wa wrote:
i know loads of the tracks were not by rockapella but what do we relabel as?
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SBank wrote:
Summer of '69
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jvboga wrote:
as has already been said, tons of these arent done by Rockapella. If it gets them noticed more I guess its ok though. As far as albums go, I believe those are the only 4 albums they are still printing/selling. Only In Concert is now out of print and they are selling Live In Japan. Head to eBay if you are looking for good deals on Cds
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nsamaster wrote:
Lol. Thats what I said when I found that posting.
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PhilKensebben wrote:
oh boy, i gots some retagging to do.
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nsamaster wrote:
Just FYI, a lot of those were not done by Rockapella, although it would be nice to give them credit for them. :-P. Here is a list of all the songs they claim they did NOT do. http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=7085218&blogID=142096094&MyToken=58275848-fab5-4236-ad6c-9aa9602d5201
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cptirrelevant wrote:
breakfast at tiffany's rocks!
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brankin wrote:
Can somebody please upload Beatles Medley for me? I cant get it anywhere =[
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zoe591 wrote:
I love me some Rockapella. <3
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njnetswill wrote:
Most of these tracks are mislabeled, and actually performed by college a capella groups. ;)
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Kaos0012 wrote:
They have got to have more albums than this.
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kingoftheposers wrote:
ROCKAPELLA RULEZ.
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qagouty3 wrote:
can't get enough of this
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okkaywarner wrote:
wow...so many mislabeled songs...hah! Anyway, Rockapella is awesome!
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