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Artist of the day

Chris Isaak

Original name

Christopher Joseph Isaak

Date of birth

26.06.1956 (70)

Place of birth

Stockton, California, USA

Total songs: 8

Likes: 735

Dislikes: 39

Official Web-page

Awards:

1991 MTV Video Music Awards:
Best Cinematography
Best Video from a Film
Best Male Video

2004 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award category Most Performed Themes

The son of Dorothy (nee Vignolo), a potato chip factory worker, and Joe Isaak (1929–2012), a forklift driver. Isaak's mother is Italian American, originating from Genoa. His father was German American.
Graduated University of the Pacific, B.A. in 1980. In 1981 formed his band Silvertone with James Calvin Wilsey (guitar), Kenney Dale Johnson (drums), and Rowland Salley (bass).

Isaak was ranked #68 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
Isaak revealed in a 2002 interview with Acoustic Guitar that he uses a one-of-a-kind Gibson: For my electric, I've got a one-off Gibson version of a Gretsch 6120, a sort of Chet Atkins thing. They made one of these things and gave it to me to see if I liked it, and I liked it so much I've been playing it ever since. People told me they thought it was a White Falcon, but it's not. It's just a white Gibson. I don't think they ever manufactured any of the things. They strung up this one prototype, scratched their heads, and said, 'Huh. Give it to Isaak.'
Isaak also plays a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, which he uses for songwriting.

Isaak starred in The Chris Isaak Show (2001–2004) playing himself and featuring actual members of his band along with numerous celebrity guests.

The Biography Channel aired The Chris Isaak Hour, a one-hour music interview and performance show in 2009. The series premiere featured Trisha Yearwood, and included the first ever performance of "Breaking Apart", a duet from Isaak's new album, Mr. Lucky. Additional guests included Stevie Nicks, Smashing Pumpkins, Chicago, Glen Campbell, Michael Bublé, Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), and Jewel.

About the station

TrueColorsRadio is a non-commercial online radio station playing soul, funk, rock, disco, blues, reggae and more — bringing together favourites from the past and music of today.

Our approach

The station is conceived as a convenient and accessible source of quality music for personal listening and aimed at those for whom music is a large component of life and personal philosophy. There are no commercials, no news and no DJs.
We choose tracks for their melody, rhythm and originality.

Where to listen

Home and/or work. In the car, or on rollerblades. With headphones, from a cellphone or on a quality acoustic setup.
Music for a restaurant, cafe or bar. Office or warehouse. In the rain, or in the summertime, in the heat or at night.
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Artists you’ll hear

Notable residents of the station:
Barry White, Elton John, Chris Rea, George Michael, Joe Cocker, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Sting, Simply Red, Rod Stewart, Sade, Lionel Richie, Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, Bryan Ferry, Dire Straits, etc.

How it works

Playback of the content is done by random choice from a collection of renewable playlists. The distribution of tracks on air is even. Each composition during playback is accompanied with an information stream including song lyrics, and a relevant photo of the artist or album art. Many compositions include short commentary, describing the history of the composition or the performer.
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