Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Les_Emmerson> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 98 of
98
with 100 triples per page.
- Les_Emmerson abstract "Robert Leslie \"Les\" Emmerson (born 17 September 1944 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band Five Man Electrical Band, and their predecessor band The Staccatos. He also recorded as a solo artist, charting three top 40 hits in Canada, including the #5 hit \"Control Of Me\".He is best known for writing the song \"Signs\", which was a hit for Emmerson's Five Man Electrical Band in 1970 and also a hit for the band Tesla in 1990. Both versions of the song sold approximately 1.5 million copies at the time of each release. In 2006, the song was sampled by Fat Boy Slim in the platinum-selling song, \"Don't Let the Man Get You Down\". Particularly as a result of the Fat Boy Slim sampling, Emmerson earns enough money from royalties on \"Signs\" that he can support an average lifestyle without working.Emmerson started his solo career while still a member of Five Man Electrical band. His first solo hit \"Control Of Me\" was released in late 1972, and peaked at #5 in early 1973. Follow-up single \"Cry Your Eyes Out\" reached a peak of #18 on RPM Weekly's Top Singles chart in September 1973. Emmerson released two more charting solo singles in 1974 and '75 while still with the Five Man Electrical Band, but his only release after the band broke up was the non-charting single \"Borderline\" in 1977. No other material was released by Emmerson until 2007, when The Sound City Sessions appeared. This album consisted of material recorded in 1976 and '77, including \"Borderline\", and remains Emmerson's only solo album; his other solo singles have never been released on LP or CD.Emmerson remains based in Ottawa as of mid-2009.".
- Les_Emmerson activeYearsStartYear "1965".
- Les_Emmerson associatedBand Five_Man_Electrical_Band.
- Les_Emmerson associatedMusicalArtist Five_Man_Electrical_Band.
- Les_Emmerson background "solo_singer".
- Les_Emmerson birthDate "1944-09-17".
- Les_Emmerson hometown Ontario.
- Les_Emmerson hometown Ottawa.
- Les_Emmerson instrument Guitar.
- Les_Emmerson thumbnail Les_Emmerson.jpg?width=300.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageExternalLink Emmerson_Les.html.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageExternalLink Les.html.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageExternalLink five-man-electrical-band-emc.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageExternalLink www.fivemanelectricalband.ca.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageID "2929145".
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageLength "5080".
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageOutDegree "28".
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageRevisionID "706039523".
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Billboard_Hot_100.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Category:1944_births.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canadian_male_singers.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canadian_rock_guitarists.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canadian_rock_singers.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canadian_songwriters.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Category:Living_people.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musicians_from_Ottawa.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Dont_Let_the_Man_Get_You_Down.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Five_Man_Electrical_Band.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Guitar.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Guitarist.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Jam!.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Lead_vocalist.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Norman_Cook.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Ontario.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Ottawa.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink RPM_(magazine).
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Signs_(Five_Man_Electrical_Band_song).
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink Tesla_(band).
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLink The_Canadian_Encyclopedia.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLinkText "Emmerson".
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageWikiLinkText "Les Emmerson".
- Les_Emmerson associatedActs Five_Man_Electrical_Band.
- Les_Emmerson background "solo_singer".
- Les_Emmerson birthDate "1944-09-17".
- Les_Emmerson caption "Les Emmerson performing with "The Groove Junkies" in Ottawa".
- Les_Emmerson imageSize "165".
- Les_Emmerson instrument Guitar.
- Les_Emmerson name "Les Emmerson".
- Les_Emmerson origin Ontario.
- Les_Emmerson origin Ottawa.
- Les_Emmerson website www.fivemanelectricalband.ca.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Authority_control.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Birth_date_and_age.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Canada-singer-stub.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Cite_web.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_musical_artist.
- Les_Emmerson wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_dmy_dates.
- Les_Emmerson yearsActive "1965".
- Les_Emmerson subject Category:1944_births.
- Les_Emmerson subject Category:Canadian_male_singers.
- Les_Emmerson subject Category:Canadian_rock_guitarists.
- Les_Emmerson subject Category:Canadian_rock_singers.
- Les_Emmerson subject Category:Canadian_songwriters.
- Les_Emmerson subject Category:Living_people.
- Les_Emmerson subject Category:Musicians_from_Ottawa.
- Les_Emmerson hypernym Vocalist.
- Les_Emmerson type Agent.
- Les_Emmerson type Artist.
- Les_Emmerson type List.
- Les_Emmerson type MusicalArtist.
- Les_Emmerson type Person.
- Les_Emmerson type Singer.
- Les_Emmerson type Writer.
- Les_Emmerson type Person.
- Les_Emmerson type List.
- Les_Emmerson type Singer.
- Les_Emmerson type Songwriter.
- Les_Emmerson type Writer.
- Les_Emmerson type Songwriter.
- Les_Emmerson type MusicGroup.
- Les_Emmerson type Agent.
- Les_Emmerson type NaturalPerson.
- Les_Emmerson type Thing.
- Les_Emmerson type Q215627.
- Les_Emmerson type Q483501.
- Les_Emmerson type Q5.
- Les_Emmerson type Person.
- Les_Emmerson comment "Robert Leslie \"Les\" Emmerson (born 17 September 1944 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band Five Man Electrical Band, and their predecessor band The Staccatos. He also recorded as a solo artist, charting three top 40 hits in Canada, including the #5 hit \"Control Of Me\".He is best known for writing the song \"Signs\", which was a hit for Emmerson's Five Man Electrical Band in 1970 and also a hit for the band Tesla in 1990.".
- Les_Emmerson label "Les Emmerson".
- Les_Emmerson sameAs Q6529452.
- Les_Emmerson sameAs m.08d9wb.
- Les_Emmerson sameAs Q6529452.
- Les_Emmerson wasDerivedFrom Les_Emmerson?oldid=706039523.
- Les_Emmerson depiction Les_Emmerson.jpg.
- Les_Emmerson homepage www.fivemanelectricalband.ca.
- Les_Emmerson isPrimaryTopicOf Les_Emmerson.
- Les_Emmerson name "Les Emmerson".