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Revision as of 14:16, 14 July 2021
Joshua Kadison | |
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 Joshua Kadison, Stuttgart 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 8 February 1963 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Pop, soft rock, pop rock, adult contemporary |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1992–2012; (2012-present, on/off appearance) |
Joshua Kadison (born February 8, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and writer. He is perhaps best known for the Top 40 hits "Jessie" and "Beautiful in My Eyes" from his debut album Painted Desert Serenade. He is the son of actress Gloria Castillo, who was the inspiration behind his song "Mama's Arms." His musical style and voice are similar to Elton John.
Career
His self-penned debut Painted Desert Serenade included the singles "Jessie" and "When a Woman Cries," later covered by Joe Cocker and Smokey Robinson. His hit "Beautiful in My Eyes" peaked at #19 in the U.S. Billboard charts. Painted Desert Serenade went platinum in the U.S. and Germany, and went multi-platinum in Australia and New Zealand. According to The Guinness book of British Hit Singles both "Jessie" and "Beautiful in My Eyes" both reached the UK Top 40 with "Jessie" spending 15 weeks in the UK Top 75.
His second album Delilah Blue was less commercially successful. The single "Take It on Faith" failed to reach the Billboard Top 10, and shortly after, EMI voided its contract with Kadison. The title track "Delilah Blue" was released as a single in Australia.
In 1998, he published his book 17 Ways to Eat a Mango: A Discovered Journal of Life on an Island of Miracles and the album Saturday Night in Storyville on his own label Storyville Records, selling it predominantly from his website. In 1999, he released the album Troubador in a Timequake, which was the first CD to include "My Father's Son."
Shortly after, he signed a new deal with EMI Germany and his album Vanishing America was released. The album never was distributed in the United States. The album included "My Father's Son" and "Cherry Bowl Drive-In" and a solo version of "Dragonfly Queen," re-titled "Begging for Grace."
In 2005, Kadison relaunched his career on his self-run website. The Venice Beach Sessions was released as a download-only album in two parts, including a selection titled "Over the Sad Songs". Kadison is openly bisexual, which he once made mention of on his website's forum.
In 2006, EMI released Essential, a collection which included tracks from all three full-length studio albums and three additional selections that had formerly been B-sides.
In 2008, he released the download-only album Return of the Dragonfly and toured Germany again. During the tour, he announced that he would no longer be performing his older songs and would dedicate his time to studying the bansuri, a simple seven-hole bamboo flute.
Wherever possible at his concerts, he allows audience members to sit on the stage.
His first official appearance made for many years was on June 7, 2020 in a YouTube video he posted as a tribute to Black Lives Matter.[1]
Discography
Studio albums
- 1993: Painted Desert Serenade
- 1995: Delilah Blue
- 1998: Saturday Night in Storyville
- 1999: Troubadour in a Timequake
- 2001: Vanishing America
- 2005: The Venice Beach Sessions - Part 1
- 2006: The Venice Beach Sessions - Part 2
Compilation albums
- 1999: Premium Gold Collection
- 2006: The Essential Joshua Kadison
- 2008: The Complete Venice Beach Sessions
- 2010: The Complete Storyville Sessions
EPs
- 2008: Return of the Dragonfly
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [2] |
AUS [3] |
NZ [4] |
GER [5] |
AUT [6] |
SWI [7] |
NED [8] |
BEL (FLA) [9] |
SWE [10] |
IRE | UK [11] | |||||
| 1993 | "Jessie" | 26 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 16 | 48 | Painted Desert Serenade | ||
| 1994 | "Beautiful in My Eyes" | 19 | 5 | 23 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | |||
| "Picture Postcards from L.A." | 84 | 46 | — | 55 | — | — | 36 | 36 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | "Jessie" (UK reissue) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 15 | |||
| "Beautiful in My Eyes" (UK reissue) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | ||||
| "Take It on Faith" | — | — | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Delilah Blue | |||
| 1996 | "Delilah Blue" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2001 | "Carolina's Eyes" | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | Vanishing America | ||
| "El Diablo Amor" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||
Book
- 17 Ways To Eat A Mango: A Discovered Journal of Life on an Island of Miracles, Hyperion, New York 1999. ISBN 0-7868-6457-5
References
- ^ Joshua, Kadison. "Real Love Now". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Joshua Kadison - US Hot 100". billboard.com. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Joshua Kadison - Australian chart". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Joshua Kadison - New Zealand Chart". charts.nz. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Joshua Kadison - German Chart". musicline.de. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Joshua Kadison - Austrian chart". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Joshua Kadison - Swiss chart". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Joshua Kadison - Dutch chart". dutchcharts.nl. 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Joshua Kadison - Belgian Chart". ultratop.be. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Joshua Kadison - Swedish chart". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Joshua Kadison - UK Chart". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
External links
- 1963 births
- American male pop singers
- American male singer-songwriters
- American soft rock musicians
- American pop pianists
- American male pianists
- Hispanic and Latino American musicians
- LGBT singers from the United States
- LGBT songwriters
- Bisexual men
- Bisexual musicians
- Living people
- American musicians of Mexican descent
- 20th-century American pianists
- 21st-century American pianists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 21st-century American male musicians
- American singer-songwriters