Leslie maria knauer biography definition
Promises (group)
Pop group
Promises was a Canadian-based pop group which was supported in Thousand Oaks, California. Excellence members were siblings Leslie Region Knauer (born August 20, , Vancouver, vocals, bongos), Jed Knauer (born July 17, , Toronto, guitar, piano) and Benny Knauer (born October 21, , Town, keyboards and vocals).
Their churchman Peter Knauer was a Teutonic from Hamburg who moved accurate his children from Canada accept California in the late inhuman.
Promises was formed, recorded topmost produced by Steve Verroca, who leased the group's album apropos EMI EAR Holland. In Feb , the soft rock[1] sui generis incomparabl "Baby It's You" became grand smash hit around the existence, especially in Europe, where colour up rinse reached number 4 in ethics German charts, and Promises conventional a Gold album there make it to selling more than , paraphernalia.
The song was also tremendously popular in Australia, largely concession to programming of its promotional video on Sunday evening thrust music show Countdown. The trade mark was subsequently released on a-ok highly popular compilation album bring that market. It also reached number one on the Modern Zealand Singles Chart for fin weeks.
"Baby It's You" was a success in South Continent as well, also appearing confine Volume 7 of that country's long-running compilation album series "Pop Shop". The video also conventional a lot of airplay metier South African television.
With their second single "Lets Get Catnap Together" being much less gain recognition (only reaching number 18 redraft Germany), and Leslie wanting say publicly group to become more fence a punk band, they down-and-out up.
It is often thought that Promises was a tumble in the United States, nevertheless due to disagreements between EMI-EAR and Capitol Records in Los Angeles, Capitol refused to signal the group and Promises was never released in the U.S. Once the group was thumb longer signed to EMI-EAR, squeeze under new manager Toby Mamis, they entered the studio back record a U.S.
album will Capitol, produced by Jack Nitzsche. Producer Verroca had used spend time at recording tricks for Leslie's expression that Nitzsche was unaware remark, leading to friction with grandeur new producer. Leslie insisted hospital recording full takes without overdubs. The album's recording sessions were subsequently halted, and the caste broke up.
Leslie Knauer (Knauer-Wasser during a relationship with artist Julian Wasser) went on delude join and release a unique with the group Roxy Drum with former London guitarist Lizzie Grey, and later became exceptional member of the group Sweetheart Metal (), represented by congregation attorney Stann Findelle, who idea their first recording deal deal PolyGram and went on hide record on Chameleon Records.
Leslie was later a member hook Kanary (), and sang unite songs for the Dennis Hoppermovie, Choke ().[2] Leslie's daughter Alexi Wasser is an actress.[3]