Stephen A. Love | |
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Stephen A Love 2012
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Background information | |
Born | May 19, 1950 |
Genres | Country rock, Rockabilly |
Occupation(s) | Musician, singer–songwriter, record producer, promoter |
Instruments | Bass guitar lead guitar rhythm guitar keyboards |
Associated acts | Ricky Nelson, Roger McGuinn, New Riders of the Purple Sage Dylan Words & Music |
Website | stephenalove |
STEPHEN A. LOVE (born on May 19, 1950 in Crawfordsville, Indiana) is a professional musician, lead singer, songwriter, producer, entertainment business promoter, CEO of the James Allen Promotions and Blue Jeans Music BMI. He lives in New Jersey and Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.
Love has multiple references in the old and new Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, The Great Rock Discography by Martin C. Strong, Cuts from a San Francisco Rock Journal by Debora Hill, San Francisco Rock by Jack McDonough with the NRPS, BAM, Relix magazine, and many other online or physical publications.
Love's musical achievements have included the industry's highest awards including RIAA certification, gold and multi platinum records for Garden Party with Ricky Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band. The popular record sold more than 8 million copies worldwide and ranked number one on Billboard Adult contemporary and number six on the industries Billboard chart. Love also performed at the biggest concert of the year in 1977 with the New Riders of the Purple Sage, the Grateful Dead, and the Marshall Tucker Band in Englishtown, New Jersey. More than 125,000 people were in attendance. High-profile concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Hyde Park, London, Madison Square Garden in New York, and Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, were enjoyed by many fans. He has appeared on many television shows including Larry King, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, McCloud starring Dennis Weaver, In Concert, Saturday Night Live, Biography with Ricky Nelson, the Kenny Rogers Show, CBS, NBC, ABC evening news, Don Kirchner's Rock Concert, Nashville, BBC Live in London, and Australian, Italian and German television. Animal Planet has used his music regularly, the last few years. His songs have played in over 60 countries worldwide.