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John Mayer

John Mayer
John Mayer performing at the Crossroads Guitar Festival on July 28, 2007
John Mayer performing at the Crossroads Guitar Festival on July 28, 2007
Background information
Birth name John Clayton Mayer
Born October 16, 1977 (1977-10-16) (age 30)
Bridgeport, Connecticut,
USA
Genre(s) Blues-rock, pop rock, blues, blue-eyed soul
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, Musician, Columnist
Instrument(s) Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Mandolin
Years active 1998 – present
Label(s) Aware, Columbia, Sony BMG
Associated acts John Mayer Trio
LoFi Masters
Website www.johnmayer.com
Notable instrument(s)
Fender Stratocaster

John Clayton Mayer (surname pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.jɜr/[1]) (born October 16, 1977) is an American musician. Originally from Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music before moving to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1997, where he refined his skills and gained a following. His first two studio albums, Room for Squares and Heavier Things, did well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status. In 2003, he won a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Award for "Your Body Is a Wonderland".

Mayer began his career performing mainly acoustic rock, but gradually began a transition towards the blues genre in 2005 by collaborating with renowned blues artists such as B. B. King, Buddy Guy, and Eric Clapton, and by forming the John Mayer Trio. The blues influence can be heard on his album Continuum, released in September 2006. At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in 2007 Mayer won Best Pop Vocal Album for Continuum and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Waiting on the World to Change". Mayer's career pursuits have extended to stand-up comedy, design, and writing; he has written pieces for magazines, most notably for Esquire. He is also involved in philanthropic activities through his "Back to You" fund and his concern over global warming.

This is a complete discography of official releases by John Mayer. Mayer is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who has released three studio albums, several live albums and EPs, as well as collaborated with his contemporaries and idols.

A year after moving to Atlanta, Georgia and playing in local clubs, Mayer released the independent EP Inside Wants Out in 1999.[1] This album, as well as continued performances, gained Mayer attention from the independent promotional record label Aware Records.[2] Aware released his following album, Room for Squares, in 2001, and when Columbia Records acquired Aware the following year, the album was repackaged and promoted as a major label release.[3] The major label "debut" went on to sell over 4 million units in the United States alone,[4] and more internationally. Mayer followed up by releasing a live album, Any Given Thursday, in both audio CD and DVD format, which featured many songs from Room for Squares, as well as covers and previously unreleased originals.

Mayer's second album, Heavier Things, was released in 2003 and went on to sell over 2 million units in the United States.[4] Again, Mayer released a live album of songs culled from the album's promotional tour with the title As/Is. After a brief recording hiatus, during which Mayer ventured to form the blues group John Mayer Trio, he returned to the studio and released his third studio album Continuum in 2006. Three months after Continuum's release, Mayer released an EP of demos from Continuum's early sessions entitled The Village Sessions, named after the studio it was recorded in, the Village Recorder in Los Angeles.[5]

In addition to Mayer's solo work, he has worked extensively with other musicians and artists in genres ranging from R&B and hip-hop (with artists such as Common, Alicia Keys and Kanye West), country music (with the Dixie Chicks) and blues (with Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Herbie Hancock).

Albums

 Studio albums

Year Album Label Chart Positions[6][7] Certifications[4]
US NZ AUS NE UK CAN DEN US NA AUS CAN
2001 Room for Squares Aware 8 6 5 — 128 — — 4Χ Multi-Platinum Platinum 2Χ Multi-Platinum Platinum
2003 Heavier Things Columbia/Aware 1 15 4 19 74 — 5 2Χ Multi-Platinum Gold Platinum Platinum
2006 Continuum 2 9 12 12 46 2 24 2Χ Multi-Platinum Gold Gold Platinum

 Live albums

Year Album Label Chart positions RIAA[4]
US NZ AUS NE
2003 Any Given Thursday Columbia 17 43 63 — Platinum
2004 As/Is — — — — —
2005 Try! (John Mayer Trio Release) — — — — —
2008 Where the Light Is Sony BMG 5 22 30 16 —

 EPs

Year Album Label US
1999 Inside Wants Out Aware 22
2002 Inside Wants Out (re-release) Columbia
2006 The Village Sessions Aware

DVDs

Year Album Label RIAA AUS
2003 Any Given Thursday Sony BMG 2Χ Multi-Platinum 2Χ Multi-Platinum
2008 Where the Light Is

Singles
Year Single Chart positions[11][12][13][14] RIAA Album
US US AC NZ AUS UK NE
2002 "No Such Thing" 13 11 14 28 42 97 — Room for Squares
"Your Body Is a Wonderland" 18 17 9 23 — — Gold
2003 "Why Georgia" 102 8 23 81 — — —
"Bigger Than My Body" 33 27 21 38 72 — — Heavier Things
2004 "Clarity" 125 — 45 — — 80 —
"Daughters" 19 2 — — — 29 Gold
2005 "Who Did You Think I Was" (w/ John Mayer Trio) 92 — — — — — — Try!
2006 Waiting on the World to Change" 14 1 36 — 115 55 Platinum Continuum
2007 "Gravity" 71 — — — — 66 —
"Belief"[A] — — — — — — —
"Dreaming with a Broken Heart" 99 13 — — — 96 —
"Say" 12 3 — 47 — — —
2008 "Free Fallin'" (live)[B] 51 — — — — — — Where the Light Is

 Guest singles

Year Single Artist Chart Positions[11][15][16] Album
US NZ AUS UK NE
2005 "Go!" Common
Kanye West		 79 — — — — Be
2008 "Beat It" Fall Out Boy 19 14 13 21 98 ****: Live in Phoenix
Date Song Director Notes References
2002 "No Such Thing" Sam Erickson Live video with studio audio [17]
"Your Body Is a Wonderland" Jim Gable [18]
2003 "Why Georgia" Sam Erickson Live performance video from Any Given Thursday [18]
"Bigger Than My Body" Nigel Dick [19]
2004 "Clarity" Little X [18]
"Daughters" Mario Sorrenti [20]
2005 "Who Did You Think I Was" Gus Van Sant With the John Mayer Trio [21]
2006 "Waiting on the World to Change" Philip Andelman [22]
2007 "Say" Vem For the Rob Reiner film The Bucket List [23]

Link to Johns music on myspace : FREE FALLING :SAY : WAITING ON THE... : SLOW DANCING : BELIEF :

Where the Light Is: Live in Los Angeles by John Mayer (Audio CD - 2008)
Disc: 1
1. Neon - Mayer, John (2)
2. Stop This Train - Mayer, John (2)
3. In Your Atmosphere - Mayer, John (2)
4. Daughters - Mayer, John (2)
5. Free Fallin' - Mayer, John (2)
6. Every Day I Have The Blues - Mayer, John Trio
7. Wait Until Tomorrow - Mayer, John Trio
8. Who Did You Think I Was - Mayer, John Trio
9. Come When I Call - Mayer, John Trio
10. Good Love Is On The Way - Mayer, John Trio
11. Vultures - Mayer, John Trio
12. Bold As Love - Mayer, John Trio
Disc: 2
1. Waiting On The World To Change - Mayer, John (2)
2. Slow Dancing In A Burning Room - Mayer, John (2)
3. Why Georgia - Mayer, John (2)
4. Heart Of Life - Mayer, John (2)
5. I Don't Need No Doctor - Mayer, John (2)
6. Gravity - Mayer, John (2)
7. I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You) - Mayer, John (2)
8. Belief - Mayer, John (2)
9. I'm Gonna Find Another You - Mayer, John (2)
10. Belief - Mayer, John (2)
11. I'm Gonna Find Another You - Mayer, John (2)
Continuum: +DVD by John Mayer (Audio CD - 2007)
1. Waiting on The World To Change
2. I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)
3. Belief
4. Gravity
5. The Heart Of Life
6. Vultures
7. Stop This Train
8. Slow Dancing In A Burning Room
9. Bold As Love
10. Dreaming With A Broken Heart
11. In Repair
12. I'm Gonna Find Another YouDVDJohn Mayer - `Music Control' Live from New York Webster HallBeliefVulturesThe Heart of LifeBigger Than My BodyDreaming with a Broken HeartGravityWaiting on the World to ChangeIn Repair
13. mins approx
 
Heavier Things by John Mayer (Audio CD - 2003)
1. Clarity
2. Bigger than my body
3. Something's missing
4. New deep
5. Come back to bed
6. Home life
7. Split screen sadness
8. Daughters
9. Only heart
10. Wheel
 
Room for Squares by John Mayer (Audio CD - 2002)
1. No Such Thing
2. Why Georgia
3. My Stupid Mouth
4. Your Body Is A Wonderland
5. Neon
6. City Love
7. 83
8. 3x5
9. Love Song For No One
10. Back To You
11. Great Indoors
12. Not Myself
13. St. Patrick's Day
 
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Carly Simon
Carly Simon at the 1989 Academy Awards
Carly Simon at the 1989 Academy Awards
Background information
Birth name Carly Elisabeth Simon
Born June 25, 1945 (1945-06-25) (age 63)
New York City, U.S.
Origin Riverdale, Bronx, New York
U.S.
Genre(s) Pop, Rock, Pop Standards
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, Guitarist
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Voice type(s) Contralto [1]
Years active 1970–present
Label(s) Elektra (1971–1979)
Warner Bros. (1980–1984)
Epic (1985–1986)
Arista (1987–2001)
Rhino (2002–2004)
Columbia (2005–2007)
Hear Music (2008–present)
Website CarlySimon.com

Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an Oscar, Golden Globe and two time Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, actress and musician. Simon was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994. Simon has a contralto vocal range. [2]

Carly Simon has released 30 solo albums since her debut album in 1971, when she first signed with Elektra Records. This list includes all live and studio albums, and the motion picture list includes albums containing more than 50% of Simon's music.

Albums

 Studio Albums

Year Album US 200 UK RIAA Certification
1971 Carly Simon 30 — —
Anticipation 30 — Gold
1972 No Secrets 1 3 Platinum
1974 Hotcakes 3 19 Gold
1975 Playing Possum 10 — —
1976 Another Passenger 29 — —
1978 Boys in the Trees 10 — Platinum
1979 Spy 45 — —
1980 Come Upstairs 36 — —
1981 Torch 50 — —
1983 Hello Big Man 69 — —
1985 Spoiled Girl 88 — —
1987 Coming Around Again 25 25 Platinum
1990 My Romance 46 — —
Have You Seen Me Lately 60 — —
1992 This Is My Life — — —
1993 Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera — — —
1994 Letters Never Sent 129 — —
1997 Film Noir 84 — —
2000 The Bedroom Tapes 90 — —
2005 Moonlight Serenade 7 — —
2007 Into White 13 — —
2008 This Kind of Love 15 — —

Compilations

Year Album US 200 UK RIAA Certification
1975 The Best of Carly Simon 17 — 3x Multi-Platinum
1995 Clouds In My Coffee — — —
1999 The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better — 22 —
2002 Christmas Is Almost Here — — —
Anthology — — —
2003 Christmas Is Almost Here Again — — —
2004 Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits 22 25 Gold

Live albums

Year Album US 200 UK RIAA Certification
1988 Greatest Hits Live 87 49 Platinum

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 US AC UK AUS
1964 "Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod" (as part of the "The Simon Sisters") 73 — — — single only
1971 "That's the Way I Always Heard It Should Be" 10 6 — 62 Carly Simon
1972 "Anticipation" 13 3 — 64 Anticipation
1972 "Legend In Your Own Time" 50 11 — 86
1973 "You're So Vain" 1 1 3 1 No Secrets
1973 "The Right Thing to Do" 17 3 17 —
1974 "Mockingbird" (w/ James Taylor) 5 10 34 8 Hotcakes
1974 "Haven't Got Time For The Pain" 14 2 — —
1975 "Attitude Dancing" 21 18 — 70 Playing Possum
1975 "Waterfall" 78 21 — —
1975 "More and More" 94 — — —
1976 "It Keeps You Runnin'" 46 27 — — Another Passenger
1977 "Nobody Does It Better" 2 1 7 8 The Spy Who Loved Me soundtrack
1978 "You Belong to Me" 6 4 — 47 Boys In the Trees
1978 "Devoted to You"A 36 2 — —
1979 "Vengeance" 48 — — 90 Spy
1979 "Spy" — 34 — —
1980 "Jesse" 11 8 — 4 Come Upstairs
"Take Me As I Am" 102 — — —
1981 "Hurt" 106 — — — Torch
1982 "Why" 74 — 10 — Soup for One soundtrack
1983 "Kissing With Confidence" (w/ Will Powers)B — — 17 — Dancing for Mental Health (Will Powers album)
"You Know What to Do" 83 36 — — Hello Big Man
1985 "Tired of Being Blonde" 70 34 — 95 Spoiled Girl
1986 "Coming Around Again" 18 5 10 29 Coming Around Again
1987 "Give Me All Night" 61 5 98 —
"The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" — 8 99 —
"All I Want Is You" 54 7 — —
1988 "You're So Vain" (Live) — — 96 — Greatest Hits Live
1989 "Let the River Run" 49 11 79 91 Working Girl soundtrack
"Why" (re-release) — — 56 — single only
1990 "Better Not to Tell Her" — 4 — — Have You Seen Me Lately
1991 "Holding Me Tonight" — 36 — —
"You're So Vain" (re-release) 73 — 41 — single only
1992 "Love of My Life" — 16 — — This Is My Life
2001 "Son of a Gun" (Janet Jackson feat. Carly Simon & Missy Elliot) 28 — 13 20 All for You (Janet Jackson album)
2005 "Let It Snow" — 6 — — single only
2006 "Best of Friends" (w/ Livingston Taylor) — 39 — — There You Are Again (Livingston Taylor album)

 

This Kind Of Love by Carly Simon (Audio CD - 2008)
1. This Kind of Love
2. Hold Out Your Heart
3. People Say a Lot
4. Island
5. How Can You Ever Forget
6. Hola Soleil
7. In My Dreams
8. When We're Together
9. So Many People to Love
10. They Just Want You to Be There
11. The Last Samba
12. Sangre Dolce
13. Too Soon to Say Goodbye
 
Into White by Carly Simon (Audio CD - 2007)
1. Into White
2. Oh! Susanna
3. Blackbird
4. You Can Close Your Eyes - Carly Simon, Ben Taylor, Sally Taylor
5. Quiet Evening
6. Manha de Carnaval [From Black Orpheus]
7. Jamaica Farewell
8. You Are My Sunshine
9. I Gave My Love a Cherry (The Riddle Song)
10. Devoted to You/All I Have to Do Is Dream
11. Scarborough Fair
12. Over the Rainbow
13. Love of My Life
14. I'll Just Remember You
 
Moonlight Serenade by Carly Simon and Carly Simon (Audio CD - 2005)
1. Moonlight Serenade
2. I've Got You Under My Skin
3. I Only Have Eyes For You
4. Moonglow
5. Alone Together
6. In The Still Of The Night
7. More I See You
8. Where Or When
9. My One And Only Love
10. All The Things You Are
11. How Long Has This Been Going On
12. My Foolish Heart
13. Let It Snow
 
The Best of Carly Simon by Carly Simon (Audio CD - 2005)
1. Why
2. That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
3. Right Thing To Do
4. Mockingbird
5. Legend In Your Own Time
6. Haven't Got Time For The Pain
7. You're So Vain
8. We Have No Secrets
9. Night Owl
10. Anticipation
11. Attitude Dancing
 
Anthology by Carly Simon (Audio CD - 2003)
Disc: 1
1. That's the way I've heard it should be
2. One more time
3. Anticipation
4. Legend in your own time
5. Julie through the glass
6. You're so vain
7. We have no secrets
8. Right thing to do
9. Mockingbird - Simon, Carly & James Taylor
10. Haven't got time for the pain
11. Older sister
12. Waterfall
13. Attitude dancing
14. In times when my head
15. Nobody does it better
16. You belong to me
17. Devoted to you - Simon, Carly & James Taylor
18. Boys in the trees
19. Vengeance
20. Come upstairs
21. Jesse
Disc: 2
1. Not a day goes by
2. Why
3. It happens everyday
4. Orpheus
5. Come back home
6. Coming around again
7. Give me all night (single version)
8. Stuff that dreams are made of
9. All I want is you
10. Let the river run
11. My romance
12. Better not tell her
13. Love of my life
14. Like a river (single version)
15. Two little sisters (theme from Marvin's Room)
16. Film noir
17. Scar
18. Actress
19. Touched by the sun (live at Grand Central 1995)
 
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