Biography
Powerhouse vocalist and songwriter Lou Gramm can be heard each and every day, all over the world, on radio, ipods, CD players, television commercials, music videos, and of course...jukeboxes. He has become the voice of a generation.
Among the most distinctive and powerful voices to emerge from Rock and Top 40 radio, Gramm- the lead vocalist and co-writer of the multi-platinum band Foreigner- as well as a successful solo artist in his own right- remains one of the most recognizable performers in music today.
Lou Gramm, the vocalist on 20 Top 40 singles, which continue to drive sales of nearly 80 million albums worldwide, exploded onto the international music scene with Foreigner on the chart topper, "Feels Like The First Time" in 1977. The stats are impressive- eight top 5 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and Five Top 5 Albums on the Billboard Top Album chart in the U.S.alone! Lou Gramm is in a class by himself.
Now, nearly three decades after the debut of Foreigner and chart-topping success as a solo artist, Lou Gramm returns with The Lou Gramm Band, a new CD and a dynamic live show featuring his own unique brand of Rock'n Roll.
Whether they are rocking out on classics like "Hot Blooded" or "Jukebox Hero," rolling out a new extended groove on Gramm's massive solo hit, "Midnight Blue," or bringing to life "So Great" and "Baptized by Fire" from their self titled CD, Lou and his band have been pleasing enthusiastic audiences since January of 2004 with a show that captures the essence of Gramm's talent.
Instrumentation
Lou Gramm- vocals
Ben Gramm- drums, backing vocals
Richard Gramm- guitar, bass, backing vocals
Andy Knoll- keyboards, backing vocals
Don Mancuso- guitar, bass, backing vocals
Discography
1973-"Stick Around" Black Sheep/single/Chrysalis
1974- Black Sheep/Black Sheep/Capital Records
1975- Encouraging Words/Black Sheep/Capital
March 1977- Foreigner/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #4
5 times platinum
singles- Feels Like The First Time #4
Cold As Ice #6
Long Long Way From Home #20
April 1978- FM Original Soundtrack/MCA Records
Chart Position #5
Platinum
Featuring "Cold As Ice"
June 1978- Double Vision/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #3
7 times platinum
singles- Hot Blooded #3 (gold)
Double Vision #2 (gold)
Blue Morning, Blue Day #15
Sept 1979- Head Games/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #5
5 times platinum
singles- Dirty White Boy #12
Head Games #14
Women #41
July 1981- Foreigner Four/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #1
6 times platinum
singles- Urgent #4
Waiting For A Girl Like You #2 (gold)
Jukebox Hero #26
Break It Up #26
Nightlife #14
Nov 1982- The Best Of Foreigner/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #10
7 times platinum
Dec 1984- Agent Provocateur/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #4
3 times platinum
singles- I Want to Know What Love Is #1 (gold)
That Was Yesterday #12
Reaction To Action #54
Down On Love #54
Feb 1985- Vision Quest Original Soundtrack/Geffen
Chart Position #11
Gold
featuring "Hot Blooded"
Feb 1987- Ready or Not/Solo Album/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #27
singles- Midnight Blue #5
Ready Or Not #54
July 1987- The Lost Boys Soundtrack/Atlantic
Chart Position #15
Gold
single- Lost In The Shadows/Lou Gramm
Dec 1987- Inside Information/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #15
Platinum
singles- Say You Will #6
I Don't Want To Live Without You #5
Heart Turns To Stone #56
Nov 1989- Long Hard Look/Solo Album/Atlantic
Chart Position #85
singles- Just Between Me and You #6
True Blue Love #40
July 1990- Navy Seals Sountrack/Atlantic/WEA
featuring "Hangin'On My Hip" Lou Gramm
Oct 1991-Shadow King/Shadow King/Atlantic
singles- I Want You
Don't Even Know I'm Alive
Nov 1992- Foreigner: The Very Best And Beyond
Atlantic Records
Chart Position #123
2 times platinum
singles- Soul Doctor #5
With Heaven On Our Side
Prisoner Of Love
Nov 1993- The Best Of Foreigner Live/Atlantic
Feb 1995- Mr. Moonlight
Chart Position #136
singles- Rain
Until The End of Time #42
Under The Gun #28
Aug 2000- Jukebox Heroes:The Foreigner Anthology
Rhino
Sept 2002- Complete Greatest Hits/Rhino
Sept 2002- Definitive/WEA Int/European Release
April 2004- Hot Blooded and Other Hits
Rhino Flashback
Oct 2005- The Essentials/WSM/Canadian Release
March 2006- Definitive Collection/Rhino
Coming-Spring of 2009- The Lou Gramm Band CD
Spectra Records/North America
Frontiers Records/Europe and Asia
Links
| http://lougramm.com |