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Music video. Peter Gabriel – "Solsbury Hill" on YouTube. " Solsbury Hill " is the debut solo single by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. He wrote the song about a spiritual experience atop Solsbury Hill in Somerset, England, [ 5 ][ 2 ][ 6 ] after his departure from the progressive rock band Genesis, of which he had been the lead vocalist ...
Peter Gabriel is the debut studio album by the English singer-songwriter and producer Peter Gabriel, released on 25 February 1977 by Charisma Records. After his departure from the progressive rock band Genesis was made public in 1975, Gabriel took a break to concentrate on his family life. In 1976, he began writing material for a solo album and ...
Solsbury Hill (More accurately 'Little Solsbury') is the inspiration for an eponymous song, released in 1977 by rock musician Peter Gabriel as his first solo single. [35] A recording of the natural sounds on the hill forms the track "A Quiet Moment" on Gabriel's 2011 album New Blood, which precedes the orchestral version of his song. [36]
Gabriel has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1987, six Grammy Awards, thirteen MTV Video Music Awards, the first Pioneer Award at the BT Digital Music Awards, and in 2007, he was honoured as a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI London Awards for his "influence on ...
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song) " Sledgehammer " is a song by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released in April 1986 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, So (1986). [ 2] It was produced by Gabriel and Daniel Lanois.
The song is a combination of several inspirations. The lyrics directly reference a recurring dream Gabriel was having where he swam in his backyard pool drinking cold red wine. Another version of the dream had bottles in the shape of people falling from a cliff. In it, a stream of red liquid would seep out of the people-shaped bottles as they ...
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter and human rights activist. He was the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. [ 1] After leaving the band in 1975, he launched a solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single.
Peter Gabriel singles chronology. "Solsbury Hill". (1990) " Digging in the Dirt ". (1992) "Steam". (1993) " Digging in the Dirt " is a song by British musician Peter Gabriel. It was released as the first single taken from his sixth studio album, Us, on 7 September 1992.