The live version of 'Heartbeat' was recorded in Montreux in March 1979 when Wire supported Roxy Music.
Written and sung by vocalist Ian Hunter, apart from the group's regular line-up, it also featured Andy Mackay of Roxy Music on tenor saxophone, Bill Price on moog, and Paul Buckmaster on cello.
"If There Is Something" is a song written by Bryan Ferry and recorded by Roxy Music for their eponymous debut album.
Their 2002 EP Private Lines features a cover of the Roxy Music song "2HB".
Of the song, James remarked, “I consider myself by all means a glam rock-er at heart (T.Rex, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Sweet, Kiss, New York Dolls, Transformer, Mott the Hoople), and the song really lent itself to it in ways. In the end I was trying for an epic “Station to Station” thing production wise".
During this time, Weis left the band and was replaced by Sal Maida, a bass player who'd previously played with Roxy Music.
Street Life: 20 Great Hits is a compilation album by Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).
Many other musicians are mentioned in the liners, including experiences with Bo Diddley, Devo, and Roxy Music.
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Alan Henry Spenner (7 May 1948 – 11 August 1991) was a British bass player who performed with Wynder K. Frog, The Grease Band, ABC, David Coverdale, David Soul, Joe Cocker, Lynda Carter, Peter Frampton, Ted Nugent, Mick Taylor, Murray Head, Kokomo, Roxy Music, and played on the original 1970 concept album Jesus Christ Superstar.
In 1997, Blind Zero recorded "Redcoast", the second album of originals produced by Michael Vail Blum (an American producer that worked with Suicidal Tendencies, Madonna, Roxy Music, 3T, Tura Satana, Goo Goo Dolls, Jewel).
Other well-known artists who recorded there include: Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Serge Gainsbourg, The Rolling Stones, Grace Jones, Shakira, Celine Dion, U2, Robert Palmer, Thompson Twins, Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads, Dire Straits, Electric Light Orchestra, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, James Brown, Iron Maiden, Roxy Music, Bonnie Tyler, The B-52's and David Bowie.
The song when Joe, dressed as Bryan Ferry, dances with Ruth is "If There Is Something", performed by Roxy Music, from their eponymous first album.
MacDonald began a songwriting collaboration as lyricist with Quiet Sun, which included his brother Bill MacCormick and future Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera.
Jimmy Maelen was a percussionist in the 1960s-1980s, who worked with many artists including Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, James Taylor, Dire Straits, Barry Manilow, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Madonna, Bryan Adams, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, David Bowie and John Lennon.
Outside of typical jam band influences such as Dave Matthews and Phish, the group were influenced by a diversity of artists, including David Bowie, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Serge Gainsbourg, and Air.
Neil Terrence Hubbard is a British guitarist who performed with Juicy Lucy (band), The Grease Band, Bluesology, Joe Cocker, Roxy Music, Kokomo, B.B. King, Kevin Rowland, and Tony O'Malley; and played on the original 1970 concept album, Jesus Christ Superstar.
In 2008, Gorman launched fashion label The Look Presents through Topman with three collections based on artist and designers featured in The Look: t-shirts by Wonder Workshop; t-shirts by Granny Takes a Trip founder Nigel Waymouth; and Priceless - a menswear range by Antony Price, designer for Roxy Music and Duran Duran.
Andy Mackay was once Roxy Music's saxophonist, and some members of the group happen to play on this record.
Including drummer Neil Conteh (Jagger/Bowie), bassist Alan Spenner (Joe Cocker, Roxy Music), guitarist Tim Renwick (Elton John, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd), keyboardist John "Rabbit" Bundrick (Free, Roger Waters, The Who), along with the Chanter Sisters doing backing vocals a group of musicians were assembled.
Bassist Alan Spenner and rhythm guitarist Neil Hubbard would go on to play in the UK white soul band Kokomo; following this, Spenner would extensively work in support of the late 1970s/early 1980s incarnation of Roxy Music.
Spenner played bass live at Woodstock in 1969 with Joe Cocker and the Grease band, seen on The Woodstock Directors Cut DVD, and the Roxy Music DVD The High Road, filmed live in Fréjus, France, during August 1982.
The lyrics are, as is typical for early Roxy Music lyrics, intellectual references, including The Sphinx, Mona Lisa, Lolita and Guernica.
Street Life: 20 Great Hits, a compilation album of Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry songs