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Singer+guitarist & songwriter Chris Isaak grew up in Stockton, California
USA, where he was born on the 26th of June 1956, just three months after
Elvis Presley scored his first #1 hit. Isaak spent time participating
in an exchange programme at University which led him to study in Japan,
there he pursued amateur boxing. When he returned to America, formed his
first band, a Rockabilly act and began playing music in San Francisco
clubs.
In 1985 he worked on his debut solo-album, "Silvertone", which
was released on Warner Bros. Records; an eponymous LP, followed a year
later, it was his first album to chart on The Billboard 200.
Isaak's breakthrough album, "Heart Shaped World", was released
in 1989, its first single, "Don't Make Me Dream About You",
climbed into the top 20 of The Modern Rock chart; the full-length disc
rose to #7 on The Billboard Top 200 chart and reached the platinum status
in 1991 when "Wicked Game" became a transatlantic success, it
stormed the American charts peaking at #6 on The Billboard Hot 100, at
#2 and at #10 respectively on Modern and Mainstream Rock Tracks, it also
reached #10 on the Official U.K. Singles chart.
Two years later, in spring 1993, the Californian singer delivered his
fourth album, "San Francisco Days"; the record reached #35 on
the U.S. Top 200 chart generating "Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)",
this was an excellent single that peaked at #7 on The Modern Rock Tracks
chart.
May 1995 saw the release of the critically acclaimed "Forever Blue"
which debuted at #31 on The Billboard Top 200 Albums chart producing the
Modern Rock top 40 hit "Somebody's Crying", this single also
reached #45 on The Billboard Hot 100 and both the single and album were
nominated for Grammy awards in 1996; the second single off the CD, "Go
Walking Down There", reached #32 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart;
four years later another single pulled from the album, the bluesy rocker
"Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing", broke the Adult Top 40 chart, the
track can be heard in Stanley Kubrick's 1999 film "Eyes Wide Shut"
starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
Isaak released his sixth studio record, "Baja Sessions", in
October 1996 reaching the #33 slot on the U.S. Pop Sales chart.
The follow-up album, "Speak Of The Devil", arrived in September
1998, it didn't rise higher than #41 on The Billboard 200 chart and failed
to generate a mainstream buzz.
He returned in early 2002 with "Always Got Tonight; his eighth album
peaked at #24 on The Billboard Top 200 chart.
Chris Isaak released a Best Of compilation in May 2006, the set is a
journey through the Stockton, native's two-decade career; it contains
two brand new songs, the elegant "King Without A Castle" and
the break-up exhortation "Let's Have A Party" as well as two
covers including Cheap Trick's power-Pop
anthem "I Want You To Want Me".
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