Peter hoorelbeke (a.k.a. peter rivera)
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Rare Earth (band)
American rock band
For the record label subsidiary named after the band, see Motown § Motown subsidiary labels.
Rare Earth is an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan. According to Louder, "Rare Earth's music straddles genres and defies categorisation, slipping seamlessly between the two seemingly disparate worlds of classic rock and R&B."[6] The band was signed to Motown's subsidiary label Rare Earth. Although not the first white band signed to Motown, Rare Earth was the first successful act signed by Motown that consisted only of white members.[7]
History
[edit]1960s
[edit]The group formed in 1960 as the Sunliners and changed its name to Rare Earth in 1968.[7] The band felt the name "Rare Earth" was more in keeping with the names other bands were adopting, such as Iron Butterfly, more "with it".[6]
After recording an unsuccessful debut album, Dream/Answers, on the Verve label in 1968, the group was signed to Motown in 1969.[7] The band was one of the first acts signed to a new Motown imprint that would be dedicated to white rock acts;[6] many of the subsidiary's newly signed acts played blues-oriented and progressive rock styles, including Rare Earth themselves.[ • • If you’ve ever listened to a classic rock radio station, you’ve heard Peter Rivera sing. I just want to celebrate another day of living I just want to celebrate another day of life “I Just Want to Celebrate” was a Top 10 single in 1971 for Rare Earth, the hard-driving rock-R&B hybrid band Rivera fronted as lead singer and drummer. From 1969 to 1975, Rare Earth rode high, headlining shows at A-list venues like Madison Square Garden, with the likes of Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers and Earth Wind and Fire opening for them. The band scored several other Top 40 hits, with their cover of “Get Ready” reaching No. 4 on the Billboard charts. Some five decades later, Rivera is still at it. He and his backing band will perform Saturday at the Historic Everett Theatre. “This is the third time he’s been here. He always puts on a great show,” said Curt Shriner, theater manager. One of those times, Rivera opened for Mark Farner and “absolutely stole the show” from the former Grand Funk frontman, Shriner said. Because of the pandemic, Saturday’s show will be Rivera’s first gig in a while, he told The Daily Herald in a phone call fro
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