He first came to prominence as a member of UK punk/pub rock band, The Motors, whom he joined in 1977. After he left them, he led an eponymous power pop band, with Micky Broadbent (bass, keyboards) and Keith Boyce (drums). The group scored a US Top 40 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979, with "Girl of My Dreams". In the Netherlands, "Sarah Smiles" was a minor hit, reaching number 32 in April 1979. Nick Garvey and Denis Forbes were also involved in later band lineups. After disappointing sales, the band split up in 1981 and Tchaikovsky left the music industry.
Tchaikovsky was also credited with cowriting "Solid Ball of Rock", from the 1991 Saxonalbum of the same name.
Re-releases
In 1998, as part of a "British Rock" reissue series, WEA Japan rereleased both Strange Man Changed Man and The Russians Are Coming albums on CD, using original master tapes and artwork. In addition to the original artwork and liner notes, each CD contained extensive historical information, song lyrics and musical commentary (albeit in Japanese). These CDs were only available in Japan and are now out of production.
Shall We Dance?(Shall we ダンス?,Sharu wi Dansu?) is a 1996 Japanese film. Its title refers to the song, "Shall We Dance?" which comes from Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I. It was directed by Masayuki Suo.
Plot
The film begins with a close-up of the inscription above the stage in the ballroom of the Blackpool Tower: "Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear", from the poem Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare. As the camera pans around the ballroom giving a view of the dancers, a voice-over explains that in Japan, ballroom dancing is treated with suspicion.
Shohei Sugiyama (Kōji Yakusho) is a successful salaryman, with a house in the suburbs, a devoted wife, Masako (Hideko Hara), and a teenage daughter, Chikage (Ayano Nakamura). He works as an accountant for a firm in Tokyo. Despite these external signs of success, however, Sugiyama begins to feel as if his life has lost direction and meaning and falls into depression.
One night, while coming home on the Tokyo Subway, he spots a beautiful woman with a melancholy expression looking out from a window in a dance studio. This is Mai Kishikawa (Tamiyo Kusakari), a well-known figure on the Western ballroom dance circuit. Sugiyama becomes infatuated with her and decides to take lessons in order to get to know her better.
Highlights from Bram's appearance on French TV in 1979. Songs include:
Strange Man, Changed Man
Bloodline
Turn on the Light
Johnny B Goode
Girl of my Dreams
Disclaimer: This is uploaded as a tribute only. I don't stand to profit in any way, shape or form from this. If you like the music, support the artist and BUY IT.
A track from the 1st and best Bram Tchaikovsky album live on French T.V. in 79.
Buy the CD here!
http://www.heavymetalkids.co.uk/bram.htm
published: 07 Sep 2011
Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl Of My Dreams (Live)
This performance is taken from Don Kirshner's Rock Concert back in the late 1970s. Bram Tchaikovsky had been a member of The Motors, but left to form his own band. After a few singles and an EP that went nowhere, Girl of my Dreams became a Top 40 hit on Billboard for Bram. The studio version appears on his first solo album, Strange Man, Changed Man, which was produced by Bram, Peter Ker and former Motors bandmate Nick Garvey. I've cleaned up the sound a bit for this video as it is from an old videotape.
Bram's first two albums, Strange Man Changed Man and The Russians Are Coming (originally released as Pressure in North America) are now available on iTunes, along with a five song live EP, Live at the Lochem Festival.
Legal Stuff: I don't own the rights to any of this. It is put on YouTu...
published: 14 Mar 2017
Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl of my Dreams - LIVE!
00:00 - Girl of my Dreams
03:47 - Lady from the USA
published: 19 Apr 2012
Sarah Smiles
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Sarah Smiles · Bram Tchaikovsky
Harmony In My Head: UK Power Pop & New Wave 1977-81
℗ 2018 1978 Cherry Red Records
Writer: Bram Tchaikovsky
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published: 01 Apr 2021
Bram Tchaikovsky - Johnny B. Goode
Bram Tchaikovsky live on French T.V. in 79.
Buy the Bram Tchaikovsky Strange Man Changed Man CD here!
http://www.heavymetalkids.co.uk/bram.htm
published: 07 Sep 2011
Bram Tchaikovsky - Bloodline
A track from the 1st and best Bram Tchaikovsky album live on French T.V. in 79.
Buy the CD here!
http://www.heavymetalkids.co.uk/bram.htm
Highlights from Bram's appearance on French TV in 1979. Songs include:
Strange Man, Changed Man
Bloodline
Turn on the Light
Johnny B Goode
Girl of my Dreams
D...
Highlights from Bram's appearance on French TV in 1979. Songs include:
Strange Man, Changed Man
Bloodline
Turn on the Light
Johnny B Goode
Girl of my Dreams
Disclaimer: This is uploaded as a tribute only. I don't stand to profit in any way, shape or form from this. If you like the music, support the artist and BUY IT.
Highlights from Bram's appearance on French TV in 1979. Songs include:
Strange Man, Changed Man
Bloodline
Turn on the Light
Johnny B Goode
Girl of my Dreams
Disclaimer: This is uploaded as a tribute only. I don't stand to profit in any way, shape or form from this. If you like the music, support the artist and BUY IT.
This performance is taken from Don Kirshner's Rock Concert back in the late 1970s. Bram Tchaikovsky had been a member of The Motors, but left to form his own ba...
This performance is taken from Don Kirshner's Rock Concert back in the late 1970s. Bram Tchaikovsky had been a member of The Motors, but left to form his own band. After a few singles and an EP that went nowhere, Girl of my Dreams became a Top 40 hit on Billboard for Bram. The studio version appears on his first solo album, Strange Man, Changed Man, which was produced by Bram, Peter Ker and former Motors bandmate Nick Garvey. I've cleaned up the sound a bit for this video as it is from an old videotape.
Bram's first two albums, Strange Man Changed Man and The Russians Are Coming (originally released as Pressure in North America) are now available on iTunes, along with a five song live EP, Live at the Lochem Festival.
Legal Stuff: I don't own the rights to any of this. It is put on YouTube as a tribute only. I do not stand to profit in any way from it. If the owners of the materials object, just let me know and I will take it down.
This performance is taken from Don Kirshner's Rock Concert back in the late 1970s. Bram Tchaikovsky had been a member of The Motors, but left to form his own band. After a few singles and an EP that went nowhere, Girl of my Dreams became a Top 40 hit on Billboard for Bram. The studio version appears on his first solo album, Strange Man, Changed Man, which was produced by Bram, Peter Ker and former Motors bandmate Nick Garvey. I've cleaned up the sound a bit for this video as it is from an old videotape.
Bram's first two albums, Strange Man Changed Man and The Russians Are Coming (originally released as Pressure in North America) are now available on iTunes, along with a five song live EP, Live at the Lochem Festival.
Legal Stuff: I don't own the rights to any of this. It is put on YouTube as a tribute only. I do not stand to profit in any way from it. If the owners of the materials object, just let me know and I will take it down.
Provided to YouTube by Cherry Red Records
Sarah Smiles · Bram Tchaikovsky
Harmony In My Head: UK Power Pop & New Wave 1977-81
℗ 2018 1978 Cherry Red Records
...
Provided to YouTube by Cherry Red Records
Sarah Smiles · Bram Tchaikovsky
Harmony In My Head: UK Power Pop & New Wave 1977-81
℗ 2018 1978 Cherry Red Records
Writer: Bram Tchaikovsky
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Cherry Red Records
Sarah Smiles · Bram Tchaikovsky
Harmony In My Head: UK Power Pop & New Wave 1977-81
℗ 2018 1978 Cherry Red Records
Writer: Bram Tchaikovsky
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Highlights from Bram's appearance on French TV in 1979. Songs include:
Strange Man, Changed Man
Bloodline
Turn on the Light
Johnny B Goode
Girl of my Dreams
Disclaimer: This is uploaded as a tribute only. I don't stand to profit in any way, shape or form from this. If you like the music, support the artist and BUY IT.
This performance is taken from Don Kirshner's Rock Concert back in the late 1970s. Bram Tchaikovsky had been a member of The Motors, but left to form his own band. After a few singles and an EP that went nowhere, Girl of my Dreams became a Top 40 hit on Billboard for Bram. The studio version appears on his first solo album, Strange Man, Changed Man, which was produced by Bram, Peter Ker and former Motors bandmate Nick Garvey. I've cleaned up the sound a bit for this video as it is from an old videotape.
Bram's first two albums, Strange Man Changed Man and The Russians Are Coming (originally released as Pressure in North America) are now available on iTunes, along with a five song live EP, Live at the Lochem Festival.
Legal Stuff: I don't own the rights to any of this. It is put on YouTube as a tribute only. I do not stand to profit in any way from it. If the owners of the materials object, just let me know and I will take it down.
Provided to YouTube by Cherry Red Records
Sarah Smiles · Bram Tchaikovsky
Harmony In My Head: UK Power Pop & New Wave 1977-81
℗ 2018 1978 Cherry Red Records
Writer: Bram Tchaikovsky
Auto-generated by YouTube.
He first came to prominence as a member of UK punk/pub rock band, The Motors, whom he joined in 1977. After he left them, he led an eponymous power pop band, with Micky Broadbent (bass, keyboards) and Keith Boyce (drums). The group scored a US Top 40 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979, with "Girl of My Dreams". In the Netherlands, "Sarah Smiles" was a minor hit, reaching number 32 in April 1979. Nick Garvey and Denis Forbes were also involved in later band lineups. After disappointing sales, the band split up in 1981 and Tchaikovsky left the music industry.
Tchaikovsky was also credited with cowriting "Solid Ball of Rock", from the 1991 Saxonalbum of the same name.
Re-releases
In 1998, as part of a "British Rock" reissue series, WEA Japan rereleased both Strange Man Changed Man and The Russians Are Coming albums on CD, using original master tapes and artwork. In addition to the original artwork and liner notes, each CD contained extensive historical information, song lyrics and musical commentary (albeit in Japanese). These CDs were only available in Japan and are now out of production.
Sarah smiles, takes my breath away Sarah smiles, nothing I can say Oh, it hurts, with a pain down to the balls Yes, it hurts, every time you'll Every time you'll go So goodnight, my love, goodnight I'll see you when the morninglight comes Creeping through my windowpane in frosty white Goodnight, my love, goodnight I'll see you when the morninglight comes Creeping through my windowpane in frosty white Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight Sarah smiles, as I brush her cheek Sarah smiles, softly she's a Softly she's asleep I must sleep before the daylight breaks I must sleep before she awakes I'm finally gone and her alone again So goodnight, my love, goodnight I'll see you when the morninglight comes Creeping through my windowpane in frosty white Goodnight, my love, goodnight I'll see you when the morninglight comes Creeping through my windowpane in frosty white Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight So goodnight, my love, goodnight I'll see you when the morninglight comes Creeping through my windowpane in frosty white Goodnight, my love, goodnight I'll see you when the morninglight comes Creeping through my windowpane in frosty white Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight