Chris Isaak
Chris Isaak was born in Stockton, California, United States on June 26th, 1956 and is the Rock Singer. At the age of 67, Chris Isaak biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American singer and occasional actor.
He is best known for his hit "Wicked Game," as well as "Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing" and "Somebody's Crying."
His signature 1950s rock & roll style and crooner sound, as well as his soaring falsetto and reverb-laden music, are among his favored features.
He is closely affiliated with film producer David Lynch, who has performed his music in numerous films and gave him a role in the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
His songs tend to revolve around love, loss, and heartbreak.
He has won a total of 12 studio albums over his career, as well as numerous award nominations and tours.
He has been dubbed the Roy Orbison of the 1990s, and is often compared to Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, and Duane Eddy.
Early life and education
Isaak was born in Stockton, California, to Dorothy (née Vignolo, 1931-2021) and Joseph "Joe" Isaak (1929–2012), a forklift pilot. His father's family is of German descent, and Isaak's mother is of Italian descent.
Isaak attended Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Stockton, graduating in 1974. He served as the senior class president for three years, culminating with his appointment as student body president in his senior year. He continued attending San Joaquin Delta Community College before transferring to the University of the Pacific, earning a bachelor's degree in English and communications arts in 1981. He was also enrolled in a student exchange scheme that allowed him to study in Japan. Isaak formed his first band, Silvertone, after graduating from college. This vivacious band was made up of James Calvin Wilsey (guitar), Rowland Salley (bass), and Kenney Dale Johnson (drums), who remained with Isaak as his permanent backing band.
Career
Isaak signed a Warner Bros. Records deal in 1985 and released his first album, Silvertone, to critical acclaim, including John Fogerty. The name was borrowed from the band he formed after graduating college; a nod to the Silvertone guitar brand that was popular during the 1950s. The album's sound was raw and varied, mingling country blues with conventional folk ballads. Despite being a critical hit, the album did not do well, but it didn't do well. "Gone Ridin'" and "Livin' for Your Lover," two songs from David Lynch's 1986 film Blue Velvet, are excerpted from the album.
In 1986, Isaak's self-titled sequel to be released, but it failed to make it to the Billboard 200. Isaak's style was transformed to a sophisticated R&B on the album. Bruce Weber, a fashion photographer, photographed Chris Isaak's artwork.
In 1988, Warner Bros. switched Isaak to their Reprise Records brand. "Suspicion of Love," by Isaak in Married to the Mob, a hit film starring Matthew Modine, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Dean Stockwell, was released in the United States this year.
"Wicked Game" is Isaak's most well-known song. Needham said in an interview with Mark Needham, an engineer who worked with Isaak on "Wicked Game," that it took several years to put the plan together. An instrumental version of the song was first released on the 1989 album Heart Shaped World, and in the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart. Lee Chesnut, an Atlanta radio station music producer who was obsessed with Lynch films, performed the vocal version, becoming the station's most requested song. Chesnut spread the word to other radio stations, and the single became a national top ten hit in February 1991, peaking at number six. It also ranked No. 1 on the charts. In the UK Singles Chart, the 10th spot in the Top Tendency is ranked tenth. The song's music video was produced by Herb Ritts and was a MTV and VH1 hit; shot in black and white, it featured Isaak and supermodel Helena Christensen in a sensuous encounter on the beach, caressing each other and whispering in each other's ear. David Lynch's less seen version of "Wicked Game" includes scenes from "Wild at Heart. In the 2001 TV commercial for the Jaguar X-Type in the United Kingdom, "Wicked Game" was featured as the backing track.
In the closing credits of True Romance, a 1993 film directed by Tony Scott and starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, Isaak's fourth album, San Francisco Days, was included.
Isaak and long-time guitarist James Calvin Wilsey split in 1995. Hershel Yatovitz, guitarist, appeared on guitar on this year's Forever Blue, Isaak's fifth album, and the accompanying tour included her. The album had been nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Album, and the single "Somebody's Crying" had been nominated for a Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. The RIAA awarded Platinum status to the album on March 15, 1996. In Stanley Kubrick's last film, "Baby Did a Bad Thing" was included. Herb Ritts (his second collaboration with Isaak) produced the music video; it was shot in color and featured Isaak and French supermodel Laetitia Casta in a hotel lobby.
Isaak created a theme song for Craig Kilborn's late-night television variety-talk show The Late Late Showdown.
Erik Jacobsen, a record engineer, was instrumental in Isaak's sound for 15 years. Jacobsen is best known for his recording work with The Lovin' Spoonful, as well as Spoonful's John Sebastian and Jerry Yester's solo albums. On his 2002 album Always Got Tonight, Isaak stopped working with Jacobsen. "Life Will Go On" from this album was included in Chasing Liberty, a 2004 film starring Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode.
On Hallyday's live album La Cigale (2007), Isaak singing Fats Domino's hit "Blueberry Hill" with Johnny Hallyday at La Cigale in 2007. One can hear Isaak thanking the French rock-'n'roll actor at the end of this series, referring to him as "the King." On the first leg of her Crystal Visions Tour in 2007, Isaak opened for Stevie Nicks.
Isaak collaborated with producer John Shanks on his 2009 album Mr. Lucky.
Isaak contributed to Buddy Holly's "Crying, Waiting, & Hoping" on his tribute album, Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, which was released in September 2011. Beyond the Sun, an album of cover songs (except for one original) that was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, at the Sun Records studio, will be released next month.
Isaak and Ellie Goulding, an English singer, and Canadian musician Bryan Adams were among the 2015 AFL Grand Finalists.
"First Comes the Night Tour" was a tour organized by Isaak in 2016.
Isaak revealed in a 2002 interview with Acoustic Guitar that he used a one-of-a-kind Gibson:
Isaak also plays a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, which he uses for songwriting.
Isaak has appeared in numerous film and television shows as an actor, often as a leading character, but most often in smaller roles. In 1992 and 1993, Bernardo Bertolucci-directed Little Buddha, which starred Bridget Fonda and Keanu Reeves, just a few of his principal roles in films. Married to the People (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), That Thing You Do! is another motion picture of Isaak's (1991). A Dirty Shame (2004) (2004), and The Informers (2008).
Isaak appeared in the special Super Bowl XXI version of the television sitcom Friends ("The One After the Superbowl, Part One") in 1996, and he co-starred in HBO's From the Earth to the Moon as astronaut Ed White, who was the first American astronaut to do a spacewalk and died in the 1967 Apollo 1 fire.
Isaak appeared on his own television show, The Chris Isaak Show, from March 2001 to March 2004. On the cable television network Showtime in the United States, it aired. Isaak and his band were featured on this adult sitcom, while the episode plots were based on fictional accounts of the backstage world of Isaak—the rock star next door.
The Chris Isaak Hour, a one-hour music interview and performance show hosted by Isaak, aired on The Biography Channel in 2009. The series premiere featured Trisha Yearwood and included their first-ever appearance of "Breaking Apart," a song from Isaak's 1998 album Speak of the Devil that the two performed as a duet for his 2009 album Mr. Lucky. The remaining seven episodes of the series were hosted by Stevie Nicks, Glen Campbell, Michael Bublé, Chicago, The Smashing Pumpkins, Yusuf Islam, and Jewel.
Isaak was the special guest on Conan O'Brien's The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on TV Tour at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco, California, in April 2010.
In his hometown of Stockton, California, Isaak received the Stockton Arts Commission STAR Award on September 29, 2011.
In the second episode of the animated television miniseries Over the Garden Wall, Isaak portrayed Enoch, the apparent ruler of Pottsfield's town.
On the seventh season of The X Factor Australia, Isaak was announced on May 3, 2015, that he would be replacing Natalie Bassingthwaighte as a judge. James Blunt and returning judges Guy Sebastian and Dannii Minogue appeared alongside him.