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Damn Yankees is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend [ 1 ] set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball .
Damn Yankees is the self-titled debut album by the American hard rock supergroup Damn Yankees, released by Warner Bros. Records on March 13, 1990. It was certified double platinum in the US [ 5 ] and featured such chart topping hits as " High Enough ", "Come Again", and "Coming of Age".
In the late 1980s, the US rock music scene witnessed a trend for supergroups; Bad English, Mr. Big and Badlands were all formed around that time. [4] Shaw, Blades and Nugent were put together by big time Rock mover and shaker John Kalodner as Damn Yankees in 1989 [5] in response to declining commercial success of their original bands. [6]
Jerry Ross (born Jerold Rosenberg; March 9, 1926 – November 11, 1955) was an American lyricist and composer whose works with Richard Adler for the musical theater include The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, winners of Tony Awards in 1955 and 1956, respectively, in both the "Best Musical" and "Best Composer and Lyricist" categories.
Don't Tread is the second and final studio album by the American hard rock supergroup Damn Yankees, released by Warner Bros. Records on August 11, 1992. It features their second highest charting single, the power ballad "Where You Goin' Now" which peaked at number 20. [4]
Adler was born in New York City, [1] the son of Elsa Adrienne (née Richard) and Clarence Adler. [3] His mother was a debutante from Mobile, Alabama. [4] Adler had a musical upbringing, his father being a renowned Jewish concert pianist, as well as teacher of such composers as Aaron Copland.
Come Again may refer to: . Come Again (The Jaggerz album), 1975; Come Again (Thornley album) or the title song, 2004 "Come Again" (Dowland), a 16th-century song by John Dowland "Come Again (The Quetzal)", a 2012 song by Soluna Samay
"High Enough" is a song by American supergroup Damn Yankees from their self-titled debut album. A power ballad, it is their most successful single in terms of chart position and sales, rising to No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, the group's first (and only) top-ten pop single. It also reached No. 2 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart ...