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This category contains songs that are meant to be sung a cappella (without accompanying instrumentation). Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
"Acapella" is a song by American music duo Karmin. It was released on July 9, 2013, by Epic Records as the lead single from their debut studio album, Pulses (2014). The single was written by group members Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan, as well as Sam Hollander and Boys Like Girls frontman, Martin Johnson, who produced the single.
Music performed a cappella (/ ˌ ɑː k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AH kə-PEL-ə, UK also / ˌ æ k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AK ə-PEL-ə, Italian: [a kkapˈpɛlla]; [1] lit. ' in [the style of] the chapel '), less commonly spelled a capella in English, [2] is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
Vocal music typically features sung words called lyrics, although there are notable examples of vocal music that are performed using non-linguistic syllables, sounds, or noises, sometimes as musical onomatopoeia, such as jazz scat singing. A short piece of vocal music with lyrics is broadly termed a song, although in different styles of music ...
The Dapper Dans barbershop quartet, at Disneyland's Main Street, USA WPA poster, 1936. Barbershop vocal harmony is a style of a cappella close harmony, or unaccompanied vocal music, characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a primarily homorhythmic texture.
A Cappella is a 1985 album by Todd Rundgren.The album is one of Rundgren's most unusual in that every sound is the product of the artist's voice. Rundgren employed overdubbing techniques and an E-mu Emulator (an early sampler), electronically manipulating the sound of his voice to mimic conventional rock instruments, handclaps, and other sounds. [4]
The inspiration for the song was the Jane's Addiction song "Been Caught Stealing" with a "hip groove" that Rockapella aimed to replicate, instead of coming out with a doo-wop sound. [1] The theme song was a hit and Rockapella's popularity skyrocketed; they appeared on Jay Leno's New Year's Eve "Tonight Show" broadcast in 1992. [2]
The Yale Whiffenpoofs is a collegiate a cappella singing group at Yale University.Established in 1909, it is the oldest such group in the United States. Best known for "The Whiffenpoof Song", [1] the group is composed of 14 senior students who compete for admission in the spring of their junior year. [2]