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Toto, who had fired lead singer Bobby Kimball in the midst of recording their fifth album Isolation, invited Frederiksen to come audition for his spot. After edging out Eric Martin , [ 12 ] he got the job, and the band finished recording Isolation , which was released in October 1984.
Toto was planning Kimball's return in 1989 for the band's greatest hits album, Past to Present 1977–1990, and even wrote and recorded a song, "Goin' Home" (which was released on Toto XX (1977–1997) in 1998. Toto instead recruited singer Jean-Michel Byron (a decision said to have derived from Sony, the band's record company at the time). [5]
Toto, stylized as TOTO, is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1977. Toto combines elements of pop , rock , soul , funk , hard rock , R&B , blues , and jazz . Having released 14 studio albums and sold over 50 million records worldwide, [ 2 ] the group has received several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians ...
Fahrenheit is the sixth studio album by American rock band Toto, released on August 20, 1986, by Columbia Records. [4] [5] It was the first album to feature Joseph Williams on lead vocals, after Fergie Frederiksen, the band's previous vocalist, was fired following the culmination of the Isolation tour. [6]
Though Bobby Kimball is officially credited as a guest musician on the album, having been fired from Toto, "Stranger in Town" was recorded while he was still a member of the group. The song was performed live during the 1985 Isolation tour as well as during the first leg of the subsequent Fahrenheit tour in October–November 1986 before being ...
Joseph Stanley Williams (born September 1, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and film score composer, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Toto from 1986 to 1988 and again since 2010.
Salvatore “Toto” Cutugno, the Italian singer-songwriter best known for his 1983 hit “L’Italiano,” has died at age 80, local media reported Tuesday. Salvatore “Toto” Cutugno, the ...
Kingdom of Desire is the eighth studio album by Toto, released in 1992.It is the first album on which guitarist Steve Lukather assumed sole lead vocal duties and the final album to feature drummer Jeff Porcaro, who died during rehearsals for the tour promoting this album, and the last album which involved all the Porcaro brothers together.