Little Steven
Litte Steven is one of the stage names of Steve van Zandt (born November 22… Read Full Bio ↴Litte Steven is one of the stage names of Steve van Zandt (born November 22, 1950), an American musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, actor, and radio disc jockey best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin, and as an actor in the television drama The Sopranos, in which he played Silvio Dante.
van Zandt was born as Steven Lento in Winthrop, Massachusetts. His mother, Mary Lento, remarried when he was young and Steven took the last name of his stepfather, William Van Zandt. The family moved from Massachusetts to Middletown Township, New Jersey when he was seven.
Van Zandt subsequently became a songwriter and producer for fellow Jersey shore act Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes in the mid- to late-1970s, penning their signature song "I Don't Wanna Go Home", co-writing other songs for them with Springsteen, and producing their most-acclaimed record, Hearts of Stone. As such, Van Zandt became a key contributor to the Jersey Shore sound. Van Zandt then went on to share production credits on the classic Springsteen albums Darkness on the Edge of Town, The River, and Born in the U.S.A..
Van Zandt has produced a number of other records, including an uncredited effort on the Iron City Houserockers' Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive). Less successful was his work on Lone Justice's second album Shelter, which was a career-ending flop for the Los Angeles cowpunk band.
In 2004, he contributed the song "Baby Please Don't Go" to Nancy Sinatra's self-titled album
Van Zandt officially left the E Street Band in 1984 (Springsteen's song "Bobby Jean" is said to be inspired by the split) and has been involved in numerous solo musical projects and collaborations since then, ranging from soul music to hard rock to world music. In particular, he released four albums in the 1980s and one in 1999, sometimes fronting an on-and-off group known as Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. Van Zandt has written that these albums are each elements in a five-part concept cycle. The first of them, 1982's white soul Men Without Women, earned the most critical praise (Jay Cocks of TIME magazine dubbed it one of the ten best albums of the year), while its follow-up, 1984's Voice of America, did the best on the U.S. albums chart, although none of them were much of a commercial success. With Voice of America, his music became explicitly political, with the central theme being opposition to Ronald Reagan-era American foreign policy.
Continuing his involvement in issues of the day, in 1985 he created the music-industry activist group Artists United Against Apartheid as an action against the Sun City resort in South Africa. Forty-nine top recording artists, including Springsteen, U2, Bob Dylan and Run DMC, collaborated on a song called "Sun City" in which they pledged they would never perform at the resort. The effort was modestly successful. In 1987 he released the album Freedom - No Compromise, which continued the political messaging in an even more strident fashion. Some U.S. appearances in that year as opening act for U2's arena-and-stadium Joshua Tree Tour continued in the same vein – Oliver North was labelled a "criminal motherfucker" – but were not well-received by audiences, who found the sound overbearing and the performances lacking musicality. Both the record and his concerts were more popular in Europe, however. Little Steven's fourth album, 1989's Revolution, attracted little attention.
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van Zandt was born as Steven Lento in Winthrop, Massachusetts. His mother, Mary Lento, remarried when he was young and Steven took the last name of his stepfather, William Van Zandt. The family moved from Massachusetts to Middletown Township, New Jersey when he was seven.
Van Zandt subsequently became a songwriter and producer for fellow Jersey shore act Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes in the mid- to late-1970s, penning their signature song "I Don't Wanna Go Home", co-writing other songs for them with Springsteen, and producing their most-acclaimed record, Hearts of Stone. As such, Van Zandt became a key contributor to the Jersey Shore sound. Van Zandt then went on to share production credits on the classic Springsteen albums Darkness on the Edge of Town, The River, and Born in the U.S.A..
Van Zandt has produced a number of other records, including an uncredited effort on the Iron City Houserockers' Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive). Less successful was his work on Lone Justice's second album Shelter, which was a career-ending flop for the Los Angeles cowpunk band.
In 2004, he contributed the song "Baby Please Don't Go" to Nancy Sinatra's self-titled album
Van Zandt officially left the E Street Band in 1984 (Springsteen's song "Bobby Jean" is said to be inspired by the split) and has been involved in numerous solo musical projects and collaborations since then, ranging from soul music to hard rock to world music. In particular, he released four albums in the 1980s and one in 1999, sometimes fronting an on-and-off group known as Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. Van Zandt has written that these albums are each elements in a five-part concept cycle. The first of them, 1982's white soul Men Without Women, earned the most critical praise (Jay Cocks of TIME magazine dubbed it one of the ten best albums of the year), while its follow-up, 1984's Voice of America, did the best on the U.S. albums chart, although none of them were much of a commercial success. With Voice of America, his music became explicitly political, with the central theme being opposition to Ronald Reagan-era American foreign policy.
Continuing his involvement in issues of the day, in 1985 he created the music-industry activist group Artists United Against Apartheid as an action against the Sun City resort in South Africa. Forty-nine top recording artists, including Springsteen, U2, Bob Dylan and Run DMC, collaborated on a song called "Sun City" in which they pledged they would never perform at the resort. The effort was modestly successful. In 1987 he released the album Freedom - No Compromise, which continued the political messaging in an even more strident fashion. Some U.S. appearances in that year as opening act for U2's arena-and-stadium Joshua Tree Tour continued in the same vein – Oliver North was labelled a "criminal motherfucker" – but were not well-received by audiences, who found the sound overbearing and the performances lacking musicality. Both the record and his concerts were more popular in Europe, however. Little Steven's fourth album, 1989's Revolution, attracted little attention.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Van_Zandt
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Among The Believers We are poets, we're soldiers We're children of the night Wit…
Angel Eyes She sits by her window I watch her there She makes…
Balance Close your eyes for a little while Let yourself go Let the…
Bitter Fruit I was born lucky they always say I work in these…
Can't You Feel The Fire Sometimes in moments of madness Is the only time we clearly…
Checkpoint Charlie Checkpoint Charlie Walls so wide, can't get around it Wall…
Desaparecidos Were you shaken, by the thunder It will pass with the…
Fear In this jungle we're slaves to politics And we call ourselve…
Forever I learned when I was a young boy You turn your…
Freedom I'm a little too shy to ask you baby But tonight…
guns In the eleventh hour Whose name do you call Ain't it funny…
I Am A Patriot And the river opens for the righteous, someday I was…
I Saw The Light Baby i never learn To say sorry Baby its Typing Typing Typin…
I've Been Waiting I've worked hard so I could say nobody owns me You…
Inside Of Me Even if it's all over, don't ever say it was…
I`ve been Waiting I've worked hard so I could say nobody owns me You…
Justice Somebody's country, somebody's war Nobody knows just what th…
Los Desaparecidos Were you shaken, by the thunder It will pass with the…
Men Without Women I worked all day and all night too I just can't…
Native American Ho Ka Hey Wah Nah Ho Ka Hey Wah Nah Woh Ho…
No More Parties I don't need nobody tell me what to do You can't wear…
No more partys I don't need nobody tell me what to do You can't wear…
Out Of The Darkness There's a sadness all around us There are words we're too…
Pretoria I was standing in Pretoria Waiting for the sky to fall Impi…
Princess of Little Italy Guess you'll be all right baby, sometimes you're such a…
Sanctuary Everybody get out on the floor We ain't gonna live this…
Save Me I'll be someone in the morning, I don't want to…
Solidarity Everybody wants the same things don't they Everybody wants a…
The Time of Your Life This is the time of your life What you gonna…
Trail Of Broken Treaties A change is forever - mine came today Is what's best…
Undefeated Your love is so precious baby So precious to me now I…
Under the Gun In the eleventh hour Whose name do you call Ain't it funny…
Until The Good Is Gone We always stood on the same block way back then Waiting…
Voice Of America Can you hear me, wake up where's the voice of America So…