Emitt rhodes biography

The above statement aptly sums up Emitt Rhodes' self-titled debut, released when he was just 20 years old. As Daniel Silverman argues on his Music Base website, the album "is perhaps the purest pop confection ever created. So, what happened? Why haven't this music and the man responsible for it received the recognition they deserve?

Emitt rhodes discogs

But before we examine these, let's take a look at Emitt's musical career leading up to the Dunhill albums. It was, in fact, The "Emerals. When we all picked names it did become Emerals. We thought it sounded more exclusive than Emeralds at the time , so we dropped the 'D' on the end. I asked Emitt why it had said Emeralds on the CD ["Listen, Listen" compilation], and he said he really didn't remember 35 years ago!

Truthfully, I am vague too. However, I do have one of the original band cards and a newspaper clipping with 'Emerals' on it.