Play The Brian Setzer… Radio
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
1,538,632 plays (126,692 listeners)
Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959 in New York) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose popular big band orchestra is most appreciated commercially for their swinging take on Christmas holiday classics.
Early in his career Setzer was a member of the NYC band Bloodless Pharaohs, and later fronted the popular rockabilly revival band, Stray Cats. The Stray Cats particularly caught America’s attention with the 1982 album Built for Speed, which included the two Top Ten hits, “
Rock This Town” (#9) and “Stray Cat Strut” (#3), as well as with the follow-up 1983 album Rant ‘N Rave, which included the two successful singles “(She’s) Sexy + 17” (#5), and “I Won’t Stand In Your Way” (#35).
In the mid 1990s, Setzer led a comeback of sorts for swing music and big band music, when he formed Brian Setzer Orchestra. The band has released at least 5 albums to date and one live DVD. This group had one hit, “Jump, Jive, and Wail” around the same time swing revival acts like the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies’ “Zoot Suit Riot” had been received favorably in mainstream America.
Brian Setzer also recorded some solo albums during Stray Cats’ break in the 1980s along with some in the 1990s. In 2001 he released an album titled Ignition with his band ‘68 Comeback Special. A new solo album titled Rockabilly Riot Vol. 1: A Tribute To Sun Records was released on July 26, 2005, in the United States.
Early in his career Setzer was a member of the NYC band Bloodless Pharaohs, and later fronted the popular rockabilly revival band, Stray Cats. The Stray Cats particularly caught America’s attention with the 1982 album Built for Speed, which included the two Top Ten hits, “
Rock This Town” (#9) and “Stray Cat Strut” (#3), as well as with the follow-up 1983 album Rant ‘N Rave, which included the two successful singles “(She’s) Sexy + 17” (#5), and “I Won’t Stand In Your Way” (#35).In the mid 1990s, Setzer led a comeback of sorts for swing music and big band music, when he formed Brian Setzer Orchestra. The band has released at least 5 albums to date and one live DVD. This group had one hit, “Jump, Jive, and Wail” around the same time swing revival acts like the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies’ “Zoot Suit Riot” had been received favorably in mainstream America.
Brian Setzer also recorded some solo albums during Stray Cats’ break in the 1980s along with some in the 1990s. In 2001 he released an album titled Ignition with his band ‘68 Comeback Special. A new solo album titled Rockabilly Riot Vol. 1: A Tribute To Sun Records was released on July 26, 2005, in the United States.
Top Albums
-
The Dirty Boogie
The Brian Setzer Orchestra Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital $7.77
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $78.98
- eBay Search
-
Vavoom
The Brian Setzer Orchestra Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Guitar Slinger
The Brian Setzer Orchestra Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital $7.77
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Best of the Big Band
The Brian Setzer Orchestra Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
Jingle Bells
full track
|
|||
| 2 |
|
The Nutcracker Suite
full track
|
|||
| 3 |
|
Jingle Bell Rock
full track
|
|||
| 3 |
|
Winter Wonderland
full track
|
|||
| 5 |
|
Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
full track
|
|||
| 6 |
|
Sleigh Ride
full track
|
|||
| 7 |
|
||||
| 8 |
|
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
full track
|
|||
| 9 |
|
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
full track
|
|||
| 10 |
|
My Favorite Things
full track
|
|||
| 11 |
|
Angels We Have Heard On High
full track
|
|||
| 12 |
|
White Christmas
full track
|
|||
| 13 |
|
Gettin' in the Mood (For Christmas)
full track
|
|||
| 14 |
|
||||
| 15 |
|
Cool Yule
full track
|
Shoutbox
-
trentman359 wrote:
Brian Setzer = Great Guitarist
-
felipebozo wrote:
i'ts funny how people really listen to the christmas things at the time ... kind of obvious, but quite interesting ...
-
Maste90 wrote:
How's the new album?
-
FjordSweetFjord wrote:
front row tonight, got a guitar pic, and oh did I mention Setzer can shred the fuck out of his guitar!!!! Wonderful show, a highlight of 2009 for sure!!! :D
-
tonibluss wrote:
Valeu Brian!
-
aass555 wrote:
Song of lonely avenue is amazing!
-
letsburnholes wrote:
Biggest music surprise of the year was finding a new Brian Setzer Orchestra album at Target. Loving it!
-
Maste90 wrote:
postmodernism
-
Woorcy wrote:
available at Itunes and Amazon, get it while its hot! or wait until October and buy the whole album for a reasonable price......
-
Woorcy wrote:
Yet again two singles! I don't know what the world will come to.................................attans.
-
Woorcy wrote:
2 new singles! My head implodes of epicness................................................ oj.
-
FjordSweetFjord wrote:
Just bought tickets for the Chicago show!!! Can not wait!!! :D
-
Rocker1957 wrote:
Long live Brian Setzer and Stray Cats Pure Rockabilly !!!
-
Z3R0FiR3 wrote:
My photo teacher loved this band. He played their music a lot and knew a buncha info about them.
-
luan_hb wrote:
TBST is from another world. Really, I mean, how many global rockabilly bands do you have as a referee point besides Stray Cats? Almost none. Long live to Brian Setzer!
-
RettaBaretta wrote:
I say cool, baby, cool!!!
-
Woorcy wrote:
Happy 50th Birthday Brian!!!
-
ebeth625 wrote:
I have seen them twice in concert and it amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
didy_ska wrote:
êê!! Muuoointo bom! ;)
-
twmia wrote:
One of the best guitarplayer in the world
Videos
See more
Featured Tracks
|
|
Trouble Train | 4:38 |
|
|
Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin' | 3:00 |
Listeners
-
Luzny_Yanek
Listening now
to This Cat's On A Hot Tin… -
torkilmoe
Listening now
to Gene & Eddie -
Stanpf
Top Listener
-
minorigy
Top Listener
-
smile0916
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
Matreyu42, sgt_lalo, Sbragl and 18 other people added The Brian Setzer Orchestra to their libraries. 16 hours ago
-
Arimiridorinki tagged The Brian Setzer Orchestra with ‘orchestra’. last week
-
anvirgi, jstare87, joycegipson and 1 other person added The Brian Setzer Orchestra to their libraries. last week
-
glamdicinn tagged The Brian Setzer Orchestra with ‘rock’. last week
-
ilLokA tagged The Brian Setzer Orchestra with ‘poker’. last week
-
nfkrueger, RatsunGarage, Perverseness and 2 other people added The Brian Setzer Orchestra to their libraries. last week
-
DrKevinCasey tagged The Brian Setzer Orchestra with jazz and rockabilly. last week
-
DrKevinCasey added The Brian Setzer Orchestra to DrKevinCasey’s library. last week
-
SidekickQueen tagged The Brian Setzer Orchestra with jazz, big band, rockabilly and one other tag. last week
-
freak_182 tagged The Brian Setzer Orchestra with big band, rockabilly, rock and 2 other tags. 10 days ago
Related Journals
-
Dig That Crazy Setzer Claus
by Holden_Rex |
28 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
Upon Having Reached My Third Year of Le Scrobbling
by zvirblis |
23 Oct 2009 | 1 comment
-
[Swing] Connected Top Tracks 18 Oct 09
by IanAR |
20 Oct 2009 | 1 comment
Groups (21)
-
Stray Cats
220 members
-
Brian Setzer Orchestra
64 members
-
We are ugly, but we have the music.
1,661 members
-
Swing
660 members
-
REALLY Extensive Musical Taste
576 members
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels
- Other spellings
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on The Brian Setzer Orchestra from Universal Music.
