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Candice Night (May 8, 1971 in Hauppauge, Long Island, NY, USA) is an American vocalist/lyricist and the partner of former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. She sang backing vocals for Blackmore's band Rainbow and is now the lead singer for Blackmore's Renaissance-influenced project, Blackmore's Night. Image File history File links Candicenight01. ...
Image File history File links Candicenight01. ...
May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...
Hauppauge (pronounced ) is a hamlet in the Town of Islip and the Town of Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York, United States. ...
Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ...
NY redirects here. ...
Richard Hugh Blackmore, (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Blackmores Night is a Renaissance-inspired Folk Rock band led by Ritchie Blackmore (Electric and Acoustic Guitars) and Candice Night (lyricist and lead vocals). ...
Biography
Candice began her singing career as backup vocalist during some Deep Purple shows, while on the road with Ritchie during the Battle Rages On tour. She met him on a soccer field in 1989, and she later was asked to write lyrics for some songs for the last Rainbow album Stranger in Us All. This article is about the rock band. ...
After Ritchie Blackmore departed Deep Purple for the last time, he put together a new version of his band Rainbow in 1995, releasing Stranger in Us All. ...
Since then, she has been awarded several gold albums for the music of Blackmore's Night, and has charted internationally with her music. She continues to widen her musical horizons, performing both on CDs and live in concert, not only writing lyrics and singing, but playing medieval instruments: shawm, cornamuse, rauschpfeife, pennywhistle, and chanters. The shawm was a Renaissance musical instrument of the woodwind family, made in Europe from the late 13th century until the 17th century. ...
The cornamuse is a windcap double reed instrument dating from the Renaissance period. ...
A sopranino rauschpfeife being played The rauschpfeife is a musical instrument of the woodwind family, originally popular in Europe in the mid-16th Century. ...
Tin whistles in a variety of makes and keys The tin whistle, also called the flageolet, pennywhistle, Irish whistle, or simply whistle, is a simple six-holed breath instrument. ...
It has been suggested that Practice chanter be merged into this article or section. ...
Candice Night also sang in Helloween's "Light the Universe" song from their latest "Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy" album. Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. ...
She is not yet married to Ritchie Blackmore according to her reply to the question on her website www.candicenight.com - "Ritchie and I have been together since 1989 and have been living together since 1991 and engaged since 1994. As for marriage, well, we have yet to take that long trip down the aisle… But when we do, I promise, I will let everyone know…"
See also Blackmores Night is a Renaissance-inspired Folk Rock band led by Ritchie Blackmore (Electric and Acoustic Guitars) and Candice Night (lyricist and lead vocals). ...
Richard Hugh Blackmore, (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist. ...
External links www.myspace.com/candicenight - The Candice Night Fanlisting
- Candice Night Autobiography
- Blackmore's Night Official Website
- A Dutch fansite
- Photos Blackmore's Night concerts, Amsterdam 2005, Nijmegen 2006
- Candice Night Yahoo Group: 1
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