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The Baseballs are a German rock and roll band founded in Berlin in 2007. They became popular with 50s and 60s style rock cover versions of modern hits such as "Umbrella" by Rihanna, "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé Knowles, "Hot n Cold" by Katy Perry and "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen. The band members are only credited by their nicknames (Sam, Digger and Basti).〔(Official biography )〕 Their version of "Umbrella" was a hit in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway.〔The Baseballs in the (German charts )〕〔The Baseballs in the (Swiss charts )〕〔The Baseballs in the (Austrian charts )〕〔The Baseballs in the (Finnish single chart )〕〔"Umbrella" in the (Swedish charts )〕 ==Musical career== Their debut album, ''Strike!'', was produced by JMC Music〔(Switzerland charts )〕 and released in May 2009 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria,〔(Official discography ) (German)〕 in October 2009 in Finland,〔(Warner Music News ) (Finnish, accessed 17 November 2009)〕 in December 2009 in Sweden,〔(Swedish release. )〕 in February in Norway〔(Norwegian release. )〕 and in March 2010 in The Netherlands. It reached No. 15 in Austria, No. 6 in Germany, No. 2 in Switzerland and the Netherlands, No. 1 in Finland, No. 1 in Sweden and No. 1 in the Norwegian album charts. In the UK it was released on Rhino Records UK on 17 May 2010.〔〔〔''Strike!'' on the (Finnish album chart )〕〔"Strike!" on the (Swedish album chart )〕〔"Strike!" on the (Dutch album chart )〕 The band re-released the album in 2010 as ''Strike! Back!'' The lead single is a rockabilly version of Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars." The video features the band rocking a 1950s prom.〔http://www.covermesongs.com/2010/08/the-baseballs-go-rock-and-roll-prom-with-snow-patrols-chasing-cars.html〕 In the UK, The Baseballs have appeared on ITV1's ''The David Dickinson Show'', ''Magic Numbers'' and ''This Morning''. In Ireland, The Baseballs have appeared on RTÉ's ''The Late Late Show''. In Australia the group appeared on Channel 9's ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' 〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E45n-JTnZHw The Baseballs - Umbrella "Hey Hey It's Saturday"〕 In New Zealand they appeared on TVNZ's ''Good Morning'' 〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EarOOyF6-jU The Baseballs interview - TVNZ's "Good Morning"〕 In 2010 the band supported guitarist Jeff Beck on his "Emotion and Commotion" tour as his opening act.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=On Tour with guitar legend Jeff Beck in October | The Baseballs )〕 On 6 June 2011, the Baseballs released their second album titled Strings 'n' Stripes. It included new singles tracks such as Candy Shop, Hello and Paparazzi. () On 1 August 2011, the Baseballs released together with General Mills – the producer of the ice cream Häagen-Dazs – within an advertising campaign with Cosma Shiva Hagen a free download of the song ''"Wha Wha"'' – which was written especially for the campaign. The track is freely available and can be downloaded from the German site of the brand ''Häagen-Dazs''.〔Häagen-Dazs.de (Häagen-Dazs-Song as a ''free Download'' )〕 On 25 May 2012, the Baseballs released their first live CD/DVD, "Strings 'n' Stripes Live". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Baseballs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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