The Plain White T's are an American pop rock band from Lombard, Illinois, formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson, Dave Tirio, and Ken Fletcher, and joined a short time later by Steve Mast. The group had a mostly underground following in Chicago basements, clubs, and bars in its early years.
members: Dave Tirio, Tim Lopez, Mike Retondo, De'Mar Hamilton
formed in: Chicago
labels: Fearless Records, Hollywood Records
Facts from Wikidata and Discogs, free to use.
The Plain White T's was formed in Lombard in early 1997. The group began as a trio, with Higgenson as singer and guitarist, Fletcher on bass guitar and Tirio on drums. The group played mostly local punk shows in Chicago's suburbs, eventually having gigs at the Metro in Chicago's Wrigleyville neighborhood. As the band began to establish itself in the local scene, a fourth member, Steve Mast, was recruited. He played lead guitar and sang backing vocals.
Are you them, or do you know them? The mail slot is open.
"Rhythm of Love" is a song by American rock band Plain White T's. It is the first single from their sixth studio album Wonders of the Younger.
The song debuted at number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 38. The song was featured in a fall 2010 promo for the season two premiere of Parenthood on NBC, and also during the closing credits of the 2011 film No Strings Attached.
The music video was directed by Mike Venezia who also helmed the band's previous hit video for "1,2,3,4". Premiering August 14, 2010 on VH1, it was subsequently voted to the VH1 Top 20 Countdown fourteen weeks in a row, peaking at #6. The music video was also ranked one of the top seven clips of the year by tween magazine J-14, and accrued over 8 million hits on YouTube.
"Hey There Delilah" is a song by American pop rock band Plain White T's. It was released in 2005, as an EP from their third studio album, All That We Needed (2005).
The song was later released in 2007 as a single from their fourth studio album, Every Second Counts (2006), with added string instrumentation.
The song was written by frontman Tom Higgenson after meeting Delilah DiCrescenzo, a nationally ranked American steeplechase and cross country runner, through a mutual friend around 2002.
Plain White T's released the song in May 2006 as the third single from their third studio album All That We Needed. In 2007, over one year after the song's release, it became the band's first hit in the United States, eventually reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in July, marking the first Hot 100 No. 1 entry for Hollywood Records and Disney Music Group in the chart. From July 3 through July 28, 2007, it was the most played song on radio and the most downloaded song on the US iTunes Music Store.
The official music video was directed by Jay Martin. It features Higgenson singing the song while the band members are in another room behind him. The other band members are not playing in the song. The only other instruments are the strings provided by Eric Remschneider, who does not appear in the video. In a split-screen, it shows Delilah, played by model Melissa McNelis, who attends college in New York City.
Time magazine named "Hey There Delilah" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it number seven. Music critic Josh Tyrangiel called it "an intimate love song that's damn near universal". Tyrangiel praised the Plain White T's for managing to make another "aching guy reaching out to distant girl song feel fresh", singling out singer Tom Higgenson's otherwise imperfect voice and "nasal delivery [for making] the nearly-comic sincerity of the lyrics seem completely genuine". AllMusic positively compared the song to "Thirteen" by Big Star.