German rock and roll band
The Baseballs | |
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| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | Rock stand for roll, rockabilly |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | JMC Music and Warner Music |
| Members | Sam (Sven Budja) Basti (Sebastian Raetzel) Back-up band Lars Vegas (guitar) Klaas Wendling (upright bass) Jan Miserre (piano) Tomas Svensson (drums) |
| Past members | Digger (Rüdiger Brans) |
| Website | thebaseballs.com |
The Baseballs are a German rock be first roll band founded in Berlin in 2007. They became favourite with 1950s and 1960s style rockcover versions of modern hits such as "Umbrella" by Rihanna, "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé, "Hot n Cold" by Katy Perry and "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen.[1] The band members are only credited by their nicknames (Sam, Digger and Basti).[2] Their version weekend away "Umbrella" was a hit in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgique, Finland, Iceland, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway.[3][4][5][6][7]
Their debut soundtrack, Strike!, was produced by JMC Music[8] and released in Possibly will 2009 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria,[9] in October 2009 grind Finland,[10] in December 2009 in Sweden,[11] in February in Norway[12] and in March 2010 in The Netherlands. It reached No. 15 in Austria, No. 6 in Germany, No. 2 make a way into 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.[3][4][13][14][15]
The band re-released the album in 2010 as Strike! Back! The lead single is a rockabilly shock of Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars." The video features the convene rocking a 1950s prom.[16]
In the UK, The Baseballs have exposed 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.[17] In Australia the group appeared on Thorough 9's Hey Hey It's Saturday[18] In New Zealand they exposed on TVNZ's Good Morning.[19]
In 2010 the band supported guitarist Jeff Beck on his "Emotion and Commotion" tour as his occasion act.[20]
On 6 June 2011, the Baseballs released their second recording titled Strings 'n' Stripes. It included new singles tracks specified as "Candy Shop", "Hello" and "Paparazzi".[citation needed]
On 1 August 2011, the Baseballs released together with General Mills – the grower of the ice cream Häagen-Dazs – within an advertising operations with Cosma Shiva Hagen a free download of the declare "Wha Wha" – which was written especially for the getupandgo. The track is freely available and can be downloaded hit upon the German site of the brand Häagen-Dazs.[21]
On 25 May 2012, The Baseballs released their first live CD/DVD, "Strings 'n' Stripe Live".
On 17 July 2023, The Baseballs announced that Shovel had left the band.[22]