A California crooner connects rock 'n' roll, classic country, and rockabilly.
Chris Isaak: Deep Cuts
His tendency toward haunted rockabilly and baroque pop runs deep.
Chris Isaak: Influences
He channels the magic of rock ānā roll's founding fathers.
About Chris Isaak
Artist Biography
Singer Chris Isaakās love for roots rock ānā can be traced back to the wombāhis mother, Dorothy, says she was singing āBlue Suede Shoesā in the delivery room when he was born.
ā In his senior year of high school, he was student body president, class valedictorian, and head of the all-male cheer squad.
ā Isaak was once a light heavyweight boxer in Japan and speaks Japanese fluently.
ā āWicked Gameā became a radio hit after it was featured in director David Lynchās Wild at Heart, earning Isaak his first Gold single.
ā Famed fashion photographer Herb Ritts directed Isaakās āWicked Gameā video, as well as the clip for āBaby Did a Bad Bad Thing,ā which in 1996 was considered too risque to air before 11 p.m.
ā Isaak appears as an FBI agent in David Lynchās film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
ā Along with members of his real-life band, Isaak starred in his own scripted TV sitcom, The Chris Isaak Show.
Hometown
Stockton, CA, United States
Genre
Rock
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