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Chris Isaak (born Christopher Joseph Isaak June 26, 1956 in Stockton,
California) is an American indie rock, pop, and rock and roll singer,
songwriter, and occasional actor.
Isaak's music can be described as a blend of country, blues, rock and roll,
pop and surf rock.
He signed a contract to Warner Brothers Records in 1984 for his first album
Silvertone. Isaak's contract was renewed in 1988 when Warner Brothers moved
him to their Reprise Records label.
Chris Isaak's best-known song is Wicked GameHis best-known song is "Wicked
Game". Though released on the 1989 album Heart Shaped World, an instrumental
version of the song was later featured in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart
(and also years later in the 2000 film The Family Man).
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An Atlanta radio station DJ began playing the full version and it quickly
became a nation-wide top ten hit. The music video for the song was directed
by Herb Ritts and was a big MTV and VH1 hit; shot in black and white, it
starred Isaak and model Helena Christensen rolling on the beach, embracing
and whispering in each others' ears.
In 1999, Isaak's "Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing" was featured in Stanley
Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
In 2001, Chris Isaak starred in his own television show, The Chris Isaak
Show. It aired from March 2001 to March 2004 in the United States on the
cable television network Showtime. The show featured Chris Isaak and his
band playing themselves with the episode plots based on fictional accounts
of the backstage world of Chris Isaak - the rock star next door.
Isaak has also appeared in numerous films, mostly playing minor cameo roles,
though he starred with Keanu Reeves and Bridget Fonda in the 1993 Bernardo
Bertolucci-directed Little Buddha. Other motion pictures include Married to
the Mob (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with
Me (1992), That Thing You Do! (1996), and A Dirty Shame (2004). He also
guest-starred on the Superbowl Sunday (1996) edition of the television
sitcom Friends and on the HBO miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon.
Issak is said to be far more down to earth than many of his musical
contemporaries. For instance, after a show, he will often meet his fans out
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