Sir Rosevelt

Sir Rosevelt
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Dance-pop EDM folktronica [1]
Years active	2016-2018
Labels	Elektra
Spinoff of	Zac Brown Band
Past members	Zac Brown Niko Moon Ben Simonetti

Sir Rosevelt was an American electronic dance music group consisting of Zac Brown, Niko Moon, and Ben Simonetti. The group, formed in 2016, has released one album for Elektra Records.

History

Zac Brown, lead singer of Zac Brown Band, first announced Sir Rosevelt in 2016. The group's other members are Niko Moon, a frequent co-writer of Brown's, and Ben Simonetti, who provided programming for several tracks on Zac Brown Band's Jekyll + Hyde album.^[1] Initially, Brown did not reveal the other members of the group, nor did he provide any press after the release of their first song "Sunday Finest".^[2] Later in 2016, he announced the other members and released three more tracks.^[3] An album came in December 2017, with the single "Somethin' 'Bout You".^[4] Also preceding the album's release was another teaser track titled "The Bravest" which was used by the German television channel ZDF for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.^[5]

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Heat [6]
Sir Rosevelt	Release date: December 15, 2017 Label: Elektra Formats: CD, digital download	2

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions		Album
		US Country [7]	US Country Airplay [8]
2016	"Sunday's Finest"	—	—	Sir Rosevelt
2018	"It Goes On"	39	—	12 Strong Soundtrack[9]
	"Somethin' 'Bout You"	42	54	Sir Rosevelt

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2017	"Sunday Finest"	Marc Ball
2018	"Somethin' 'Bout You"	Indy Blue

References

1. "Sir Rosevelt biography". Allmusic. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
2. Dunkerley, Beville (September 20, 2016). "Hear Zac Brown's Mysterious Side Project Sir Rosevelt". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
3. Baltin, Steve (September 30, 2016). "Zac Brown Reveals Diplo & Skrillex-Influenced Dance-Pop Project Sir Rosevelt: Interview". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
4. Armstrong, Megan (November 10, 2017). "Zac Brown Announces Sir Rosevelt Album & New Song 'Something 'Bout You'". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
5. Casey, Jim (November 17, 2017). "Zac Brown's New Trio, Sir Rosevelt, Releases New Song, "The Bravest" [Listen]". Nash Country Daily. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
6. "Sir Rosevelt – Chart history (Heatseekers)". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 14, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
7. "Sir Rosevelt – Chart history (Country Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 21, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
8. "Sir Rosevelt – Chart history (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 14, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
9. "Zac Brown's Sir Rosevelt Releases "It Goes On" For War Film "12 Strong"". One Country. January 17, 2018.