Chris Isaak

Perhaps that old joke should be updated to predict that after the apocalypse, we’ll be assured the existence of these three commodities: cockroaches, Cher, and Chris Isaak. His breakout single, “Wicked Game,” and the sassy accompanying beachside music video, all but telegraphed his status as a one-hit wonder back in 1991, but Isaak has proven himself an unstoppable force incapable of slowing down. When not recording a half-dozen or so albums since then, the slick-haired Californian smartly aspired to longer shelf life by continuing to take cameo roles in a variety of films, everything from Silence Of The Lambs to Married To The Mob. Still, Isaak hasn’t lost interest in his music: He just released a covers album of Sun Records hits called Beyond The Sun, and recorded at, of all places, Memphis’ Sun Studio.

Updated 12/05/2011