tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223002427952216582024-02-20T09:03:55.979-08:0090's hitsPopular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1980s.music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-34978883267797222902012-06-14T03:20:00.002-07:002012-06-14T03:20:28.368-07:00Light My Fire – Doors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Light My Fire</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" is a song by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Doors">The Doors</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> which was recorded in August </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_in_music" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="1966 in music">1966</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> and released the first week of January </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_in_music" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="1967 in music">1967</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> on </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors_(album)" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Doors (album)">the Doors' debut album</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. Released as a single in April, it spent three weeks at number one on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> chart, and one week on the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashbox_Top_100_number-one_singles_of_1967" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1967">Cash Box Top 100</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, nearly a year after its recording. A year later, it re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 following the success of </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Feliciano" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Jose Feliciano">Jose Feliciano</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">'s version of the song, peaking at number 87. The song was largely written by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_Krieger" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Robby Krieger">Robby Krieger</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pc43_0-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_My_Fire#cite_note-pc43-0" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> and credited to the entire band. The single was certified gold by the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> in 1967, representing sales of one million units.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_My_Fire#cite_note-1" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-9588618158290878342012-06-14T03:18:00.001-07:002012-06-14T03:18:51.383-07:00U Can’t Touch This – M.C. 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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">U Can't Touch This</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" is </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Hammer" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="MC Hammer">MC Hammer</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">'s 1990 hit single from his album </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Hammer,_Don%27t_Hurt_%27Em" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em">Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. It became hammer's </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_song" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Signature song">signature song</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Rick James">Rick James</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> shares songwriting credit for the song with Hammer and Alonzo Miller, credit which was granted after he sued Hammer for copywright infringement. The song basically consists of the prominent opening </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riff" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Riff">riff</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> of "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Freak" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Super Freak">Super Freak</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">".</span>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-4158643022217612502012-05-16T12:47:00.002-07:002012-05-16T12:47:27.664-07:00DJ Bobo - Somebody Dance With Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Somebody Dance with Me</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_BoBo" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="DJ BoBo">DJ BoBo</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> 1992 song that is based on some parts on sampling from "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody%27s_Watching_Me" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Somebody's Watching Me">Somebody's Watching Me</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_(musician)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" title="Rockwell (musician)">Rockwell</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">.</span>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-52143882982289305452012-05-16T12:44:00.002-07:002012-05-16T12:44:49.665-07:00i've been thinking about you - Londonbeat<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/a-Dmiy6Vg-o?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />
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"<b>I've Been Thinking About You</b>" is a song recorded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londonbeat" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Londonbeat">Londonbeat</a>. It was released as a single in the last months of 1990 in many countries.</div>
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It hit number one on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic_0-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I've_Been_Thinking_About_You#cite_note-allmusic-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup> on April 13, 1991, having hit number two in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080;" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> the previous year.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ukchart_1-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I've_Been_Thinking_About_You#cite_note-ukchart-1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup> The song also topped the singles charts in Spain, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Australia.</div>
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Part of the song was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sampling (music)">sampled</a> and prominently featured in the song "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_(Alcazar_song)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Physical (Alcazar song)">Physical</a>" recorded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcazar_(band)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Alcazar (band)">Alcazar</a>.</div>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-47628013620023924932012-05-15T02:26:00.002-07:002012-05-15T02:26:43.161-07:00Satisfaction – Rolling Stones<br />
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"<b>(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction</b>" is a song by the English rock band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a>, released in 1965. It was written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagger/Richards" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Jagger/Richards">Mick Jagger and Keith Richards</a> and produced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Loog_Oldham" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Andrew Loog Oldham">Andrew Loog Oldham</a>. Richards's throwaway three-note guitar riff – intended to be replaced by horns – opens and drives the song. The lyrics refer to sexual frustration and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercialism" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Commercialism">commercialism</a> particular to America.</div>
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The song was first released as a single in the United States in June 1965 and also featured on the American version of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Our_Heads" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Out of Our Heads">Out of Our Heads</a></i>, released that July. "Satisfaction" was a hit, giving the Stones their first number one in the US. In the UK, the song initially played only on pirate radio stations because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Nuzum_3-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(I_Can't_Get_No)_Satisfaction#cite_note-Nuzum-3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup> In Britain, the single was released in August 1965; it became the Rolling Stones' fourth number one in the United Kingdom. The song is considered to be one of the all-time greatest rock songs ever recorded. In 2004 <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>magazine placed "Satisfaction" in the second spot on its list of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_500_Greatest_Songs_of_All_Time" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time">The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time</a>, while in 2006 it was added to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="National Recording Registry">National Recording Registry</a>.</div>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-40373265402604871322012-05-15T02:23:00.000-07:002012-05-15T02:23:09.742-07:00Vogue – Madonna<br />
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"<b>Vogue</b>" is a song by American singer-songwriter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Madonna (entertainer)">Madonna</a> from her soundtrack album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Breathless" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="I'm Breathless">I'm Breathless (Music from and Inspired by the film Dick Tracy)</a></i> and was released on March 20, 1990, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sire_Records" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sire Records">Sire Records</a>. Madonna was inspired by vogue dancer and choreographers Jose and Luis Xtravaganza from the Harlem "House Ball" community, the origin of the dance Vogue, and they introduced "Vogueing" to her at the New York City club "Sound Factory". Jose Xtravaganza is featured in the Historic Art Documentary <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Do_I_Look" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="How Do I Look">How Do I Look</a></i>, directed by Wolfgang Busch. The song also appears on the 1990 greatest hits compilation <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immaculate_Collection" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Immaculate Collection">The Immaculate Collection</a></i> and Madonna's third greatest hits album, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration_(Madonna_album)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Celebration (Madonna album)">Celebration</a></i>.</div>
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"Vogue" is an upbeat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance-pop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dance-pop">dance-pop</a> song which contains a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_music" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="House music">house</a> beat and groove. Noted to contain influences of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_house" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Deep house">deep house</a>, it is a contemporary track which followed the trends of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_music" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dance music">dance music</a> in the 1990s; nevertheless, it has strong influences of 70s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Disco">disco</a> within its composition. </div>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-48475270650855884172012-05-15T02:21:00.002-07:002012-05-15T02:21:22.402-07:00What's My Name -- Snoop Doggy Dog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Who Am I? (What's My Name?)</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">", is the solo debut single from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Rapping">rapper</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Snoop Dogg">Snoop Doggy Dogg</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">'s </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debut_album" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Debut album">debut album</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggystyle" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Doggystyle">Doggystyle</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. The song was a top ten hit on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, peaking at #8 in 1994.</span>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-23417007131701600132012-05-15T02:19:00.000-07:002012-05-15T02:19:10.434-07:00Where Do You Go – No Mercy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Where Do You Go</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" is the title of a song written by Peter Bischof and </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reuther" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Franz Reuther">Franz Reuther</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. It was recorded by American </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurodance" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Eurodance">eurodance</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> group </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Mercy_(band)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="No Mercy (band)">No Mercy</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> on</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Mercy_(No_Mercy_album)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="No Mercy (No Mercy album)">their eponymous debut album</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> released in June 1996 as their first single. It became a top ten hit on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, peaking at number 5, and would be their only one to do so. It is a cover of a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bouche" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="La Bouche">La Bouche</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> track from 1995. The song was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland in January 1997, and peaked at number 2 on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> and went on to spend 15 weeks in the chart, and it made it to number 1 in Ireland.</span>
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<br />music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-58437088288210393432012-05-13T14:56:00.001-07:002012-05-13T14:56:50.091-07:00Love And Marriage – Frank Sinatra<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2hdol_McCg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2hdol_McCg</a>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"Love and Marriage" was introduced by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> in the 1955 </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Television">television</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> production of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Wilder" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Thornton Wilder">Thornton Wilder</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">'s </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Town_(Producer%27s_Showcase)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Our Town (Producer's Showcase)">Our Town</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> that aired on </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producers%27_Showcase" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Producers' Showcase">Producers' Showcase</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. Sinatra went on to record two versions of the song. The first was recorded for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> on August 15, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_in_music" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="1955 in music">1955</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Marriage#cite_note-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> and became a major chart hit. (A competing version by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Shore" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Dinah Shore">Dinah Shore</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> also achieved popularity.) The second version was recorded for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprise_Records" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Reprise Records">Reprise Records</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> on October 11, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_in_music" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="1965 in music">1965</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Marriage#cite_note-1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> The Capitol version would later be used as the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_song" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Theme song">theme song</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> for the long-running 1987–1997 </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_TV" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Fox TV">Fox TV</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation_comedy" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Situation comedy">sitcom</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married..._with_Children" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080;" title="Married... with Children">Married... with Children</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Marriage#cite_note-2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup>
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<br />music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-20891405957967976292012-05-13T14:53:00.001-07:002012-05-13T14:53:19.581-07:00Let’s Dance – Benny Goodman<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM6r8dQ_7cc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM6r8dQ_7cc</a>
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<b>Benjamin David “Benny” Goodman</b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bg_0-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Goodman#cite_note-bg-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup> (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Jazz">jazz</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_(genre)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Swing (genre)">swing</a> musician, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinetist" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Clarinetist">clarinetist</a> and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandleader" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bandleader">bandleader</a>; widely known as the "King of Swing".</div>
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In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America. His January 16, 1938 concert at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a> in New York City is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Goodman#cite_note-1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup></div>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-30479635478187223182012-05-13T14:49:00.000-07:002012-05-13T14:49:05.371-07:00Dust On The Bottle – David Lee Murphy<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNkF_ZpQ4eg&ob=av2n">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNkF_ZpQ4eg&ob=av2n</a>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">David Lee Murphy</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> (born January 7, 1959) is an American </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Country music">country music</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> artist. Signed to </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCA_Nashville_Records" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="MCA Nashville Records">MCA Nashville Records</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> in 1994, Murphy made his first appearance on the </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> country charts that year with "Just Once", a song from the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Seconds_(soundtrack)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="8 Seconds (soundtrack)">soundtrack</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> to the 1994 film </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Seconds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="8 Seconds">8 Seconds</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. A year later, Murphy's debut album </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_with_a_Bang" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Out with a Bang">Out with a Bang</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> was released; overall, it produced four chart singles. His follow-up albums, </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettin%27_Out_the_Good_Stuff" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Gettin' Out the Good Stuff">Gettin' Out the Good Stuff</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> (1996) and </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can%27t_All_Be_Angels" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="We Can't All Be Angels">We Can't All Be Angels</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> (1997) were less successful than their predecessors, and by 1998, Murphy was dropped from MCA's roster. A fourth album, </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryin%27_to_Get_There" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Tryin' to Get There">Tryin' to Get There</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, was released in 2004 on Koch Entertainment (now </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E1_Music" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="E1 Music">E1 Music</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">), with the Top 5 single "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loco_(David_Lee_Murphy_song)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Loco (David Lee Murphy song)">Loco</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" being released from that album before Koch closed its country division in 2005.</span>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-50314476689024969752012-05-12T09:58:00.000-07:002012-05-12T09:58:31.109-07:00California Love – 2 Pac<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWOsbGP5Ox4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWOsbGP5Ox4</a>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">California Love</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> song by </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2Pac" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="2Pac">2Pac</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> featuring </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Dr. Dre">Dr. Dre</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Troutman" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Roger Troutman">Roger Troutman</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. The song was released as 2Pac's comeback single upon his release from prison in 1995. A popular </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Remix">remix</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> version of the song appeared on his 1996 double album </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Eyez_on_Me" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="All Eyez on Me">All Eyez on Me</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. This is perhaps 2Pac's best-known song and his most successful, reaching number one on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> for two weeks (as a Double-A side single with "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Do_U_Want_It" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="How Do U Want It">How Do U Want It</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"). The song was nominated for a posthumous </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> as a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Rap_Solo_Performance" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Best Rap Solo Performance">Best Rap Solo Performance</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> and </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Rap_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group">Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> (with Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman) in 1997.</span>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-84953779057241327302012-05-12T09:47:00.002-07:002012-05-12T09:47:41.970-07:00Getting Jiggy With It – Will Smith<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JcmQONgXJM&ob=av2e">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JcmQONgXJM&ob=av2e</a><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Gettin' Jiggy Wit It</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Single (music)">single</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> by American </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Rapper">rapper</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, released as the third cut from his debut solo album </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Willie_Style" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Big Willie Style">Big Willie Style</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. Released in January 1998, the song was co-written by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Nas">Nas</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, and was Smith's second hit produced by </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Poke & Tone</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, who replaced his long-time partner </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="DJ Jazzy Jeff">Jazzy Jeff</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, though the record-scratching techniques of Jazzy Jeff can be heard in the song.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettin'_Jiggy_wit_It#cite_note-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> The record spent three weeks at the top of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">chart from March 14, 1998. The song also won a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> in 1999 for the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rap_Solo_Performance" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance">Best Rap Solo Performance</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. It was ranked the 68th greatest song of the 1990s by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VH1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="VH1">VH1</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" Hit Number 1 on March 11, 1998. However, it was ranked at #19 on the list of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Radio" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="AOL Radio">AOL Radio</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">'s 100 Worst Songs Ever in 2010.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettin'_Jiggy_wit_It#cite_note-1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Miami</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" is a 1998 single from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">'s debut solo album </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Willie_Style" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Big Willie Style">Big Willie Style</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. It samples </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whispers" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Whispers">The Whispers</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">' 1980 hit "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_the_Beat_Goes_On_(song)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="And the Beat Goes On (song)">And the Beat Goes On</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">". The song charted at number 17 on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> and number 3 on the UK charts. It won a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_VMA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="MTV VMA">MTV VMA</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Best Male Video award. The video features an early appearance of future </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitch_(film)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Hitch (film)">Hitch</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> co-star </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Mendes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" title="Eva Mendes">Eva Mendes</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. The single was considered to be of a different style to Smith's previous singles, becoming his highest selling worldwide single of his whole career.</span>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-42198955994229162912012-05-11T03:53:00.001-07:002012-05-11T03:53:35.695-07:00Killing Me Softly – Fugees<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/qapmUgzMbHY?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKOtzIo-uYw&ob=av2e">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKOtzIo-uYw&ob=av2e</a>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"Killing Me Softly with His Song"</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> is the title of a song, with music composed by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fox_(composer)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Charles Fox (composer)">Charles Fox</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> and lyrics written by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Gimbel" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Norman Gimbel">Norman Gimbel</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">, which was a number-one hit in 1973 for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Flack" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Roberta Flack">Roberta Flack</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. The song has been remade by numerous artists, most notably </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fugees" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Fugees">the Fugees</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> whose rendition contributed to their Grammy Award-winning album, </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Score_(album)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Score (album)">The Score</a>.</i>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-68881384116883352342012-05-11T03:49:00.001-07:002012-05-11T03:49:43.779-07:00U Can’t Touch This – M.C. Hammer<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5X5zh00rdg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5X5zh00rdg</a>
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"<b>U Can't Touch This</b>" is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Hammer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="MC Hammer">MC Hammer</a>'s 1990 super hit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_song" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Signature song">signature song</a>, from his album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Hammer,_Don%27t_Hurt_%27Em" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em">Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em</a></i>. The album sold more than 10 million copies,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Can't_Touch_This#cite_note-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup> due primarily to this single, and gaining <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="RIAA certification">multi-platinum certifications</a> from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>, and other Recording Industries.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Rick James">Rick James</a> sued Hammer for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Copyright infringement">infringement of copyright</a>, as the song basically consists of the prominent opening <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riff" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Riff">riff</a> of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Freak" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Super Freak">Super Freak</a>", which is constantly repeated throughout. The suit was settled out of court when Hammer agreed to credit James as co-composer, effectively cutting James in on the millions of dollars the record was earning. James was accordingly credited as a co-author.</div>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-30114573189074259052012-05-11T03:42:00.003-07:002012-05-11T03:42:33.707-07:00Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio<br />
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"<b>Gangsta's Paradise</b>" is a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Rap">rap</a> song by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolio" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Coolio">Coolio</a> featuring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.V._(singer)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="L.V. (singer)">L.V.</a> The song was released on the Coolio album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsta%27s_Paradise" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Gangsta's Paradise">Gangsta's Paradise</a></i>, as well as the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Minds_(soundtrack)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dangerous Minds (soundtrack)"><i>Dangerous Minds</i> soundtrack</a> in 1995. Coolio was awarded a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Grammy">Grammy</a> for the song/album. The song was voted as the best single of the year in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_Voice" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pazz_%26_Jop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pazz & Jop">Pazz & Jop</a> critics poll.</div>
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It <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sampling (music)">sampled</a> the chorus and music of the song "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastime_Paradise" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pastime Paradise">Pastime Paradise</a>" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (1976). Wonder performed the song with Coolio and L.V. at the 1995 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Awards" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Awards">Billboard Awards</a>.</div>
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The song was also listed at number 69 on <i>Billboard's Greatest Songs of All-Time</i><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsta's_Paradise_(song)#cite_note-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup> and number one biggest selling single of 1995 on U.S. <i>Billboard</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsta's_Paradise_(song)#cite_note-1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup>In 2008, it was ranked number 38 on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VH1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="VH1">VH1</a>'s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsta's_Paradise_(song)#cite_note-2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup></div>
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The song has sold over 5 million copies in the U.S., U.K., and Germany alone,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsta's_Paradise_(song)#cite_note-3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Best-selling_in_the_U.K._2_4-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsta's_Paradise_(song)#cite_note-Best-selling_in_the_U.K._2-4" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-German_certifications_5-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsta's_Paradise_(song)#cite_note-German_certifications-5" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup> making it one of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_worldwide" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="List of best-selling singles worldwide">best-selling singles of all time</a>.</div>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-18792620336806059552012-05-11T03:38:00.001-07:002012-05-11T03:38:22.505-07:00Boombastic – Shaggy<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAM0eqdzjYY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAM0eqdzjYY</a>
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<i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>Boombastic</b></i><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> is the third studio album released by Jamaican artist </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_(musician)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Shaggy (musician)">Shaggy</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">. The album was released on July 11, 1995. The album sold over one million copies in the U.S., as well as selling 300,000+ in the UK. The album spawned five singles: "In The Summertime", a cover of a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo_Jerry" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Mungo Jerry">Mungo Jerry</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> classic, "Boombastic", which peaked at #1 on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, at #3 on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> and at #1 on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="United States">U.S.</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_Blues" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Rhythm and Blues">R&B</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_chart" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Record chart">chart</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, "Why You Treat Me So Bad?", the double A-side "Something Different" / "The Train Is Coming", and "Day Oh", which was released as a Japanese only single. "Boombastic" was used as the theme for a 1995 </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi%27s" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Levi's">Levi's</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> ad, which was directed by Michael Mort and Deiniol Morris. 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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Turn the Beat Around</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Disco">disco</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> song written by Gerald Jackson and Peter Jackson and popularized by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Sue_Robinson" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Vicki Sue Robinson">Vicki Sue Robinson</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> in 1976 (see </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_in_music" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="1976 in music">1976 in music</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">), originally appearing on her debut album, </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Never Gonna Let You Go</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. Released as a single, the song went to #10 on the </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> pop charts, and Robinson received a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Grammy">Grammy</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> nomination for best female pop vocal. The track, considered a disco classic, is featured on many compilation albums.</span>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-72014110814347927432012-05-10T08:06:00.000-07:002012-05-10T08:06:27.038-07:00Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love) – Lina Santiago<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Lina Santiago</b> (born September 5, 1978)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Santiago#cite_note-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup> is an American singer and musician. She is best known for her 1996 single, "Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love)", which peaked at #35 on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a> that year.</div>
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She released one album, <i>Feels So Good</i>, in 1996.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Santiago#cite_note-1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup></div>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-91100310114374610462012-05-10T07:58:00.000-07:002012-05-10T07:58:01.945-07:00Sweet Dreams – La Bouche<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8RjRquFIWA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8RjRquFIWA</a>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Sweet Dreams (Hola Hola Eh)</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" is the title of a song recorded by German </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurodance" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Eurodance">Eurodance</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> group </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bouche" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="La Bouche">La Bouche</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. It was originally released in March 1994 as the lead single from their album of the same name. It was released in North America in January 1996. It reached number-one in both </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Italy">Italy</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> and on the Canadian dance chart and peaked at number 13 in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="United States">United States</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">.</span>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-45415917114699182922012-05-10T07:50:00.001-07:002012-05-10T07:50:44.859-07:00Feel It – Tamperer<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVf0nzR2Y5A">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVf0nzR2Y5A</a>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Feel It</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">" is the title of a song by Italian dance group </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tamperer_featuring_Maya" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Tamperer featuring Maya">The Tamperer featuring Maya</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> It was released in May 1998 as the lead single from their debut album, </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Fabulous</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. The song became a number one single in the United Kingdom, and samples the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksons" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Jacksons">Jacksons</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">' Top 10 1981 hit "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Feel_It" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Can You Feel It">Can You Feel It</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">". In 1998 It reached #1 in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, and #4 on the US </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_Dance_Music/Club_Play" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play">Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> chart.</span>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-81126228764276594972012-05-10T07:48:00.000-07:002012-05-10T07:48:03.132-07:00Dreamer – Livin’ Joy<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wchBv0y4aI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wchBv0y4aI</a>
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<b>Dreamer</b>" is the title of a song recorded by Italian house group <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livin%27_Joy" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Livin' Joy">Livin' Joy</a>. It was a number-one <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Dance_Club_Play" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Hot Dance Club Play">dance hit</a> that year.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamer_(Livin'_Joy_song)#cite_note-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup> The following year, it entered the UK chart at No. 1. "Set You Free", the dance anthem from N-Trance, could only reach No. 2 the same year.</div>
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The song was first released in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> in September 1994 and peaked at number 18 in the UK top 40.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamer_(Livin'_Joy_song)#cite_note-1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup> After the track saw moderate success and broke the top 20 in the UK, the DJ behind Livin' Joy, Viani DJ, then decided to focus on other projects, namely <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Party" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Alex Party">Alex Party</a> to record the mega hit "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Party" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Alex Party">Don't Give Me Your Life</a>" under the Alex Party banner. After the success of Don't Give Me Your Life, he released another single, "Read My Lips", which didn't match the huge success the previous track had achieved, so they returned their focus on Livin' Joy once more and returned with a remix of their original hit "Dreamer". The song was re-released and entered the chart at number 1 in May 1995,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamer_(Livin'_Joy_song)#cite_note-2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup> beating the out-going number one by<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Oasis (band)">Oasis</a> by a narrow margin of just 500 sales.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamer_(Livin'_Joy_song)#cite_note-3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup></div>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-1858923650741420852012-05-10T07:45:00.003-07:002012-05-10T07:45:29.283-07:00This Is Your Night – Amber<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/QOaqgrtoMGo?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOaqgrtoMGo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOaqgrtoMGo</a>
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<i><b>This Is Your Night</b></i> is the debut album of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_music" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dance music">dance</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pop music">pop</a> singer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_(performer)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Amber (performer)">Amber</a>. It was released on <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Boy_Records" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Tommy Boy Records">Tommy Boy Records</a> on November 25, 1996.</div>
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The album featured international hit title track "This Is Your Night", which peaked at #24 on the U.S. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> & #44 in New Zealand.</div>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422300242795221658.post-74561380612912185092012-05-10T07:42:00.001-07:002012-05-10T07:42:58.690-07:00Celebration – Fun Factory<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4U1EHoNfO0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4U1EHoNfO0</a>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Fun Factory</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> was a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Germany">German</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurodance" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Eurodance">Eurodance</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> group formed in 1993, originally consisting of Balja, Steve, Rod D., and </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_T." style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Smooth T.">Smooth T.</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. The group enjoyed success in the mid-1990's.</span>music hitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287120153309549010noreply@blogger.com0