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Give Me Tonight
"Give Me Tonight" is a 1984 single by Shannon (American singer), Shannon, an United States, American R&B and dance music, dance artist. Released as the follow-up to her smash debut "Let the Music Play (song), Let the Music Play," "Give Me Tonight" was not as successful as its predecessor on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it peaked at #46. It did, however, receive the same enthusiastic response in the dance clubs as her previous single, hitting the top spot on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in March 1984 for two weeks. It also was a significant Urban contemporary, Urban hit, reaching #6 on the American R&B chart. The song also peaked at #24 on the UK singles chart. The vocal on the chorus is by session guitarist/vocalist Jimi Tunnell, who was uncredited. In 2000 Hex Hector remixed the song and the mixes were called the "Give Me Tonight (2000 A.D. Mixes)". Charts Other versions *In 1995, Leila K released the song "Electric (Leila K song), Electric." The ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon (American Singer)
Brenda Shannon Greene (born May 2, 1958), known professionally as Shannon, is an American singer and songwriter of Freestyle music, freestyle and dance-pop music. She is best known for her single "Let the Music Play (Shannon song), Let the Music Play", which topped the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart in 1983 and was certified gold. Her studio albums include ''Let the Music Play (Shannon album), Let the Music Play'' (1984), followed by ''Do You Wanna Get Away (album), Do You Wanna Get Away'' (1985) and ''Love Goes All the Way'' (1986). In 1999, Shannon appeared in a segment of VH1's ''One-Hit Wonders (American TV series), One-Hit Wonders'', and returned to music with her fourth studio album ''The Best Is Yet to Come'' (2000). Her studio album, ''A Beauty Returns'', was released in 2006. Career Shannon was born in Washington, D.C., United States. In 1983, she was enrolled at York College, City University of New York, York College in New York City and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Singles
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 9 – Van Halen releases their sixth studio album ''1984 (Van Halen album), 1984'' (''MCMLXXXIV''), which debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and will go to sell over 10 million copies in the United States. * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican City, Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria, Seychelles, Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh 128K, Macintosh personal computer in the United States. *January 27 – American singer Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire during the making of the Pepsi commercial. February * February 3 ** John Buster and the research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Number-one Dance Singles Of 1984 (U
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Till Death Do Us Party
''Till Death Do Us Party'' is the debut studio album from American singer-songwriter and drag queen, Adore Delano. The album was released through Sidecar Records in association with Producer Entertainment Group on June 3, 2014. The album was available to pre-order on May 29, 2014, and was officially released on June 3, 2014. In November 2014, Delano announced that she was working on a follow-up to ''Till Death Do Us Party''. Promotion In conjunction with the album, Adore appeared in an 11-episode web series, ''Let the Music Play'', produced by World of Wonder. Each webisode details a track off of the album. Delano has been on her worldwide "Till Death Do Us Party Tour" since shortly after the release of the album and also joined other Drag Race alum on the Battle of the Seasons Tour. Critical reception The album received generally positive reviews from select critics. David Lim, writing for ''So So Gay'', praised the album: "''Till Death Do Us Party'' is not only an affi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adore Delano
Adore Delano (formerly Dani Noriega; born September 29, 1989) is an American drag queen, singer-songwriter, and television personality. She first appeared as a contestant on the seventh season of ''American Idol'' in 2008 before competing on ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' season 6 (2014) and ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' season 2 (2016). She has recorded and released three studio albums: ''Till Death Do Us Party'' (2014), '' After Party'' (2016), '' Whatever'' (2017), and one EP ''Dirty Laundry'' (2021). Early life Delano was born in Glendora, California on September 29, 1989 to Bonnie Pimentel Noriega. She was raised in Azusa, California, where she attended Sierra High School, a continuation school for at-risk teenagers. Career 2007–2009: ''American Idol'' and early work When Delano was cast for ''American Idol'', she had been living as a transgender woman. She detransitioned in order to become a contestant. She competed on the seventh season of the show in 2007, and reache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Crichlow
Herbert Crichlow (born 26 November 1968) is a British music producer and songwriter based in Sweden. Born in England and raised in Barbados, he is best known for his multiple diamond, platinum and gold awarded works. He is also known for his written collaborations with Max Martin, RedOne, David Franks and Denniz Pop. In 1997, he was awarded the UN Non Violence project Special Award for outstanding works. Crichlow has crafted hits for pop artists such as Backstreet Boys, Zayn Malik, Robyn, Leila K, Rita Ora, Five, amongst many others. His songs have been Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ... nominated five times. Discography Songwriter/producer Awards *Most played song of the year 1997 ASCAP Award winner *Most played song of the year 1998 ASCAP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Martin
Karl Martin Sandberg (born 26 February 1971),Max Martin AllMusic known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish record producer and songwriter. He rose to prominence in the late 1990s with songwriting credits on a string of hit singles, such as 's " ...Baby One More Time" (1998), the ' "" (1999), |
Denniz PoP
Dag Krister Volle (26 April 1963 – 30 August 1998), better known as Denniz Pop (stylized ''Denniz PoP''), was a Swedish DJ, music producer, and songwriter. He was a member of the DJ collective SweMix and later co-founded the recording studio Cheiron Studios in Stockholm in 1992. Life and career Volle was born on 26 April 1963 in Tullinge, Sweden, to Norwegian immigrants. He began DJing in the 1980s and started producing remixed records and later original releases. In 1986, he co-founded the DJ collective and remix service SweMix with Robert Wåtz (of Rob'n'Raz fame), which also included StoneBridge. In 1988, he released the track "Gimme Some Mo' (Bass on Me)" under his own name. Volle met the Nigerian-Swedish singer Dr. Alban while they were both DJing, and in 1990, he produced his debut single, " Hello Afrika", and the subsequent eponymous album, which were released under the SweMix label. In 1992, he left SweMix and together with music investor Tom Talomaa, founded Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Folcker
Jessica Elisabeth Angelique Folcker (born 9 July 1975), known professionally as Jessica, is a Swedish singer. Her debut album ''Jessica'' in 1998 used her mononym, whereas follow up album ''Dino'' credited Jessica Folcker. Her following albums ''På svenska'' in 2005 and ''Skin Close'' in 2007 have used her full name Jessica Folcker. She is best known for her two international hits "Tell Me What You Like" and " How Will I Know (Who You Are)" both in 1998 and for " (Crack It) Something Going On" that featured her vocals and was a big hit for Bomfunk MC's in 2002. Biography Folcker was born as ''Jessica Elisabeth Angelique Folcker'' in Täby, Stockholm County, on 9 July 1975. Her mother is Swedish and her father is from Senegal. Jessica attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm for six years until she was 17. Her big dream of becoming a singer, was fulfilled when she was engaged as a backing singer for Ace of Base and Dr. Alban. She also performed the chorus in Leila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric (Leila K Song)
"Electric" is a song recorded and co-written by Swedish artist Leila K. It is produced by Denniz Pop and Max Martin, and released as a single in late 1995 by Mega Records. In 1996, it was included on Leila K's third album, '' Manic Panic'' (1996). The chorus is performed by Swedish singer Jessica Folcker. The single was a top-10 hit in both Finland and Sweden, peaking at numbers two and eight. In Israel and Belgium, it was a top-20 and top-40 hit, reaching numbers 18 and 37. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Electric" peaked at number 86 in March 1996. The music video for the song was directed by Ragnar Jansson and nominated for a Swedish Dance Award in 1997. Composition The song's chorus has the same melody as Shannon's 1984 dance hit "Give Me Tonight". Chris Barbosa and Ed Chisolm share songwriting credits for the song. In the 2020 book, ''Move Your Body (2 The 90s): Unlimited Eurodance'', writer Juha Soininen noted, "It also breaks the pattern of male raps: Leila raps and Jessica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
