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Tawatha Agee
Tawatha Agee (born November 14, 1954) is an American vocalist and songwriter. Her voice has been described in ''The New York Times'' as an "acrobatic, gospel-charged soprano." She was the lead singer of funk and soul band Mtume; her soulful lead vocals are featured on their 1983 R&B hit "Juicy Fruit". Agee has worked consistently as a backing vocalist from the mid-1970s to the present day, predominantly with James Mtume, who produced her one solo studio album, ''Welcome to My Dream'', for Epic Records in 1987. She is also a part of "the Lovely Ladies" trio, who tour with the Dave Matthews Band. Early life and education Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Agee attended Newark Arts High School and Howard University. Career Mtume and backup singing Agee sang on James Mtume's second studio album, '' Rebirth Cycle'' (1977), and on the Mtume album, '' Kiss This World Goodbye'' (1978), which features "The Closer I Get to You" (originally sung by Roberta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of United States cities by population, 67th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is located in Western Pennsylvania, southwestern Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. It anchors the Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.457 million residents and is the largest metro area in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the Pennsylvania metropolitan areas, second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 26th-largest in the U.S. Pittsburgh is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, most populous City (New Jersey), city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area.Table1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses , New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 1, 2022.New Jersey County Map , New Jersey Department of State. Accessed December 27, 2022. As of the 2020 U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie (album)
''Stephanie '' is the Grammy-nominated fifth studio album by American R&B/soul singer Stephanie Mills. It was released in 1981 and produced by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas. The album features hit song " Two Hearts" a duet with Teddy Pendergrass. By default, this fulfilled her contract with 20th Century-Fox Records, as the following year, the label was sold to PolyGram Records, which quickly folded it into Casablanca Records, to which Mills' contract was subsequently transferred. ''Stephanie'' scored Mills her second nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards in 1982. Track listing All songs written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas except where indicated. #"Winner" - 4:50 #" Two Hearts" (duet with Teddy Pendergrass) (Tawatha Agee, James Mtume, Reggie Lucas) - 4:44 #"Don't Stop Doin' What 'Cha Do" - 4:48 #"Top of My List" (Rodney Brown, Willie Lester) - 3:42 #"I Believe in Love Songs" - 4:14 #"Night Games" - 5:47 #"My Love's Been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Sensation (Stephanie Mills Album)
''Sweet Sensation'' is the fourth album by American R&B and soul singer Stephanie Mills. Released in 1980, produced by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas. The album features her biggest hit, "Never Knew Love Like This Before" which peaked within the top ten of the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and won two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female and Best R&B Song, the former becoming her first career Grammy win. ''Sweet Sensation'' received gold status by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over 500,000 copies. Track listing *All songs written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas except where indicated. Personnel * Stephanie Mills – vocals * Hubert Eaves III – keyboards * James Mtume – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements, producer * Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming * Reggie Lucas – guitars, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements, producer * Ed Moore – guitars * Basil Fearington � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Cha' Gonna Do With My Lovin'
''What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin is the third album by Stephanie Mills. It was released in 1979 and produced by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas. Critical reception The ''Bay State Banner'' wrote: "There are the usual gospel roots to Mills's intense mannerism, and there are many instances of additional studio distortion—listen to her electric squawk in 'Put Your Body In It'—but the safe licks her band plays give us something familiar to hang on to while Mills camps it up." Track listing *All songs written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas except where indicated. Personnel *Stephanie Mills – lead vocals, backing vocals *Howard T. King – drums *Ed "Tree" Moore, Reggie Lucas – guitars *Basil Fearington – bass guitar *Joe Caro – acoustic guitar *Harry Whitaker, Hubert Eaves III – keyboards *Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming *Bashiri Johnson, James Mtume – percussion *Brenda White King, Gwen Guthrie, Lani Groves, Tawatha Agee, Louise Bethune, Mary Johnson, John Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Dorthea Mills (born March 22, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to stardom as Dorothy Gale in the original seven-time Tony Awards, Tony Award winning Broadway theatre, Broadway run of the musical ''The Wiz'' from 1974 to 1979. The song "Home (The Wiz song), Home" from the show later became a Number 1 U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B hit and her signature song. During the 1980s, she had five Number 1 R&B hits, including "Home (The Wiz song), Home", "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love", "I Feel Good All Over", "(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me" and "Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)". She won a Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her song "Never Knew Love Like This Before" in 1981. Her albums ''What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin', What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'', ''Sweet Sensation (Stephanie Mills album), Sweet Sensation'' and ''Stephanie (album), Stephanie'' went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Search Of The Rainbow Seekers
''In Search Of The Rainbow Seekers'' is a 1980 album by R&B group Mtume. This was their second album on the Epic Records label. Track listing All tracks composed by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas; except where noted. #"Give It on Up (If You Want To)" (Howard King, Ed "Tree" Moore, Tawatha Agee) - 6:40 #"You Can't Wait for Love" - 4:52 #"She's a Rainbow Dancer" - 4:56 #"We're Gonna Make It This Time" - 4:56 #"Dance Around My Navel (Doesn't Have to Make Sense, Just Cents)" (Basil Fearrington, Howard King, D. Spence) - 1:59 #"So You Wanna Be a Star" (James Mtume, Reggie Lucas, Basil Fearrington) - 5:16 #"Spirit of the Dance" (Hubert Eaves, Tawatha Agee) - 4:18 #"Anticipatin'" - 4:22 #"Everything Good to Me" - 4:08 #"Mrs. Sippi" (James Mtume, Reggie Lucas, Ed "Tree" Moore) - 3:41 Personnel ;Mtume *Mtume - backing vocals *James Mtume - lead vocals, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals *Tawatha Agee - lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion *Howard King - drums *Ed "Tree" Moore, Regg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Lights In The Basement
''Blue Lights in the Basement'' is the sixth studio album by American singer Roberta Flack, released by Atlantic Records on December 13, 1977. A commercial success, it peaked at number eight on the US ''Billboard'' 200, becoming her third top-ten album on the chart, while also reaching number five on the R&B albums chart. In February 1978, it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments over 500,000 copies. The album features the single "The Closer I Get to You", a duet with Flack's friend and fellow soul musician Donny Hathaway, which became the biggest hit from the album, peaking at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and reaching number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. The collaboration with Hathaway would be one of his final singles released in his lifetime before his death in 1979. Background ''Blue Lights in the Basement'' was produced by Flack along with Joe Ferla and Gene McDaniels. The track "After You," a song relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donny Hathaway
Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who ''Rolling Stone'' described as a "soul legend". His most popular songs include " The Ghetto", " This Christmas", " Someday We'll All Be Free", and "Little Ghetto Boy". Hathaway is also renowned for his renditions of " A Song for You", "For All We Know", " Jealous Guy" and "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know", along with "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of many collaborations with Roberta Flack. He has been inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame and won one Grammy Award from four nominations. Hathaway was also posthumously honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. Dutch director David Kleijwegt made a documentary called ''Mister Soul – A Story About Donny Hathaway'', which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 28, 2020. Early life Hathaway, the son of Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberta Flack
Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) was an American singer and pianist known for her emotive, genre-blending ballads that spanned R&B, jazz, Folk music, folk, and pop and contributed to the birth of the quiet storm radio format. Her commercial success included the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart-topping singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", and "Feel Like Makin' Love (Roberta Flack song), Feel Like Makin' Love". She became the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in consecutive years. Flack frequently collaborated with Donny Hathaway, with whom she recorded several hit duets, including "Where Is the Love (Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song), Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You". She was one of the defining voices of 1970s popular music and remained active in the industry, later finding success with duets such as "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Peabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Closer I Get To You
"The Closer I Get to You" is a romantic ballad performed by singer-songwriter Roberta Flack and soul musician Donny Hathaway. The song was written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, two former members of Miles Davis's band, who were members of Flack's band at the time. Produced by Atlantic Records, the song was released on Flack's 1977 album '' Blue Lights in the Basement'', and as a single in 1978. It became a major crossover hit, becoming Flack's biggest commercial hit after her success with her 1973 solo single, " Killing Me Softly with His Song". Originally set as a solo single, Flack's manager, David Franklin, suggested a duet with Hathaway, which resulted in the finished work. "The Closer I Get to You" spent two weeks as number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in April 1978, and peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 behind Yvonne Elliman's " If I Can't Have You" and Wings' " With a Little Luck." The song charted in the top ten spots for fourteen weeks in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss This World Goodbye
''Kiss This World Goodbye'' is a 1978 album by R&B group Mtume. This was their debut album on the Epic Records label as well as the first album featuring vocals by Tawatha Agee. Track listing All songs written by Reggie Lucas and James Mtume except where noted. #"Theme (for the People) pening (Tawatha Agee, Lucas, Mtume) – 1:30 #"Just Funnin'" (Howard King, Lucas, Mtume) – 5:20 #"Kiss This World Goodbye" – 3:58 #"Insert" – 0:30 #"The Closer I Get to You" – 3:58 #"Love Lock" – 4:56 #"Funky Constellation" – 4:05 #"Closer to the End" – 4:32 #"Metal Flake Mind" – 3:30 #"Phase I" (Mtume; subtitled "40 Seconds dedicated to all Conga Players") – 0:42 #"Day of the Reggin" – 3:31 #"This Is Your World" – 3:28 #"Theme (for the People) xit (Agee, Lucas, Mtume) – 0:48 Personnel ;Mtume *James Mtume - lead and backing vocals, congas, percussion *Tawatha Agee - lead vocals, backing vocals *Reggie Lucas Reginald Grant Lucas (February 25, 1953 – May 19, 2018) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
