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Betcha She Don't Love You
"Betcha She Don't Love You" is a song by American singer Evelyn King, released by RCA Records as the second single from her fifth album '' Get Loose'' (1982), the follow-up to "Love Come Down". The song was written and co-produced by American musician Kashif and talks about a boy going out with another girl who will break his heart. It reached number two on the US ''Billboard'' Black Singles chart and number 49 on the Hot 100 The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), o ... chart. A 12" extended mix of this song was included on King's Greatest Hits album. Charts Weekly charts Sampling In 1999, this song was sampled in "Bet She Don't Love You" by A+ featuring Joe. The song was also sampled in the song "If You Were My Man" by Monica on her 2010 album '' Still Standing''. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn "Champagne" King
Evelyn "Champagne" King (born July 1, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her first hit was disco single "Shame", which was released in 1977 during the height of disco's popularity. King had other hits from the early to mid–1980s including " I'm in Love" (1981), " Love Come Down" (1982) and " Your Personal Touch" (1985). Biography Life Evelyn King was born on July 1, 1960, in The Bronx, New York City, New York to Johnniea and Erik King. She was raised in Philadelphia. She is one of eight children. King's childhood nickname was "Bubbles". Her uncle Avon Long had played the part of Sportin' Life in the first Broadway revival of ''Porgy and Bess'' and worked with Lena Horne at the Cotton Club. Her father was a back-up singer for groups at Harlem's Apollo Theater. Her mother managed a group named Quality Red. King was discovered while working with her mother at Philadelphia International Records as an office cleaner. Producer Theodore T. Life overhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Singles
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1981 Songs
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Evelyn "Champagne" King Songs
Evelyn may refer to: Places Australia * Evelyn County, New South Wales, a cadastral division * Electoral district of Evelyn, an electoral district in Victoria * Evelyn, Queensland, a locality in the Tablelands Region Canada * Evelyn, Ontario United Kingdom *Evelyn, London *Evelyn Gardens, a garden square in London United States * Evelyn, Michigan * Evelyn, Texas * Evelyn, Wirt County, West Virginia * Evelyn (VTA), former light rail train station in Mountain View, California Schools * Evelyn College for Women, or Evelyn College, the former women's college of Princeton University * Evelyn High School, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Entertainment * ''Evelyn'' (2002 film), a film starring Sophie Vavasseur and Pierce Brosnan * ''Evelyn'' (2018 film), a documentary * '' Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl'', 2002 short film and black comedy directed by Brad Peyton * ''Evelyn'' (play), a 1969 radio play by Rhys Adrian * ''Evelyn'' (EP), an EP by The Mess Hall * "Evelyn", s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Standing (Monica Album)
''Still Standing'' is the sixth studio album by American R&B singer Monica. It was released on March 19, 2010, by J Records. Recording for the album began in 2007, in which the singer intended to take a more traditional approach to the genre and take away any "gimmicks". As executive producer of the album, Monica enlisted a variety of producers including involvement by Missy Elliott, Bryan-Michael Cox, Stargate, The Runners and Jermaine Dupri. Production on ''Still Standing'' was chronicled by Monica's BET reality series of the same name which aired between October 2009 and January 2010. The album received mostly positive reviews, based on an aggregate score of 71/100 from Metacritic, with critics perceiving its sound as "a return to the mid-'90s heyday" of contemporary R&B. It was a commercial success, debuting at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 184,000 in its first week, and reaching the top of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, becoming Monica's secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica (singer)
Monica Denise Arnold (formerly Brown; born October 24, 1980) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and joined a traveling gospel choir by the age of ten. Monica signed with record producer Dallas Austin through his label Rowdy Records in 1993, and gained prominence following the release of her debut studio album, ''Miss Thang'' (1995). Her follow-up albums were met with continued success; her second, ''The Boy Is Mine (album), The Boy Is Mine '' (1998) remains her best-selling album and spawned three Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100-number one singles: "The Boy Is Mine (Brandy and Monica song), The Boy Is Mine" (with Brandy Norwood, Brandy), "The First Night " and "Angel of Mine#Monica version, Angel of Mine". She then parted ways with Arista Records, Arista and Rowdy Records in favor of Clive Davis's J Records upon the label's launch in 2000. Her Japan-exclusive third album, ''All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe (singer)
Joseph Lewis Thomas (born July 5, 1973), known mononymously as Joe, is an American R&B singer. He signed to Polygram Records in 1992, and rose to prominence after releasing his debut album '' Everything'' the following year. He followed it with a series of successful albums under Jive Records, including '' All That I Am'' (1997), the international bestseller '' My Name Is Joe'' (2000) as well as the multi-certified albums '' Better Days'' (2001) and '' And Then...'' (2003). Several songs from these albums became hit singles on the pop and R&B record charts, including the number-one hit " Stutter", the top-ten entries " All the Things (Your Man Won't Do)", " Don't Wanna Be a Player", and " I Wanna Know" as well as his collaborations "Faded Pictures" and " Thank God I Found You", the latter of which he performed alongside Mariah Carey, also a number-one hit, and " Still Not a Player". Since his departure from Jive, Joe has released most of his projects independently through vent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A+ (rapper)
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cashbox (magazine)
''Cashbox'', also known as ''Cash Box'', is an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996. Ten years after its dissolution, it was revived and continues as ''Cashbox Magazine'', an online magazine with weekly charts and occasional special print issues. In addition to the music industry, the magazine covered the amusement arcade industry, including jukebox machines and arcade games. History Print edition charts (1942–1996) ''Cashbox'' was one of several magazines that published record charts in the United States. Its most prominent competitors were '' Billboard'' and '' Record World'' (known as ''Music Vendor'' prior to April 1964). Unlike ''Billboard'', ''Cashbox'' combined all currently available recordings of a song into one chart position with artist and label information shown for each version, alphabetized by label. Originally, no indication of which version was the biggest seller was given, but from October 25, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 positions but was shortened to 50 positions in October 2012. The chart is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African-American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, rock and roll, soul, and funk, it is today dominated by contemporary R&B and hip hop. Since its inception, the chart has changed its name many times in order to accurately reflect the industry at the time. History Beginning in 1942, ''Billboard'' published a chart of bestselling African-American music, first as the Harlem Hit Parade, then as Race Records. Then in 1949, ''Billboard'' began publishing a Rhythm and Blues chart, which entered "R&B" into mainstream lexicon. These three ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Loose (album)
''Get Loose'' is the fifth studio album from American singer Evelyn King, released by RCA Records in August 1982. It was produced by Morrie Brown with Kashif and Paul Lawrence Jones III as assistant producers. History The album peaked at number-one on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #27 on the ''Billboard'' 200. It produced the hit singles "Love Come Down", " Betcha She Don't Love You", "Back to Love", and "Get Loose". The album was certified gold by the RIAA. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records and Sony Music Legacy. Reception Phyl Garland of ''Stereo Review'' complimented the sound quality, calling it "good" but was disenchanted with the album's content and felt its success was " nindication of the pitifully limited taste of youngsters addicted to junk music. The heavy beat, underscoring such lyrics as 'Ooh, you make my love come down,' is supposed to incite a desire to dance, but this treatment is abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
