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Chris Barbosa
Chris Barbosa (October 22, 1961 – October 18, 2024) was an American freestyle music producer from New York. Career 1980s and 1990s In 1983, Bronx-born Barbosa served as a reporting DJ for New York's WKTU. In this role, the radio station would contact select club and mobile DJs, including Barbosa, to report on popular records, which would then influence the station's playlist. Also in 1983, an executive from Emergency Records named Sergio Cossa signed Barbosa to do production work with the record label. Some of Barbosa's musical influences were Arthur Baker (musician), Arthur Baker and John Robie, the duo that invented Freestyle music, electro-funk with their production of Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock (song), Planet Rock". Later that year, he teamed up with Mark Liggett to produce a vocal version of "Fire and Ice", the instrumental track of "Let the Music Play (song), Let the Music Play". They used a young contemporary R&B background vocalist named Shannon Brenda Greene, late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Music
Freestyle, or Latin freestyleKlanten, Robert (1995). ''Die Gestalten Verlag: Localizer 1.0''. Die-Gestalten-Verlag. . Quote: "The other unavoidable influence n NYC hard housewas latin freestyle. A blend of hip hop, synth pop and salsa, latin freestyle was big in NY in the mid and later eighties, and little known anywhere else. Among the best known tracks is Jellybean Benitez's "Dreams of Santa Anna" and Benitez kicked off the whole latin freestyle movement with his sessions at the Funhouse in Manhattan. The labels were Sleeping Bag Records and Cutting." Retrieved August 10, 2018. (initially called Latin hip hop) is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area, Philadelphia, and Miami, primarily among Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Italian Americans. An important precursor to freestyle is 1982's " Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force. Shannon's 1983 hit " Let the Music Play" is often considered the first freestyle son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nolan Thomas
Nolan Thomas (born Marko Kalfa; 24 August 1966 in Jersey City, NJ) is a fashion photographer and former Latin freestyle artist, mostly known for his 1984 single "Yo' Little Brother" which peaked at #57 on the '' ''Billboard'' Hot 100''. Kalfa was discovered by dance-music producers Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa of Shannon (" Let the Music Play") fame when he was still in high school. While he did appear in the music video of "Yo' Little Brother" and sang all of the other tracks on the ''Yo' Little Brother'' album, he did not actually perform the vocals on this particular track: Elan Lanier sang them instead. The original 12-inch single of "Yo' Little Brother" was initially released by Emergency Records. The music video was conceived by the Manager-Director-Producer team of Stu Sleppin & Bob Teeman who created the rock star look-a-likes (Cyndi Lauper, Billy Idol, Rick Ocasek, Bruce Springsteen) that became known as The Vid Kids. Nolan Thomas & The Vid Kids toured the US in the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Straits of Florida to the south, and The Bahamas to the southeast. About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. It has the List of U.S. states by coastline, longest coastline in the contiguous United States, spanning approximately , not including its many barrier islands. It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of over 23 million, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, third-most populous state in the United States and ranks List of states and territories of the United States by population density, seventh in population density as of 2020. Florida spans , ranking List of U.S. states ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando, Florida
Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida, Tampa and the state's most populous inland city. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.67 million in 2020. It is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami metropolitan area, Miami and Tampa Bay area, Tampa Bay. Orlando is one of the most-visited cities in the world primarily due to tourism, major events, and convention traffic. It is the fourth-most visited city in the U.S. after New York City, Miami, and Los Angeles, with over 3.5 million visitors as of 2023. Orlando International Airport is the List of the busiest airports in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is a 350-bed teaching and safety net hospital located in the Wyckoff Heights section of Bushwick, Brooklyn. The hospital is an academic affiliate of the Weill Cornell College of Medicine, the New York Medical College and NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine. The primary goal of the center is to train future physicians that are qualified medically and personably. Wycoff Heights is one of only ten hospitals left in New York City to operate as a stand-alone facility. History In 1887 the German Hospital Society of Brooklyn was organized by the Plattdeutscher Volksfest-Verein for the purpose of raising funds, purchasing land, and constructing a hospital to serve the large German immigrant community in Brooklyn. The hospital opened its doors in 1899 as the German Hospital of Brooklyn, but was renamed Wyckoff Heights Hospital after World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tape Editing
Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels. To prepare for use, the ''supply reel'' (or ''feed reel'') containing the tape is placed on a spindle or hub. The end of the tape is manually pulled from the reel, threaded through mechanical guides and over a tape head assembly, and attached by friction to the hub of the second, initially empty ''takeup reel''. Reel-to-reel systems use tape that is wide, which normally moves at . Domestic consumer machines almost always used or narrower tape and many offered slower speeds such as . All standard tape speeds are derived as a binary submultiple of 30 inches per second. Reel-to-reel preceded the development of the compact cassette with tape wide moving at . By writing the same audio signal across more tape, reel-to-reel systems give much greater fidelity at the cost of much larger tapes. In spite of the relative inconvenien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Of The Heart (song)
"Bad of the Heart" is the second single from freestyle singer George Lamond's debut album '' Bad of the Heart''. It is his biggest hit, peaking at number 25 in the U.S. The song was released on March 22, 1990 by Columbia Records. It was written by Philip Andreula, Marilyn Rodriguez and with production by Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa Chris Barbosa (October 22, 1961 – October 18, 2024) was an American freestyle music producer from New York. Career 1980s and 1990s In 1983, Bronx-born Barbosa served as a reporting DJ for New York's WKTU. In this role, the radio station would .... Track listing ;US CD maxi-single ;US 12" single Charts References 1990 singles George Lamond songs Song recordings produced by Chris Barbosa Columbia Records singles 1990 songs {{1990s-pop-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa-Fire
Wilma Cosmé (born 16 January 1966, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico), better known by her stage name Sa-Fire, is an American singing, singer. Sa-Fire's Latin Freestyle music was able to break through into the broader pop music world. She has been featured in various magazines, such as ''Us Weekly, Us Magazine'', ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'', ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'', ''Elle (magazine), Elle'', and most recently in the December 2011 issue of ''Signature Hits Magazine''. She was the first Latinas, Latina to appear on the cover of ''Spin Magazine''. Sa-Fire has also appeared on television programs such as ''American Bandstand'', ''The Pat Sajak Show'', ''The Joan Rivers Show'', ''Latin Connection'', ''MTV International'', ''The Party Machine with Nia Peeples'', ''PM Magazine'', ''Entertainment Tonight'', ''Access Hollywood'', ''TMZ'', ''The View (talk show), The View'', MTV, and Telemundo. Sa-Fire has performed throughout the United States, Japan, Europe, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Torres
Judith "Judy" Torres (born June 13, 1968 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American freestyle music artist and dance-pop singer. Early life and career Growing up in the Bronx, Torres was the oldest of five siblings. She attended St. Thomas Aquinas, and the all girls Aquinas High School. Torres scored club hits with songs such as "Please Stay Tonight," "Come into My Arms," "Love Story," "I Love You, Will You Love Me," and her first single "No Reason to Cry." A love-themed freestyle written by Mickey Garcia, "No Reason to Cry" peaked at #30 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Charts. Her debut album, ''Love Story'', which was released in 1989 on Profile Records, is a freestyle collection, which included Ken Cedar-penned "Weakness of the Body", which was originally recorded by a teenage Mariah Carey. Her second album, ''My Soul'', was released in 1992. The album features such hits as attitudinal song "Every Little Lie," which tells a tale of an unfaithful man who, instead of ending ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lamond
George Lamond (born George Garcia, February 25, 1967), sometimes styled George LaMond, is an American freestyle music and salsa music singer. LaMond has released seven albums (five via Sony Music) between 1989 and 2014. Best known for his 1989 #25 Billboard debut, "Bad of the Heart", and his #1 salsa smash, "Que Te Vas". He also had a 2008 Top 5 radio hit, "Don’t Stop Believin’". Early life Lamond was born George Garcia in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. He moved to his parents' native Puerto Rico at age 2. He remained in Puerto Rico until the age of 7, at which point the family (which included eight other siblings) returned to the contiguous U.S., settling in The Bronx, where he primarily grew up. Career In 1989 Lamond's debut single "Bad of the Heart" was released on the indie label, Ligosa Records. "Freestyle"(also known as Club or Latin Hip-hop), was a subgenre of Hip-hop fused with Salsa music (most noted in the percussion) whose origins go back to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monet (singer)
Oscar-Claude Monet (, ; ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of Impressionism painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of Impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions of nature, especially as applied to ''En plein air, ''plein air'''' (outdoor) landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting ''Impression, Sunrise, Impression, soleil levant'', which was exhibited in 1874 at the First Impressionist Exhibition, initiated by Monet and a number of like-minded artists as an alternative to the Salon (Paris), Salon. Monet was raised in Le Havre, Normandy, and became interested in the outdoors and drawing from an early age. Although his mother, Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet, supported his ambitions to be a painter, his father, Claude-Adolphe, disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Agent (Robin Gibb Album)
''Secret Agent'' is the third solo album by British singer Robin Gibb, released in 1984. The album enjoyed limited success, mostly in Europe and Australia. The lead single "Boys Do Fall in Love" made the Top 10 in Italy and South Africa. Background Writing and production The album followed on from ''How Old Are You? (album), How Old Are You?'' the previous year with Robin's twin brother Maurice Gibb, Maurice again co-writing and playing keyboards. Three songs were written by all three Bee Gees, including oldest brother Barry Gibb, Barry. The album is heavily electronic, relying mostly on multi-layered keyboards with bass and drums played on synthesizers. Recording took place at Criteria Studios as Barry Gibb was occupying the Bee Gees' own Middle Ear studio at the time, recording his solo debut ''Now Voyager''. Robin and Maurice continued the Bee Gees tradition of "making it up" in the recording studio. Assistant engineer Richard Achor recalled the years when Robin and Maurice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
