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Discothèque (Marcia Hines Album)
''Discothèque'' is the eleventh studio album by Australian singer Marcia Hines, released in Australia on 30 September 2006 (see 2006 in music). It peaked at number 6 in Australia. Track listing CD # "Disco Inferno" (Leroy Green, Ron Kersey) – 3:49 # "Never Knew Love Like This Before" (James Mtume, Reggie Lucas) – 4:52 # " Stomp!" featuring Deni Hines – 4:26 # "Right Back Where We Started From" – 3:14 # " The Best of My Love" – 3:58 # "You Should Be Dancing" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 4:12 # "Shake Your Groove Thing" – 3:29 # "Never Can Say Goodbye" – 3:04 # " Last Dance" – 4:26 # " I Can't Stand the Rain" (Ann Peebles, Donald Bryant, Bernard Miller) – 3:10 # "You to Me Are Everything" – 3:24 # " Blame It on the Boogie" (Mick Jackson, Elmar Krohn, David Jackson) – 3:50 # "Let's Groove" – 4:13 # "I'm Coming Out" (Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers) – 3:26 CD Tour Edition (released December 2007) # "You" (2005 Remix Edit) # "Your Love Still Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Hines
Marcia Elaine Hines AM (born July 20, 1953) is an American-born Australian singer and TV personality. Hines made her debut, at the age of 16, in the Australian production of the stage musical ''Hair'' and followed with the role of Mary Magdalene in ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. She achieved her greatest commercial successes as a recording artist during the late 1970s with several hit singles, including cover versions of " Fire and Rain", "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself", "You" and " Something's Missing (In My Life)"; and her Top Ten albums '' Marcia Shines'', '' Shining'' and '' Ladies and Gentlemen''. Hines was voted " Queen of Pop" by ''TV Week's'' readers for three consecutive years from 1976. Hines stopped recording in the early 1980s until she returned with '' Right Here and Now'' in 1994, the same year she became an Australian citizen. She was the subject of the 2001 biography ''Diva: the life of Marcia Hines'', which coincided with the release of the compilation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Of My Love (The Emotions Song)
"Best of My Love" is a song by American band The Emotions from their fourth studio album '' Rejoice'' (1977). Released as the album's lead single on June 9, 1977, the song topped both the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and US ''Billboard'' R&B charts. It also reached the top five in the UK and Canada, the top 10 in New Zealand, and the top 20 in Australia. "Best of My Love" won a Grammy at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards (1977) for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals; The tune also won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single. Background This tune was composed by Maurice White and Al McKay of Earth, Wind & Fire, also produced by White and Clarence McDonald. "Best of My Love" was originally published in the key of C major in common time with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. The vocals span from C4 to A5 (although in the outro of the song, one of the Emotions hits a C6). Commercial performance The single achieved huge success, remaining on top of the US '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Coming Out
"I'm Coming Out" is a song recorded by American singer Diana Ross. It was written and produced by Chic members Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, and released on August 22, 1980 by Motown, as the second single from Ross' self-titled eleventh album, '' Diana'' (1980). It peaked at number five on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Disco Singles chart and number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. Since its release, "I'm Coming Out" has been regarded as an anthem for the LGBT community. Background In 1979, Ross commissioned Chic founders Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards to create material for a new album after taking her daughters to see the band in concert. In 2021, Nile Rodgers confirmed in a TikTok video that the song was inspired by seeing drag queens dressed as Diana Ross at a New York club, with Rodgers stating: The lyrics hold an additional meaning for Ross, as she was leaving Motown Records and "coming out" from under Berry Gordy's thumb. Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Groove
"Let's Groove" is a song by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released as the first single from their eleventh studio album, ''Raise!'' (1981). It is written by Maurice White and Wayne Vaughn, and produced by White. The song was a commercial success, and was the band's highest-charting single in various territories. It peaked inside the top 20 in countries including the United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada and other component charts in America. In 1979 and the early 1980s, there was a severe backlash against disco music. In spite of this, the band decided to revive the disco sound that was included on their previous works and later records. Musically, "Let's Groove" is post-disco, Pop music, pop and funk which includes instrumentation of synthesizers and keyboards along with live electric guitars. Overview "Let's Groove" was produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions. With a duration of five minutes and thirty nine seconds, the song has a tempo of 126 beats p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You To Me Are Everything
"You to Me Are Everything" is a song by British soul group The Real Thing, released as a single in 1976. Written by Ken Gold and Michael Denne and produced by Gold, "You to Me Are Everything" was the Real Thing's sole number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, spending three weeks at the top in July 1976. The song was re-released ten years later titled the "Decade Remix" which returned the song to the chart in March 1986, reaching number five. The song has been covered by a number of artists, including Sonia and Sean Maguire, whose versions also charted in the UK. Background The Real Thing first appeared on the ITV talent show '' Opportunity Knocks'', to which they then acquired a manager, Tony Hall who secured them a recording contract with Pye Records. For their 8th single, they recorded "You to Me Are Everything". The song was written by producer Ken Gold together with Micky Denne; Denne came up with the chorus first, and they wrote most of the song in less than an hour. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Peebles
Ann Lee Peebles (born April 27, 1947) is an American retired singer and songwriter who gained popularity for her Memphis soul albums of the 1970s while signed to Hi Records. Her most successful singles include " I Can't Stand the Rain", which she wrote with her husband Don Bryant and radio broadcaster Bernie Miller, and " I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down". In 2014, she was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. Biography She was born in Kinloch, Missouri, the seventh child of eleven. As a child she began singing in the choir of her father's church and with the family's group, the Peebles Choir,Dorian Lynskey"Ann Peebles: the girl with the big voice" ''The Guardian'', February 20, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014. who regularly opened shows for gospel stars including Mahalia Jackson and the Soul Stirrers featuring Sam Cooke. She was also influenced by R&B performers, including Muddy Waters, Mary Wells and Aretha Franklin.Miss FunkyFlyy"Ann Peebles" Retrieved June 30, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Can't Stand The Rain (song)
"I Can't Stand the Rain" is a song originally recorded by Ann Peebles in 1973, and written by Peebles, Don Bryant, and Bernard "Bernie" Miller. Other notable versions were later recorded by Eruption, Graham Central Station, Tina Turner, Seal and Lowell George. The original version is ranked at 197 on ''Rolling Stone''s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Ann Peebles version The song was written by Peebles, her partner (and later husband) Don Bryant, and DJ Bernard "Bernie" Miller in 1973:One evening in Memphis in 1973, soul singer Ann Peebles was meeting friends, including her partner, Hi Records staff writer Don Bryant, to go to a concert. Just as they were about to set off, the heavens opened and Peebles snapped: "I can't stand the rain." As a professional songwriter in constant need of new material, Bryant was used to plucking resonant phrases out of the air and he liked the idea of reacting against recent R&B hits that celebrated bad weather, such as the Dramatics' "In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Dance (Donna Summer Song)
"Last Dance" is a song by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer from the soundtrack to the 1978 film '' Thank God It's Friday''. It was written by Paul Jabara, co-produced by Summer's regular collaborator Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Stephen Short, whose backing vocals are featured in the song. "Last Dance" became a critical and commercial success, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 51st Academy Awards, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 36th Golden Globe Awards and the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 21st Annual Grammy Awards. The song peaked at number three on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1978. Background and composition Donna Summer had a role in the film '' Thank God It's Friday'' as Nicole Sims, an aspiring singer who brings an instrumental track of "Last Dance" to a disco in hopes the disc jockey Bobby Speed ( Ray Vitte) will play the track and allow her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Can Say Goodbye
"Never Can Say Goodbye" is a song written by Clifton Davis and originally recorded by the Jackson 5. The song was originally written and intended for the Supremes; however, Motown decided it would be better for the Jackson 5. It was the first single released from the group's 1971 album '' Maybe Tomorrow'', and was one of the group's most successful records. It has been covered numerous times, most notably in 1974 by Gloria Gaynor and in 1987 by British pop group the Communards. The Jackson 5 original version Recorded in June 1970 and released as a single in March 1971, the song features a young Michael Jackson singing a serious song about love, with accompaniment from his brothers. Although such a record was unusual for a teenage group, "Never Can Say Goodbye" was a number-two hit for three consecutive weeks on the ''Billboard'' Pop Singles chart, stuck behind Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" (May 8–22, 1971), and a number-one hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake Your Groove Thing
"Shake Your Groove Thing" is a song by Contemporary R&B, R&B duo Peaches & Herb. The single reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 4 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B chart. It also reached No. 2 for four weeks on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Dance Club Songs, Disco chart in 1978. The song spent 22 weeks on the American charts and became a Gold record. The song was Peaches & Herb's first return to the charts in seven years. It was their first hit with the third "Peaches", Linda Greene. Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Cover versions * In 1996, Filipino people, Filipino singer Regine Velasquez covered the song for her album ''Retro (Regine Velasquez album), Retro''. *In the 2009 film ''Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,'' the song was sung by The Chipmunks and The Chipettes and also featured on the Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (soundtrack) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Gibb
Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician and songwriter. He achieved global fame as a member of the Bee Gees pop group. Although his elder brother Barry Gibb and fraternal twin brother Robin Gibb were the group's main lead singers, most of their albums included at least one or two songs featuring Maurice's lead vocals, including "Lay It on Me (Bee Gees song), Lay It on Me", "Country Woman" and "On Time (song), On Time". The Bee Gees are one of the most successful pop-rock groups of all time. Gibb started his music career in 1955 in Manchester, England at the age of five joining the skiffle-rock and roll group The Rattlesnakes (1950s band), the Rattlesnakes, which later evolved into the Bee Gees in 1958 after spending three years in Manchester when they moved to Australia. They returned to England, where they achieved worldwide fame. In 2002, the Bee Gees were appointed as CBEs for their "contribution to music". Following Gibb's unexpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
