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For The Love Of Music
The For the Love of Music Tour was the sixth concert tour by American group En Vogue. Set up ahead of the group's anticipated seventh studio album ''Electric Café'' (20179, it was launched on April 6, 2017 in Dublin, Ireland and concluded in Bremen, Germany on April 25. Background In 2009, the original members of En Vogue reunited for the 20th Anniversary Tour, performing select dates across North America. Although the group intended to record new music together, original member Dawn Robinson ultimately declined to participate in the album due to unresolved business disagreements following the tour. In May 2012, Maxine Jones also departed the group over contractual disagreements related to a proposed deal with their new label, Rufftown Entertainment. A month later, Rhona Bennett, who had previously replaced Robinson and Jones from 2004 until the band's anniversary, rejoined En Vogue and continued touring with Terry Ellis and Cindy Herron. In 2014, Bennett, Ellis, and Herron beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Vogue
En Vogue is an American vocal girl group whose original lineup consisted of singers Terry Ellis, Dawn Robinson, Cindy Herron, and Maxine Jones. Formed in Oakland, California, in 1989, En Vogue reached No. 2 on the US Hot 100 with the single " Hold On", taken from their 1990 debut album '' Born to Sing''. The group's 1992 follow-up album '' Funky Divas'' reached the top 10 in both the US and UK, and included their second US number-two hit " My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" as well as the US top-10 hits " Giving Him Something He Can Feel", " Free Your Mind" and "Riddle". In 1996, " Don't Let Go (Love)" became the group's third, and most successful single, to reach number two in the US, and became their sixth number one on the US R&B chart. Scoring more number-one singles on the US R&B chart than any other female group other than the Supremes. Robinson left the group in 1997 shortly before the release of their third album '' EV3'', which reached the US and UK top 10. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Four Seasons (band)
The Four Seasons is an American band formed in 1960 in Newark, New Jersey. Since 1970, they have also been known at times as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. They are one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide. The band evolved out of a previous band called The Four Lovers, with Frankie Valli on lead and falsetto vocals, Bob Gaudio on keyboards and tenor vocals, Tommy DeVito (musician), Tommy DeVito on lead guitar and baritone vocals, and Nick Massi on bass guitar and bass vocals. The Four Seasons had two distinct eras of widespread success: the 1960s, during which Massi departed in 1965, and was replaced initially by Charles Calello and more permanently by Joe Long, and the mid- to late 1970s, with the lineup consisting of Valli, Don Ciccone (bass guitar and baritone/soft falsetto vocals), John Paiva (lead guitar and harmony vocals), Gerry Polci (drums and tenor vocals), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Give It Up, Turn It Loose
"Give It Up, Turn It Loose" is a song by American R&B/pop vocal group En Vogue, released as the fourth single from their second album, ''Funky Divas'' (1992). The song's title is a reference to the 1969 James Brown song " Give It Up or Turnit a Loose". Released on November 12, 1992 by Eastwest Records, the single reached number 15 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Singles chart, and number 22 on the UK Singles Chart. It was written and produced by Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster, and features Maxine Jones on lead entirely. The music video was directed by Marcus Nispel. In 1994, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards. Critical reception AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis described "Give It Up, Turn It Loose" as a "doo wop good-feelin'"-song. Daryl Easlea for BBC noted its "smooth old-school groove". Larry Flick from ''Billboard'' felt that here, the gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Your Mind (song)
"Free Your Mind" is a song by American female group En Vogue from their second album, ''Funky Divas'' (1992). The track was composed and produced by Foster and McElroy. They were inspired by the Funkadelic song " Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow". The guitar and bass tracks for the song were written and recorded by San Francisco-based guitarist Jinx Jones. The opening line: ''"Prejudice, wrote a song about it. Like to hear it? Here it go!"'', is adapted from a line originally used by David Alan Grier's character Calhoun Tubbs from Fox's ''In Living Color''. Issued as the third single from ''Funky Divas'' on September 24, 1992, "Free Your Mind" became a top-10 hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and a top-20 hit on the UK Singles Chart. ''Billboard'' named the song No. 41 on their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time". The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards and eight MTV Video Music Awards at the 1993 MTV Video Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ooh Boy
"Ooh Boy" (sometimes known as "Ooh Boy (I Love You So)") is a song written by Norman Whitfield and originally recorded by American Soul music, soul and Rhythm and blues, R&B group Rose Royce for their second album, ''In Full Bloom (Rose Royce album), In Full Bloom'' (1977). It was released as the third single from the album. Track listing * Vinyl/7" single :A: "Ooh Boy" – 4:15 :B: "You Can't Please Everybody" – 3:47 Charts Real McCoy version In 1995, German Eurodance project Real McCoy (band), Real McCoy released a Double A-side#Double A-side, double A-sided single of "Sleeping with an Angel/Ooh Boy". It was released as the fifth and final single from their debut album, ''Another Night (Real McCoy album), Another Night'' (1995). The single peaked at number 31 in Iceland and number 19 on the US ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart. "Ooh Boy" was produced by Douglas Carr, Per Adebratt and Tommy Ekman, while "Sleeping with an Angel" was produced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whatta Man
"What a Man" is a song written by Dave Crawford, and originally recorded for Stax Records' Volt imprint by Linda Lyndell, whose recording reached number 50 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart in 1968. The song was sampled and reinterpreted as "Whatta Man" in 1993 by the trio Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue, which became a commercial success; reaching the top ten in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 2011, German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut (credited as Lena) covered the song while retaining the original title and lyrics. Early versions Linda Lyndell, a white singer who had been a supporting act with James Brown and Ike & Tina Turner and then recommended to Stax Records by Otis Redding, recorded "What a Man".Ankeny, JamesBiography of Linda Lyndell ''AllMusic''. Retrieved December 2, 2016. The song was essentially improvised by Lyndell, record producer Dave Crawford, and the Stax studio musicians in Memphis, Tennessee. It was released as a single in 1968 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lies (En Vogue Song)
"Lies" is a song from American R&B/pop group En Vogue. It is the second single from their debut hit album, '' Born to Sing''. Written and produced by Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster, it became the group's second single to top the ''Billboard'' R&B singles chart. It peaked at number thirty-eight and was also their second US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top 40 hit. The song is led by Dawn Robinson and Cindy Herron with ad libs from Maxine Jones and Terry Ellis on the ending vamp. Critical reception Matthew Hocter from Albumism noted Robinson’s "incredible vocals coupled with the group’s brilliant interplay and that fresh new jill swing sound of the ‘90s." AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis stated that the song "proved that all members of the quartet were equally adept at handling lead vocals." Bill Coleman from ''Billboard'' wrote that it "continues to emphasize sparkling harmonizing, though swinging instrumental base grooves hard." He noted that it "sounds like another major hit." D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Don't Have To Worry (En Vogue Song)
"You Don't Have to Worry" is a song by American girl group En Vogue from their debut album, '' Born to Sing'' (1990). The song was released as the third single from the album on October 31, 1990, and was the group's third consecutive number-one single on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "You Don't Have to Worry" spent one week at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and peaked at number 57 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay. The song is led entirely by Cindy Herron, and in 1991 the group appeared and performed the song on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''. "You Don't Have to Worry" contains samples of "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes, " Straight Out the Jungle" by Jungle Brothers and " Get on the Good Foot" by James Brown. Critical reception In a 2020 retrospective review, Matthew Hocter from Albumism noted the "funky groove" of the song, adding that it's a "continued demonstration of their vocal symbiosis". AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis called it "biting" in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
"My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" is a song by American pop/ R&B group En Vogue, released in March 1992 by Eastwest Records as the lead single from their multi-platinum second album, ''Funky Divas'' (1992). The single reached number two on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming their joint highest-peaking single on the chart alongside " Hold On" and " Don't Let Go (Love)", and it peaked atop the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Singles chart for two weeks. Internationally, the song reached number four in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top 10 on the charts of Canada, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). ''NME'' ranked it number eight in their list of "Singles of the Year" in December 1992. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Matthew Rolston, and was nominated in six categories at the MTV Video Music Awards, winning one. VH1 ranked it number 43 on its list for the "100 Greatest ... [...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] |
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn Region, Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine (Lower Rhine), about southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Cologne Cathedral () was the History of the world's tallest buildings#Churches and cathedrals: Tallest buildings between the 13th and 20th century, world's talles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester Evening News
The ''Manchester Evening News'' (''MEN'') is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England, founded in 1868. It is published Monday–Saturday; a Sunday edition, the ''MEN on Sunday'', was launched in February 2019. The newspaper is owned by Reach plc (formerly Trinity Mirror), /sup> one of Britain's largest newspaper publishing groups. Since adopting a 'digital-first' strategy in 2014, the ''MEN'' has experienced significant online growth, despite its average print daily circulation for the first half of 2021 falling to 22,107. In the 2018 British Regional Press Awards, it was named Newspaper of the Year and Website of the Year. History Formation and ''The Guardian'' ownership The ''Manchester Evening News'' was first published on 10 October 1868 by Mitchell Henry as part of his parliamentary election campaign, its first issue four pages long and costing a halfpenny. The newspaper was run from a small office on Brown Street, with approximately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
