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Hello Mr. Monkey
"Hello Mr. Monkey" is the debut single by German all-girl trio, Arabesque. Initially released only in Germany in 1977, it was released worldwide the following year in 1978. Track listing # A. "Hello Mr. Monkey" - 3:27 # B. "Buggy Boy" - 2:55 Background Written in 1977 shortly before the Arabesque lineup was finalized, "Hello Mr. Monkey" was the debut single of the West German group. The song is about a performer "Mr. Monkey" who was once famous, but has now lost his fame and "should've been a clown". It features Mary Ann Nagel on lead vocals, with Karen Ann Tepperis and Michaela Rose as backup singers. The song was a huge hit in Asia, particularly Japan and South Korea, spending weeks at number one. However, it failed to chart in Germany and other European countries. Arabesque gave their first ever public appearance on October 16, 1977, performing the song on the German Pop '77 program on ARD. Samples and covers * Pink Lady performed the song for their 1978 live album '' '78 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabesque (group)
Arabesque was an all-girl trio formed at the height of the European disco era in 1977 in Frankfurt, West Germany. The group's changing lineup worked with the German composer Jean Frankfurter (Erich Ließmann) and became especially popular in Japan. History 1975–1978: Formation and early years In 1975, schlager music singer Mary Ann Nagel proposed a girl group to producer Wolfgang Mewes, who accepted. Two additional members were recruited through a singing competition. An Englishwoman ( Karen Ann Tepperis), a German-Uzbek (Michaela Rose), and a German (Mary Ann Nagel) comprised the initial group. After the first album, the band lineup changed by keeping only the original member Michaela Rose, while replacing the two other girls, Karen Ann Tepperis and Mary Ann Nagel, with new members Jasmin Vetter and Heike Rimbeau, respectively. Nagel was replaced due to her becoming tired of the long daily commute from Karlsruhe to Frankfurt am Main, where the group was based. Tepper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop (TV Series)
''Pop'' was a pop music program that aired in West Germany from 1974 to 1979. Each year, the show's title was changed to reflect that of the current year, e.g. ''Pop '76''. It was originally broadcast on the SWR and HR networks. Pop was meant to rival fellow ZDF music shows Disco and Star Parade, albeit catering to a younger audience. The show was hosted by Hans Jürgen Kliebenstein from its launch in 1974 until 1978. Afterward, in 1979, Volker Lechtenbrink took over as the show's host. Several artists, both German and international stars, appeared and performed on the show. Domestic artists from Germany such as the Silver Convention, Arabesque, Boney M., and Donna Summer appeared on the show. International artists such as The Police, Shirley and Co., Middle of the Road, and Jigsaw also made regular appearances. In 2017, reruns of the show began to air for the first time on One 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabesque (group) Songs
The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements. Another definition is "Foliate ornament, used in the Islamic world, typically using leaves, derived from stylised half-palmettes, which were combined with spiralling stems". It usually consists of a single design which can be ' tiled' or seamlessly repeated as many times as desired. Within the very wide range of Eurasian decorative art that includes motifs matching this basic definition, the term "arabesque" is used consistently as a technical term by art historians to describe only elements of the decoration found in two phases: Islamic art from about the 9th century onwards, and European decorative art from the Renaissance onwards. Interlace and scroll decoration are terms used for most other types of similar patterns. Arabesques are a fundamental element of Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Debut Singles
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1977 Songs
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denki Groove
is a Japanese music group founded in 1989. It consists of Takkyu Ishino and Pierre Taki. History Denki Groove was founded in 1989 by Takkyu Ishino and Pierre Taki, both of whom are natives of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. The group's major-label debut studio album, ''Flash Papa'', was released in 1991, the first being ''662 BPM by DG'' in 1990. They also released a few albums, including ''U.F.O.'' (1991), ''Karateka'' (1992), ''Vitamin'' (1993), ''Dragon'' (1994), ''Orange'' (1996), ''A'' (1997), and ''Voxxx'' (2000). Their single, "Shangri-La", had sold more than half a million copies. They went on hiatus between 2001 and 2004. In 2019, Pierre Taki was arrested on suspicion of cocaine possession. In response, Sony Music Entertainment Japan , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Group Corporation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Typhoon
is Pink Lady's twelfth single, released in May 1979. It peaked at number six on the Oricon charts and number five on the Japanese Music Labo chart. It was the duo's first single to not be written by Shunichi Tokura and Yū Aku. The song is a cover of the Village People's " In the Navy," but with rewritten Japanese lyrics that have nothing to do with the original content of the song. In the song's chorus the lines ''"In the navy"'' have been replaced with ''"Pink Lady"'', and ''"They want you as a new recruit"'' with ''"I want you, you want Mie/I want you, you want Kei"'' (referring to group members Mie and Kei). In the same year, singer Teppei Shibuya released his cover version of "In the Navy" as in his cover album of the same name. According to ''Billboard'', the original and Pink Lady cover versions were pitted against each other by record company Victor. The song was also featured on the Japanese music show ''The Best Ten'', where it peaked at No. 6. The single sold a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'78 Jumping Summer Carnival
is the fifth live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ... by Japanese duo Pink Lady. Recorded live at Korakuen Stadium on July 23, 1978, the album was released on September 5, 1978. With over 100,000 fans in attendance, it was the largest concert headlined by the duo. The album peaked at No. 12 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and sold over 48,000 copies. Track listing Charts References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:78 Jumping Summer Carnival 1978 live albums Pink Lady (band) live albums Japanese-language live albums Victor Entertainment live albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Lady (duo)
are a Japanese female pop music duo of the late 1970s and early 1980s, featuring Mie (Mitsuyo Nemoto, born March 9, 1958) and Keiko Masuda (formerly Kei, born September 2, 1957). In Japan, they are remembered for a run of pop-chart hits from roughly 1976 to 1979, but in the United States, they are best known for their short-lived 1980 NBC TV variety show '' Pink Lady'', later released on DVD under the title ''Pink Lady and Jeff.'' Pink Lady is one of only two Japanese artists to have reached the ''Billboard'' Top 40, hitting No. 37 with the single " Kiss in the Dark"; the other was Kyu Sakamoto with the original Japanese-language version of " Sukiyaki". They are also the first Japanese act ever to have performed in Seoul, South Korea, in November 1980. In June 1979, ''Billboard'' stated the duo had sales of over 72 million in Japan, and stated in September 1980 that Pink Lady's singles had grossed over 40 million, their album releases over 25 million, and their TV appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organisation of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters. It was founded in 1950 in West Germany to represent the common interests of the new, decentralised, post-war broadcasting services – in particular the introduction of a joint television network. The ARD has a budget of €6.9 billion, 22,612 employees and is the largest public broadcaster network in the world. The budget comes primarily from a licence fee which every household, company and public institution are required by law to pay. For an ordinary household the fee is currently €18.36 per month. Households living on welfare are exempt from the fee. The fees are not collected directly by the ARD, but by the Beitragsservice (formerly known as Gebühreneinzugszentrale GEZ), a common organisation of the ARD member broadcasters, the second public TV broadcaster ZDF, and Deutschlandradio. ARD maintains and operates a national television network, called ''Das Erste'' ("The First") to differentia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaela Rose
Michaela Rose is a Germans, German singer. She was an original member of the Arabesque (group), Arabesque disco group that started in 1977, and is the only original member still active in it. As of 2020, she continues to perform with the group, now known as "Arabesque featuring Michaela Rose". Life and career Rose was born in Switzerland to a Germans, German mother and an Uzbeks, Uzbekistan father in 1958. Her last name "Rose", comes from her Mexican-American stepfather. When she was 14, she moved from Italy to Switzerland and later worked at a Veruschka boutique and as a model for several years. Rose later moved to Germany and auditioned for the Young Star Records Starchance '75 contest — where the winner would get the chance to be a member of a new music group. Rose won the audition, signed a contract with the record company, and became a founding member of the Arabesque (group), Arabesque group, along with Karen Ann Tepperis and Mary Ann Nagel. Michaela Rose and Arabesque f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday Night (Arabesque Album)
Friday Night may refer to: *Friday, evening Friday Night may also refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Film * ''Friday Night'' (1987 film) (''Petak vecher''), a Bulgarian film by Lyudmil Kirkov * ''Friday Night'' (2000 film) (''V petek zvecer''), a Slovenian film * ''Friday Night'' (2002 film) (''Vendredi soir''), a French film by Claire Denis Music * ''Friday Night'' (album), a 2016 album by Will Butler * "Friday Night" (Arabesque song), a song by Arabesque from 1978 * "Friday Night" (Lady Antebellum song), was also recorded by Eric Paslay * "Friday Night" (Burak Yeter song), a 2019 song by Burak Yeter *"Friday Night", a song by Allister from '' Dead Ends and Girlfriends'' *"Friday Night", a song by the Click Five from ''Greetings from Imrie House'' *"Friday Night", a song by The Damned Things from ''Ironiclast'', 2010 *"Friday Night", a song by the Darkness from ''Permission to Land'' *"Friday Night", a song by Emil Bulls from ''The Southern Comfort'' *"Friday Night", a son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
