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I Want You (Toni Pearen Song)
"I Want You" is the second single released by Australian actress and singer Toni Pearen. Released in March 1993, the song peaked at number 10 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart on 23 May 1993, spending 16 weeks in the top 50, and was certified gold during its 10th week in the top 20. "I Want You" garnered Toni Pearen an ARIA Award nomination for Best Pop Release in 1994, her only ARIA nomination. Background Toni Pearen had launched her music career in 1992 with the release of her top-10 debut single " In Your Room", after having been a popular cast member of the Australian drama series '' E Street''. After the success her fellow ''E Street'' co-star Melissa Tkautz had with her number one single " Read My Lips", Pearen was quickly signed to Mushroom Records Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Pearen
Toni Michelle Pearen (born 5 June 1972) is an Australian entertainer, actress, singer, songwriter and television presenter. She initially became recognisable through her role on soap opera '' E Street'' from 1989 until 1992. She had a limited pop music career in the mid-1990s with the release of one album, '' Intimate'' (November 1994), which provided two ARIA certified gold singles, " In Your Room" (November 1992) and " I Want You" (April 1993). She was host of ''Australia's Funniest Home Video Show'' from 2003 to 2007, and competed on the eighth season of ''Dancing with the Stars'' (2008). Career Film and television career Pearen came to be known in 1989 when she landed the role of Toni Windsor on the Australian soap opera '' E Street''. She played the role until 1992 when she left to pursue her music career. In 1994, she briefly returned to TV, this time playing Beth Armstrong on ''Home and Away''. Pearen also appeared in a number of films including ''All Men Are Liars'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intimate (Toni Pearen Album)
''Intimate'' (also known by its full title ''Toni Pearen's Intimate Album'') is the debut album by Australian actress and singer Toni Pearen. Recorded throughout 1992 to 1993 and released in 1994, the album spawned two top ten singles and a third top forty single. At the time her music career commenced, Pearen had been a popular cast member of the Australian drama series ''E Street (television show), E Street''. She was one of many Australian actresses who ventured into a music career, following the success of Kylie Minogue, as well as Dannii Minogue and Pearen's ''E Street'' co-star, Melissa Tkautz, who scored a successful number one hit as well as other popular songs in the early '90s. Four singles were released from ''Intimate''. The first single "In Your Room (Toni Pearen song), In Your Room", peaked at number ten on the ARIA Charts in January 1993. The second single "I Want You (Toni Pearen song), I Want You" also peaked at number ten, in May 1993 in music, 1993. A third sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.S. Frith, W. Straw, and J. Street, eds, ''iarchive:cambridgecompani00frit, The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), , pp. 95–105. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock music, Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, wikt:ephemeral, ephemeral, and accessible. Identifying factors of pop music usually include repeated choruses and Hook (music), hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse–chorus form, verse–chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much of pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, hip hop, urban contemporary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival Mushroom Records was later acquired by Warner Bros. Records, which operated the label from 2005 to 2010 until it folded to Warner. Founder Michael Gudinski went on to become the leader of the Mushroom Group, the largest independent music and entertainment company in Australia, with divisions such as Frontier Touring. History Mushroom Records was an Australian record label formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. Its inaugural release was an ambitious triple live album of the 1973 Sunbury Pop Festival, and over the first few years of its existence Mushroom signed a number of important Australian acts including Madder Lake, Ayers Rock, and MacKenzie Theory. In December 1974, Gudinski flew to the US to promo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenn Forbes
Jennifer May "Jenni" Forbes is an Australian-born singer-songwriter. She released the album ''I, No Y'' in 1995. She is best known for writing " I Want You" for Toni Pearen. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:' Biography Forbes' recording debut, "Love Letters", appears on the soundtrack of Russell Crowe Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor and film director. Russell Crowe filmography, His work on screen has earned him List of awards and nominations received by Russell Crowe, various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Gold ...'s 1990 movie, '' The Crossing''. In March 1993, Forbes released her debut single "Dream On (Kathy's Song)". This was followed by " Baby Come Back" and "I'll Be There for You" and her album, ''I, No Y'' in October 1995.Spencer et al, (2007) "Forbes, Jenni" entry Discography Albums Singles Other appearances References {{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, Jenn Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Your Room (Toni Pearen Song)
''In Your Room'' is the debut single from Australian actress/singer Toni Pearen, released in November 1992. The single debuted at #54 on the Australian ARIA top 100 singles chart dated week ending 22 November 1992, and rose to its peak of #10 week ending 17 January 1993. The single spent 17 weeks in the top 50, with 1 week spent out of the chart to re-enter at 50 the following week ending 21 March 1993 and 30 weeks in the top 100. It achieved an ARIA gold certification for shipments exceeding 35,000. At the time her music career began, Pearen had been a popular cast member of Australian drama series '' E Street''. Following in the footsteps of Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and fas ..., several Australian female soap actresses launched a pop career, to va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walkaway Lover
"Walkaway Lover" is the third single performed by Australian actress/singer Toni Pearen released in October 1994, from her debut album ''Intimate''. Toni Pearen's first two singles " In Your Room" and " I Want You" both peaked at number ten on the Australian singles chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian record chart, music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA beca ... and were each certified gold. "Walkaway Lover" debuted at number 50 week ending 23 October and eventually peaked at number 35 week ending 11 November 1994, spending a total of twelve weeks in the top 50, and sixteen weeks in the top 100. The single was issued to coincide with the much anticipated release of the album ''Intimate''. Some could cite that the single's underperformance was because it was released more than one year after the successful second single "I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Singles Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the '' Countdown'' chart, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Award
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The event has been held annually since 1987 and encompasses the general genre-specific and popular awards (these are what is usually being referred to as "the ARIA awards") as well as Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards (held separately from 2004), Achievement Awards and ARIA Hall of Fame – the latter were held separately from 2005 to 2010 but returned to the general ceremony in 2011. For 2010, ARIA introduced public voted awards for the first time. Winning, or even being nominated for, an ARIA award results in a lot of media attention and publicity on an artist, and usually increases recording sales several-fold, as well as chart significance – in 2005, for example, after Ben Lee won three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E Street (television Show)
E Street is the fifth of a sequence of alphabetical streets in many cities. It may refer to: * ''E Street'' (TV series), an Australian television soap opera *Washington DC: ** E Street Expressway *The E Street Band, known for their long association with Bruce Springsteen, named after E St, Belmar, New Jersey Belmar is a Borough (New Jersey), borough located on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 5,907, an increase of 113 .... * Bayfront/E Street station, known also as ''E Street'', trolley station in San Diego, California {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Tkautz
Melissa Natalie Tkautz (born 24 January 1974) is an Australian actress, singer, model, and presenter. She played the role of Nikki Spencer on the popular Australian TV soap opera '' E Street'', from September 1990 to May 1993. During the early 1990s she had a solo music career, performing mononymously as Melissa, and had top 20 hits on the ARIA Singles Chart with " Read My Lips" (Number One, June 1991), " Sexy (Is the Word)" (No. 3, September) and " Skin to Skin" (No. 16, April 1992). "Read My Lips" also became a Number One hit in Sweden. Her debut album, ''Fresh'', was released in June 1992 and peaked at No. 15 on the ARIA Albums Chart. After her stint on ''E Street'', Tkautz has appeared on '' Paradise Beach'' (1993–94), '' Pacific Drive'' (1996–98), '' All Saints'' (2001–02, 2004), '' Swift and Shift Couriers'' (2008, 2011) and ''Housos'' (2011). Her modelling career has included early child modelling, then as a teen in various pop entertainment ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Read My Lips (Melissa Song)
"Read My Lips" is a song written by Tony King and Roy Nicolson, produced by Leon Berger for Australian singer Melissa's first album, ''Fresh'' (1992). It was released as the album's first single in Australia on 20 May 1991, while Melissa was starring as Nikki Spencer on the Australian soap opera '' E Street''. It became her first and only number-one hit when it topped the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in July 1991. Chart performance "Read My Lips" was the only number-one hit in 1991 by a solo female Australian singer and was nominated for two ARIA Awards. The song debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart on 3 June 1991 at number 41. After six weeks of being in the charts, the song had made its way to number one, knocking " The Grease Megamix" off the top spot. It stayed there for another week but then was dethroned by "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams. "Read My Lips" became Melissa's highest-selling single of her career, spending 18 weeks in the top 50 and 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
