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Jocelyn Brown
Jocelyn Lorette Brown (born November 25, 1950), sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw, is an American Rhythm and blues, R&B and dance music, dance singer. She has a Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart entry solely in her name. Brown sang on 23 hit singles on the UK singles chart, eight of which have reached the top 20. Biography Early life Brown, who is of African Americans, African American heritage, was born on November 25, 1950, in Kinston, North Carolina into a musical family. Her aunt, Barbara Roy, was a singer in the female group Ecstasy, Passion & Pain while her mother, two aunts, cousin and grandmother were all accomplished singers. She began singing with gospel choirs in church in Brooklyn and became a favourite soloist in Washington, D.C. at her uncle's church. She then left the gospel genre for a more secular form of music, singing along with a local band called 'Machine' and New York-based funk and disco group Kleeer. Career Jocelyn Brown further developed h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinston, North Carolina
Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States, with a population of 19,900 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It has been the county seat of Lenoir County since its formation in 1791. Kinston is located in the coastal plains region of eastern North Carolina. In 2009, Kinston won the All-America City Award. This marks the second time in 21 years the city has won the title. History Early history At the time of English settlement, the area was inhabited by the Neusiok people. Preceding the historic tribe, indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples of a variety of cultures had lived in the area for thousands of years. Before the English colonists established the city, the area was called "Atkins Bank", referring to a bluff once owned by Robert Atkins just above the Neuse River; it was the site of farms, a tobacco warehouse, and a Church of England Christian mission, mission. Kinston was created by an act of the North Carolina Genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incognito (band)
Incognito is a British acid jazz band. Their debut album, ''Jazz Funk'', was released in 1981. Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick is the band's leader, singer, guitarist, composer, and record producer. The band has included Linda Muriel, Jocelyn Brown, Maysa Leak, Tony Momrelle, Imaani, Vanessa Haynes, Mo Brandis, Natalie Williams, Carleen Anderson, Pamela (PY) Anderson, Kelli Sae, and Joy Malcolm. History Incognito was founded by Paul "Tubbs" Williams & Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick in 1979, as an offshoot from Light of the World (band), Light of the World. Light of the World was a substantially sized group and following various changes to the lineup, the founding members Breeze Mckrieth, Kenny Wellington & David Baptiste – inspired by American funk bands such as Funkadelic forming offshoot bands like Parliament (band), Parliament – formed Beggar & Co. Bluey & Tubbs went on to form Incognito. However, there has seen a re-connection over the years in Light of the World with various form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disco-Tex And The Sex-O-Lettes
Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes were a Disco group of the 1970s, featuring Monti Rock III (born Joseph Montanez, Jr.). The band is best known for their two Disco hits: "Get Dancin'" (1974), and " I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo (Doo Dat Dance)" (1975). History Formation and albums The Sex-O-Lettes group included Bob Crewe, Cidny "Cid" Bullens (then known as Cindy Bullens), and Kenny Nolan, while Sir Monti Rock III was Disco-Tex. They released two albums: ''Disco-Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes Review'' (1975), and ''Manhattan Millionaire'' (1976). Hit songs Their biggest hits were 1974's "Get Dancin'" (No. 10 US, No. 8 UK and Canada) and 1975's " I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo (Doo Dat Dance)" (No. 23 US, No. 6 UK). "Get Dancin'" ranked no. 82 in the charts of Canadian hits of 1975, and no. 100 in the American one of that year. In popular culture "Get Dancin'" is featured in two ''The Simpsons'' episodes. In 1990 episode " Bart vs. Thanksgiving", it is performed by the fictional group Hooray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleeer
Kleeer was an American New York City–based funk, disco and post-disco band, which was formed in 1972 under the name The Jam Band, as a backup group to different disco bands and vocalists. Members * Woodrow "Woody" Cunningham (lead vocalist and drummer, died 2010) * Paul Crutchfield (percussionist and keyboardist) * Richard Lee (guitarist) * Norman Durham (bassist, died 2011) Career After a switch to the name Pipeline in 1975, the group also decided to switch to making hard rock instead of disco. Record labels competed to sign them but, when they finally ended up at Columbia Records, their single "Gypsie Rider" did not fare well commercially. In 1976, they got the opportunity to become The Universal Robot Band along with underground disco producers Patrick Adams and Greg Carmichael. This project was more successful than their former projects. They made the single " Barely Breaking Even" alongside singer Leroy Burgess, and they also recorded an album. The group toured as T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under English rule in 1683 in what was then the Province of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population stood at 2,736,074, making it the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, and the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county in the state.Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020 New York State Department of Health. Accessed January 2, 2024. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
Ecstasy, Passion & Pain (often abbreviated EP&P or E.P.&P.) was a 1970s disco band. Their most successful songs are "Touch and Go" and "Ask Me". History EP&P was founded by Barbara Roy in New York in 1972. Roy was the only fixed member of the group for as long as they existed and responsible for writing most of the group's songs as well as taking care of finances and business. The group was disbanded in 1977 after the release of "Passion" and "Dance the Night Away" failed to match the success on "Touch and Go". Releases Their single, "One Beautiful Day", written by Melvin and Mervin Steals, peaked at number 48 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1975. Their single, "Good Things Don't Last Forever", charted at #93 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1974 while reaching #14 in the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart. Later in 1974, their single, "Ask Me" spent two weeks at number two on the American dance charts. The song also hit number nineteen on the soul charts and number fifty-two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to European slave traders and transported across the Atlantic to the Western Hemisphere. They were sold as slaves to European colonists and put to work on plantations, particularly in the southern colonies. A few were able to achieve freedom th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Charts Company
The Official UK Charts Company Limited (formerly Music Industry Chart Services Limited), trading as the Official Charts Company (OCC) or the Official Charts (formerly the Chart Information Network), is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
