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Kevin Lyttle
Lescott Kevin Lyttle Coombs (born 14 September 1976) is a Vincentian soca singer. He is best known for his 2003 hit single " Turn Me On," which peaked at number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Career Lyttle was encouraged by his family to pursue music at the young age and has been performing at local events in his teens. Prior to his musical career, Lyttle had subsisted on day jobs, such as customs officer and radio disc jockey. Investing his savings of EC$1,500, Lyttle recorded " Turn Me On" as a soca ballad in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2001, and the song subsequently became a radio hit throughout the Caribbean. Lyttle signed with Atlantic Records in 2003 and a remixed version of "Turn Me On" was officially released as a single in the UK at the end of the year, with dancehall pop artist Spragga Benz's guest vocals. The song reached number two in the UK, spending seven weeks in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. It eventually became a worldwide hit in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Drop
: "Last Drop" is a song by Vincentian singer Kevin Lyttle, released in 2004 as the second single from his self-titled debut album. The follow-up to Lyttle's highly popular international debut single " Turn Me On", "Last Drop" was met with modest chart success. Track listings ; CD single # "Last Drop" (featuring Spragga Benz Carlton Errington Grant (born 30 May 1969), better known as Spragga Benz, is a Jamaican dancehall deejay. Career He began his career around 1991. He was once known to his friends as "Spaghetti" (tall and slim), but this was later shortened to ...) – 3:28 # "Drive Me Crazy" (featuring Mr. Easy) (non-album track) – 3:32 ; CD maxi # "Last Drop" (featuring Spragga Benz) – 3:28 # "I Like" (non-album track) – 3:48 # "Drive Me Crazy" (featuring Mr. Easy) (non-album track) – 3:32 # "Last Drop" (video enhancement) Charts References External links Official Kevin Lyttle website {{authority control 2004 songs 2004 singles Kevin Lyttle songs Atl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingstown
Kingstown is the capital and largest city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The city, located on the main island of Saint Vincent, has the main port and the biggest commercial center of the islands. With a population of 12,909 (2012), Kingstown is the most populous settlement in the country. It is the island's agricultural industry centre and a port of entry for tourists. The city lies within the parish of Saint George in the south-west corner of Saint Vincent. History The modern capital, Kingstown, was founded by French settlers shortly after 1722, although Saint Vincent was under British rule for 196 years before its independence. The botanical garden, conceived in 1765, is one of the oldest in the Western hemisphere. William Bligh, made famous from the Mutiny on the Bounty, brought seed of the breadfruit Breadfruit (''Artocarpus altilis'') is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry and jackfruit family ( Moraceae) believed to have been selectively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disc Jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music festivals), mobile DJs (who are hired to work at public and private events such as weddings, parties, or festivals), and turntablism, turntablists (who use record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records). Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to also describe persons who DJ mix, mix music from other recording media such as compact cassette, cassettes, Compact disc, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ, controller, or even a laptop. DJs may adopt the title "DJ" in front of their real names, adopted pseudonyms, or stage names. DJs commonly use audio equipment that can play at least two sources of recorded music simul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Records
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands, and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the "Record label#Major labels, Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its Initial public offering, IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The French Vincent Bolloré, Bolloré family still owns 28 percent of UMG (18 percent directly, and ten percent through Vive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyah
''Fyah'' is the second studio album by Vincentian singer Kevin Lyttle. It was first released in 2008 on Lyttle's own label Tarakon Records. Album information Similarly to Lyttle's debut album, ''Fyah'' was produced by a team of various producers, blending soca, dancehall and other genres of Caribbean music. The album included a re-recording of his most famous song, " Turn Me On", featuring popular Barbadian soca singer Alison Hinds. Most notably, the song "Something About You," was co-written by well-known American songwriter, Larry Nacht and artist/songwriter Kevin Rudolf. ''Fyah'' was released by Lyttle's own music label, Tarakon Records, in Japan in 2008, followed by its international release in 2009. The album charted in Japan, where it was distributed through a licensing deal with Universal Records Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and southeast of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory). With million people, Jamaica is the third most populous English-speaking world, Anglophone country in the Americas and the fourth most populous country in the Caribbean. Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston is the country's capital and largest city. The indigenous Taíno peoples of the island gradually came under Spanish Empire, Spanish rule after the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of Africans to Jamaica as slaves. The island remained a possession of Spain, under the name Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenfield Stadium (Trelawny)
Trelawny Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Trelawny, Jamaica that was completed in 2007. It has a capacity of 25,000 people. It was built under an agreement between Jamaica and the People's Republic of China, that saw the PRC Government put up at least US$30-million needed for the project. It is mostly used for cricket. The stadium hosted warm-up matches during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, as well as the opening ceremony of the championship, but has not hosted an official men’s international cricket match. The stadium has also been used by the Jamaica national football team as a second venue. The ''Reggae Boyz'' played a World Cup qualifier here against the Bahamas national football team in 2008 and the stadium hosted group matches in the 2008 Caribbean Cup. The ground hosted its first international cricket matches when West Indies women's cricket team took on England women's cricket team in two Women's ODI at the stadium. This was the first major event post 2007 Crick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth Cricket World Cup, a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. There were a total of 51 matches played, three fewer than at the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup, 2003 World Cup (despite a field larger by two teams). The 16 competing teams were initially divided into four groups, with the two best-performing teams from each group moving on to a Super 8 format. Every team played a total of 6 matches in the Super 8 round; they didn't play with teams of their own group. They played a total of 6 teams from another three groups (the top 2 teams of all three groups) From this, Australia national cricket team, Australia, New Zealand national cricket team, New Zealand, Sri Lanka national cricket team, Sri Lanka, and South Africa national cricket team, South Africa won through to the semi-finals, with Australia defeating Sri Lanka in the final to win their third consecutive World C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrow (musician)
Alphonsus Celestine Edmund Cassell (16 November 1949 – 15 September 2010), known mononymously as Arrow, was a Montserratian calypso and soca musician, regarded as the first superstar of soca from Montserrat.Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , pp. 26–28. Internationally, his biggest hit song was " Hot Hot Hot" (1982), known from the original by Arrow and numerous later versions by other musicians. Early years Born in Plymouth, Montserrat, Cassell first performed at the age of 10 in a concert at the Montserrat Secondary School. He began singing calypso in 1967 and took the ''Junior Monarch'' title that year. Cassell took up singing professionally in 1969. In the same year he was runner up in the ''Montserrat Calypso King'' competition. He won the title the next year, following in the footsteps of his brothers Justin (known as Hero) and Lorenzo (known as Young Challenger). Alphonsus won the title four times. Career Alphonsus Cassel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Lee
Byron Lee , , ''Jamaica Gleaner'', 27 October 2008. born Byron Aloysius St. Elmo Lee (27 June 1935 – 4 November 2008), was a n musician, record producer, and entrepreneur, best known for his work as leader of Byron Lee and the Dragonaires.Katz, David (2003), ''Solid Foundation: an Oral History of Reggae'', Bloomsbury, Biography Lee was born in Christiana,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Lyttle (album)
''Kevin Lyttle'' is the debut studio album by Vincentian singer Kevin Lyttle. The album was released in 2004 and included the hit " Turn Me On", which went to top 5 in many countries worldwide. Album information The album was produced by a team of various producers, including Salaam Remi and Troy Taylor. It includes Lyttle's biggest hit " Turn Me On" and the second single "Last Drop", both recorded with contribution from Jamaica dancehall artist Spragga Benz, and the cover version of " Sign Your Name" by Terence Trent D'Arby. On some US releases, the song "So High" is replaced with "Dance with Me", featuring Trey Songz, who also delivers guest vocals in "Call Me". The album entered the ''Billboard'' albums chart at number 8, selling 84,000 copies, and would eventually be certified gold. As of January 2009, it has sold 375,000 copies in the US. The album also charted within top 10 of Swiss albums chart and reached number 12 in Japan, but was met with only modest success elsewhere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
