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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] |
License To Dream
''License to Dream'' is the third album by American New York City based Kleeer. Reception Released in 1981, this album reached number thirteen on the ''Billboard'' Top Soul Albums chart, and the single "Get Tough" charted at number five on the Dance chart and number fifteen on the Soul Singles The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by ''Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 po ... chart. Track listing #"De Kleeer Ting" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 4:41 #"Running Back To You" (Woody Cunningham) 7:22 #"Sippin' & Kissin'" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 4:15 #"Hypnotized" (Richard Lee, Woody Cunningham) 3:40 #"License to Dream" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 4:45 #"Get Tough" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 8:17 #"Say You Love Me" (Paul Crutchfield, Woody Cunningham) 4:41 #"Where Would I Be (Withou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winners (Kleeer Album)
''Winners'' is the second album by American New York City based Kleeer. Track listing #"Winners" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 7:09 #"I Still Love You" (Woody Cunningham) 4:12 #"Your Way" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 4:44 #"Close To You" (Richard Lee Jr.) 5:24 #"Rollin' On" (Paul Crutchfield, Woody Cunningham) 3:49 #"Nothin' Said" (Woody Cunningham) 4:54 #"Hunger For Your Love" (Paul Crutchfield, Richard Lee Jr.) 5:34 #"Open Your Mind" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 6:44 Personnel * Norman Durham - Clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric piano, guitar, harpsichord, Arp Omni Omnichord, percussion, lead and backing vocals *Woody Cunningham - drums, percussion, lead and backing vocals *Paul Crutchfield - congas, percussion, backing vocals *Terry Dolphin - Clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric piano, grand piano *Richard Lee - guitar, percussion, backing vocals * Eric Rohrbaugh - Clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Arp Omni Omnichord, Mini-Moog synthesizer *Louis Smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love To Dance
''I Love to Dance'' is the debut album by New York City based band Kleeer, released in 1979. Track listing #"Tonight's The Night (Good Time)" (Norman Durham) 6:20 #"Keeep Your Body Workin'" (Norman Durham) 5:19 #"Happy Me" (Norman Durham) 4:30 #"I Love To Dance" (Norman Durham) 4:28 #"It's Magic" (Richard Lee, Jr.) 7:19 #"To Groove You" (Paul Crutchfield, Woody Cunningham) 3:14 #"Amour" (Paul Crutchfield) 5:08 #"Kleeer Sailin'" (Woody Cunningham) 5:47 Personnel * Norman Durham - bass, vocals, synthesizer, Syn drums, percussion, guitar, Clavinet, piano *Woody Cunningham - drums, vocals, Syn drums, percussion *Richard Cummings - Fender Rhodes electric piano, Clavinet *Paul Crutchfield - percussion, vocals, wind chimes, congas *Richard Lee - guitar, vocals, percussion *Terry Dolphin - vibraphone, grand piano *Angel Nater Jr. - percussion *Gene Orloff - concertmaster *Marvin Stamm, Randy Brecker Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Ready (Kleeer Album)
''Get Ready'' is the fourth album by American New York City based Kleeer. Track listing #"Get Ready" (Norman Durham) 5:55 #"Pritty Things" (Richard Lee) 4:02 #"Slidin' & Glidin'" (Woody Cunningham) 5:25 #"Stonseee" (Norman Durham, Paul Crutchfield, Richard Lee, Woody Cunningham) 3:15 #"She Said She Loves Me" (Woody Cunningham) 6:02 #"Say You'll Stay" (Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham) 4:50 #"Your Love Is What I Need" (Norman Durham) 5:46 Personnel *Norman Durham - percussion, synthesizer, lead and backing vocals *Woody Cunningham - percussion, rap, lead vocals *Paul Crutchfield - congas, percussion, synthesizer, backing vocals *Richard Lee - guitar, backing vocals * David Frank, Khris Kellow, Rick James, Khris Kellow - synthesizer *Doc Powell - guitar *Louis Smalls - acoustic piano *John "Skip" Anderson - acoustic piano, synthesizer *Danny Lamelle - saxophone *Ethel Beatty, Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intimate Connection
''Intimate Connection'' is the sixth album by New York City-based band Kleeer released in 1984 and produced by Eumir Deodato. Track listing #"Ride It" (Woody Cunningham) 5:40 #"You Did It Again" (Norman Durham, Paul Crutchfield) 4:30 #"Go For It" (Woody Cunningham) 5:03 #"Intimate Connection" (Woody Cunningham, Norman Durham) 4:45 #"Next Time It's For Real" (Woody Cunningham, Norman Durham, Richard Lee) 5:20 #"Break" (Paul Crutchfield, Woody Cunningham, Norman Durham) 5:00 #"Tonight" (Norman Durham) 5:07 #"Do You Want To?" (Eumir Deodato, Paul Crutchfield, Woody Cunningham, Norman Durham) 4:18 Personnel *Norman Durham - bass, synthesizer, electric piano, vocoder, lead and backing vocals *Woody Cunningham - lead and backing vocals *Paul Crutchfield - lead and backing vocals *Richard Lee - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals *Kris Kellow - electric piano, acoustic piano, synthesizer *Eumir Deodato Eumir Deodato de Almeida (; born 22 June 1943) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The System (band)
The System was an American synth-pop Musical ensemble, duo that debuted in the 1980s, composed of vocalist-guitarist Mic Murphy and seasoned session keyboardist David Frank (musician), David Frank. The band was founded in 1982 in New York City, New York and backed up by Paul Pesco on electric guitar and Kris Khellow on keyboards and synthesizers. The group was sometimes referred to as being "emotio-electro" because of its hi-tech, synthesizer-driven sound, married with passionate vocals and sensitive lyrics. Origins David Frank and Mic Murphy met in the early 1980s while working for the soul-funk band Kleeer. Frank had gotten a break when Atlantic Records enlisted him as Kleeer's tour keyboardist. The band's road manager was Mic Murphy, and although Murphy was obviously aware of Frank's skills, Frank was unaware Murphy could sing. Later in New York City, David Frank was working on a session that evolved into a track called "It's Passion," which was to feature a pre-stardom Madonna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mic Murphy
Michael Austin "Mic" Murphy (born January 9, 1958) is an American musician, lead singer of the successful 1980s synth R&B duo the System. He is well known for singing the group's biggest hit, " Don't Disturb This Groove," a 1987 US #4 Pop and #1 R&B hit. Career Murphy was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, but he moved to Queens, New York at an early age. As a young musician, he was an early advocate of MIDI music technology. Murphy was road manager for the band Kleeer in the early 1980s, and through them he met his future System bandmate, David Frank. The two joined forces and made an immediate impact with their first album as the System. The single "You Are in My System," helped to usher in a new era of electronically based pop music. In 1987, the group scored its major breakthrough with "Don't Disturb this Groove." Solo career and beyond After The System was disbanded in 1989, Murphy briefly pursued a solo career. In 1991, he released his debut solo album, ''Touch'', whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Universal Robot Band
The Universal Robot Band was an American music group comprising Gregory Carmichael, Patrick Adams, Leroy Burgess, Gregory Tolbert and Woody Cunningham. The band was formed by Patrick Adams and Greg Carmichael in 1976. Their debut single, "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine" which featured Gregory Tolbert on keyboards, peaked at No. 25 on the Dance/Club Play Singles chart, #48 on the R&B Singles chart and No. 93 on the Hot 100. The band consisted of the members of 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 an ... - Woody Cunningham (vocals/drums), Richard Lee (vocals/guitar), Paul Crutchfield (vocals/percussion) and Norman Durham (vocals/bass/keyboards) - when they accepted an offer to effectively become the studio group in 1976 while they transformed themselves from rock b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard rock music was produced by the Kinks, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Cream (band), Cream, Vanilla Fudge, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In the late 1960s, bands such as Blue Cheer, the Jeff Beck Group, Iron Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Golden Earring, Steppenwolf (band), Steppenwolf, Grand Funk, Free (band), Free, and Deep Purple also produced hard rock. The genre developed into a major form of popular music in the 1970s, with the Who, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple being joined by Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss (band), Kiss, Queen (band), Queen, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and Van Halen. During the 1980s, some hard rock bands moved away from their hard rock roots and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century. It deemphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bassline played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a percussionist, often at slower tempos than other popular music. Funk typically consists of a complex percussive groove with rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves that create a "hypnotic" and "danceable" feel. It uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, and dominant seventh chords with altered ninths and thirteenths. Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized the downbeat—with a heavy emphasis on the first be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a U.S. state, state in the northeastern United States. Bordered by New England to the east, Canada to the north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, its territory extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. New York is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, fourth-most populous state in the United States, with nearly 20 million residents, and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 27th-largest state by area, with a total area of . New York has Geography of New York (state), a varied geography. The southeastern part of the state, known as Downstate New York, Downstate, encompasses New York City, the List of U.S. cities by population, most populous city in the United States; Long Island, with approximately 40% of the state's population, the nation's most populous island; and the cities, suburbs, and wealthy enclaves of the lower Hudson Valley. These areas are the center of the expansive New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
