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Kleeer Albums
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 The U ... [...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] |
Record Chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include record sales, the amount of radio airplay, the number of music download, downloads, and the amount of streaming media, streaming activity. Some charts are specific to a particular musical genre and most to a particular geographical location. The most common period covered by a chart is one week with the chart being printed or broadcast at the end of this time. Summary charts for years and decades are then calculated from their component weekly charts. Component charts have become an increasingly important way to measure the commercial success of individual songs. A common format of radio and television programs is to run down a music chart. History The first record chart was founded in 1952 by Percy Dick ... [...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] |
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] |
UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for album, albums. Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays). It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (top 5) and found on the OCC website as a Top 100 or on ''UKChartsPlus'' as a Top 200, with positions continuing until all sales have been tracked in data only available to industry insiders. However, even though number 100 was classed as a hit album (as in the case of ''The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums'') in the 1980s until January 1989, since the compilations were removed, this definition was changed to Top 75 with follow-up books such as ''The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums'' only including this data. As of 2021, Since 1983, the OCC generally provides a public charts for hits and weeks up to the Top 100. Business customers can require a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip-hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Luminate. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated January 30, 1965, in an effort by the magazine to further expand into the field of rhythm and blues music. It then went through several name changes, being known as Soul LPs in the 1970s and Top Black Albums in the 1980s, before returning to the R&B identification in 1990 and affixing a hip hop designation in 1999 to reflect the latter's growing sales and relationship to R&B during the decade. From 1965 through 2009, the chart was compiled based on reported sales at a core panel of stores with a "higher-than-average volume" of R&B and/or hip-hop album sales to monitor buying trends of the African-American community. This panel included more independent and smaller chain stores compared to the high percentage of mass merchants that account for overal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its " number ones" that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and ''Billboard'' 200 Top Albums (1991–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales—both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, the tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide ... [...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 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] |
