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Mystic Diversions
Francesco Puccioni (26 April 1961 – 30 January 2009), better known under his stage name Mike Francis, was an Italian singer and composer, born in Florence, Italy. Internationally, he was best known for his 1984 hit, "Survivor", and his collaborations with American singer Amii Stewart. Career Puccioni formed his first band at age 14 with schoolmates from l'Istituto di Studi Americano in Rome. Under the stage name Mike Francis, he had his first hit with "Survivor" in 1984 and went on to record ten studio albums. Among his best known works is the song "Friends", a duet with Amii Stewart released in 1984 which became a big hit in the UK and the Philippines. Beginning in 2000, assisted by his brother Mario (Mari-One) and by the Maltese multi-instrumentalist Aidan Zammit, he founded the group Mystic Diversions. The group's songs were featured on many high-profile chill-out and lounge compilations. In addition to new, original song material, they also performed covers of 1970s and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence was a centre of Middle Ages, medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful House of Medici, Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The Florentine dialect forms the base of Italian language, standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Float On (The Floaters Song)
"Float On" is a 1977 song by the Rhythm and blues, R&B/soul music, soul group the Floaters. The spoken verses combine two popular trends from the time, star signs and Dating#Matchmaking systems and services, video and phone dating, in lines such as ''Aquarius and my name is Ralph / Now I like a woman who loves her freedom'' and ''Cancer and my name is Larry / And I like a woman that loves everything and everybody''. The song was co-written by James Mitchell of The Detroit Emeralds. Released from their Floaters (album), self-titled debut album, it became one of the biggest single (music), singles of the year, spending six weeks at chart-topper, number one on the United States, U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Soul Singles record chart, chart. "Float On" was also a crossover hit, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 behind Andy Gibb's "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" and The Emotions' "Best of My Love (The Emotions song), Best of My Love", but wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blank & Jones
Blank & Jones are a German electronic music group, consisting of Jan Pieter Blank (born June 15, 1971), known as Piet Blank; René Runge (born June 27, 1968), better known as DJ Jaspa Jones; and the producer Andy Kaufhold (N*D*K) (born December 17, 1969). They have released twelve albums and more than two dozen singles since their first single release "Sunrise" in 1997. History Piet Blank, who became interested in music after purchasing his first record "Kids in America" by Kim Wilde, had his first experience spinning a record on a turntable at age 16. René Runge, who resides in Düsseldorf and who is better known as Jaspa Jones, had his first experience as a DJ at age 19."Blank_&_Jones_Biography_on_Laut.de" ''laut.de''. Together with help from Andy Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sade (band)
Sade ( or ) are an English band, formed in London in 1982 and named after their lead singer, Sade Adu. The band consists of Adu alongside bassist Paul Denman, saxophonist and guitarist Stuart Matthewman, and keyboardist Andrew Hale. Founding drummer Paul Anthony Cooke left the band in 1984, while Dave Early, Cooke's replacement, left in 1985. Since Early's departure in 1985, the band has employed numerous session and touring drummers in absence of an official drummer. The band's music features elements of soul, quiet storm, smooth jazz and sophisti-pop. All of the band's albums, including compilations and a live album, have charted in the US Top Ten. The band's debut studio album, '' Diamond Life'' (1984), reached number two on the UK Album Chart, selling over 1.2 million copies and won the Brit Award for Best British Album in 1985. The album was also a hit internationally, reaching number one in several countries and the top ten in the United States, where it has sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing Can Come Between Us
"Nothing Can Come Between Us" is a song by English band Sade from their third studio album, ''Stronger Than Pride'' (1988). It was released as the album's third single on 15 August 1988 by Epic, reaching number 92 on the UK Singles Chart and number three on the US ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Critical reception Pan-European magazine ''Music & Media'' described "Nothing Can Come Between Us" as "another brooding, percussion-oriented track in a velvety production. Just typical Sade." Ben Thompson from ''NME'' felt the band comes in a "rugged and windswept vein" on the song, "a disappointment after the surprisingly energetic 'Paradise'." Frank Guan of Vulture A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors). Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to Nort ... stated, "Truer words have never been sung than ''In the middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Sledge
Sister Sledge was an American musical vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed in 1971, the group consists of sisters Joni, Kim, Debbie, and Kathy Sledge. The siblings achieved international success at the height of the disco era. In 1979, they released their breakthrough album '' We Are Family'', which peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 and included the 1979 US top-10 singles " He's the Greatest Dancer" and " We Are Family". "We Are Family" earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Their other US singles include a 1982 remake of Mary Wells's 1964 hit " My Guy", "Mama Never Told Me" (1973), and " Thinking of You" (1984), before reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart with the song " Frankie" in 1985. Remixed versions of three of their singles in 1993 returned them to the UK Top 20. Although Kathy undertook a solo career in 1989, she continued to tour with the group (with Kathy occasionally rejoining for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thinking Of You (Sister Sledge Song)
"Thinking of You" is a song released as a single by American musical vocal group Sister Sledge in 1984 that became a hit in the UK. It was originally recorded for their third album, ''We Are Family (album), We Are Family'' (1979), and was included as the B-side to their UK top 20 single "Lost in Music". "Thinking of You" was written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, and, like many Sister Sledge hits, was built on the rhythmic foundations of their famous guitar and bass line arrangements. Chart performance By 1984, the group's chart fortunes had almost completely died out, with their 1983 album ''Bet Cha Say That to All the Girls'' failing to chart in any of the major territories. The belated issue of "Thinking of You" peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and number 20 in Ireland, reviving interest in the group in both countries, paving the way for a re-issue of "Lost in Music" in September 1984, when it reached number four in the UK, and their only UK number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culture Club
Culture Club are an English new wave music, new wave band formed in London in 1981. The band comprises Boy George (lead vocals), Roy Hay (musician), Roy Hay (guitar and keyboards), and Mikey Craig (bass guitar), and formerly included Jon Moss (drums and percussion). Emerging in the New Romantic scene, they are considered one of the most representative and influential groups of the 1980s. Led by singer and frontman Boy George, whose androgynous style of dressing caught the attention of the public and the media in the early 1980s, the band have sold more than 50 million records, including over six million BPI certified records sold in the UK and over seven million RIAA certified records sold in the US. Their hits include "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "Time (Clock of the Heart)", "I'll Tumble 4 Ya", "Church of the Poison Mind", "Karma Chameleon", "Victims (song), Victims", "Miss Me Blind", "It's a Miracle (Culture Club song), It's a Miracle", "The War Song", "Move Away", and "I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time (Clock Of The Heart)
"Time (Clock of the Heart)" is a song by the British new wave band Culture Club, released as a stand-alone single in most of the world and as the second single from their debut album '' Kissing to Be Clever'' in North America. As the follow-up single to their global hit, " Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "Time (Clock of the Heart)" peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, kept from the #1 spot by Irene Cara's " Flashdance... What a Feeling". "Time" was also a major hit in the band's native UK, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart and selling over 500,000 copies in that country. The song appears on the North American version of Culture Club's album ''Kissing to Be Clever''. In Europe and other regions, it does not appear on the album, but instead was released as a stand-alone single in November 1982. For many of these markets, its first inclusion on a Culture Club album was on the band's 1987 greatest hits album, ''This Time: The First Four Years''. Critical reception ''Cash B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seals & Crofts
Seals and Crofts were an American soft rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 1969 by James Eugene Seals (October 17, 1942 – June 6, 2022) and Darrell George "Dash" Crofts (born August 14, 1938). They are best known for their hits " Summer Breeze" (1972), " Diamond Girl" (1973), and " Get Closer" (1976), each of which peaked at No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Both Seals and Crofts were publicly outspoken advocates for the Baháʼí Faith. Though the duo disbanded in 1981, they reunited briefly in 1989–1992, and again in 2004, when they released their final album, ''Traces''. Seals and his younger brother, the charting singer-songwriter "England" Dan Seals, later performed publicly together as Seals & Seals. Early careers Jim Seals and Dash Crofts were both born in Texas; Crofts in Cisco in 1938 and Seals in Sidney in 1942. They first met when Crofts was a drummer for a local band. Later, Seals joined a rockabilly band called Dean Beard and the Crew Cats, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Breeze (song)
"Summer Breeze" is a 1972 song by American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts. It is the title track of their fourth studio album, and was released as the album's lead single in August 1972. The song reached No. 6 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the US. In 2013, it was ranked No. 13 in ''Rolling Stone''′s "Best Summer Songs of All Time". The song also became a hit for the Isley Brothers in 1974. Original Seals and Crofts version Released nine days ahead of their 1972 '' Summer Breeze'' album, Seals and Crofts' original version reached No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Singles chart in the US that same year. Bruce Eder of AllMusic referred to it as "one of those relentlessly appealing 1970s harmony-rock anthems ... appropriately ubiquitous on the radio and in the memory". Seals and Crofts performed the song live on the ''Bobby Darin Amusement Company'' variety show in 1972. A remixed version of the song was featured in a commercial for the Gap in 2004, (featured on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SecondHandSongs
SecondHandSongs (or Second Hand Songs) is a collaborative website that maintains a global database of mainly cover versions of original works. It also contains information about Adaptation (arts), adaptations and Sampling (music), samples. The website allows performers and volunteer curators to add songs and update their metadata. It includes links to freely accessible recordings of the covers, and external identifiers for those works and performances in other databases. As of 2021, it included roughly a million covers of 100,000 original works, and was cross-referenced by MusicBrainz. Data and uses Data are contributed and edited by the active community, so the exact size of the database has changed over time. In 2007, the project included 60,000 covers. As of 2020, it had reached a million covers. Data schema and identifiers SecondHandSongs includes a work ID for each work, and a performance ID for each version (cover or original) of a work by a performer. A work is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
