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Oh Louise
"Oh Louise" is a single by English artist Junior, initially released as part of his third studio album, Acquired Taste, in 1985. The song was reissued in 1986, where it gained more success, becoming a top 15 hit on the R&B charts. Written by Junior Giscombe and Robin Smith, the song was also produced by Junior and was released through London Records. for the week ending May 24, 1986. It also ranked 13 in sales and 15 in airplay. Influence on New Jack Swing Oh Louise has been credited by some music critics, as well as Teddy Riley and Lenny White, as one of the early precursors to the New Jack Swing genre. While New Jack Swing became more widely recognized in the late 1980s, the song's fusion of R&B, soul, and upbeat, syncopated rhythms helped lay the groundwork for what would later be popularized by producers like Teddy Riley. Junior's incorporation of danceable grooves with soulful vocals showcased an emerging sound that would eventually define the New Jack Swing movement. Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Giscombe
Norman Washington "Junior" Giscombe (born 6 June 1957) is an English singer-songwriter often known as Junior who was one of the first British R&B artists to be successful in the United States. He is best known for his 1982 hit single, " Mama Used to Say". Career Giscombe was born in Wandsworth, London, England, and was a backing vocalist with Linx between 1980 and 1982. "In the early to mid 70s, Junior collaborated with classmates to establish a record label in Balham, South London. They released a record titled Nice and Slow, which Junior later said it had reached number one in Australia." "In 1978 or 1979, Get Up And Dance/Hot Up And Heated was recorded and later released in 1980. According to Junior, it reached number one in France as well as number one on the Billboard Breakout Chart." When turning towards a solo career, he was first billed simply as Junior. He scored a No. 7 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1982, with " Mama Used to Say Junior has claimed that the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Music
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in African-American culture, African-American African-American neighborhood, communities throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and extemporaneous body movements, are an important hallmark of soul. Other characteristics are a Call and response (music), call and response between the lead and Backing vocalist, backing vocalists, an especially tense vocal sound, and occasional Musical improvisation, improvisational additions, twirls, and auxiliary sounds. Soul music is known for reflecting African-American identity and stressing the importance of African-American culture. Soul has its roots in African-American gospel music and rhythm and blues, and primarily combines elements of gospel, R&B and jazz. The genre emerged from the power struggle to increase black Americans' awareness of their African ancestry, as a newfound consciousness led to the creation of music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jack Swing
New jack swing, new jack, or swingbeat is a fusion genre of the rhythms and production techniques of hip hop and dance-pop, and the urban contemporary sound of R&B. Spearheaded by producers Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Dallas Austin, new jack swing was most popular from the late 1980s to early 1990s. New jack swing can be defined as "pop music usually performed by black musicians that combines elements of jazz, funk, rap, and rhythm and blues." New jack swing producers created synthesized tunes and sampled beats, using digital synthesizers (such as the Yamaha DX7 and Roland D50), drum machines (such as the Roland TR-808) and samplers (such as the SP-1200 and Akai samplers), to lay an "insistent beat under light melody lines and clearly enunciated vocals." The TR-808 in particular was sampled to create distinctive, syncopated, swung rhythms, with its snare sound being especially prominent. History Kyle West remembered 1985 as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Records
London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent. The London name – as London American Recordings, often shortened to London American – was also used by British Decca in the UK market, for releases taken from American labels, which British Decca licensed. The label is owned by Because Music, which also owns most of the label's 1980s and 1990s UK catalogue. History London arose from the split in ownership between the British and American branches of Decca Records. The American branch of London Records released British Decca records in the U.S., as British Decca could not use the "Decca" name there as well as vice-versa. The label was noted for classical albums made in then state-of-the-art stereophonic sound, and such artists as Georg Solti, Joan Sutherland, and Luciano Pavarotti. In a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Riley
Edward Theodore Riley (born October 8, 1967) is an American record producer, singer, and songwriter credited with the creation of the R&B and hip-hop fusion genre, new jack swing. Musical artists who utilized Riley's production and songwriting — namely Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, Heavy D & the Boyz, Keith Sweat, Hi-Five, and the Jackson 5, among others — helped popularize the genre with several hit songs and albums from the late 1980s to 1990s. He is the founder and lead vocalist of the musical group Blackstreet, as well as its predecessor Guy.Hogan, Paul. " Teddy Riley biography Allmusic Retrieved on September 19, 2009 With Blackstreet and Guy, Riley has released four and three commercially successful studio albums, respectively. He has produced four ''Billboard'' Hot 100-number one singles: " I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" by Hi-Five, " Stutter" by Joe, " My Prerogative" by Bobby Brown, and " No Diggity" (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) by his group, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenny White
Leonard White III (born December 19, 1949) is an American jazz fusion drummer who was a member of the band Return to Forever led by Chick Corea in the 1970s. White has been called "one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion". White has won three Grammys and one Latin Grammy. His song ''Algorithm Takedown'' won Best Song at the Cannes World Film Festival in 2023. Early life and education Born in Queens, New York City, White became interested in music at a young age. While he was living at home, his father would take him to jazz gigs. A self-taught drummer, he started playing with groups on the New York jazz scene. Early on, he played clubs such as the Aphrodisiac, Slugs, and The Gold Lounge. He has expressed admiration for drummers Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, and Tony Williams, all of whom he dedicated a piece he titled "Magnificent Seven" to. It was at The Gold Lounge where he had his first gig with saxophonist Jackie McLean. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for over 30 years, as producer, arranger, studio manager, and vice president, before moving to EMI and serving as vice president and general manager of Manhattan Records. Mardin worked with artists including the Rascals, Queen, Melissa Manchester, John Prine, the Bee Gees, Hall & Oates, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, Michael Crawford, Chaka Khan, Howard Jones, Laura Nyro, Ringo Starr, Carly Simon, Phil Collins, Daniel Rodriguez, and Norah Jones. Mardin was awarded 12 Grammy Awards and has 18 nominations. Biography Early life Mardin was born in Istanbul into a renowned family that included statesmen, diplomats and leaders in the civic, military and business sectors of the Ottoma ... [...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] |
Hot Black 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 positions but was shortened to 50 positions in October 2012. The chart is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African-American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, rock and roll, soul, and funk, it is today dominated by contemporary R&B and hip hop. Since its inception, the chart has changed its name many times in order to accurately reflect the industry at the time. History Beginning in 1942, ''Billboard'' published a chart of bestselling African-American music, first as the Harlem Hit Parade, then as Race Records. Then in 1949, ''Billboard'' began publishing a Rhythm and Blues chart, which entered "R&B" into mainstream lexicon. These three charts were c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Giscombe Songs
Junior or Juniors may refer to: Aircraft * Ekolot JK-05L Junior, a Polish ultralight aircraft * PZL-112 Junior, a Polish training aircraft * SZD-51 Junior, a Polish-made training and club glider Arts and entertainment Characters * Bowser Jr., a major antagonist of the ''Mario'' franchise also known simply as "Junior" or "Jr." * Junior, the main protagonist in ''Storks'' * Junior Soprano, the present-day patriarch on the TV show ''The Sopranos'' * Junior, son of the Gorgs in the ''Fraggle Rock'' television series * Junior, title character of the film '' Problem Child'' * Jr. (''Xenosaga''), short for Gaignun Kukai, Jr., a character in the ''Xenosaga'' series * Junior Asparagus, in the children's show ''VeggieTales'' * Junior, the English name of the main character " Ñoño" from the animated television series ''El Chavo Animado''. * Junior, a character from ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' * Junior, Mr. Conductor's cousin in the film ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad'' * Junior, the son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Singles
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches '' Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reopens for the first time since Francisco Franco closed it in 1969. * February 5 – Australia cancels its involvem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
