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R U Tuff Enuff (song)
''R U Tuff Enuff'' is the third album by American R&B singer Rebbie Jackson. This album was a different approach for Jackson, as it had a harder-edged street R&B sound that was very popular at the time—which was also exhibited on the '' La Toya'' album by Jackson's sister, La Toya Jackson. Release The single "Plaything" peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' R&B charts, Jackson's highest-charting single since 1984's "Centipede." The title track was also released as a single, but it was not as commercially successful. Melle Mel guested on "R U Tuff Enuff." After ''Centipede'' and ''You Send the Rain Away'' it was the third single of hers that had an accompanying music video (overall she has four, the video for ''Yours Faithfully'' was released ten years after ''Plaything''). Critical reception ''People'' wrote that the "album is such a blank-sounding snore that—if dopey spelling is going to be insisted on—it might have been called Noise R Us." Track listing #"Perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebbie Jackson
Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson-Brown (; born May 29, 1950) is an American singer and the eldest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her siblings during shows in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1974, before subsequently appearing in the television series ''The Jacksons (TV series), The Jacksons''. At age 34, Jackson released her debut album ''Centipede (album), Centipede'' (1984). The album's Centipede (Rebbie Jackson song), title track was written by her younger brother Michael Jackson, Michael and it has been her most successful single release to date. Jackson released two more albums: ''Reaction (album), Reaction'' (1986) and ''R U Tuff Enuff'' (1988). Following a 7-year hiatus, Jackson returned with a cover of "Forever Young (Bob Dylan song), Forever Young" for the ''Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home'' soundtrack before the release of the 1998 album ''Yours Faithfully'' three years later. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centipede (Rebbie Jackson Song)
"Centipede" is a song by American singer Rebbie Jackson. Written and produced by her younger brother Michael Jackson, Michael, the track was the debut single from her debut album, ''Centipede (album), Centipede''. The song peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was a top-10 hit in New Zealand, where it reached number four. Background The song was written and produced by Jackson's younger brother Michael Jackson. He and the Weather Girls also sang backing vocals on the song. The 12-inch single includes an extended mix and an instrumental version. On the back of the single, Michael Jackson dedicated the song "to my mannequin friends". The song was later re-released on ''The Rebbie Jackson Collection'' and the original 12-inch version was included on her 1998 comeback album ''Yours Faithfully''. Release and reception Released in 1984, "Centipede" peaked at number four on the US ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Black Singles chart and at nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebbie Jackson Albums
Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson-Brown (; born May 29, 1950) is an American singer and the eldest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her siblings during shows in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1974, before subsequently appearing in the television series ''The Jacksons''. At age 34, Jackson released her debut album ''Centipede'' (1984). The album's title track was written by her younger brother Michael and it has been her most successful single release to date. Jackson released two more albums: ''Reaction'' (1986) and '' R U Tuff Enuff'' (1988). Following a 7-year hiatus, Jackson returned with a cover of " Forever Young" for the '' Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home'' soundtrack before the release of the 1998 album '' Yours Faithfully'' three years later. The production of the album, her last to date, was a collaboration with artists and producers such as Men of Vizion's Spanky Williams, Keith Thomas, and Eliot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Albums
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States (National Science Foundation Network) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat. The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988. The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its Dissolution of the Soviet Union, gradual dissolution. The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as People's Republic of Hungary, Hungary began allowing freer travel to the Western world. The first extrasolar planet, Gamma Cephei Ab (confirmed in 2003), was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to Eradication of polio, eradicate polio. Global warming also began to emerge as a more significant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ponti
Giacomo Pontoriero (February 16, 1958 – October 7, 2024), known as Jack Ponti, was an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant. Career Ponti was an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant who started his career in the music business playing guitar in the rock band The Rest in his native New Jersey in the late '70s. The Rest featured a young Jon Bon Jovi as vocalist, but despite promotion by other successful New Jersey musicians, such as Southside Johnny and members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and a demo produced by Billy Squier, did not obtain a recording contract and split up. Jon Bon Jovi went to form his own band Bon Jovi, which in the following years gained worldwide success and multi-million record sales, while Ponti found a job as songwriter and producer for other rock bands. The late music business legend Ahmet Ertegun gave Ponti his first production job and the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alton McClain And Destiny
Alton McClain and Destiny was an American disco girl group from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1978, the trio was composed of McClain, Delores Marie "D'Marie" Warren, and Robyrda Stiger. They signed to Polydor Records in the year of their formation and Frank Wilson produced their debut set. It was released as a self-titled album early in 1979 but then was repackaged under the title ''It Must Be Love'' several months later. The title track was released as a single and charted, but the second album did not sell well. The group was dropped less than a year after its release and they split in 1981. McClain later married producer Skip Scarborough and continued working in the music industry. Alton McClain continued recording as a gospel singer, releasing albums ''God's Woman'' in 1995 and ''Renaissance'' in 2005. Robyrda Stiger and D'Marie Warren signed with Epic Records as a part of the girl group Krystol. The group also included singer-songwriters Tina Scott, and Karon Floyd- w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People (magazine)
''People'' is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories. It is published by Dotdash Meredith, a subsidiary of IAC. With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, ''People'' had the largest audience of any American magazine, but it fell to second place in 2018 after its readership significantly declined to 35.9 million. ''People'' had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011, the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by '' Advertising Age'' in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation, and advertising.Martha Nelson Named Editor, The People Group , a January 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yours Faithfully (song)
"Yours Faithfully" is a song by American singer Rebbie Jackson. A mid-tempo R&B jam written and produced by Eliot Kennedy and Pam Sheyne, it is the title track from her fourth album ''Yours Faithfully'' and it was released as its first single. Making a comeback to the music scene after nearly 10 years, Jackson signed to her brother Michael's label MJJ Music, which released the album and the single at the beginning of 1998. Despite Jackson promoting the release in the United States and Europe, and receiving mostly favourable reviews, the single failed to have much success, peaking at number 76 in the US R&B charts, and number 76 in the UK charts, this being Jackson's only chart entry in the UK. In the UK, the single was released as a two-part CD. The b-side was the original extended version of Jackson's 1984 hit Centipede. Reception A review in ''Billboard'' magazine called "Yours faithfully" a "finger-snappin' R&B shuffler", noting that her vocal delivery has become "notably m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. These videos are typically shown on music television and on streaming video sites like YouTube, or more rarely shown theatrically. They can be commercially issued on home video, either as video albums or video singles. The format has been described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip", "video clip", or simply "video". While musical short, musical short films were popular as soon as recorded sound was introduced to theatrical film screenings in the 1920s, the music video rose to prominence in the 1980s when American TV channel MTV based its format around the medium. Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Send The Rain Away
"You Send the Rain Away" is a song by the American singer Rebbie Jackson with Cheap Trick lead vocalist Robin Zander, released in 1986 as the second single from her second studio album ''Reaction (album), Reaction''. It was written by Preston Glass, Gloria Sklerov and Lenny Macaluso, and produced by Reggie Lucas. The song reached No. 50 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Black Singles Chart. Release "You Send the Rain Away" was released by Columbia in America only on 7" and 12" vinyl. For its release as a single, the song was edited and cut by almost a minute in duration. The 7" single featured the B-side "If You Don't Call (You Don't Care)", which was taken from ''Reaction''. The 12" vinyl featured the "Single Version" as the A-side and the "Album Version" as the B-side. A promotional 7" vinyl was also issued featuring the "Single Version" on both sides. Promotion A music video was filmed to promote the single. It was produced by Carl Mazzocone and directed by Joe Layton. Critical recepti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melle Mel
Melvin Glover (born May 15, 1961), better known by his stage name Grandmaster Melle Mel or simply Melle Mel (), is an American rapper who was the lead vocalist and songwriter of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Career Glover began performing in the late 1970s. He may have been the first rapping, rapper to call himself ''MC'' (master of ceremonies). Other Furious Five members included his brother Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover), Scorpio (Eddie Morris), Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams) and Cowboy (Keith Wiggins). While a member of the group, Cowboy created the term ''hip-hop'' while teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army, by scat singing the words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic military cadence, cadence of marching soldiers. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five began recording for Enjoy Records and released "Superrappin'" in 1979. They later moved on to Sugar Hill Records (hip hop label), Sugar Hill Records and were popular on the Rhythm and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Toya Jackson
La Toya Yvonne Jackson (born May 29, 1956) is an American singer and television personality. The fifth child and middle daughter of the Jackson family, Jackson first gained recognition on the family's variety television series, ''The Jacksons (TV series), The Jacksons'', on CBS between 1976 and 1977. Thereafter, she saw success as a solo recording artist under multiple record labels in the 1980s and 1990s, including Polydor Records, Polydor, Sony Music and RCA Records, RCA, where she released nine studio albums over the course of 15 years. Her most successful releases in the United States were her La Toya Jackson (album), self-titled debut album (1980) and the 1984 single "Heart Don't Lie (song), Heart Don't Lie". Jackson's other songs include "If You Feel the Funk", "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'", "Hot Potato (song), Hot Potato", "You're Gonna Get Rocked! (song), You're Gonna Get Rocked!", and "Sexbox". Another one of Jackson's songs, "Just Say No" from her La Toya (album), fifth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
