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Rockbird
''Rockbird'' is the second solo studio album by American singer Debbie Harry. It was released in November 1986 by Geffen Records in the United States and Chrysalis Records in the United Kingdom. Background ''Rockbird'' was released four years after the split of Blondie in 1982. Harry had largely put her music career on hold during the mid-1980s in order to look after Blondie guitarist and boyfriend Chris Stein, who had been diagnosed with a serious illness. The album was produced by Seth Justman, a key member of the J. Geils Band. Released in November 1986, there were four variations of the album artwork with the lettering in either green, orange, pink and yellow (with slight variations due to printing techniques). A stylized version of the album's cover photo appears on the cover of select editions of the book '' 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' wrote that the album "paves a pop path Harry can navigate, but the material is weak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Kissin (song)
"French Kissin" (released in certain countries as "French Kissin in the USA") is a song by American singer Debbie Harry from her second solo studio album, ''Rockbird'' (1986). It was released on November 3, 1986, as the album's lead single. The song was written by Chuck Lorre, who would later create a series of successful sitcoms. Song information In the United Kingdom, the song was released as the album's lead single on November 3, 1986, and became Harry's biggest chart hit, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart and becoming her only solo top-10 single there. In the United States, the song peaked at number 57 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. For promotion, Harry did a live performance of "French Kissin" and "In Love with Love" on ''Saturday Night Live'', as well as a handful of television interviews in the UK and US in late 1986. A music video (with a cameo by actress Katey Sagal) was also made and subsequently played on music video channels. Besides the regular 7-inch and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981. Born in Miami, Florida, Harry was adopted as an infant and raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey. After attending college, she worked various jobs—as a dancer, a Playboy Bunny and a secretary (including at the BBC in New York)—before her breakthrough in the music industry. Harry co-formed Blondie in 1974 in New York City. The band released its eponymous debut album in 1976, and released a further three albums between then and 1979, including '' Parallel Lines'', which spawned six singles, including " Heart of Glass". Their fifth album, '' Autoamerican'' (1980), afforded Harry and the band further attention, spawning such hits as a cover of " The Tide Is High", and "Rapture", the latter of which is considered the first rap song to chart at number on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Love With Love
"In Love with Love" is a 1987 song recorded by the American singer Debbie Harry. It was taken from her second solo album '' Rockbird'' and released as the third single in 1987. Song information Lyrically, the song is the sequel to Blondie's " Heart of Glass", according to Harry. The song was released on May 9, 1987 and was, to date, her only solo single to reach #1 on the US dance chart. The single also went on to become a minor hit in several countries, including #45 in the UK and #70 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it remains her last entry to date. A music video was produced for the single, featuring Harry dancing in front of various cultural backdrops in a couple of different outfits throughout the clip. The UK single version of "In Love With Love," was remixed and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman production team, who at the time were producing many popular singles in both the UK and the US by artists such as Bananarama, Dead or Alive, Rick Astley, (and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free To Fall
"Free to Fall" is a song by American singer Debbie Harry from her second solo studio album, ''Rockbird'' (1986). It was released as the second single in the United States and the United Kingdom. Suffering from lack of record company promotion, the single failed to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 or any other significant U.S. chart, and peaked at number 46 on the UK Singles Chart. The B-side to the single, "Feel the Spin", was a previous U.S. dance hit from the soundtrack to the film ''Krush Groove''. The line "...sinking in the sea of love" was used previously in a Blondie song, "Man Overboard", from the album '' Blondie'' (1976). Track listings *7-inch single # "Free to Fall" (7″ Edit) (Deborah Harry, Seth Justman) - 4:13 # "Feel the Spin" (Album version) (Deborah Harry, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Toni C.) - 4:02 *12-inch single # "Free to Fall" (Album version) (Deborah Harry, Seth Justman) - 5:31 # "Feel the Spin" (Extended dance version) (Deborah Harry, John "Jellybean" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Love With Love
"In Love with Love" is a 1987 song recorded by the American singer Debbie Harry. It was taken from her second solo album '' Rockbird'' and released as the third single in 1987. Song information Lyrically, the song is the sequel to Blondie's " Heart of Glass", according to Harry. The song was released on May 9, 1987 and was, to date, her only solo single to reach #1 on the US dance chart. The single also went on to become a minor hit in several countries, including #45 in the UK and #70 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it remains her last entry to date. A music video was produced for the single, featuring Harry dancing in front of various cultural backdrops in a couple of different outfits throughout the clip. The UK single version of "In Love With Love," was remixed and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman production team, who at the time were producing many popular singles in both the UK and the US by artists such as Bananarama, Dead or Alive, Rick Astley, (and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Justman
Seth Justman (born January 27, 1951) is the keyboard player for the U.S. rock band, The J. Geils Band. Biography Justman was born in Washington, D.C., grew up in Atlantic City, and is Jewish. He co-wrote many of the band's songs with singer Peter Wolf, and took sole songwriting credits for the band's biggest international hit, "Centerfold" (number 1 for six weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100). Seth is the brother of Paul Justman, director of the 2002 movie, '' Standing in the Shadows of Motown''. Paul and Seth shared songwriting credits for most of the songs on the band's final album, '' You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd''. Justman also became the band's main vocalist following Wolf's departure until the band's first break-up in 1985. In 1986, Justman produced and partly co-wrote '' Rockbird'', the second solo album by Debbie Harry Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koo Koo
''KooKoo'' is the debut solo album by American singer Debbie Harry, released on July 27, 1981, by Chrysalis Records. Produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic, the album was recorded whilst Harry took a break from her band Blondie. It was a moderate commercial success, reaching number 25 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number six on the UK Albums Chart. Background ''KooKoo'' was recorded while Harry and boyfriend Chris Stein were taking a break from the band Blondie. The album was produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the R&B band Chic, who had just had major success working with Diana Ross on her 1980 album ''Diana''. Harry and Stein first met the pair at the Power Station recording studio in New York while Blondie were recording their 1979 album '' Eat to the Beat'', and they remained good friends in the intervening years. ''KooKoo'' was one of three albums to be (co)written and produced by Rodgers and Edwards in 1981, the other two being Chic's fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once More Into The Bleach
''Once More into the Bleach'' is a remix album released in December 1988 by the band Blondie and Debbie Harry. The 13-track compilation contains remixes of Blondie songs and material from Harry's solo career. It was the first compilation to include non-album singles " Rush Rush" (from the ''Scarface'' soundtrack) and " Feel the Spin" (from the ''Krush Groove'' soundtrack). Overview The title of the album is a pun on a line from ''Henry V'', a history play by William Shakespeare, "once more unto the breach", with a nod to hair bleach. The album was issued as a double vinyl, double cassette album, and on CD. On the US edition of the album track five "Rapture" (Bonus Beats) is replaced with the original version of " Atomic" from the album ''Eat to the Beat''. ''Once More into the Bleach'' spun off two single releases: "Denis", a remix by Dancin' Danny D which is the first official Blondie remix single (also known as "Denis '88") and " Call Me", a remix by Ben Liebrand. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band co-founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the American new wave scene of the mid-1970s in New York. Their first two albums contained strong elements of punk and new wave, and although highly successful in the UK and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the U.S. until the release of '' Parallel Lines'' in 1978. Over the next five years, the band achieved several hit singles including " Heart of Glass," " Call Me," " Atomic," " The Tide Is High," and " Rapture". The band became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles, also incorporating elements of disco, pop, reggae, and early rap music. Blondie disbanded after the release of its sixth studio album, '' The Hunter'', in 1982. Debbie Harry continued to pursue a solo career with varied results after taking a few years off to care for partner Chris Stein, who was diagnosed with pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Lorre
Charles Michael Lorre (; born Charles Michael Levine; October 18, 1952) is an American film & television director, writer, producer, composer and actor. Called the "King of Sitcoms", he has created/co-created and produced sitcoms including '' Grace Under Fire'', '' Cybill'', '' Dharma & Greg'', '' Two and a Half Men'', '' The Big Bang Theory'', '' Mike & Molly'', ''Mom'', '' Young Sheldon'', '' The Kominsky Method'', '' Disjointed'', ''Bob Hearts Abishola'', '' B Positive'', '' United States of Al'', and ''How to Be a Bookie''. He also served as an executive producer of ''Roseanne''. He won Golden Globe Awards for ''Roseanne'' (1993) and '' Cybill'' (1996), and won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for '' The Kominsky Method''. In the 1990s, he founded Chuck Lorre Productions. Early life Lorre was born in Plainview, New York to a Jewish family and given the Hebrew name Chaim. His father, Robert, opened a luncheonette that did poorly, which caused financial problems. After gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming in the United States. The weekly tracking period for sales was initially Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming, is readily available on a real-time basis, is also tracked on a Friday to Thursday cycle effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021 (previously Monday to Sunday and before July 2015, Wednesday to Tuesday). A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by ''Billboard'' on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday. The first number-one song of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Ne ... [...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 and is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others 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, and acquired its current 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) and ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales – both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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