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Roy Carter (guitarist)
Roy Carter is an English musician, songwriter and music producer. He has written or co-written hits for Instant Funk, Central Line, Animal Nightlife, David Grant, and Jermaine Stewart. He has also been a member of groups, Clem Curtis & The Foundations, Heatwave, Central Line and Danny D. & Collusion. In later years he ran a television music production company. Background Carter was a member of Clem Curtis & The Foundations, and along with fellow members David Christopher George, Valentine Pascal, Derek Lewis, and John Lumley-Savile was backing Clem Curtis. Carter was part of the line up of Heatwave that also included Johnnie Wilder, Keith Wilder, Mario Mantese, Rod Temperton, Bilbo Berger and Billy Jones and played on their second album ''Central Heating''. According to Jazz Rock Soul, Carter was with the band until 1979. Career Clem Curtis & The Foundations By the mid-1970s, Carter was part of Clem Curtis & The Foundations. With Curtis and the other members, Carter went to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clem Curtis & The Foundations
Clem Curtis & the Foundations were an English soul, R&B recording and performing act who were fronted by Clem Curtis. They were formed some years after the Foundations broke up. They were entrants in the 1977 UK Eurovision contest. They also had a chart hit with " On Broadway" in 1980. One of their early members would go on to be a member of the Glitter Band. One would later join the band Hot Chocolate and another would go on to be a member of the funk band Heatwave. At times, the group would alternate between the names Clem Curtis & the Foundations, and the Foundations. Background Clem Curtis left the Foundations in 1968 and was replaced by Colin Young. He then embarked on a solo career. He later returned to the UK and formed his version of The Foundations.Inlay notes to ''Baby Now That I've Found You'' by Roger Dopson CD, Sequel Records NEECD 300 An early version of the group included John Springate who played with Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon. His brother Bill Springate w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom In The Eurovision Song Contest 1977
The United Kingdom was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 with the song " Rock Bottom", written and performed by Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran. The British participating broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), selected its entry through a national final. In addition, the BBC was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, after winning the with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man. Before Eurovision ''A Song for Europe 1977'' On 9 March 1977, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) held at the New London Theatre the national final to select its entry, ''A Song for Europe 1977'', presented by Terry Wogan. Minutes before the show went live, a strike by BBC cameramen was called, preventing the televised broadcast of the show. The contest went ahead and a few hours later, the audio was aired on BBC Radio 2. Fourteen regional juries voted on the songs: Bristol, Bangor, Leeds, No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whodini (album)
''Whodini'' is the eponymous debut studio album by American hip-hop group Whodini, released on October 13, 1983 by Jive Records. It spawned two hit singles: 1982 single "Magic's Wand" and 1983 single "The Haunted House of Rock". Audio production was handled by Conny Plank, Heatwave's Roy Carter, Thomas Dolby, and the Willesden Dodgers (Nigel Green, Pete Q. Harris, Richard Jon Smith). Release The album itself did not reach any major music chart. However, Thomas Dolby-produced single "Magic's Wand" peaked at number 11 on the US Dance Club Songs chart and number 45 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Willesden Dodges-produced track "The Haunted House of Rock" peaked at number 27 on the Dance Club Songs and number 55 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Critical reception From a contemporary review, Ken Tucker of ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' gave the album four stars out of five, stating that "Unlike so many dance-club hit makers, Whodini can sustain its cleverness over the length of an ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whodini
Whodini is an American hip hop group that was formed in 1982. The Brooklyn, New York–based trio consisted of vocalist and main lyricist Jalil Hutchins; co-vocalist John Fletcher, a.k.a. Ecstasy (who wore a Zorro-style hat as his trademark; June 7, 1964 – December 23, 2020); and turntable artist DJ Drew Carter, a.k.a. Grandmaster Dee. Coming out of the fertile New York rap scene of the early 1980s, Whodini was one of the first rap groups to add an R&B twist to their music, thus laying the foundation for a new genre: new jack swing. The group made its name with good-humored songs such as "Magic's Wand" (the first rap song accompanied by a music video), "The Haunted House of Rock", "Friends", "Five Minutes of Funk", and " Freaks Come Out at Night". Live performances of the group were the first rap concerts with the participation of breakdance dancers from the group UTFO. Russell Simmons was the manager of the group in the 1980s. The group released six studio albums. Fourteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Wingfield
William Peter Wingfield (born 7 May 1948) is an English record producer, Keyboardist, keyboard player, songwriter, singer, and music journalism, music journalist. Career Whilst at Sussex University, Wingfield and three other students formed the group Jellybread. In 1969, he played keyboards and sang on their ''First Slice'' album, which was produced by Mike Vernon (record producer), Mike Vernon for the Blue Horizon (record label), Blue Horizon record label, label. In the 1970s, Wingfield was a specialist in soul music and regularly contributed articles and reviews to the monthly journals, ''Let It Rock (magazine), Let It Rock'' and ''Melody Maker''. As a performer, he played with the British soul band Olympic Runners, and Albert Lee, Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes. In 1971, Wingfield played the piano on the ''B.B. King in London'' album, and in the following year received similar credits for ''Seventy-Second Brave'', the Keef Hartley, Keef Hartley Band album. Wingfield played k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jody (song)
"Jody" is a song by American singer Jermaine Stewart, released in 1986 as the third single from his second studio album, '' Frantic Romantic''. It was written by Stewart, Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen, and produced by Walden. In America, the single became Stewart's most successful single on the dance charts, peaking at #9, and became his third single to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #42. In Canada, the single made a brief appearance on the chart, peaking at #81. Background "Jody" was inspired by Jody Watley Jody Vanessa Watley (born January 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter and producer whose music crosses genres including pop, R&B, jazz, dance and electronic soul.Paoletta, Michael (February 22, 2003) "Watley Relaxes In The Setting of The ... of American music group Shalamar, for which Stewart had been a backing vocalist and dancer in the early 1980s. Watley went on to co-write two singles on Stewart's 1988 follow-up album, '' Say It Again'': ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Week
''Music Week'' is a trade publication for the UK record industry distributed via a website and a monthly print magazine. It is published by Future. History Founded in 1959 as ''Record Retailer'', it relaunched on 18 March 1972 as ''Music Week''. On 17 January 1981, the title again changed, owing to the increasing importance of sell-through videos, to ''Music & Video Week''. The rival '' Record Business'', founded in 1978 by Brian Mulligan and Norman Garrod, was absorbed into Music Week in February 1983. Later that year, the offshoot ''Video Week'' launched and the title of the parent publication reverted to ''Music Week''. Since April 1991, ''Music Week'' has incorporated ''Record Mirror'', initially as a 4 or 8-page chart supplement, later as a dance supplement of articles, reviews and charts. In the 1990s, several magazines and newsletters become part of the Music Week family: ''Music Business International (MBI)'', ''Promo'', ''MIRO Future Hits'', ''Tours Report'', ''Fono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature Boy
"Nature Boy" is a song first recorded by American jazz singer Nat King Cole. It was released on March 29, 1948, as a single by Capitol Records, and later appeared on the 1961 album '' The Nat King Cole Story''. It was written by eden ahbez as a tribute to Bill Pester, who practiced the ''Naturmensch'' and ''Lebensreform'' philosophies adopted by Ahbez. The lyrics of the song relate to a 1940s Los Angeles–based group called "Nature Boys", a subculture of proto-hippies of which Ahbez was a member. "Nature Boy" was released during the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) ban of 1948. It reached the top of the ''Billboard'' music charts and sold over a million copies, helping to establish Cole's solo career, and introducing him to the white music market. "Nature Boy" was the subject of lawsuits, with Yiddish composer Herman Yablokoff claiming that it was plagiarized from his song "" (, "Be Still My Heart"). Eventually, Ahbez and Yablokoff settled out of court. In 1999, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cash Box
''Cashbox'', also known as ''Cash Box'', is an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996. Ten years after its dissolution, it was revived and continues as ''Cashbox Magazine'', an online magazine with weekly charts and occasional special print issues. In addition to the music industry, the magazine covered the amusement arcade industry, including jukebox machines and arcade games. History Print edition charts (1942–1996) ''Cashbox'' was one of several magazines that published record charts in the United States. Its most prominent competitors were ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' and ''Record World'' (known as ''Music Vendor'' prior to April 1964). Unlike ''Billboard'', ''Cashbox'' combined all currently available recordings of a song into one chart position with artist and label information shown for each version, alphabetized by label. Originally, no indication of which version was the biggest seller was given, but f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. Mercury Records released rock, funk, R&B, doo wop, soul music, blues, pop, rock and roll, and jazz records. In the United States, it is operated through Republic Records; in the United Kingdom and Japan (as Mercury Tokyo in the latter country), it is distributed by EMI Records. Background Mercury Records was started in Chicago in 1945 and over several decades, saw great success. The success of Mercury has been attributed to the use of alternative marketing techniques to promote records. The conventional method of record promotion used by major labels such as RCA Victor, Decca Records, and Capitol Records was dependent on radio airplay, but Mercury Records co-founder Irving Green decided to promote new records using jukeboxes instead. By lowering promotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking Into Sunshine
"Walking into Sunshine" is a 1981 single by British band Central Line. It became a hit for the group that year, charting in both the UK and the US. Background "Walking into Sunshine" appears to be the earliest example of Roy Carter's songwriting to make the national charts. Carter was a member of Clem Curtis & The Foundations, and while with the band, he composed the song "Amanda" with Valentine Pascal and Georges Delanbanque which was the B side of the single "Make a Wish", released in 1976 on the Riverdale label. He also composed "The Foundations Theme". He was later a member of Heatwave and was with them until 1979. Central Line already had some chart success with "(You Know) You Can Do It". They then collaborated with the former Heatwave guitarist Carter to have him produce "Walking into Sunshine". Carter co-wrote the song with band members; keyboardist Lipson Francis and percussionist Linton C. Beckles. "Walking into Sunshine " bw "That's No Way to Treat My Love" was rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Heating (Heatwave Album)
''Central Heating'' is the second studio album by funk-disco band Heatwave. It was released in 1977 on the GTO label in the UK and in 1978 on the Epic label in the US. It was produced by Barry Blue. ''Central Heating'' sold more than a million copies in its first two years of release. It was the last Heatwave album to feature bassist Mario Mantese and guitarist Eric Johns, as well as the first to feature new member Roy Carter on guitar. The album was also the final performance of Rod Temperton as an official member of Heatwave, although he would continue to write songs for the band after his departure until 1982. The song "Star of a Story" appeared on George Benson's album '' Give Me the Night'', a song written by Temperton, which was produced by Quincy Jones. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2015 by Big Break Records. The two singles taken from the album were both hits. " The Groove Line" reached No. 7 in the US and No. 12 in the UK, while "Mind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
