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Stormin'
''Stormin is the debut album by the Detroit, Michigan R&B group Brainstorm (US band), Brainstorm. It was released in 1977 on Tabu Records and produced by Jerry Peters. Track listing :Words and music by Brainstorm; writers listed below. Arranged by Brainstorm and Jerry Peters. #"Lovin' Is Really My Game" (Belita Woods, Trenita Womack) - 4:59 #"Waiting for Someone" (Trenita Womack) - 6:13 #"This Must Be Heaven" (Charles Overton, Lamont Johnson (fretless bassist), Lamont Johnson, Professor RJ Ross, Robert Ross, William D. Myles) - 6:35 #"Easy Thangs" (Lamont Johnson) - 4:48 #"Prelude" (Jerry Peters) - 0:51 #"Wake Up and Be Somebody" (Gerald Kent) - 6:25 #"Stormin'" (Lamont Johnson) - 4:20 #"We Know a Place" (Robert Ross) - 4:22 #"Hangin' On" (Charles Overton, Gerald Kent) - 4:06 Charts Singles References External links Brainstorm-Stormin at Discogs {{Authority control 1977 debut albums Tabu Records albums Albums produced by Jerry Peters Albums recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brainstorm (US Band)
Brainstorm was an Americans, American funk and Rhythm and blues, R&B band active in the late 1970s, based in Detroit, Michigan. Their debut album, ''Stormin' (album), Stormin' '', was their best-selling album, and was released in 1977 on Tabu Records, executive-produced by Clarence Avant and produced by Jerry Peters. It contained the disco hit single "Lovin' Is Really My Game", which was featured in the film ''54 (film), 54'' starring Mike Myers, and won the 1978 ''Billboard'' magazine Light Radio/Heavy Disco Record of the Year. The album also contained the radio hit "This Must Be Heaven" which is considered a soul classic, by virtue of its continued air play 34 years later. Other single releases from subsequent albums included 1978's "On Our Way Home", and "Hot for You", featuring Belita Woods on lead vocals. The members of the band (on the ''Stormin' (album), Stormin' '' album) were Belita Woods, bandleader and saxophonist Charles Overton, Lamont Johnson (fretless bassist), Lamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovin' Is Really My Game
"Lovin' Is Really My Game" is a 1977 song by American group Brainstorm, and is the lead single from their debut album ''Stormin'''. The song was written by lead singer, Belita Woods along with Trenita Womack "Bongo Lady Way". The extended version of the song was released as a vinyl 7" single in two parts; A-side part 1 and B-side part 2. "Lovin' Is Really My Game" peaked at number fourteen on both the ''Billboard'' Disco Play chart, and Hot Soul chart. Charts Weekly charts Cover versions * In 1978, Betty Wright recorded a cover which is included on her album ''Betty Wright, Live''. * In 1984, dance music performer Zino made the top 30 on the dance chart with her recording. * In 1984, disco singer Sylvester also covered the song on his album ''M-1015''. * In 2000, Ann Nesby Ann Nesby (born Lula Ann Bennett; July 24, 1955) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and producer known for her work in R&B, gospel, and dance music. She rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabu Records
Tabu Productions was an American record label founded by Clarence Avant in 1975. It focused on R&B and funk. History Avant founded the label after Sussex Records went out of business in June 1975. Tabu Record's flagship release, '' Stormin''' by Brainstorm, was released in 1977. Tabu Records had a short-lived distribution pact with RCA, which lasted a year before moving to CBS Records. The label focused on R&B and funk but expanded into other genres such as jazz and disco. Its artists included the Argentine composer and pianist Lalo Schifrin, who composed and scored theme songs for numerous television series, including '' Mission: Impossible'', and released two projects on Tabu ("No One Home", 1979) and the S.O.S. Band (" Take Your Time (Do It Right)," 1980) Jazz singer Sharon Ridley (Full Moon), pianist Manfredo Fest. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were hired to produce the S.O.S. Band's fourth studio album for Tabu, '' On the Rise'' (1983), which was certified gold on Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey To The Light
''Journey to the Light'' is the second album by the Detroit, Michigan R&B group Brainstorm. It was released in 1978 on Tabu Records and produced by Jerry Peters. Track listing #"We're on Our Way Home, Pt. 1" - (Gerald Kent) 3:45 #"Loving Just You" - (Larry Sims) 4:31 #"Every Time I See You, I Go Wild!" - (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) 7:02 #"Brand New Day" (Kent, Charles Overton) 3:53 #"Journey to the Light" - (Jeryl Bright) 5:40 #"If You Ever Need to Cry" (Belita Woods, William L. Wooten) 6:31 #"We're on Our Way Home, Pt. 2" - (Gerald Kent) 2:50 #"Positive Thinking" - (Deon Estus) 4:43 #"Journey to the Light" isco Version (Jeryl Bright) 5:40 Personnel *Belita Woods - lead vocals *Deon Estus Jeffery Deon Estus (July 4, 1956 – October 11, 2021) was an American musician and singer, best known as the bass player of Wham! and as the bassist on George Michael's first two solo projects. Estus' single " Heaven Help Me", with additional v ... - bass *Renell Gon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor RJ Ross
Professor RJ Ross is a smooth jazz and classic R&B singer and pianist. His debut solo album ''Face To Face'' was released by Music Force Media Group in 2008. Early career Ross's career began as a founding member of Detroit funk band Brainstorm. The band's album ''Stormin was released by famed music executive Clarence Avant's Tabu Records. Ross then moved to Oakland, California where he spent several years as the in-house arranger, producer, keyboardist and midi-expert at Fantasy Studios. At Fantasy, he played on numerous records, including those by Eddie Money, Jeffrey Osborne, Huey Lewis, MC Hammer and Tupac Shakur. Cancer In 1999, Ross was diagnosed with a rare form of Stage-IV cancer. According to Ross, the doctor told him that the cancer was inoperable and incurable. He then began a 5-year battle that eventually led to "an extremely risky and invasive" surgery that successfully left him cancer free. ''Face To Face'' After recovering from cancer surgery, Ross began wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabu Records Albums
Tabu may refer to: Cultural and legal concepts *Taboo (spelled ''tabu'' in earlier historical records), something that is unacceptable in society *Tapu (Polynesian culture) (also spelled ''tabu''), a Polynesian cultural concept from which the word taboo derives *Tapu (Ottoman law) (also tabu), a permanent lease of state-owned arable land to a peasant family in the Ottoman Empire *Toubou people of Africa People *Tabu (actress) (born 1971), Indian actress *Tabu Ley Rochereau (1937–2013), Congolese musician *Tabu Taid (born 1942), Indian educationist, writer and scholar * Tabu Abdallah, Burundian politician and former finance minister for Burundi Film and television * ''Tabu'' (1931 film), a 1931 award-winning film directed by F. W. Murnau * ''Tabu'' (2012 film), a 2012 Portuguese film * ''Tabu'' (TV series), a Finnish dark comedic show *Tabu the Jungle Wizard, a superpowered jungle hero comic book character created by Fletcher Hanks Music *''Tabu'', a 2017 album by Timoteij * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Debut Albums
Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown Bacteria, bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst Granville rail disaster, railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207 Azor, CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, Valencia, Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Dance Club Songs
The Dance Club Songs (also known as National Disco Action, Hot Dance/Disco Club Play, and Hot Dance Club Play) was a chart published weekly between 1976 and 2020 by ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine. It used club disc jockeys set lists to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the United States. History The Dance Club Songs chart underwent several incarnations since its inception in 1974. Originally a top-10 list of tracks that garnered the largest audience response in New York City discothèques, the chart began on October 26, 1974, under the title ''Disco Action''. The chart went on to feature playlists from various cities around the country from week to week. ''Billboard'' continued to run regional and city-specific charts throughout 1975 and 1976 until the issue dated August 28, 1976, when a 30-position ''National Disco Action Top 30'' premiered. The first number-one song on the chart for the issue dated August 28, 1976, was "You Shou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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 ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the 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), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip-hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Luminate. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated January 30, 1965, in an effort by the magazine to further expand into the field of rhythm and blues music. It then went through several name changes, being known as Soul LPs in the 1970s and Top Black Albums in the 1980s, before returning to the R&B identification in 1990 and affixing a hip hop designation in 1999 to reflect the latter's growing sales and relationship to R&B during the decade. From 1965 through 2009, the chart was compiled based on reported sales at a core panel of stores with a "higher-than-average volume" of R&B and/or hip-hop album sales to monitor buying trends of the African-American community. This panel included more independent and smaller chain stores compared to the high percentage of mass merchants that account for overal ... [...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 to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its " number ones" that outperformed all other albums 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, acquiring its existing 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), ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and ''Billboard'' 200 Top Albums (1991–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales—both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, the tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
