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Stronghold – The Collector's Hit Box
''Stronghold – The Collector's Hit Box'' is a compilation album by American singer Jennifer Rush. The album came as a 3 CD box set featuring single releases, album tracks, remixes and previously unreleased material. Background The box set contains material Jennifer Rush recorded when signed to CBS Records International from 1982 to 1990. During this time she released five studio albums, ''Jennifer Rush'' (1984), ''Movin (1985), ''Heart over Mind'' (1987), ''Passion'' (1988) and ''Wings of Desire'' (1989). The set includes all extended versions that were released on German 12-inch The twelve-inch single (often written as 12-inch or 12) is a type of vinyl (polyvinyl chloride or PVC) gramophone record that has wider groove spacing and shorter playing time with a "single" or a few related sound tracks on each surface, compar ... singles from 1984 to 1989, as well as remixes that were released in the United Kingdom in 1985 and 1986. Rare songs include b-sides from early ...
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Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush (born Heidi Stern; September 28, 1960) is an American pop and rock singer. She achieved initial success during the mid-1980s with several singles and studio albums, including the million-selling single " The Power of Love", which she co-wrote and released in 1984. Her initial greatest success came in Europe. Other successful singles from that period include " Ring of Ice", "Destiny", " I Come Undone", " You're My One and Only", " Higher Ground", " 25 Lovers", " If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love", " Heart over Mind" and " Flames of Paradise", a duet with Elton John. In the 1990s she had several charting singles, including " Tears in the Rain". Early life Rush was born Heidi Stern in the New York City borough of Queens to Barbara and Maurice Stern. She has two older brothers, Robert "Bobby" Stern and Stephen Stern (both professional musicians), and a younger sister. Rush and her brothers lived with their mother until she was a toddler, and then with their father an ...
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Flames Of Paradise
"Flames of Paradise" is a 1987 song recorded by American singer Jennifer Rush and British singer Elton John. It was the second single released from Rush's album '' Heart over Mind''. The song reached top 10 positions on the music charts in Switzerland and West Germany. Additionally, it reached the top 20 in Canada and New Zealand, and the top 40 in Australia and the United States. It is Jennifer Rush's highest charting single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and her only top-40 single. Music video The music video was directed by Nick Morris and produced by Fiona O'Mahoney for MGMM. Track listings * German 7-inch single # "Flames of Paradise" (Single version) – 3:58 # "Call My Name" – 4:13 * German 12-inch single # "Flames of Paradise" (Extended Remix) – 5:36 # "Call My Name" – 4:13 # "Flames of Paradise" (Single version) – 3:58 * U.K. 12-inch single # "Flames of Paradise" (Extended Remix) – 5:36 # "Flames of Paradise" (Instrumental Remix) – 5:00 # "Call My Name" – ...
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Lulu (singer)
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actress and television personality from Lennoxtown, Scotland. Her career has spanned six decades. Her debut single, a cover version of The Isley Brothers song "Shout (Isley Brothers song), Shout", reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart in 1964. In 1967, she rose to international prominence after appearing in the film ''To Sir, with Love'', singing the To Sir with Love (song), theme song, the melody written by Mark London, which topped the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the United States for five consecutive weeks and became the America's biggest-selling single of 1967. During the 1960s, she achieved another five top-ten hits on the UK Singles Chart, including "Boom Bang-a-Bang", which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, Eurovision Song Contest in 1969. With a powerful voice, in 1974, she sang the The Man with the Golden Gun (soundtrack), title s ...
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The Man With The Golden Gun (song)
''The Man with the Golden Gun'' is the soundtrack for the ninth James Bond film of the same name. The theme tune was performed by Lulu, composed by John Barry - returning to the series after a one film absence (George Martin had scored the preceding film '' Live and Let Die''), and the lyrics to the song were written by Don Black. Barry considered the theme tune – the only Bond film title track not to chart as a single on either the UK Singles Chart or U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 – and score to be among the weakest of his contributions to the series: "It's the one I hate most... it just never happened for me." Certainly the title song is notable for having suggestive lyrics, and during a TV celebration for the series' 40th anniversary, Lulu's performance was introduced with reference to its being the raunchiest of all Bond songs. For the first time, the song's end theme is not a straight reprise of the opener, as it begins with different lyrics (subsequent films followe ...
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Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the James Bond music, theme songs to three James Bond films - the only artist to officially perform more than one - Bassey is one of the most popular vocalists in Britain. Born in Cardiff, Bassey began performing as a teenager in 1953. In 1959, she became the first Welsh person to gain a number-one single on the UK Singles Chart. In the following decades, Bassey amassed 27 top 40 hits in the UK, including two number ones ("As I Love You" and the double A-side "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"/"Reach for the Stars (Shirley Bassey song), Reach for the Stars") plus a number one on the Dance Chart ("History Repeating (song), History Repeating"). She became well known for recording theme songs of the James Bond films ''Goldfinger (film), Goldfinger'' (1964), ''Diamonds Are Forever (film), Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971), and ''Moonraker (film), Moonraker'' (1979). ...
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Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey Song)
"Goldfinger" is the title song from the 1964 James Bond film of the same name. Composed by John Barry and with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, the song was performed by Shirley Bassey for the film's opening and closing title sequences, as well as the soundtrack album release. The single release of the song gave Bassey her only ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top forty hit, peaking in the Top 10 at No. 8 and No. 2 for four weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart, and in the United Kingdom the single reached No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart. The song finished at No. 53 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. In 2008, the single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Background One source of inspiration was the song "Mack the Knife", which '' Goldfinger'' director Guy Hamilton showed composer John Barry, thinking it was a "gritty and rough" song that could be a good model for what the film required. Lyricists Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newle ...
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Ring Of Ice
"Ring of Ice" is a 1984 song recorded by American singer-songwriter Jennifer Rush. It was the fourth single from her self-titled debut album in West Germany and the second single from the album in the United Kingdom. The song was re-recorded by Jennifer Rush for her 1998 album ''Classics'' and was released as a single from that album in 1999. A remix by Stereoact was released as a standalone single on December 16, 2022. Commercial Performance In West Germany, the single was Jennifer's second to reach the Top 30 of the singles chart, after "25 Lovers" earlier the same year. In the United Kingdom, the single was released in November 1985 following the success of " The Power of Love" and reached the Top 20. The single was also Jennifer's second chart entry in Finland, where it entered in February 1986 and also reached the Top 20. "Ring of Ice" achieved its most successful chart peak on the South African Springbok Radio chart, where it reached number 1 and charted for 27 weeks. It w ...
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Michael Bolton
Michael Bolotin (born February 26, 1953), known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton performed in the hard rock and heavy metal music genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, both on his early solo albums and those he recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack. His early career also saw him as a successful songwriter, co-writing hits like " How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" for Laura Branigan, which he later recorded as a solo single. Bolton achieved peak recognition as a pop ballad singer in the late 1980s and early 1990s with collaborations with songwriters like Diane Warren and Desmond Child. During that time, he covered such songs as Otis Redding's " (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" and Percy Sledge's " When a Man Loves a Woman". Despite his commercial success in the adult contemporary genre, Bolton faced criticism for being derivative. In 2000, he faced a controversial legal battle with the Isley Brothers over pl ...
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A Life In Song
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ...
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Plácido Domingo
José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, German, Spanish, English and Russian in the most prestigious opera houses in the world. Although primarily a '' lirico-spinto'' tenor for most of his career, especially popular for his Cavaradossi, Hoffmann, Don José and Canio, he quickly moved into more dramatic roles, becoming the most acclaimed Otello of his generation. In the early 2010s, he transitioned from the tenor repertory into exclusively baritone parts, including '' Simon Boccanegra''. As of 2020, he has performed 151 different roles. Domingo has also achieved significant success as a crossover artist, especially in the genres of Latin and popular music. In addition to winning fourteen Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, several of his records have gone silver, gold, platin ...
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Till I Loved You (song)
"Till I Loved You" is a song from the never-staged musical '' Goya: A Life in Song'', based on the life of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. It was written by American composer Maury Yeston. The original was sung by Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo and American singer Dionne Warwick. It was subsequently released as a single by Domingo with another collaborator to the album, Jennifer Rush. The song reached number 24 on the UK Charts in 1989, and was featured on the concept album of the musical. The version with Jennifer Rush was praised by the pan-European magazine ''Music & Media'' as a "lush, old-fashioned duet that sounds like opera". It was covered (although released before the concept album) as a duet by Barbra Streisand and Don Johnson, and appeared on Streisand's Platinum-selling 1988 album of the same name, and later on her 2002 compilation, '' Duets.'' As a single, it reached number 16 in the United Kingdom, number 25 in the United States and number 22 on the Spain ...
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If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love
"If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love" is a 1985 song recorded by American singer-songwriter Jennifer Rush. It was released in 1986 as the second single from her second album ''Movin'''. Background "If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love" was co-written by Jennifer Rush, Candy DeRouge and Gunther Mende, who together wrote the majority of songs on Jennifer's first two albums. It was the last Jennifer Rush single to be produced by DeRouge and Mende. A Spanish re-recording, titled "No Me Canso De Pensar En Ti", was released in 1986. In Sweden, the single was issued as a double A-side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of vinyl records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side of a single usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or ... with "Madonna's Eyes" from Jennifer's debut album. Track listings * European 7-inch single * Australia and New Zealand 7-inch single * South Africa 7-inch s ...
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