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Thinking Of You (Sa-Fire Song)
"Thinking of You" is the third single from freestyle singer Sa-Fire Wilma Cosmé (born 16 January 1966, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico), better known by her stage name Sa-Fire, is an American singing, singer. Sa-Fire's Latin Freestyle music was able to break through into the broader pop music wor ...'s 1988 eponymous debut album. She collaborated on its authorship and composition with Russell DeSalvo and Bob B Steele. The recording was produced by Aldo Marin and Carlos Rodgers. The single debuted at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated February 4, 1989 and peaked at number 12 thirteen weeks later. It charted for 24 weeks. Charts Year-end charts References 1988 songs 1989 singles Pop ballads Sa-Fire songs Songs written by Russ DeSalvo {{1980s-pop-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa-Fire
Wilma Cosmé (born 16 January 1966, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico), better known by her stage name Sa-Fire, is an American singing, singer. Sa-Fire's Latin Freestyle music was able to break through into the broader pop music world. She has been featured in various magazines, such as ''Us Weekly, Us Magazine'', ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'', ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'', ''Elle (magazine), Elle'', and most recently in the December 2011 issue of ''Signature Hits Magazine''. She was the first Latinas, Latina to appear on the cover of ''Spin Magazine''. Sa-Fire has also appeared on television programs such as ''American Bandstand'', ''The Pat Sajak Show'', ''The Joan Rivers Show'', ''Latin Connection'', ''MTV International'', ''The Party Machine with Nia Peeples'', ''PM Magazine'', ''Entertainment Tonight'', ''Access Hollywood'', ''TMZ'', ''The View (talk show), The View'', MTV, and Telemundo. Sa-Fire has performed throughout the United States, Japan, Europe, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Ballads
A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner. Ballads are generally melodic enough to capture the listener's attention. Sentimental ballads are found in most music genres, such as pop, R&B, soul, country, folk, rock and electronic music. Usually slow in tempo, ballads tend to have a lush musical arrangement which emphasizes the song's melody and harmonies. Characteristically, ballads use acoustic instruments such as guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set. Many modern mainstream ballads tend to feature synthesizers, drum machines and even, to some extent, a dance rhythm. Sentimental ballads had their origins in the early Tin Pan Alley music industry of the later 19th century. Initially known as "tear-jerkers" or "drawing-room ballads", they were generally s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Singles
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December; the movement ended in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Revolutions against communist governments in Eastern Europe mainly succeeded, but the year also saw the suppression by the Chinese government of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. It was the year of the first Brazilian direct presidential election in 29 years, since the end of the military government in 1985 that ruled the country for more than twenty years, and marked the redemocratization process's final point. F. W. de Klerk was elected as State President of South Africa, and his regime gradually dismantled the aparthei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Songs
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] |
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
The Dance Singles Sales was a record chart released weekly by ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine listing each week's best-selling Dance music, dance singles in the United States. Its previous names include Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales (1985–1987), Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales (1987–1992), and Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales (1992–2003). The chart was compiled from a national sample of retail stores, mass merchants, and internet sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen SoundScan. It was launched on the issue dated March 16, 1985, with the first number-one single being "New Attitude (song), New Attitude"/"Axel F", a split album, split single by Patti LaBelle and Harold Faltermeyer from Beverly Hills Cop (soundtrack), ''Beverly Hills Cop'' soundtrack. The chart became defunct after the issue dated November 30, 2013, with Borgore's "Wild Out" (featuring Waka Flocka Flame and Paige) as its final number-one single. History From October 26, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Contemporary (chart)
The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States. The chart is compiled based on airplay data submitted to ''Billboard'' by stations that are members of the Adult Contemporary radio panel. The chart debuted in ''Billboard'' magazine on July 17, 1961.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits''. New York City: Billboard Books. . Over the years, the chart has undergone a series of name changes, being called Easy Listening (1961–1962; 1965–1979), Middle-Road Singles (1962–1964), Pop-Standard Singles (1964–1965), Hot Adult Contemporary (1984–1996) and Adult Contemporary (1979–1984, 1996–present). The current number-one song on the chart, as of the issue of ''Billboard'' dated June 14, 2025, is " Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone. Chart history The ''Billboard'' Easy listening chart, as it was first known, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Music
Freestyle, or Latin freestyleKlanten, Robert (1995). ''Die Gestalten Verlag: Localizer 1.0''. Die-Gestalten-Verlag. . Quote: "The other unavoidable influence n NYC hard housewas latin freestyle. A blend of hip hop, synth pop and salsa, latin freestyle was big in NY in the mid and later eighties, and little known anywhere else. Among the best known tracks is Jellybean Benitez's "Dreams of Santa Anna" and Benitez kicked off the whole latin freestyle movement with his sessions at the Funhouse in Manhattan. The labels were Sleeping Bag Records and Cutting." Retrieved August 10, 2018. (initially called Latin hip hop) is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area, Philadelphia, and Miami, primarily among Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Italian Americans. An important precursor to freestyle is 1982's " Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force. Shannon's 1983 hit " Let the Music Play" is often considered the first freestyle son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa-Fire (album)
''Sa-Fire'' is the first studio album by pop artist Sa-Fire. It was released in 1988 on Mercury Records. Track listing US CD Edition Personnel *Marc Anthony, La India, Jeff Mann, Carl West, Maria Nocera, Susan Didrichen, David Harris, Denise Baez, Gary Filadelfo, Jacqueline S. Bonnen, Lucia Greco, Mark Frazer, Lauren Zeid: Vocal Backing * Mac Quayle, Tony Moran, John Brunkvist, Peter Schwartz, Allen Spears: Keyboards *Albert Cabrera: Keyboards, Vocal Backing *Russ DeSalvo: Guitars, All Instruments on track 3 *Tristan Avakian, Glenn Schick: Guitars *Mike Theodore: Percussion *Albert Cabrera: Percussion (Cymbals), Vocal Backing *Aldo Marin: Drum Programming *Carlos Rodgers: Drum Programming, Vocal Backing *Steve Greenfield: Saxophone *Peter Campell: Other Programming Charts Album - Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonna Make It
"Gonna Make It" is the fourth single released by freestyle singer Sa-Fire Wilma Cosmé (born 16 January 1966, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico), better known by her stage name Sa-Fire, is an American singing, singer. Sa-Fire's Latin Freestyle music was able to break through into the broader pop music wor ... from her 1988 eponymous debut. Track listing ;US 12" Single Charts References 1989 singles Sa-Fire songs 1988 songs Mercury Records singles {{1980s-pop-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is On Her Mind
"Love Is on Her Mind" is the second single released by freestyle singer Sa-Fire Wilma Cosmé (born 16 January 1966, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico), better known by her stage name Sa-Fire, is an American singing, singer. Sa-Fire's Latin Freestyle music was able to break through into the broader pop music wor ... from her 1988 eponymous debut. Track listing Charts References 1988 singles Sa-Fire songs 1988 songs Mercury Records singles {{1980s-pop-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
