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Together (S Club Juniors Album)
''Together'' is the debut album by S Club Juniors. It was released in 2002 and went to number 5 on the UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for album, albums. Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the O .... The album has been certified Platinum by the BPI. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References 2002 debut albums S Club 8 albums Polydor Records albums {{2000s-pop-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S Club 8
S Club 8 (originally S Club Juniors) were a spin off of the British pop music, pop group S Club, S Club 7. The children were all in their early teens or younger when they were chosen from thousands of hopefuls on the television series ''S Club Search'' to appear as a support act for pop band S Club 7. S Club Juniors were originally intended only as a support act at Wembley Arena for the S Club Carnival Tour but were deemed so successful that they went on to support S Club 7 throughout every British date of the tour. They later released their own debut single, "One Step Closer (S Club Juniors song), One Step Closer", followed by other singles "Automatic High", "New Direction (song), New Direction" and "Puppy Love/Sleigh Ride". This was followed by their debut album, ''Together (S Club Juniors album), Together''. After changing the group name to S Club 8, they released the singles "Fool No More (S Club 8 song), Fool No More", "Sundown (S Club 8 song), Sundown" and a Remix album, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole King
Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician renowned for her extensive contributions to popular music. She wrote or co-wrote 118 songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 during the latter half of the 20th century and 61 songs that reached the UK charts, establishing her as the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts from 1962 to 2005. In the 1960s, King and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, composed over two dozen hit songs for various artists, many of which remain Standard (music), standards. She transitioned to a solo performing career in the 1970s, following her debut album ''Writer (album), Writer'' (1970) with the critically acclaimed ''Tapestry (Carole King album), Tapestry'' (1971), which topped the Billboard 200, U.S. album chart for 15 weeks and stayed on the charts for over six years. King has released 25 solo albums, with ''Tapestry'' being her most successful, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tor Erik Hermansen
Stargate is a Norwegian record production and songwriting duo, composed of Tor E. Hermansen (born 14 October 1972) and Mikkel S. Eriksen (born 10 December 1972) and based in Los Angeles, California. The duo has been credited on hit songs and albums for American R&B, pop and hip hop acts. Formed in 1996 in Trondheim, Norway, Stargate broke into the US recording industry in 2001, with their first major credit on the single "One Night Stand" by British girl group Mis-Teeq, which peaked within the top five of the ''Billboard'' Dance Charts. Stargate and Mis-Teeq saw further US chart success with the release of " Scandalous", which peaked at number two on the chart, as well as within the top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 2006, Stargate produced the single "So Sick" by American R&B singer Ne-Yo, which peaked atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. They have since produced ten songs that did so, such as Beyoncé's worldwide hit "Irreplaceable", and Katy Perry's "Firework". The duo has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Robinson
Hannah Robinson (born in Derbyshire) is a British songwriter. Her best-known compositions include Rachel Stevens's UK No. 2 hit " Some Girls", Ladyhawke's " My Delirium" and Annie's "Chewing Gum". Robinson began her career as a vocalist and in 2006 she achieved a No. 1 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Give Me Your Love", a collaboration with Carl Cox. Career Robinson began her career, having no formal music or vocal training, by responding to adverts for session singers in the British music papers the ''New Musical Express'' and ''Melody Maker ''Melody Maker'' was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest. In January 2001, it was merged into "long-standing rival" (and IPC Media sister publicatio ...''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose And Foster
Nick Foster is a British composer, songwriter and music producer based in London. He is best-known for his work as a composer for television, commercials and film. Career Music Classically trained, Foster began his career in music as one half of the production/songwriting duo Dufflebag Boys (a.k.a. Rose and Foster), together with Mike Rose. They produced and wrote songs for Gary Barlow, S Club 7, S Club Juniors, East 17, 911, Lolly, Adam Rickitt, North & South, Precious, Roachford, Scooch, Boyzone, Eagle-Eye Cherry and Kylie Minogue. Television and film Foster's work includes Kayleigh Llewellyn's '' In My Skin'' (BBC), which won Best Drama at both the BAFTAS and the RTS Awards, Coky Giedroyc's feature musical based on the songs of Take That, ''Greatest Days'', ''All or Nothing: Arsenal'' and ITV's animated family adventure series co-produced with Weta, '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' (written with his brother Ben Foster), for which they were nominated for a Bafta in 2016. He has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Ackerman
Tracy Ackerman is a British singer and songwriter. She works with several other British songwriters including Andy Watkins and Paul Wilson of Absolute and Mark Taylor. Ackerman has written for artists including Geri Halliwell, Cher, Boyzone, Tina Turner, Will Young and Steps. Early life and education Ackerman attended Gordano School. Career In the 1980s she was used as a vocalist by record producer Nigel Wright on many of his megamix-styled medley projects. Originally projects like Enigma and This Year's Blonde were set up as rivals to the success of Jaap Eggermont's Starsound/Stars on 45, though in the late 1980s Wright increasingly targeted the house scene with 'Jack Mix' act Mirage (with Mirage including a co-credit for Ackerman on their pre-house 1985 medley "Into the Groove"). Other 1980s work included touring with Dead or Alive, singing lead on "Ice" from Rick Wakeman's 1988 solo album ''Time Machine'', backing vocals on some of Shakatak's albums and performing b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Ellis (record Producer)
Simon Peter Ellis is an English songwriter, producer, musician and musical director who has worked with many artists including the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Westlife, S Club 7, East 17, and music mogul Simon Fuller. Ellis co-wrote and produced the chart topping S Club 7 hits " Two in a Million", " Never Had a Dream Come True" and " Don't Stop Movin", the latter winning ITV record of the year award in 2001 and "Best British Single" at the Brit Award 2002. Career Early career In 1988, Ellis co-formed the band Ellis, Beggs & Howard consisting of himself, Nick Beggs and Austin Howard. Their first single, "Big Bubbles, No Troubles" reached number 41 in the UK charts. The band split c. 1990 during the sessions for a second album. In 1994, Ellis took up his first musical director job with the band D:Ream. He toured with them for a couple of years until he then went on to join East 17 as part of their live band on promotional tours. 19 Entertainment In 1997, Ellis got his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikkel S
Mikkel is a Danish boy given name, equivalent of the English name Michael. It may refer to: *Mikkel Ødelien (1893–1984), Norwegian soil researcher * Mikkel Aaland (born 1952), award-winning American photographer * Mikkel Andersen (other) *Mikkel Bødker (born 1989), Danish ice hockey right winger *Mikkel Beck (born 1973), Danish former football player * Mikkel Beckmann (born 1983), Danish professional football winger * Mikkel Birkegaard, Danish author of fantasy fiction * Mikkel Bischoff (born 1982), Danish professional footballer of Kenyan descent *Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen (born 1951), Professor of Comparative Literature and French at the University of Washington in Seattle * Mikkel Christoffersen (born 1983), Danish professional association football player * Mikkel Diskerud (born 1990), Norwegian-born American association football midfielder * Mikkel Frandsen (1892–1981), Danish American physical chemist * Mikkel Frost (born 1971), Danish architect *Mikkel Hansen (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter and actor. His songs include " Diana", “ You Are My Destiny", “Lonely Boy", " Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and " (You're) Having My Baby". Anka also wrote the theme for ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''; one of Tom Jones' biggest hits, " She's a Lady"; and the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song " My Way", which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. He co-wrote three songs with Michael Jackson: " This Is It" (originally titled "I Never Heard") " Love Never Felt So Good", and " Don't Matter to Me", which became posthumous hits for Jackson in 2009, 2014, and 2018, respectively. Early life Paul Albert Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to Camelia (née Tannis) and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka Sr., who owned a restaurant called the Locanda. According to Anka's autobiography, ''My Way'', both of his parents we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puppy Love/Sleigh Ride
"Puppy Love" is a popular song written by Canadian-American singer Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, a Mouseketeer, on whom he had a crush. Anka's version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 behind Percy Faith's "Theme from A Summer Place, Theme from ''A Summer Place''", No. 4 on the Canadian CHUM Charts, and No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart. Donny Osmond version Twelve years later, the song was revived by Donny Osmond. It was released on February 19, 1972, and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 1, 1972. It peaked at No. 1 on both the Canadian ''RPM (magazine), RPM'' singles chart during April 15–29, 1972, and the UK Singles Chart during July 8 – August 5, 1972. ''Billboard'' ranked this version as the No. 67 song for 1972. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA on March 24, 1972. It also topped the Mexican charts in 1972. The Puppy Love/Sleigh Ride, song was also covered by British pop gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Goffin
Gerald Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American lyricist. Collaborating initially with his first wife, Carole King, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the US No.1 hits " Will You Love Me Tomorrow", " Take Good Care of My Baby", " The Loco-Motion", and " Go Away Little Girl". It was later said of Goffin that his gift was "to find words that expressed what many young people were feeling but were unable to articulate." After he and King divorced, Goffin wrote with other composers, including Barry Goldberg and Michael Masser, with whom he wrote " Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" and " Saving All My Love for You", also No. 1 hits. During his career, Goffin wrote over 114 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hits, including eight chart-toppers, and 72 UK hits. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, with Carole King. Biography Early life Goffin was born in New York City. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
