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Yine Sensiz
''Yine Sensiz'' (''Again Without You'') is the 1992 album of the Turkish pop singer Tarkan Tarkan may refer to: People * Tarkan (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Tarkan (singer) (born 1972), Turkish pop singer Other uses * Tarkhan, an ancient Turkic and Mongol nobility title * Tarkan (comics), a fic .... It was released in Turkey. This was his debut album and launched him onto the Turkish pop scene, which was modest at the time. The 1992 edition was only released as a cassette. It was re-released in CD format in 1993 with three new remixes. By 1994, the album sold over 600,000 copies officially, with an additional 400,000 copies illegally. Marketing and Music videos In Turkey's then album-oriented record market, it wasn't common to release singles in order to promote the album. Instead, Tarkan recorded music videos for several of the album songs which were released gradually. His first released video was "Kıl Oldum", on 21 December 1992. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarkan (singer)
Tarkan Tevetoğlu (; born 17 October 1972) is a German-born Turkish singer-songwriter. Since the early 1990s, with his successful albums, he has been a prominent figure of pop music, recognized both in Turkey and worldwide. Tarkan was born and raised in Alzey, Rhineland-Palatinate, in the-then West Germany. In 1986, he moved to Turkey together with his family. Tarkan, who had been interested in music since his childhood, went to high school at Karamürsel and took music lessons. In the following years, he met the owner of İstanbul Plak, Mehmet Söğütoğlu, and signed a contract to release his albums. Tarkan released his first studio album, ''Yine Sensiz'', in late 1992, with "Kıl Oldum" being chosen as its lead single. His second one, ''Aacayipsin'', was released in 1994, while his third, ''Ölürüm Sana'', in 1998: the latter included the song "Şımarık" ("spoilt" in Turkish), that became popular in a number of countries, also for its English version, "Kiss Kiss". In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smokie (band)
Smokie (originally spelt Smokey) are an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire. The band found success at home and abroad after teaming up with Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. They have had a number of lineup changes and were still actively touring in 2024. Their most popular hit single, "Living Next Door to Alice", peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart and, in March 1977, reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, as well as going to No. 1 on the Australian singles chart. Other hit singles include "If You Think You Know How to Love Me", "Oh Carol (Smokie song), Oh Carol", "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone", and "I'll Meet You at Midnight". History Early years The band was formed as The Yen after a chance meeting between Ron Kelly and Alan Silson in Moore's Music Shop, North Parade, Bradford, in October 1963. Two days after that meeting they were joined by Chris Norman for rehearsals, but without finding a suitable bass player, just practised together f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communards (album)
''Communards'' is the debut studio album by British synth-pop duo the Communards, released on 14 July 1986 by London Records. The album was produced by Mike Thorne, who had previously produced lead singer Jimmy Somerville's earlier band, Bronski Beat. Although the singles released ahead of the album were only moderately successful, the first single to be lifted from it after release, "Don't Leave Me This Way", topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and became the best-selling single in the UK that year. During the single's four-week run at number one, the album itself peaked at number seven, going on to spend a total of 45 weeks in the UK Albums Chart. Musically, the album contains tracks that largely fall into one of two styles, either Hi-NRG (all of the singles lifted from the album were in this style) or piano ballads showcasing the talents of Richard Coles, a classically trained pianist. The standard "Lover Man" is arranged as a straight jazz number, albeit with the un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Communards
The Communards were a British synth-pop duo formed in London in 1985. They consisted of Scottish singer Jimmy Somerville and English musician Richard Coles. They are best known for their cover versions of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass's " Don't Leave Me This Way", and of The Jackson 5's " Never Can Say Goodbye". The name '' Communards'' refers to the revolutionaries of the 1871 Paris Commune. History Formation (1985) The Communards formed in 1985 after singer Jimmy Somerville left his earlier band Bronski Beat to team up with classically trained musician Richard Coles. Somerville often used a falsetto/countertenor singing style. Coles, though mainly a pianist, played a number of instruments and had been seen previously performing the clarinet solos on the Bronski Beat hit " It Ain't Necessarily So". They were joined by bass player Dave Renwick, who had also played with Bronski Beat. Breakthrough and ''Communards'' (1985–1987) The ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mambo (album)
''Mambo'' is the fifth studio album by Spanish duo Azúcar Moreno, released on CBS-Epic in 1991. The duo's two previous studio albums '' Carne De Melocotón'' and '' Bandido'' had resulted in the release of two remix albums, '' Mix in Spain'' and ''The Sugar Mix Album''. ''Mambo'' was their first studio album on which the influences from contemporary dance music genres like house music, R&B and hip hop were fully integrated in the original production; the track "Feria" even saw the sisters making their debut as rappers. The album was also the first not to be entirely recorded in Spain or predominantly produced by their longtime collaborator Julio Palacios - it had no less than ten producers. The lead single "Torero!", although as typically flamenco-flavoured as their international breakthrough single "Bandido", was in fact written and produced by Englishmen Nick Fisher and Garry Hughes and German Zeus B. Held and was recorded in London. Fisher and Hughes have since gone on to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azúcar Moreno
Azúcar Moreno (; Spanish for "brown sugar") is a Spanish music duo composed of sisters Antonia "Toñi" and Encarnación "Encarna" Salazar. The duo has sold more than three million albums and singles since 1984 domestically, and became famous in Europe, the United States and Latin America in the 1990s, with approximately twelve million albums sold worldwide. Biography Consisting of sisters Antonia "Toñi" (14 March 1963) and Encarnación "Encarna" Salazar (10 January 1961), the singing duo comes from Badajoz. They are part of a large family of performers: their grandfather was a musician, their father a singer and songwriter, their brothers the members of band Los Chunguitos and their uncle is famous singer Porrina de Badajoz. The Azúcar Moreno sisters began their singing careers as back-up vocalists to their brothers, but in 1982, they were discovered and signed by record label EMI Spain, resulting in two albums with moderate commercial success released in 1984 and 1986. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceans Of Fantasy
''Oceans of Fantasy'' is the fourth studio album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M. Released in September 1979, ''Oceans of Fantasy'' became the second Boney M. album to top the UK charts and features the hits " El Lute / Gotta Go Home" and " I'm Born Again / Bahama Mama". Background The album had been preceded in the spring of 1979 by the single " Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (based on the American folksong " Polly Wolly Doodle"), one of the band's biggest hits. This was not included on ''Oceans of Fantasy'' but the B-side, "Ribbons of Blue" was, albeit in a heavily edited form. The original length of the track is 4:02, and songs like "Gotta Go Home" and "Bahama Mama" were also longer on 7" than on the actual album. As with the group's previous album, '' Nightflight to Venus'', the original Hansa Records pressings of the album also included a range of different edits of certain tracks. The 1994 CD version used same master with East German version of the album. (Same with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boney M
Boney M. is a German reggae, funk and disco music group founded in 1974. It achieved popularity during the disco era in the second half of the 1970s. The band was created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter and singer. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the band's official line-up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat, and Bobby Farrell from Aruba. Since the 1980s, various line-ups of the band have performed with different members. The band sold over 100 million records during their commercial heyday, and are known for hits including "Daddy Cool (Boney M. song), Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker", "Belfast (Boney M. song), Belfast", "Sunny (Bobby Hebb song)#Boney M. version, Sunny", "Rasputin (song), Rasputin", "Rivers of Babylon", "Brown Girl in the Ring (song), Brown Girl in the Ring", "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday", "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord, Mary's Boy Chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Este Mundo
''Este Mundo'' is the fifth studio album by the Gipsy Kings, released in July 1991 in US and Europe; both versions are identical. "No Volveré" was covered by Tarkan Tarkan may refer to: People * Tarkan (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Tarkan (singer) (born 1972), Turkish pop singer Other uses * Tarkhan, an ancient Turkic and Mongol nobility title * Tarkan (comics), a fic ... as "Vazgeçemem" ("I Can't Give Up" in Turkish) on his debut album '' Yine Sensiz'' (''Without You Again'' in Turkish) in 1992. Track listing Charts Certifications and sales References External linksEste Mundo at gipsykings.net {{Authority control 1991 albums Elektra Records albums Gipsy Kings albums Albums produced by Nick Patrick (record producer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gipsy Kings
Gipsy Kings (originally Los Reyes) are a musical group founded in 1979 in Arles, France. The band, whose members have Catalans, Catalan heritage, play a blend of Catalan rumba, flamenco, Salsa music, salsa, and Pop music, pop. They perform mostly in Spanish but also mix in Catalan language, Catalan, French, and languages of southern France, such as Occitan language, Occitan. Although the group members were born in France, their parents were mostly ''gitanos'' (Spanish Romani people, Romani) who fled Spain during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. They are known for bringing rumba flamenca, a pop-oriented music distantly derived from traditional flamenco and rumba, to a worldwide audience, and for their interpretations of English-language pop hits. History Beginnings: 1970s–1980s In the 1970s, José Reyes and Manitas de Plata were a duo who played rumba flamenca in the southern French town of Arles. When they split up, Reyes began performing with his sons, Nicolas, Canut Reyes, Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll To Me
"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is a song by British rock band Smokie. It was released in early September 1975 as a single and appeared later on the album '' Changing All the Time''. Like the band's previous two singles " Pass It Around" and "If You Think You Know How to Love Me", the song was composed by Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman. The acoustic guitar riff in "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is adopted from the Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ... hit " His Latest Flame". The single was as successful as the previous one. It debuted in the UK Singles Chart on 4 October 1975, reaching #8 and lingering in the charts for 7 weeks. Track listing Charts References External linksSmokie discography 1975-1982 {{authority control Songs abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llorando Se Fue
"Llorando se fue" () is a Bolivian folk song recorded by Los Kjarkas in 1981 on the album ''Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo'' and released as a B-side of the "Wa ya yay" single in 1982. The song has been very popular in Latin America since the 1980s and has been covered several times. It obtained international fame with artists such as Wilkins in 1984, Argentine singer Juan Ramón in 1985, Brazilian singer Márcia Ferreira in 1986 and the French-Brazilian pop group Kaoma in 1989. Kaoma's cover " Lambada" was an unauthorized translation of the song and based on the music of group and Márcia Ferreira's Portuguese version that led to a successful lawsuit against Kaoma's producers Olivier Lorsac and Jean Karakos. Recently, the song was adapted by several artists including Ivete Sangalo, Red Fox's "Pose Off", Jennifer Lopez for her 2011 single " On the Floor", Don Omar's "Taboo" and Wisin & Yandel's " Pam Pam". The song is alternately titled "''Lambada''" in several cover versions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
