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All Through The Night (Tone Lōc Song)
"All Through the Night" is a single by Tone Lōc and El DeBarge from Tone Lōc's second album, ''Cool Hand Lōc''. Following the huge success of ''Lōc-ed After Dark'' and two of its three singles (" Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina"), Tone Lōc released his sophomore album ''Cool Hand Lōc''. "All Through the Night", featuring R&B star El DeBarge, was released in advance of its album on October 29, 1991. "All Through the Night" found moderate success, reaching #80 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #16 on the Rap Songs chart. However, compared to his previous singles, "All Through the Night" failed to live up to expectations. Despite its poor performance in radio and sales, the music video received heavy airplay on MTV and BET. It is his last single to chart. A remix was made featuring Tone Lōc's labelmates, the Brand New Heavies. Single Track Listing #"All Through The Night" feat. The Brand New Heavies The Brand New Heavies are an English band formed in 1985, consisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tone Lōc
Anthony Terrell Smith (born March 3, 1966), best known by his stage name Tone Lōc (), is an American rapper and actor. He is known for his raspy voice, his hit songs " Wild Thing" and " Funky Cold Medina", for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award, and for being featured in " We're All in the Same Gang", a collaborative single by the West Coast Rap All-Stars. Early life Anthony Terrell Smith was born March 3, 1966, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Margaret, who managed a retirement home, and James Smith who died in 1972. As a result of his father's premature death, Tone Lōc and his three older brothers were raised by his mother. He was educated at the Hollywood Professional School. As a teenager, he performed with the rap group Triple A. Career 1989–1991: mainstream success Tone Lōc's debut album, ''Lōc-ed After Dark'', was released in January 1989. The video for the first single, " Wild Thing," became a staple on MTV in the US. The song rose to No. 2 on t ... [...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] |
1991 Singles
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union collapsed, leaving fifteen sovereign republics and the CIS in its place. In July 1991, India abandoned its policies of dirigism, license raj and autarky and began extensive liberalisation to its economy. This increased GDP but also increased income inequality over the next two decades. A UN-authorized coalition force from 34 nations fought against Iraq, which had invaded and annexed Kuwait in the previous year, 1990. The conflict would be called the Gulf War and would mark the beginning of a since-constant American military presence in the Middle East. The clash between Serbia and the other Yugoslav republics would lead into the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars, which ran through the rest of the decade. In the context of the apartheid, the year after the liberation of political prisoner Nelson Mandela, the Parliament of South Africa repeals the Population Registration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tone Lōc Songs
Tone may refer to: Visual arts and color-related * Tone (color theory), a mix of tint and shade, in painting and color theory * Tone (color), the lightness or brightness (as well as darkness) of a color * Toning (coin), color change in coins * Photographic print toning, a process that changes the color of monochromatic film, e.g. ''sepia tone'' * Screentone, a technique for shading or patterning drawings Sound and music * Tone (linguistics), the pitch and pitch changes in words of certain languages * Tone (musical instrument), the audible characteristics of a musician's sound * Musical tone, a sound characterized by its duration, pitch, intensity, and timbre * Pure tone, a tone with a sinusoidal waveform * Reciting tone, such as Psalm tone and recitative, as in Gregorian chants * Tonality, a system of music based on a key "center", or tonic * Tone control, a (typically electronic) control for affecting frequency content of an audio signal * Whole tone, or major second, a commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brand New Heavies
The Brand New Heavies are an English band formed in 1985, consisting of Simon Bartholomew, Andrew Levy, and Jan Kincaid. After the addition of N'Dea Davenport in 1990, the group experienced mainstream success and pioneered a new genre called acid jazz. The Brand New Heavies released their debut self-titled album in June 1990. The album was reissued in 1991 with newly recorded vocals by American singer-songwriter N'Dea Davenport, a new addition to the lineup. The album's singles " Never Stop", "Dream Come True", and " Don't Let It Go to Your Head" became a success with the latter two charting in UK Top 25. Their breakthrough success came with the release of their third album ''Brother Sister'' in April 1994, which peaked at number 4 on UK Albums Chart and became certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The album's lead single " Dream On Dreamer" charted in the top 20 in several different countries, including peaking at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Entertainment Television
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting Black American audiences. It is the flagship channel of the BET Media Group, a subsidiary of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group. Originally launched as a USA Network programming block on January 25, 1980, BET would eventually become a full-fledged channel on July 1, 1983. , BET is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 92,000,000 households. History Early years After stepping down as a lobbyist for the cable industry, Freeport, Illinois native Robert L. Johnson decided to launch his own cable television network. Johnson acquired a loan for $15,000 (equivalent to $55,648 in 2023) and a $500,000 (equivalent to $1,854,921 in 2023) investment from media executive John Malone to start the network. The network, which was named Black Entertainment Television (BET), launched on January 25, 1980. Cheryl D. Miller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Rap Songs
Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles) is a chart released weekly by '' Billboard'' in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. Streaming data and digital downloads were added to the methodology of determining chart rankings in 2012. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single sold in that given week. The song with the most weeks at number one is "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar, with a total of 26 weeks. Chart statistics and other facts Artists with the most number-one singles Note: Rihanna is a featured artist on all her number-one singles. Artists with the most consecutive weeks at number one *29 weeks - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (" Thrift Shop", " Can't Hold Us") *25 weeks – Lil Wayne (" Lollipop", " A Milli"), Headlines"); T-Pain (" Good Life (Kanye West song), Good Life", "Low"); ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music Music genre, genre, originating from African Americans, African-American musicians in the 1980s that combines rhythm and blues with elements of Pop music, pop, Soul music, soul, funk, Hip-hop, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive Record producer, record production style and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic music, Electronic influences and the use of hip hop or electronic dance music, dance-inspired beat (music), beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music, pop culture and pop music. Precursors According to Geoffrey Himes speaking in 1989, the progressive soul movement of the early 1970s "expanded the musical and lyrical boundaries of [R&B] in ways that haven't been equaled since" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El DeBarge
Eldra "El" Patrick DeBarge (born June 4, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He was the focal point and primary lead singer of the DeBarge family, family group DeBarge. Popular songs led by El DeBarge include "Time Will Reveal (song), Time Will Reveal", "Who's Holding Donna Now", "Stay with Me (DeBarge song), Stay with Me", "All This Love (DeBarge song), All This Love", and "Rhythm of the Night (song), Rhythm of the Night". As a Musical ensemble, solo artist, he is best known for his unique high tenor register, strong falsetto and hits like "Who's Johnny" and "Love Always". He has also collaborated with artists such as Dionne Warwick, Al Green, Lalah Hathaway, Tone Loc, Babyface (musician), Babyface, Faith Evans, Quincy Jones, Fourplay, and DJ Quik. DeBarge is a five-time Grammy Award nominee. Eldra remains the only member of the DeBarges to have Grammy nominations both outside of the group and in the family. In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' included Eldra on its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funky Cold Medina
"Funky Cold Medina" is a song written by Young MC, Matt Dike and Delicious Vinyl, Michael Ross, and first performed by American rapper, actor and producer Tone Loc, Tone Lōc. It was the second single from Tone Lōc's debut album, ''Lōc-ed After Dark'' (1989). The single was released on March 18, 1989, and rose to number three on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the following month where it went platinum, selling over one million copies and becoming the second ever platinum-certified rap single (after "Wild Thing (Tone Lōc song), Wild Thing" from the Lōc-ed_After_Dark, same album being the first). It peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 13 in May of that year. Flavor Flav used the phrase "cold medina" a year earlier on ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'', and it was adopted by his labelmates Beastie Boys as a nickname for the cocktail known as a "fuzzy navel"; Flav later suggested to Tone Loc that he should use the phrase in a song. The song cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Thing (Tone Lōc Song)
"Wild Thing" is a single by American rapper Tone Lōc from his 1989 album '' Lōc-ed After Dark''. The title is a reference to the phrase "doin' the wild thing," a euphemism for sex. According to producer Mario Caldato Jr., who engineered and mixed the song, producer Michael Ross was inspired by an utterance of Fab 5 Freddy "Come on baby let's do the wild thing" in Spike Lee's '' She's Gotta Have It'', and asked Young MC to write the lyrics. "Wild Thing" peaked at number two on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in February 1989 and reached number one in New Zealand for two weeks in April. It eventually sold over two million copies in the United States, receiving a double-platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song inspired at least two parodies (the ''Gilligan's Island''-themed "Isle Thing" by "Weird Al" Yankovic, which was Yankovic's first rap parody; and " Child King" by Christian band ApologetiX). Sampling controversy The son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
