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Bardeux
Bardeux is an American dance duo from the 1980s. The group was formed in 1986 and consisted of Stacy "Acacia" Smith and Tairrie B. History Their first single, "Three Time Lover", went to No. 10 on ''Billboard'''s Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. Tairrie B left the group to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Lisa "Jaz" Teaney. In 1988, the group released their album '' Bold as Love'' and their second single "Magic Carpet Ride". The single went to No. 5 on ''Billboard'''s Hot Dance Singles Sales chart and No. 81 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The group performed the song on Club MTV. "When We Kiss", the third single from the album, would turn out to be the group's biggest hit going all the way to No. 36 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The fourth single released from the album, "Bleeding Heart", was a top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'''s Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. A fifth and last single release from that album, "Hold Me, Hold Me" did not chart. Jaz left the group in 1989 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bold As Love (album)
''Bold as Love'' is the debut album by Bardeux. During their short run as a group, Bardeux spun off both mainstream and dance hits. Their first single "Magic Carpet Ride" peaked at number #81 on the Billboard Hot 100 The ''Billboard'' 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), radio play, and online streaming ... chart. Their third single and most notable song of their career was "When We Kiss," which peaked at #36 on the Hot 100. Their last single "Hold Me, Hold Me" didn't chart. The album peaked at number 104 on the Billboard 200. This is the only album upon which Lisa "Jaz" Teaney appeared. Track listing # "Magic Carpet Ride" (Acacia Smith, Jon St. James) 3:23 # "Three Time Lover" (St. James) 3:30 # "Caution" (Kim Allen Larson) 3:38 # "Bleeding Heart" (Karl Moet, Smith) 3:55 # "You're My Only Kind Of Lover" (Michael Stein) 3: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tairrie B
Theresa Beth (born January 18, 1965), known professionally as Tairrie B, is an American singer and rapper. Career She started her music career as part of the female dance group Bardeux. After the release of their debut single, "Three-Time Lover", in 1987, she left the group. Under the tutelage of Eazy-E, she was later signed to his label Ruthless Records (under a new imprint called Comptown Records) and released her first album, ''Power of a Woman (Tairrie B album), Power of a Woman'', which, unlike usual Ruthless fare, was distributed by MCA Records. Tairrie B alleges she was assaulted by Dr. Dre at the 1990 Grammy Awards for not collaborating with him on her first album: "Everyone with NWA – like Above the Law (group), Above the Law and The D.O.C. – whenever they do an album, all of the guys appear on the last track. So they were going to do that with me at one point and Ice Cube was gonna write lyrics to a track called 'I Ain't Your Bitch'." She refused, and rewrote the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Staggering Harlettes
The Harlettes, also known as The Staggering Harlettes, is a trio of backup singers who support Bette Midler during her live musical performances. The Harlettes' line-up has changed many times since their inception. History Bette Midler's stage act grew out of her early 1970s performances at the Continental Baths, a gay bathhouse in Manhattan which offered entertainment on the weekends. With her powerful singing voice, her outrageous costumes and her biting wit, Midler became a favorite of the bathhouse crowd. Inspired in part by the Theatre of the Ridiculous,McDonald, Marcie: "A new singing rage: The Divine Miss M", ''The Toronto Star'', Feb 24, 1973Slavo, Patrick and Barbara, "Bette Midler Had To Kill The Divine Miss M", ''In Touch'', July, 1974 Midler's stage show evolved into a bawdy and flamboyant mixture of stand-up comedy, Vaudeville and burlesque. It was during this time that Midler cultivated her stage persona, “The Divine Miss M”. "The more outrageous I was, the more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enigma Records
Enigma Records (also known as Enigma Entertainment Corporation) was a popular rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s. History Enigma Records launched as a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, in 1981. Four years later, in 1985, Enigma severed ties with Greenworld and became its own company. Enigma was initially located in Torrance, California, then El Segundo, California and finally Culver City, California. Enigma was founded and run by brothers William and Wesley Hein. Jim Martone joined the company in 1984. Enigma focused on punk rock, alternative, and heavy metal music though it also released techno (Synthicide Records), jazz (Intima Records) and classical music (Enigma Classics) through subsidiary labels. The label's first release was Mötley Crüe's ''Too Fast for Love''. The album was initially released under the band's own Leathür Records imprint but manufactured, marketed and distributed by what would becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacey Q
Stacey Lynn Swain (born November 30, 1958), known by her stage name Stacey Q, is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Her best-known single, John Mitchell's " Two of Hearts", released in 1986, reached number one in Canada, number three on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the top ten in five other countries. Early life Swain was born on November 30, 1958, in the Orange County suburb of Fullerton, California. She is the youngest of three children. Her mother, Joyce, bred Cardigan Welsh Corgis that have appeared in Hollywood films and television. In a 1989 interview, Swain said she was three years old when she asked for dance lessons, but had to wait until she was five, when she did classical ballet. In 1969, she became the youngest member of the Dance Theater of Orange County, a local company that performed at benefit shows in Anaheim. She spent eleven years studying ballet, and also learned flamenco dancing. She performed at multiple Disneyland's Christmas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Musical Duos
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My Ruin
My Ruin is an American alternative metal band from Los Angeles, California, composed of the husband and wife duo Tairrie B and Mick Murphy (guitarist), Mick Murphy. The band has been through various line-up changes since its formation in 1999. The band's sound consists of passionate vocals and heavy rock beats, with most of the fanbase in the UK. Vocalist Tairrie B Murphy has cultivated a reputation both on and off the stage for her aggressive performances and acerbic vocal style. Over the decade since the band's formation, the sound has evolved and become heavier with each record, with Mick Murphy's guitar playing becoming a prominent feature along with his solos and riffs. My Ruin are a "Do it yourself, DIY" band who have control over every aspect of their output. In the past they have released several of their records via their own imprint, Rovena Recordings. These records include; ''The Brutal Language'' (2005), ''Throat Full of Heart'' (2008), and live album ''Alive On the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Metal
Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a genre of heavy metal music Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a ... that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal. Alternative metal bands are often characterized by heavily Downtuned guitar, downtuned, mid-paced guitar riffs, a mixture of accessible melodic vocals and Screaming (music), harsh vocals and sometimes unconventional sounds within other heavy metal styles. The term has been in use since the 1980s, although it came into prominence in the 1990s. Other genres considered part of the alternative metal movement included rap metal and funk metal, both of which influenced another prominent subgenre, nu metal. Nu metal expands the alternative metal s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tura Satana (band)
Tura Satana was an American metal band named after cult actress Tura Satana. The band started in the early 1990s under the name Manhole. Due to legal reasons they changed it after the release of their first album '' All Is Not Well''. While the music was brutal and powerful, the lyrics of the first album were strongly influenced by singer Tairrie B's hardships as a woman having dealt with a dysfunctional family and violence. Their second (and final) offering was the religious influenced ''Relief Through Release''. Throughout their career, the band has shared the stage with rock big names such as Human Waste Project, Snot, Marilyn Manson, Deftones, Type O Negative, Incubus and Limp Bizkit. After they disbanded, Tairrie B went on to form My Ruin and Brian Harrah went on to play in Professional Murder Music, and subsequently The Mercy Clinic, which featured Pat Lachman, former vocalist for Damageplan. Bassist Rico Villasenor went on to play in Downset, as well as Drunk with Power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nu Metal
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, sometimes called aggro-metal) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal bands have drawn elements and influences from a variety of musical styles, including multiple genres of heavy metal. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of technical competence; the genre is heavily syncopated and based on guitar riffs. Many nu metal guitarists use seven-string guitars that are down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. DJs are occasionally featured in nu metal to provide instrumentation such as sampling, turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds. Vocal styles in nu metal include singing, rapping, screaming and growling. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal. Nu metal became popular in the late 1990s with bands and artists such as Korn, Limp Bizkit, Sli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 with the purchase of the New York-based US Decca Records (established in 1934), including Coral Records and Brunswick Records. MCA was forced to exit the talent agency business in order to complete the merger. As American Decca owned Universal Pictures, MCA assumed full ownership of Universal and made it into a top film studio, producing several hits. In 1966, MCA formed Uni Records and in 1967, purchased Kapp Records which was placed under Uni Records management. History The early years In 1937, the owner of Decca, E. R. Lewis, chose to split off the UK Decca company from the US company (keeping his US Decca holdings), fearing the financial damage that would arise for UK Companies if the emerging hostilities of Nazi Germany should lead t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Of A Woman (Tairrie B Album)
''Power of a Woman'' is the debut studio album by the rapper Tairrie B, released on January 1, 1990 for Ruthless Records and distributed through MCA Records. It was mostly produced by Tairrie B, with guest stars such as Schoolly D, Bilal Bashir & Greg Kuehn lending their talents to more than a few tracks. Despite gaining rather favorable reviews, it did not manage to chart on Billboard; however, two singles ("Murder She Wrote" & "Swingin' Wit' T) placed themselves at numbers 27 & 28 respectively, on the Hot Rap Singles chart. Track listing #"Swingin' wit' T" 4:30 (Tairrie B., Maurice White, Phillip Bailey, Larry Dunn) #"Anything You Want" feat. Eazy-E 3:57 (Tairrie B., Schooly D) #"Vinnie tha' Moocha" feat. Everlast 4:01 (Cab Calloway, Irving Mills, Clarence Gaskill) #"Step 2 This" 6:06 (Tairrie B., Bilal Bashir) #"Murder She Wrote" 3:15 (Tairrie B., Quincy Delight Jones III) #"Packin' a Punch" 5:25 (Tairrie B., Art Neville, Joseph Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli) #"Let the Beat Rock" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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