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Best Of Cameo
''Best of Cameo'' is a compilation album released by the funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ... group Cameo in 1998. It is not to be confused with 1993 release, '' The Best of Cameo''. The band's biggest hits are not included in this 11-track release. This title was re-released under the Collectables Records label on November 23, 2004, under the slightly different title, ''The Best of Cameo''. Track listing # "She's Strange" – 3:48 - Blackmon, Jenkins, Leftenant, Singleton # "I Just Want to Be" – 5:20 - Blackmon, Johnson # "Shake Your Pants" – 4:22 - Blackmon # "I'll Always Stay" – 3:54 - Blackmon, Lockett # "Flirt" – 4:09 - Blackmon, Jenkins # "I Like It" – 4:14 - Blackmon, Campbell, Lockett, Mills # "Be Yourself" – 4:36 - Blackmon, Jenkins # "I C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameo (band)
Cameo is an American funk band that formed in 1974. Cameo was initially a 14-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo. As of the first half of 2009, some of the original members continued to perform together. Two other original members were hired by the hip hop group Outkast. In 2015, Cameo announced a new residency show at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, opening in March 2016. On February 20, 2019, Larry Blackmon of Cameo announced "El Passo", the first new single from the band in 19 years. Cameo topped the R&B charts for more than a decade, has sold more than 18 million albums and is considered one of the most popular funk bands of its era. Background 1974–1979: Formation and early years Formed by Larry Blackmon in 1974 as the New York City Players the band was signed by Casablanca Records to its Chocolate City imprint in 1975 as “The Players”. However, according to original band member Nathan Leftenant, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the " Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company went public on September 21, 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion. In 2019, '' Fast Company'' named Universal Music Group the most innovative music company and listed UMG among the Top 50 most innovative companies in the world and "amid the music industry's digital t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Blackmon
Larry Ernest Blackmon (born May 24, 1956) is an American vocalist and musician who gained acclaim as the lead singer and founder frontman of the funk and R&B band Cameo. Musical career Starting the band "East Coast", Blackmon formed the "New York City Players" as a complement to the Ohio Players. Having to rename the group because of a conflict, Blackmon later called the group Cameo. Blackmon lived in Harlem and played drums on several hits for the band Black Ivory. He is the son of Lee Black, a former boxer. Along with his unique vocal style, Blackmon's other personal touches included sporting an elaborate hi-top fade haircut and a codpiece over his pants. His signature "Ow!" was used as the intro for some of the band's songs. The group Cameo appeared at Adventureland Palace, sponsored by Black Pride Inc., on April 26, 1978. Blackmon founded Atlanta-based funk quartet CA$HFLOW, which had a hit with "Mine All Mine" in 1986. Guest appearances Blackmon appeared as a ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasty (album)
''Nasty'' is a live album released by the funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ... group Cameo in 1996. In addition to the live material, two new studio tracks were included: "Come Fly With Me" and the album's title track, both written by Larry Blackmon. The "Mega-Mix" is a remix of the album's live tracks. The new studio tracks on this release were the only newly written material released by the band for the next five albums. Track listing # "Intro" – 1:03 # "Flirt" – 1:36 - Blackmon, Jenkins # "She's Strange" – 2:37 - Blackmon, Jenkins, Leftenant, Singleton # "Back and Forth" – 5:54 - Blackmon, Jenkins, Kendrick, Leftenant # "Skin I'm In" – 5:09 - Blackmon # "Why Have I Lost You" – 6:10 - Blackmon # "Sparkle" – 4:23 - Blackmon, Lockett # " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Word Up
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Word Up or Word Up! may refer to: * ''Word Up!'' (album), a 1986 album by Cameo ** "Word Up!" (song), its title song, which has also been covered by several artists *''Word Up! Greatest Hits – Live'', 2007 live album by Cameo * ''Word Up!'' (magazine), a teen magazine marketed to African Americans *''Word Up'' (video game) (also known as ''Word Soup''), a computer pub game popular in the UK * "Word Up", a 1982 single by Legacy * WordUp (program), a word processor for the Atari ST *"Word Up!", catch phrase of PBS animated superhero WordGirl ''WordGirl'' (stylized as ''W✪RD GIRL'') is an American children's Flash animated superhero television series produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids. The series began as a series of shorts entitled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as All-Music Guide by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compilation Album
A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African Americans, African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the mid-20th century. It de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove (music), groove of a bassline played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drum kit, percussionist, often at slower tempos than other popular music. Funk typically consists of a complex percussive groove with Rhythm section, rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves that create a "hypnotic" and "danceable" feel. Funk uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths and thirteenths. Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of Cameo (1993 Album)
''The Best of Cameo'' is a greatest hits album by the funk group Cameo, released in 1993. In total, nine albums are represented by 14 tracks. ''The Best of Cameo, Volume 2'' was released three years later. Track listing # "Word Up!" – 4:19 - Blackmon/Jenkins # "Single Life – 6:35 - Blackmon/Jenkins # "Candy" – 5:39 - Blackmon/Jenkins # "Shake Your Pants" – 6:21 - Blackmon # "Rigor Mortis" – 5:21 - Blackmon/Leftenant/Leftenant # "Attack Me With Your Love" – 4:30 - Blackmon/Kendrick # "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck" – 4:05 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant/Singleton # "Sparkle" – 4:51 - Blackmon/Lockett # "Back and Forth" – 3:52 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Kendrick/Leftenant # "Flirt" – 4:06 - Blackmon/Jenkins # "She's Strange" – 6:52 (12" rap version) - Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant/Singleton # "I Just Want to Be" – 5:18 - Blackmon/Johnson # "Skin I'm In" – 6:25 - Blackmon # "It's Over" – 4:16 - Blackmon/Jenkins/Leftenant Charts * Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - #44 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collectables Records
Collectables is a reissue record label founded in 1980 by Jerry Greene. Jerry Greene formed Lost Nite and Crimson record labels. Soul Survivors gained the hit "Expressway to Your Heart" (1967) while on Crimson Records. History It maintains a catalogue of over 3,400 active titles on compact disc, with thousands of additional titles available on vinyl. It has released hundreds of recordings from the vaults of major labels, such as Columbia, Atlantic, RCA, Capitol, Vee-Jay and others, making many available on CD for the first time. Genres found on Collectables include doo-wop, rockabilly, rock'n'roll, pop, rock, funk, jazz, comedy, blues, and funk blues. Collectables released Johnny "Guitar" Watson, the Cleftones, and doo wop albums. Collectables publishes the ''Priceless Collection'' series of budget compilations. Many of the label's other releases combine the contents of two original LPs on a single CD. The company also manufactures multi-CD compilation box sets sold exclus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameo (band) Compilation Albums
Cameo or CAMEO may refer to: * Cameo appearance, a brief appearance of a known figure in a film or television show * Cameo (carving), a method of carving, making use of layers of different colours, or an item made with such a method Music * ''Cameo'' (album), an album by Dusty Springfield * Cameo (band), an American funk group * Cameo Records, a 1920s New York-based record label * DJ Cameo, a British disc jockey and radio presenter * "Cameo", a song by Devo from '' Something for Everybody'' * "Cameo", a 2015 song by Momus from '' Turpsycore'' Places * Cameo, California, a community * Cameo, Colorado, a ghost town * Cameo, West Virginia Other uses * Cameo (apple), a cultivar of apple * Cameo (coinage), a finish evaluated in the process of coin grading * CAMEO (database), ''Conservation and Art Materials Encyclopedia Online'', a Museum of Fine Arts, Boston database of technical terms used in art conservation and historic preservation * CAMEO (satellite), an experimen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
