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C C Music Factory
C+C Music Factory was an American musical group formed in 1989 by David Cole and Robert Clivillés. The group is best known for their five hit singles: " Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", " Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)", " Things That Make You Go Hmmm...", " Just a Touch of Love", and "Keep It Comin'". The band stopped recording in 1996, following Cole's death. In 2010, C+C Music Factory reformed with Eric Kupper replacing Cole. Original member Freedom Williams acquired trademark rights to the name in 2003 and still tours under that moniker.The Depressing Story of America's Favorite Pump-Up Jam |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Cole (record Producer)
David Byron Cole (June 3, 1962 – January 24, 1995) was an American record producer. He was one half of the dance-music duo C+C Music Factory, which he founded with his musical partner Robert Clivillés. Clivillés and Cole also produced various hits for other artists such as Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Deborah Cooper, Whitney Houston, and many others. After Cole's death in 1995, Robert Clivillés continued to keep C+C Music Factory going through his own production work. Career Tennessee native Cole was a keyboardist at a church choir in 1984 when, already a regular guest there, in club Better Days he approached club owner Bruce Forest. Forest was known for playing live keyboards and drum machines on top of existing records. Forest invited Cole to join him in the record booth to play live keyboards over record. Cole continued to do so even after he had gained world wide success in the early 1990s. Robert Clivillés was resident DJ i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Industry
The music industry are individuals and organizations that earn money by Songwriter, writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music and sheet music, presenting live music, concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, represent and supply music creators. Among the many individuals and organizations that operate in the industry are: the songwriters and composers who write songs and musical compositions; the singers, musicians, Conducting, conductors, and bandleaders who perform the music; the record labels, music publishers, Recording studio, recording studios, Record producer, music producers, audio engineers, Record shop, retail and digital music stores, and Performance rights organisation, performance rights organizations who create and sell recorded music and sheet music; and the talent agent, booking agents, Promoter (entertainment), promoters, music venues, road crew, and audio engineers who help organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice (magazine)
''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. It was founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, and its founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit, a film production company, a record label, and a publishing imprint. As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones. On 15 May 2023, Vice Media formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which will, alongside Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, invest $225 million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets. In February 2024, CEO Bruce Dixon announced additional layoffs and that the website Vice.com will no longer publish content. The print magazine returned in September 2024. History The precursor to ''Vice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just A Touch Of Love (song)
"Just a Touch of Love" is a song written by Robert Clivillés and performed by American musical group C+C Music Factory. Also known as "Just a Touch of Love (Everyday)", it was released in August 1991 as the duo's fourth single from their debut album, '' Gonna Make You Sweat'' (1990). It became their fourth number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart. On other US charts, the song went to #50 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #83 on the ''Billboard'' soul singles chart. Critical reception Jose F. Promis from AllMusic described "Just a Touch of Love" as "a sleek, elegant, straight-up house jam sans rap". Clark and DeVaney from '' Cashbox'' stated that it "has the commercial/dance sound that is in much demand and has already been proven to be successful." Pan-European magazine ''Music & Media'' commented, "More dance from American groove masters C&C. Just a touch of rap and a little bit of scratching are covered in soulful and meaty vocals. Slightly reminiscent of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Things That Make You Go Hmmm
Things or The Things may refer to: Music * ''Things'' (album), by Uri Caine and Paolo Fresu, 2006 * "Things" (Bobby Darin song), 1962; covered by Ronnie Dove, 1975 * "Things", a song by Joe Walsh from '' There Goes the Neighborhood'', 1981 * "Things", a song by John Cale from ''HoboSapiens'', 2003 * "Things", a song by Split Enz, 1979 * "Things", a song by Paul Westerberg from '' 14 Songs'', 1993 * "The Things", a song by Audio Bullys from '' Ego War'', 2003 Literature * ''Things'', a 1914 novel by Alice Duer Miller * '' Things: A Story of the Sixties'' (), a 1965 novel by Georges Perec * "Things", a 1970 short story by Ursula K. Le Guin, originally published as "The End" in the 1970 anthology '' Orbit 6'', edited by Damon Knight * ''Things'', a 1981 picture book by Roger Hargreaves * ''The Things'', a 1994 novel by Martyn Godfrey * ''Things'', a 1997 novel by Rodman Philbrick and Lynn Harnett, the second installment in the ''Visitors'' trilogy * "The Things" (short story), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)
"Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" is a song by American dance music group C+C Music Factory, released on February 13, 1991, as the second single from their debut album, '' Gonna Make You Sweat'' (1990). The song was a success in the US, reaching number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Singles chart, and number one on the ''Billboard'' 12-inch Singles Sales and Dance Club Play charts. In Europe, the single reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart and number five on the UK Dance Singles Chart. The song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over 500,000 copies. Critical reception AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis declared "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" as "anthemic", noting further that it "melded house, hip-hop, and rock". Larry Flick from ''Billboard'' viewed it as an "frenetic hip-hop anthem, covered with white-hot metal guitar riffs and rapid-fire rhyming by Freedom William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" is a song by American dance music group C+C Music Factory, released by Columbia Records on November 18, 1990, as the lead single from their debut album, '' Gonna Make You Sweat'' (1990). The song is sung by Martha Wash and rapped by Freedom Williams; it was written by Robert Clivillés, Williams, and David Cole, and produced by Clivillés and Cole. In early 1991, the song charted internationally, topping the charts of Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States. The accompanying music video was directed by Marcus Nispel, and features singer/dancer Zelma Davis lip-syncing to Wash's vocal parts. In 2023 and 2025, ''Billboard'' magazine ranked "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" among the best pop and dance songs of all time. Background and writing Robert Clivillés wrote and produced an instrumental track that was to become "Gonna Make You Sweat". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q-Unique
Anthony Quiles (born June 27, 1972), better known by his stage name Q-Unique, is an American rapper, record producer and a member of rap group Arsonists and the hard rock band StillWell. He also contributed vocals for dance/hip-hop group C+C Music Factory. Discography Solo albums *2004: ''Vengeance is Mine'' *2010: ''Between Heaven & Hell'' *2016: ''BlaQ Coffee'' *2018: ''The Mechanic'' *2023: ''Pound for Pound'' (EP) *2024: ''Royal Blood'' (EP) Compilation & Mixtape *2003: ''Mixture'' *2006: ''Street Supreme'' *2008: ''The Collabo Tapes Vol.1'' *2009: ''The Collabo Tapes Vol.2'' *2011: ''Throwback'' *2013: ''The Remix Mixtape'' *2013: ''Marvels Team-Up'' *2014: ''DJ Presto One vs Q-Unique & ILL BILL'' *2018: ''Momentum'' *2023: ''The Legacy Series Vol.1'' *2023: ''The Legacy Series Vol.2'' With Arsonists *1998: ''Arsonists Mixtape'' *1999: '' As the World Burns'' *2001: ''Past, Present, and Future'' *2001: ''Date of Birth A birthday is the anniversary of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Pesco
Paul Pesco (born May 13, 1959) is an American session guitarist, singer-songwriter, film score composer and record producer. Biography Pesco was born in Canandaigua, New York, to a Sicilian father (an opera singer and voice instructor) and Korean mother (an author).Waugh, LisaPaul Pesco – Musician Extra rice rockworldmagazine.com, August 18, 2011 (accessed January 31, 2016). The family lived for a time in Germany during Paul's youth before returning to New York. He graduated from Northport High School in 1977. As of November 2012, Pesco resides in Millbrook, New York, where he maintains a home recording studio.Paul Pesco Sits Down with AMS – Paul Pesco AMS Interview @YouTube.com Retrieved April 1, 2014. Beginning on the piano, Pesco would gradually build up a working pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trilogy (group)
Trilogy is an American freestyle and hip hop group from the Bronx, New York City, founded in 1985 by Carlos "CNR" Rivera and included the original members Duran Ramos and J.R. Mansanet. The group pioneered freestyle music and scored several hit songs including "Latin Love", "Red Hot", "Love Me Forever or Love Me Not", "Good Time", and " Do You Wanna Get Funky". History Trilogy was formed by Carlos Rivera (Ceanar) in his Ryer Avenue apartment (Bronx, NY) in 1985. He recruited J.R. Mansanet (Hector Mansanet) which introduced Ceanar to Duran Ramos (born Randy Duran Ramos) in New York City. These 3 members were the "Original" members of the group Trilogy. The group was briefly on the Jackie Jack Records roster and managed by George Vascones. In 1985, they released their debut single "Red Hot", which was playing in underground clubs in NYC, and a freestyle radio hit. In 1987, they released another freestyle single "Latin Love". In 1988, they released another single "Gotta Be Free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Cooper
Deborah Cooper is an American professional dancer, musician, singer, backup singer, award-winning composer and entertainer, with several number one and top charting dance music and house music hits. Biography Early career Cooper started as a female vocalist for the Fatback Band. Her first song with them was ''Double Dutch'' and the last one was ''Wild Sugar'', After she left she was replaced by Linda Blakely. Cooper then became a member of the disco/R&B band Change (1981–1985) with whom she had several hits with. In 1991 Cooper featured as guest vocalist on Clivillés and Cole's hit single A Deeper Love. Subsequently, in the 1990s, she was part of the C+C Music Factory as both a lead and back up vocalist resulting in several # 1 hits, including "Deeper Love", "Pride" and "Keep It Comin" (Dance Till You Can't Dance) both rap and No. 1 charting dance versions of the theme from the cult film Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The film featured a version of "Keep It Comin" with Rapper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
