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Eugene Wolfgramm
Eugene Joseph Wolfgramm, a.k.a. Gene Hunt (born September 24, 1967), is a founding member of the Minneapolis-based group The Jets. Like the other Wolfgramms, Eugene is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Biography Eugene is one of seventeen siblings in the Wolfgramm family, eight of whom were originally in The Jets. Eugene was featured on the first two Jets albums (1985's '' The Jets'', 1986's '' Christmas with The Jets'', and was featured in the single and music video to 1987's " Cross My Broken Heart" from the ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' soundtrack, but left the group in 1987 to form the duo Boys Club, with Joe Pasquale. Boys Club were arguably known as Minneapolis' version of Wham!. In 1990, Eugene reunited with his siblings to record four new tracks featured on ''The Best of The Jets'' (1990) and was featured on the album cover and inside sleeve. Eugene (under the alias Gene Hunt) also shared co-writing credit on The Jets' song "Do You Remember," feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jets (Minnesota Band)
The Jets are a Tongan-American family band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, composed of brothers and sisters LeRoy, Eddie, Eugene, Haini, Rudy, Kathi, Elizabeth, and Moana Wolfgramm, who perform pop, R&B, and dance music. They started performing as a family band in 1977. The group enjoyed worldwide success in 1985–1990, performing three world tours, and producing five top-10 hits on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background The original band consisted of the eight oldest children of Maikeli "Mike" and Vaké Wolfgramm, who were originally from Tonga. The family has 17 children: 15 by birth, and two, Eddie and Eugene, by adoption. The children attended Robbinsdale Cooper High School. The family are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The band initially called themselves Quasar after a now-defunct brand of television sets. They changed their name to the Jets, a name taken from the Elton John song "Bennie and the Jets" on the suggestion of manager Don Powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boys Club (band)
Boys Club was a pop duo consisting of Gene Hunt and Joe Pasquale from Minneapolis, Minnesota and was created and put together by Don Hunter Powell. They had a big hit with "I Remember Holding You" in 1989, which peaked at #8 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Throughout the greater part of Minnesota, Boys Club was also regarded as "Minnesota's version of Wham!". "I Remember Holding You" was their only song to reach the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making them a one-hit wonder. Their second single, "The Loneliest Heart" peaked at #39 on the US Adult Contemporary chart a few months after "I Remember Holding You" had peaked at #4 on the same chart. In radio interviews conducted during the height of their success, both Hunt and Pasquale stated that one of their primary musical influences was George Michael, and more specifically, the work Michael did during the Wham! years. "The way he arranged songs and melodies was quite unique and we tried to emulate that with our own music," Hunt was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minneapolis
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins in timber and as the flour milling capital of the world. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Prior to European settlement, the site of Minneapolis was inhabited by Dakota people. The settlement was founded along Saint Anthony Falls on a section of land north of Fort Snelling; its growth is attributed to its proximity to the fort and the falls providing power for industrial activity. , the city has an estimated 425,336 inhabitants. It is the most populous city in the state and the 46th-most-populous city in the United States. Minneapolis, Saint Paul and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities. Minneapolis has one of the most extensive public par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the One true church#Latter Day Saint movement, original church founded by Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. The church is headquartered in the United States in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations and built Temple (LDS Church), temples worldwide. According to the church, it has over 16.8 million the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics, members and 54,539 Missionary (LDS Church), full-time volunteer missionaries. The church is the Christianity in the United States, fourth-largest Christian denomination in the United States, with over 6.7 million US members . It is the List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement, largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Media Guide
RhythmOne , previously known as Blinkx, and also known as RhythmOne Group, is an American digital advertising technology company that owns and operates the web properties AllMusic, AllMovie, and SideReel. Blinkx was founded in 2004, went public on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2007, and began trading as RhythmOne in 2017. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and London, England. RhythmOne acquired All Media Network and its portfolio of web properties in April 2015. In April 2019, RhythmOne merged with Taptica International (renamed Tremor International in June 2019), an advertising technology company headquartered in Israel. History Blinkx was named after blinkx.com, an Internet Media platform that connects online video viewers with publishers and distributors, using advertising to monetize those interactions. Blinkx has an index of over 35 million hours of video and 800 media partnerships, as well as 111 patents related to the site's se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jets (album)
''The Jets'' is the debut studio album by Tongan-American family band The Jets, released on October 14th, 1985, by MCA Records. The Jets gained airplay on MTV, VH1 and BET with the release of their first single "Curiosity". The song reached number 8 on the R&B chart. The second single " Crush on You" would become the Jets' most successful single. It was their first song to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song reached number 3 on the Pop chart and number 4 on the R&B chart. It stayed in the top 5 for 6 weeks. The third single " Private Number" was a moderate hit for the Jets, reaching number 47 on the Pop chart and number 28 on the R&B chart. The fourth and final single was the ballad " You Got It All". It reached number 3 on the Pop chart and number 2 on the R&B chart, and managed to reach number 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart also. It still gains occasional airplay on radio stations in the U.S. The album would go on to reach number 17 in the U.S. and be certif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas With The Jets
''Christmas with The Jets'' is the second studio album by Tongan-American family band The Jets, released on November 30th, 1986, by MCA Records. It is also their first and only Christmas album to date. Although a single from this album was not released at the time, "Christmas In My Heart" would appear on the B-side of their single, "Anytime", two years later in 1988. Noted tracks include " Somewhere Out There" from the animated film ''An American Tail'' (1986) which was also recorded and released by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram at the same time to become a hit for the duo a few months later in 1987. Rupert Holmes penned "Christmas In My Heart" and would soon work with The Jets again with " You Got It All" as well as the previously mentioned "Anytime". Track listing #"This Christmas" – 4:08 (Charles Fotson Davis III, Bob Marsh, Jerry Marsh, Robert Marsh, Don Powell) Lead vocal: Haini #" Christmas in My Heart" – 4:16 (Holly Dunn, John Rosasco) Lead vocal: Elizabeth #"All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross My Broken Heart (The Jets Song)
"Cross My Broken Heart" is the title of the first single released from ''Magic'', the second studio album released by the American band The Jets. It also appears on the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy film, ''Beverly Hills Cop II''. The single reached number seven on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in August 1987. Music video The accompanying music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ... features the group performing inside a soundstage, against a backdrop of a movie theater entrance. It does not contain any scenes from the film ''Beverly Hills Cop II''; however, it shows stills of the group posing in front of the film's marquee. Eugene Wolfgramm is in the video, despite having left the group to form Boys Club. The video was the first filmed inside of Paisley Park. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Hills Cop II
''Beverly Hills Cop II'' is a 1987 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Tony Scott, written by Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren, and starring Eddie Murphy. It is the sequel to the 1984 film ''Beverly Hills Cop'' and the second installment in the ''Beverly Hills Cop'' film series. Murphy returns as Detroit police detective Axel Foley, who reunites with Beverly Hills detectives Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to stop a robbery/gun-running gang after Captain Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) is shot and seriously wounded. Despite it making less money than the first film and receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was still a box office success, grossing $276.5 million. Aside from box office success, the film was nominated for an Oscar and for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, for Bob Seger's "Shakedown". Plot Beverly Hills Police Captain Andrew Bogomil, Detective Billy Rosewood, and Sergeant John Taggart are trying to figure o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wham!
Wham! (briefly known in the US as Wham! U.K.) were an English pop duo formed in Bushey in 1981. The duo consisted of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. They became one of the most commercially successful pop acts of the 1980s, selling more than 30 million certified records worldwide from 1982 to 1986. Influenced by funk and soul music and presenting themselves as disaffected youth, Wham!'s 1983 debut album ''Fantastic'' addressed the United Kingdom's unemployment problem and teen angst over adulthood. Their second studio album ''Make It Big'' in 1984 was a worldwide pop smash hit, charting at number one in both the UK and the United States. Associated with the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US, the singles from the album—"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", "Everything She Wants" and "Careless Whisper"—all topped the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 1985, Wham! made a highly publicised 10-day visit to China, the first by a Western pop group. The event was seen as a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of The Jets
''The Best of The Jets'' is the first greatest hits album by Tongan-American family band The Jets, released on July 13, 1990, by MCA Records. It featured four new songs, including "Special Kinda Love", "Sendin' Out a Message", "Forever In My Life" and "Another You", as well as a compilation of their greatest hits (" Crush on You", "Sendin' All My Love", "You Got It All", "Rocket 2 U", "Cross My Broken Heart" and "Make It Real"). This first greatest hits package excluded hits such as "You Better Dance", "The Same Love", and "Somebody to Love Me" while other tracks such as "I Do You" and "Private Number" (among others) were included on import versions. Track listing # " Special Kinda Love" – 4:32 # " Forever in My Life" – 5:15 # " Crush on You" – 4:31 # "Curiosity" – 4:58 # " Sendin' All My Love" – 4:32 # " You Got It All" – 4:09 # "Rocket 2 U" – 4:18 # "Sendin' Out a Message" – 4:00 # "La-La (Means I Love You)" (1990 remix) – 3:50 # " Cross My Broken Heart" – 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Believe (Jets Album)
''Believe'' is the fourth studio album by Tongan-American family band The Jets, released on July 8th, 1989, by MCA Records. It includes the singles "You Better Dance", " The Same Love", Somebody to Love Me", and "Under Any Moon". The album peaked at No. 107 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Critical reception The ''Star Tribune'' called ''Believe'' the band's "most consistent LP," writing that "like the Miami Sound Machine, the Jets divide their repertoire between middleweight, made-for-radio dance music and middle-of-the-road ballads." Track listing # "You Better Dance" – 3:50 # "Somebody to Love Me" – 3:46 # "How Can I Be Sure" – 3:46 # " The Same Love" – 3:58 # "In My Dreams" – 4:07 # "Under Any Moon" (with Glenn Medeiros Glenn Alan Medeiros (born June 24, 1970) is an American former musician, singer, and songwriter who achieved chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known on the national and international music scene for his 1987 global s .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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