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French Connection (album)
''French Connection'' is a French-language greatest hits album by Belgian singer Kate Ryan released under ARS Entertainment. The album was released in Canada on October 13, 2009, before being released in Ryan's native country of Belgium on October 23, 2009. The album's lead single, " Babacar", was released June 12, 2009 in Belgium. This compilation includes all of her French greatest hits, as well as covers (both previously released and unreleased), French singles, French versions of some of her English-language songs, and some new versions of her first hits. Track listing (*)Although it's a new version, the covers don't mention that is a new version instead of the original mix or the 2002 Radio Edit. :iTunes Bonus Track: 17. "Voyage Voyage" (Acoustic Version) - 3:05 ;Limited Edition: CD1 - Includes the 16 standard tracks as above. CD2: # "Ella elle l'a" (UK Extended) # "Babacar" (X-Team Remix) # "I Surrender" (PF Pumping Radio Edit) # "L.I.L.Y." (Extended) # "Megamix" (Conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Ryan
Kate Ryan (born Katrien Verbeeck, 22 July 1980) is a Belgian singer and songwriter, and the winner of a World Music Award. She began her singing career in 2001 and later found fame with a string of dance hits. These included covers, mostly of Mylène Farmer and France Gall, such as "Désenchantée", "Libertine", and "Ella, elle l'a", and Desireless' "Voyage Voyage", as well as new material. Ryan represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Je t'adore" coming in 12th place in the semi-final. Biography 2001–2004: ''Different'' Ryan was born in the small village of Tessenderlo, Belgium, and grew up in a musical family. At eight years old she learned to play piano and guitar. She received singing and piano lessons from her aunt who teaches at a conservatory. She studied at an art school, specialising in jewellery design. Ryan played frequently in bars and cafés as a teenager, and one night she was offered a recording deal. She became a member of a pop group call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free (Kate Ryan Album)
''Free'' is the title of Kate Ryan's fourth studio album. It was released on May 30, 2008 by ARS/Universal. It includes the singles, "Voyage Voyage", " L.I.L.Y.", " Ella elle l'a", " I Surrender" and " Your Eyes". The album performed moderately well on the charts and was certified Gold in Poland for shipments of 18,000 copies. Track listing All songs produced by Niclas Kings and Niklas Bergwall, collectively known as 2N. *Original release *Second edition :UK edition only # "The Rain" #"Je T'Adore" #"Libertine" #"Désenchantée" #"I Surrender" (Chuckle Brothers remix) Tunes Exclusive#"Ella Ella L'a (English Extended Version)" Tunes Exclusive *Spanish edition #"Ella elle l'a" - 3:18 #"Tonight We Ride / No Digas Que No - 3:05 #"Voyage Voyage" - 3:09 #I Surrender" - 3:33 #"Who Do You Love" - 3:44 #"Your Eyes" - 3:46 #"L.I.L.Y." - 3:18 #"Take Me Down" - 4:32 #"Put My Finger on It" - 3:33 #"Sweet Mistake" - 3:58 #"Toute Première Fois" - 4:08 #"We All Belong" - 3:31 #"Free" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Mas
Jeanne Mas is a French pop singer. She is well known in France, Switzerland, Canada and Belgium for a number of hit singles released in the 1980s. Her first success was "Toute première fois" in 1984. This song was simultaneously released in the United Kingdom in English. Two of her singles charted at number one in France: " Johnny, Johnny" and " En rouge et noir" in 1985 and 1986, respectively. Her 1980's albums are good examples of the Euro disco electropop style popular in Continental Europe at the time, featuring synthesizers and very catchy melodies. Biography Jeanne Mas was born on 28 February 1958 in Alicante, Spain. She started studying languages at the University of Nanterre (near Paris). After one year studying Spanish and Italian, she took off for Italy giving up her studies at the university. She settled in Rome when she was only 18 years old. In Rome, she took dance and acting classes. She started landing small parts in commercials as well as in full-length films a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanette Olsson
Jeanette Olsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She started working as a session singer in Stockholm in the late 1990s. Olsson has provided accompanying and background vocals on tracks by numerous top-selling artists, from Jennifer Lopez to Britney Spears, Celine Dion to Ariana Grande, and many others. Olsson signed her first publishing deal in 2001 with Kobalt Label Services, with her songs recorded by such artists as Kelly Rowland and Kate Ryan. Olsson moved from Stockholm to Los Angeles in 2010, continuing to sing backing vocals. She co-wrote and sang the title track for Disneynature movie '' Wings of Life''. She has sung on commercials for Fiat 500, Gillette, Sears and others. Olsson's is one of the voices on the movie scores for '' Soulsurfer'' and ''Rock of Ages'', and for the Mickey's Soundsational Parade that premiered in 2011 at Disneyland California. Starting in 2011, she became one of the backing-vocalists on the TV show ''Glee''. Olsson sang a cover version o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Your Eyes (Kate Ryan Song)
"Your Eyes" was the fifth and last single from Kate Ryan's album '' Free'' (2008). The single was originally released in the beginning of May 2009 only in the Netherlands by Ryan's Dutch label Spinning Records. After a few weeks the song was released in Russia, in some of the surrounding countries and also some Eastern European countries. This was the second Kate Ryan single to not have a video after "UR (My Love)" (2001) and the first to be not released in her home country Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th .... Track list ; CD Single #"Your Eyes" (Radio Mix) - 3:21 #"Your Eyes" (Album Version) - 3:44 #"Dans Tes Yeux" (French Version) - 3:44 #"Megamix" (Containing "Voyage Voyage", "Ella Elle L'a", "I Surrender", "Your Eyes") - 12:37 Charts References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Lemaire
Jo Lemaire (born 5 January 1956) is a Belgian singer and songwriter born in Gembloux, Namur. Beyond her native country, she is also popular in France, Switzerland, Canada, and the Netherlands. Career Jo Lemaire debuted musically in the late 1970s with her musical group, "Jo Lemaire + Flouze". The group saw true success with the release of their album '' Pigmy World'' in 1981. That album, containing a moody synthpop adaptation of Serge Gainsbourg's "Je suis venue te dire que je m'en vais", propelled the singer into stardom all over Europe and Canada. In 1982, the group separated, and Lemaire continued her career as a solo artist. She divorced Philippe Depireux, a fellow former bandmember, and moved to Bilzen with her new partner, Fa Vanham. Her first solo album, ''Concorde'', was released to great success in 1983. The vinyl was uniquely bilingual, in having one side in English and the other in French. A year later, a self-titled album was released, produced by Jean-Marie Aert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kingsbery
Peter Kingsbery is an American singer-songwriter who co-founded the band Cock Robin in the 1980s. He grew up in Austin (Texas) where he studied classical music. He moved to Nashville (Tennessee) where he began his career as a musician (he accompanied Brenda Lee on piano on a few tours) and then to Los Angeles at the end of the '70s where he began a career as a singer-songwriter. He composed a few songs for Smokey Robinson, and one of his compositions, ''Pilot Error'', sung by Stephanie Mills, had some success in the dance charts in 1983. At the beginning of the 80s, he founded the group Cock Robin with Anna LaCazio, Clive Wright and Lou Molino III which enjoyed great success in Western Europe mainly. Failing to break their native country with a first self-titled album in 1985, the quartet became a duo of Kingsbery and LaCazio when they released their second album in 1987. After the band split up in the early 1990s after their third album, Kingsbery enjoyed a fairly successf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stronger (Kate Ryan Album)
''Stronger'' is the second album by Belgian singer Kate Ryan, released in 2004 in Europe and 2005 in the United States. ''Stronger'' includes the hits singles "Only If I", "The Promise You Made", and "Goodbye". Track listing "Hurry Up" was produced by Martin Hanzén and Jimmy Thörnfeldt; all other songs were produced by AJ Duncan and Phil Wilde Personnel *Kate Ryan - Vocals, lyricist *Andy Janssens a.k.a. AJ Duncan - Producer, lyricist, conductor, pre-producer, keyboards, synths & protocols programming *Phil Wilde - Producer, lyricist, conductor, keyboards, synths & protocols programming *Martin Hanzén - Producer *Jimmy Thörnfeldt - Producer *Steven Tracey - Lyricist *Niklas Bergwall - Lyricist *Niclas Kings - Lyricist *Jeanette Olsson - Lyricist *Marc Gilson - Lyricist *Wanda Walker Janssens - Lyricist *Jo Lemaire - French translations ("''La Promesse ''La Promesse'' () is a 1996 drama film by the Belgian brothers Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. The plot involv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cock Robin
"Who Killed Cock Robin" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 494. Lyrics The earliest record of the rhyme is in ''Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book'', published in 1744, which noted only the first four verses. The extended version given below was not printed until c. 1770.I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 130–3. :Who killed Cock Robin? :I, said the Sparrow, :with my bow and arrow, :I killed Cock Robin. : :Who saw him die? :I, said the Fly, :with my little teeny eye, :I saw him die. : :Who caught his blood? :I, said the Duck, :it was just my luck, :I caught his blood. : :Who'll make the shroud? :I, said the Beetle, :with my thread and needle, :I'll make the shroud. : :Who'll dig his grave? :I, said the Owl, :with my pick and trowel, :I'll dig his grave. : :Who'll be the parson? :I, said the Rook, :with my little book, :I'll be the parson. : :Who'll be the clerk? :I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Promise You Made
"The Promise You Made" is a song by Cock Robin. Written by Peter Kingsbery, the song was recorded in 1984 for the group's self-titled debut album. It was released as a single in the USA in November 1985, and in early 1986 in Europe where it became a big hit. Cock Robin version Music video The video opens with an old woman stroking her dog; she then comes upon some passers-by and Peter Kingsbery enters the recording studio. As Kingsbery starts singing, people mill around the entrance to the studio and other members of the band also arrive inside and set up the instruments, with Anna LaCazio joining Kingsbery singing. As a fruit stand is knocked over outside, the last band member goes into the studio. In no time all the instruments are in place. Most of the video is made up of fade-outs, alternating the scenes inside the studio showing the band with images of the members of the public outside the studio entrance. The clip ends with pictures of Kingsbery and Anna LaCazio leaving th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mon Cœur Résiste Encore
"Mon cœur résiste encore" is a song by Belgian artist Kate Ryan. It peaked at number seven on the Belgian Singles Chart in 2002 among many other European Charts. It is the French language version of her first solo hit "Scream for More". Versions The song has three versions. The first version was included on the first edition of the album '' Different''. The 2002 version, which was used as the single mix, with some arrangements, but maintaining its trance sound, and it was included on the album's re-issue. And the 2009 version, which is included in Kate Ryan's French-language Greatest hits album ''French Connection'', has a more dance-oriented sound. Formats and track listings Belgian CD Single #"Mon cœur résiste encore" - 3:47 #"Mon cœur résiste encore" (Extended Version) - 7:50 Chart performances In Belgium (Flanders), the single debuted only at #43 on August 31, 2002, but then it made a big jump to #11 and into the top 10, directly to its peak position (#7), in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertine (song)
"Libertine" () is a 1986 song recorded by French artist Mylène Farmer. It was the third single from her first studio album '' Cendres de lune'' and was released on 1 April 1986. It was particularly known for its huge music video, produced as a film and which contains explicit sexual and violent scenes. It met success on the French chart, becoming thus Farmer's first big hit. In 2002, the song was successfully covered by Belgian singer Kate Ryan, who reached the top 20 in several European countries. Background and composition The song was inspired by a rock music song, "L'Amour tutti frutti", composed in 1984 by Jean-Claude Déquéant. It had not achieved success at the time, but was appreciated by the duo Farmer / Boutonnat who wanted to use it for their next song. Although it is one of her very few songs for which she didn't write the lyrics herself, Farmer can be credited with the origin of the song, because when she was doing singing tests on the demo version of the music, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
