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Family Business (2-4 Family Album)
''Family Business'' is the debut album by hip hop group 2-4 Family. It was released on 16 March 1999. Singles *"Stay" was the only track in the album that featured former member Jo O'Meara. and peaked at #8 on the Viva Top 100. *" Lean on Me", the second single taken from the album was a cover version, the original version being recorded by Bill Withers. *"Take Me Home", the third and final single released from this album and also the last 2-4 Family 2-4 Family was a rap/hip hop group, that formed in Germany in the late 1990s. The original line-up consisted of Jo O'Meara, Jay Dogg, Joseph Jazz and Essence Woods. History Jay Dogg and Joseph Jazz met each other in the United States Army in 19 ... song before the group disbanded, was released on 8 June 1999. Track listing Charts 1999 albums {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2-4 Family
2-4 Family was a rap/hip hop group, that formed in Germany in the late 1990s. The original line-up consisted of Jo O'Meara, Jay Dogg, Joseph Jazz and Essence Woods. History Jay Dogg and Joseph Jazz met each other in the United States Army in 1989 and became friends. They were both DJs, but decided that Dogg would be the DJ and Jazz would be the rapper. As a duo, they entered several talent competitions. When visiting Germany in 1997, they came across Essence Woods at a party. British singer Jo O'Meara was a friend of Woods, so all of them formed the group 2-4 Family in 1998. Career 2-4 Family released their first single, "Stay", in mid-1998. The song featured lead female vocals from O'Meara, and rapping from the other three members. It peaked at #8 on the Viva Top 100. They released their album ''Family Business'' in March 1999. Along with other vocalists, 2-4 Family recorded "Hand in Hand for Children - Children of the World". A week after that had been released, "Stay" was re- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation SONAM, headquartered in New York City, manages the company's US-based businesses. Sony's principal U.S. business ..., the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953, but later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of genres, including pop music, pop, Rhythm and blues, R&B, rock music, rock, and hip hop music, hip hop. History Beginnings Epic Records was launched in 1953 by the Columbia Records unit of CBS, for the purpose of marketing jazz, pop music, pop, and European classical music, classical music that did not fit the theme of its more mainstream Columbia Records label. Initial classical music r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay (2-4 Family Song)
"Stay" is the debut single by hip-hop group, 2-4 Family. It is their only song in which former band member Jo O'Meara sings, because she soon leaves the band, joining S Club S Club 7 were a British pop group from London, created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller and consisting of members Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens and Tina Barrett. The group ... in 1999. Jo O'Meara takes the lead vocals, singing dramatically. It charted at #8 on the Viva Top 100. The video was added to YouTube on November 5, 2006. It has had 81,707 views as of June 17, 2009. It is 2-4 Family's most successful song ever released. After the single, a Christmas version of Stay was also released. {{Authority control 1998 debut singles 1998 songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lean On Me (song)
"Lean on Me" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bill Withers. It was released in April 1972 as the first single from his second album, ''Still Bill''. It was a number one single on both the soul singles and the ''Billboard'' Hot 100; the latter chart for three weeks in July 1972. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 7 song of 1972. It was ranked number 208 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2010. Numerous other versions have been recorded, and it is one of only nine songs to have reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with versions recorded by two different artists. Background and writing Bill Withers' childhood in the coal mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, was the inspiration for "Lean on Me", which he wrote after he had moved to Los Angeles and found himself missing the strong community ethic of his hometown. He had lived in a decrepit house in the poor section of his town. Withers recalled to SongFacts t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo O'Meara
Joanne Valda O'Meara (born 29 April 1979) is an English pop singer. She is best known for being a member of pop group S Club 7 between 1999 and 2003. Born and raised in Romford, she launched her career at age 16 working with Max Martin. O'Meara later went on to launch a solo career and was a contestant on ''Celebrity Big Brother'' in 2007. Early life O'Meara was born in Romford, London, to parents Dave and Barbara. She has a brother and sister, Shane and Julie. She grew up in Collier Row, a suburban housing estate in the north of Romford in the London Borough of Havering. She was educated at Clockhouse Junior School and Bower Park School. O'Meara was given a full scholarship to attend the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where she excelled in music, acting and dance – receiving a standing ovation by the heads and principals for her rendition of the song “Summertime”. Career 1996-1999 At age 16, O'Meara joined the earliest incarnation of girl group Solid Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Withers
William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He had several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), " Use Me" (1972), " Lean on Me" (1972), " Lovely Day" (1977) and "Just the Two of Us" (1981). Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for six more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film ''Still Bill''. Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Two of his songs were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Early life Withers, the youngest of six children, was born in the small coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, on July 4, 1938. He was the son of Mattie (née Galloway), a maid, and William Withers, a miner. He was born with a stutter and later said he had a hard time fitting in. His parents divorced when he was three, and he was raised by his mother's family i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everytime You Go Away
"Everytime You Go Away" is a song written and composed by Daryl Hall. It was first recorded in 1980 by the American duo Hall & Oates but was not released as a single. A cover version of the song by Paul Young became an international hit in 1985, reaching No. 1 in the US and No. 4 in the UK. Hall and Oates version The original version of "Everytime You Go Away" appeared on Hall & Oates's 1980 studio album, '' Voices,'' although it was not released as a single. Hall & Oates also recorded it for their 1985 concert album '' Live at the Apollo''. Personnel * Daryl Hall – lead vocals, backing vocals, synthesizers * John Oates – backing vocals, 6-string and 12-string guitars * Ralph Schuckett – organ * G.E. Smith – guitars * John Siegler – bass * Jerry Marotta – drums * Charlie DeChant – saxophone Paul Young version Background English singer Paul Young recorded a cover version of the song titled "Every Time You Go Away" for his studio album ''The Secret of Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Boyce
Ben Boyce is a New Zealand television and radio personality and comedian best known as the host of TV shows '' Pulp Sport'', '' WANNA-BEn'' and ''Jono and Ben'' on TV3. Biography Boyce is a graduate of the New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT (now Ara Institute of Canterbury). He was also the co-founder of New Zealand political party the Bill and Ben Party, which ran for government in the 2008 New Zealand general election and received over 13,000 votes, making it New Zealand's ninth most popular political party (out of 19). Boyce started out writing radio commercials, such as the popular Novus Windscreens "Show Us Your Crack" jingle. He then moved on to radio announcing, creating ''Pulp Sport'' on Radio Sport and later doing the night show on The Rock FM. Boyce created and starred in seven series of ''Pulp Sport''. The show began as a small cult show made in a garden shed to become one of New Zealand's most successful comedy shows. The show ran for seven series on TV3, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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