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Love And Kisses
Love & Kisses is a 1970s disco group assembled by European producer Alec Costandinos, with a variety of male and female singers. After collaborating on Cerrone's debut album ''Love In C Minor'' (1976), Costandinos assembled Love & Kisses in early 1977, and shortly after the group released their first album, ''Love and Kisses'', which contained just two songs - and so was also classed as a double A-side single. These were "Accidental Lover" and " I Found Love (Now That I Found You)", which combined orchestral sounds, classical influences and a disco arrangement. The single charted at #1 for three weeks on ''Billboards disco/dance chart. The album cover has been criticized for depicting a woman with several men's hands ripping holes in her T-shirt, with one commentator writing, "Although rape is not overtly shown on this record cover, the picture conveys the impression of a gang rape about to happen." In a ''Billboard'' article about album covers depicting sex and violence ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars. Disco started as a mixture of music from venues popular with Italian Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans and Black Americans "'Broadly speaking, the typical New York discothèque DJ is young (between 18 and 30) and Italian,' journalist Vince Lettie declared in 1975. ..Remarkably, almost all of the important early DJs were of Italian extraction .. Italian Americans have played a significant role in America's dance music culture .. While Italian Americans mostly from Brooklyn largely created disco from scratch .." in Philadelphia and New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco can be seen as a reaction by the 1960s counterculture to both the dominance of rock music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thank God It's Friday (film)
''Thank God It's Friday'' is a 1978 American musical disco comedy film directed by Robert Klane and produced by Motown Productions and Casablanca FilmWorks for Columbia Pictures. Produced at the height of the disco craze, the film features The Commodores performing "Too Hot ta Trot", and Donna Summer performing " Last Dance", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1978. The film features an early performance by Jeff Goldblum and the first major screen appearance by Debra Winger. The film also features Terri Nunn, who would go on to fame in the 1980s new wave group Berlin. This would be one of several Columbia Pictures films in which the studio's "Torch Lady" came to life in the opening credits, showing off her moves for a few seconds prior to the start of the film. Plot ''Thank God It's Friday'' tells several intertwining stories of the patrons and staff of the fictional Los Angeles disco nightclub The Zoo over the course of a single Friday evening. These people in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Artists Who Reached Number One On The US Dance Chart
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard magazine's'' Dance Club Songs chart. ''Billboard'' began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26, 1974, and this is the standard music popularity chart in the United States for play in nightclubs. The chart has been suspended since March 2020. * All acts are listed alphabetically. * Solo artists are alphabetized by last name, groups by group name excluding "A", "An" and "The". * Each act's total of number one U.S. dance hits is shown after their name. * All artists who are mentioned in song credits are listed here; this includes one-time pairings of otherwise solo artists and those appearing as "featured". * Many dance artists and producers utilize aliases and pseudonyms – this list shows whichever artist name was used on the record (for example, Size 9 gets one credit for "I'm Ready", instead of Josh Wink). * Artists associated with a group who reached number one, yet have their own solo pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Number-one Dance Hits (United States)
This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by ''Billboard'' magazine's Dance Club Songs chart – a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. It began on October 26, 1974, under the title ''Disco Action'' chart. It is compiled by ''Billboard'' exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys, who must apply and meet certain criteria to become "''Billboard''-reporting DJs". Below are links to lists showing the songs that have topped the chart. Dates shown represent "week-ending" ''Billboard'' issue dates. ''Billboard'' has adopted former publication rival ''Record Worlds chart statistics from the weeks between March 29, 1975, and August 21, 1976, into their ''Hot Dance Club Play'' chart history, as ''Billboard'' did not publish a national chart during this time (''Billboard'' published multiple charts featuring regional- or city-specific hits during this era). From the chart's inception until the week of February 16, 1991, several (or eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Found Love (Now That I Found You)
"I Found Love (Now That I Found You)" is a song by Love & Kisses, a studio group formed by Cairo-born French musician Alec R. Costandinos. Along with the song "Accidental Lover", "I Found Love (Now That I Found You)", from the group's 1977 self-titled debut 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 ..., hit number one on the US Hot Disco Singles chart for three weeks in July 1977.''Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003'', 2004 The song, written and produced by Costandinos, can be found on the compilation CD ''Disco Nights Vol. 3: The Best of Euro Disco''. A brief snippet of this song is used in "The Diva Megamix", which is on '' Pure Disco 2''. References {{authority control 1977 singles Disco songs 1977 songs Casablanca Records singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Must Be Love
''You Must Be Love'' is the third and last album by Euro disco group Love & Kisses, released on Casablanca Records in 1979. On this 1979 album, Alec R. Costandinos composed all the tracks, such as the title cut. Also, this album features Katie Kissoon, Costandinos himself, Vicki Brown, credited on the back cover of the album as "Vickie Brown", Stephanie de Sykes, Arthur Simms, André Ceccarelli, credited on the back cover of the album as "Dede Ceccarelli", Liza Strike and Helen Chappelle. Track listing All songs composed by Alec R. Costandinos. #"Ooh La La La La" 7:37 #"Your Middle Name Is Money" 7:35 #"Find Yourself A Dream" 4:42 #"You Must Be Love" Personnel *Bass – Mo Foster *Drums – Joe Hammer *Guitar – Ricky Hitchcock, Slim Pezin *Keyboards – Alan Hawkshaw *Percussion – Frank Ricotti, Ray Cooper *Strings – Pat Halling String Ensemble *Synthesizer – Alec R. Costandinos, Georges Rodi, Stephen W. Tayler *Vocals – Alec R. Costandinos, Arthur Simms, Katie Kissoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the music industry worldwide. It was originally called the Gramophone Awards, as the trophy depicts a gilded Phonograph, gramophone. The Grammys are the first of the Big Three television networks, Big Three networks' major music awards held annually, and is considered one of the EGOT, four major annual American entertainment awards, alongside the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The 1st Annual Grammy Awards, first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. History The Grammys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Hot Ta Trot
"Too Hot ta Trot" is a song by R&B/funk band, the Commodores. The song is written in E major. The track on their 1977 live album ''Commodores Live!'', and it spent a week at number one on the R&B singles chart and peaked at number twenty-four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1978. Personnel * William "WAK" King – trumpet, rhythm guitar, synthesizer, vocals * Walter Orange – vocals, drums, keyboards * Milan Williams – keyboards, trombone, rhythm guitar * Thomas McClary – lead guitar * Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of funk band the Commodores; writing and recordi ... – vocals, saxophone, piano, drums * Ronald LaPread – bass guitar, trumpet Chart performance Use in film *The song was featured on the soundtrack for (and performed in) the movie, '' Thank God It's Friday''. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commodores
Commodores are an American funk and soul band, which were at their peak in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for the Jackson 5 while on tour. The group's most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer. The band's biggest hit singles are ballads such as " Easy", "Three Times a Lady", and " Nightshift"; and funk-influenced dance songs; including " Brick House", "Fancy Dancer", "Lady (You Bring Me Up)", and "Too Hot ta Trot". Commodores were inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame. The band has also won one Grammy Award out of nine nominations. The Commodores have sold over 70 million albums worldwide. History Commodores were formed from two former student groups, the Mystics and the Jays. Richie desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Dance (Donna Summer Song)
"Last Dance" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from the soundtrack album to the 1978 film '' Thank God It's Friday''. It was written by Paul Jabara, co-produced by Summer's regular collaborator Giorgio Moroder and Bob Esty, and mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Stephen Short, whose backing vocals are featured in the song. "Last Dance" became a critical and commercial success, winning the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, all in 1978. Background and composition Summer has a role in the film '' Thank God It's Friday'' as an aspiring singer who brings an instrumental track of "Last Dance" to a disco in hopes the disc jockey will play the track and allow her to sing the song for her fellow patrons; after refusing through most of the film the disc jockey eventually obliges Summer's character and her performance causes a sensati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Summer
LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the " Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following. Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, Summer became the lead singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. In 1968, she joined a German adaptation of the musical ''Hair'' in Munich, where she spent several years living, acting, and singing. There, she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and they went on to record influential disco hits together such as " Love to Love You Baby" and "I Feel Love", marking Summer's breakthrough into international music markets. Summer returned to the United States in 1976, and more hits such as " Last Dance", her version of "MacArthur Park", " Heaven Knows", " Hot Stuff", " Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thank God It's Friday (soundtrack)
''Thank God It's Friday'' is a 1978 American musical disco comedy film directed by Robert Klane and produced by Motown Productions and Casablanca FilmWorks for Columbia Pictures. Produced at the height of the disco craze, the film features The Commodores performing "Too Hot ta Trot", and Donna Summer performing " Last Dance", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1978. The film features an early performance by Jeff Goldblum and the first major screen appearance by Debra Winger. The film also features Terri Nunn, who would go on to fame in the 1980s new wave group Berlin. This would be one of several Columbia Pictures films in which the studio's "Torch Lady" came to life in the opening credits, showing off her moves for a few seconds prior to the start of the film. Plot ''Thank God It's Friday'' tells several intertwining stories of the patrons and staff of the fictional Los Angeles disco nightclub The Zoo over the course of a single Friday evening. These people in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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