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Not Me (album)
''Not Me'' is the second full-length album by American singer Glenn Medeiros. It was released in 1988 in the United States and United Kingdom, one year after the release of Medeiros' self-titled debut album, while it would not surface until 1989 in most other countries. Two singles were released in the US to promote the album, each with a promotional music video. The first, "Long and Lasting Love", peaked at No. 68 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 before the album's release. It also charted in several European countries. The second US single, "Never Get Enough of You", followed in early 1989. This was also released as a 12-inch single, featuring an extended version of the track as well as a radio remix, but it failed to chart. In some international countries, the album includes a version of "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"; the original single version of the song, which had become a big hit in various European countries in 1988, was featured on Medeiros' debut album. Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 smash, "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You", and "She Ain't Worth It", a US chart-topper in 1990. He has remained regularly involved in the music industry in his home state of Hawaii (including several headliner and related musical variety shows in Waikiki) long after achieving global success decades ago. After his musical career peaked, Medeiros taught and was vice-principal at the Maryknoll School, a parochial school in Honolulu, Hawaii, and as a professor at Chaminade University, a private Marianist university which shares its grounds with Saint Louis School. On July 1, 2015, Medeiros became the Head of School/Principal of Saint Louis School in Honolulu, and in 2017 its president/CEO. Early life and education Medeiros was born in Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bolton
Michael Bolotin , The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. (born February 26, 1953), known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the and heavy metal genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, both on his early solo albums and those he recorded as the frontman of the band . He became better known for his series of |
John Robinson (drummer)
John Frederick Robinson (born December 29, 1954), known professionally as JR, is an American drummer and session musician who has been called "one of the most recorded drummers in history". He is known for his work with producer Quincy Jones, including Michael Jackson's multi-platinum ''Off the Wall'' album and the charity single "We Are the World". JR's drum fill kicks off Jackson's chart topper "Rock with You", and his drum solo opens the Steve Winwood album ''Back in the High Life'' (1986) to begin the number 1 song "Higher Love". ''Rolling Stone'' listed JR in 2016 at number 81 in their list of the top 100 "Greatest Drummers of All Time". He was awarded one Grammy Award for the Rufus/Chaka Khan single "Ain't Nobody", but has played drums on more than 50 Grammy winners. JR plays in many different styles. His first fame came with the funk band Rufus, and he recorded dance/funk hits with the Pointer Sisters. In the pop and rock fields, his work stretches from the straight-up r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Porcaro
Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work with the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions. While already an established studio player in the 1970s, he came to prominence in the United States as the drummer on the Steely Dan album ''Katy Lied''. AllMusic has characterized him as "arguably the most highly regarded studio drummer in rock from the mid-'70s to the early '90s" and says that "it is no exaggeration to say that the sound of mainstream pop/rock drumming in the 1980s was, to a large extent, the sound of Jeff Porcaro." He was posthumously inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1993. Early life Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro was born on April 1, 1954, in Hartford, Connecticut, the eldest son of Los Angeles session percussionist Joe Porcaro (1930–2020) and his wife, Eil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Roman D'amitié (Friend You Give Me A Reason)
"Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)" is a 1988 song recorded by the French artist Elsa Lunghini and the American artist Glenn Medeiros. The song was released as a single in the summer of 1988 and features on the self-titled LP '' Elsa''. Background In 1988, Elsa was invited to a French TV programme to perform her second single, "Quelque chose dans mon cœur". Jean-Pierre Foucault, the host of the show, made her the surprise to invite Glenn Medeiros of whom Elsa was a fan. The two singers got on and finally decided to record two songs together: "Love Always Finds a Reason", written by Diane Warren, which was recorded in full in English-language and added on Glenn Medeiros' album, and "Un Roman d'amitié", whose complete title is actually "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)", as it appears on the single's cover. Medeiros explained why the song had been retitled in French, dealing with friendship while the original version was about love: "Elsa and I don' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Marx
Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary music, adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Marx's Richard Marx (album), self-titled debut album went triple-platinum in 1987, and his first single, "Don't Mean Nothing", reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Between 1987 and 1994, he had 14 top 20 hits, including three number one singles. Marx is the only male artist in history to have his first seven singles reach the top 5 of the Billboard charts, ''Billboard'' charts. He has scored a total of 14 number one singles, both as a performer and as a songwriter/producer. As a singer, his No. 1 hits include "Right Here Waiting", "Hold On to the Nights", "Endless Summer Nights", and "Satisfied (Richard Marx song), Satisfied". According to ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'', Marx "holds the distinction of having written songs that have hit No. 1 on various '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known for his signature hit songs including " Diana", " Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and " (You're) Having My Baby". Anka also wrote the theme for ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''; one of Tom Jones' biggest hits, "She's a Lady"; and the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song "My Way", which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. He co-wrote three songs with Michael Jackson: " This Is It" (originally titled "I Never Heard") "Love Never Felt So Good", and "Don't Matter to Me", which became posthumous hits for Jackson in 2009, 2014, and 2018, respectively. Early life Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to Camelia (née Tannis) and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka Sr., who owned a restaurant called the Locanda. His parents were both of Levantine descent. His father came to Canada from Bab Tum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emotion (Barbra Streisand Album)
''Emotion'' is the twenty-third studio album of pop singer Barbra Streisand, issued in October 1984 by Columbia Records. The album has been certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA and Gold in the UK by the BPI. Overview This album was recorded in eleven studios in Los Angeles and two in New York with a multitude of producers and composers. Produced by Jim Steinman, "Left in the Dark" was the lead single peaking at #50 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Make No Mistake, He's Mine", a duet with Kim Carnes, was the album's second single and charted at #8 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #51 on the Billboard Hot 100. The final single "Emotion", featuring the Pointer Sisters on background vocals, was also released as extended 12" remix. An instrumental version of "Here We Are At Last" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1987 feature film ''Nuts''. The video for "Left in the Dark" reunited Streisand with Kris Kristofferson, her co-star from '' ''A Star Is Born''''. The video to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Goffin
Gerald Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American lyricist. Collaborating initially with his first wife, Carole King, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the List of Billboard number-one singles, US No.1 hits "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "The Loco-Motion", and "Go Away Little Girl". It was later said of Goffin that his gift was "to find words that expressed what many young people were feeling but were unable to articulate." After he and King divorced, Goffin wrote with other composers, including Barry Goldberg and Michael Masser, with whom he wrote "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" and "Saving All My Love for You", also No. 1 hits. During his career, Goffin wrote over 114 Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hits, including eight Record chart, chart-toppers, and 72 UK Singles Chart, UK hits. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, with Carole K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Long And Lasting Love
"A Long and Lasting Love" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser and first recorded by Jane Olivor on her 1980 album, '' The Best Side of Goodbye''. The following year, Billy Preston and Syreeta recorded it on their 1981 album, '' Billy Preston & Syreeta''. The song is best known from the cover recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in August 1985 as the second single from the album ''Nobody Wants to Be Alone''. The song reached number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Chart performance Other cover versions * 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 ... covered this song with some changes in lyrics and entitled, "Long and Lasting Love (Once in a Lifetime)". * Cantopop artist Vivian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Warren
Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. She has received several awards including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three ''Billboard'' Music Awards and an Honorary Academy Award. Warren's career was jump-started in 1985 with " Rhythm of the Night" by DeBarge. In the late 1980s, she joined forces with the UK music company EMI, where she became the first songwriter in the history of '' Billboard'' magazine to have seven hits, all by different artists, on the singles chart at the same time, prompting EMI's UK Chairman Peter Reichardt to call her "the most important songwriter in the world". She has been rated the third most successful female artist in the UK. Warren has written nine number-one songs and 32 top-10 songs on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 including "If I Could Turn Back Time" ( Cher, 1989), "Because You Loved Me" (Celine Dion, 1996), "How Do I Live" ( LeAnn Rimes, 1997), and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" ( A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Lunghini
Elsa Lunghini, stage name Elsa (born 20 May 1973), is a French singer and actress. She was a teenage pop-star in the late-1980s. In 1986, she was the youngest singer to reach number one in the French charts, with the single " T'en va pas", and she went on to sell millions of records during the decade. '' Elsa'', her album of 1988, had achieved double-platinum status by 1993. Biography Daughter of George Lunghini (actor, photographer and songwriter) and Christiane Jobert (painter and also sister of actress Marlène Jobert and Charles Jobert, a camera operator and director of photography), she is of Italian origin on her father's side, and of Sephardic Jewish origin on her mother's side.Telle mère, quelle fille'', Novembre 2010, Par Sophie Carquain, ''Madame'', Le Figaro She is a cousin of actresses Eva Green and Josephine Jobert. Lunghini first performed in a movie at age seven, in 1981, in Claude Miller's ''Garde à vue'' (also starring Romy Schneider). She was the youngest a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
