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Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls
"Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" is the fifth single released by the American synth-pop band Book of Love. The song was the first single released prior to the band's second album ''Lullaby'' in 1988. "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" became the band's highest-charting single at no. 90 in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and their only track that crossed over into mainstream pop. In the dance clubs, the song was a smash, and made it to no. 5 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, spending 11 weeks on the chart. "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" became one of the first songs ever to address the issue of the AIDS epidemic, featuring the lyrics of "strangers in the night exchanging glances, but sex is dangerous, I don't take my chances...safe sex, safe sex." The B-side to the single is a cover of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells", originally became famous as the theme song in popular horror movie ''The Exorcist''. For the track, the band sampled band member Lauren Roselli crying "Mother, make it stop! ...
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Book Of Love (band)
Book of Love is an American synthpop and electronic band, formed in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and later based in New York City. Led by vocalist Susan Ottaviano, the band also includes keyboardists Ted Ottaviano (no relation to Susan), Lauren Roselli and Jade Lee. The band gained its first exposure as the opening act for two Depeche Mode tours in 1985 and 1986. The group has been described by the ''Houston Press'' as "forward thinking" for lyrics dealing with sexual orientation and gender roles. Overview Their biggest success came on the US dance charts, placing seven singles in the '' Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart between 1985 and 1993. The group's largest exposure on pop radio was with the song " Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls", one of the first songs to openly address the AIDS epidemic. The song, from the album ''Lullaby'', was originally the second half of a medley with the group's version of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells," the 1973 instrumental that served a ...
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Scott Blackwell
Scott Blackwell is a Christian electronic dance music, Christian dance music artist, generally credited with being the first artist to produce such music for the Christian marketplace. In addition to releasing his own albums, Blackwell has produced many other albums, and has founded several record labels. Personal life and music career Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Blackwell got his start as a disc jockey. He eventually obtained a position supervising MYX Records, a division of Frontline Records. Upon leaving Frontline, Blackwell founded N•Soul Records. By 1995, he produced eleven projects for N•Soul Records, and had acquired over fifty general market production credits. N•Soul became best known for the ''Nitro Praise'' series, which incorporated Contemporary worship music, praise and worship songs to various forms of dance music. Blackwell left N•Soul in 1999, citing concerns about the vision of the company's leadership. He then founded two record labels, to focus on di ...
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House Music Songs
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Electronic Songs
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Book Of Love (band) Songs
Book of Love may refer to: Books * Inbam (Kural book), one of the books of the Tirukkural * ''The Book of Love'', a 1934 novel by Upton Sinclair * ''Book of Love'' (originally titled ''Jack in the Box''), a 1980 novel by William Kotzwinkle * ''The Book of Love'', a novel by Kathleen McGowan* * ''The Book of Love'', a 2024 novel by Kelly Link Music * "The Book of Love" (The Monotones song), 1958 * "Book of Love", a song by Fleetwood Mac from the 1982 album ''Mirage'' * Book of Love (band), an American synth-pop band ** ''Book of Love'' (album), the band's 1987 album, and the title track * ''The Book of Love'' (album), by Air Supply, 1997 * "The Book of Love" (The Magnetic Fields song), 1999, covered by Peter Gabriel * "Book of Love", a song by Toya featuring Loon from the 2001 self-titled album, ''Toya'' * "Book of Love", a 2015 song by Felix Jaehn Film * ''Book of Love'' (1990 film), directed by Robert Shaye based on William Kotzwinkle's book * ''Book of Love'' (200 ...
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1988 Singles
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1988 Songs
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicentennial on January 26; The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea; Soviet troops begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is completed the next year; The 1988 Armenian earthquake kills between 25,000-50,000 people; The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar, led by students, protests the Burma Socialist Programme Party; A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the plane to crash down on the town of Lockerbie, Scotland- the event kills 270 people., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Piper Alpha rect 200 0 400 200 Iran Air Flight 655 rect 400 0 600 200 Australian Bicentenary rect 0 200 300 400 Pan Am Flight 103 rect 300 200 600 400 1988 Summer Olympics rect 0 400 200 600 8888 Uprising rect 200 400 400 600 1988 Armenian earthquake rect 40 ...
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The Best Of Book Of Love
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David LaChappelle
David LaChapelle (born March 11, 1963) is an American photographer, music video director and film director. He is best known for his work in fashion, photography, which often references art history and sometimes conveys social messages. His photographic style has been described as "hyper-real and slyly subversive" and as "kitsch pop surrealism". Once called the Fellini of photography, LaChapelle has worked for international publications and has had his work exhibited in commercial galleries and institutions around the world. Early life David LaChapelle was born in Hartford, Connecticut to Philip and Helga LaChapelle; he has a sister Sonja and a brother Philip. His mother was a refugee from Lithuania who arrived at Ellis Island in the early 1960s. His family lived in Hartford until he was 9. He has said to have loved the public schools in Connecticut and thrived in their art program as a child and teenager, although he struggled with bullying growing up. Then he moved to Raleigh, ...
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Sterling Sound
George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He attended Christopher Columbus High School there and learned to play the saxophone and bass fiddle in the high school band and was classically trained on guitar. Marino broke into the music business as a guitarist playing rock and roll in local New York City bands such as The Chancellors and The New Sounds Ltd. until most of the band members were drafted into the service for the war in Vietnam. In 1967, Marino landed his first job in the industry as a librarian and assistant at Capitol Studios. Soon after, he apprenticed in the mastering department alongside of Joe Lansky, cutting rock, pop, jazz and classical albums. There, in 1968, he met his future wife, Rose Gross, whom he married in 1973. Gross became Clive Davis' assistant in 1974, a f ...
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