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Rockell
Rachel Alexandra Mercaldo (born March 4, 1977 in Staten Island, New York), better known as Rockell, is an American freestyle, hi-NRG and pop singer-songwriter, best known for her 1997 hit single, " In a Dream". Music career 1996–2001: ''What Are You Lookin' At?'' and ''Instant Pleasure'' In 1996, Rockell released her debut single, " I Fell In Love". In the late 1990s, she had major dance hits with the songs " In a Dream", " When I'm Gone" and "Can't We Try" (a duet with Collage and remake of the Dan Hill and Vonda Shepard 1987 hit song). All of these tracks appeared on her 1998 debut album entitled ''What Are You Lookin' At?''. "I Fell In Love", distributed by the then BMG Canada, reached #1 on the Canadian Singles Chart while the follow-up classic inspired by DJ UpperCutz, "In a Dream" reached #6. She released a second album, '' Instant Pleasure'', in 2000. ''Instant Pleasure'' included the single " What U Did 2 Me" which reached #101 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Are You Lookin' At?
''What Are You Lookin' At?'' is the debut album by Rockell, released on Robbins Entertainment on April 28, 1998. It includes the hit singles "I Fell in Love", "In a Dream", "Can't We Try" (featuring Collage Collage (, from the french: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together";) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ...) and "When I'm Gone". Track listing Chart positions Album - ''Billboard'' (North America) References 1998 debut albums Rockell albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When I'm Gone (Albert Hammond Song)
"When I'm Gone" is a 1981 single by English soft rock musician Albert Hammond, taken from his 1981 album, ''Your World and My World''. It charted in Germany at No. 50, Switzerland at No. 12, and in South Africa at No. 7. Rockell version "When I'm Gone" was covered by freestyle singer Rockell in 1999, as her fourth overall single and last single off her 1998 debut album, ''What Are You Lookin' At? ''What Are You Lookin' At?'' is the debut album by Rockell, released on Robbins Entertainment on April 28, 1998. It includes the hit singles "I Fell in Love", "In a Dream", "Can't We Try" (featuring Collage Collage (, from the french: coller ...''. Lyrics and background The meaning of the song is about when she's gone, will the guy miss her as she misses him. She can't stop thinking of him and wants to reconcile with him. She wanted to be apart at first but hopes love will reunite them. The beat of the song is cheery and uptempo. Track listing ;US CD single Chart positions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What U Did 2 Me (Rockell Song)
''Instant Pleasure'' is Rockell's second album, released on October 10, 2000, on Robbins Entertainment. It is more pop oriented than her debut and was mostly produced by Tony Moran and Hex Hector Hex Hector (born Héctor Ortiz on April 15, 1965) is an American music producer and remixer. He won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Remixer. He was born in Manhattan, New York, of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban Cuban may refer to: * Something .... The album features the hit singles "What U Did 2 Me", "Tears" and "The Dance". Track listing Chart positions Singles - Billboard (North America) {{Authority control 2000 albums Rockell albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instant Pleasure (album)
''Instant Pleasure'' is Rockell's second album, released on October 10, 2000, on Robbins Entertainment. It is more pop oriented than her debut and was mostly produced by Tony Moran and Hex Hector Hex Hector (born Héctor Ortiz on April 15, 1965) is an American music producer and remixer. He won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Remixer. He was born in Manhattan, New York, of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban Cuban may refer to: * Something .... The album features the hit singles "What U Did 2 Me", "Tears" and "The Dance". Track listing Chart positions Singles - Billboard (North America) {{Authority control 2000 albums Rockell albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can't We Try
"Can't We Try" is a 1987 duet performed by Dan Hill and Vonda Shepard. The ballad was ''Billboard''s No. 1 Adult Contemporary Song of the Year for 1987. "Can't We Try" was released as a single from Dan Hill's 1987 self-titled album. The song reached No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and also on ''Cash Box'', making it Dan Hill's second-biggest hit behind "Sometimes When We Touch", which hit No. 3 back in 1978, and was Vonda Shepard's only Top 10 Pop hit. It also reached No. 2 for three weeks on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart (behind "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" by Whitney Houston and "Moonlighting" by Al Jarreau). In Canada, the song reached No. 14. Track listing ;7" single Chart positions Year-end charts Rockell and Collage version In 1998, Rockell covered the song as a duet with Collage. It was her third single from her 1998 debut album, ''What Are You Lookin' At?'' and third single overall. This song reached No. 59 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Dream (song)
"In a Dream" is the second single from Rockell's first album, ''What Are You Lookin' At? ''What Are You Lookin' At?'' is the debut album by Rockell, released on Robbins Entertainment on April 28, 1998. It includes the hit singles "I Fell in Love", "In a Dream", "Can't We Try" (featuring Collage Collage (, from the french: coller ...'' (1998). A music video has never been filmed for the single. "In a Dream" peaked at number 72 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Track listing US CD Single Charts References {{authority control 1997 singles Rockell songs 1997 songs Songs written by Michael Zager ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Castella
Russ Castella (born November 15, 1983) is an American record producer. He has found success in many genres of music, particularly dance, pop, and R&B. He has his own record label, Bliss Entertainment. He has produced and remixed for a variety of artists including Lil Wayne, Irene Nelson, Ciara, Mariah Carey, The-Dream, Britney Spears, O'so Krispie, Rihanna, Keri Hilson, The Black Eyed Peas, Rockell, Danielle Bollinger, Mike Rizzo, Allie, Elissa (Canadian singer), and many more. His remixes can be recognized by the intro where he says the artist's name following ''"you know I had to do this, right? It's the Russ Castella remix."'' Russ has also scored a full length soundtrack for the movie titled Swamp Zombies in 2006 which starred porn star Jasmin St. Claire. Current projects Russ Castella is currently heavily involved in managing a singing career of Irene Nelson. He has remixed her debut single "Sunrise" which is distributed by Universal Music Group. The remix featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collage (American Duo)
Collage is a freestyle duo, featuring vocalist Anthony Monteleone and producer/songwriter Adam Marano in 1993, who also ran the Viper Records label for which Collage recorded. Viper's parent label Metropolitan issued the ''Viper's Freestyle Hit Parade'' compilation in 1994; it helped break the Collage single "I'll Be Loving You" nationally. The song went to number 56 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. However, "I'll Be Loving You" received significant Top 40 airplay on the handful of radio stations across the U.S. that had not abandoned the format in the early 1990s, due to rapidly changing musical tastes. Among the radio stations playing the song at the time are WRVQ "Q94" in Richmond and WBSS "Boss 97" in Atlantic City, N.J., in addition to Rhythmic stations such as WQHT "Hot 97" in New York, Wild 107.7 in San Francisco, Q97 in San José, CA KHTN Modesto’s 104.7 FM, San Diego’s Z90, Channel 933 and WPOW "Power 96" in Miami. It is largely considered to be the final freestyle dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Music
Freestyle music, also called Latin freestyle or Latin hip-hop ''(sic)'' is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area and Philadelphia, primarily among Hispanic Americans and Italian Americans in the 1980s. It experienced its greatest popularity from the late 1980s until the early 1990s. A common theme of freestyle lyricism originated as heartbreak in an urban environment typified by New York City. An important precursor to freestyle is 1982's " Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force. Shannon's 1983 hit " Let the Music Play" is often considered the first freestyle song and the first major song recorded by a Latin American artist is " Please Don't Go" by Nayobe from 1984. From there, freestyle gained a large presence in American clubs, especially in New York and Miami. Radio airplay followed in the mid 1980s.Michael F. Gill"The Bluffer's Guide to Freestyle." ''Stylus''. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2022. Performers su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhythmic Contemporary
Rhythmic contemporary, also known as Rhythmic Top 40, Rhythmic CHR or rhythmic crossover, is a primarily American music-radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip hop and upbeat R&B hits. Rhythmic contemporary never uses hard rock or country in its airplay, but it may occasionally use a reggae, Latin, reggaeton, or a urban contemporary gospel hit. Essentially, the format is a cross between mainstream radio and urban contemporary radio formats. Format history Although some top-40 stations such as CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, made their mark by integrating a large amount of R&B and soul product into their predominantly pop playlists as early as 1967, such stations were still considered mainstream top 40 (a cycle that continues to dominate the current Top 40/CHR chart). It was not until the disco era of the late 1970s that such stations came to be considered as a format of their own as opposed to top-40 or soul. This development was largely spurred by the high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Supremes
The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful American vocal group, vocal band, with List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones#Most number-one singles, 12 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Most of these hits were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland. It is said that their breakthrough made it possible for future African American Rhythm and blues, R&B and soul musicians to find mainstream success. ''Billboard'' ranked the Supremes as the 16th greatest Hot 100 artist of all time. Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson (singer), Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Betty McGlown, the original members, were all from the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, Brewster-Douglass public housing proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
