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Sending Out An S.O.S.
"Sending Out An S.O.S." is a 1975 song for singer Retta Young. It charted in the US on the ''Billboard'' and ''Cash Box'' charts. It charted also in the UK where it did better. It is considered a classic disco song and appears on a multitude of compilations. Background In The US, the record was released on All Platinum AP 2355. In Australia, The Netherlands and Germany it was released on the Philips label. It was written by Allan Landon and Douglas Lenier who wrote "I Love You More Than Ever" which appears on the '' More than Ever'' album by Blood, Sweat & Tears. The single was reviewed by Sue Byrom in the May 3 issue of ''Record Mirror''. She made a note of the S.O.S beeps and their catchiness. She also mentioned what came to mind with this song which was " Then Came You" by Dionne Warwick and The Spinners. Also in that issue Giovanni Dadomo in his Soul Stirrings, Soul Gossip column was referring to it as blockbusting. Young's picture also appeared in the column. The sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retta Young
Retta Young was a singer who released an album and 3 singles during the 1970s. She is remembered for her 1975 disco hit " Sending Out An S.O.S.". Background In the 1960s she was a member of The Superbs, and The Devotions. In the mid-70s she was with the All-Platinum label which also included Sylvia and The Moments. She was married to Ray, Goodman & Brown member, Al Goodman. She was originally introduced to her future husband by producer / composer Paul Kyser. Releases In 1975, her single " Sending Out An S.O.S." was released on the All Platinum label, #AP-2355. It debuted for the week ending May 31, 1975. It Peaked at No. 88 on the U.S. R&B charts and No. 28 in the U.K. For the week ending June 14, 1975 "Sending Out An S.O.S." was rated No. 9 for The Top Audience Response In N.Y. Discos. The top 3 were " The Hustle" by Van McCoy at No. 3, El Bimbo by Bimbo Jet at No. 2, and No. 1 was "Free Man" by South Shore Commission. Record sales in New York record stores showed it at No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hustle (song)
"The Hustle" is a disco song by songwriter/arranger Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony. It went to No. 1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts during the summer of 1975. It also peaked at No. 1 on the Canadian ''RPM'' charts, No. 9 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report) and No. 3 in the UK. It would eventually sell over one million copies. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance early in 1976 for songs recorded in 1975. History While in New York City to make an album, McCoy composed the song after his music partner, Charles Kipps, watched patrons do a dance known as " the Hustle" in the nightclub Adam's Apple. The sessions were done at New York's Mediasound studio with pianist McCoy, bassist Gordon Edwards, drummer Steve Gadd, keyboardist Richard Tee, guitarists Eric Gale and John Tropea, and orchestra leader Gene Orloff. Producer Hugo Peretti contracted multi-woodwind player Phil Bodner to play the piccolo lead me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music. Biography Born and raised in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, during Apartheid, Butler started singing and playing acoustic guitar as a child. Racial segregation and poverty during Apartheid has been the subject of many of his records. His first single was the first by a black artist played by white radio stations in the racially segregated South Africa and earned a Sarie Award, South Africa's equivalent to the Grammy Awards. He began touring at the age of seven when he joined a travelling stage show, and was later signed up to perform on a string of hit recordings, turning him into a local teen idol. In 1975, his cover of " Please Stay" by the Drifters reached number 2 in South Africa. The same year his cover of "I Love How You Love Me" by The Paris Sisters reached number 4. "I'll Be Home" reached number 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moments (American Band)
Ray, Goodman & Brown is an American R&B vocal group. The group originated as The Moments, who formed in the mid-1960s and whose greatest successes came in the 1970s with hits including "Love on a Two-Way Street", "Sexy Mama", and "Look at Me (I'm in Love)". In 1978, they changed their name to Ray, Goodman & Brown and had further hits, including " Special Lady". The original Moments Early years The original members of the Moments were Eric Olfus Sr., Richard Gross (often incorrectly listed as "Richard Horsley"), and John Morgan. The Moments formed in Washington, D.C. during the mid-1960s. In 1965, at Washington D.C.'s Howard University, the Mizell Brothers and Freddie Perren (along with schoolmate Toby Jackson) founded Hog Records and signed the harmony group as the Moments. The Moments recorded "Baby I Want You" and "Pray for Me" for Hog. The lineup consisted of Olfus, Gross, and Morgan. Mark Greene joined after the single's release. The group then signed with the newly establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calender (band)
All Platinum Records was a record company started in 1967 by singer/writer/producer Sylvia Robinson and her husband, businessman Joe Robinson, who had previously worked in the recording industry. All Platinum and its subsidiary labels, including Stang, Vibration, Turbo and Astroscope, specialised in soul and R&B music. Many of the company's releases were recorded at its Soul Sound Studios, using the company's in-house musicians, at its Englewood, New Jersey base. The company released four singles that reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart but failed to top the Hot 100 pop chart. The label started as Platinum Records but the prefix of 'All' was added to avoid confusion with a Miami label. The company, with Sylvia helming the creative operations as well as producing or co-producing many releases, racked up a series of R&B and Pop hits during the 70s, despite being only a small independent concern. The company's mainstay act was the all-male group, The Moments (later Ray, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypertension (song)
"Hypertension" was a hit song by New Jersey funk band, Calendar in 1975. It was written by Paul Kyser and Leon Stuckey. Its main success was in the UK where it reached the top ten in the disco chart. Background Considered a proto-disco song, it appears on the group's sole album, ''Its a Monstor''. The song was composed by Paul Kyser and Leon Stuckey. The single was reviewed in the August 2 issue of ''Record World''. The reviewer made a reference to Huey Smith's blood pressure and said that it was heading for the Top 40s heart. In the US, it was released on Pi Kappa Records PK-608, and Buddah 488. It was released in the UK on All Platinum 6146 308. It was also released in Australia and The Netherlands on Philips 6146 418. In Canada, it was released on All Platinum AP 2359. ''Cash Boxs Jess Levitt noted in the R&B news report in the August 23 issue that Buddha singles by Gladys Knight & the Pips, Gene McDaniels, Arthur Alexander, Barbara Mason & the Futures and Calendar were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rimshots
The Rimshots were an American funk and disco band, popular in the late 1970s History The group started out as the house band for the record labels All Platinum Records and in particular, Stang Records in the early 1970s. The then nameless rhythm section recorded for the artists signed to the company (including Hank Ballard, Donnie Elbert, Shirley & Company, Chuck Jackson, Brook Benton, Solomon Burke, Brother to Brother, Eleanor Mills, The Moments, and Etta James). Along with King Curtis, they recorded the original theme song for the 1971 hit television show, ''Soul Train''. From 1972 to 1976, this studio band recorded over fifty projects for Platinum-Chess Records. The group also had the ability to accurately replicate rhythm tracks previously recorded by other artists. Joe Robinson, the company's president, had the group reproduce an American hit "7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle)", and released the single in Europe under the artist name 'The Rimshots'; and that is when the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley & Company
Shirley & Company was an American disco group, consisting of Shirley Goodman (1936–2005), Jason Alvarez (now a pastor), Walter Morris, Bernadette Randle, Seldon Powell, Jonathan Williams, Kenny Jeremiah, and Clarence Oliver. They topped the U.S. Dance chart in 1975 with " Shame, Shame, Shame" ( U.S. Pop #12), and did extremely well in Europe: the song reached #6 in the UK Singles Chart and #1 in Austria, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. The follow-up, "Cry Cry Cry", made it to #91 on the Hot 100 later that year. History "Shame, Shame, Shame" was written and produced by Sylvia Robinson, who was a co-owner of the All Platinum record label. It was intended for All Platinum artist Donnie Elbert. It was Robinson who paired veteran blues vocalist Shirley Goodman with All Platinum artist Jesus Alvarez. The track, with its prominent use of the Bo Diddley beat, was one of the first international disco hits and reached number 12 on the Billboard charts. It also hit number one on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shame, Shame, Shame (Shirley & Company Song)
"Shame, Shame, Shame" is a 1974 hit song written by Sylvia Robinson, performed by American disco band Shirley & Company and released on the Vibration label. The lead singer is Shirley Goodman, who was one half of Shirley and Lee, who had enjoyed a major hit 18 years earlier, in 1956, with the song " Let The Good Times Roll" for Aladdin Records. The male vocalist is Jesus Alvarez. The saxophone solo is by Seldon Powell, whose instrumental version, "More Shame", is the B-side. The track, with its prominent use of the Bo Diddley beat, was one of the first international disco hits and reached number 12 on the ''Billboard'' charts. It also made number one on the ''Billboard'' soul singles chart for one week. The phrases "got my sun roof down, got my diamond in the back" appeared as "diamond in the back, sun roof top" in William DeVaughn's 1974 hit "Be Thankful for What You Got" and "one monkey don't stop no show" was used as the title of Honey Cone's 1971 hit " One Monkey Don't Stop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Shore Commission
South Shore Commission were an American Soul/ funk band from Washington D.C. that released a stand-alone single called "Right On Brother" on the Atlantic Records label in 1970. A self-titled album followed in 1975 on Wand records. Members included Warren Harding Hagood II ( drums), Sidney Lanier Pinchback II (guitar), David Thomas Henderson (bass guitar), David Abner Scott (vocals), Armed Allen McIntosh (trumpet and saxophone), Joe Hudson (saxophone), Melvin Moore (trumpet), Kenny Anderson (trumpet), Sheryl Henry (vocals), Frank McCurry (vocals), Eugene T. Rogers (percussion and guitar), and Lantz Arnell (keyboards). The band had three ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart hits, the most popular of which, "Free Man," their first release, hit #61 in 1975, reached number 9 on the R&B chart. "Free Man" also hit #1 on the disco chart for one week. This was followed in 1976 by "We're On The Right Track" (#94) and "Train Called Freedom (#86). See also *List of number-one dance hits (United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Man (song)
"Free Man" is a 1975 song by South Shore Commission. The song went to number one for one week on the ''Billboard'' disco/dance chart. The single also peaked at #61 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #9 on the R&B chart. "Free Man" was written by Bunny Sigler Walter "Bunny" Sigler (March 27, 1941 – October 6, 2017) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer who did extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and was instrumental in creating th ... and Ronnie Tyson and produced by Sigler. References {{authority control 1975 singles 1975 songs Disco songs Songs written by Bunny Sigler Wand Records singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
