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Shèna
Tracey Elizabeth McSween, better known by her stage names Shèna and Shèna Winchester, is an English Disco and house singer, known for featuring on Michael Gray's song " The Weekend". Early years Tracey Elizabeth McSween was born into a musical family. Her father was a calypso singer in a band called The Volcanoes. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Joy Mammen, and graduated with honours with a Classical, Musical Theatre and Commercial Music Performer's Diploma and a Teacher's Certificate. She took the stage name Shèna and went on to begin her music career. Career Shèna first performed in musicals like ''Mamma I Want to Sing'', ''Hot Stuff'', ''Carmen Jones'' and concert tours throughout the world. Developing an interest in recording, she went on to re-recorded vocals for other female pop singers. Her breakthrough hit was a cover of Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's " Let the Beat Hit 'Em, Part 2" which reached the UK top 40 in 1997, and would be used as the base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weekend (Michael Gray Song)
"The Weekend" is a song by British DJ Michael Gray, featuring vocals from English singer Shèna. It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 November 2004 and peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, topped the UK and Hungarian dance charts, and reached the top 20 in several other countries, including Australia, Italy, and the Netherlands. A music video directed by Mike Harris was made for the song. Composition "The Weekend" contains in the hook a sample from "Back at Ya", a 1984 single by American group Kerr, who was completely replayed at Scorccio Sample Replays. The track also uses the lyric "I can't wait for Saturday to begin", from the 1983 song "Get Down Saturday Night" by American singer Oliver Cheatham Oliver Cheatham (February 24, 1948 – November 29, 2013) was an American contemporary R&B singer who is best remembered for his 1983 hit "Get Down Saturday Night". The song was sampled by Italian DJ Room 5 on his 2003 single " Make Luv", which ..., but chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Gaudino
Alessandro Alfonso Fortunato Gaudino (; born 23 January 1970 in Salerno, Campania), better known by his stage name Alex Gaudino, is an Italian DJ and record producer. Biography Early career (1993–2006) Alessandro Alfonso Fortunato Gaudino was born in Salerno, Italy. He first began his music career working for Flying Records and UMM. In 1998, with the support of the well-known Italian record company Time, Alex founded his own label, Rise Records, which quickly produced a string of hit records by artists such as The Tamperer, Black Legend and Robbie Rivera's "Bang", which earned him a nomination for Best European A&R at the 2000 European Music Awards, held in London. Alex Gaudino is also well known for being a member of the trio Lil' Love with Jerma and Sharon May Linn. In 2005, Lil' Love's track "Little Love" was exclusively played by Pete Tong at Nikki Beach in Miami during WMC 2005. The record produced by Jerma was released on Positiva in the UK and reached the top of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Close To Your Heart (JX Song)
"Close to Your Heart" is the fourth single released by British dance music producer Jake Williams under the name JX, featuring vocals by singer Shèna (a.k.a. Shèna Winchester). It was released in February 1997 by Ffrreedom and Hooj Choons as a single only, peaking at number nine in Scotland and number 18 in the UK, as well as number one on the UK Dance Chart The UK Dance Singles Chart and the UK Dance Albums Chart are music charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company from sales of songs in the dance music genre (e.g. house, trance, drum and bass, garage, synthpop) in record s ... and number 53 on the Eurochart Hot 100. Additionally, the song charted in Israel and Australia, peaking at number three and 90, respectively. Critical reception Juha Soininen noted in his 2020 book, ''Move Your Body (2 The 90's): Unlimited Eurodance'', that "Close to Your Heart" "was a step to a more trancier sound." Track listing * 12", UK & Europe #"Close to Your Heart" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Belong To Me (JX Song)
"You Belong to Me" is a song by British dance DJ Jake Williams, performed under the name JX. Featuring vocals from English singer Shèna, it was released in March 1995 as a single and reached number 17 in the United Kingdom, number one in Spain, and number 15 in the Netherlands and Ireland. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the single peaked at number 25. Outside Europe, "You Belong to Me" peaked at number four in Australia. A black-and-white music video was made to accompany the song. Critical reception British magazine ''Music Week'' wrote, "A Euro- pop/techno tune boasting the same furious breakbeats as predecessor Son Of A Gun Son of a gun is an exclamation in American and British English. It can be used encouragingly or to compliment, as in "You son of a gun, you did it!" Definition The ''Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary'' and ''Webster's Dictionary'' both defin ... but without the force to propel it quite as high in the charts." Track listings * CD maxi – Europe # "Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let The Beat Hit 'Em
"Let the Beat Hit 'Em" is a song by American urban contemporary band Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, released as the first single from their fourth and final studio album, ''Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen'' (1991). The song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart in the week of September 14, 1991, and also reached No. 37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On the US dance charts, it was the third and final number-one for the group. It also peaked at number-one on the Canadian ''RPM'' dance chart. Samples On "Let the Beat Hit 'Em", Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam sampled " Ghetto Heaven" by The Family Stand, The Emotions' 1977 single " Best of My Love" and "Set It Off" by Strafe. and Donald Byrd Think Twice. "Let the Beat Hit 'Em" was also sampled by Kylie Minogue on the track "Too Much of a Good Thing" off her 1991 album '' Let's Get To It''. Critical reception Jose F. Promis from AllMusic viewed "Let the Beat Hit 'Em" as a "surprise 1991 house-dance smash". J.D. Considine from ''The Balti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tru Faith
Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy was a collaboration between two UK garage groups, Tru Faith (consisting of members George D, Maxim Elmalki & Nial Montgomery), and Dub Conspiracy (Andrew Hunter & Ian McKenzie). They are best known for their sole UK chart hit single, a cover of the Adina Howard song "Freak like Me", with British singer Imaani on vocals. Their version reached No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in September 2000, and spent 5 weeks on the chart, as well as reaching number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart. Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy initially released a remix of Adina Howard's "Freak like Me" titled "Freek Me" on About 2 Records, backed with a remix of Beenie Man and Chevelle Franklyn's "Dancehall Queen". Both tracks were later officially released as cover versions on the Positiva and Incentive labels respectively, with vocals by Imaani on "Freak like Me" and by Shèna and Tittla on "Dynamite (Dancehall Queen)" (released under artist name Dinamyte). A set of remixes of "Danceh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Music
House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago's underground Clubbing (subculture), club culture in the late 1970s, as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat. House was pioneered by African Americans, African American DJs and producers in Chicago such as Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, Jesse Saunders, Chip E., Steve "Silk" Hurley, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Marshall Jefferson, Phuture, and others. House music expanded to other American cities such as New York City and became a worldwide phenomenon. House has had a large effect on pop music, especially dance music. It was incorporated by major international pop artists including Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson ("Together Again (Janet Jackson song), Together Again"), Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys and Madonna ("Vogu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concert Tour
A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific tour with a particular album or product. Especially in the popular music world, such tours can become large-scale enterprises that last for several months or even years, are seen by hundreds of thousands or millions of people, and bring in millions of dollars in ticket revenues. A performer who embarks on a concert tour is called a touring artist. Different segments of longer concert tours are known as "legs". The different legs of a tour are denoted in different ways, dependent on the artist and type of tour, but the most common means of separating legs are dates (especially if there is a long break at some point), countries and/or continents, or different opening acts. In the largest concert tours it has become more common for different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsenal F
An arsenal is a place where weapon, arms and ammunition are made, maintenance, repair, and operations, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether Private property, privately or state-owned, publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly regarded as synonyms, although subtle differences in usage exist. A sub-armory is a place of temporary storage or carrying of weapons and ammunition, such as any temporary post or patrol vehicle that is only operational in certain times of the day. Etymology The term in English entered the language in the 16th century as a loanword from french: arsenal, itself deriving from the it, arsenale, which in turn is thought to be a corruption of ar, دار الصناعة, , meaning "manufacturing shop". Types A lower-class arsenal, which can furnish the materiel and equipment of a small army, may contain a laboratory, gun and carriage factories, small-arms ammunition, sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is a popular music subgenre that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a combination of dance and pop with influences of disco, post-discoSmay, David & Cooper, Kim (2001). ''Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears'': "... think about Stock-Aitken-Waterman and Kylie Minogue. Dance pop, that's what they call it now — Post-Disco, post-new wave and incorporating elements of both." Feral House: Publisher, p. 327. . and synth-pop, it is generally characterised by strong beats with easy, uncomplicated song structures which are generally more similar to pop music than the more free-form dance genre, with an emphasis on melody as well as catchy tunes. The genre, on the whole, tends to be producer-driven, despite some notable exceptions. Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There's Nothing I Won't Do
"There's Nothing I Won't Do" is the third single released by British electronic producer Jake Williams under the name JX. It was released in May 1996 as a single by Ffrreedom and Hooj Choons. The song reached number four in the United Kingdom, where it is JX's highest-charting. It also reached number 26 in Australia and number 14 in Ireland. The song's music video was directed by Alex Hemming. Critical reception Richard Smith from '' Melody Maker'' named "There's Nothing I Won't Do" Single of the Week. James Hamilton from ''Music Weeks ''RM'' Dance Update described it as a "grandiose swirly anthemic Euro-ish galloper". Dave Fawbert from ''ShortList'' called it "an absolutely awesome slice of mid-'90s dance in a thoroughly N-Trance style. God it's brilliant." Track listing * UK CD single # "There's Nothing I Won't Do" (original edit) # "There's Nothing I Won't Do" (JX original mix) # "There's Nothing I Won't Do" (Red Jerry & JX dub) # "There's Nothing I Won't Do" (Carl Cox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
