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The Str8jackets
The Str8jackets are a London-based trio composed of Mark Robinson, Dave Longmore and Phil Fearon. The Str8jackets had their first major musical recognition courtesy of BBC Radio 1's Pete Tong who played their bootleg remix of the Black Eyed Peas' " Boom Boom Pow" and their own track "What's It All About?", supported twice on Tong's Essential Selection. The Str8jackets have worked with producers and artists including Kim English, Hoxton Whores, Bassmonkeys, Lucien Foort, Jaykay, Richie Dan, Ini Kamoze, Katherine Ellis, Inaya Day, Tyree Cooper, MC Chickaboo, and Missy Mak and have released tracks and remixes on labels including Time Records, Big in Ibiza, CR2, Peppermint Jam, and Nervous NYC. Dave Longmore (a.k.a. Leggz) first made his mark in music working as part of the UK garage UK garage, abbreviated as UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in England in the early to mid-1990s. The genre was most clearly inspired by garage house, but also incorpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Fearon
Phillip Joseph Fearon (born 30 July 1956) is a Jamaican–English record producer. He was the lead singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist for the 1980s band Galaxy. Career Fearon was born in the Colony of Jamaica in 1956 and moved to London with his parents at the age of six in 1962. After running a Sound system (Jamaican), reggae sound system, he joined Hott Wax (which evolved into Brit funk pioneers Hi-Tension after he left). In the late 1970s was a mainstay of hit group Kandidate which scored a number 11 chart hit in 1979 with "I Don't Wanna Lose You". He set up a studio in his north London house and initially recorded with the group Proton on Champagne Records. Fearon first conceived Galaxy as a band of "four or five white guys" that he would manufacture and write and produce for, while he remained behind the scenes. Instead he was encouraged by a prospective record company to front the act after they were impressed by his performance on his demos. Fearon's first r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop and indie, while its sister station 1Xtra plays black contemporary music, including hip hop and R&B. Radio 1 also runs two online streams, Radio 1 Dance, dedicated to dance music, and Radio 1 Relax, dedicated to chill-out music; both are available to listen only on BBC Sounds. Radio 1 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between and , digital radio, digital TV and BBC Sounds. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claims that it targets the 15–29 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991. According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Tong
Peter Michael Tong, (born 30 July 1960) is an English disc jockey who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as ''Essential Mix'' and ''Essential Selection'' on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records and for his own performances at nightclubs and music festivals. Tong has also worked as a record producer and is regarded as the "global ambassador for electronic music." The phrase "It's all gone Pete Tong", where the name is used as rhyming slang for "a bit wrong", was reputedly coined by Paul Oakenfold in late 1987 in an article about acid house called "Bermondsey Goes Balearic" for Terry Farley and Pete Heller's ''Boys Own'' fanzine. ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'' is also the title of a 2004 film which portrays a fictional DJ's experiences as he realizes he is becoming deaf. Tong appears briefly in the film. It is also the name Tong has adopted for his club night at the nightclub Pacha in Ibiza and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Eyed Peas
Black Eyed Peas (also known as The Black Eyed Peas) is an American musical group consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo (rapper), Taboo. The group's line-up during the height of their popularity in the 2000s featured Fergie (singer), Fergie, who replaced Kim Hill (soul musician), Kim Hill in 2002. Originally an alternative hip hop group, they subsequently refashioned themselves as a more marketable pop-rap act. Although the group was founded in Los Angeles in 1995, it was not until the release of their third album, ''Elephunk'', in 2003, that they achieved high record sales. Black Eyed Peas' first major hit was the 2003 single "Where Is the Love?" from ''Elephunk'', which topped the charts in 13 countries, including the United Kingdom, where it spent seven weeks at number one and went on to become Britain's biggest-selling single of 2003. Their fourth album, ''Monkey Business (The Black Eyed Peas album), Monkey Business'', was an even bigger worldwide success, and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom Boom Pow
"Boom Boom Pow" is a song recorded by American group the Black Eyed Peas for their fifth studio album '' The E.N.D.'' (2009). It was written by group members will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie, being produced by will.i.am. The song features a vocal sample from the 1990 song "Reach Out" by British house duo Sweet Mercy featuring singer Rowetta. It was released as the lead single from ''The E.N.D.'' on March 2, 2009, by Interscope Records. "Boom Boom Pow" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for 12 weeks, making it the group's first number-one single on the chart. It is the second longest-running single to stay atop the chart in 2009, beaten only by their own "I Gotta Feeling", which held the top spot for 14 consecutive weeks. The song also topped the charts in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as reaching the top ten in more than 20 countries. It was ranked atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 year-end chart for 2009, at number seven on the decade-end chart for the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essential Selection
The ''Essential Selection'' is a radio show on Friday evenings on BBC Radio 1, originally conceived by producer Eddie Gordon and hosted by Pete Tong. History "The Essential Mix programme was originally produced by Radio 1 producer Eddie Gordon, who held the post from 1993 to 2001. After receiving weekly mix shows from DJs Tony Humphries and Frankie Knuckles on two-hour cassettes from New York's Hot 97 and KISS 100 respectively in the early Nineties Eddie felt that a Radio 1 weekly show with DJs of different styles of music would offer more variety and the chance for the ever burgeoning UK dance music scene to flourish." Gordon pitched the idea of a UK based Dance music show, with an emphasis on house, that show-cased different DJs and styles of music and offer an outlet for UK dance music. The first show, fronted by Gordon's protege Tong, was broadcast on 11 January 1991, produced by Gordon and aired from 7.30pm to 10.00pm. The show was subject to scheduling adjustments ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim English
Kim English (September 6, 1970 – April 2, 2019) was an American electronic, soul, gospel and house music singer. Early life On September 6, 1970, English was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. English's parents were Ronald English and Annie Joyce English. English had several brothers, Eric, Richard, and Ronald Carl. Music career Throughout her career, English experienced success on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play, Hot Dance Singles Sales and Hot Dance Airplay charts as well as the UK Singles Chart, beginning in the mid-1990s and continuing into the 21st century. Although her first chart entry on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play came in 1995 and was only a moderate hit ("I Know a Place", No. 32), her debut single was actually "Nitelife" in 1994, produced and written by Ten City. Between 1999 and 2002, she scored six hits in a row that hit the top two. Five of those went to number one: "Unspeakable Joy", "Missing You", "Bumpin' and Jumpin'", "Everyday" and "Treat Me Right". Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Dan
Richie or Richy is a masculine given name or short form ( hypocorism) of Richard. It is also a surname. First name * Richie Ashburn (1927–1997), American Major League Baseball player, member of the Hall of Fame * Richie Benaud (1930–2015), Australian cricketer and commentator *Richie Blackmore (born 1969), New Zealand rugby league coach and former player * Richie Byrne (born 1981), Irish footballer * Richie Cunningham (born 1970), American former National Football League placekicker * Richie Emselle (1917–1992), Australian rules footballer *Richie Grant (other), multiple people *Richie Havens (1941–2013), American singer-songwriter and guitarist *Richie Hebner (born 1947), American former Major League Baseball player *Richie Incognito (born 1983), American National Football League player *Richie James (born 1995), American football player *Richie Jen (任賢齊) (born 1966), Taiwanese singer *Richie Lucas (born 1938), American former football quarterback, member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ini Kamoze
Ini Kamoze ( , born Cecil Campbell; 9 October 1957) is a Jamaican reggae artist who began his career in the early 1980s and rose to prominence in 1994 with the signature song "Here Comes the Hotstepper". The single topped the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as well as record charts in Denmark and New Zealand, reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart.Ini Kamoze , Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 December 2012 Career He made his first , "World Affairs", in 1981. Kamoze then released a 12-inch single "Trouble You A Trouble Me"/"General" in 1983. His self-titled debut album was released in 1984 as a six track |
Katherine Ellis
Katherine Ellis (born Katherine Jane Margaret Wood on 21 June 1965 in Bromley, England) is an English electronica vocalist and songwriter. A mainstay of the house music genre past and present, she has been featured on vocals since 1990. Background Personal life Her husband Max Ellis, with whom she has two sons, is a professional photographer. Her brother Thomas is a theatre actor. Katherine’s family lineage also have ties to the entertainment spectrum; her mother Elizabeth was trained as an actress at the Royal Academy for dramatic art, her grandmother Joy was a violinist and pianist, and her great grandmother Elizabeth Haslam was a opera singer who won a competition at the Royal Albert Hall in 1893. Professional career She records under the aliases Katherine Ellis, Kathy Wood, Arrola and K. Ellis and her maiden name Katherine Wood. She has no connection with two American performers with the same name: vocalist Katherine E (also born Katherine Ellis, whose well-known sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inaya Day
Inaya Day (born Inaya Davis, January 17, 1977) is an American singer, best known for her vocal work on house music tracks such as "Horny '98" by Mousse T, and her cover version of " Nasty Girl" by Prince protégées Vanity 6. Biography Early career Day started singing in church in Brooklyn, New York. She attended the prestigious High School of Music and the Performing Arts,"Inaya Day Biography" , ''LocalProductions.com'' found a "About Inaya Day" , ''InayaDay.com''. and went on to study musical theater at the . She also appeared on |
Tyree Cooper
Tyree Cooper, known as simply Tyree, is an American house producer from Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is best known for the hip house track "Turn Up the Bass", which peaked at No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in 1989. Biography Tyree Cooper originally left high school in 1983 with a basketball scholarship, however decided to enter into producing house music having also DJ'd. His first release was "I Fear the Night" in 1986 on the DJ International Records record label. In 1987, Tyree released what would become a classic of the acid house scene in "Acid Over". In 1988, Tyree with rapper Kool Rock Steady released the hip house hit "Turn Up The Bass". Tyree now lives in Berlin. Discography Albums * ''Tyree's Got a Brand New House'' ( DJ International Records, 1988) * ''Nation of Hip House'' (CBS, 1989) * ''The Time Iz Now!'' (DJ International, 1991) Singles/EPs * "I Fear the Night" (Underground, 1986) * "The Whop" with Fast Eddie (Underground, 1987) * "Acid Over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
