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Tonight (Silk Album)
''Tonight'' is the third studio album by American R&B group Silk, released on March 23, 1999 on Elektra Entertainment. It was their first album in four years and the reason for the break was due to the group wanting to be more involved in the creative process. Another reason for the hiatus was due to the lackluster performance of their previous album ''Silk'' (1995), which caused the group to seek new management after dealing with financial and legal issues. After severing ties with their former managers, they were managed by Sonja Norwood, mother of singer/actress Brandy Norwood. They were soon given the green light to record a new album by Elektra's then-president Sylvia Rhone, who let them take their time to record the album until they had the right songs. Most of the production duties were split between group member Gary Jenkins Gary "Lil G" Jenkins is an American musician. He is the lead singer of the R&B group Silk. Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, he is the yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silk (band)
Silk is an American R&B group, formed in 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia. They are best known for their 1993 hit single, "Freak Me", which reached number-one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Career Silk is best known for their hit singles, "Freak Me", and "Happy Days" from their debut album, '' Lose Control''. Another hit from ''Lose Control'', "Girl U For Me", helped the album reach double platinum status. They later had success with singles such as " I Can Go Deep", "Hooked on You", "Don't Rush", "If You" (released February 23, 1999) "Meeting in My Bedroom", and "We're Calling You". In 1994, Silk won Album Of The Year for ''Lose Control'' at the Soul Train Music Awards. Silk was discovered by the musician Keith Sweat. The group was originally a quintet made up of Timothy "Timzo" Cameron, James "Jimmy" Gates, Jr., Johnathen "John John" Rasboro, Tyga Graham & Albert Allen. Gary "Big G" Glenn & Gary "Lil G" Jenkins joined shortly after the departures of Graham & Allen. In 2002, Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LSG (band)
LSG is an R&B supergroup, composed of R&B artists Gerald Levert from Cleveland, Ohio, Keith Sweat from Harlem, New York and Johnny Gill from Washington, D.C. The group's name "LSG" is derived from the first letter in the last name of each artist (Levert, Sweat, Gill). In 1997, LSG released their debut album titled '' Levert.Sweat.Gill''. With the chart-topping lead single " My Body", the album was quickly certified platinum. LSG released a follow-up final album in 2003 titled ''LSG2''. Johnny Gill announced on the September 12, 2013 episode of ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' that Eddie Levert, Gerald's father, will replace him as the "L" in LSG. Gerald Levert died in 2006. History This project began when Keith Sweat called Gerald Levert and told him about an idea to record with Johnny Gill. For their 1997 debut album, they collaborated with popular producers and guest appearances including Sean Combs, Jermaine Dupri, LL Cool J, MC Lyte, and Busta Rhymes. Discography Studio albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Pesco
Paul Pesco (born May 13, 1959) is an American session guitarist, singer-songwriter, film score composer and record producer. Biography Pesco was born in Canandaigua, New York, to a Sicilian father (an opera singer and voice instructor) and Korean mother (an author).Waugh, LisaPaul Pesco – Musician Extraordinaire, rockworldmagazine.com, August 18, 2011 (accessed January 31, 2016). The family lived for a time in Germany during Paul's youth before returning to New York. He graduated from Northport High School in 1977. As of November 2012, Pesco resides in Millbrook, New York, where he maintains a home recording studio.Paul Pesco Sits Down with AMS – Paul Pesco AMS Interview @YouTube.com Retrieved April 1, 2014. Beginning on the piano, Pesco would gradually build up a working prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaughn Harper
Vaughn Harper (March 1, 1945 – July 9, 2016) was an American broadcast announcer and DJ. Early life Harper played high school basketball at Boys High School (Brooklyn), Boys High School in Brooklyn and was an All American standout rebounder that played in the National Invitation Tournament, NIT tournament with his alma mater Syracuse University. After spending a brief stint with the Continental Basketball Association, CBA which garnered him a try-out with the Detroit Pistons, he was selected in the sixth round of the NBA draft as their #57 pick. Harper was not chosen by the team. Orangeman Harper played on the Orangemen squad as a starter from 1966 to 1968, as a sophomore he started in all but three games for Syracuse in the NCAA East Region tourney. Despite playing in only three varsity campaigns he is 10th on the Orangemen's all-time rebounding chart. As a senior, Harper led the Orangemen in scoring, averaging 13.5 points per game for his career. In 1967 the starting five, Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Chambers
Gordon Anthony Chambers (c. 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer who has written songs for more than 75 recording artists including Angie Stone, Yolanda Adams, The Isley Brothers, Brandy, Trey Songz, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Usher, Marc Anthony, Jamie Foxx, Aretha Franklin, Beyoncé Knowles, and Nao Yoshioka. His number-1 hits as lyricist include Anita Baker's Grammy-winning hit " I Apologize", Brownstone's Grammy-nominated hit " If You Love Me", Angie Stone's "No More Rain (In This Cloud)", the Grammy-nominated theme of 1996's '' Set It Off'' "Missing You" (performed by Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan) and Yolanda Adams "Someone Watching Over You". He is the winner of eight awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), has four Dove Award nominations, and his songs have been nominated for three Grammy Awards. Anita Baker won a Grammy for "I Apologize", which Chambers wrote. His songs have been performed at the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seals And Crofts
Seals and Crofts was an American soft rock duo made up of James Eugene Seals (October 17, 1942 – June 6, 2022) and Darrell George "Dash" Crofts (born August 14, 1938) They are best known for their hits "Summer Breeze (song), Summer Breeze" (1972), "Diamond Girl (Seals and Crofts song), Diamond Girl" (1973), and "Get Closer (song), Get Closer" (1976), each of which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Both members have long been public advocates of the Baháʼí Faith. Though the duo disbanded in 1980, they reunited briefly in 1991–1992, and again in 2004, when they released their final album, ''Traces''. Early careers Jim Seals and Dash Crofts were both born in Texas, Seals in Sidney, Texas, Sidney in 1942, and Crofts in Cisco, Texas, Cisco in 1938. They first met when Crofts was a drummer for a local band. Later, Seals joined an outfit called Dean Beard and the Crew Cats, in which he played sax; later on, Crofts joined Seals in the band. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Browder
Lincoln Browder, (born October 12, 1964) better known by his stage name Link, is an American R&B singer from Dallas, Texas. Career Browder sang in gospel choirs as a youngster and in a group in high school. Darrell Delite Allamby recruited him to sing in the R&B group Protege. After writing the hit " My Body" for the R&B supergroup LSG, Link was offered his own recording contract with Relativity Records. His 1998 debut album, ''Sex Down'', spawned one Top 40 hit single in the US, "Whatcha Gonna Do?" (#23 ''Billboard'' Hot 100, #15 US ''Billboard'' R&B). The track peaked at #48 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1998. In addition a second charting single was issued, "I Don't Wanna See," which reached #43 on the US R&B chart and #25 on the Hot Singles Sales chart. Link also wrote songs for Silk, Tony Thompson, Tamar Braxton, K-Ci & JoJo and Gerald Levert Gerald Edward Levert (July 13, 1966 – November 10, 2006) was an Americans, American singer-songwriter a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. Erlewine was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a nephew of the former musician and AllMusic founder Michael Erlewine. He studied at the University of Michigan, where he majored in English, and was a music editor (1993–94) and then arts editor (1994–1995) of the school's paper ''The Michigan Daily'', and DJ'd at the campus radio station, WCBN. He has contributed to many books, including ''All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul'' and ''All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-Hop''. References External linksErlewine's pageat Pitchfork.comContributionsto ''Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Industry Association Of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the United States". RIAA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. RIAA was formed in 1952. Its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations. Early RIAA standards included the RIAA equalization curve, the format of the stereophonic record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm records. RIAA says its current mission includes: #to protect intellectual property rights and the First Amendment rights of artists #to perform research about the music industry #to monitor and review relevant laws, regulations, and policies Between 2001 and 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lose Control (album)
''Lose Control'' is the debut album by Silk. The album went to number-one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and includes the hit single "Freak Me", which peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and was covered in 1998 by British band Another Level. ''Lose Control'' was certified double platinum by the RIAA in 1995. Track listing #"Interlude" (Keith Sweat) (T.H Prod)– 1:23 #"Happy Days" (featuring Keith Sweat and rap by The Riddler) (Keith Sweat, Alton "Wokie" Stewart, Fred Wesley, James Brown, John Starks) – 5:19 #"Don't Keep Me Waiting" (featuring Gerald Levert and Sean Levert) (Keith Sweat, Alton "Wokie" Stewart) – 4:16 #"Girl U for Me" (Keith Sweat, Roy Murray, IRocc Williams) – 4:30 #"Freak Me" (Keith Sweat, Roy Murray, IRocc Williams ) featuring rap by Teno West – 4:35 #"When I Think About You" (Teno West, Gary Jenkins, Gary Glenn, Roy Murray IRocc Williams) featuring rap by Teno West – 3:55 #"Baby It's You" (Keith Sweat, IRocc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freak Me
"Freak Me" is a song by American R&B group Silk. It was released in February 1993 as the second single from their debut album, '' Lose Control''. It was co-written and co-produced by Keith Sweat, for whom Silk was a touring opening act. Tim Cameron, Jimmy Gates and Gary "Lil G" Jenkins sing lead on the song. The song was the group's highest-charting hit, reaching number-one on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for two weeks, and the U.S. Hot R&B Singles chart for eight weeks. On the Hot 100, this song also spent ten weeks at number two. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold over 1.3 million copies domestically. The song was covered by Another Level, and their version reached No. 1 on the UK chart. Music video Two versions of the music video for "Freak Me" were produced: the first was directed by Bronwen Hughes, while the second was directed by Lionel C. Martin. Track listing * US 12" vinyl" *1 "Freak Me" emix– 4:55 Featurin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
