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Tighten Up (Archie Bell
Tighten Up may refer to: * ''Tighten Up'' (Archie Bell & the Drells album), 1968 album ** "Tighten Up" (Archie Bell & the Drells song), the album's title song * ''Tighten Up'', a 1968 album by Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers * "Tighten Up" (Electronic song), a 1991 song * "Tighten Up" (The Black Keys song), a 2010 song * Tighten Up, a 1960s series of reggae compilation albums issued by Trojan Records Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name ''Trojan'' comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck ... See also * '' Tighten Up Vol. 88'', an album by Big Audio Dynamite {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tighten Up (Archie Bell & The Drells Album)
''Tighten Up'' is an album by American funk band Archie Bell & the Drells, released by Atlantic Records in 1968. The design of the album cover was by Loring Eutemey. Instrumental backing was provided by the T.S.U Tornadoes. Members included Cal Thomas and Will Thomas on guitar, Jerry Jenkins on bass, Robert Sanders on organ, Dwight Burns on drums, Darryl Bursby on sax, Clarence Harper on trumpet, and Leroy Lewis and Nelson Mills on horns. Track listing # " Tighten Up (Part One)" (Archie Bell, Billy Buttier) - 3:10 # "Tighten Up (Part Two)" (Bell, Buttier) - 2:48 # "I Don't Wanna Be a Playboy" ( Earl Hines, James Bonner) - 3:01 # "You're Mine" (Cal Thomas) - 3:45 # " Knock on Wood" (Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper) - 2:33 # "Give Me Time" (Sunny Ozuna) - 2:32 # "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter. A major figure in the development of soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tighten Up (Archie Bell & The Drells Song)
"Tighten Up" is a 1968 song by Houston, Texas–based R&B vocal group Archie Bell & the Drells. It reached No.1 on both the '' Billboard'' R&B and pop charts in the spring of 1968. It is ranked No.265 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is one of the earliest funk hits in music history. History "Tighten Up" was written by Archie Bell and Billy Buttler. It was one of the first songs that Archie Bell & the Drells recorded, in a session in August 1967 at the Jones Town Studio in Houston, Texas, along with a number of songs including "She's My Woman". The instrumental backing for "Tighten Up" was provided by the T.S.U. Toronadoes, the group which had developed it in their own live shows before they brought it to Archie Bell & the Drells at the suggestion of Skipper Lee Frazier, a Houston disk jockey who worked with both groups. At the recording session, the Drells worked late into the night with the Toronadoes as Archie Bell perfected the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Gordon (singer)
Benny Gordon (1932 – December 24, 2008) was an American soul and R&B singer who recorded from the early 1960s up to the 1970s. Some of his early efforts were as a member of Christian Harmonizers. Their recordings were credited to The Christian Harmonizers (Featuring B. Gordon). Later recordings were as Bennie Gordon And The Soul Brothers. In 1968, they had a single out on the RCA label, "What Is Soul" which was backed with "I Can't Turn You Loose". Benny Gordon & the Soul Brothers were to appear at Trude Heller's regularly and in 1967 appeared there with Reparata & the Delrons Benny and the Soul Brothers even performed for the opening day of Trude Hellers Take V club that opened on December 18, 1970. As a solo singer he released singles "True Love Is All I Need" on the Capitol label, " Gonna Give Her All The Love I Got" on Wand label and "Sugar Mama" (You Know You're My Baby) on the Estill label. Biography Gordon was born and raised Estill, South Carolina. Along with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tighten Up (Electronic Song)
__NOTOC__ "Tighten Up" is a song by the British band Electronic. Written, performed and produced by its two members Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr, it appeared as the third track on their debut album ''Electronic'' in May 1991 and was also a promotional single in the United States. Donald Johnson from A Certain Ratio contributed drums to the song. Combining electric guitars with a bouncy synthesiser riff, "Tighten Up" is representative of the ''Electronic'' album. When issued as a promo in the USA it reached #6 on '' Billboards Modern Rock Tracks chart. " Feel Every Beat" would become the next ''physical'' single release worldwide. The single edit is one minute shorter than the album version; the opening bars and the instrumental section are both edited. The song also fades out on a loop whereas the original has a hard ending. Critical response Writing in '' Melody Maker'', Paul Lester described the song as "the devastating marriage of Smiths guitars and New Order techno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tighten Up (The Black Keys Song)
"Tighten Up" is a song by American rock band The Black Keys. It is the third track on their 2010 album ''Brothers'' and was released as the record's first single on April 23, 2010. The song has become one of the most successful Black Keys singles in the United States, being their first song to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and reaching number one on the Alternative Songs and Rock Songs charts. Tighten Up - The Black Keys - Chart history Billboard.com. ''Rolling Stone'' put the song on its list of the 15 Best Whistling Songs of All Time. At the 53rd Grammy Awards in 2011, the song won Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal of 2010 (the last song to receive the award), while also receiving a nomination for Best Rock Song. Musically, the song is in the key of F sharp minor. Music video The original music video for the song was a low-budget clip starring a puppet dinosaur named Frank who is standing beside a plant. The video shows him dancing and miming the words ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trojan Records
Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name ''Trojan'' comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica. The truck had "Duke Reid - The Trojan King of Sounds" painted on the sides, and the music played by Reid became known as the ''Trojan Sound''. The label had almost 30 hit singles in the UK Singles Chart between 1969 and 1976. History Trojan Records was founded in 1968 when Lee Gopthal, who operated the Musicland record retail chain and owned Beat & Commercial Records, pooled his Jamaican music interests with those of Chris Blackwell’s Island Records. Until 1975, they were based at a warehouse in Neasden Lane, Willesden, London. Trojan was instrumental in introducing reggae to a global audience and, by 1970, had secured a series of major UK chart hits. Successful Trojan artists fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |