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Unstoppable (Amii Stewart Album)
This is the discography of American disco and soul In many religious and philosophical traditions, there is a belief that a soul is "the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being". Etymology The Modern English noun '' soul'' is derived from Old English ''sāwol, sāwel''. The earliest atte ... singer Amii Stewart. Albums Studio albums Live albums Remix albums Compilation albums Singles References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Amii Discographies of American artists Pop music discographies Soul music discographies Disco discographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amii Stewart
Amy Paulette "Amii" Stewart (born January 29, 1956) is an American disco and soul singer and dancer who found prominence with her 1979 U.S. Billboard number 1 hit cover of Eddie Floyd's song " Knock on Wood", often considered a classic of the disco genre. Stewart scored further international hits including "Light My Fire" (1979) and " Friends" (1985). Stewart is the stepsister of actress-singer Miquel Brown and aunt to Brown's actress-singer daughter Sinitta. Career Amy Stewart, the fifth of six children, was born into "a big, trictly Catholic, butfun loving, country style family... as my mum was one of thirteen children". Her father, Joseph Stewart II, signed her up for singing and dancing lessons in 1960, when she was four years old. An Amy Stewart was already registered with the Actors' Equity Association, so she changed the spelling of her first name to Amii. She briefly enrolled in the Howard University in Washington but soon left for the Classical Repertory Dance Ensembl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LP Record
The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk. Introduced by Columbia in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound, it remained the standard format for record albums (during a period in popular music known as the album era) until its gradual replacement from the 1980s to the early 2000s, first by cassettes, then by compact discs, and finally by digital music distribution. Beginning in the late 2000s, the LP has experienced a resurgence in popularity. Format advantages At the time the LP was introduced, nearly all phonograph records for home use were made of an abrasive shellac compound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic (Amii Stewart Album)
''Magic'' is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1992. The album which includes singles "Don't Be So Shy" and "Don't Stop" was a collaboration with Narada Michael Walden and British songwriting duo Climie Fisher. Track listing #"Don't Be So Shy" (Dakota, Walden, Walden) - 4:55 #"Stay With Me" (Humes) - 5:36 #"I Can't Give Up" (Booth, Romani, Stewart) - 5:19 #"Now That We're Here" (Giscombe, Glass, Taylor) - 4:46 #"Fly on the Wall" (Biddu, Stirling) - 4:30 #"There Has Got to Be a Way" (Climie, Fisher, Morgan) - 4:55 #"A Better Day" (Britti, Stewart) - 5:25 #"Don't Stop" (Giscombe, Glass, Taylor) - 4:35 #"Like a Stone" (Neri, Stewart) - 4:18 #"Song for Daddy" (Puccioni, Stewart) - 4:21 #"Warm Embrace" (Nava, Stewart) - 3:57 #"Le Storie Lunghe" (Nava) - 4:01 Personnel * Amii Stewart - Lead vocals, Backing vocals, Backing vocal arrangement * Marco Rinalduzzi, Paolo Gianolio - Guitars * Danilo Rea, Luca Orioli, Mario Puccioni, Vittorio Cosma - Piano * Davide Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearls – Amii Stewart Sings Ennio Morricone
''Pearls – Amii Stewart Sings Ennio Morricone'' is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1990. The album covers many of film composer Ennio Morricone's best known songs, and was recorded with Rome's Philharmonic Orchestra. The album has been re-released as ''My Heart And I'', ''Desire'', ''One Love'', ''Saharan Dream'' and ''Here's To You''. Track listing #"My Heart and I" – 4:56 #"Desire (Chi Mai "Chi Mai" (Italian: whoever) is a composition by Ennio Morricone written in 1971. It was used in the films ''Maddalena'' directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1971) Personnel * Amii Stewart – vocalsReferences {{ ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time For Fantasy
''Time for Fantasy'' is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1988. One of the ballads, "I Still Believe," which had already become a major hit for pop singer Brenda K. Starr in 1987, was also covered by Mariah Carey some ten years later. The album has been re-released as ''Dusty Road'', ''Heartache To Heartache'', ''Run In The Night'' and ''It's Fantasy''. Track listing Side A #"Dusty Road" (Douglas Meakin, Mike Francis) - 4:33 #"Heartache to Heartache" (Paul Bliss, Phil Palmer) - 3:36 #"Sometimes a Stranger" ( Richard Feldman, Gary Mallaber,Amii Stewart- ''Time for Frantasy'' (this version actually specifies more of the songwriters) @Discogs.com Retrieved 4-5-2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In August 1982, the first compact disc was manufactured. It was then released in October 1982 in Japan and branded as ''Compact Disc Digital Audio, Digital Audio Compact Disc''. The format was later adapted (as CD-ROM) for general-purpose data storage. Several other formats were further derived, including write-once audio and data storage (CD-R), rewritable media (CD-RW), Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), Photo CD, Picture CD, Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-i) and Enhanced Music CD. Standard CDs have a diameter of and are designed to hold up to 74 minutes of uncompressed stereo digital audio or about 650 mebibyte, MiB of data. Capacity is routinely extended to 80 minutes and 700 mebibyte, MiB by arranging data more closely on the same sized disc. The Mini CD has various diameters ranging from ; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amii
''Amii'' is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1986 which includes singles "Love Ain't No Toy" (originally recorded by Yvonne Fair) and "Time Is Tight". The album was produced by Giorgio Moroder and Dutch brothers Bolland & Bolland for Teldec Germany and RCA Italy. Track listing Side A # "Time is Tight" (Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey) (4:13) # "Power Play" (Moroder, Forsey) (3:49) # "Easy on Your Love" (Moroder, Tom Whitlock) (3:27) # "Love's in Disguise" (Moroder, Forsey) (3:35) # "Lover to Lover" (Beppe Cantarelli, Roy Freeland) (4:16) Side B # "Break These Chains" (Bolland & Bolland) (4:35) # "Love Ain't No Toy" (Norman Whitfield) (4:59) # "The Mystery of Love" (Bolland & Bolland) (5:15) # "Conspiracy" (Bolland & Bolland) (3:59) # "This Generation" (Bolland & Bolland) (4:38) Personnel * Amii Stewart - lead vocals Tracks A1-A5 * Richie Zito- guitar, keyboards * Arthur Barrow- keyboards, bass * Beth Anderson, Gary Falcone, Joe Pizzulo- backing vocals * Terry Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Try Love (Amii Stewart Album)
''Try Love'' is a studio album by Amii Stewart, first released in Italy in 1984. It includes singles "That Loving Feeling" (written by Tony Joe White), "I Gotta Have You Back" and "Try Love". After the commercial success of the non-album single "Friends" in 1985, the album was re-released internationally with an extended remix of the song replacing the track "Mother Mary." Certain original (1984) versions of the album had already included the original (non-extended) version of "Friends" as an additional (fifth) track on Side A, maintaining "Mother Mary" as the final track on the album.Amii Stewart- ''Try Love'' (Dutch version) @Discogs.com Retrieved 9/2/2011. ''Try Love'' has been reissued on the MP3 download format. Track listing Side A: #"That Loving Feel ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also Arista Records, and Epic Records. The label has released multiple genres of music, including pop, classical, rock, hip hop, afrobeat, electronic, R&B, blues, jazz, and country. Its name is derived from the initials of its defunct parent company, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). RCA Records was fully acquired by Bertelsmann in 1987, making it a part of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) and became a part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment after the 2004 merger of BMG and Sony; it was acquired by the latter in 2008, after the dissolution of Sony/BMG and the restructuring of Sony Music. RCA Records is the corporate successor of the Victor Talking Machine Company, founded in 1901, making it the second-oldest record label in American his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amii Stewart (album)
''Amii Stewart'' is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in 1983 which includes hit single "Working Late Tonight" as well as covers of two songs from Donna Summer's unreleased 1981 album ''I'm a Rainbow''. In 2015, Funky Town Grooves announced they would be reissuing the album on CD for the first time ever. Cover version Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan covered "Working Late Tonight" in Turkish the same year as "Uykusuz her gece" ("Every Night Without Sleep") on her album ''Süperstar 83''. Track listing Side A: #"Working Late Tonight" (Mario Capuano, Simon Boswell)- 4:04 #"Nobody but Me" (Leslie Mándoki) - 3:30 #"Sweet Emotion" (Pete Bellotte, Sylvester Levay) - 3:47 #* Originally recorded by Donna Summer for her unreleased ''I'm a Rainbow'' album (1981, released 1996). #"Don't Ask Me Why" (Leslie Mándoki) - 3:35 #"Take a Heart" (Miki Dallon) - 3:28 Side B: #"Beginning of the End" (Gerard McMahon, Tom Bahlen) - 3:56 #"You to Me" (Pete Bellotte, Sylvester Levay) - 4:41 #* Origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Gonna Get Your Love
''I'm Gonna Get Your Love'' is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in the USA in 1981, a slightly altered version of European album ''Images'' with the title track and "Calling For Your Love" replacing her rendition of "Great Balls Of Fire" and "Love Is Bad For Your Health". The singles released in the U.S. were "My Guy/My Girl" with Johnny Bristol, "I'm Gonna Get Your Love", "Why'd You Have To Be So Sexy" and "Digital Love". ''I'm Gonna Get Your Love'' remains unreleased on compact disc. Track listing Side A: #"I'm Gonna Get Your Love" (Raymond Rock) – 6:23 #"Where Did Our Love Go" ( Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 4:25 #"Tonight" (Eddie Schwartz) – 3:19 #"Save This Night for Love" (Ellison Chase, William Haberman, Art Jacobson) – 3:30 #"Digital Love" (Randy Jackson, Narada Michael Walden, Allee Willis) – 3:49 Side B: #"Calling For Your Love" (William Anderson) – 4:53 #"Why'd You Have to Be So Sexy" (Len Boone, Larry LaFalce) – 3:25 #"Premiere" (Barry Leng, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Images (Amii Stewart Album)
''Images'' is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in April 1981. The album yielded three European single releases, "My Guy/My Girl" (a duet with Johnny Bristol) (#39 UK), "Where Did Our Love Go", and "Great Balls Of Fire" and had been followed by single "Rocky Woman" which was also included on the Mexican edition. ''Images'' was released as ''I'm Gonna Get Your Love'' in the U.S., with a slightly altered track listing. In 1985 Stewart recorded a new version of duet "My Guy/My Girl" with Deon Estus that was issued as a single in the UK (#63). The original ''Images'' album in its entirety remains unreleased on compact disc. Track listing Side A: #"Where Did Our Love Go" ( Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 4:25 #"Great Balls of Fire" (Jack Hammer, Otis Blackwell) – 4:11 #"Save This Night for Love" (Ellison Chase, William Haberman, Arthur Jacobson) – 3:30 #"Digital Love" (Randy Jackson, Narada Michael Walden, Allee Willis) – 3:49 #"Love Is Bad for Your Health" (Gary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
