Paul Parker (born in
San Francisco
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,
California
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) is an American
Hi-NRG
Hi-NRG (pronounced "high energy") is a genre of uptempo disco or electronic dance music (EDM) that originated in the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
As a music genre, typified by fast tempo, staccato hi-hat rhythms (and the ...
and
dance singer.
Career
Parker's biggest success came in the 1980s, when he reached No. 1 on the
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart twice. First was "
Right on Target" in 1982,
written and produced by
Patrick Cowley who also produced Parker's 1983 debut album ''Too Much To Dream''.
"Shot In the Night"
was the second single to be released from the album. Parker also did a cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" (1985), and released another single entitled "
One Look (One Look Was Enough)" in 1987. He continued in the 1990s with a string of additional dance covers.
In 2007, Parker began a collaboration with UTMOSIS, a San Francisco-based label, producing the worldwide digital single releases "Just Hold On To Love" (2007), "Don't Stop (What You're Doin' To Me)" (2008) and "Chargin' Me Up" (2009).
In 2008, he recorded a duet with the synthpop band
Ganymede, "Perfect Target", which appears on the band's LP ''Operation Ganymede''.
Parker's first full-length album of original material in over a decade, ''Take It From Me'', was released January 26, 2010 on the UTMOSIS label.
In 2013, he released an EP titled ''Superman'' with Harlem Nights, in classic Patrick Cowley style.
Discography
Albums
*''Too Much To Dream'' (April, 1983)
**Artwork By
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– Jim Saunders
**Artwork By
ithography Design
raphic Design– David Willers, Scott Gibb
**Artwork By
et Design– Eugene Nevins, Tony La Rosa
**Backing Vocals – Jo Carol Block*, Lauren Carter
**Bass
ass Guitar– Maurice Tani
**Co-producer
ssociate Producer– Marty Blecman
**Engineer
ixing Engineer– Ken Kessie
**Engineer
ecording Engineer– Maureen Droney
**Guitar – James Wirrick
**Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Paul Parker
**Management – Ken Crivello
**Mastered By – José Rodriguez
**Percussion
dditional– David Frazier
**Photography
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Over may refer to:
Places
*Over, Cambridgeshire, England
*Over, Cheshire, England
*Over, South Gloucestershire, England
* Over, Tewkesbury, near Gloucester, England
** Over Bridge
*Over, Seevetal, Germany
Music
Albums
* ''Over'' (album), by Pe ...
– Gary Gay
**Producer, Synthesizer, Keyboards – Patrick Cowley
**Soloist, Saxophone
ax Solos– Mark Baum
* ''Destiny'' (1995)
* ''The Collection'' (1992)
* ''Take it From Me'' (2010)
* ''The Definitive Collection'' (2013)
* ''The Man That Fell To Earth'' (2017)
See also
*
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by ''Billboard'' magazine's Dance Club Songs chart – a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. It began on October 26, 1974, under the title ''Disco Action'' chart. It is c ...
*
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard magazine's'' Dance Club Songs chart. ''Billboard'' began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26, 1974, and this is the standard music popularity chart in t ...
References
External links
Paul Parker's Official WebsiteUTMOSIS, Paul Parker's most recent label
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American male singers
American dance musicians
American Hi-NRG musicians
Singers from San Francisco
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