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Cameosis
''Cameosis'' is the fifth studio album by American funk band Cameo, released in April 1980. Reception ''Cameosis'' reached number one on the R&B album charts and number twenty five on the Billboard 200 album charts. It was certified gold for sales of more than 500,000 copies in the US. The two singles, "We're Goin' Out Tonight" and " Shake Your Pants", charted on the R&B singles charts at number 11 and 8 respectively. However, "Shake Your Pants" received considerable radio play as an album track, and was already a bonafide hit prior to being released as a single. The album's closing track, "Why Have I Lost You", was a new version of the same song that had been released on the band's second album. This re-recorded rendition also received considerable airplay, and has remained a staple of the late night "quiet storm" format at urban adult contemporary radio. Track listing #"Cameosis" – (Larry Blackmon, Aaron Mills) 4:09 #" Shake Your Pants" – (Larry Blackmon) 6:21 #"Please ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake Your Pants
"Shake Your Pants" is a song by American funk band Cameo, released in August 1980 as a single from their fifth studio album, ''Cameosis''. It peaked at number 8 on the Hot Soul Singles The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by ''Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 po ... chart. Charts References 1980 singles 1980 songs Cameo (band) songs Songs written by Larry Blackmon {{1980s-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameo (band)
Cameo is an American funk band that formed in 1974. Cameo was initially a 14-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo. As of the first half of 2009, some of the original members continued to perform together. Two other original members were hired by the hip hop group Outkast. In 2015, Cameo announced a new residency show at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, opening in March 2016. On February 20, 2019, Larry Blackmon of Cameo announced "El Passo", the first new single from the band in 19 years. Career 1974–1979: Formation and early years Formed by Larry Blackmon in 1974 as the New York City Players the band was signed by Casablanca Records to its Chocolate City imprint in 1975 as the Players. However, according to original band member Nathan Leftenant, the group soon changed its name after the threat of legal action by Mercury Records due to the name "the Players" being too similar to Ohio Players, who recorded for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Omen
''Secret Omen'' is the fourth studio album by American funk band Cameo, released in June 1979. It was their first of nine albums, and the first of five consecutive albums to be certified gold in the US for sales of over 500,000 copies. Track listing # "Energy" – 4:21 (Larry Blackmon) # "I Just Want to Be" – 5:16 (Larry Blackmon, Gregory Johnson) # "Find My Way" – 9:18 (Johnny Melfi) # "Macho" – 5:04 (Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant) # "The Rock" – 3:56 (Larry Blackmon) # "Sparkle" – 4:49 (Larry Blackmon, Anthony Lockett) # "New York" – 4:57 (Larry Blackmon, Anthony Lockett, Aaron Mills) Personnel *Larry Blackmon – lead vocals, drums, percussion * Gregory Johnson – keyboards, piano, vocals *Aaron Mills – bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals *Damon Mendes – percussion *Anthony Lockett – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion, lead vocals, backing vocals *Fred Wells – guitar *Randy Stern – keyboards *Arnett Leftenant – tenor saxoph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feel Me (album)
''Feel Me'' is the sixth album by the funk band Cameo, released in 1980. Track listing All tracks composed by Anthony Lockett and Larry Blackmon; except where indicated #"Throw It Down" - 5:44 #"Your Love Takes Me Out" - 6:39 #"Keep It Hot" - 4:42 #"Feel Me" - 5:56 #"Is This the Way" - 5:58 #"Roller Skates" - (Aaron Mills, Nathan Leftenant, Larry Blackmon) 4:40 #"Better Days" - 4:12 Personnel Cameo * Larry Blackmon – lead vocals, backing vocals, drums, percussion * Tomi Jenkins – lead vocals, backing vocals * Anthony Lockett – lead vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar * Stephen Moore – lead vocals, backing vocals * Thomas 'T.C.' Campbell – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, Prophet-5 * Gregory Johnson – Fender Rhodes, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals * Aaron Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals * Arnett Leftenant – tenor saxophone, backing vocals * Jeryl Bright – trombone, backing vocals * Nathan Leftenant – trumpet, backing voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Englewood Cliffs is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 5,342, an increase of 61 (+1.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,281, which in turn reflected a decline of 41 (-0.8%) from the 5,322 counted in the 2000 census. The borough houses the world headquarters of CNBC (NBCUniversal), the North American headquarters of South Korean conglomerate LG Corp,LG's Sustainable Flagship HOK, backed up by the as of October 17, 2012. Acces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocolate City Records
Chocolate City Records was a record label subsidiary of Casablanca Records & Filmworks. It was started in 1975 by Cecil Holmes, Neil Bogart's partner at Casablanca. Its name was a reference to the album '' Chocolate City'' by The Parliaments. The label featured artists such as Cameo, founded by Larry Blackmon. In 1980 the label was sold to PolyGram along with Casablanca, which are now part of Universal Music Group; in 1983 Chocolate City Records went out of business and Cecil Holmes left Casablanca Records & Filmworks and went on to be the VP of Black music for CBS Records. Recording history The label's first group were The New York City Players, who later changed their name to '' Cameo'', with singles "Find My Way" and "Rigor Mortis". The next groups to sign for Chocolate City were Brenda & the Tabulations, with their slow jam entitled "Home To Myself", and Blacksmoke, whose self-titled debut ''Blacksmoke'' featured the two singles "Your Love Has Got Me Screaming" an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Blackmon
Larry Ernest Blackmon (born May 29, 1956) is an American vocalist and musician, known as the lead singer, founder and frontman of the funk and R&B band Cameo. Musical career Starting the band "East Coast", Blackmon formed the "New York City Players" as a complement to the Ohio Players. Having to rename the group because of a conflict, Blackmon later called the group Cameo. Blackmon lived in Harlem and played drums on several hits for the band Black Ivory. He is the son of Lee Black, a former boxer. Along with his unique vocal style, Blackmon's other personal touches included sporting an elaborate hi-top fade haircut and a codpiece over his pants. His signature "Ow!" was used as the intro for some of the band's songs. The ad lib is heavily favored by Wayne MVSEVM and is used to express amazement or excitement. The “Ow” sound is a staple in Wayne’s vocabulary, and harkens back the early days when the Cameo 45 would play Candy in the living room. The group Cameo ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, 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 compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes 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 res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The '80s
File:1980s replacement montage02.PNG, 335px, From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, '' Columbia'', lifts off in 1981; US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ease tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 is considered to be one of the most momentous events of the 1980s; In 1981, the IBM Personal Computer is released; In 1985, the Live Aid concert is held in order to fund relief efforts for the famine in Ethiopia during the time Mengistu Haile Mariam ruled the country; Pollution and ecological problems persisted when the Soviet Union and much of the world is filled with radioactive debris from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, and in 1984, when thousands of people perished in Bhopal during a gas leak from a pesticide plant; The Iran–Iraq War leads to over one million dead and $1 trillion spent, while another war between the Soviets and Afghans leaves over 2 million dead. rect 2 3 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
