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JoBoxers
JoBoxers are a British New wave music, new wave band (music), group formed in London, England in 1982 when former Subway Sect members Rob Marche (guitarist), Dave Collard (keyboardist), Chris Bostock (bassist), and Sean McLusky (drummer) teamed up with England-based American singer Dig Wayne (born Timothy Wayne Ball, 20 July 1958, Cambridge, Ohio). Wayne, under the name Buzz Wayne, had previously fronted the New York–based rockabilly band Buzz and the Flyers. Career The band's debut single (music), single, "Boxerbeat", peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart while the group were the opening act on the Madness (band), Madness Rise and Fall tour. At numbers one and two at the time were David Bowie's "Let's Dance (David Bowie song), Let's Dance" and Duran Duran's "Is There Something I Should Know?", respectively. However, it was their next hit, "Just Got Lucky", that broke the band internationally. This single sold over 250,000 copies, made the UK top 10, and cracked th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Bostock
Chris Bostock is an English musician, songwriter and music producer, known for his work with JoBoxers, Subway Sect, Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys, The Style Council, Spear of Destiny, The X-Certs and The Stingrays. Bostock has also guested on albums and singles by Shakespears Sister and The Rhythm Sisters, plus live shows and TV appearances with Sandie Shaw, and Daryl Hall & John Oates. Career Starting out in Bristol, UK, Bostock studied classical piano from the age of six, taking up the guitar aged 12 and formed his first band The Stingrays in 1978 as bassist and backing vocalist, appearing on the Bristol compilation album '' Avon Calling'' before releasing their first single 'Countdown', having played numerous shows opening for acts such as the UK Subs and The Undertones. Bostock then joined Bristol band The X-Certs, playing Clash-influenced songs fused with Reggae and appearing on ''The Bristol Recorder 2'' compilation album before releasing their own single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like Gangbusters
''Like Gangbusters'' is the first studio album by British new wave band JoBoxers, first released in 1983 and featuring five chart singles. The first single " Boxerbeat", the group's anthem, worked its way up the UK charts while the group were the opening act on the Madness 'Rise and Fall' tour, reaching number three. It was kept off the top slot by David Bowie's " Let's Dance" and Duran Duran's " Is There Something I Should Know?". Their next single, "Just Got Lucky", became an international hit. This single sold over 250,000 copies, made the UK top 10, and cracked the U.S. top 40, reaching No. 36 during November 1983, and has been featured in a number of films including '' Just My Luck'' and ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin''. The third single "Johnny Friendly" is a homage to the Marlon Brando film ''On The Waterfront''. British boxer Frank Bruno appeared in the promotional video for the song. "Jealous Love"/"She's Got Sex" was released as a double A-side. "Jealous Love" was perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxerbeat
"Boxerbeat" is the debut single by JoBoxers from their album ''Like Gangbusters ''Like Gangbusters'' is the first studio album by British new wave band JoBoxers, first released in 1983 and featuring five chart singles. The first single " Boxerbeat", the group's anthem, worked its way up the UK charts while the group were ...''. It peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart in 1983. References External links * 1983 songs 1983 debut singles RCA Victor singles JoBoxers songs {{1980s-pop-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Got Lucky
"Just Got Lucky" was the second single from the British band JoBoxers. The track was initially released on the band's debut album, ''Like Gangbusters'', in 1983. The song reached the top ten in the UK and the top 40 in the United States that autumn. It was later released on the band's albums ''Doing the Boxerbeat - The Anthology'' and ''Essential Boxerbeat''. Chart history In popular culture *In December 2008, the song was used in a radio advert, for a Max's Restaurant promotion "Lucky with the Tilaok". *It was included in the compilation album ''Chorus Girl'' and the films ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'','' ''Just My Luck (2006 film), Just My Luck'', Philippine film ''Bagets (film series), Bagets'', and ''Lucky 13''. The song was also used in the final weekly of ''Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4''. *In November 12, 2017, the song was performed by the cast of ''Goin' Bulilit'' at the opening of the 1980s episode. *In November 14, 2020, the song was performed on an ''Eat Bulaga!'' s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch Me (Samantha Fox Album)
''Touch Me'' is the debut studio album by the English pop singer Samantha Fox, released on 7 July 1986 by Jive Records. A successful topless model, Fox won a five-album recording contract with Jive after being invited to an open cattle call by the label, who were seeking "a British Madonna" to front the track " Touch Me (I Want Your Body)". That single reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Following that success, the album was recorded quickly, with Fox spending a month recording "day and night" to meet deadlines. Fox pushed for a hard rock edge to the record, in accordance with her personal taste at the time. The album spawned three more commercially successful singles:, " Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)", " Hold On Tight" and "I'm All You Need". The album has been certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Derek Ridgers was credited for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and is, as of 2013, a subsidiary of BMG Rights Management solely for reissues. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest music management company in the world. It was also the world's largest independent owner of music intellectual property rights, with over 160,000 songs. History The company was formed in 1979 by Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor, who met as undergraduates at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1979, they discovered Iron Maiden in a London pub and went on to manage the group. They named the record company after the band's song "Sanctuary," which was released as a single in 1980, and later included on American pressings as well as the reissued CD version of their 1980 eponymous debut album. Sanctuary Records has historically signed artists with long-term appeal that have had a long career and steady fan base. Between 1989 and 1991, Sanctuary was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Soul
Progressive soul (often shortened to prog-soul; also called black prog, black rock, and progressive R&B) is a type of African-American music that uses a progressive music, progressive approach, particularly in the context of the soul music, soul and funk genres. It developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s through the recordings of innovative black musicians who pushed the structural and stylistic boundaries of those genres. Among their influences were musical forms that arose from rhythm and blues music's transformation into rock music, rock, such as Motown (music style), Motown, progressive rock, psychedelic soul, and jazz fusion. Progressive soul music can feature an eclectic range of influences, from both African music, African and European music, European sources. Musical characteristics commonly found in works of the genre are traditional R&B melodies, complex vocal patterns, rhythmically unified extended composition, ambitious rock music, rock guitar, and instrumental tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subway Sect
Subway Sect were one of the first British punk bands. Although their commercial success was limited by the small amount of recorded material they released, they have been credited as highly influential on the Postcard Records scene and the indie pop genre which followed. Career Early days The core of the band was singer-songwriter, Vic Godard, plus assorted soul fans, who congregated around early gigs by the Sex Pistols until Malcolm McLaren suggested they form their own band. Subway Sect were among the performers at the 100 Club Punk Festival on Monday, 21 September 1976 – sharing the bill with Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Clash and the Sex Pistols. The first line-up of Godard on vocals, Paul Packham on drums, Paul Myers on bass and Rob Symmons on guitar lasted for four gigs before Mark Laff replaced Packham. Laff himself then left for fellow punk group Generation X after the White Riot tour. A third drummer, Bob Ward, was recruited, and it is this line-up that can be h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Fox
Samantha Karen Fox (born 15 April 1966) is an English pop singer and former glamour model from Crouch End in North London. She has appeared on reality television shows and has occasionally worked as a television presenter and actress. Fox began her glamour modelling career at age 16. After she placed second in a ''Sunday People'' amateur modelling contest, ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun'' recruited her to pose for Page 3, where she made her first appearance in February 1983. Named ''The Sun'''s "Page 3 Girl of the Year" for 1984, 1985 and 1986, she became one of the most photographed British women of the 1980s and a notable sex symbol of the era. She left Page 3 in 1986, aged 20, to focus on pop music, but made occasional glamour modelling appearances thereafter, notably featuring in a 1996 ''Playboy'' pictorial. In 2008, she was voted the top Page 3 model of all time. Released in March 1986, Fox's debut single for the Jive Records label, "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)", be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Dors
Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 19314 May 1984) was an English actress and singer. Dors came to public notice as a Bombshell (slang), blonde bombshell, much in the style of Americans Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Mamie Van Doren. Dors was promoted by her first husband, Dennis Hamilton, mostly in sex film-comedies and risqué modelling. After it was revealed that Hamilton had been defrauding her, she continued to play up to her established image, and she made Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid headlines with the parties reportedly held at her house. Later, she showed talent as a performer on TV, in recordings, and in cabaret, and gained new public popularity as a regular chat-show guest. She also gave well-regarded film performances at different points in her career. According to film critic David Thomson (film critic), David Thomson, "Dors represented that period between the end of the World War II, war and the coming of ''Lady Chatterley's Lover, Lady Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is There Something I Should Know?
"Is There Something I Should Know?" is the eighth single by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 14 March 1983. The song was released as a stand-alone single and became the band's first UK number one record. It debuted in the number one position on the UK Singles Chart on 26 March 1983. The single also had great success in America, where it was released in late May. The song reached number four on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on 6 August 1983 and sold more than a million copies. As of October 2021, "Is There Something I Should Know?" is the eleventh most streamed Duran Duran song in the UK. Recording "Is There Something I Should Know?" was recorded at Tony Visconti's Good Earth Studios in Soho, London with producer Ian Little, who was recommended to Duran Duran by Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera. Eventually, the song would undergo several rounds of mixing due to a lack of compression on the drums as Little asserted: one mix was done at Good Earth, one at Eel Pie St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
