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Renée Geyer At Her Very Best
''Renée Geyer at Her Very Best'' is the first greatest hits album by Australian Soul music, soul/R&B singer Renée Geyer. The album was released in October 1977 and peaked at number 53 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. According to ''The Canberra Times'' reporter, "it features all the Geyer favourites." The artist undertook her Geyer Gold tour of Australia as the country's "lady of soul" prior to travelling to Los Angeles for a series of concerts. Track listing ;Vinyl/ cassette (VPL1-0145) Side One #"Stares and Whispers (song), Stares and Whispers" (John Footman / Frank Wilson / Terri McFadden) – 3.30 #"Ready to Deal" (Renée Geyer Band) – 3.30 #"Moving Along" (Renée Geyer / Mal Logan / Barry Sullivan / Judy Wieder) – 6:10 #"Be There in the Morning" Renée Geyer / Mal Logan / Barry Sullivan) – 3.49 #"What Do I Do on Sunday Morning" (Dennis Lambert / Brian Potter) – 3.56 #"Heading in the Right Direction" (Mark Punch / Garry Paige) – 3.53 Side Two #"It's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Geyer
Renée Rebecca Geyer (11 September 195317 January 2023) was an Australian singer who was an acclaimed jazz, soul and R&B musician.* 1st edition nline * 2nd edition rint She released 15 studio albums with '' Moving Along'' (1977) and '' Tenderland'' (2003) both reaching number 11 on the Australian charts. Geyer's singles success as a solo artist in Australia were with " It's a Man's Man's World", " Heading in the Right Direction" and " Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and " Say I Love You" in the 1980s. The latter also reached number one in New Zealand. The singer was an internationally respected and sought-after backing vocalist, whose session credits include work with Sting, Chaka Khan, Toni Childs, Joe Cocker, Neil Diamond, Men at Work and Trouble Funk. Geyer's autobiography, ''Confessions of a Difficult Woman'' (2000), co-written with music journalist Ed Nimmervoll detailed her drug addictions, sex life and career in music. She described herself as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by Honorific nicknames in popular music, various nicknames, among them "Mr. Dynamite", "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk", "Godfather of Soul", "King of Soul", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres. Brown was one of the first ten inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 23, 1986. His music has been heavily sampled by hip-hop musicians and other artists. Brown began his career as a Gospel music, gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. He rose to prominence in the mid-1950s as the lead singer of the Famous Flames, a rhythm and blues vocal group founded by Bobby Byrd. With the hit ballads "Please, Please, Please (James Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Geyer Albums
Renée (without the accent in non-French speaking countries) is a French feminine given name and surname. Renée is the female form of René, with the extra "e" making it feminine according to French grammar. The name Renée is the French form of the late Roman name Renatus and the meaning is ''reborn'' or ''born again''. In medieval times, the meaning was associated with the Christian concept of being spiritually born again through baptism. Renee was among the top 100 names given to girls in the United States in the late 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s and the early 1980s. It ranked as the 734th most popular name given to American girls in 2008 and is continuing to fall in popularity. Given name *Renée and Renato, British male/female vocal duo *Renée Adorée (1898–1933), French actress of the silent era *Renee Alway (born 1986), American fashion model * Renee Amoore (1953–2020), American health care advocate *Renée Asherson (1915–2014), English actress *Renée Aubin (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Greatest Hits Albums
Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown Bacteria, bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst Granville rail disaster, railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207 Azor, CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, Valencia, Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral Sea, Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are Enclave and exclave, enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its Western Australia border, western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Ives, New South Wales
St Ives is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia 18 kilometres north of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council. St Ives Chase is a separate adjacent area, designated suburb, to the west and north. History The St Ives area was first explored by Governor Arthur Phillip and a party of men in 1788 where they set up a campsite at Bungaroo which is close to what is now Hunter Avenue. The area produced a small-scale timber felling industry. There are still some examples of the thirty-metre and higher trees in nearby Pymble in the Dalrymple-Hay Nature Reserve and near Canisius College. Native turpentine trees were also once abundant and provided useful timber for cabinet making. It was once known for its apple orchards, but due to residential demand, there is no longer any commercial fruit growing in the area. During the Second World War, there were significant numbers of tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Bowen
Jeffrey Bowen is an American songwriter and record producer, notable for his work at both Motown Records and Holland-Dozier-Holland's Invictus and Hot Wax labels. Biography He is best known for his work with the groups Chairmen of the Board, Commodores, DeBarge and the Temptations, and singers Rick James and Freda Payne. He wrote Marvin Gaye's song You. Bowen was first married to Ruth Copeland in the early 1970s. Bowen produced three albums for the Temptations: '' In a Mellow Mood'' (1967), ''A Song for You'' (1975), and '' Wings of Love'' (1976). In 1976, he requested Temptation Dennis Edwards Dennis Edwards Jr. (February 3, 1943 – February 1, 2018) was an American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations for Motown Records. Edwards joined the Temptations in 1968, replacing David Ruffin and sang w ... to leave the Temptations and go solo, but however, Bowen had assigned all the leads to Edwards, and then this would make Bowen's last a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakey Ground
"Shakey Ground" is a 1975 R&B single by The Temptations. It was co-written by Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel, who plays lead guitar on the song. Background Original Funkadelic bassist Billy "Bass" Nelson also plays on the song. Personnel * Lead vocals by Dennis Edwards * Background vocals by Damon Harris, Richard Street, Melvin Franklin and Otis Williams * Guitar by Eddie Hazel * Bass by Billy Bass Nelson * Soprano saxophone by Donald Charles Baldwin * Instrumentation by various Los Angeles studio musicians Chart history "Shakey Ground" was the last by the group to reach the number-one spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot Soul Singles chart: the song also crossed over to the pop chart, reaching number twenty-six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Cover versions The song has been covered by many artists: * Van McCoy covered it for his 1975 album ''Disco Baby''. * Phoebe Snow recorded it for her 1976 album '' It Looks Like Snow''. * Renée Geyer included the song on her 1976 album '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser (composer)
Ian Fraser (23 August 1933 – 31 October 2014) was an English composer, conductor, orchestrator, arranger and music director. In a career that spanned over 50 years, he received eleven Emmy Awards out of 32 total nominations, making him the most-honored musician in television history. His first 23 Emmy nominations, received between 1977 and 1999, were consecutive, which is the longest run of individual nominations in the history of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. His professional associations were with such artists as actress-singer Julie Andrews, singer-songwriter Anthony Newley and composer-lyricist Leslie Bricusse. In addition to his many Emmy Awards and nominations, he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations as conductor and supervisor of Bricusse's score for the 1970 musical film '' Scrooge''. Early life and career Fraser was born in Hove, England, on 23 August 1933. He attended Eastbourne College between 1945 and 1951. He served for five y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Newley
Anthony Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999) was an English actor, director, comedian, singer, and composer. A "latter-day British Al Jolson", he achieved widespread success in song, and on stage and screen. "One of Broadway's greatest leading men", from 1959 to 1962 he scored a dozen entries on the UK Singles Chart, including two number one hits. Newley won the 1963 Grammy Award for Song of the Year for " What Kind of Fool Am I?", sung by Sammy Davis Jr., and wrote " Feeling Good", which became a signature hit for Nina Simone. His songs have been sung by a wide variety of singers including Fiona Apple, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey. With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse, Newley was nominated for an Academy Award for the film score of '' Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' (1971), featuring " Pure Imagination", which has been recorded by dozens of singers. He collaborated with John Barry on the title song for the James Bond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Record
Eugene Booker Record (December 23, 1940 – July 22, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the Chicago-based vocal group The Chi-Lites. He had international hits with " Oh Girl," " Have You Seen Her," " Soulful Strut," and " (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People". His writing contributions earned him a Grammy Award. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, to Booker and Bernice Record, Record was drawn to music through his older sister's involvement as a pianist. He learned to play the guitar and formed his first group while at high school with Robert Lester, who stayed on when they joined up with two members of another local group to form The Hi-Lites and eventually changing the name to The Chi-Lites. After a few unsuccessful singles, the group was signed by Brunswick Records production chief in Chicago, Carl Davis. Record wrote or co-wrote (often with singer Barbara Acklin) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Girl
"Oh Girl" is a song written by Eugene Record and recorded by American soul vocal group the Chi-Lites, with Record on vocals and also producing. It was released as a single on Brunswick Records in 1972. Included on the group's 1972 album '' A Lonely Man'', "Oh Girl" centers on a relationship on the verge of break-up. "Oh Girl" was the Chi-Lites' first and only No. 1 single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at that position in May 1972 for one week. The single also reached the top position of the ''Billboard'' R&B Singles chart the following month, remaining in that position for two weeks. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 13 song for 1972. In addition, it reached No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1972, and was a UK hit again in 1975 when reissued as a double A-side with "Have You Seen Her", this time reaching a new peak of No. 5. The song prominently features a harmonica. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Personnel *Eugene Record – lead vocals, guit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
