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Uncle Charlie
''Uncle Charlie'' is the fourth studio album by American singer Charlie Wilson. It was released by Jive Records on February 17, 2009. It features production from Gregg Pagani, The Underdogs, Bigg D, T-Pain and Los da Mystro. It features guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx and T-Pain. It debuted and peaked at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with first week sales of 58,000 copies. At the 52nd Grammy Awards, ''Uncle Charlie'' was nominated for Best R&B Album, while the single "There Goes My Baby" was nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Critical reception 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 Mus ... editor David Jeffries found that ''Uncle Charlie'' "follows the formula of the former Gap Band vocalist's previous release, ''Charlie, Last Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Wilson (musician)
Charles Kent Wilson (born January 29, 1953), also known as Uncle Charlie, is an American Singer, Songwriter, and Record Producer who served as lead vocalist for the Gap Band from its 1967 formation until its 2010 disbandment. As a solo act, Wilson has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards and 11 NAACP Image Awards (including two wins), received a 2009 Soul Train Icon Award, and was a recipient of a BMI Icon Award in 2005. In 2009 and 2020, he was named ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine's No. 1 Adult R&B Artist, and his song "There Goes My Baby (Charlie Wilson song), There Goes My Baby" was named the No. 1 Urban Adult Song for 2009 in ''Billboard''. On June 30, 2013, BET honored Wilson with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Wilson is the national spokesman of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, where there is a Creativity Award in his name. The organization donates hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to cancer research across the United States. Early life Charles Kent Wils ... [...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] |
2009 Albums ...
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2009. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2009 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 albums Albums 2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke James (singer)
Luke James Boyd (born June 13, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and actor from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his career in 2004 as one half of the Contemporary R&B, R&B duo Luke and Q, who served as backing vocalists for R&B singer Tyrese Gibson, Tyrese. While doing so, they became acquainted with the singer's primary songwriting-production team, The Underdogs (production team), the Underdogs; the duo was led to sign with J Records. Their 2006 debut single, "My Turn" failed to chart, although Boyd continued to write songs—often under the wing of the Underdogs—for other prominent artists including Chris Brown, Britney Spears, and Justin Bieber during the duo's inactivity and subsequent disbandment in 2010. Further intent on a solo recording career, he signed with record producer Danja (record producer), Danja's label N.A.R.S., in a joint venture with Island Records to release his eponymous debut studio album (2014). Preceded by the mixtapes ''#Luke'' (2011) and ''Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonnie Simmons
Lonnie Simmons (December 12, 1944 – February 6, 2019) was an American record producer from Los Angeles, California. He was founder and president of the now defunct Total Experience Records. As a composer, he co-wrote several #1 R&B songs for his label's major acts, The Gap Band and Yarbrough and Peoples. Career Lonnie Simmons operated an LA nightclub in the mid-1970s called The Total Experience. (The club made several appearances in movies like ''Dolemite'' and ''Black Fist''.) Simmons' nightclub booked R&B-oriented musical acts, and Simmons' interest in music led him to buy a recording studio. In 1978, he signed a little-known R&B act, the Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band, (shortened in 1973 by a typo to the Gap Band) to his production company, and secured a record deal with Mercury Records. The band, consisting of twelve members, was reduced officially to the three Wilson brothers. Their first Total Experience-produced single, 1979's "Shake", went to #4 on the R&B cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyric (group)
Lyric was an American R&B girl group, which comprised Brooklyn native, Farrah "Fendi" Fleurimond,Hunt, Kenya. "NEXT > Lyric: Sunny Days." '' Vibe''. November 2002: 88. Print. Los Angeles native Jackie (a.k.a. Baby J), and Detroit native Thema "Tayma Loren" McKinney. They would later be recognized as the first female trio to be signed by Clive Davis to his J Records imprint. Background The group recorded a self-titled debut album that was scheduled to be released in November 5, 2002. The album was set to feature production from Hennessy, Kenny Whitehead, Steve Estiverne, Jack Knight and Thema's brother Carlos "Pryceless" McKinney. The debut yielded four singles (" Young & Sexy", "Episode", "Hot & Tipsy" and "Little Did You Know") before its cancellation."The Explosive Next Wave Is About To Begin... > Lyric." ''Billboard''. June 22, 2002: 7. Print. In 2003, the trio attended the Grammy Week Songwriters luncheon with Patti LaBelle, before their disbandment and exit from J Record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Eugene Smith
Marvin Eugene Smith (born 1952) is an American songwriter, executive and producer. He is a former protege of Motown producer Norman Jesse Whitfield. He has been active in the music industry for 40 years. His songs have been recorded by a diverse range of artists that include Jerry Butler (" The Devil in Mrs. Jones" Motown 1977) to Rose Royce ("You're A Winner" Whitfield-Warner 1980, "Somehow We Made It Through the Rain" Epic 1981) to Trey Songz ("Gotta Go" Capital 2004) to Charlie Wilson ("There Goes My Baby" BMG 2009) to Mario, Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her ... ("Somebody Else" RCA 2013). External links * * Musicvf.comDiscogs.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Marvin Eugene American male songwriters 1952 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babyface (musician)
Kenneth Brian Edmonds (born April 10, 1959), better known by his stage name Babyface, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has written and produced 26 number-one Contemporary R&B, R&B hits and won 13 Grammy Awards. He was ranked number 20 on ''NME'' 50 of The Greatest Producers Ever list. Early life Edmonds was born on April 10, 1959, in Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, to Marvin and Barbara Edmonds. Barbara was a production operator at a pharmaceutical plant. Edmonds, who is the fifth of six brothers (including future After 7 band members Melvin and Kevon Edmonds, the latter of whom went on to have a modestly successful solo career), attended North Central High School (Indianapolis, Indiana), North Central High School in Indianapolis, and as a shy youth, wrote songs to express his emotions. When he was in eighth grade, Edmonds' father died of lung cancer, leaving his mother to raise her sons alone. Music career Edmonds later met funk performer Bootsy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Simmons
Daryl L. Simmons is an American R&B record producer and songwriter. Best known for his production work with L.A. Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Simmons was credited on the majority of albums by their label LaFace Records, as well as several of Edmonds' solo albums. In 1977, he formed the R&B collective Manchild, who recorded two soul and funk albums and became known for their hit song, "Especially for You", which was released that same year by Chi Sound Records. Edmonds, Reggie Griffin, and Charles "Chuckie" Bush were among Manchild's revolving members. He has written and composed songs such as " End Of The Road" (Boyz II Men), " Super Woman" ( Karyn White), "Breathe Again" (Toni Braxton), " I'm Ready" ( Tevin Campbell), " Baby Baby Baby" (TLC), " My My My" (Johnny Gill), " We're Not Making Love No More" (Dru Hill) and " Queen of the Night" (Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, film prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Richardson
Calvin Richardson (born December 16, 1976) is an American R&B singer-songwriter. He signed with Universal Motown Records to release his debut studio album, ''Country Boy'' (1999). His second album, '' 2:35 PM'' (2003), was released by Hollywood Records and entered the ''Billboard'' 200. Career In the mid 1990s, Richardson went solo and signed with Universal Records. His debut album, ''Country Boy'', was released on August 24, 1999, selling 100,000 units. Despite this he was dropped by Universal. Shortly thereafter, he signed a contract with Hollywood Records. On September 16, 2003, he released his second album, '' 2:35 PM''. The album was given that name because Richardson's child was born at that time, just before completing the album. It featured the minor R&B hit "Keep On Pushin'", a song Richardson wrote and produced by himself. He originally recorded the song "More Than a Woman" a duet with Angie Stone which originally appeared on her 2001 album ''Mahogany Soul''. Richar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Underdogs (production Team)
The Underdogs is an American R&B/pop production duo composed of Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas. Biography Harvey Mason Jr. is the son of session drummer Harvey Mason Sr. Damon Thomas was a songwriting and production partner for R&B producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds during the late 1990s, and worked with Babyface on hits such as Dru Hill's " These Are the Times", Faith Evans' " Never Gonna Let You Go", and Pink's " Most Girls". Harvey Mason Jr. was part of the Darkchild crew working alongside Rodney Jerkins before teaming up with Thomas. Mason and Thomas began working together in 1999, with their first major production being Tyrese's single "I Like Them Girls". Since then, the duo has worked with a number of R&B performers, among them Lionel Richie, Omarion, J. Valentine, Justin Timberlake, Victoria Beckham, Joe, Donell Jones, Olivia, Mario, JoJo, Mario Vazquez, Stacie Orrico, R. Kelly, Jessica Mauboy, Chris Brown, Jordin Sparks, Marques Houston, Ruben Studdard, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
