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Volume IV The Classic Singles 88–93
''Volume IV The Classic Singles 88–93'' is the first greatest hits album by British group Soul II Soul, released in 1993. Along with the band's biggest hit singles released up to 1993, the album also includes one new song, "Wish". Track listing #"Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" #"Keep On Movin' (Soul II Soul song), Keep On Movin'" #"Get a Life (Soul II Soul song), Get a Life" #"A Dreams a Dream" #"Missing You (Soul II Soul song), Missing You" #"Just Right" #"Move Me No Mountain" #"People (Soul II Soul song), People" #"Fairplay" #"Jazzie's Groove" #"Wish" #"Joy (Soul II Soul song), Joy" #"Keep On Movin'" (Mafia & Fluxy Mix) #"Fairplay" (Ethnic Boys Mix) #"Back to Life" (Bonus Beats) Personnel Adapted from AllMusic. *Melissa Bell (singer), Melissa Bell – performer, primary artist *Dave Darlington – mixing engineer *Eugene Eugenius Ellis – engineer *Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez – mixing *Nellee Hooper – producer *David James – art direction *Jazzie B – producer *Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul II Soul
Soul II Soul are a British musical collective formed in London in 1988. They are best known for their two major hits; 1989's UK number five and US number eleven " Keep On Movin'", and its follow-up, the UK number one and US number four " Back to Life". They have won two Grammy Awards, and have been nominated for five Brit Awards—twice for Best British Group. Career 1988–1989: Beginnings and club classics The group initially attracted attention as a sound system some years prior to 1988 run by founder Jazzie B, playing at nights including their own at the Africa Centre, London. By 1988, the official lineup was Jazzie B, Caron Wheeler, Nellie Hooper, Simon Law, Doreen Waddell, Rose Windross, Daddae, Aitch B, and Jazzie Q. They released their first single, "Fairplay", with Rose Windross on lead vocals, recorded at the Africa Centre. where the collective hosted a regular Sunday-night residency. The song charted at number 63 on the UK Singles Chart, while their follow-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People (Soul II Soul Song)
"People" is a song by British R&B band Soul II Soul, released in 1990 as the third single from their second album, '' Vol. II: 1990 – A New Decade'' (1990). It features singer Marcia Lewis, who had performed on their previous single, " Get a Life". The song was a notable hit, peaking at number ten in Italy, number 16 in the Netherlands and number 46 in Germany. It is one of the few songs by the band not to chart in the UK. It reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart in the US. Critical reception Greg Sandow from ''Entertainment Weekly'' remarked that the band "sometimes rein a more lighthearted mood", as on the song, "where, to the pulse of a house-music beat, comments on crowds passing in the street evoke a vision of the humanity all of us share." Paolo Hewitt from ''NME'' said, "It is only on "People", with its trite melody and even triter lyrics that the group show a rare lack of quality control". Nathaniel Wice from ''Spin Spin or spinning most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul II Soul Albums
The soul is the purported immaterial aspect or essence of a living being. It is typically believed to be immortal and to exist apart from the material world. The three main theories that describe the relationship between the soul and the body are interactionism, parallelism, and epiphenomenalism. Anthropologists and psychologists have found that most humans are naturally inclined to believe in the existence of the soul and that they have interculturally distinguished between souls and bodies. The soul has been the central area of interest in philosophy since ancient times. Socrates envisioned the soul to possess a rational faculty, its practice being man's most godlike activity. Plato believed the soul to be the person's real self, an immaterial and immortal dweller of our lives that continues and thinks even after death. Aristotle sketched out the soul as the " first actuality" of a naturally organized body—form and matter arrangement allowing natural beings to aspire to fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Greatest Hits Albums
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line, skipping August 21, 1993. Events January * January 1 ** Czechoslovakia ceases to exist, as the Czech Republic and Slovakia separate in the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. ** The European Economic Community eliminates trade barriers and creates a European single market. ** International Radio and Television Organization ceases. * January 3 – In Moscow, Presidents George H. W. Bush (United States) and Boris Yeltsin (Russia) sign the START II, second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. * January 5 ** US$7.4 million is stolen from the Brink's Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York, in the fifth largest robbery in U.S. history. ** , a Liberian-reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Week
''Music Week'' is a trade publication for the UK record industry distributed via a website and a monthly print magazine. It is published by Future. History Founded in 1959 as ''Record Retailer'', it relaunched on 18 March 1972 as ''Music Week''. On 17 January 1981, the title again changed, owing to the increasing importance of sell-through videos, to ''Music & Video Week''. The rival '' Record Business'', founded in 1978 by Brian Mulligan and Norman Garrod, was absorbed into Music Week in February 1983. Later that year, the offshoot ''Video Week'' launched and the title of the parent publication reverted to ''Music Week''. Since April 1991, ''Music Week'' has incorporated ''Record Mirror'', initially as a 4 or 8-page chart supplement, later as a dance supplement of articles, reviews and charts. In the 1990s, several magazines and newsletters become part of the Music Week family: ''Music Business International (MBI)'', ''Promo'', ''MIRO Future Hits'', ''Tours Report'', ''Fono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Windross
Rose Windross originally began as a singer and songwriter in the UK reggae scene. She recorded her first album, ''Just Rose'', on the Ital Records label when she was still at school. Windross both wrote and recorded Soul II Soul's first single "Fairplay" for Jazzie B, which is featured on the album, '' Club Classics Vol. One''. In the US, although the single was pressed, "Fairplay" was never officially released as a single there, but it appeared on the B-side to the single "Feel Free". In 1996, she performed vocals on Dpd's (one of Dillon & Dickins's aliases) cover version of Terence Trent D'Arby's " Sign Your Name" which was released on Higher State's sublabel "Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and t ... 99 North. Windross joined her brother Norris Windross in 1999 to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caron Wheeler
Caron Melina Wheeler (born 19 January 1963) is a British singer, songwriter, record producer and musician. Born and raised in London, she performed in various singing competitions as a teenager and began her recording career as one of the founding members of Brown Sugar. She was also one of the founding members of the female backing vocalist group Afrodiziak. She officially rose to fame in the late 1980s as the lead singer of R&B group Soul II Soul. Managed by her bandmate, Jazzie B, the group became one of London's best-selling groups in the 1990s. Their debut album, '' Club Classics Vol. One'' (1989), which established them as a global success worldwide, earned two Grammy Awards and featured the UK and Billboard number-one singles " Keep Movin'" and " Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)". Following her exit from the group in 1990, she released her debut solo album, '' UK Blak'' (1990), which contained hits " Livin' in the Light", "UK Blak", and "Don't Quit". She contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Stephens (musician)
Richard Stephenson (born 5 December 1966), better known as Richie Stephens is a Jamaican R&B, dancehall and reggae singer and producer. Biography Born in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, Jamaica,Richie Stephens wins GG Achievement Awards for Westmoreland YardFlex.com (6 October 2006). Retrieved on 13 July 2013. Stephens worked in the early 1990s as part of the twice winning act . He recorded at , and rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kym Mazelle
Kym Mazelle (born Kymberly Grigsby; August 10, 1960) is an American singer. She is regarded as a pioneer of house music in the United Kingdom and Europe. Her music combines R&B, soul, funk, house music, dance, and pop. She is credited as " The First Lady of House Music".Kym Mazelle biography Telegraph UK. Retrieved December 5, 2016. Biography Early life Mazelle was born in . She lived on the same street as the Jackson family and knew |
Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez
Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez (born June 7, 1970), also sometimes known as K-Dope, is an American record producer and disc jockey. He is one half of the classic house music Masters at Work musical production team with Little Louie Vega; and also released the hit " The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" as The Bucketheads. Biography Gonzalez started his DJ career in 1985 organizing neighborhood block parties in his home of Brooklyn, New York, with his then musical partner, Mike Delgado. Under the Masters at Work moniker, the parties became quite successful and attracted Todd Terry who later borrowed the group's name for two record releases. Terry returned the favor at a later date when he loaned Gonzalez a drum machine, which began his interest in producing beats. Kenny Dope was one of the DJs for the group KAOS whose 1988 album ''Court's In Session'' featured production by Todd Terry. Discography :''see Masters at Work for his discography with the group''. Albums *1988 ''Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Bell (singer)
Melissa Cecelia Ewen Bell (5 March 1964 – 28 August 2017) was an English singer. From 1993 to 1996, Bell was one of the lead singers of British R&B act Soul II Soul, with whom she released a single titled "Wish". She also created her own band called Soul Explosion, which started in 1999. Bell also worked with Liza Minnelli, Whitney Houston, and Stevie Wonder. Early life Born in London, Bell was of African and Indian descent through her Jamaican-born parents. She was a graduate of Southwark College in the London Borough of Southwark. She worked in customer service for Marks and Spencer from 1982 until 1991. Career In 1987, she was featured on Bobby E and the Midi City Crew's single "Walk on the Wild Side". In 1991, she appeared on the song "The Dancer" from the Bingoboys' album ''The Best of Bingoboys''. She released her debut single "Reconsider" in 1992, which received major radio play. In the same year, she released another single titled "Crystal Clear". In 1993, Bell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy (Soul II Soul Song)
"Joy" is a song by British musical collective Soul II Soul, released on 23 March 1992 by Virgin as the first single from their third album, ''Volume III Just Right'' (1992). The song, co-written and produced by Jazzie B, features Jamaican singer and producer Richie Stephens and was a hit in Europe. It peaked within the top-10 in Greece and the UK, and also became a top-20 hit in Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands. Outside Europe, it reached number four in Zimbabwe, number 18 in New Zealand, and number 41 in Australia. A music video was produced to promote the single. Critical reception Larry Flick from ''Billboard'' described the song as a "slinky funk/Contemporary R&B jam that is enlivened by jazz-spiced flutes and plush string fills. Though far from the act's best material, track is head-and-shoulders above typical urban and pop radio fodder." He added that remixes by Brand New Heavies "kick hard and should inspire club play". Andy Kastanas from ''The Charlotte Observer'' deemed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
