“Heart and Soul” is a song by British pop band T’Pau. Featuring vocalist Carol Decker performing overlapping lyrics, the song was released as a single record in 1987, taken from the 1987 album Bridge of Spies. Following its inclusion in a Pepe Jeans advert, the single reached #4 in both the US and UK charts. [...]
Michel’le – Something In My Heart
Michel’le Toussaint (born 1970) better known as Michel’le, is an American R&B singer-songwriter known for her squeaky, child-like speaking voice, which is a startling contrast to her strong vocals. Michel’le is an R&B vocalist of mixed Louisiana Creole heritage. She is known for her squeaky, child-like speaking voice which is a startling contrast to her [...]
Amii Stewart – Knock on Wood
This video has a blank screen for the first 15 seconds of the song. The video is KILLER! You can just image young drag queens in the late 70′s watching this video for the first time in utter amazement! Knock on Wood is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in February 1979. The album [...]
Born To Be Alive: Patrick Hernandez
Born to Be Alive is a 1979 album by French singer Patrick Hernandez and also a song on this album.The album’s title track, written by Hernandez, was a significant worldwide pop hit and also hit number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. Written first as a hard-rock song, “Born to Be Alive” [...]
M.A.R.S. – Pump Up The Volume
“Pump Up the Volume” is a song and the only single by British recording act MARRS. Recorded and released in 1987, it was a number-one hit in many countries and is generally regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British house music and music sampling. The song derives its title directly from a [...]
House of Pain – Jump Around
“Jump Around” a song by the group House of Pain, produced by DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill, who has also covered the song. It became a hit in 1992, reaching Number 3 in the United States. A 1993 re-release of the song in the UK, where the original had been a minor hit, peaked at [...]
Snap – The power
“The Power” is an electronic pop hit song by the German music group Snap! from their album World Power. It was released in January 1990 and reached number-one in the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, as well as the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Rap charts. It is particularly known for its [...]
Milli Vanilli- Girl, I’m gonna Miss You
“Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” is a song recorded by Milli Vanilli which was released as a single in the middle of 1989 off the album Girl You Know It’s True. The single was a success, hitting the number one spot on the American and European charts. This song also reached number one in Canada. [...]
No Mercy – Where Do You Go (1996)
“Where Do You Go” is the title of a song written by Peter Bischof and Franz Reuther. It was recorded by American eurodance group No Mercy on their eponymous debut album released in June 1996 as their first single. It became a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 5, and [...]
Kaoma – The Lambada 1989
“Lambada”, also released as “Chorando Se Foi (Lambada)” and “Llorando se fue (Lambada)”, is a 1989 song recorded by the French pop group Kaoma with the Brazilian vocalist Loalwa Braz. It was released as the first single from Kaoma’s debut album Worldbeat. The video, filmed on Cocos beach in the city of Trancoso, in the [...]
Big Mountain – Baby I Love Your Way
Big Mountain was an American reggae/pop band, most famous for their cover version of Peter Frampton’s “Baby, I Love Your Way,” which became a Top 10 hit single in the U.S. in early 1994 reaching number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, number-one on Mainstream Top 40, and number 2 in the UK shortly [...]
Inner Circle – Sweat 1987
Inner Circle is a Jamaican reggae group. The group was formed in 1968 by the brothers Ian and Roger Lewis in Jamaica. With Jacob Miller as their front-man and lead singer the band was one of the most popular in Jamaica during the 1970s, and one of few reggae bands that performed live. They are [...]
The Gap Band – You Dropped A Bomb On Me
The band reached a whole new level of fame in 1980 with the release of the #1 R&B and #16 Billboard 200 The Gap Band III. The band adopted a formula of quiet-storm ballads (such as the #5 R&B song “Yearning for Your Love” and “Are You Living”) supported by anthemic funk songs (such as [...]
Huey Lewis And The News – I Want A New Drug
Due to record label delays on the release of their third studio album, Sports, Huey Lewis and the News was back to square one in late 1983, touring small clubs in a bus to promote the record (eventually known as the “Workin’ for a Livin’” tour). The new album initially hit No. 6 in the [...]
Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
His iconic music videos by Terence Donovan for the hits “Simply Irresistible” and “Addicted to Love” featured identically dressed dancing women with pale faces, dark eye makeup and bright red lipstick, which resembled the women in the art of Patrick Nagel, an artist popular in the 1980s. Sharp-suited, his involvement in the music industry commenced [...]