Raise! is the eleventh studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, Released on November 14, 1981 by CBS Records (now Sony Music). The album rose to Nos. 1 & 5 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively. Raise! has been certified platinum in the US by the RIAA for sales of […]
Black & White is the eighth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1981 on the Planet label. Black & White was their fourth record with producer Richard Perry and yielded the #2 pop hit “Slow Hand”. The fourth single release, “Should I Do It”, reached #13 in the spring of 1982, making Black […]
Where There’s Smoke… is a 1979 album by Smokey Robinson, released on Motown Records’ Tamla label. It contains his Billboard Top ten pop hit single “Cruisin’”. Tracks 1 It’s A Good Night (Smokey Robinson) 5:46 2 I Love The Nearness Of You (Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder) 4:30 3 The Hurt’s On You (Lawrence Hanks, Rodney […]
First Things 1st is a solo album by drummer Ricky Lawson, released in 1997. Tracks 1 Real Love (Ricky Lawson; Kevin Dorsey; Bridgette Bryant) 5:41 2 Plain Old Fashion Love (Ricky Lawson; Bill Cantos) 4:33 3 Slow And Gentle (Ricky Lawson; Joe Wolfe; Carol Duboc) 5:34 4 I Will Be Here Waiting For You (Ricky […]
T.K. LA is the fifth solo album by Takeshi Itoh, released in 1993. Takeshi Itoh (伊東たけし Itō Takeshi) (born 15 March 1954 in Japan), nicknamed “T.K.” by fans, (possibly because of his 1988 solo album, which is also titled T.K.), is a Japanese saxophonist, EWI player, lyricist, keyboard player and flautist. He is currently[when?] saxophonist […]
Back on the Block is a 1989 studio album produced by Quincy Jones. The album features legendary musicians and singers from across three generations, including Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Luther Vandross, Dionne Warwick, Barry White, Chaka Khan, Take 6, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, […]
Destiny, the title track, is the third single by The Jacksons, released in 1979. Musicians Bass Nathan Watts Drums Ed Greene Guitar Michael Sembello Guitar Paul Jackson Jr Guitar Tito Jackson Keyboards Greg Phillinganes Percussion Randy Jackson Produced By The Jacksons Songwriters The Jacksons Charts US:# –UK:#34
“Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)” is a song recorded by The Jacksons for their 1978 album Destiny, and released as a single in 1979. It peaked at No. 7 in the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1979. The most successful of the Jacksons’ recordings for Epic, “Shake Your Body” (originally demoed as “Shake […]
“Blame It on the Boogie” is a song originally released in 1978 by English singer-songwriter Mick Jackson, then The Jacksons, and later covered by numerous artists. The song was performed on Musikladen (January, 1979), Aplauso (February, 1979), Sonja Goed Nieuw’s Show (2 February 1979) and ABBA Special: Disco in the Snow Part 1. The song […]
Destiny is the thirteenth studio album released by American band The Jacksons recorded at Dawnbreaker Studios – San Fernando, California. It was released in 1978 on Epic Records. The album would eventually sell over four million copies worldwide, two million in America during its initial run and another two million worldwide. The album marked the […]