“Solitaire“ is a song by American singer Laura Branigan. Written by Martine Clémenceau and Diane Warren, produced by Jack White and Robbie Buchanan, it was released in March 1983 as the lead single from Branigan’s second studio album, Branigan 2 (1983). The song originated as a 1981 recording in French by Martine Clémenceau for whom […]
Branigan 2 is the second album by singer Laura Branigan, released in March 1983. Two hit singles emerged from the album, the dramatic Martine Clémenceau “Solitaire” and her introduction of the ballad “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”. The album improved performed better in the charts than her first album in the U.S., […]
Olympia is a 1984 single from Sérgio Mendes featuring lead vocals by Joe Pizzulo as a theme for the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics. It was released the same year on the album Confetti. The song is also used as the theme song for Olympia Sports Camp in Ontario, Canada, and for the World’s Strongest […]
Alibis was the first single from Sergio Mendes’ album Confetti. In 1984 he recorded the “Confetti” album, which had the hit songs “Olympia”, which was also used as a theme song for the Olympic games that year and “Alibis”. The ’80s also found Sergio Mendes working with singer Lani Hall again on the song “No Place […]
Confetti is an album from 1984 by Sérgio Mendes. Most of the songs of the album were written by established US pop composers and lyricists such as Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Don Freeman, and Tom Snow. Among the notable singers on the album are Joe Pizzulo and Gracinha Leporace. The song […]
“Never Gonna Let You Go“ is a popular song from 1983 credited to Brazilian musician and bandleader Sérgio Mendes and sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller. Songwriters Cynthia Weil (lyrics) and Barry Mann (music) composed the song, which appears on Mendes’ 1983 self-titled album. Weil and Mann originally submitted “Never Gonna Let You Go” […]
Sérgio Mendes is the 1983 studio album by Sérgio Mendes under the A&M Records label. It includes “Never Gonna Let You Go”, a song written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil that reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Tracks 1 Voo-Doo (Douglas Brayfield, Ivan Lins, Ronaldo Monteiro de Souza, Vitor Martins) 3:49 2 […]
Brasileiro is a 1992 album by Sérgio Mendes and other artists including Carlinhos Brown which won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. Tracks 1 Fanfarra (Carlinhos Brown) 04:04 2 Magalenha (Carlinhos Brown) 03:38 3 Indiado (Carlinhos Brown) 04:16 4 What Is This? (Carlinhos Brown; Vai Quem Vem) 04:46 5 Lua Soberana (Ivan […]
Kurt Howell is an album by Kurt Howell, released in 1992. For more information about Kurt Howell, please visit his website. Tracks 1 Let’s Run With It (Kurt Howell; Chris Rodriguez) 3:52 2 We’ll Find The Way (Kurt Howell; Michael Omartian) 4:16 3 Does Love Not Open Your Eyes (Kurt Howell; Eric Kaz) 4:43 4 […]
The State Of Play is the first solo album by singer Tony Hadley , former vocalist of the British Spandau Ballet group released for the EMI label, in 1992. From the album, which does not have a great commercial success, despite the flawless vocal performance of the singer (one of the few to have studied […]