Every Home Should Have One is a studio album by R&B/jazz singer Patti Austin. Released on Qwest Records in 1981, it includes the number-one hit duet with James Ingram, “Baby Come to Me”, and the title track, “Every Home Should Have One”, which peaked at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. She also scored […]
Odyssey is the first album by Odyssey, released in 1977 on RCA Victor. Odyssey is originally a New York City, United States-based singing group, best known for their 1977 hit “Native New Yorker”, and a series of other mainly dance and soul hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Now based in the United […]
“Native New Yorker” is a disco song written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell. It was first recorded in 1977 by Frankie Valli and released on his album Lady Put the Light Out. Later in 1977 the song became a hit single for the soul dance band Odyssey, reaching No. 3 on the U.S. disco […]
“I’m Every Woman” is the debut solo single by American singer Chaka Khan from her debut solo studio album Chaka (1978). It was Khan’s first hit outside her recordings with the funk band Rufus. “I’m Every Woman” was produced by Arif Mardin and written by the successful songwriting team Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. The […]
So is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 19 May 1986 by Charisma Records. After working on the soundtrack to the film Birdy (1984), producer Daniel Lanois was invited to remain at Gabriel’s Somerset home during 1985 to work on his next solo project. Initial sessions for So consisted of […]
“Don’t Give Up” is a song written by English musician Peter Gabriel and recorded as a duet with Kate Bush for Gabriel’s fifth solo studio album So (1986). The single version was released as the second single from the album in the UK in 1986 and as the fifth single in the United States in […]
“In Your Eyes” is a song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel from his fifth solo album So (1986). It features Youssou N’Dour singing a part at the end of the song translated into his native Wolof. Gabriel’s lyrics were inspired by an African tradition of ambiguity in song between romantic love and love of […]
Don’t Mess With Mister T. is a Stanley Turrentine album produced by Creed Taylor on his label, CTI. It was arranged by Bob James and recorded at Van Gelder Studio in June 1973. Tracks 1 Don’t Mess With Mister T (Marvin Gaye) 09:48 2 Two For T (Stanley Turrentine) 07:03 3 Too Blue (Stanley Turrentine) […]
Wet is an album released by Barbra Streisand in 1979. The album is a concept album of sorts with all the songs referring to, or expressing different interpretations of, water. Wet is also the first and the last word sung on the album. The album was a major success for Barbra Streisand, due largely to […]
A Jazzy Wonderland is an album by various artists ( Harry Connick Jr, Branford Marsalis, Richard Tee, Grover Washington Jr, Kirk Whalum and many others). It was released in 1990 on CBS Records. Tracks 1 This Christmas (Donny Hathaway; Nadine McKinnor) 03:57 2 Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (Haven Gillespie; Fred Coots) 04:59 3 […]