Big Thing is the fifth studio album by English new wave band Duran Duran. It was released on 18 October 1988 by EMI. The album reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart and number 24 on the US Billboard 200. In 1988, the musical climate was changing, veering to a more dance-based groove. Duran […]
“All She Wants Is” is a song by Duran Duran. It was released in December 1988 as the second single from the Big Thing album and reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. “All She Wants Is” had a bigger impact in […]
“Do You Believe In Shame?” is a song by Duran Duran. Released on 10 April 1989, it was the third and final single from the Big Thing album. The song was dedicated to three of the band’s dead friends: record producer Alex Sadkin, artist Andy Warhol and Simon Le Bon’s childhood friend David Miles. Le […]
“I Don’t Want Your Love” is the seventeenth single from Duran Duran and the first single from the Big Thing album. It was released in September 1988. As with the album, the band’s name was rendered on the artwork as Duranduran. “I Don’t Want Your Love” debuted at number 20 and peaked the following week […]
“Don’t Stop” is the first single from Jeffrey Osborne‘s same titled album (Don’t Stop). It was released in 1984 and reached #44 in the US and #61 in the UK.
What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me is the Gold certified third solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1981. Three singles were released from What Cha’ Gonna Do: the Beatles cover “We Can Work It Out” (US R&B #34), the McCrarys cover “Any Old Sunday” (#68) […]
“What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me” is the title track of Chaka Khan‘s third solo album from 1981. The song was written by Ned Doheny and Hamish Stuart of the Average White Band. They had recorded the song a year earlier and released it on their LP Shine. The song was the second of four […]
Benny & Us is an album by Average White Band & Ben E King, released in 1977 on Atlantic Recording Corporation. Tracks 1 Get It Up For Love (Ned Doheny) 04:34 2 Fool For You Anyway (Mick Jones) 05:38 3 A Star In The Ghetto (Phillip Mitchell) 07:01 4 The Message (Average White Band; Ben […]
One To One is the third album by British pop singer Howard Jones. It was released in October 1986. The CD release also contains the single version of “No One Is to Blame” (a song featured on his previous album) with Phil Collins on drums and backing vocals. The album contains the hits “You Know […]
“You Know I Love You… Don’t You?” was a single from Howard Jones‘s third studio album One to One. It was his first single not to enter the UK Top 40, peaking at #43, although it did reach #34 in the rival Network Chart. It fared much better in the US reaching #17 in the […]