Posted by Oscar on Thursday, 22 of March , 2007 at 5:28 am
Glenn Alan Medeiros is a singer and songwriter of Portuguese ancestry from the state of Hawai’i. He is best known for his rendition of George Benson’s “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You,” which was #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 of 1987 and #1 in the UK as well as in France and Germany (one of his three worldwide #1 hit singles).
Lyrics: Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You - Glenn Medeiros
If I had to live my life without you near me
The days would all be empty
The nights would seem so long
With you I see forever oh so clearly
I might have been in love before
But it never felt this strong
Our dreams are young and we both know
They’ll take us where we want to go
Hold me now
Touch me now
I don’t want to live without you
Nothing’s gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I’ll never ask for more than your love
Nothing’s gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing’s gonna change my love for you (Read more…)
Posted by Oscar on Tuesday, 20 of March , 2007 at 5:42 am
Donald Wayne “Don” Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor well known for his film and television appearances. Johnson became a household name as a result of his role in the popular 1980s TV cop series, Miami Vice. He was also popular in the 1990s for another cop series, Nash Bridges.
In 1986 Johnson released the album Heartbeat which featured a hit single of the same name, he registered a Top Five hit.
Posted by CoyoteDJ on Tuesday, 12 of December , 2006 at 5:56 am
Glenn Alan Medeiros (born June 24, 1970) is a singer and songwriter of Portuguese ancestry from the state of Hawai’i. From humble beginnings performing on a tour bus on the island of Kauai, Medeiros’s musical career soared. He is best known for his rendition of George Benson’s “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You,” which was #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 of 1987 and #1 in the UK as well as in France and Germany (one of his three worldwide #1 hit singles).
His British chart success was brought to an abrupt end following a disastrous appearance on the TV show Juke Box Jury. Unbeknown to the show’s panellists, who gave his single a unanimously scathing review, he appeared at the end of the programme as the regular “mystery guest”. To this day he still blames his manager for accepting the booking and bringing about the death of his career in the UK.
Today, Medeiros performs at the Hale Koa Hotel in Waikiki, and also teaches music at St. Joseph’s School in Waipahu, and teaches 5th grade at Island Pacific Academy in Kapolei.
Posted by CoyoteDJ on Monday, 11 of December , 2006 at 7:56 am
Men Without Hats are a Canadian pop group from Montreal, Quebec who were popular in the early 1980s. They were characterized by the deep, expressive vocals of their lead singer Ivan and their elaborate use of synthesizers and electronic processing. Their most-remembered single was entitled “The Safety Dance“.
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A popular but unconfirmed tale is that the name originated from a misread announcement to one of their early gigs as “Men Without Hate” by a francophone MC in Montréal.
The band erupted onto the international scene a couple of years later with their hit single “The Safety Dance” from their debut album Rhythm of Youth.
Their 1991 album Sideways, dominated by processed electric guitars instead of keyboards, revealed a dramatically different sound for the band. The album failed to attract an American label, and the band broke up.
Following the break-up, Ivan released a solo album, The Spell, in 1997. Stefan and Mack MacKenzie (of 3 O’Clock Train) released Ride of Glory, a post-modern Western-themed CD.
Stefan and Ivan regrouped to release “No Hats Beyond This Point” in 2003.
Posted by CoyoteDJ on Friday, 8 of December , 2006 at 2:45 am
Information Society (also known as InSoc) is a U.S. band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, primarily consisting of Kurt Larson (aka Kurt Valaquen/Kurt Harland), Paul Robb, and James Cassidy; the latter two reconvened the band in 2006. Their breakout hit was 1988’s “What’s On Your Mind? (Pure Energy)”, a dance hit which included a sample of Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) from Star Trek, saying “pure energy,” and opened with a sample of Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley), also from Star Trek, saying, “It’s worked so far, but we’re not out yet!”
The disc was one of the few to use CD+G, which included digital graphics on the compact disc version in addition to the music. The audio samples from Star Trek were authorized for use on the album partially thanks to the efforts of Adam Nimoy, fan of the band and son of Star Trek’s Leonard. The album sold out it’s initial print in 2 weeks in the US alone and was impossible to find for a month. The album would soon reach gold status after 5 months of it’s release and would eventually turn platinum.
During this time the band released an anonymous single (comprised of 2 tracks from their forthcoming second album) under the name Think Tank. They also had a song - the instrumental track “Hit Me” - placed on the soundtrack to the movie Earth Girls Are Easy.
During the course of the four albums and about a dozen remix singles from them, Information Society’s sound went from more electronic pop music to a darker industrial type, though they will always be remembered for their first hit song and the cardboard guitars they wielded in its music video.
In 2006, it was announced that Paul Robb and James Cassidy are putting the band back together sans Kurt Harland. Kurt Harland will not be participating in the new line-up due to family and work obligations. The new lineup includes Christopher Anton replacing Harland as the lead singer and keyboardist Sonja Myers.
Posted by CoyoteDJ on Tuesday, 28 of November , 2006 at 5:53 am
Sananda Maitreya
(formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby and born Terence Trent Howard on March 15, 1962) is an American-born singer-songwriter currently living in Milan, Italy. He is recognizable through his trademark voice resembling that of Sam Cooke, and the fact that, like such artists as Stevie Wonder, Todd Rundgren and Prince before him, he produces his own albums and plays most of the instruments.
As Terence Trent D’Arby
His debut solo album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby, released in 1987, is his best-known and, in commercial terms, most successful work. The album, which produced such hit as “Wishing Well,” sold over a million copies in the first three days of its release, and its sales currently total over 12 million. The album also earned Maitreya a Grammy Award in March 1988 in the category Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male. In that same year, he earned a Soul Train Award nomination for Best New Artist.
Maitreya’s follow-up was the somewhat more experimental and serious Neither Fish Nor Flesh: A Soundtrack of Love, Faith, Hope & Destruction (1989). It gathered generally hostile reviews from the critics, and was not commercially as successful as its predecessor. Nevertheless, it sold over 2 million copies.
It took four more years and a move to Los Angeles until his next project, Symphony or Damn: Exploring the Tension Inside the Sweetness (1993) was released. The record touched many of the issues that had been raised also in Neither Fish Nor Flesh, but was musically more straightforward and rock-influenced than its predecessors. It gathered favourable reviews and gained much airplay in major music stations.
In 1995 Maitreya released Vibrator, which largely followed Symphony or Damn in its musical direction. It was well received, but like the previous album, failed to return the artist back to the public status that he had enjoyed at the time of his first release.
During the 1990s the relations between the artist and his record label Columbia Records became strained, eventually leading to the artist’s departure in 1996. This was followed by a four-year spell on Java Records, during which he recorded Terence Trent D’Arby’s Solar Return, which was not released. In 2000, he bought the rights to his unreleased album and left the record company as well as his then-management-team Lippman Entertainment.
In 1999, Maitreya was briefly hired by INXS to replace his friend, late vocalist Michael Hutchence, so the band could play at the opening of facilities for the Sydney Olympics.
[edit] As Sananda Maitreya
Following a series of dreams, the artist adopted the name Sananda Maitreya. His name was legally changed to that on October 4, 2001.
2001 also saw Maitreya moving back to Europe and Germany, as he resettled in Munich and started his own independent record label, Sananda Records. The year also marked his first album release in six years, as the unreleased Terence Trent D’Arby’s Soular Return was revamped into Wildcard. The album, which received a warm critical welcome, was at first available for free through his website, and later gained also a commercial release through a one-album distribution deal with Universal Music.
In 2002 Maitreya moved to Milan, Italy, and began working on his next project, Angels & Vampires - Volume I. Rough demo versions of the songs were initially released through Weedshare, allowing the fans to get a glimpse of the work as it evolved. In July 29, 2005, the fully mastered album was finally released through his webshop utilizing the mp3 format.
In July 2005 Maitreya started working on Angels & Vampires - Volume II, he released chapter after chapter online as soon he finished recording the songs. On April 29, 2006 he released the fully finished and mastered album in his webshop.
I like one hit wonders because those who had at least one hit have done more in music than most of us. So big respect!
We'll try to rescue the hits that didn't last as long as they wished.
Milli Vanilli showed us the path, now pickup your fake ID and enjoy One Hit Wonders.
