Who had a not hit in 1983 with the song 'Electric Avenue'?
"Electric Avenue (song) ""Electric Avenue"" is a song written, recorded and produced by Eddy Grant, who released it from his 1982 album ""Killer on the Rampage."" In the United States, with the help of the MTV video he shot for it, it was one of 1983's biggest hits of the year. The song's title refers to Electric Avenue in the south London district of Brixton which was the first market street to be lit by electricity. According to Grant, he first became aware of the street's existence during a stint acting at the Black Theatre of Brixton. The area is"
"charts. The song was inspired by the 1981 Brixton riot. On 17 April 1999 the neo-Nazi bomber David Copeland planted a nail bomb outside a supermarket in Brixton Road with the intention of igniting a race war across Britain. A market trader was suspicious and moved it round the corner to a less crowded area in Electric Avenue. The bomb went off, injuring 39 people. Electric Avenue Electric Avenue is a street in Brixton, London. Built in the 1880s, it was the first market street to be lit by electricity. Today, the street contains several butchers and fish mongers and"
"Ammonia Avenue Ammonia Avenue is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released on 7 February 1984 by Arista Records. The Phil Spector-influenced ""Don't Answer Me"" was the album's lead single, and reached the Top 15 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, as well as the fourth position on the Adult Contemporary chart. The single also reached the Top 20 in several countries and represents the last big hit for the Alan Parsons Project. ""Prime Time"" was a follow-up release that fared well in the top 40, reaching"
"Parsons and Eric Woolfson. Ammonia Avenue Ammonia Avenue is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released on 7 February 1984 by Arista Records. The Phil Spector-influenced ""Don't Answer Me"" was the album's lead single, and reached the Top 15 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, as well as the fourth position on the Adult Contemporary chart. The single also reached the Top 20 in several countries and represents the last big hit for the Alan Parsons Project. ""Prime Time"" was a follow-up release that fared well in"
"now known for its high population of Caribbean immigrants. At the beginning of the 1980s, tensions over unemployment, racism and poverty culminated in the street events now known as the 1981 Brixton riot. Grant, horrified and enraged, wrote and composed the song in response; a year afterwards, the song was playing over the airwaves. Grant had left the UK shortly after the riots to live in Barbados: his most recent batch of songs had been lost in baggage transit, and ""Electric Avenue"" was one of the songs he wrote immediately afterwards to make up for the lost material. Grant initially"
"West Street Mob West Street Mob were a boogie and electro music trio, active between 1981 and 1984, best known for their 1983 song ""Break Dance — Electric Boogie."" The band comprised Joey Robinson, Jr., Warren Moore and singer Sabrina Gillison. In 1981 West Street Mob recorded their eponymous album, which peaked at #57 on the ""Billboard"" Black Albums chart. The single ""Let's Dance"" peaked at #18 on the Black Singles chart and #22 on the Dance chart. In 1983 the group released its second album, ""Break Dance – Electric Boogie"". The title track contains a sample of Incredible Bongo"
"Beat Street (album) Beat Street is the sixth studio album by the Canadian pop rock band Prism. It was originally released in 1983 on the record label, Capitol, two years after Prism's successful album, ""Small Change"". It was the last of two Prism studio albums featuring the lead vocalist Henry Small, who had replaced Ron Tabak after his forced departure in 1981. It features high-profile guest backing vocalists, including the Eagles' co-lead singer Timothy B. Schmit, Toto's lead singer Bobby Kimball and Chicago's lead singer Bill Champlin. The album is notably the band's first album not to feature their guitarist"
"1983. A proposed series of United States performances supporting REO Speedwagon, Tom Petty and Hall & Oates fell through when Elektra was substantially reorganised. In November 1982 another single, ""Winners"", peaked at No. 12 in Australia. In October 1983 their second album, ""Matinee"", was released. It reached No. 16 and, of its four singles, only the lead single, ""Back to the Streets"", reached the Top 40. Their non-album single, ""Never"", was used for two film soundtracks, ""Footloose"" (1984) and ""Hot Rod"" (2007). By the end of 1987, the group had disbanded. The band reformed in 2011 with tours in 2011,"
"most successful acts associated with the movement were Adam and the Ants, Culture Club, Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran. By about 1983, the original movement had dissolved with surviving acts dropping most of the fashion elements to pursue mainstream careers. New Romantic music often made extensive use of synthesizers, merging into synthpop, which followed electronic rock pioneers in the 1970s like Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, and Tangerine Dream. Tubeway Army, a little known outfit from West London, dropped their punk rock image and topped the UK charts in 1979 with the single ""Are Friends Electric?"", prompting their singer, Gary Numan"
"1988 song ""Don't Clock Me"". No Parking (On the Dance Floor) ""No Parking (On the Dance Floor)"" is the title track from Midnight Star's fourth and most successful album, ""No Parking on the Dance Floor"". In the US, the song reached number 43 on the R&B chart, number 44 on the dance chart, and number 81 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The song has been sampled by several artists since its 1983 release, including Sugar Ray's song from 2003, ""Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)"". The basic melody was sampled by the Bar-Kays in their 1984 hit ""Freakshow on the Dance"
"Electric Boogie ""Electric Boogie"" (also known as the ""Electric Slide"") is a dance song performed by Marcia Griffiths. It is strongly associated with the ""Electric Slide"" line dance. ""Electric Boogie"" was released in 1982 and reached number 51 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. It was written and originally recorded in 1976 with Bunny Wailer. Griffiths' version was actually a hit in 1983 when it was first released, but reached its highest Billboard chart position of 51 in The Hot 100 in 1990, and has since become a celebratory staple. The song is very popular in North America"
"unreleased tracks, the original ""Heartache Avenue"" and a remix, and fifteen other songs. The Maisonettes The Maisonettes were a 'one hit wonder' English pop band formed by Laurence ""Lol"" Mason (formerly of City Boy) and Mark Tibenham, best known for their hit single ""Heartache Avenue"". The group's debut single, ""Heartache Avenue"", reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1983, topped the UK Independent Chart, and later peaked at number 12 on the Canadian chart and number 97 in Australia. The band's demo was picked up by David Virr, who released ""Heartache Avenue"" on his own Ready Steady"
"Madison Avenue (band) Madison Avenue was an Australian electronic music duo consisting of writer-producer Andy Van Dorsselaer and singer-lyricist Cheyne Coates. Madison Avenue is best known for the song ""Don't Call Me Baby"", which peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart in 1999 and number one in New Zealand and the United Kingdom in 2000. Before joining Madison Avenue, Cheyne Coates was working as a choreographer and singer in Melbourne. Coates met producer and writer Andy Van Dorsselaer (aka Andy Van) in a dance club. Van was the founder of the Vicious Vinyl record label and had remix"
"EP"", where it peaked at number 69. Don't Go Down That Street ""Don't Go Down That Street"" is a song by 1980s new wave band Culture Club. It was released as the B-side to their 1984 single ""The Medal Song"" (a song about the 1930s American actress Frances Farmer, who was featured on the sleeve of the single). It later appeared as a bonus track on the 2003 CD reissue of the album ""Waking Up with the House on Fire"". In the tradition of earlier Culture Club songs, ""Don't Go Down That Street"" includes chatting, but instead of Jamaican patois,"
"on poor management and his inexperience. In early 1983, Logan attempted a comeback in the UK with the song ""Becoming Electric"" with a new sound and image and promotional push, but the failed to chart. In 1985, Logan released his third studio album ""Straight From The Heart"" which failed to chart. He also collaborated on the charity single ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" in aid of the Bradford City Disaster Fund. In 1986, Logan rebranded himself as ""Logan"" with the song ""Stab in the Back"", which also failed to chart. In 1987, Logan made another attempt at Eurovision and with his"
"third single, the dark-themed and slow-paced ""Down in the Park"" (1979), also failed to chart, but it would prove to be one of Numan's most enduring and oft-covered songs. It was featured with other contemporary hits on the soundtrack for the 1980 film ""Times Square"", and a live version of the song can be seen in the 1982 film ""Urgh! A Music War"". Following exposure in a television advertisement for Lee Cooper jeans with the jingle ""Don't Be a Dummy"", Tubeway Army released the single ""Are 'Friends' Electric?"" in May 1979. The single took seven weeks before finally reaching No."
"1983 single ""Transformation,"" recorded by Nona Hendryx. Pope also appeared as a guest vocalist on the Payola$ single ""Never Said I Loved You,"" which was a top 10 hit in 1983. She teamed up in 2000 with the Payola$ founder Paul Hyde to sing the duet ""My Brilliant Career"" on his album ""Living Off the Radar"". She sang the role of Primavera Nicholson in the COC production of R. Murray Schafer's Patria I in November 1987. During the 1980s, Rough Trade won a Genie Award, and earned four gold and two platinum records. Although the band did not record or"
"In January 1971, Grant suffered a collapsed lung and heart infection, following which he returned to Guyana. He soon started to pursue a solo career; in the late 1970s and early 1980s he released several Top 40 singles, including ""Living on the Front Line"", ""Electric Avenue"", ""Romancing the Stone"" and ""Gimme Hope Jo'anna"". Grant also topped the UK Singles Chart in 1982 with ""I Don't Wanna Dance"". In 1982, Pat Lloyd reformed The Equals and became trademark and copyright owner with Eddy Grant. The band in 1982 consisted of Derv Gordon, Pat Lloyd, Lincoln Gordon and Ronnie Telemacque. Lincoln Gordon"
"side. ""Electric Avenue"" was re-released in 2001. The single featured the ""Ringbang Remix,"" and reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in June 2001, as well as reaching number 16 on the US dance chart. The Ringbang Remix was also featured on ""Now That's What I Call Music! 49"" as track 1 of disc 2. Refugee Camp All-Stars covered the song in 1997 for the original soundtrack of the movie ""Money Talks."" This cover was titled ""Avenues"" and featured reggae artist Ky-Mani Marley. Their version peaked at No. 35 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Electric Avenue (song) ""Electric Avenue"""
"Don't Go Down That Street ""Don't Go Down That Street"" is a song by 1980s new wave band Culture Club. It was released as the B-side to their 1984 single ""The Medal Song"" (a song about the 1930s American actress Frances Farmer, who was featured on the sleeve of the single). It later appeared as a bonus track on the 2003 CD reissue of the album ""Waking Up with the House on Fire"". In the tradition of earlier Culture Club songs, ""Don't Go Down That Street"" includes chatting, but instead of Jamaican patois, it features Japanese chatting by Miko, Boy"
"using the Prism name. He assembled a group of session musicians including Richie Zito, Alan Pasqua, Mike Baird and backing vocalists Bill Champlin (Chicago), Bobby Kimball (Toto) and Timothy B. Schmit (Eagles) to assist him. Together, this ad hoc line-up released the album ""Beat Street"" under the Prism name in 1983. The album was not a commercial success, and failed to have any charting singles in Canada. Small, by now the band's only member, was dropped from his label, and essentially retired from using the Prism name in early 1984, and the 'band' became defunct. In 1996, John Entwistle, bass"
"feature female vocals by guests Lisa (Liza) Strike and Katie Kissoon sounding like the yet-to-be-formed future Human League of 1981. Because the imposed style had not worked, Virgin permitted the band to return to their original style and the band recorded and released their first full studio album ""Reproduction"" in August 1979. The album and the single ""Empire State Human"" failed to make an impact on the charts. After these flops, Virgin cancelled the band's December 1979 tour. By this time, the Human League's role as UK electronic pioneers was usurped by Gary Numan when his single ""Are 'Friends' Electric?"""
"Electric Boogaloo (song) ""Electric Boogaloo"" is a dance-pop song by American music duo Ollie & Jerry. Released in late 1984 as the lead single from the soundtrack to the film """", the song reached number 45 on the R&B chart. Detroit natives and prolific session musicians Ollie E. Brown and Jerry Knight first collaborated as the duo Ollie & Jerry on the soundtrack to the 1984 breakdancing-themed film ""Breakin'"". The first track of that album, ""Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us"", was released as a single and reached number 9 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the summer of 1984. Following"
"Diane Charlemagne Diane Charlemagne (22 February 1964 – 28 October 2015) was a British jazz, soul, funk and electronic dance music singer. Charlemagne was lead singer with 1980s funk band, 52nd Street, having replaced previous lead vocalist Beverley McDonald in 1984. In 1990, 52nd Street re-emerged as Cool Down Zone, with Charlemagne providing vocals as well as having writing credits on all 10 songs on their album ""New Direction"". Later she was lead singer with Urban Cookie Collective, who had two UK Top 10 hits in the 1990s. Charlemagne provided the vocal for Goldie's ""Inner City Life"", and performed vocals"
"live shows, Numan recruited some additional musicians to make these television appearances (see above). The demos were recorded in 1978 but not released until 1984. Beggars Banquet have re-released and re-mastered these recordings numerous times. Current CD editions supplement the original album tracks with all single A- and B-sides, 12"" bonus tracks, studio out-takes, and recovered bootleg live material. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Charted in 1983. Tubeway Army Tubeway Army were a London-based new wave and electronic band led by lead singer Gary Numan. They were the first band of the electronic era to have a synthesiser-based number-one hit, with their single ""Are"
"Holiday Road ""Holiday Road"" is a 1983 single written, composed, and recorded by former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. The song was written for the 1983 film ""National Lampoon's Vacation."" The song was also used in the sequels ""National Lampoon's European Vacation,"" ""Vegas Vacation,"" and ""Vacation."" While the song peaked at only No. 82 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, it has since become one of Buckingham's best known songs. Buckingham released a live version of the song on his 2008 album ""Live at the Bass Performance Hall."" In July of 2015, a remastered edition of ""Holiday Road"" was re-released,"
"instrumentation of ""Don't Try This at Home"", it was a simpler record, musically, more personal and even spiritual, lyrically (its title a pun on the name of 18th-century English poet William Blake, who is referenced in the song ""Upfield""). Around that time, Nora Guthrie (daughter of American folk artist Woody Guthrie) asked Bragg to set some of her father's unrecorded lyrics to music. The result was a collaboration with the band Wilco and Natalie Merchant (with whom Bragg had worked previously). They released the album ""Mermaid Avenue"" in 1998, and ""Mermaid Avenue Vol. II"" in 2000. The first album was"
"through Elektra) signed the group and released their self-titled debut album which Holloway also produced. The single ""Now"" received strong local airplay in LA and was also covered by Phil Seymour, appearing on the 2011 CD edition of his second album. Seymour also appeared live with the Plimsouls during the late 1970s, both as a guest vocalist and as an artist on the same bill. The band achieved national popularity in 1983 when the single release ""A Million Miles Away"" was included on ""Valley Girl""s motion picture soundtrack and became a minor hit. The band, which also appeared on camera"
"by the end of 1982, Small decided to continue recording as a solo artist but using the Prism name and assembled a group of session musicians, including Alan Pasqua, Richie Zito, Mike Baird, and backup vocalists Timothy B. Schmit (Eagles), Bobby Kimball (Toto) and Bill Champlin (Chicago) to assist him. Together, this ad hoc line-up released the album ""Beat Street"" under the Prism name in July 1983. The album was not a commercial success and failed to spin off any charting singles. In a 2006 interview, Small explained why: ""Bruce Allen had a falling out with the president of EMI"
"version (12""). The song was later included on the Japanese edition of ""Control."" Adapted from AllMusic. Dream Street (Janet Jackson album) Dream Street is the second album by American musician Janet Jackson, released on October 23, 1984, by A&M Records. More pop than her debut album's ""bubblegum soul"" feel, the album wasn't the runaway success that Janet's father Joseph thought it would be, peaking at number one hundred forty-seven on the ""Billboard"" 200 in 1984. The album did have one modest hit for Jackson, the top ten R&B single, ""Don't Stand Another Chance"", produced by brother Marlon. Also, the video"
"and at #9 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1984. The group then did some promotion for the song, performing on the syndicated television program ""Soul Train"" in the midst of the success of the song. The ""Breakin<nowiki>'</nowiki>"" soundtrack went on to peak at #8 on the US ""Billboard"" 200 albums chart. The following year, the duo released the single ""Electric Boogaloo"", the title theme to the ""Breakin<nowiki>'</nowiki>"" sequel """". The single did fairly well on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #57 on the chart. However, the song failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100; it did, however,"
"I Don't Wanna Dance (Eddy Grant song) ""I Don't Wanna Dance"" is a 1982 single by Eddy Grant. It went to number one on the UK Singles Chart and held there for three weeks in November 1982. It was later released in the United States, but only reached No. 53 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in late 1983. It was later reissued as the B-side of Grant's ""Electric Avenue"". The song expresses Eddy's farewell to Britain being a land of class and colour divisions. Grant explained to the Daily Telegraph on June 27, 2008: ""I Don't Wanna Dance can mean"
"The Maisonettes The Maisonettes were a 'one hit wonder' English pop band formed by Laurence ""Lol"" Mason (formerly of City Boy) and Mark Tibenham, best known for their hit single ""Heartache Avenue"". The group's debut single, ""Heartache Avenue"", reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1983, topped the UK Independent Chart, and later peaked at number 12 on the Canadian chart and number 97 in Australia. The band's demo was picked up by David Virr, who released ""Heartache Avenue"" on his own Ready Steady Go! label. The single had been recorded with session backing singers, but to"