"of the few Ross remix songs to be released as a single. Former Supreme Scherrie Payne later covered this song for Ian Levine's UK Motorcity label. Chinese diva Faye Wong also covered the song (named as 又继续等), with Cantonese lyrics by Richard Lam, on her early album ""You're the Only One"". Courtney Pine and Carroll Thompson had a minor UK hit single with the song in July 1990. I'm Still Waiting (Diana Ross song) ""I'm Still Waiting"" is a popular song, written and produced by Deke Richards and recorded by Diana Ross; it first appeared on Ross's 1970 album ""Everything"
"Although it was initially intended only as an album track, BBC Radio 1 disc jockey Tony Blackburn featured it heavily on his morning programme, and persuaded EMI—which at the time issued all Tamla Motown material in the UK—to release it as a single. It reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in August 1971; this prompted a retitling in the UK of the album ""Surrender"" as ""I'm Still Waiting"". The track was remixed by DJ Phil Chill in 1990 and was released as a single, reaching No. 21 in the UK Singles Chart. It is one"
"Everything Is Everything (Diana Ross album) Everything Is Everything is the second album by Diana Ross, released in 1970. After her self-named album and its accompanying two singles, Motown rushed the release of this album. It reached #42 in the USA (#5 R&B) and sold over 200,000 copies. The track ""I'm Still Waiting"" was a UK #1 single in 1971 for four weeks and her rendering of Aretha Franklin's ""Call Me (I Love You)"" was nominated for a Grammy in 1971 in the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category. Diana would record ""What Are You Doing the Rest of Your"
"I Still See You ""I Still See You"" is a song written by Michel Legrand with lyrics by Hal Sharper which was first a song for the American singer-songwriter Scott Walker in 1971. The song was Walker's fourth solo single in the UK. The song was produced by John Franz with Bob Cornford credited as musical director. The song was the love theme for the 1970 British romantic drama film ""The Go-Between"", directed by Joseph Losey. Walker's recording of ""I Still See You"" failed to chart, his first to miss the UK Singles Chart since the Walker Brothers' début ""Pretty"
"backed singer Debbie Dean, he wrote a song for her, and met Berry Gordy when The Supremes played at the Hollywood Palace in 1966. Gordy signed Richards to a contract as a record producer and songwriter. Richards also wrote and produced for Bobby Darin, Martha and the Vandellas, The Blackberries, Stacie Johnson, and others, and produced Diana Ross and the Supremes after Holland, Dozier and Holland left Motown in 1968. He co-wrote the U.S. no.1 hit ""Love Child"" for the Supremes, and was responsible for ""I'm Still Waiting"", a UK no.1 hit, for Diana Ross. He and fellow writer Sherlie"
"Sheffield-based jazz-funk aggregation Floy Joy in 1984 where she featured on one album and scored two minor hits with the soul ballad ""Until You Come Back to Me"" (#91 UK pop) and ""Operator"" (#86 UK pop). In 1987 she duetted with Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame on the song ""One and One"" from the album ""Love"". Following Floy Joy, her releases dwindled reviving in 1990 when she provided lead vocals on a version of Diana Ross's ""I'm Still Waiting"", recorded with Aswad and Courtney Pine, which was a UK and US Singles Chart hit. She also enjoyed chart hits that year"
"to branch out and take his talents to higher levels in the music industry. His debut LP in 1986, at the age of 17, reflected his tremendous talents with the No. 1 hit on the United Kingdom Album Charts called Waiting for You, remaining solid at no.1 for eight consecutive weeks. His vibrant first single Juggling surged to no.1 on the Jamaican top 40 charts, spending over five weeks, being followed by other no.1 hits including ""Young and She Green"" (featuring Johnny P) and I’ll Prove it to You, both represented by Technique Label. While having the privilege of working"
"huge success for the Moody Blues, charting at #2 in the UK Albums Chart, the single itself was a flop, and did not even chart. It is also the only Moody Blues A-Side single to feature Ray Thomas as co-writer. Watching and Waiting ""Watching and Waiting"" is a 1969 single by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues, and was written by band members Justin Hayward and Ray Thomas. The song was first released as a single in October 1969, and was later released in November 1969 on the album ""To Our Children's Children's Children"". While ""Watching and Waiting"" is"
"UK Singles Chart in November 1968, Following the release of the group's debut single, Bonnet made a remark to a reporter as to ""Only One Woman"" being a bit boring, angering Barry. Their second single ""The Walls Fell Down"" only reached Number 28 in the same chart. But in the Netherlands it was more successful, where it reached Number 3 in their Top 40 in April 1969. In 1970, Gordon released his first and only solo album ""Alphabet"" on Polydor Records. He later became a high school music teacher. On 9 January 2013, after not being heard from for several"
"start a solo career, with Gary Barlow the first to hit #1 with ""Forever Love"" in July. However, it would be Robbie Williams who would go on to score the most success as a solo artist. After George Michael scored another number 1 with ""Fastlove"" in April, Gina G reached the top spot with ""Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"" in May. This song was the UK's entry to the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, and originally reached #6 when it was released at the beginning of April. It hovered around the top 5 for the next few weeks, before moving"
"charts. ""Only the Lonely"" reached Number One in the United Kingdom, a position it achieved on 20 October 1960, staying there for two weeks (out of a total of 24 weeks spent on the UK singles chart from 28 July 1960). The personnel on the original recording included Orbison's session regulars Buddy Harman on drums, Floyd Cramer on piano, Bob Moore on bass, and Hank Garland and Harold Bradley on guitars. After several years without much success in the music business, and sharing a tiny apartment with his wife and new baby, Roy Orbison had taken to sitting in his"
"Kim Wilde Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith; 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, author, DJ and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with her debut single ""Kids in America"", which reached number two in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. In 1986, she had a UK number two hit with her version of the Supremes' song ""You Keep Me Hangin' On"", which also went on to be a major US hit, topping the charts there in 1987. Between 1981 and 1996, she had 25 singles"
"through ""Call Me"" of January 1970. The first eight all made the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, including her chart-topping signature song, ""Respect."" No single included charted lower than #19 on the Hot 100. Missing is her eleventh single of this sequence, ""I Can't See Myself Leaving You"" of April 1969; also missing is her 1968 version of ""(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"" released as a single in the United Kingdom only. The other three tracks appeared as b-sides, two of which charted on the Hot 100 independently of their hit sides. The single mixes do not appear"
"when it was released in the UK on January 1, 1971, reaching number 19 on the UK Singles Chart, during a chart stay of eight weeks. ""Chestnut Mare"" went on to become a staple of FM radio programming in America during the 1970s. Although ""(Untitled)"" was released exclusively in stereo commercially, there is some evidence to suggest that mono copies of the album (possibly radio station promos) were distributed in the U.S. In addition, there are advance promo copies of the album known to exist which list both ""Kathleen's Song"" and ""Hold It"" as being on the album: the former"
"UK Singles Chart in February 1978. The track spent a total of 11 weeks in the charts. It was produced by Joe Gibbs, using a re-recording of the riddim of the 1967 Alton Ellis song ""I'm Still in Love"", which had already been re-popularised in the 1970s by Marcia Aitken's cover ""I'm Still in Love With You Boy"", and ""Three Piece Suit"" by Trinity, to which ""Uptown"" was an ""answer record"". The single's UK release was on the Lightning record label. The lyrics were written by the duo and Errol Thompson. Althea & Donna became the youngest female duo to"
"Still Waiting (Sum 41 song) ""Still Waiting"" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released in November 2002 as the lead single from the album ""Does This Look Infected?"". The video, directed by Marc Klasfeld, starts with the band members entering the office of a record executive (played by Will Sasso). He says the ""number band thing"" is ""out"" and changes the band's name to ""The Sums"" and the members' individual names (Deryck is ""Sven"", Cone is ""Thurston"", Dave is ""Holmes"", and Stevo is ""Sergio""). The band then plays the song on a set spoofing The"
"charts in response to many radio stations' refusal to play the song based on what were perceived as subversive lyrics. ""No Expectations"", also from ""Beggar's Banquet"", was used as the single's B-side. For reasons unknown, the single did not see a release in the UK until 1971 (backed with ""Surprise, Surprise"", previously unreleased in the UK). The US single version was released in mono with an additional vocal overdub on the choruses, and thus is different from the ""Beggars Banquet"" album's stereo version. While many of the US London picture sleeves are rare and collectable, the sleeve for this single"
"solo number 1 in the UK, selling over 400,000 copies and being certified as Gold by the BPI. The single remained in the top 75 of the UK charts for 16 weeks whilst also charting in the top 10 of twelve countries across Europe. The second single was announced as ""Love Won't Wait"", written by Madonna and Shep Pettibone. The single was released in April 1997 and became Barlow's second number 1 hit in the UK, becoming certified as Silver by the BPI and also charting in eleven countries worldwide. Barlow's debut album ""Open Road"" was released in May 1997."
"released in July and entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, selling 118,000 copies. It became Cheryl's fourth number one single on the chart, making her the third British female artist to achieve four numbers ones as a solo artist, after Geri Halliwell and Rita Ora. The song also peaked at number one in Ireland. The second single from ""Only Human"", ""I Don't Care"", was released on 2 November and similarly to its predecessor debuted at number one in the UK, becoming Cheryl's fifth number one in the country. This made her the first British female to have five"
"in May. The single also found success outside the United States reaching number seven on the UK Singles Chart, his biggest charted hit as a solo artist since his version of ""Abraham, Martin & John"" had peaked at number nine on the chart in 1970. Before, Gaye had modest success with two singles - ""Save the Children"" (which was released as a double-A side with Gaye's 1966 recording, ""Little Darling (I Need You)"") in 1971 and ""Let's Get It On"" in 1973 (which peaked at number 31 on the UK chart). The single also found modest success in some countries,"
"at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 14, 1970. In May 1970, Ross released her eponymous solo debut, which included her signature songs, ""Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"" and ""Ain't No Mountain High Enough"", the latter becoming Ross' first number-one solo single. Follow-up albums, ""Everything Is Everything"" and ""Surrender"" came out shortly afterwards. In 1971, the ballad ""I'm Still Waiting"" became her first number-one single in the UK. Later in 1971, Ross starred in her first solo television special, ""Diana!"", which included the Jackson 5. In 1972, the soundtrack to her film debut, ""Lady Sings the"
"played. Blackburn recalled in 2014: ""My job was to entertain and tell corny jokes, not have opinions or talk politics. If I wanted to wish the Queen a happy birthday, I had to get clearance from above."" Throughout his Radio 1 career Blackburn was often accompanied by a jingle with the barking of the dog ""Arnold"" which he had previously used at Radio Caroline. At first he was associated mainly with mainstream pop, but he later championed soul music. It was largely due to him that ""I'm Still Waiting"" by Diana Ross, which was initially just an album track, was"
"My Love Is Waiting ""My Love is Waiting"" is a 1982 R&B/Soul song written by musician Gordon Banks and recorded and released by American singer Marvin Gaye, as a European-only single in early 1983, it was also the last track on Gaye's final album in his lifetime, ""Midnight Love""; released in 1982. The song was written by Banks with another act in mind that he was producing back in the United States. While working with Gaye in Europe, first on several tours and then together at a Belgian recording studio where they recorded Gaye's ""Midnight Love"" album, Gaye had struggled"
"from the University of Wolverhampton in recognition of her services to the music industry. Jaki Graham Jacqueline Maureen Graham (born 15 September 1956) is a British singer-songwriter. Following her hit version of ""Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"" with David Grant in 1985, Graham scored a further five UK Top 20 hits over a two-year period. In 1994, her cover version of Chaka Khan's hit ""Ain't Nobody"" reached number one on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Dance Chart. Graham was born in Birmingham to Jamaican immigrants. In 1983 after recording a session for a jazz funk band called ‘Medium Heat Wave’,"
"reached No. 1 in the Netherlands), ""We Will"" and ""No Matter How I Try"", the latter being named ""Best Ballad or Romantic Song"" at the 17th Ivor Novello Awards in 1972. O'Sullivan released his debut album, ""Himself"", in 1971. In 1972 O'Sullivan reached international stardom with ""Alone Again (Naturally)"", which reached No. 3 in UK; No. 1 in the US, spending six non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and selling nearly two million copies; No. 2 in New Zealand (11 weeks on the charts in total); No. 1 in Canada for 2 weeks (13 weeks"
"single ""Your Caress"" by DJ Flavours. While a student at Stockport College, she frequented the same nightclub that Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud used to promote. A second single ""I Thought It Was You"" was planned to be released in 2000 but was cancelled. The single would finally be released digitally in 2014. Another solo single, ""I Won't Let You Down"", with W.I.P., was released on 4 February 2002, a cover version of the 1982 song by PhD This reached No. 53 in the UK Singles Chart. Apart from that, only one other low-profile release appeared under the ""Emmie"" name,"
"of the singles chart. Following in the footsteps of her former colleague, Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé Knowles managed to reach the top of the UK charts with a solo release. After making an appearance in the third ""Austin Powers"" movie, ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"", Beyoncé put herself back in the public eye and then released her debut solo single from the movie, ""Work It Out"" which managed to make No. 7 on the UK singles chart. Her debut album, ""Dangerously in Love"" topped the charts a week before she received her first (third, including her career with Destiny's Child) number one"
"Britain alone. The band re-recorded ""Ciao Baby"" in 1969. Their several radio hits in England made little impact on the charts, but ""You've Got to Be Loved"", which was released on October 13, 1967, reached number 58 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1968, followed by ""Run to Me"" making it to number 121 on the ""Billboard"" Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles charts, number 41 on ""Cashbox"", and number 33 on ""Record World"". The band, however, was unable to promote the single in the US, so no other national hits followed. Their lineup changed considerably in 1967 and again"
"Silva has achieved some fame as a remixer, creating his own versions of Jennifer Lopez's ""Play"", Lighthouse Family's ""Happy"" and Yoko Ono's ""Walking on Thin Ice"". Rui da Silva Rui da Silva (born 25 April 1968) is a Portuguese producer and DJ, whose single ""Touch Me"" went to number one in the United Kingdom in 2001. At the time, he was the only Portuguese musician to have a hit in Britain, and hence was the first to score a chart-topping hit there. Silva started producing house music in 1992, just as club culture was getting established in Lisbon. Noticing the"
"I'm Still Here (Follies song) ""I'm Still Here"" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1971 musical ""Follies"". ""I'm Still Here"" was introduced in the musical ""Follies"", which premiered on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on April 4, 1971. The song is sung by former Follies showgirl, Carlotta Campion. The role was originally played by Yvonne De Carlo. Other performers who have played Carlotta in ""Follies"" on Broadway include Polly Bergen in the 2001 revival and Elaine Paige in the 2011 revival. In the 1987 West End production, Carlotta was played by Dolores Gray. She was played"
"second solo hit single after the song ""I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"", his duet with Aretha Franklin from earlier that same year. Despite censorship and airplay issues, an edited version of the song's music video received ample airplay on North American music channels, fueling its popularity there. The single eventually reached number 2 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, the week of 8 August 1987, behind ""I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"" by U2. Moreover, the single remained in the top 10 for six weeks and the top 40 for a total of 14 weeks,"
"by the RIAA. ""Prayer"" became Franklin's ninth and last consecutive Hot 100 top 10 hit on the Atlantic label. Franklin's ""Prayer"" has a special significance in her UK career, as with its September 1968 No. 4 peak it became Franklin's biggest UK hit; subsequently Franklin has surpassed that track's UK peak only with her No. 1 collaboration with George Michael, ""I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"". In February 1987, UK music weekly ""New Musical Express"" published its critics' top 150 singles of all time, with Franklin's ""I Say a Little Prayer"" ranked at No. 1, followed by Al Green's"
"important that things are flawed ... That's what makes a piece of art interesting sometimes – the bit that's wrong or the mistake you've made that's led onto an idea you wouldn't have had otherwise"", and reiterated her prioritisation of her family life. Kate Bush Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer. Bush came to notice in 1978 when, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single ""Wuthering Heights"", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song. She"