"French Kissin (song) ""French Kissin"" (also known as ""French Kissin in the USA"") is a 1986 song recorded by the American singer Debbie Harry. Released in 1986, it was the first single to be taken from her album ""Rockbird"". The song was written by Chuck Lorre, who would later create a series of hit sitcoms. The song was released as the album's lead single in November 1986, and became a moderate radio hit in the US, peaking at #57 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The song was also Harry's biggest success in the UK, where it reached #8 (her only"
"other ""Rockbird"" singles and was also included on the 1988 Blondie/Debbie Harry remix compilation ""Once More into the Bleach"". A cover of the song by Carol Chapman was also featured in the 1987 film Can't Buy Me Love and the 1989 film ""Troop Beverly Hills"". US 7"", UK 7"" & UK Poster Sleeve 7"" US 12"", UK 12"" & UK 12"" Picture Disc French Kissin (song) ""French Kissin"" (also known as ""French Kissin in the USA"") is a 1986 song recorded by the American singer Debbie Harry. Released in 1986, it was the first single to be taken from her"
"group French Kiss, which existed between 1982 and 1984 and made two albums. Marlene and the Holmström sisters are Swedish-speaking Finns. The group's first album, ""A-Ho-Ho"", was released in Sweden in late 1986 and in the U.S. in February 1987, making number 19 on the Swedish album chart. The albums spawned the two singles, ""Do the Dance"" and ""Hoodoo Wanna Voodoo"", and despite receiving a fair amount of airplay in clubs, they failed to chart in their native Sweden. However, ""Hoodoo Wanna Voodoo"" was a popular hit in Poland. Despite this, their first hit came in October of that year,"
"French Kissing (song) ""French Kissing"" is a song by German singer-songwriter Sarah Connor from her debut album, ""Green Eyed Soul"" (2001). Written and produced by Rob Tyger and Kay Denar, the track incorporates a sample of Blackstreet's 1996 hit song ""No Diggity"" featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen, as well an uncredited bassline from Eminem's 2000 song ""Stan"" featuring Dido and it includes vocal theme inspired by ""Tom's Diner"", a song performed by ""Suzanne Vega"". Released on 20 August 2001 as the album's second single, the song saw moderate success when it reached the top thirty in Germany and Austria,"
"a limited 12"" single in 1985, but it also was unsuccessful. In 1986, Harry released her second solo album, called ""Rockbird"", which peaked at #97 in the US, and #31 in the UK (where it has been certified gold for 100,000 sales by the BPI). The single ""French Kissin' in the USA"" gave Harry her only UK solo top 10 hit (#8) and became a moderate US hit (#57). Other singles released from the album were ""Free to Fall"" and ""In Love with Love"", which hit #1 on the US Dance Charts and was released with several remixes. ""Liar, Liar"""
"but failed to make the top forty elsewhere. To date, ""French Kissing"" and 2008s ""I'll Kiss It Away"" are the only singles by Connor not having entered the top twenty of the German Singles Chart. French Kissing (song) ""French Kissing"" is a song by German singer-songwriter Sarah Connor from her debut album, ""Green Eyed Soul"" (2001). Written and produced by Rob Tyger and Kay Denar, the track incorporates a sample of Blackstreet's 1996 hit song ""No Diggity"" featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen, as well an uncredited bassline from Eminem's 2000 song ""Stan"" featuring Dido and it includes vocal theme"
"infectious, unrelenting groove and orgasmic tempo shifts is enough to understand why it got everyone so excited. • The tracks are actually 9:55 and 7:13 long, respectively, but almost all artwork denote the longer durations. French Kiss (Lil Louis song) ""French Kiss"" is a song by American DJ and record producer Lil Louis. The song became a European and American hit in 1989. The song also was a hit in dance clubs around the world, and it spent two weeks at number one on the American dance chart in October 1989. It became a crossover pop hit, peaking at number"
"Ruth Etting Ruth Etting (November 23, 1897 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film. Known as ""America's sweetheart of song"", her signature tunes were ""Shine On, Harvest Moon"", ""Ten Cents a Dance"" and ""Love Me or Leave Me"". Her other popular recordings included ""Button Up Your Overcoat"", ""Mean to Me"", ""Exactly Like You"" and ""Shaking the Blues Away"". As a young girl in Nebraska, Etting had wanted to be an artist; she drew and sketched everywhere she was"
"French Kiss (Lil Louis song) ""French Kiss"" is a song by American DJ and record producer Lil Louis. The song became a European and American hit in 1989. The song also was a hit in dance clubs around the world, and it spent two weeks at number one on the American dance chart in October 1989. It became a crossover pop hit, peaking at number 50 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It was also a mainstream pop hit in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 2 in August 1989. Originally an instrumental track (apart from wordless moans), vocals"
"solo Top 10 single there to date). For promotion, Harry did a live performance of ""French Kissin"" and ""In Love with Love"" on ""Saturday Night Live"", as well as a handful of television interviews in the UK and U.S. in late 1986. A music video (with a cameo by actress Katey Sagal) was also made and subsequently played on music video channels. Besides the regular formats 7"" and 12"" the single was also released as a limited edition 12"" picture disc in the UK. Harry also recorded a French-language version of the track which was released as the B-side of"
"4 in their list of The 150 Greatest Singles of All Time. The same magazine voted ""Kiss"" the best single of the year 1986. The song featured in the 2006 animated film ""Happy Feet"" as part of a mashup with ""Heartbreak Hotel"" by Elvis Presley performed by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, respectively. Following Prince's death, the song re-charted on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at number 28 and jumped to number 23 the week after. The song also reached number two on the French Singles Chart. As of April 30, 2016, it has sold 1,330,336 copies in the United States."
"in April 1985. The song remained on the chart for almost six months, and became one of Britain's highest-selling singles of the year. Based in France, she recorded a single with the French actor, Alain Delon: ""I Don't Know"". It was included in the original soundtrack of the 1985 French film, ""Parole De Flic"" (Cop's Honor). Her subsequent releases failed to make any impression (except ""I Like You"" which made No. 81), and she is remembered as a one-hit wonder. In the United States, she had success on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, where her song entitled ""I Like"
"No.1 in France hitlist after the win from FIFA World Cup French Team. Diana Ross' version from her 1995 album, ""Take Me Higher"", peaked at #14 on the UK and European charts. In the United States, it peaked at #37 on the ""Billboard"" Dance Music Charts. Ross also performed it during her celebrated Super Bowl XXX halftime show in 1996. However, the song has also been covered by many other musicians: Gladys Knight & The Pips covered this song in the 1981 album 'Touch'. Conan O'Brien has covered this song at some of his live shows, with lyrics altered to"
"1986 ""Crush on You"", which peaked at #3 in July 1986 on the USA ""Billboard"" Hot 100 (#5 UK, #4 US R&B, #4 US Dance). They are also known for the singles ""You Got It All"", ""Cross My Broken Heart"", ""Rocket 2 U"", and ""Make It Real"". ""Sendin' All My Love"", which peaked at #88 on the Hot 100, reached #1 on the ""Billboard"" dance chart; ""You Got It All"" and ""Make It Real"", both ballads featuring lead vocals by Elizabeth Wolfgramm, were #1 hits on the ""Billboard"" adult contemporary chart. The band was nominated for a Grammy Award in"
"the potential of the song. Christophe Desprès, who took part in the composition of the song, was also a member of the group Pacifique, which released two hits in the late 1980s. At the time, the music video apparently was regarded scandalous in France as it featured a little particular priest, tortured by the temptation among seductive women. In France, the single debuted at #30 on SNEP Chart on 21 June 1986. It reached very quickly the top 10 (two weeks after), and climbed to #1 on July 19. There it stayed for 13 weeks. After that, the single fell"
"10 in Canada. It has become Farmer's best selling studio album. Prior to the release of the album's third single on 19 November 1991 a disturbed man who had been stalking Farmer entered the Polydor Records headquarters in Paris and held employees at gunpoint demanding to talk to her. The man had previously written the singer some fan mail, which she did not respond to. He killed the receptionist. Following this occurrence, Farmer shunned media attention and left France to live in Los Angeles for a few weeks. In late 1992, she released the remix album ""Dance Remixes"", a two-disc"
"on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. Lauper received two nominations at the 1986 Grammy Awards: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for ""What a Thrill"" and Best Long Form Music Video for ""Cyndi Lauper in Paris"". Lauper released her second album, ""True Colors"", on September 18, 1986. It reached No. 4 on the ""Billboard"" 200 and sold 2 million copies in the US. She increased her involvement in production and songwriting on her second album, co-writing most of the songs with Essra Mohawk, John Turi, Billy Steinberg, and Tom Kelly. Guests included Angela Clemons-Patrick, Nile Rodgers, Aimee Mann, Billy Joel, Adrian"
"Joniece Jamison Joniece Jamison (born December 11, 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is an American singer. In France, she achieved notability recording two successful duets with French artist François Feldman: ""Joue pas"" in 1989 (#2 in France) and ""J'ai peur"" in 1991 (#7 in France). Her album ""Gospel"" peaked at #144 in France in January 2005. She had also collaborated with many notable artists such as Elton John, Catherine Lara, Sylvie Vartan and was notably a backing singer with Eurythmics in the 1980s, and with Soma Riba in the 2000s. Mother of two, Jamison has lived in France since"
"followed including ""Tora Tora Tora"" and ""À force de toi"" (a cover of ""I Should Have Known Better"" performed by Jim Diamond) which supported the release of her new album in 1985, ""À force de toi"". Meanwhile, she founded her own line of makeup. She was again invited to perform at the Olympia during a show by Belgian singer Frédéric François. She decided to take a break. During this whole period, her stage name was simply Julie. In 1986, the singer returned to music using her complete name, Julie Pietri, and scored a French number one hit with ""Ève lève-toi""."
"a recording of the performance is available on the VHS or DVD ""Mylenium Tour"" live album; on this occasion, however, Malkovich's voice was replaced and the choreography initially scheduled was abandoned. Farmer wore then orange costume composed of a privateer trousers, a thick jacket and orange shoes, with high heels, and her dancers had different coloured costumes. At the beginning of the song, Farmer asked the audience to clap their hands. In France, the single started at number ten on 9 May 1992 on the singles chart, reached twice a peak at number eight on 16 May and 6 June,"
"about various situations of the life, such as infertility, divorce, and nostalgia for childhood. Carol Arnauld Carole Arnauld is a French singer and songwriter. She sang in the late 1980s and can be deemed as a one-hit wonder in France with her hit single ""C'est pas facile..."", released in September 1986. The song reached number 10 on the SNEP chart, stayed in the top 50 for 16 weeks and was certified Silver disc for about 230,000 copies sold. Very moving, the song deals with her brother's death, killed by a driver, and evokes her suffering and that of her mother."
"Karyn White Karyn Layvonne White (born October 14, 1965) is an American singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is known for several hit singles including ""Superwoman"" (1988), ""Secret Rendezvous"" (1989), ""The Way You Love Me"" (1988), and the US Hot 100 No. 1 single ""Romantic"" (1991). White was born in Los Angeles to Vivian and Clarence White. She is the youngest of five children. She sang in a church choir and worked as a backing singer, then sang on Jeff Lorber's 1986 ""Private Passion"" single ""Facts of Love"", ""True Confessions"" and ""Back in Love"""
"Jeanne Mas Jeanne Mas, born on 28 February 1958 in Alicante, Spain, but naturalised in France, is a French pop singer and actress. She is well known in France, Switzerland, Canada and Belgium for a number of hit singles released in the 1980s. Her first success was ""Toute première fois"" in 1984. This song was simultaneously released in the United Kingdom in English. Two of her singles charted at number one in France: ""Johnny, Johnny"" and ""En Rouge et Noir"" in 1985 and 1986, respectively. Her 1980's albums are good examples of the Euro disco electropop style popular in Continental"
"Laura Branigan Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 single ""Gloria"", stayed on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No. 2. It also reached number one in Australia and Canada. In 1984, she reached number one in Canada and Germany with the U.S. No. 4 hit ""Self Control"". She also had success in the United Kingdom with both ""Gloria"" and ""Self Control"" making the Top 10 there. Branigan's other singles included the Top"
"major label in Francophone countries like France, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada in the 1970s and 1980s. ""Les Femmes"", a French-language version of ""She Wolf"", was released as the lead single in 1986. A cover of The Troggs' ""Wild Thing"" and ""Time's Up"" were released in early 1987, the latter only in the United Kingdom. ""Aphrodisiac"" was re-recorded in French and re-titled ""Aphrodisiaque"" for its release as a single exclusively in France. During the album's recording sessions, an updated dance version of Lear's signature tune ""Follow Me"" was recorded, and subsequently released as a single to promote ""Secret Passion"", although it"
"flipper"" on her album. This song was also briefly parodied in a sketch by the comedian Gad Elmaleh, part of which went: ""Qui c'est qu'a mangé un bout du flipper? C'est pas cool!"". In addition, the actress Emmanuelle Béart performed an uptempo rendition of ""Pile ou Face"" for the soundtrack of the 2002 film, ""8 Femmes"". With peak positions in French Singles Chart:<ref name=""http://lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=corynne+charby"">Peak positions of Corynne Charby's singles in French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 10 February 2008)</ref> Corynne Charby Corynne Charby (born 12 July 1960) is a French actress, pop singer and model. Born Corinne Charbit in Paris, Charby"
"many European countries. However, in UK it peaked only at #62 and stayed on the chart for four weeks. In Switzerland, the single went straight to #12 on August 31, 1986 and peaked at #2 in its fifth week; after that, it kept on dropping and disappeared from the top 30 after 13 weeks of attendance. In France, the single featured on the chart (Top 50) for 22 weeks, from June 28 to November 22, 1986. It debuted at number 38 and climbed every week until reaching it highest position (#4) for three weeks (on August 23 and 30, September"
"1980 after being invited by the French singer Sylvie Vartan, whom she has met in the United States. Joniece Jamison Joniece Jamison (born December 11, 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is an American singer. In France, she achieved notability recording two successful duets with French artist François Feldman: ""Joue pas"" in 1989 (#2 in France) and ""J'ai peur"" in 1991 (#7 in France). Her album ""Gospel"" peaked at #144 in France in January 2005. She had also collaborated with many notable artists such as Elton John, Catherine Lara, Sylvie Vartan and was notably a backing singer with Eurythmics in"
"Pas pour moi ""Pas pour moi"" (""Not for me"") was the Swiss entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen, Norway. It was sung by Daniela Simmons and performed in French. On the night of the final, the song performed in the tenth position (following Spain's Cadillac singing ""Valentino"" and preceding Israel's Moti Giladi & Sarai Tzuriel with ""Yavo Yom""), and at the close of the voting had received 140 points, placing 2nd in a field of 20. In the song, Simmons sings about how she desires ""love written in capital letters"" from a man, and laments as to"
"late-1960s hits. In 1976 she recorded ""Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?"", a disco-style cover of a John Kongos track, which topped the French chart for several weeks. Her disco era climaxed at the ""Dancing star"" TV show on TF1, produced by Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier, on 10 September 1977. RCA published the show as the ""Dancing star"" After a week of concerts in Las Vegas in 1982, she released a duet with John Denver: ""Love Again,"" a #85 single on ""Billboard"" Hot 100 followed in 1985 by a new album in the USA with ""Double Exposure"" and ""One-Shot Lover."""
"Karen Chandler Eva Nadauld (September 1, 1923 – November 3, 2010), known professionally as Eve Young early in her career, and later as Karen Chandler, was an American singer of popular music during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, best known for her 1952 hit, ""Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"". Born September 1, 1923, in Rexburg, Idaho, she began her singing career under the name Eve Young while still a student at Brigham Young University. It is possible that the university's name influenced her choice of stage name. However, Young was her mother's maiden name; the Young family was well"
"in four different decades. In 1974, ""The Way We Were"" became the first original single by a female artist to achieve the No. 1 song of the year in US. ""Woman in Love"" from ""Guilty"" is one of the best-selling singles of all time in France. In 1964, Streisand became the first and only female artist to place three albums in the top 10 on ""Billboard""'s annual albums chart. Five Streisand albums appeared on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart on October 31, 1964, Streisand held the record for the female with the most albums in the Top 200 simultaneously for"
"Sandrine Testud Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 2000, she became the sixth Frenchwoman after Françoise Dürr, Mary Pierce, Nathalie Tauziat, Amélie Mauresmo and Julie Halard to break into the singles top 10 rankings. This marked the first time France had four women ranked in the singles Top 10 simultaneously (Mary Pierce at No. 5, Nathalie Tauziat at No. 6, Julie Halard at no.8 and Testud at No. 9). France was the third nation after the USA and Australia to have more than two representatives in the singles Top 10 at any one"