"success on the charts, with ""It's a Better Than Good Time"" reaching #16 on the R&B chart and ""Come Back and Finish What You Started"" peaking at #15 on the UK Singles Chart. None of the singles made the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The One and Only (Gladys Knight & the Pips album) The One and Only is a studio album recorded by the American R&B group Gladys Knight & the Pips, released in August 1978 on the Buddah label. It was their eighth and final album recorded for Buddah. The first single, ""Sorry Doesn't Make It Right"", was released in"
"Gladys Knight Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the ""Empress of Soul"", is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian and author. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald ""Bubba"" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest. Knight has recorded two number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles (""Midnight Train to Georgia"" and ""That's What Friends Are For""), eleven number-one R&B singles, and six number-one R&B albums. She has won seven Grammy"
"audience with diverse backgrounds. Aretha Franklin, called the Queen of Soul, championed the rights and freedoms of African Americans. In her song, ""Think,"" Aretha sings again and again, ""Freedom!"" as a way to draw attention to the black freedom struggle. Throughout the 20th century, Franklin supported the Civil Rights Movement and financially donated to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As early as 1939, Billie Holiday sang and popularized the song ""Strange Fruit"", which commented on lynchings in the south. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) used A Capella groups and popular artists like Dick Gregory to deepen bonds with local"
"1966. Though well known prior to signing with Motown, they achieved widespread success with the label with hits such as ""I Heard It Through the Grapevine"", ""Nitty Gritty"" and ""If I Were Your Woman"". However, the group would recall being treated like outsiders in the label. Lead singer Gladys Knight recalled on A&E's ""Biography"" that she and the group were regarded as a second-string act and that ""Diana (Ross) & The Supremes, The Temptations and Marvin Gaye were given all the hits, while we took the leftovers"". While on Motown, Knight & The Pips recorded for Soul Records, a label"
"Heart and Soul (T'Pau song) ""Heart and Soul"" is a song by British pop band T'Pau. Featuring vocalist Carol Decker, the song was released as the group's first single in 1987 from their debut album ""Bridge of Spies"". Following its inclusion in a Pepe Jeans advert, the single reached No. 4 in both the US and UK charts. The song is notable for its usage of various vocal overdubs. This makes the song, in its initial studio form, impossible to perform live without additional backup singers. Instead, Decker often performs what she calls a ""basic"" version, explaining to Songfacts: ""I"
"Sap (EP) Sap is the second studio EP by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on February 4, 1992 through Columbia Records. Following the tour for ""Facelift,"" Alice in Chains entered the studio to record demos for its next album, but ended up recording five acoustic songs instead. While in the studio, drummer Sean Kinney had a dream about ""making an EP called ""Sap."""" The band decided ""not to mess with fate,"" and ""Sap"" was recorded and mixed in 1991 with producer Rick Parashar at London Bridge Studio. The EP features guest vocals by Ann Wilson"
"that same month and this time, it became a hit, equaling the US peak of No. 4 in September. Heart and Soul (T'Pau song) ""Heart and Soul"" is a song by British pop band T'Pau. Featuring vocalist Carol Decker, the song was released as the group's first single in 1987 from their debut album ""Bridge of Spies"". Following its inclusion in a Pepe Jeans advert, the single reached No. 4 in both the US and UK charts. The song is notable for its usage of various vocal overdubs. This makes the song, in its initial studio form, impossible to perform"
"on ""Idol"" and in live concerts. She remarked that he helped her understand what an executive producer credit on an album really meant, saying that he would often push the producers who are used to working with other executives in making radio-friendly hits, but that it sometimes tears the spirit and soul out of it. Both invited several performers to play on the album—Kallman personally invited the soul band Earth, Wind & Fire to perform in two selections, while Clarkson requested her touring backup singers—Jessi Collins, Nicole Hurst, and Bridget Sarai, to be given a more prominent feature by accompanying"
"February 4, 1992, Alice in Chains released their second EP, ""Sap"". The EP was released while Nirvana's ""Nevermind"" was at the top of the ""Billboard"" 200 charts, resulting in a rising popularity of Seattle-based bands, and of the term ""grunge music"". ""Sap"" was certified gold within two weeks. The EP features Cantrell on lead vocals on the opening track, ""Brother"", and guest vocals by Ann Wilson from the band Heart, who joined Staley and Cantrell for the choruses of ""Brother"", ""Am I Inside"", and ""Love Song"". The EP also features Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, who"
"the Pops"", introduced by Jimmy Savile. The following day it sold 35,000 copies. It peaked at number four in the UK (the Beatles were at number one with ""Help!"") and 17 in the US, and was awarded a gold disc. Nina Simone, Bette Midler, and Marlene Dietrich all covered it. After telephoning King to ask his permission, Dietrich sang ""Everyone's Gone to the Moon"" and its B side, ""Summer's Coming"", at the Golders Green Hippodrome in October 1966, with an arrangement by Burt Bacharach. From his second year at university, King split his time between Cambridge and London, moving into"
"Grateful Dead, Taj Mahal, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. The Ace of Cups The Ace of Cups is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1967 during the Summer of Love era. It has been described as one of the first all-female rock bands. The members of the Ace of Cups were Mary Gannon (bass), Marla Hunt (organ, piano), Denise Kaufman (guitar, harmonica), Mary Ellen Simpson (lead guitar), and Diane Vitalich (drums). Lead vocals were sung by all members of the band except Vitalich, and all five sang backup."
"same title was released on Epic records. Later that year the group had another, but smaller, hit with ""He's Ready"" which reached #106 pop. Two more singles were released but they did nothing. The last of their four Epic singles was ""There's A Pain in My Heart"" which became a Northern soul classic and is heavily played in UK/Australian clubs. The Poppies (American band) The Poppies were a 1960s girl group formed and headed by Dorothy Moore with Petsye McCune and Rosemary Taylor. Dorothy Moore was the lead singer for The Poppies. The first 45 single released was ""Lullaby of"
"Queen of Soul (album) Queen of Soul is the sixth studio album by American Blues artist, Etta James. The album was released on Argo Records in 1964, featuring the singles James had released during the year. It was arranged by Riley Hampton, Bert Keyes, Cliff Parman, Al Pokonka and Phil Wright. Two songs on the album: ""Baby What You Want Me to Do"" and ""Loving You More Every Day"" charted on the Rhythm and Blues and Billboard Pop Chart. It was James's first studio album in two years since the release of ""Etta James Top Ten."" Like her previous releases,"
"March 23 and 24, 2018. Live albums: Singles: Video/DVD: Ladies of Soul The Ladies of Soul are a Dutch supergroup consisting of Candy Dulfer, Berget Lewis, Glennis Grace and Edsilia Rombley. Trijntje Oosterhuis, also a founding member, left in 2017 to focus on her solo-career. The Ladies of Soul, already connected through relatives and friends, were first brought together in 2012 for a series of Whitney Houston-memorial-concerts in 2012. These were organised by Tjeerd Oosterhuis, Trijntje's producer brother and Rombley's husband. Other singers also appeared at the concerts (Do, Leona Philippo and Tania Kross); only Philipo, winner of Voice of"
"Pearl and the Puppets Pearl and the Puppets was a band from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire in Scotland. The band comprised singer/songwriter Katie Sutherland (vocals/guitar), Blair McMillan (drums), Gordon Turner (guitar), Scott Clark (bass) and Michael Abubakar (keyboard). Sutherland's voice has been described as being similar to that of Regina Spektor and Dolores O'Riordan. Pearl and the Puppets were signed to the Universal Republic record label and headlined the Solus Tent at the Wickerman Festival, in Scotland. Pearl and the Puppets supported Elton John at Glasgow's SECC on 10 June 2009. In the run-up to the appearance, on Friday 5 June"
"His Comets / from the 1960s: Del Shannon, The Supremes, The Marvelettes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye ""The Prince of Soul"", Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Aretha Franklin ”The Queen of Soul” (d.2018), Mary Wells, Tommy James and the Shondells, ? and the Mysterians / from the 1970s: Al Green, The Spinners, Grand Funk Railroad, The Knack/ from the 1980s: Madonna ""The Queen of Pop"", Bob Seger, Ray Parker Jr. / from the 1990s: Aaliyah ""The Queen of Urban Pop"" / from the 2000s: Eminem (who has had 10 #1 albums from The Marshall Mathers LP"
"A Pair of Queens Shortly after releasing ""Peace, Love, Death Metal"" via Eagles of Death Metal, lead singer Jesse Hughes released the two-song EP, A Pair of Queens, on 7"" vinyl as a solo project. The EP contains two tracks, both of which are Queens of the Stone Age covers, which lends to the EP title ""A Pair of Queens"". According to an interview with ""Rolling Stone"", Hughes reported the inspiration for the release, stating ""I was in a hotel room above the Cafe 101 in Hollywood, and a friend of mine was trying to convince me she hadn't heard"
"Power of Soul (band) Power of Soul is a Soul/Funk band from Argentina. In 2006, after A.N.I.M.A.L. disbanded, Titi Lapolla (then A.N.I.M.A.L.'s bassist and background vocalist) kept on composing material, which later became the material in Power of Soul. It was by chance that the songs were recorded, as Titi's friend (and producer) Sebastián Subirana listened to the songs and proposed him to record them. By the end of the year, this album was already in the market, and albeit being completely independent, it is also available in important music retail chains as Musimundo and Yenny. Their only album to"
"Queen of Hearts (Hank DeVito song) Queen of Hearts is a country-pop song written by Hank DeVito, the pedal steel guitarist in Emmylou Harris' backing group The Hot Band, and was first recorded by Dave Edmunds on his 1979 album ""Repeat When Necessary"". It was released as a single and reached No. 11 in the UK and No. 12 in Ireland that year, but failed to chart substantially elsewhere in the world. Following an appearance on the 1980 Rodney Crowell album ""But What Will the Neighbors Think"", on which composer DeVito played guitar, ""Queen of Hearts"" had its highest profile"
"The Dixie Cups The Dixie Cups are an American pop music girl group of the 1960s. They are best known for a string of hits including their 1964 million-selling record ""Chapel of Love"", ""People Say"", and ""Iko Iko"". The group hit the top of the charts in 1964 with ""Chapel of Love,"" a song that Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich had originally written for The Ronettes. The trio consisted of sisters Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee Hawkins; plus their cousin Joan Marie Johnson, from New Orleans. They first sang together in grade school. Originally, they were to be"
"single, ""Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me"", also reached the charts in England. Their third single, ""Everybody Needs Love"", became the group's first American charted single in two years, reaching number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three R&B after its release in 1967. On the A&E Network television program ""Biography"", Knight stated that she and the Pips were regarded as a second-string act, and that ""Diana (Ross) & the Supremes, The Temptations, and Marvin Gaye were given all the hits, while we took the leftovers."" In Knight's autobiography, ""Between Each Line of Pain and Glory:"
"sides of the Atlantic, she joined Rob Derbyshire and Paul 'Solomon' Mullings, the Birmingham's R&B production duo known as Full Flava, to record lead vocals for their album ""Colour of My Soul"". The modern soul set was to be made in England, released on Dôme Records in 2003, and one of the compositions performed by Peniston, ""For My Baby"", was later given also a treatment for the dance floor with stand-out house mixes from Dave ""Leggz"" Longmore and Sam Junior Bromfield known as Ruff ’N’ Tumble, and duo KT & C. ""For My Baby"" did not succeed on the music"
"Ladies of Soul The Ladies of Soul are a Dutch supergroup consisting of Candy Dulfer, Berget Lewis, Glennis Grace and Edsilia Rombley. Trijntje Oosterhuis, also a founding member, left in 2017 to focus on her solo-career. The Ladies of Soul, already connected through relatives and friends, were first brought together in 2012 for a series of Whitney Houston-memorial-concerts in 2012. These were organised by Tjeerd Oosterhuis, Trijntje's producer brother and Rombley's husband. Other singers also appeared at the concerts (Do, Leona Philippo and Tania Kross); only Philipo, winner of Voice of Holland, ended up being invited as a special guest."
"The Kingpins (English vocal group) The Kingpins was an English pop vocal group, founded in the 1950s in Dewsbury. The group made three appearances supported by Tito Burns' 6-5ers on the BBC television series Six-Five Special between 13 December 1958 and 27 December 1958, and nine appearances supported by Bob Miller and the Millermen on the BBC television series Drumbeat between 4 April 1959 and 20 June 1959, and they contributed two tracks to the LP record entitled Drumbeat that accompanied the television series, the tracks were; a cover of Bobby Freeman's ""Shame On You Miss Johnson"" (written by Bobby"
"soul producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, recorded the song for her 1971 album, ""Gonna Take a Miracle"", with background vocals for the album performed by Labelle. This Laura Nyro recording was featured in ""A Home at the End of the World"" (2004). ""Miracle"" was revived in 1982 by Deniece Williams, who took it to the #1 R&B spot and #10 in the Hot 100. ""I Want To Meet Him"", the Royalettes' follow-up in 1966, reached the Hot 100 and the Top 30 R&B charts. All of the 27 songs that Randazzo produced on the group's two albums, plus another"
"Jr., Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington performed frequently. In the 1960s, during a performance at the Regal, Aretha Franklin was crowned, ""the Queen of Soul"". Other acts who have performed at the Regal over the years have included such icons as Sam Cooke (who moved to Chicago in 1933 from his native Clarksdale, Mississippi), Jackie Wilson, The Supremes, Wayne Cochran, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Herbie Hancock, Della Reese, Les Paul, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Lola Falana, Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, Solomon Burke, International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Dionne Warwick, James Brown & The Famous Flames,"
"and the Honeydrippers (which peaked at No. 3 spending 14 weeks in the top 40 in 1984). Phillips' original version was featured prominently in the 1989 film ""Sea of Love"" starring Al Pacino which also presents a cover version by Tom Waits that plays during the end credits. Cat Power's ""The Covers Record"" also achieved a moderate success. Among Phillips' other songs is ""No One Needs My Love Today"" (1966), which was recorded by Samantha Juste, co-host of BBC TV's ""Top of the Pops"". He also recorded an anti-drug spoken word recording, ""The Evil Dope"", in the late 1960s; the"
"Cleopatra, Queen of Denial ""Cleopatra, Queen of Denial"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in May 1993 as the third single from her album ""Homeward Looking Angel"". The song reached number 11 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1993. The song was written by Tillis, Bob DiPiero, and Jan Buckingham. The song is centered on Egyptian mythology, in which the narrator compares herself to Queen Cleopatra since she's ""queen of denial"" by her significant other (a play on words of The Nile River). A guitar"
"a UK release. All lyrics and music written by Jerry Cantrell, except where noted. ""Alice Mudgarden"" is Alice in Chains with Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden. Cantrell and Staley insisted that both Arm and Cornell be involved with a song on the EP. Sap (EP) Sap is the second studio EP by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on February 4, 1992 through Columbia Records. Following the tour for ""Facelift,"" Alice in Chains entered the studio to record demos for its next album, but ended up recording five acoustic songs instead. While"
"exercise throughout their career. Although Ensor provided lead vocals for almost the entire album, Bouchard would supply them on ""Eighteen"", as well as ""Holiday Road"", a cover of the Lindsey Buckingham song from the 1983 film ""National Lampoon's Vacation"". Following two tours with Less Than Jake, drummer Vinnie Fiorello presented Limp with the opportunity to issue a release on his label, Fueled by Ramen. This would result in the ""Fine Girl"" EP released in 1998, which gathered leftover songs from ""Pop & Disorderly"" and included new songs that would see later release on the band's second album. This would also"
"on their self-titled 1996 album, as well as by the band Tapping the Vein on the Tori Amos tribute album, ""Songs of a Goddess"". In 2007, after Amos had to pull out of an appearance on the Australian comedy program ""The Sideshow"", musical comedy trio Tripod performed the song in her place. On March 25, 2010, British electronic musician Imogen Heap covered the song live in Australia. The performance was done per request by the winner of an online charity auction who paid about $4000 USD to win the item ""VIP Experience Meet Imogen Heap + A Song Just For"
"line-up consisted of Gwenno Saunders and her sister Ani. Their album ""Earth vs. The Pipettes"" was released on 6 October 2010 in the UK. The female members are backed by an all-male band, The Cassettes, which at present includes Monster Bobby; the Falcone brothers, Jon and Seb; and Alex White. The Pipettes were formed in mid-2003 by singer-songwriter and promoter Monster Bobby with the intention of reviving the Phil Spector pop sound and giving it a modern twist, after noticing the reaction girl group songs got during his DJ sets. In collaboration with singer, poet, and photographer Julia Clark-Lowes, who"
"label, with the first song recorded making it to the top ten on the national R&B charts. Major acts on the label in the 1950s included blues singers Jimmy Reed, Memphis Slim, and John Lee Hooker, and rhythm and blues vocal groups the Spaniels, the Dells, and the El Dorados. The 1960s saw the label become a major soul label with Jerry Butler, Gene Chandler, Dee Clark, and Betty Everett having hit singles on both the pop and R&B charts. Vee-Jay was also the first label to nationally issue a record by the Pips (through a master purchase from the"