"The 1980 Floor Show The 1980 Floor Show was a rock musical spectacle featuring David Bowie as the protagonist, held at the Marquee Club in Soho, London, on October 18-20, 1973, and broadcast in the United States by NBC on November 16, 1973, as part of the series ""The Midnight Special"". The show presented the last performance of Bowie as the character Ziggy Stardust. The lineup included songs from the albums Aladdin Sane and Pin Ups, as well as the medley ""1984 / Dodo"". The title of the show was a play-on-words referring to the song ""1984"" (nineteen eighty-four /"
"which ""Aladdin Sane"" (1973), ""Pin Ups"" (1973), ""Diamond Dogs"" (1974) and ""Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"" (1980) reached the number one position. He then released three solo studio albums with EMI – ""Let's Dance"" (1983), whose title track became his first single to reach number one in both the United Kingdom and the United States, ""Tonight"" (1984) and ""Never Let Me Down"" (1987). ""Let's Dance"" and ""Tonight"" reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, while ""Never Let Me Down"" reached number six. The success of ""Let's Dance"" revitalized Bowie's back catalogue: throughout the summer of 1983, he had multiple"
"Sane"" was recorded at Trident Studios in London in January 1973, between legs of the Ziggy Stardust Tour. A desire to rush release the record was blamed for mixes on the Rolling Stones-influenced ""Watch That Man"" and ""Cracked Actor"" that buried vocals and harmonica, respectively. Bowie and producer Ken Scott later rebuffed this suggestion regarding ""Watch That Man"", claiming that a remix they produced which brought the vocals forward was considered by Mainman management and RCA Records to be inferior to the original that was eventually released. ""Aladdin Sane"" featured a tougher rock sound than its predecessor ""Ziggy Stardust"", particularly"
"of his set during his 2017/18 world tour with Chic. Let's Dance (David Bowie song) ""Let's Dance"" is the title-track from English singer David Bowie's 1983 album of the same name. It was also released as the first single from that album in 1983 and went on to become one of his biggest-selling tracks. Stevie Ray Vaughan played the guitar solo at the end of the song. The single was one of Bowie's fastest selling, entering the UK Singles Chart at No. 5 on its first week of release, staying at the top of the charts for three weeks. Soon"
"on the compilation album ""Changestwobowie"" (1981) it appeared in liner notes as ""Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)/On Broadway"", co-credit going to Mann, Weil, Leiber and Stoller. On the 1990 Rykodisc CD reissue the track was referred to as simply ""Aladdin Sane"", but subsequent CD reissues of the album in 1999, 2003 and 2013 restored the ""Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"" title. Bowie wrote ""Aladdin Sane"" in December 1972 as he sailed back to the UK following the first leg of his US Ziggy Stardust tour. The subject matter was inspired by a book he was reading, Evelyn Waugh’s ""Vile Bodies"" (later filmed as ""Bright"
"Hopkins, Bowie slurs his lines, and the female backup singers and horns make the appropriate noises."" Watch That Man ""Watch That Man"" is a song written by David Bowie, the opening track on the album ""Aladdin Sane"" from 1973. Its style is often compared to The Rolling Stones' ""Exile on Main Street"". The mix, in which Bowie's lead vocal is buried within the instrumental sections, has generated discussion among critics and fans. ""NME"" editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray considered ""Watch That Man"" the prime example of a collection of songs on ""Aladdin Sane"" that were ""written too fast,"
"Let's Dance (David Bowie song) ""Let's Dance"" is the title-track from English singer David Bowie's 1983 album of the same name. It was also released as the first single from that album in 1983 and went on to become one of his biggest-selling tracks. Stevie Ray Vaughan played the guitar solo at the end of the song. The single was one of Bowie's fastest selling, entering the UK Singles Chart at No. 5 on its first week of release, staying at the top of the charts for three weeks. Soon afterwards, the single topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, becoming Bowie's"
"Pop. His own ""Aladdin Sane"" (1973) topped the UK chart, his first number-one album. Described by Bowie as ""Ziggy goes to America"", it contained songs he wrote while travelling to and across the US during the earlier part of the Ziggy tour, which now continued to Japan to promote the new album. ""Aladdin Sane"" spawned the UK top five singles ""The Jean Genie"" and ""Drive-In Saturday"". Bowie's love of acting led his total immersion in the characters he created for his music. ""Offstage I'm a robot. Onstage I achieve emotion. It's probably why I prefer dressing up as Ziggy to"
"studio album ""Passion"" (1993) and on Bryson's studio album ""Through the Fire"" (1994). A Whole New World ""A Whole New World"" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film ""Aladdin"", with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. A duet originally recorded by singers Brad Kane and Lea Salonga in their respective roles as the singing voices of the main characters Aladdin and Jasmine, the ballad serves as both the film's love and theme song. Lyrically, ""A Whole New World"" describes Aladdin showing the confined princess a life of freedom and the pair's acknowledgment of their love"
"Aladdin (performer) Aladdin Abdullah Achmed Anthony Pallante (September 12, 1912 – June 9, 1970) was an actor and musician better known to fans as Aladdin who appeared on ""The Lawrence Welk Show"" from 1955 to 1967. Born and raised in New York, Aladdin first began his professional career as a dancer at age three, but a serious fall, which left him temporarily paralyzed, forced him to turn his talents in an instrumental and vocal direction, which led him to learning to play the violin. Prior to joining Welk's Champagne Music Makers, he appeared with Ray Noble on the Edgar Bergen"
"Watch That Man ""Watch That Man"" is a song written by David Bowie, the opening track on the album ""Aladdin Sane"" from 1973. Its style is often compared to The Rolling Stones' ""Exile on Main Street"". The mix, in which Bowie's lead vocal is buried within the instrumental sections, has generated discussion among critics and fans. ""NME"" editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray considered ""Watch That Man"" the prime example of a collection of songs on ""Aladdin Sane"" that were ""written too fast, recorded too fast and mixed too fast"". They remarked on the ""hurried shoddiness"" of its production"
"A Whole New World ""A Whole New World"" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film ""Aladdin"", with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. A duet originally recorded by singers Brad Kane and Lea Salonga in their respective roles as the singing voices of the main characters Aladdin and Jasmine, the ballad serves as both the film's love and theme song. Lyrically, ""A Whole New World"" describes Aladdin showing the confined princess a life of freedom and the pair's acknowledgment of their love for each other while riding on a magic carpet. The song garnered an"
"such as ""Humanity"" (1989). Having spent nearly a decade with the Nazia-Zohaib pair, Biddu next turned his attention to Hindi vocalist Shweta Shetty, both writing and producing the ""Johnny Joker"" album in 1993. Then in 1995, came another sensational pop album, composed and produced by Biddu. ""Made in India"" – a dance album for Hindi pop/film playback singer Alisha Chinai. The album became the best selling Hindi dance album ever and featured a handful of slick Western styled videos – a sure selling point for India's newly launched MTV channel. It topped the Indian charts, where it remained for over"
"Aladdin (1979 musical) Aladdin is a musical written by Sandy Wilson for the newly-refurbished Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Although not a pantomime, it played during the theatre's inaugural Christmas pantomime season of 1979/80 at the theatre, opening on 21 December 1979, and starred Richard Freeman as Aladdin, Joe Melia as Tuang Kee Chung (Widow Twankey), Aubrey Woods as Abanazar, Ernest Clark as The Emperor, Martin McEvoy as The Genie, Elizabeth Welch as Fatima and Christine McKenna as Badr-al-Badur. The Aladdin story (sometimes combined with Ali Baba and other ""Arabian Nights"" tales) had been a traditional pantomime subject in England for nearly"
"Lad in Vein"", and ""A Lad in Vain"". Incorporating parts of ""Aladdin Sane"" and what would become ""Sweet Thing (Reprise)"" on ""Diamond Dogs"", this instrumental piece was generally thought to have been recorded during the ""Aladdin Sane"" sessions at Trident Studios early in 1973. However a recent estimate places it alongside recordings for ""Pin Ups"" later that year, as a preview of Bowie's next original work, leading author Nicholas Pegg to suggest that it ""perhaps ought to be regarded more as a ""Diamond Dogs"" demo than an ""Aladdin Sane"" out-take"". ""Aladdin Sane"" was debuted live in February 1973, prior to"
"sung by Mohammed Rafi. A critically acclaimed song was ""Zindagi Ki Uljhanon Ko Bhool Kar"" sung by Asha Bhosle. The other popular song was ""Aaj Duniya Badi Suhani Hai"" sung by Asha Bhosle. The playback singers were Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor, Mohammed Rafi, Usha Khanna and Usha Mangeshkar. Nartaki (film) Nartakee (Dancer) is a 1963 Indian social film directed by Nitin Bose. The story and screenplay were by Dhruv Chatterji, with dialogues by S. K. Prabhakar. Produced by Mukund Trivedi for Film Bharti, its director of photography was Nana Ponkshe. Director Bimal Roy did the editing for the film. Choreography"
"and Aladdin Sane showed his skills in the studio and in live playing. “Ronson made David Bowie’s new music bigger, tougher and sexier. He was the muscle in the mix”. Bowie recalls ""Mick was the perfect foil for the Ziggy character"", Ziggy and Mick were the personification of the rock & roll dualism”. A naturally gifted musician who wrote the dazzling string arrangements for both Bowie’s ""Life on Mars?"" and Lou Reed’s ""Perfect Day"". John Mellancamp also recalls that Ronson was instrumental in helping arrange Jack & Diane. At the start of their relationship, Bowie and Defries became very close"
"Let's Dance (David Bowie album) Let's Dance is the 15th studio album by David Bowie. It was originally released in April 1983, three years after his previous album, ""Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)"". Co-produced by Chic's Nile Rodgers, the album contains three of his most successful singles; the title track, ""Let's Dance"", which reached No. 1 in the UK, US and various other countries, as well as ""Modern Love"" and ""China Girl"", which both reached No. 2 in the UK. ""China Girl"" was a new version of a song which Bowie had co-written with Iggy Pop for the latter's 1977"
"or dress. According to ""Vanity Fair"", Jasmine was the first feminist Disney Princess, although author Alex Beggs admitted that this claim has been exaggerated to some degree. Jasmine's song ""A Whole New World"", which she performs as a duet with Aladdin, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 65th Academy Awards in 1993. Six years after ""Aladdin"", Lea Salonga would be cast as the singing voice of Mulan in 1998. Salonga joked about being required to audition for the role despite having already voiced a Disney Princess: ""Why do I have to audition? ... I was already"
"Aladdin Sane using the stars Sigma Librae, Spica, Zeta Centauri, SAO 204132, Sigma Octantis, SAO 241641 and Beta Trianguli Australis which were near Mars at the time of Bowie's death. The album was included in the book ""1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"". Two songs from the album, ""Cracked Actor"" and ""Time"" were included in the 2017 feature-length biographical documentary, and compilation Soundtrack, entitled Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story. ""Aladdin Sane"" was first released on CD in 1984 by RCA. Dr. Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital, Southborough, Massachusetts, remastered ""Aladdin Sane"" from the original master tapes for"
"Alisha Chinai Alisha Chinai, formerly known as Alisha Chinoy, is an Indian pop singer known for her albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema. She is best known for her songs with Anu Malik during the 1990s. Her most successful and popular song is Made in India released in 1995. Alisha's initial albums for HMV include ""Jaadoo"", ""Babydoll"", ""Aah... Alisha!"" and ""Made in India"". Alisha was introduced to Hindi film music by the veteran music director and composer Bappi Lahiri. They had many disco hits together in many films in the 1980s including ""Tarzan"", ""Dance Dance"", ""Commando"", ""Guru"","
"in 1969. Continuing Duffy's lifelong interest in the First World War in 1985 he directed ""Lions Led By Donkeys"" for Channel 4 TV. Duffy had an eight-year working relationship with the artist David Bowie and shot five key sessions over this period providing the creative concept as well as the photographic image for three album covers, including the 1973 Aladdin Sane (often nicknamed 'the Mona Lisa of pop') when Duffy interpreted Bowie's original title of 'A Lad Insane' as 'Aladdin Sane', 1979 Lodger and 1980 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). Duffy's input had a significant influence on the creation of"
"Disco Dancer Disco Dancer is a 1982 Indian Bollywood musical drama film, written by Rahi Masoom Raza and directed by Babbar Subhash. It stars Bengali actor Mithun Chakraborty in the lead role, with Kim Yashpal and Rajesh Khanna in supporting roles. The film tells the rags-to-riches story of a young street performer. It is especially known for its filmi disco Bollywood songs composed by Bappi Lahiri and actor Mithun Chakraborty. Songs including ""I am a Disco Dancer"", ""Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja"" (sung by Parvati Khan), ""Yaad Aa Raha Hai"" (sung by Vijay Benedict and Bappi Lahiri) and ""Goro Ki Na"
"the album were included in his touring repertoire. Other albums with no appearance included the cover album ""Pin Ups"" (1973), ""Never Let Me Down"" (1987), the albums produced with the band Tin Machine (""Tin Machine"" (1989) and ""Tin Machine II"" (1991)), and ""Black Tie White Noise"" (1993). ""Aladdin Sane"" (1973) & ""Station to Station"" (1976) also made no concert appearances in the video, although songs from both albums were performed on the tour. A notable inclusion into the performance was the set of three songs from ""The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"" (1972) as"
"same film. His first popular film was Chalte Chalte (1976), whose songs became hits thus bringing him recognition as a music director. With Ravikant Nagaich's Surakksha 1979 his singing and music became even more popular. In the early 80s, he added an element of the then popular disco music to his compositions, in movies such as Wardat 1981, Sahhas 1981, Laparwah 1981, Pyara Dushman 1980 song Hari Om Hari, Armaan 1981 song Ramba Ho Samba Ho . Mithun Chakraborty and Bappi Lahiri became synonyms of Indian disco culture in the 1980s, largely due to movies such as Disco Dancer. Bappi"
"Dance Dance (film) Dance Dance is an Indian Bollywood movie released on 29 May 1987, directed and produced by Babbar Subhash. The film is a musical and stars Mithun Chakraborty, Smita Patil and Mandakini in lead roles. It also stars Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor and Om Shivpuri in supporting roles. It is about a brother and sister who try to find success and become big singers. Several scenes follow very closely those from the film ""Fast Forward"", directed by Sidney Poitier. Radha (Smita Patil) and Ramu (Mithun Chakraborty) are siblings. Their parents Shyam and Sita are singers. Once, Shyam and"
"and often duetting with another singer-violinist, Bob Lido. He was also well received by audiences for his dramatic readings, most of them submitted by Helen Steiner Rice of Cincinnati, Ohio. Aladdin was known to speak several different languages, which included Spanish, French, Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew. He recorded the song ""Darktown Strutters Ball"" for Welk in Italian on the Coral record label with Bob Lido singing in English. He left the show after suffering a heart attack in the fall of 1967, and died a few years afterward in 1970. Aladdin (performer) Aladdin Abdullah Achmed Anthony Pallante (September 12, 1912"
"Disney's animated film ""Aladdin"". In 1993, Salonga played the role of Éponine in the Broadway production of ""Les Misérables"". She performed the song ""A Whole New World"" from ""Aladdin"" with Brad Kane at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, where the song won an Oscar, having already won a Golden Globe Award. That same year, she released her self-titled international debut album with Atlantic Records, which had modest sales in the US but went platinum in the Philippines and sold 3 million copies worldwide. In 1994, Salonga played in various musical theatre productions in the Philippines and Singapore,"
"both in instrumentation and style. They often employ foreign instruments and rework existing songs, showing remarkable inventiveness in the reinvention of melodies and instrumental techniques. In the Indian subcontinent of South Asia, disco peaked in popularity in the early 1980s, when a South Asian disco scene arose, popularized by filmi Bollywood music, at a time when disco's popularity had declined in North America. The South Asian disco scene was sparked by the success of Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan, working with Indian producer Biddu, with the hit Bollywood song ""Aap Jaisa Koi"" in 1979. Biddu himself previously had success in"
"international singers like Tony Di Bart and Sabrina Johnston), cover versions ""Feleeng Hot Hot Hot"" Dance Chart 5, ""Dance Chart 2 100% Dance"", ""Dance Chart 4 Feat. Sarah Washington Bappi Lahiri is also a singer and performer of repute on stage. He introduced Disco Songs to Hindi cinema and introduced several Pop Singers like Usha Uthup, Sharon Prabhakar, Alisha Chinai, Parvati Khan, Bali Brahmabhatt, Vijay Benedict, Nandu Bhende, Remo Fernandes, Salma Agha, and film star Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Padmini Kolhapure, Mandakini, and Amjad Khan to sing under his baton. Many prominent singers like Lata Mangeshkar, P.Susheela, Asha Bhosle, Kishore"
"1977) and ""Pyaar Karne Waale"" (""Shaan"", 1980); Laxmikant-Pyarelal, on songs such as ""Om Shanti Om"" (""Karz"", 1980); and Bappi Lahari, on songs such as ""Ramba Ho"" (""Armaan"", 1981). They also experimented with minimalist, high-tempo, electronic disco, including Burman's """" (""Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai"", 1981), which had a ""futuristic electro feel"", and Lahiri's """" (""Disco Dancer"", 1982). Such experiments eventually culminated in the work of Charanjit Singh, whose 1982 record """" anticipated the sound of acid house music, years before the genre arose in the Chicago house scene of the late 1980s. Using the Roland TR-808 drum machine, TB-303 bass synthesizer,"
"on the album. They are: ""John, I'm Only Dancing"" (Sax version) - recorded during the sessions for the ""Aladdin Sane"" album; ""The Prettiest Star"" (Marc Bolan stereo version) - the original 1970 single release that features Marc Bolan on lead guitar; and ""All the Young Dudes (Studio version)"" - the original Bowie studio version from 1973. All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted. The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 is an album by David Bowie, released by EMI in 1997. The US release of the album was pulled from the stores because"
"early 1980s (sparked by the success of Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan and Indian producer Biddu), at a time when disco's popularity had declined in the United States. In parallel to the Euro disco scene at the time, the continued relevance of disco in India and the increasing reliance on synthesizers led to experiments in minimalist, high-tempo, electronic disco, such as R.D. Burman's """" (""Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai"", 1981) which had a ""futuristic electro feel"" and Bappi Lahari's """" (""Disco Dancer"", 1982). Such developments eventually culminated in the work of Singh, who increased the tempo up to a ""techno wavelength"""