Dazz Band

Collection of Dazz Band




The Cleveland-based Dazz Band was one of the more popular funk groups of the early '80s. Bobby Harris formed the group in the late '70s, merging two Cleveland funk bands, Bell Telefunk and Mother Braintree. After myriad lineup changes, the end result was an eight-piece band featuring Harris, Skip Martin III, Pierre DeMudd on horns and vocals, guitarist Eric Fearman, bassist Michael Wiley, drummer Isaac Wiley, keyboardist Kevin Frederick, and percussionist Kenny Pettus. Harris and lead songwriter/guitarist Mike Calhoun's concept for the group was "danceable jazz"; he shortened the description to "dazz" and called the group Kinsman Dazz. Under that name, the group had two small hits in the U.S.A. during 1978 and 1979. After Calhoun left they changed their name to the Dazz Band in 1980 and signed to Motown.

Invitation to Love, the band's first release for the record label, was released in 1980. Once the group veered away from the more melodic, pop-oriented dance music that dominated their debut and started playing a tougher, more groove-oriented funk, the Dazz Band began racking up the hits. "Let It Whip," taken from their second album Keep It Live (1982), reached number five and won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by an R&B Vocal Duo or Group. While they never reached those heights again, the Dazz Band had a string of six consecutive Top 100 albums that ran until 1986; during that time, they scored two other Top 100 singles, "Joystick" and "Let It All Blow." In 1985, Fearman and Frederick left the band; they were replaced by Marlon McClain and Keith Harrison, respectively. The Dazz Band switched labels to Geffen in 1986. That year they had their final charting album, Wild and Free. Soon after its release, the band switched to RCA. The group failed to have another hit and quietly faded away. Allmusic by Stephen Thomas Erlewine




Album: Invitation to Love (1980)









01. Shake It Up
02. Invitation to Love
03. Magnetized
04. Hello Girl
05. Skate Lovers
06. Carry On
07. Do It Again
08. Sooner Or Later
09. Beyond the Horizon




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Album: Let the Music Play (1981)









01. Let the Music Play
02. Freaky Lovin'
03. Knock! Knock!
04. What Will I Do Without You
05. Don't Stop
06. This Time It's Forever
07. Satisfying Love
08. Everday Love
09. I Believe in You




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Album: Keep It Live (1982)









01. Let It Whip
02. Gamble With My Love
03. I'll Keep On Loving You
04. Just Can't Wait Till Tonight
05. Shake What You Got
06. Keep It Live (On The K.I.L.)
07. Just Believe In Love
08. Can We Dance
09. Let Me Love You Until



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Album: Joystick (1983)










01. To The Roof
02. Joystick
03. Swoop (I'm Yours)
04. Until You
05. Rock With Me
06. Striaght Out Of School
07. Know That I Have You
08. Laughin' At You
09. T Mata (Instrumental)




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Album: On The One (1983)









01. Party Right Here
02. Cheek To Cheek
03. On The One For Fun
04. Don't Get Caught In The Middle
05. A Love Song
06. Bad Girl
07. Nice Girls
08. Stay A While With Me
09. We Have More Than Love




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Album: Jukebox (1984)










01. Let It All Blow
02. Keep You Comin' Back For More
03. She's The One
04. Heartbeat
05. Dream Girl
06. Undercover Lover
07. I've Been Waiting
08. Main Attraction
09. So Much Love




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Album: Hot Spot (1985)










01. If You Only Were In My Shoes
02. Hot Spot
03. Paranoid
04. All The Way
05. S.C.L. & P. (Style, Class, Looks & Personality)
06. She Used To Be My Girl
07. When You Needed Roses
08. Slow Rap




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Album: Wild & Free (1986)









01. Wild And Free
02. Body And Mind
03. Time Will Heal A Broken Heart
04. The Best That's Right
05. All I Need
06. L.O.V.E. M.I.A.
07. Hooks In Me
08. Sunglasses
09. It's All Right
10. Something You Said




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Album: Greatest Hits (1986)











01. Let It Whip
02. Joystick
03. Invition To Love
04. Party Right Here
05. Swoop (I'm Yours)
06. Keep It Live (On The K.I.L.)
07. Cheek To Cheek
08. Knock! Knock!
09. On The One For Fun
10. Let It All Blow




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Album: Rock the Room (1988)









01. Anticipation
02. Single Girls
03. Open Sesame
04. One Time Lover
05. Body Drum
06. Huff and Puff
07. All the Way
08. Rock the Room
09. Once in a Lifetime Love




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Album: Funkology (1994)










01. Megamix
02. Nasty Boogie
03. There I Go
04. Ten Toes Up
05. Swoop (I'm Yours)
06. Keep It Live (On The K.I.L.)
07. A Love Song
08. I Might As Well Forget About Loving You
09. Knock! Knock!
10. Heartbeat
11. Let It Whip (Extended 7 Inch Mix)
12. Joystick (Extended 7 Inch Mix)
13. Let It All Blow (Alternate Master Mix Edit)
14. Let The Music Play
15. Catchin' Up On Love
16. When You Need Roses




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Album: Under the Streetlights (1996)









01. Tryin' to Get My Groove On
02. Dance With Somebody
03. Under the Streetlights
04. Give Me Just a Little Bit
05. Fly Away
06. Let's Talk About Funk
07. Dazz
08. It's Your Party
09. Love Is a Bitch
10. Nasty Boogie
11. I Like You
12. Ten Toes
13. Dazz Mega Mix




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Album: Double Exposure (1997)









01. Double ZZ
02. Swoop
03. Joystick
04. Keep It Live
05. Knock Knock
06. Heartbeat
07. There I Go
08. Let It All Blow
09. Let It Whip
10. Double ZZ Reprise




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Album: Here We Go Again (1998)









01. Bop Gun
02. Sho' You Right
03. Girl Got Body
04. Do Poppa Do
05. Downstairs Lounge
06. Ride
07. Summer Swim
08. I Wanna Be With You
09. The Things I'd Do
10 Oh What A Night



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Album: Time Traveler (2001)









01. You Are My Starship
02. What's Up in Your World
03. Ain't Nuthin' But a Jam Y'all
04. Love Don't Make No Sense
05. She's My Lady
06. Girl You Got a Body
07. Oh What a Night
08. Do Poppa Do
09. Get Off My Groove
10. Nasty Groove




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Album: 20th Century Masters Collection (2001)









01. Let It Whip
02. Keep It Live (On The K.I.L.)
03. Joystick
04. I Might As Well Forget About Loving You
05. Party Right Here
06. To The Roof
07. Swoop (I'm Yours)
08. Invitation To Love
09. Knock! Knock!
10. Let It All Blow
11. On The One For Fun




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Angie Stone

Collection of Angie Stone




A singer, MC, self-taught keyboardist, and prolific songwriter, Angie Stone's first claim to fame was her membership in the Sequence, an all-female trio that recorded for pioneering hip-hop label Sugar Hill, beginning with the 1979 single "Funk You Up." Several years later, she re-emerged as the lead vocalist for Vertical Hold, where she scored with the smooth urban dance track "Seems You're Much Too Busy," a Top 40 R&B hit during the summer of 1993 that led to very productive solo career. With the release of her 1999 solo debut, she became one of neo-soul's leading lights, providing sharp insight into romantic relationships with her smoky yet up-front voice.
Stone, a native of Columbia, South Carolina, began singing gospel music at a young age at First Nazareth Baptist Church.

Her father, a member of a local gospel quartet, would take his only child to see performances by gospel artists such as the Singing Angels and the Gospel Keynotes. During her youth, she wrote poetry, played sports, and, after high-school graduation, was offered college basketball scholarships. While working dead-end jobs, Stone began saving money to record her own demos at a local studio called PAW. She joined Gwendolyn Chisholm and Cheryl Cook in the rap trio the Sequence, who recorded hits for Joe and Sylvia Robinson's Sugar Hill label -- "Funk You Up," a remake of Parliament's hit "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker" called "Funky Sound (Tear the Roof Off)," and "I Don't Need Your Love."

Soon after, Stone was working with futuristic rap group Mantronix and rocker Lenny Kravitz, and she later formed the classy R&B trio Vertical Hold, who first charted with the Criminal single "Summertime." Besides "Seems You're Much Too Busy," the group's self-titled A&M album spawned another charting single, "ASAP." The group split after its second album.
Stone subsequently signed to Arista as a solo artist and recorded 1999's Black Diamond, a Top Ten R&B album that was certified gold on the strength of the singles "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" and "Everyday" (one of several songs she has written either for or with D'Angelo). The album won her a pair of Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. She shifted to J for 2001's Mahogany Soul, another gold seller. Released in 2004, Stone Love fared just as well commercially, yet she moved to the revitalized Stax label for her fourth studio album, 2007's The Art of Love & War. It topped the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and featured two of her best singles, "Sometimes" and "Baby" -- the latter of which received a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Unexpected, a Top 20 R&B Stax release, followed two years later, while 2012's Rich Girl was issued on Saguaro Road. Also an occasional actor, she appeared in a handful of movies, including The Fighting Temptations and Pastor Brown, as well as the television programs Moesha, Girlfriends, and Lincoln Heights. Biography by Ed Hogan




Album: Black Diamond (1999)









01. Freedom (Intro)
02. No More Rain (in This Cloud)
03. Everyday
04. Bone 2 Pic
05. Life Story
06. Visions
07. Coulda Been You
08. Just a Pimp
09. Black Diamonds & Blue Pearls
10. Green Grass Vapors
11. Baby Slow Down
12. Love Junkie
13. Trouble Man
14. My Lovin' Will Give You Something
15. Heaven Help
16. Life Story (Jazz Hop Mix)




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Album: Mahogany Soul (2001)









01. Soul Insurance
02. Brotha
03. Pissed Off
04. More Than a Woman (feat. Calvin Richardson)
05. Snowflakes
06. Wish I Didn't Miss You
07. Easier Said Than Done
08. Bottles & Cans
09. The Ingriedents Of Love (feat. Musiq Soulchild)
10. What U Dyin' For
11. Makings Of You (Interlude)
12. Mad Issues
13. If It Wasn't
14. 20 Dollars
15. Life Goes On
16. The Heat (Outro)
17. Brotha Part II (feat. Alicia Keys & Eve)
18. Time of the Month




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Album: Stone Love (2004)









01. Stoned Love (Intro)
02. I Wanna Thank Ya (feat. Snoop Dogg)
03. My Man (feat. Floetry)
04. U-Haul
05. Stay for a While (feat. Anthony Hamilton)
06. Lovers' Ghetto
07. Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That... (Interlude)
08. You're Gonna Get It (feat. Diamond Stone)
09. Come Home (Live with Me)
10. You Don't Love Me
11. Remy Red
12. That Kind of Love (feat. Betty Wright)
13. Touch It (Interlude)
14. Cinderella Ballin'
15. Karma (feat. T.H.C.)
16. Wherever You Are (Outro)
17. I Wanna Thank Ya (No Rap)




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Album: Stone Hits The Very Best of Angie Stone (2005)










01. Wish I Didn't Miss You
02. Brotha
03. No More Rain (In This Cloud)
04. Stay For A While (feat. Anthony Hamilton)
05. I Wasn't Kidding
06. I Wanna Thank Ya
07. Everyday
08. Pissed Off
09. More Than A Woman (feat. Joe)
10. U-Haul
11. Bottles & Cans
12. Little Boy
13. Making Of You (Interlude)
14. Bone 2 Pic (Wit U)
15. Brotha Part II (feat. Alicia Keys & Eve)




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Album: Life Goes On (2007)









01. Wish I Didn't Miss You
02. Cinderella Ballin'
03. Brotha
04. U-Haul
05. Remy Red
06. Life Goes On
07. Snowflakes
08. You Don't Love Me
09. Easier Said Than Done
10. Life Story




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Album: The Art of Love & War (2007)









01. Take Everything In
02. Baby (feat. Betty Wright)
03. Here We Go Again
04. Make It Last
05. Sometimes
06. Go Back To Your Life
07. Half A Chance
08. These Are the Reasons
09. My People (feat. James Ingram)
10. Sit Down
11. Play With It
12. Pop Pop
13. Wait For Me
14. Happy Being Me (feat. Pauletta Washington)




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Album: Unexpected (2009)









01. Unexpected
02. I Ain't Hearing' U
03. Free
04. Maybe
05. Hey Mr. DJ
06. Kiss All Over Your Body
07. I Don't Care
08. Why Is It
09. Tell Me
10. Think Sometimes
11. I Found A Keeper
12. Unexpected (Reprise)




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Album: Rich Girl (2012)










01. Intro-Real Music
02. Do What U Gotta Do
03. Backup Plan
04. Proud Of Me
05. First Time
06. Guilty
07. Interlude (Malcolm-Jamal Warner)
08. Alright
09. Livin' It Up
10. Rich Girl
11. Right In Front Of Me
12. I Can't Take it
13. Push 'N' Pull
14. U Lit My Fire
15. Sisters




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Five Star

Collection of Five Star



This family quintet from Britain featured lead vocalist Deniece, plus Stedman, Doris, Lorraine, and Delroy Pearson. Their RCA debut single, "All Fall Down," reached 16 on the R&B charts, while "Let Me Be The One" started a string of Top 10 hits. It was their biggest, reaching number two; "Love Take Over" and "Can't Wait Another Minute" were the others. They also landed "If I Say Yes" and "Are You Man Enough" in the Top 20. The released a comeback LP in 1994, and continued recording into the new millennium.





Album: Luxury of Life (1985)









01. Love Take Over
02. All Fall Down
03. Let Me Be the One
04. System Addict
05. Hide and Seek
06. R.S.V.P.
07. Now I'm In Control
08. Say Goodbye
09. Crazy
10. Winning
11. Let Me Be the One (12'' Version)




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Album: Silk & Steel (1986)










01. Can't Wait Another Minute
02. Find The Time
03. Rain Or Shine
04. If I Say Yes
05. Please Don't Say Goodnight
06. Stay Out Of My Life
07. Show Me What You've Got For
08. Are You Man Enough
09. The Slightest Touch
10. Don't You Know I Love It




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Album: Between The Lines (1987)









01. Somewhere Somebody
02. Whenever You're Ready
03. Strong As Steel
04. Read Between The Lines
05. Live Giving Love
06. Ain't Watcha Do
07. Made Out Of Love
08. You Should Have Waited
09. Knock Twice
10. Hard Race




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Album: Rock The World (1988)









01. Another Weekend
02. Rock My World
03. Godsend
04. Are You Really the One
05. Let Me Be Yours
06. Free Time
07. Physical Attraction
08. Someone's in Love
09. There's a Brand New World
10. Rescue Me
11. Another Weekend (Friday Night Mix)
12. Rock My World (Extra Terrestial Mix)




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Album: Shine (1991)









01. Shine
02. Come to Me (For Love)
03. Some Kind of Magic
04. Love Can't Wait
05. The Love You Bring to Me
06. Right Over
07. The Start of Forever
08. I Really Did It This Time
09. Sentimental
10. Save a Place (In Your Heart For Me)




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Album: Heart and Soul (1994)








01. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
02. Surely
03. The Writing On The Wall
04. Got A Lot Of Love
05. The Best of Me
06. When You Get Home
07. Going with the Moment
08. Secret From My Heart
09. Show Me
10. I Give You Give




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Album: Eclipse (2001)









01. I Wish Me You
02. Hung Up
03. Eyes Don't Lie
04. I Get Such a High
05. The Writing On The Wall
06. Got a Lot of Love (Sucha Remix)
07. Don't Let Me Be The Lonely One
08. Surely (Remix)
09. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (No Rap)
10. Funktafied
11. One Way Mirror
12. Tell Me What You Want
13. Get a Life Together
14. I Give You Give (Remix)




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Album: Greatest Hits (2004)









01. System Addict
02. Rain Or Shine
03. Can't Wait Another Minute
04. The Slightest Touch
05. Strong As Steel
06. Love Take Over
07. Find The Time
08. Let Me Be The One
09. If I Say Yes
10. Stay Out Of My Life
11. All Fall Down
12. Whenever You're Ready
13. R.S.V.P.
14. Somewhere Somebody
15. Another Weekend
16. Rock My World
17. With Every Heartbeat
18. There's A Brand New World




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Album: Legends (2004)









CD1



01. System Addict
02. Rain Or Shine
03. The Slightest Touch
04. If I Say Yes
05. All Fall Down
06. Let Me Be the One
07. Can't Wait Another Minute
08. Love Take Over
09. R.S.V.P
10. Whenever You're Ready
11. Another Weekend
12. Somewhere Somebody
13. Rock My World
14. Strong As Steel


CD2

01. Find The Time
02. Stay Out Of My Life
03. There's A Brand New World
04. Let Me Be Yours
05. With Every Heartbeat
06. Hide and Seek
07. Now I'm in Control
08. Say Goodbye
09. Crazy
10. Winning
11. Please Don't Say Goodnight
12. Show Me What You've Got For Me
13. Are You Man Enough (Shep Pettibone Remix)


CD3

01. Don't You Know I Love It
02. Read Between The Lines
03. Live Giving Love
04. Ain't Watcha Do
05. Made Out Of Love
06. You Should Have Waited
07. Knock Twice
08. Hard Race
09. Are You Really The One
10. Free Time
11. Physical Attraction
12. Godsend
13. Someone's In Love
14. Rescue Me




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Anita Baker

Collection of Anita Baker

With her classy, refined brand of romantic soul, Anita Baker was one of the definitive quiet storm singers of the '80s. Gifted with a strong, supple alto, Baker was influenced not only by R&B, but jazz, gospel, and traditional pop, which gave her music a distinctly adult sophistication. Smooth and mellow, but hardly lifeless, it made her one of the most popular romantic singers of her time.

Baker was born January 26, 1958, in Toledo, OH, and raised in nearby Detroit, where she grew up listening to female jazz singers like Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, and Ella Fitzgerald. At age 12, she began singing a gospel choir, and by age 16 she was performing with several local bands. In 1975, she successfully auditioned for Chapter 8, one of Detroit's most popular acts at the time; the group eventually signed with Ariola and released an album in 1979, but were immediately dropped when the label was acquired by Arista (which didn't care for Baker's vocals). Chastened, Baker worked low-paying jobs in Detroit and eventually found steady work as a receptionist at a law firm. In 1982, Otis Smith -- an executive who'd worked with Chapter 8 -- contacted Baker about recording for his new label Beverly Glen. Happy with her employment benefits and skittish over the experience with Arista, Baker was reluctant at first, but eventually flew out to the West Coast to record her debut album, The Songstress, in 1983. Though it didn't gain quite enough exposure to become a hit, it did help Baker build a strong fan base through word-of-mouth and she was signed by Elektra in 1985.

Working with producer Michael J. Powell (an old Chapter 8 cohort), Baker released her major-label debut Rapture in 1986. It was a platinum, Grammy-winning smash, appealing to both urban and adult contemporary listeners and producing two all-time quiet storm classics in "Caught Up in the Rapture" and "Sweet Love." Baker toured the world in 1987 and her guest appearance on the Winans track "Ain't Got No Need to Worry" won a Grammy. Her equally stylish follow-up album, Giving You the Best That I Got, appeared in 1988, spawning more staples in the title track and "Just Because." "Giving You the Best That I Got" also won Baker two more Grammys, for Best Female R&B Vocal and Best R&B Song. For her third Elektra album, Baker decided to handle a greater share of the songwriting, hence the title Compositions, which was released in 1990 and featured even stronger jazz inflections than Baker's previous work (not to mention all live instruments).

Following Compositions, Baker took a break from recording and touring; after having her first son in 1993, she returned to the studio to craft Rhythm of Love, which was released in 1994. In the years that followed, Baker was mostly silent, despite her fans' clamoring for a jazz album; instead, she raised her family and became embroiled in contract disputes with Elektra, which eventually led her to move to Atlantic. She began working on a new album in 2000, but had to start over from scratch due to defective recording equipment that made the original tracks unsalvageable. In 2004 it was announced that she had signed with Blue Note and still working on her new album. In the meantime, the Atlantic imprint Rhino released Night of Rapture: Live, a 1987 concert originally available on video. Baker finally returned to the studio in 2003 and issued My Everything, her first album in 10 years. Two years later she released her first holiday album, Christmas Fantasy. Allmusic by Steve Huey


Album: The Songstress (1983)









01. Angel
02. You're The Best Thing Yet
03. Feel The Need
04. Squeeze Me
05. No More Tears
06. Sometimes
07. Will You Be Mine
08. Do You Believe Me




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Album: Rapture (1986)









01. Sweet Love
02. You Bring Me Joy
03. Caught Up In The Rapture
04. Been So Long
05. Mystery
06. No One In The World
07. Same Ole Love
08. Watch Your Step




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Album: Giving You the Best That I Got (1988)









01. Priceless
02. Lead Me Into Love
03. Giving You The Best That I Got
04. Good Love
05. Rules
06. Good Enough
07. Just Because
08. You Belong To Me




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Album: Compositions (1990)









01. Talk To Me
02. Perfect Love Affair
03. Whatever It Takes
04. Soul Inspiration
05. Lonely
06. No One To Blame
07. More Than You Know
08. Love You To The Letter
09. Fairy Tales




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Album: Rhythm Of Love (1994)









01. Rhythm Of Love
02. The Look Of Love
03. Body And Soul
04. Baby
05. I Apologize
06. Plenty Of Room
07. It's Been You
08. You Belong To Me
09. Wrong Man
10. Only For A While
11. Sometimes I Wonder Why
12. My Funny Valentine




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Album: The Best Of Anita Baker (2002)









01. Angel
02. You're The Best Thing Yet
03. No More Tears
04. Sweet Love
05. Caught Up In The Rapture
06. You Bring Me Joy
07. Same Ole Love (365 Days A Year)
08. No One In The World
09. Ain't No Need To Worry
10 Giving You the Best That I Got
11. Good Love
12. Just Because
13. Lead Me Into Love
14. Fairy Tales
15. Talk To Me
16. Body And Soul
17. I Apologize
18. It's Been You




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Album: My Everything (2004)









01. You're My Everything
02. How Could You
03. In My Heart
04. Serious
05. How Does It Feel
06. Like You Used To Do
07. Close Your Eyes
08. You're My Everything Revisited
09. I Can't Sleep
10. Men In My Life




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Album: A Night of Rapture Live (2004)









01. Caught Up In The Rapture
02 Mystery
03. Been So Long
04. No One In The World
05. Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year)
06. Watch Your Step
07. Moondance
08. You Bring Me Joy
09. Sweet Love




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The Gap Band

Collection of The Gap Band

The Gap Band, centered around brothers Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, toiled in obscurity for several years prior to becoming one of the most popular funk groups of the late '70s and 1980s. The Tulsa, OK natives produced 15 Top Ten R&B singles ranging from ferocious funk anthems to gorgeous slow jams. Many of their hits, such as "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" and "You Dropped a Bomb on Me," featured instantly memorable, rippling synthesizer basslines. All of them featured Charlie's deep, invigorating lead vocals. While casual R&B fans and most critics associate the Gap Band with the early '80s, the Wilsons' run of hits spanned nearly 20 years, from 1977 through 1995.

Born and raised in Tulsa, OK, the Wilson brothers began singing and playing in their father's Pentecostal church; at home, music lessons were mandatory. They learned various instruments, primarily the piano. As much as they despised the lessons at the time, they proved to be invaluable. Ronnie, the oldest sibling, established his own band by the age of 14. Charlie, a few years younger, joined a rival band a couple years later. One night, the two bands were performing across the street from one another. Ronnie stopped by to check out Charlie grooving on the organ. While there, Ronnie asked Charlie to join his band for 50 dollars over what he was making. Though Charlie's bandmates doubled that offer, he joined his brother's band. Ronnie gave him no choice.

At a gig not too long after the two had joined forces, the bass player quit and Ronnie and Charlie summoned their younger brother Robert, barely 14, to take the spot. For a short while, the band performed without a name but eventually settled on the Greenwood, Archer & Pine Street Band. As advertising such a name on posters was cumbersome, the Wilsons shortened the name to the G.A.P. Street Band. Due to a typographical error, they were advertised as the Gap Band, and it stuck.

The band performed at venues around the Tulsa area, including country & western joints, tennis clubs, and rock clubs. However, by the middle of the 1970s, Charlie left Tulsa to explore his possibilities in Los Angeles. A short time later, he convinced his brothers to join him. The bandmembers floundered until they met entertainment businessman Lonnie Simmons through their friend, singer/songwriter/musician D.J. Rogers. Simmons owned a recording studio and nightclub, both of which were dubbed Total Experience (also the name that would appear on Gap Band releases during the '80s), and signed the Wilsons along with their nine bandmates.

The Gap Band's first album, Magician's Holiday, was released in 1974 to little fanfare. A self-titled album followed three years later; despite guest appearances from D.J. Rogers, Reverend James Cleveland, Chaka Khan, Leon Russell, and Les McCann, it didn't leave any chart impressions, either, though it did feature a pair of minor hits in "Out of the Blue (Can You Feel It)" -- an excellent, mellow, electric piano-driven song written by Charlie -- and "Little Bit of Love."

A deal with Mercury put the Gap Band on the fast track. A self-titled 1979 album reached number ten on Billboard's R&B chart, led by the success of "Shake" (number four R&B) and "Open Up Your Mind" (number 13 R&B). They followed it later in the year with The Gap Band II, an album that spawned two more Top Ten R&B singles. Released in 1980, The Gap Band III was their first number one R&B album, where their sound became even more distinctive. It wasn't just the voice of Charlie that stood out. "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" was the band's first major hit dominated by a synthesizer bassline, provided by Cavin Yarbrough, who scored around the same time with his and Alisa Peoples' "Don't Stop the Music." Just as those two songs defined the sound of clubs in 1980, "Yearning for Your Love" quickly became a classic ballad, and was covered a decade later by Guy (whose Aaron Hall was the younger singer most evidently inspired by Charlie's sound and style).

There's no denying that the Gap Band's peak came during the early '80s. This notion would have been easy to predict as early as 1982, when they released three major hits: "Early in the Morning" (number one R&B; covered by Robert Palmer), "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (number two R&B), and "Outstanding" (number one R&B). Even so, it's not as if the remainder of the decade was dry for them, not when they released 16 additional charting A-sides (including the title song to Keenan Ivory Wayans' I'm Gonna Git You Sucka), six of which reached the R&B Top Ten, as well as popular albums on an almost annual basis. Their popularity waned only when they slowed their recording schedule. Three studio Gap Band albums were released during the 1990s. Charlie Wilson concentrated on his solo career, starting in 1992 with You Turn My Life Around. The singer began to reach out to a younger audience in 1996, when Snoop Dogg featured him on "Snoop's Upside Your Head." Further collaborations with Snoop, R. Kelly, and Justin Timberlake followed throughout the 2000s. In August 2010, Robert Wilson died of a heart attack. Allmusic by Andy Kellman


Album: Magician's Holiday (1974)









01. I Like It
02. Backbone
03. After All Is Said & Done
04. Fontessa Fame
05. You Can Always Count On Me
06. Bad Girl
07. Easy Life
08. Loving You Is Everything
09. Tommy's Groove
10. Magician's Holiday




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Album: The Gap Band (1976)










01. Out Of The Blue (Can You Feel It)
02. Stand Up And Dance With Me
03. Not Guilty
04. God Is Watching You
05. Little Bit Of Love
06. Hang On (To Yourself)
07. Knuckle Head Funkin'
08. Thinking Of You
09. Silly Grin





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Album: (The Gap Band (1977)










01. Shake
02. You Can Count on Me
03. Open up Your Mind (Wide)
04. Messin' With My Mind
05. Baby Baba Boogie
06. I'm in Love
07. Got to Get Away
08. I Can Sing




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Album: II (1978)









01. Steppin' (Out)
02. No Hiding Place
03. I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)
04. Who Do You Call
05. You Are My High
06. Party Lights
07. The Boys Are Back in Town




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Album: III (1980)









01. When I Look in Your Eyes
02. Yearning for Your Love
03. Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
04. Nothin' Comes to Sleepers
05. Are You Living
06. Sweet Caroline
07. Humpin'
08. The Way
09. Gash Gash Gash




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Album: IV (1982)









01. Early in the Morning
02. Season's No Reason to Change
03. Lonely Like Me
04. Outstanding
05. Stay With Me
06.You Dropped a Bomb on Me
07. I Can't Get over You
08. Talkin' Back




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Album: V Jammin' (1983)









01. Introduction -- Where Are We Going? [Instrumental]
02. Shake a Leg
03. I'm Ready (If You're Ready)
04. You're My Everything
05. Jammin' in America
06. Smile
07. Party Train
08. Jam the Motha
09. I Expect More
10. You're Something Special
11. Someday




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Album: Strike A Groove (Remixes) (1983)









01. Not Guilty
02. Silly Grin
03. Knuckle Head Funkin'
04. Listen To The Music
05. Party Down
06. I Can Sing
07. Strike A Groove
08. Merry-Go-Round




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Album: VI (1984)









01. The Sun Don't Shine Everybody (Instrumental Interlude)
02. Video Junkie
03. Weak Spot
04. The Sun Don't Shine Everybody (Instrumental Interlude)
05. I Believe
06. I Found My Baby
07. Beep A Freak
08. Don't You Leave Me
09. Disrespect
10. The Sun Don't Shine Everyday (Vocal)




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Album: VII (1985)









01. Desire
02. Going in Circles
03. Automatic Brain
04. L'il Red Junkin' Hood
05. Ooh, What a Feeling
06. I Want a Real Love
07. Bumpin' Gum People
08. I Know We'll Make It
09. I Need Your Love




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Album: 8 (1987)









01. Big Fun
02. I Can't Live Without Your Love
03. Get Loose, Get Funky
04. Don't Take It Away
05. Going In Circles
06. Keep Holding On
07. I'll Always Love You
08. Bop B Da B Da Da
09. I Owe It To Myself




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Album: Straight From The Heart (1988)









01. Come & Dance
02. Sweeter Than Candy
03. All The Way Yours
04. I'm So Satisfied
05. Straight From The Heart
06. That's It, I Quit
07. You Told Me That
08. I Will Never Leave You





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Album: Round Trip (1989)











01. All Of My Love
02. Addicted To Your Love
03. We Can Make It Alright
04. It's Our Duty
05. Wednesday Lover
06. I Like It
07. I'm Dreaming
08. Antidote (To Love)
09. No Easy Out
10. Jam (feat. Krazy Tee)
11. Let's Talk About Love




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Album: Testimony (1994)









01. Testimony
02. Confess Your Love
03. Come Into My Love Life
04. Outside Lookin In
05. Gap's Jam
06. Based On GAP
07. Everbody Knows
08. I Can Make You Dance
09. Gimme Lovin Everyday
10. Funky Bass Man




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Album: The Best Of The Gap Band (1994)










01. Early in the Morning
02. Shake
03. Outstanding
04. Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
05. Yearning for Your Love
06. Open Up Your Mind (Wide)
07. You Dropped a Bomb on Me
08. You Can Count on Me
09. I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops!)
10. Steppin' (Out)
11. Humpin'
12. The Boys Are Back in Town
13. Party Train



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Album: Ain't Nothin' But A Party (1995)










01. Where's My Glasses
02. First Lover
03. Closin' The G.A.P.
04. Got It Goin' On
05. You Dropped A Bomb On Me (The Remix)
06. Love At Your Fingertips
07. Shake Dat Booty
08. Here We Go
09. Over The Funkin' Hill (Feat. George Clinton)
10. Closin' The G.A.P. (Extended Club Edit)
11. Why You Wanna Funk Around
12. Got It Goin' On (Part II)




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Album: Live & Well (1996)









01. Intro
02. Gap Band Party
03. Wide
04. Oops Upside Your Head
05. Outstanding
06. Humpin'
07. No Hiding Place
08. Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
09. Gotta Get Up
10. Early In The Morning
11. Party Train
12. Drop The Bomb
13. Yearning For Your Love
14. Yearning (Reprise) (Shooby Doo Mix)
15. Mega Mix (Gotta Get Up Mix)
16. Bonus Track




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Album: The Ballads Collection (1998)









01. Yearning For Your Love
02. Going In Circles (Remix)
03. You Can Count On Me
04. Nothing Comes To Sleepers
05. I'm In Love
06. I Want To A Real Love
07. Outstanding
08. Season's No Reason To Change
09. No Hidiing Place
10. I'm So Satisfied
11. You're My Everything
12. You Are My High




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Album: Y2K Funkin' Till 2000 Comz (1999)









01. Funkin' Till 2000 Comz
02. Baby I Remember Your Face
03. Good Old Fashion Lovin'
04. Untoudhable
05. Scandalous
06. No Color Lines
07. Messin' With My Flow
08. For The People
09. Style & Grace
10. Otta' Be Like This
11. Good Old Fashion Lovin' (AC Mix-Bonus Track)
12. Funkin' Till 2000 Comz (Millennium Mix)




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Album: 12 Inch Collection And More (1999)









01. You Dropped a Bomb on Me (Original 12 Mix)
02. Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) (Original 12 Mix)
03. Early in the Morning (Original 12 Mix)
04. Party Train (Original 12 Special Dance Mix)
05. Outstanding (Original 12 Mix)
06. I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!) (Original 12 Mix)
07. Shake (Original 12 Disco Version)
08. Humpin (Original 12 Full-Length LP Version)




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