name	Post-disco
bgcolor	silver
color	black
stylistic origins	Electronic music, urban music, experimental music, dub, disco and other various styles
cultural origins	New York, Miami, Montreal, London; late 1970s – early 1980s
instruments	Synthesizers, drum machines, sequencers, vocals, keyboards, samplers, other instruments
popularity	High in 1980s, see chart; mostly underground
derivatives	Italo-disco, house, alternative dance, techno, dance-rock, dance-pop, freestyle
subgenres	Boogie
other topics	Artists, rare groove, hi-NRG, post-punk, Disco Demolition Night }}

Post-disco (club music or dance) is the significant period in popular music history that followed the commercial "death" of disco music that emerged during late 1970s and early 1980s.

The stripped-down musical trends followed from the DJ- and producer-driven, increasingly electronic and experimental side of disco, and were typified by the styles of dance-pop, boogie, italo disco and the early alternative dance. Techno and house are both rooted in post-disco music.

Characteristics

Unlike disco music, post-disco usually lacks the typical shuffling hi-hat driven beat, walking basslines and/or string orchestration; it more features drum machines, synthesizers, sequencers and 4/4 time. Soulful vocals, however, "stayed" in this new disco music. Post-disco is not underground music at all — Madonna, New Order, Pet Shop Boys have built their careers on new ideas of the disco electronic "reincarnation".

Term usage

The term "post-disco" was used in 1984 by ''Cadence Magazine'' when defining ''post-disco soul'' as ''disco without the loud bass-drum thump.'' "Post-disco" is also an Allmusic editorial contributor's attempt to isolate a music genre in the era between the indistinct "end" of disco music and the equally indistinct emergence of house music.

History

After the "Disco Sucks" movement, disco records were rejected from the airplay and its circulation has been stopped. Radio stations started to play other formats of music like reggae, punk rock or new wave and the top mainstream labels and record companies like Casablanca, TK Records, RSO went bankrupt. Since disco music had been on the way of electronic progression, it split itself into subscenes and styles like Hi-NRG, freestyle, italo-disco and electro-funk (boogie). The last one is closely associated with post-disco more than any other offshots of post-disco.

A watershed album of post-disco was Michael Jackson's ''Off The Wall'' (produced by Quincy Jones), which helped establish a direction of R&B;/dance music and influenced many young producers who were interested in this kind of new music. Parliament-Funkadelic, a funk band, also set the tone for many post-disco and post-punk bands of the 1980s and 1990s.

Performers

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, DJ Larry Levan was one of the first artists who implemented dub techniques in his productions and mixes for various post-disco artists, including his own group The Peech Boys. Sinnamon's "Thanks To You", D-Train's "You're the One for Me", The Peech Boys' "Don't Make Me Wait" — all these songs and its attributes and trends of post-disco later influenced a new "never-before-heard" music style. The House music.

DJs, mixers, producers who were experimented with the new sounds are for example Leroy Burgess, Nick Martinelli, Arthur Baker, François Kevorkian, Larry Levan, Ron Hardy, Frankie Knuckles, Tom Moulton, Shep Pettibone, Kashif.

Example of pop rock, electronic and R&B; musicians who followed/contributed to the post-disco wave include Earth, Wind & Fire, Black Devil, Telex, D. Train, Kurtis Blow, Was (Not Was), Material, Liquid Liquid, Imagination, Bobby O, Shannon, Cheryl Lynn, Stacy Lattisaw, Central Line, Chas Jankel, Aurra, B. B. & Q. Band, Level 42, The Limit, Timex Social Club, The Deele, Dayton, The SOS Band, Shalamar, Shakatak, Instant Funk, The Whispers and many others.

Albums featuring the new sound include ''New York Cake'' (1981) by Kano, ''Thriller'' (1982) by Michael Jackson, ''Straight from the Heart'' (1982) by Patrice Rushen and ''Madonna'' (1983) by Madonna.

Popularity chart

Successful records (mostly R&B;/pop-oriented) from the post-disco movement include: {| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" border="0" style="font-size:89%; border:black 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" |- style="background:#efefef;" !Year||Song||Label||Artist||width="50"| U.S. Dance ||width="50"| U.S. R&B; || style="width:50px;"| U.S. Pop || style="width:50px;"|U.S. M.R. || style="width:50px;"| U.K. Pop |- ||1980 || "Celebration" || De-Lite || Kool & the Gang || align=center | #1 || align=center | #1 || align=center | #1 ('81) || align=center | ― || align=center | #7 |- |height=15| 1981 || "Let's Groove" || Columbia || Earth, Wind & Fire || align=center | #3 || align=center | #1 || align=center | #3 || align=center | ― || align=center | #3 |- | style="height:15px;" rowspan="2"| 1982 || "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" || Sound of New York || Indeep || align=center | #2 || align=center | #10 || align=center | ― || align=center | ― || align=center | #13 |- | "Love Come Down" || RCA || Evelyn King || align=center | #1 || align=center | #1 || align=center | #17 || align=center | ― || align=center | #7 |- |height=15| 1983 || "Give It Up" || Meca || KC || align=center | ― || align=center | ― || align=center | #18 || align=center | ― || align=center | '#1 |- |height=15| 1983 || "Billie Jean" || Epic || Michael Jackson || align=center | #1 || align=center | #1 || align=center | #1 || align=center | ― || align=center | #1 |- | style="height:15px;" rowspan="3"|1984 || "Let's Dance" || EMI ||David Bowie|| align=center | #1 || align=center | #14 || align=center | #1 || align=center | #6 || align=center | #1 |- | "Cool It Now" || MCA ||New Edition|| align=center | ― || align=center | #1 || align=center | #4 || align=center | ― || align=center | #43 |- | "Dr. Beat" || Epic ||Miami Sound Machine|| align=center | #17 || align=center | ― || align=center | ― || align=center | ― || align=center | #6 |- |height=15| 1987 || "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" || Epic ||Miami Sound Machine|| align=center | #27 || align=center | ― || align=center | #5 || align=center | ― || align=center | ― |}

Post-disco "revival"

Later in the 2000s, Daft Punk, a house musical group, adopted post-disco, disco and synthpop sounds of early 1980s to their album ''Discovery'', another artist Les Rythmes Digitales was influenced by post-disco/electro scene of the early 1980s. The Canadian musical group Chromeo debuted in 2004 by 80s-influenced electrofunk/boogie album ''She's in Control''. ''The Perfect Beats'' series (Vol. 1-4) are post-disco compilations of various artists (e.g. Imagination, Level 42, Afrika Bambaataa). Another compilation series are ''Nighttime lovers'' (Vol. 1-10) and mixed-up album ''The Boogie Back: Post Disco Club Jams''.

Legacy

The 1980s post-disco sounds also inspired many Norwegian dance music producers. Some rappers such as Ice Cube or EPMD built their careers on post-disco funk music (they were inspired for example by dance-floor favorites like Zapp and Cameo). Also Sean "Puffy" Combs has been influenced by post-disco R&B; in an indirect way.

In popular culture

The word "post-disco has been implicitly mentioned in a 1989 novel named ''Crazy Love'' by Elías Miguel Muñoz:

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Julian: "Now we're going American. What's the name they've given this new thing we're doing?

Joe: "Post-punk-post-new-wave-post-disco. . ."

Roli: "post-country -post-rapping - post-post- post-Beatles."

Lucho: "Post-Elvis-post-Simon-and-Garfunkel-post-Billy-Idol-post-British-Invasion-post-Cyndi-Lauper-post-Blues-post-Soul-post-Michael-Jackson-post-Hustle-post-Donna-Summer-post-Gloria-Gaynor-post-Prince-post-Madonna."

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Related genres

Boogie

Boogie is an electronic/R&B; movement of post-disco which has been described by Sean P as "[sic] disco's poor cousin — too slow, too electronic, too R&B...; too black, even".

Artists include Evelyn "Champagne" King, Kashif, D-Train, Freeez, Imagination.

Dance-rock

Another post-disco movement is connected with post-punk/no wave genres with fewer R&B;/funk influences. An example of this "post-disco" is Gina X's "No G.D.M." and artists like Liquid Liquid, Polyrock, Dinosaur L, and ''Disco Not Disco [2000]'' compilation album. This movement also connects with dance-oriented rock; Michael Campbell, in his book ''Popular Music in America'' defines that genre as "post-punk/post-disco fusion." Campbell also cited Robert Christgau, who described dance-oriented rock (or DOR) as umbrella term used by various DJs in 1980s.

Post-disco/no wave-oriented artists include Ian Dury, Liquid Liquid, Arthur Russell, Loose Joints, Was (Not Was), Material, ESG.

AMG-defined dance-rock acts include Devo, New Order, Eurythmics, Hall & Oates.

Prominent record labels

Charisma Records

Elektra Records

Emergency Records

Island Records

Prelude Records

Radar Records

Salsoul Records

SAM Records

SOLAR Records

Sugar Hill Records

Tommy Boy Records

Vanguard Records

Virgin Records

West End Records

Compilations

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See also

new wave

electro

old school hip hop

garage house

hi-NRG

italo-disco

Notes

References

Category:1980s in music Category:2000s in music Category:African American music Category:American styles of music Category:Electronic music genres Category:Music scenes Category:Boogie (genre) Category:Dance-rock

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Denroy Morgan is an Jamaican reggae artist. He was born in May Pen in Clarendon, but left Jamaica in 1965 at the age of 19 and traveled to the United States to become a musician. Morgan's peak period was when he signed in 1984 with RCA Records. That deal lead to the release of the reggae album "Make My Day" and marked him as the first reggae artist to be signed to RCA Records.

The Black Eagles

Denroy had started in the 1970s and created the Black Eagles a reggae band in New York City in 1974 with Devon "Igo Levi" Foster and Llewellyn "Jah T" Breadwood.

The Black Eagles won the New York Reggae Music Festival in 1977, beginning Denroy's rise to fame that continued with "I'll Do Anything For You" and other hits in the early 1980s. This launched his solo reggae career.

Related acts

His children were all musical and have formed two separate bands. One was the reggae band Morgan Heritage made up of Peetah Morgan, Una Morgan, Roy "Gramps" Morgan, Nakhamyah "Lukes" Morgan and Memo "Mr. Mojo" Morgan. The other was the dancehall / hip hop band LMS made up of the trio Noshayah Morgan, Otiyah Morgan and Miriam Morgan.

Denroy Morgan son Roy Morgan known as Gramps Morgan, and part of Morgan Heritage, is also a successful solo act.

External links

Official website

Denroy Morgan on Myspace

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name	Donna Summer
background	solo_singer
background	solo_singer
alias	Donna Gaines
birth name	LaDonna Adrian Gaines
born	December 31, 1948 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
origin	Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
genre	Dance-pop, disco, pop, rock, new wave
occupation	Singer-songwriter
years active	1968–present
instrument	Vocals, piano
label	Oasis RecordsCasablanca (1975–1980)Geffen (1980–1988)Atlantic (1988–1991)Mercury (1994–1996) Warner-Elektra-Atlantic (Outside of U.S. 1980–1991)Epic (1999–2001)Burgundy (2006–present)
associated acts	Giorgio Moroder, Brooklyn Dreams }}

LaDonna Adrian Gaines (born December 31, 1948), known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the US ''Billboard'' chart. She also charted four number-one singles in the US within a thirteen-month period.

Early life and career

Donna Summer was born on New Year's Eve 1948 in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, she was one of seven children raised by devout Christian parents. Influenced by Mahalia Jackson, Summer began singing in the church at a young age. In her teens, she formed several musical groups including one with her sister and a cousin, imitating Motown girl groups such as The Supremes and Martha and the Vandellas in Boston.

In the late 1960s, Summer was influenced by Janis Joplin after listening to her albums as member of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and joined the psychedelic rock group the Crow as lead singer. Beforehand, Summer dropped out of school convinced that music was her way out of Boston, where she had always felt herself to be an outsider, even among her own family who ridiculed her for her voice and her looks. The group was short-lived, as they split upon their arrival in New York. In 1968, Summer auditioned for a role in the Broadway musical, ''Hair''. She lost the part of Sheila to Melba Moore. When the musical moved to Europe, Summer was offered the role. She took it and moved to Germany for several years. While in Germany, where she learned to speak German fluently, she participated in the musicals ''Godspell'' and ''Show Boat''. After settling in Munich, she began performing in several ensembles including the Viennese Folk Opera and even sang as a member of the pop group FamilyTree – "invented" and created by the German music producer Guenter "Yogi" Lauke & the Munich Machine. She came to the group in 1973 and toured with the 11-people pop group throughout Europe. She also sang as a studio session singer and in theaters. In 1971, while still using her birth name Donna Gaines, she released her first single, a cover of "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", though it was not a hit. In 1972, she married Austrian actor Helmuth Sommer and gave birth to their daughter Mimi Sommer in 1973. Citing marital problems caused by his frequent absences, she divorced him but kept his last name, changing the "o" to a "u".

1970s

It was while singing background for the hit-making 1970s trio Three Dog Night that Summer met producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. She eventually made a deal with the European label Groovy Records and issued her first album, ''Lady of the Night'', in 1974. The album was not released in America, but found some limited European success on the strength of the song "The Hostage", which reached number one in Belgium and number two in the Netherlands. Summer's early material consisted of pop rock and folk rock material. She stated years later that had she not recorded disco she would have been a black rock singer, but considering there was not a market for black rock singers, Summer thought it would be hard to get promoted as such.

In 1975, Summer approached Moroder with an idea for a song he and Bellotte were working on for another singer. She had come up with the lyrics "love to love you, baby". Moroder was interested in developing the new sound that was becoming popular and used Summer's lyric to develop the song. Moroder persuaded Summer to record what was to be a demo track for another performer. She later said that she had thought of how the song might sound if Marilyn Monroe had sung it and began cooing the lyrics. To get into the mood of recording the song, she requested the producers turn off the lights while she sat on a sofa inducing moans and groans. After hearing playback of the song, Moroder felt Summer's version should actually be distributed. Released as "Love to Love You" in Europe, some radio stations refused to play it, but the song found modest chart success in several countries there. The song was a real piece of work with sensual elegance.

The song was then sent to America and arrived in the office of Casablanca Records president Neil Bogart in hopes of getting an American release. Casablanca was known around the industry for throwing lavish parties. At one of these parties, Bogart, still undecided about releasing the song on his label, had "Love To Love You" played so he could gauge the reaction of people on the dancefloor. The crowd took to the song (which was less than five minutes) so strongly that they kept asking for it to be played over and over consecutively so they could continue dancing in the same groove. Soon after that night, Bogart informed Summer and Moroder he would release the song but requested that Moroder produce a longer version, about 15 to 20 minutes in length. Moroder, Bellotte, and Summer returned with a 17 minute version that included a soulful chorus and an instrumental break where Summer invoked even more moans. Bogart stated the name would be slightly changed to "Love to Love You Baby" for the American release. Casablanca signed Summer and it released the single in November 1975. The shorter version of the single was promoted to radio stations while clubs received the 17 minute version (the longer version would also appear on the album). When Casablanca released the 17 minute version in its entirety as a single, it became one of the first record labels, to help make popular a format that would later be known as the 12 inch. By early 1976, "Love To Love You Baby" had reached #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, while the parent album of the same name sold over a million copies. The song generated controversy for Summer's moans and groans and some American radio stations, like several in Europe, refused to play it. ''Time magazine'' would report that 22 orgasms were simulated in the making of the song. Other upcoming singles included "Try Me, I Know We can Make It", US #80; "Could It Be Magic", US #52; "Spring Affair", US #58; and "Winter Melody", US #43. The subsequent albums ''Love Trilogy'' and ''Four Seasons of Love'' both went gold in the US.

In 1977, Summer released the concept album ''I Remember Yesterday''. This album included her second top ten single, "I Feel Love", which reached number six in the US and number one in the UK. These US Hot 100 entries on the singles chart would help get Summer deemed in the press as "The First Lady of Love", a title which she was not totally comfortable with.

Another concept album, also released in 1977, was the double album, ''Once Upon a Time'', which told of a modern-day Cinderella "rags to riches" story through the elements of orchestral disco and ballads. This album would also attain gold status. In 1978, Summer released her version of the Richard Harris ballad, "MacArthur Park", which became her first number one US hit. The song was featured on Summer's first live album, ''Live and More'', which also became her first album to hit number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, and went platinum selling over a million copies. Other studio tracks included the top ten hit, "Heaven Knows", which featured the group Brooklyn Dreams accompanying her on background and Joe "Bean" Esposito singing alongside her on the verses. Summer would later be involved romantically with Brooklyn Dreams singer Bruce Sudano and the couple married two years after the song's release. Also in 1978, Summer acted in the film, ''Thank God It's Friday'', playing a singer determined to perform at a hot disco club. The film met modest success, but a song from the film, entitled "Last Dance", reached number three on the Hot 100 and resulted in Summer winning her first Grammy Award. Its writer, Paul Jabara, won an Academy Award for the composition. Despite her musical success, Summer was struggling with anxiety and depression and fell into a prescription drug addiction for several years.

In 1979, Summer was a performer on the world-televised Music for UNICEF Concert. The United Nations organization Unicef had declared 1979 as the Year of the Child. Summer joined contemporaries like Abba, Olivia Newton-John, the Bee Gees, Andy Gibb, Rod Stewart, John Denver, Earth, Wind and Fire, Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson for an hour's TV special that raised funds and awareness for the world's children. Artists donated royalties of certain songs, some in perpetuity, to benefit the cause.

''Bad Girls'' and the break from disco

Following her recovery from prescription drug addiction, Summer worked on her next album with Moroder and Bellotte. The result was ''Bad Girls'', an album that had been in production for nearly two years. Summer based the concept of the album on a prostitute, as was made clear in the lyrics. The album became a success, spawning the number one hits "Hot Stuff" and Bad Girls, and the number two ballad "Dim All the Lights" With ''MacArthur Park'', ''Hot Stuff'', ''Bad Girls'', and the Barbra Streisand duet "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" (which appeared on Streisand's album ''Wet''), Summer achieved four number-one hits within a thirteen month period. Those aforementioned songs, along with ''Heaven Knows'', ''Last Dance'', ''Dim All The Lights'', and ''On the Radio'' (from her upcoming double-album) would give her eight US Top 5 singles within a two year period. "Hot Stuff" later won her a second Grammy in the Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, which was the first time that category was ever brought to the award's show. That year, Summer played eight sold-out nights at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles.

Summer released her first greatest hits set in 1979, a double-album entitled ''On The Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2''. The album reached number one in the US, becoming her third consecutive number one album. A new song from the compilation, "On the Radio", reached the US top five.

1980s

After the release of the greatest hits album, Summer wanted to branch out with other musical styles in addition to disco. This led to tensions between her and Casablanca Records. Sensing that they could no longer come to terms, Summer and the label parted ways in 1980, and she signed with Geffen Records, the new label started by David Geffen.

Summer's first release on Geffen Records was ''The Wanderer''; it replaced the disco sound of Summer's previous releases with more of the burgeoning new wave sound and elements of rock, such as the material being recorded at this time by Pat Benatar. The first single, the title track, became a hit and peaked at #3 in the US, subsequent singles were moderate hits. The album achieved gold status in the US, but met limited success on the UK charts.

Summer's projected second Geffen release, entitled ''I'm a Rainbow'', was shelved by Geffen Records (though two of the album's songs would surface in soundtracks of the 1980s films ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' and ''Flashdance''). Summer reluctantly parted company with Moroder after seven years working together as Geffen had recruited Quincy Jones to produce her next album. The result was the 1982 album ''Donna Summer''. The album had taken a lengthy six months to record. The album's first single, the dance track "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)", became an American top ten hit on the Hot 100, followed by more moderate hits "State of Independence"(#41 pop) and "The Woman In Me"(#33 pop). Problems then increased between Summer and Geffen Records after they were notified by Polygram Records, the parent company of Summer's former label Casablanca, that she needed to deliver them one more album to fulfill her agreement with them. Summer delivered the album ''She Works Hard for the Money'' and Polygram released it on its Mercury imprint in 1983. The title song became a hit reaching number three on the US Hot 100, and would provide Summer with a Grammy nomination. The album also featured the reggae-flavored top 20 UK hit "Unconditional Love", which featured the group Musical Youth who were riding high from the success of their single "Pass the Dutchie". The third US single, "Love Has A Mind of Its Own", reached the top forty of the Billboard R&B; chart. The album was certified gold. During the '80's Donna Summers stage and wardrobe designer was James Hopkins of Jopkin Design designing costumes and wardrobe that help tell the story of her music.

In late 1984, with no more albums due to Polygram, Summer returned on Geffen Records with her next release. Geffen, wanting to keep the momentum going, enlisted ''She Works Hard For the Money'''s producer Michael Omartian to produce ''Cats Without Claws''. The album, however, was not as successful as ''She Works Hard For the Money'' and failed to attain gold status of 500,000 copies sold in the US, becoming her first album since her 1974 debut not to do so. It did include a moderate hit in "There Goes My Baby", which peaked at #21.

Controversy

In the mid 1980s, Summer was in the midst of a controversy. She had allegedly made anti-gay remarks regarding the then-relatively new disease AIDS, which as a result had a significantly negative impact on her career and saw thousands of her records being returned to her record company by angered fans. Summer, by this time a born-again Christian, was alleged to have said that AIDS was a punishment from God for the immoral lifestyles of homosexuals. However, she later denied that she had ever made any such comment and, in a letter to the AIDS campaign group ACT UP in 1989, she claimed that it was a ''"terrible misunderstanding. I was unknowingly protected by those around me from the bad press and hate letters....If I have caused you pain, forgive me."'' She went on to apologise for the delay in refuting the rumors and closed her letter with quotes from Chapter 13 of 1 Corinthians from the Bible.

Also in 1989, Summer told ''The Advocate'' magazine that ''"A couple of the people I write with are gay, and they have been ever since I met them. What people want to do with their bodies is their personal preference."''. A couple of years later she filed a lawsuit against ''New York'' magazine when it reprinted the rumors as fact just as she was about to release her album ''Mistaken Identity'' in 1991. According to an ''A&E; Biography'' program dedicated to Summer in which she participated in 1995, the lawsuit was settled out of court though neither side were able to divulge any details.

European success

In 1987, Summer returned with the album ''All Systems Go'', which did not sell well, becoming her second consecutive album not to achieve gold status. It featured the single "Dinner with Gershwin" (written by Brenda Russell), which was only a minor US hit, though it peaked at #13 in the UK. The album's title track, "All Systems Go", was released only in the UK where it peaked at #54.

For Summer's next album, Geffen Records hired the hit production team of Stock Aitken Waterman (or ''SAW''), who had experienced incredible success by writing and producing for such acts as Kylie Minogue, Dead or Alive, Bananarama, and Rick Astley among others. However, Geffen decided not to release the album, entitled ''Another Place and Time'', and Summer and Geffen Records parted ways in 1988. The album was released in Europe in March 1989 on Warner Bros. Records, which had been Summer's label in Europe since 1982. The single "This Time I Know It's For Real" had become a top ten hit in several countries in Europe, prompting the Warner Bros. subsidiary company Atlantic Records to sign Summer in the US and pick up the album for a North American release soon after. The single peaked at #7 on the Hot 100 in the US, and became her twelfth gold single there. It was also Summer's final Top 40 hit on the American pop charts, though she scored two more UK hits from the album, "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" (UK #7) and "Love's About To Change My Heart" (UK #20).

1990s

In 1990, ''The Best of Donna Summer'' was released on Warner Bros. Records. It featured some of Summer's biggest hits from this period (with the exception of any material from the Mercury album, as this was not a division of Warner Bros.) plus a small selection of her 1970s disco hits licensed from PolyGram.

In 1991, Summer released the new jack swing style album ''Mistaken Identity''. It did not sell well, but did contain the #18 R&B; hit "When Love Cries".

In 1993, Polygram Records released an extended greatest hits collection entitled ''The Donna Summer Anthology''. It included 34 songs totally over two and a half hours of music. It not only included songs from the Polygram-owned labels of Casablanca and Mercury, but also material from Atlantic and Geffen Records as well.

In 1994, Summer return with a new album on Mercury/Polygram, a gospel-influenced Christmas album entitled ''Christmas Spirit''. It included classic Christmas songs such as "O Holy Night", "Joy To The World", and "O Come All Ye Faithful" as well as some original songs.

Some of Summer's dance releases including "Carry On" (her first collaboration with Moroder in a decade) and "Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" charted on the US Dance Chart, with "Melody of Love" reaching number one on that chart and also reaching number 21 on the UK Singles Chart

Also in 1994, Polygram would release yet another Summer album (Polygram's third Summer album within a two year period); a collection called "Endless Summer: Greatest Hits". The differences between this greatest hits album and the ''Anthology'' collection would be that this package contained 18 songs, while ''Anthology'' contained 34; and the songs here were mainly the radio versions heard at the time of their release, while ''Anthology'' contained somewhat longer versions of the songs.

While touring, Summer was offered a role guest-starring on the sitcom ''Family Matters'' as Steve Urkel's (Jaleel White) Aunt Oona in 1994, and again in 1997. In 1998, Summer received a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording, being the first to do so, after a remixed version of her 1992 collaboration with Giorgio Moroder, "Carry On", was released in 1997. In 1999, Summer taped a live television special for VH1 titled ''Donna Summer – Live and More Encore'', producing the second highest ratings that year for the network, after their annual ''Divas'' special. A CD of the event was released by Epic Records and featured two studio recordings, "I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)" and "Love Is the Healer" reached number one on the Billboard Dance Charts.

2000s

Summer scored top ten hits on Billboard's Dance Chart in the beginning of the new millennium. In 2000, she also appeared on the third annual ''Divas'' special, dedicated to Diana Ross, though Summer sang her own material for the show. In 2004, Summer was inducted to the Dance Music Hall of Fame alongside The Bee Gees and Barry Gibb as an artist. Her classic song, "I Feel Love", was also inducted that night. Also, that year, she became one of the first acts, as both an Artist Inductee and a Record Inductee (for 1977’s “I Feel Love”) into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in New York City.

In 2008, Summer released her first studio album of original music in 14 years since 1994 '' (Christmas Spirit)''; years entitled ''Crayons'', which peaked at #17 on the US Top 200 Album Chart, and achieved modest international success. The album was released on the Sony BMG label Burgundy Records. The songs "I'm A Fire", "Stamp Your Feet", and "Fame (The Game)" reached number one on the US Billboard Dance Chart. The ballad "Sand on My Feet" was released to adult contemporary stations and reached number thirty on that chart.

While commenting on the album, Summer said “I wanted this album to have a lot of different directions on it. I did not want it to be any one baby. I just wanted it to be a sampler of flavors and influences from all over the world. There’s a touch of this, a little smidgeon of that, a dash of something else…like when you’re cooking.” On the song “The Queen Is Back”, Summer reveals her wry and witty self-awareness of her musical legacy and her public persona. “I’m making fun of myself,” she admits. “There’s irony, it’s poking fun at the idea of being called a queen. That’s a title that has followed me, followed me, and followed me. We were sitting and writing and that title kept popping up in my mind and I’m thinking, ‘Am I supposed to write this? Is this too arrogant to write?’ But people call me ‘the queen,’ so I guess it's ok to refer to myself as what everybody else refers to me as. We started writing the song and thought it was kind of cute and funny.” Summer wrote “The Queen Is Back” and “Mr. Music” with J.R. Rotem and Evan Bogart, the son of Neil Bogart, Casablanca Records founder. Neil Bogart died from cancer at the age of 39. He signed Summer to his Casablanca Records label in 1975 and released most of her biggest records during the 1970s. “I adored him and would have given up everything for him to be alive,” says Summer, remembering a time backstage long ago “when the nail person didn’t show up and Neil got on his knees and did my toenails. In many ways he was my mentor and I didn’t get to say goodbye to him.” When Summer met Evan Bogart, she was struck by his uncanny resemblance to his father. “It’s almost like they chiseled him out of his father,” Summer observed. “I’m in the studio looking at him and I get tears in my eyes, he has no idea why. I just wanted to hug him because it’s like I’m seeing someone I haven’t seen since his father passed away. It’s almost like Neil is looking at me through him. Evan and I hit it off immediately; there was a synergy that happened really quickly.”

On December 11, 2009, Summer performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, in honor of US President Barack Obama. She was backed by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.

2010s

In August 2010, she released the single "To Paris With Love", co-written with Bruce Roberts and produced by Peter Stengaard. In October 2010, the single reached #1 on the US Billboard Dance Chart. Also that month, Summer appeared in the PBS Television Special ''Hitman Returns: David Foster and Friends''. In it, Summer performed with Seal on a medley of the songs "Unbreak My Heart / Crazy / On The Radio", before Summer closed the show with "Last Dance".

On July 29, 2010, Summer gave an interview with allvoices.com where she was asked if she would consider doing an album of standards. She replied:

:"I actually am, probably in September. I will begin work on a standards album. I will probably do an all-out dance album and a standards album. I'm gonna do both, and we will release them however were gonna release them. We are not sure which is going first."

On September 15, 2010, Summer appeared as a guest celebrity singing alongside rising star Prince Poppycock on the television show ''America's Got Talent''.

On October 16, 2010, she performed at a benefit concert at the Phoenix Symphony.

On June 6, 2011, Summer was a guest judge on the show, ''Platinum Hit'' in week two titled, Dance Floor Royalty. ''Platinum Hit'' is a reality competition series on Bravo launched in 2011 in which 12 singer-songwriters compete through innovative songwriting challenges that will test their creativity, patience and drive. Every episode features a different topic from a dance track to a love ballad, that require the contestants to write and perform lyrics from a multiple of genres, for a cash prize of $100,000, a publishing deal with songwriting collective The Writing Camp, and a recording deal with RCA/Jive label

In July, 2011 Summer was working at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles with her nephew, the rapper and producer O'Mega Red. Together they worked on a track entitled "Angel".

Awards and recognition

One NAACP Image Award.

One time Juno Award nomination for Best Selling International Single,"I feel Love".

Three Multi-Platinum albums in the US.

Eleven of her albums went Gold in the US.

Twelve Gold singles.

Six American Music Awards.

She was the first female African American to receive an MTV Video Music Awards nomination. ("Best Female Video" and "Best Choreography" for "She Works Hard For The Money")

Academy Award for Best Original Song "Last Dance".

Two Golden Globe Award nominations (one win for "Last Dance" Song and one nominated for "The Deep" John Barry's Song).

Summer has received five Grammy Awards.

*1979 – Best R&B; Vocal Performance (Female), ''Last Dance''

*1980 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), ''Hot Stuff''

*1984 – Best Inspirational Performance, ''He's a Rebel''

*1985 – Best Inspirational Performance, ''Forgive Me''

*1998 – Best Dance Recording, ''Carry On''

Twelve Grammy Award nominations (total of seventeen).

*1979 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), ''MacArthur Park''

*1980 – Album of the Year, ''Bad Girls''

*1980 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), ''Bad Girls''

*1980 – Best R&B; Vocal Performance (Female), ''Dim All the Lights''

*1980 – Best Disco Recording, ''Bad Girls''

*1981 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), ''On the Radio''

*1982 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), ''Cold Love''

*1982 – Best Inspirational Performance, ''I Believe in Jesus''

*1983 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), ''Protection''

*1983 – Best R&B; Vocal Performance (Female), ''Love is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)''

*1984 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), ''She Works Hard for the Money''

*2000 – Best Dance Recording, ''I Will Go with You (Con te Partiro)''

Summer placed a Top Forty hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in every year from 1976 ("Love to Love You Baby") to 1984 ("There Goes My Baby").

Summer was the first artist to score three consecutive number-one double albums.

Summer was twice honored by the Dance Music Hall of Fame; once with her induction as a recording artist and again with the induction for her influential single "I Feel Love". Summer's music career has landed her as the eighth most successful female recording artist in history according to ''Billboard'' .

Summer's career span of ''Billboard'' number-one Disco/Club Play hits spans from 1975's "Love to Love You Baby" through 2010's "[To Paris With Love]".

Summer was nominated for 2010 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but was not chosen.

Cover versions by other artists

"I Feel Love" has been sampled several times. The song was sampled by Madonna, Whitney Houston, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, Moloko, Britney Spears, Robbie Williams, Darren Hayes, Mylo, David Guetta, Stuart Price, and Moby among others. "I Feel Love" was recorded by classical pop musician Vanessa-Mae for her 1998 album ''Storm''. Italian company Gucci used a special version of it in the "Flora" perfume advertising, filmed by Chris Cunningham. "I Feel Love" has been covered onstage by Madonna, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante, Kylie Minogue, Blondie, Basement Jaxx, and Finnish progressive rock band Kingston Wall. Venus Hum with Blue Man Group also performed this song with Japanese singer Kumi Koda for their album ''The Complex'', and in 2006, Tracy Bonham stood in for Hum on the Blue Man Group tour, performing the song. Bronski Beat and Marc Almond released the track as a duet with an added bridge section and titled it "I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me", reaching number 3 in the UK charts in April 1985. In 1992 U.K. alterna-pop group Curve recorded a version for the NME's 40th anniversary compilation ''Ruby Trax'', which became an instant underground classic.

"Love to Love You Baby" was sampled in Beyoncé Knowles's "Naughty Girl" and by TLC on their original version of "I'm Good at Being Bad", but was removed by request of Summer on later editions. The song has been covered in portions onstage by Dionne Warwick.

"I Feel Love" was covered by French Canadian artist Jorane for her 2004 album ''The You and the Now''. LA based band Dengue Fever covered this song on their album ''Radio Dance Floor''. Kylie Minogue's team also sampled this for her 2002 KylieFever. Kylie performed "Light Years" which contains elements of "I Feel Love".

Madonna combined her song "Future Lovers" from her hit album ''Confessions on a Dancefloor'' with "I Feel Love" as the opening song on her Confessions Tour in 2006.

Summer's "Starting Over Again" was a number one hit on the Hot Country Songs chart as a single for Dolly Parton in 1980. It also was a top-forty hit for Parton on the Billboard Hot 100. Reba McEntire named her 1995 album after the song, and McEntire's version hit no. 17 on the country singles chart in 1996. McEntire stated in the album's liner notes that her recording of the song was intended as something of a tribute to Summer and Parton, both artists whom she admired.

Summer's "On the Radio" was covered by country artist Emmylou Harris for her 1983 album ''White Shoes''. British singer and actress Martine McCutcheon recorded a version that reached number 7 in the UK charts in February 2001. An acoustic rendition was released by alt. rock band Hypnogaja in January 2010.

Summer's "Sunset People" was covered by E.G. Daily on her ''Wild Child'' album (1985).

Summer's "Dim All the Lights" was a Top 40 Dance hit for Laura Branigan in 1995, appearing on her ''The Best of Branigan'' album.

Summer's "Last Dance" and "On the Radio" were covered by Tejano/pop singer Selena, most famously at one of her last shows at the Houston Astrodome, on February 26, 1995.

Summer's "All Through the Night" was covered in 1982 by KC and The Sunshine Band on their Painter album, and in 1995 by supermodel Naomi Campbell for her album ''Baby Woman'', featuring Luther Vandross on backing vocals.

Summer's "Bad Girls" was recorded by British Jazz and US pop singer Juliet Roberts in 1998, and again in 2000 by Cheryl Chase for the Nick film ''Rugrats in Paris: The Movie''.

Summer's "Love Is in Control" was covered by pop singer Sheena Easton on her 2000 disco album ''Fabulous''.

In 1985 Dusty Springfield reached number 83 on the UK charts with a cover of "Sometimes like Butterflies".

Summer's "Heaven Knows" was recorded by Faith Evans for inclusion on the soundtrack for the film, The Fighting Temptations.

Summer's "The Woman In Me" was recorded by Heart in the early 1990s.

Summer's "She Works Hard For The Money" was often performed by Millie Jackson during her 1980s concerts. "She Works Hard For The Money" was covered by Kris Allen during an American Idol Season 8 episode and recorded by Allen for the American Idol Season 8 CD.

Summer's "All Through The Night" from the album "Bad Girls", is recorded by model Naomi Campbell in 1994 included in her album "BabyWoman".

Jeffree Star covered her song "Bad Girls" for the upcoming movie called "Turn The Beat Around" for MTV.

Monica Naranjo Fuego de pasion "Love's About To Change My Heart".

Mexican singer Lorena Herrera samples "Try Me ,I Know We Can Make It" in her song Dame Amor from the album Desnudame el Alma.

In 2010, Keri Hilson portrayed Summer in her music video for her hit-single, Pretty Girl Rock.

In 2010 – Rhythm Masters and MYNC Project released a remake of "I Feel Love" on CR2 Records in the UK, with vocals by American Electro/Pop/Dance Artist Wynter Gordon.

Donna Summer concert tours

''Once Upon A Time Tour'' (1977–1978)

''Bad Girls Tour'' (1979)

''The Wanderer Tour'' (1981)

''Hard For The Money Tour'' (1983)

''The Rainbow Tour'' (1984)

''Silver Girl Tour'' (1986)

''All Systems Go Tour'' (1987)

''Endless Summer Tour'' (1995)

''Mid Summer Nights Dream Tour'' ( 1996–1997)

''Live & More Encore Tour'' (1999)

''Greatest Hits Tour'' (2005)

''Crayons Tour'' (2008)

Discography

1974: ''Lady of the Night''

1975: ''Love to Love You Baby''

1976: ''A Love Trilogy''

1976: ''Four Seasons of Love''

1977: ''I Remember Yesterday''

1977: ''Once Upon a Time''

1979: ''Bad Girls''

1980: ''The Wanderer''

1981: ''I'm a Rainbow''

1982: ''Donna Summer''

1983: ''She Works Hard for the Money''

1984: ''Cats Without Claws''

1987: ''All Systems Go''

1989: ''Another Place and Time''

1991: ''Mistaken Identity''

1994: ''Christmas Spirit''

2008: ''Crayons''

See also

Brooklyn Dreams

Best selling music artists

References

External links

Official website

A hit search page

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name	Jason Forrest
background	non_performing_personnel
alias	DJ Donna Summer
born	April 05, 1972[Fort Mill, South CarolinaUnited States
instrument	Laptop / DJ
genre	Breakcore
occupation	Record producer
years active	2001–present
label	Cock Rock Disco, Irritant, Songara, Deathbomb Arc, Mewe le Disque, Broklyn Beats
website	www.NetworkAwesome.com
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Jason Forrest is an electronic music producer known for noisy experimental electronica and breakcore incorporating many ideas of mash-up and rock and roll. Largely produced and performed on a single computer (including live shows), his songs tend to be constructed from digital samples of found sounds and other artists' music. Until 2004 he recorded under the name Donna Summer, an allusion to disco singer Donna Summer.

In 2005 ''RES'' magazine named Forrest's "Steppin Off" video, by director Jon Watts, music video of the year. In 2006 ''Res'' magazine named Forrest's video ''War Photographer'', directed by Joel Trussell video of the year, and online magazine ''Pitchfork Media'' also named it in their top five videos of the year. Both videos have won several awards at various international film and video festivals and have both been widely viewed, downloaded and acclaimed.

Forrest has released on many labels, but primarily on Köln Germany's Songara record label. He also has releases on Irritant Records (UK), Omeko (JP), MeWe le Disque (BE), Mirex (DE), Broklyn Beats (USA), and Hoss (USA).

Some of the more conspicuous samples of other artists to be found in Forrest's work include ones from Laurie Anderson, The Who, Supertramp, Steely Dan, Joe Jackson, Elton John, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Pat Benatar. This (along with his former stage name) shows his interest in appropriation as an artistic concept. Along with many images featured on the Cock Rock Disco web site it also shows his interest in recontextualizing popular culture from past decades.

Forrest grew up in South Carolina, has lived in Atlanta and New York City and now (Winter, 2009) resides in Berlin. He has a BA in Photography. He previously worked as a professional artist as well as an art critic for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution news paper.

Besides being a fan himself, there is no connection between Forrest and the pop music/disco artist, Donna Summer. In a 2003 interview with the CBC Radio program, ''Brave New Waves'', he stated that by being a middle class white male using this name he was "subjecting people to a fake issue of diversity" and forcing them "to consider gender a little bit more."

Cock Rock Disco

He created the record label Cock Rock Disco to release his own recordings in 2000, while living in New York City. For 3 years he self-released his earliest albums on CD-R, including "Rock Non Rock" and "Belligerent Super Vision", his first unreleased full-length. Then in 2005, Cock Rock Disco began releasing other artists including Duran Duran Duran, Drumcorps, Otto von Schirach, About, the Assdroids and Dev/Null. The label has currently (as of Nov 2009) 18 full-length releases, 15 12"-only releases and continues to release bi-monthly free MP3 only albums, of which there are currently 19 and growing fast.

A free full-length Mp3 album was made available in Dec, 2005 and remains online and free to download. To date it has been downloaded over 70,000+ times. In April 2009 a new free compilation "Monsters of Cock Rock Disco" was released and features newcomers to the label Captain Ahab in addition to their normal roster of artists.

To celebrate release of the "Monsters of CRD" the label hosted a tour of central Europe with Otto von Schirach, Duran Duran Duran, Nero's Day At Disneyland and Forrest as Dj Donna Summer. The tour lasted 2 weeks and stopped at 10 cities. There was a limited edition poster accompanying the tour that was sold out.

Forrest also designs most of the visuals for Cock Rock Disco including the website, many of the album covers, and any social media presence.

Nightshifters

In 2008 Forrest began a new label that focused exclusively on club-friendly music called Nightshifters together with New York City Dj Jubilee. The label works mainly with a small group of musicians including AC Slater, Hostage, Rob Threezy, Proper Villains, Jubilee, Rampage, and Forrest himself as Dj Donna Summer.

The label releases "EP" length releases of usually 4 original tracks and 2-4 remixes per release. To date (Nov 2009) the label has released 9 mp3-only releases, 3 Dj mixes, and a T-shirt. Remixers have included Jokers Of The Scene, Mikix the Cat, Angel Alanis, Scott Cooper, Luna-C, Grahmzilla, DreSkull, and Blatta & Inesha.

Forrest currently makes all of the design work for Nightshifters.

Network Awesome

On January 1, 2011 Forrest and co-founder Greg Sadetsky launched an online TV broadcasting outlet called Network Awesome. The Network's About page states:

''Network Awesome is a platform for entertaining and interesting TV. We spotlight the best from the past to create something new for the future. In a sense it’s TV about TV but our wider intent is to show something about culture as a whole. This can manifest itself in a kids cartoon from 1973, an interview from 1948 or a movie from 1993 – We’re pretty open minded about what Network Awesome is and what it can be. It’s our commitment to provide you what we think is interesting and clever TV - hopefully you agree.''

Ryan Lawler of Gigaom says of the Network:

''The selection of content curated day-to-day can best be described as “eclectic.” Today, for instance, Network Awesome’s programming includes a documentary about Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, an old episode of Groucho Marx’s You Bet Your Life, an episode of Speed Racer, a flashback of ABC’s 20/20 from 1981, a film adaptation of Jules Verne fiction and an episode of The Twilight Zone. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to which programs or picked or how they’re stitched together, but that’s part of what makes Network Awesome work.''

Forrest was quoted in an interview with Ben Gray from DigBoston: ''We are passionate about sharing what we think is interesting, entertaining and culturally relevant. It’s like with your friends- you say “Cool -- look at this!"... Every day we broadcast 6 shows. These can be almost anything, from a classic cartoon to the film Zabriske Point. We try to balance the more populist shows like The Muppet Show with less expected pieces like a documentary about German artist Joseph Beuys. But at the same time, it’s all very much just good TV in our eyes as there’s an ebb and flow between programs with a thread that we think is logical and balanced. We want the viewer to be pleasantly surprised.''

Advanced D&D;

Forrest was also the host of "Advanced D&D; With Donna Summer" on independent freeform radio station WFMU, where he continued to use the name Donna Summer after dropping it in relation to his own recordings. The show is still archived on the main WFMU website above.

Forrest says, ''"The show was primarily focused on unreleased new musicians. I tried to play as much CDR stuff as possible, and figure about 80% of each show was completely unreleased."'' On his own web-forum he has maintained that he would like to continue with the show again in the future.

Wasted Festival

In 2005 He co-founded the Wasted festival with Dj Pure and Club transmediale in Berlin, Germany to focus on exciting shows exploring Breakcore and related music. The mini-festival began in co-operation with Club Transmediale, and at this time (Winter 2007), there have been 10 versions so far.

Wasted 1 (@Club Transmediale Festival, Berlin, Germany) Christoph Fringeli, Noise Creator, Shitmat, Slepcy, Society Suckers, Duran Duran Duran, Rotator, Terminal 11, Repeater, Curtis Chip, Sickboy, Drop the lime, Droon

Wasted 2 (@ Club Transmediale Festival, Berlin, Germany) Terror + Mayhem, Amboss, Electric Kettle, übergang, Doormouse, Baseck, Eiterherd, LFO Demon, Drumcorps, DJ Scotch Egg, Bong-Ra, Ove Naxx, DoDoDo, Xanopticon, I:gor, Parasite

Wasted 3 (@ Today's Art Festival, Den Haag, Netherlands) Venetian Snares, Ladyscraper, Otto Von Schirach, The Servants of the Apocalyptic Goat Rave, FFF

Wasted 4 (@ Club Transmediale Festival, Berlin, Germany) Venetian Snares, Patric Catani, Tim Exile, Dev/Null, Bolz'n, DJ Poingi, Fuckhead, c64, Wrong Music crew (Ebola, Horaio Pollard, Dj Floorclearer), Bazooka, The Giglin Dildas, Zombieflesheater

Wasted 5 (in conjunction with Today's Art Festival, Den Haag, Netherlands) White Mice, Ablecain, Xanopticon, Electromecca, Pisstank, Dj Hidden, Fanny, Bolz'n

Wasted vs. Overkill (Berlin, Germany) Venetian Snares, White Mice, Bolz'n, Mu-Ziq

Wasted Over Riga Drumcorps, Pure, Dj Donna Summer

Wasted Over Prague Society Suckers, Electric Kettle, Jecis tahne na Berlin, Pure, Dj Donna Summer

Wasted over Toulouse Otto Von Schirach, Binray, Pure, and Dj D.S.

Wasted over Marseilles Dalek, Otto Von Schirach, Pure, and Dj D.S.

Discography

''Popxplosion'' (2002, Broklyn Beats)

''To All Methods Which Calculate Power'' (2002, Omeko)

''Fluxus, Inc.'' (2003, Tonschacht)

''This Needs To Be Your Style'' (2003, Irritant)

''Death After Life'' (2003, Cock Rock Disco)

''The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash'' (2004, Songara)

''Ladies Get In Free!!!'' (2004, Brooklyn Beats)

''Mastadon Razor'' (2004, Lund Records)

''Lady Fantasy EP'' (2005, Songara)

''Shamelessly Exciting'' (2005, Songara)

''The Everything'' (2011, Staatsakt)

Compilations

2006 - "silver monk time - a tribute to the monks" (29 bands cover the MONKS) label play loud! productions

2007 - "monks demo tapes 1965" (remix by Jason) label play loud! productions

References

External links

Cock Rock Disco: Jason Forrest Information, pictures, and various fluff

www.Nightshifterslabel.com

Jason Forrest @ Discogs.com - Discography

Donna Summer @ Discogs.com - Discography

cockrockdisco.com - Cock Rock Disco

Wasted Festival

Archived Advanced D&D; Shows

Interviews

Radio Feature, The Some Assembly Required Interview with Jason Forrest

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nl:Jason Forrest

name	Rose Royce
background	group_or_band
origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
genre	Soul, R&B;
years active	1975-1988
label	Whitfield Records
associated acts	Yvonne FairThe Undisputed Truth
website	Rose-Royce.com
current members	Gwen DickeyKenji BrownKenny CopelandFreddie DunnHenry GarnerLequeint "Duke" JobeMichael MooreMichael NashRose NorwaltTerral "Terry" Santiel
notable instruments	}}

Rose Royce is an American soul and R&B; band. The group is best known for several hit singles including "Car Wash," "I Wanna Get Next to You," "Wishing on a Star", "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" and "I'm Going Down".

Career

The Los Angeles-based group composed of Henry Garner (drums), Terral "Terry" Santiel (congas), Lequeint "Duke" Jobe (bass), Michael Moore (saxophone), Gwen Dickey (lead vocals), Kenny Copeland (trumpet, lead vocals), Kenji Brown (guitar, lead vocals), Freddie Dunn (trumpet), and Michael Nash (keyboards). The group began in the early 1970s, when members of several backup bands from the Watts and Inglewood areas of Los Angeles united under the name Total Concept Unlimited. In 1973, this collective toured England and Japan behind Motown soul star Edwin Starr. Starr introduced them to Norman Whitfield, Motown's 'psychedelic shaman' who was responsible for bringing a progressive funk-rock slant to the company, via such productions as Starr's "War", The Undisputed Truth's "Smiling Faces Sometimes" and The Temptations "Papa Was A Rolling Stone".

Whitfield, after a decade at Motown, wanted to start a company of his own. He took the T.C.U. octet under his wing and signed them to his label. The group, now called Magic Wand, began working with Yvonne Fair and became the studio and concert band for The Undisputed Truth. During a tour stop in Miami, Undisputed Truth leader Joe Harris stumbled upon a singer named Gwen Dickey, then a member of a local group called The Jewels. Harris informed Whitfield of his discovery and Dickey was flown to Los Angeles to audition. In Dickey, Whitfield found the ingredient he felt was missing in Magic Wand: a charismatic female singer. He gave her the stage name Rose Norwalt. The original band lineup, now complete, prepared their debut album.

During this time Whitfield was contacted by film director Michael Schultz, fresh from the success of his first feature Cooley High. Schultz offered Whitfield the opportunity to score his next picture ''Car Wash''. Whitfield would utilize the film to launch his new group, and began composing music based on script outlines. He and the band visited the film set, soaking up the atmosphere. This was one of the rare instances in Hollywood in which the music was composed concurrently with the picture instead of after the fact. In the spirit of the soundtrack, the band's name was changed one final time to 'Rose Royce'. The name not only referenced the movie's automotive theme, but it also placed Gwen "Rose" Dickey, front and center. Further, it hinted at a touch of class the band strove to bring to 1970s soul-funk.

The movie ''Car Wash'' and the soundtrack were great successes, bringing the group national fame. Released in late 1976, the soundtrack featured three Billboard R&B; Top Ten singles: "Car Wash," "I Wanna Get Next to You," and "I'm Going Down." The first of these was also a number one single on the Billboard popular music charts, and "I Wanna Get Next to You" reached number ten.

The group's follow-up album, ''Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom'', produced two Top Ten singles, "Do Your Dance" and "Ooh Boy". It also included "Wishing on a Star", which for Rose Royce was a top-10 hit only in the UK; it became notable elsewhere thru its cover versions, including The Cover Girls' Top Ten single in 1992.

During 1978, they released their third album, entitled ''Rose Royce III: Strikes Again!'', and it featured "I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore". Both singles entered the Billboard R&B; Top Five. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" also gained greater exposure thru its cover versions, most notably by Madonna in 1984 and 1995.

The group followed with a series of modest successes that reached the charts, but never gained the status that their previous songs did. Dickey left the group in April 1980 and the group disbanded. However, the remaining members kept the group somewhat popular in the UK and remain a marquee attraction there.

Rose Royce was featured in the TV One's seasonal series, ''Unsung'' during the spring of 2010. The story featured the successes, bickering and ultimate ending of the group. Dickey, Copeland, Jobe, Moore and Garner were the only members of the band who gave interviews throughout the program. Dickey now performs as a solo artist in the UK, but mentioned during the interview that she would not mind performing with the group once again.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Chart positions			UScertifications	Record label
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	align="left"	14	2	59	Platinum	rowspan="1"
		9	1	18	Platinum	rowspan="5"
		28	4	7	Platinum
		74	22	72	—
		160	30	—	—
	210	—	—	—
		210	50	—	—	rowspan="1"
		—	—	69	—
		—	—	—	—
		—	50	—	—
		—	—	—	—

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Chart positions			Record label
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Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions
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	align="left"	1	1	3	9
		—	—	—	44
	10	3	—	14
align="left"	70	10	—	—
	39	4		30
	—	—	16
	72	3	—	46
		101	52	—	3
	—	5	—	51
	32	5	—	2
		—	65	—	—
	105	31	—	13
		—	60	—	—
		—	56	—	—
	—	—	8	52
		—	64	—	—
		—	77	—	56
		—	—	—	60
		—	22	—	—
		—	45	—	—
	—	69	—	—
		—	—	—	20
		—	—	—	18

Cover versions

"I'm Going Down" (Mary J. Blige, Y?N-Vee)

"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (Morrissey-Mullen, Madonna, I'm Talking, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Nail, Patti LaBelle, Faith Evans, Dallas Green and Jully Black, Dallas Green)

"Wishing on a Star" (The Cover Girls, Teena Marie, Beyoncé, Randy Crawford, Paul Weller, Bic Runga, En Vogue, Jordin Sparks, Miriam Stockley)

"I Wanna Get Next To You" (Christion, Raja-Nee', Double Trouble)

"Car Wash" (Christina Aguilera)

In addition, Jay-Z recorded his own song, also called "Wishing on a Star", for which Gwen Dickey re-recorded some of her original lyrics and was credited as a featured artist.

References

External links

Rose Royce official website

Rose Royce on Soul Tracks

Rose Royce on Discoogle

Category:American rhythm and blues musical groups Category:American soul musical groups Category:Motown artists Category:American funk musical groups

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