Uh-huh

Uh-Huh is an 1983 album by John Cougar Mellencamp, a stage name for John Mellencamp. It was Mellencamp's seventh album and the first in which he used his real last name. It charted at #9 on the Billboard 200.

Uh-Huh contained three Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hits: "Crumblin' Down" (#9), "Authority Song" (#15), and "Pink Houses" (#8). In 1989, it was ranked #32 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's.

The remastered version was released March 29, 2005 on Mercury/Island/UMe and includes one bonus track.

Songwriting collaborations

Mellencamp almost always writes all of his own material, but Uh-Huh saw him engage in one-time collaborations with two distinctly different songwriters: the legendary John Prine on "Jackie O," and the unknown Will Cary on "Lovin' Mother Fo Ya."

Of "Jackie O," Mellencamp said on the Bob and Tom Show in November 2004: "I can't take credit -- John Prine wrote most of that song."

Mellencamp had written "Lovin' Mother Fo Ya" and was playing it live on his 1982 American Fool tour before it was even recorded (and before Cary had anything to do with the song). According to a 2003 article on LouisvilleMusic.com, Cary sent Mellencamp's guitarist Mike Wanchic a copy of "Out of My Dreams," an album he had recorded with his band the Nightcrawlers. "Out of My Dreams" contained a song called "Cruisin' in the Park," which Mellencamp liked. This led to a phone call regarding Mellencamp's wanting to record "Cruisin' in the Park" as the first single from "Uh-Huh." Cary recalled, "He ended up using the fourth verse from my song to start his song, 'Lovin Mother Fo Ya.'" A writing-credit deal was signed and Cary got 15% royalties for that song.

Uh Huh

"Uh Huh" is the first single by R&B group B2K, from their self-titled debut album. The song was released in July 2001 and it peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 20 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It also peaked at number 35 in the UK on its first entry and reached a new peak at number 31 on a re-release.

Music video

In the music video, directed by Erik White, the guys are dancing in a room with a background of speakers and they are wearing zipped vests showing their bodies in the video. There are also girls dancing in the video. It also features Jhene Aiko (who at the time was marketed as Lil' Fizz's cousin).

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Uh Huh (The Jazz Crusaders album)

Uh Huh is the ninth studio album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.

Reception

AllMusic rated the album with 4½ stars; in their review, Scott Yanow said: "Their brand of soulful hard bop (utilizing their distinctive tenor-trombone frontline) is heard throughout at its prime".

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The Frontline

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History

The two rappers were both born in Richmond and met while at Richmond Junior High School, and formed The Frontline in 1997. Group member Locksmith first got national exposure appearing on MTV's Freestyle Battle in 2003. He reached the final round, but lost to a rapper named Reign Man. They initially recorded mixtapes and released their debut album, Who R You, in 2004, selling it themselves from the van in which they travelled to performances. After gaining popularity through airplay on local radio stations, the album was reissued with additional tracks in 2005 by Ryko as Now U Know.

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Many public figures politicians have appeared on the series. Some incidents on the programme have attracted a large amount of media coverage. The programme has generally received positive reviews. The programme is broadcast from Studio 4 in RTÉ. The first programme received an audience share of 43.4%, with a viewing audience of 464,000. Later into the series 100,000 fewer people watched it, watching The Apprentice instead. It won "Best Current Affairs programme" at the 7th Irish Film and Television Awards in February 2010.

The show returned in September 2012. However, RTÉ announced in October 2012 that the show would be revamped in early 2013. In November 2012, media reports indicated that this revamp would involve The Frontline being axed and replaced with Prime Time: Debate, and that the new show would be similar to The Frontline but under the Prime Time branding.The Frontline aired for the final time on 28 January 2013.

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Its premiere production was at the Globe from 9 July to 17 August 2008. As the first contemporary play to be staged at the Globe, the play received praise from critics for its writing and its acting. - one reviewer called it a "unique, some might say shocking, experience urban drama ...[and] a brave new presentation of 21st century London".

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