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name	You Make Me Smile
artist	Dave Koz
from album	Lucky Man
released	1993
format	CD single
genre	Smooth jazz
length	4:17 (Album Edit)
label	Capitol
writer	Dave Koz, Jeff Koz
chronology	Dave Koz singles
last single	"Emily"(1990)
this single	"You Make Me Smile"(1993)
next single	"Faces of the Heart"(1993)
misc	}}

"You Make Me Smile" is a Smooth jazz song by American saxophonist Dave Koz. The song appeared in his second album ''Lucky Man'' released in 1993.

Chart performance

The song is the first Billboard chart hit of Koz, reaching number 20 in Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. Album ''Lucky Man'' also followed a widespread success, spending 2 years in Contemporary jazz charts and gaining RIAA Gold label.

Music video

The music video of the song follows a serenade-like and somewhat comical events. Narrating texts of the events of the song appears in the video and also the lyrics of the song. Dave Koz plays his saxophone to a woman whom he loves. The woman seems to evade his advances, Koz continually try to melt her heart. At the end of the video the couple start dancing and last narrating text reads "Everybody happy... except the saxophone left under a streetlight to rust".

Track listings

CD-Maxi

Charts

{|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1993) !align="center"|Peakposition |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary |align="center"|20 |- |}

References

External links

Dave Koz's official Website

Category:1993 singles Category:American jazz songs Category:Smooth jazz songs Category:Instrumentals

:''For the Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel song, see "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)."''

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name	Make Me Smile
artist	Chicago
from album	Chicago II
b-side	"Colour My World"
released	March 1970
format	7"
recorded	August 1969
genre	Rock
length	2:59 (original single edit)4:25 (2002 compilation edit)
label	Columbia
writer	James Pankow
producer	James William Guercio
last single	"Beginnings" (1969)
this single	"Make Me Smile" (1970)
next single	"25 or 6 to 4" (1970) }}

"Make Me Smile" is a song written by James Pankow for the rock band Chicago. Part of Pankow's ''Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon'' song cycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album ''Chicago II'' (1970). Terry Kath sang the lead vocal.

A radio-friendly edit of "Make Me Smile" (incorporating the end of "Now More Than Ever," another track from the ''Ballet'') was released as a single in March 1970, becoming the band's first Top 10 record, peaking at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Since the death of Terry Kath in 1978, the vocals for live performances of "Make Me Smile" were handled by Bill Champlin, who joined the band for the recording of ''Chicago 16'', until he departed the group in August 2009. On shows that Champlin didn't attend, Robert Lamm sang the lead vocal. Champlin's replacement Lou Pardini has now taken over the singing of "Make Me Smile".

Category:1970 singles Category:Chicago (band) songs Category:Songs written by James Pankow

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name	Aloe Blacc
birth name	Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III
background	solo_singer
origin	Orange County, California, U.S.
born	June 8, 1979 (age 32)
genre	Soul, R&B;, jazz, hip hop
years active	1995–present
label	Stones Throw Records
associated acts	Emanon, Exile, Lena Meyer-Landrut
website	http://aloeblacc.com/
notable instruments	}}

Aloe Blacc (born Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III in 1979) is an American soul singer, rapper, and musician. He is a first-generation African American with parents born in Panama.

Early career and ''Shine Through'' (1995-2009)

Blacc first began his music career in 1995 as a rapper with producer Exile in the hip hop duo Emanon. By the end of the 1990s, Blacc was a "Stowaway" on a Lootpack tour in Europe. The duo released six albums in total. This also led to Blacc working with the French Jazz group Jazz Liberatorz.

In 2003, he signed with Stones Throw Records and started a solo career. He released his debut EP in the same year. He then released a debut album, entitled ''Shine Through'' on July 11, 2006. It was released on CD, Vinyl record and online (on the Stones Throw website).

He later went on to tour across Europe and the U.S. with Emanon. During this time, he also worked on his second solo album, "Good Things".

In 2009, collaborating with Japanese Hip Hop Producer Cradle, calling themselves Bee, he released the album "Open Your Mind" on GoonTrax records.

Mainstream success and ''Good Things'' (2010-present)

'Good Things' was originally released on Stones Throw records in the fall of 2010. It was produced by Jeff Dynamite and Leon Michels for TRUTH & SOUL Productions.

In 2010, Blacc signed a recording contract with Epic Records for the UK and Ireland. His album "Good Things" was released there later in the year, as was his single, "I Need A Dollar".

He also recorded a cover version of the John Legend song "Ordinary People" in Spanish titled "Gente Ordinaria". Blacc then went on to write the song "At All" for Lena Meyer-Landrut's album ''Good News'' after meeting the German singer backstage at a TV show.

His song "I Need a Dollar" is used for the intro song for the HBO show ''How to Make It in America'', and was featured as the iTunes Single of the Week. Blacc has performed the song live on many television shows such as ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'', ''Later... with Jools Holland'', ''Conan'' and ''The Graham Norton Show''. "I Need a Dollar" is also one of the featured songs in EA Sports' 2011 boxing game, ''Fight Night Champion''. In April 2011, the song was also featured in a commercial for Boost Mobile cellular phone services.

His single "I Need A Dollar" was widely successful across Europe reaching top ten in many countries including the UK. Following the success of "I Need a Dollar" his album, ''Good Things'' started to receive attention and charted in many European countries. The album also managed to chart in the US, at number ten on the Top Heatseekers chart and forty-one on the Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The second single from the album,"Loving You Is Killing Me" was released on the 7 March 2011 and peaked at eight in Austria and top forty in 3 other counties.

He is also set to release his ninth album with his American hip-hop duo Emanon titled "Bird's Eye View" in 2011.

On 25 April 2011, he performed on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge and played 3 songs. He played the hits "I Need a Dollar" and "Loving You Is Killing Me" and also covered the Jay-Z song "99 Problems".

Also in 2011, he collaborated with Alice Smith on the track "Baby", and Clare Moreno on the track "Nascimento (Rebirth)-Scene II", for the Red Hot Organization's most recent charitable album "Red Hot + Rio 2". The album is a follow-up to the 1996 "Red Hot + Rio". Proceeds from the sales will be donated to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues.

In 2011, Kenneth Bager featured Aloe Blacc on "The Sound of Swing, Pt. 2 (Oh Na Na)" co-written by Thomas Troelsen.

Television appearances

Year	Show
2010	''Later... with Jools Holland''
2010	''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon''
2011
2011	''The Graham Norton Show''

Discography

Studio albums

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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|IRE

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|UK |- ! scope="row" | ''Shine Through'' |

Released: July 11, 2006

Label: Stones Throw Records

Formats: CD, Vinyl

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | — |- ! scope="row" |''Good Things'' |

Released: September 28, 2010

Label: Stones Throw Records

Formats: CD, Digital Download

| 41 || 10 || 22 || 36 || 5 || 30 || 39 || 21 || 19 || 31 || 12 || 8 | FRA: Gold |- |colspan="14" style="font-size:9pt"| "—" denotes albums that did not chart or were not released |}

Extended plays

Title	EP details
''The Aloe Blacc EP''		*Released: 12 July 2003	*Label: N/A	*Format: [[Compact Disc
''The Aloe Blacc EP 2: Me and My Music''		*Released: 28 September 2004	*Label: N/A	*Format: [[Compact Disc

Singles

4 12 —

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2010		16	1	|	5	35	5	52	53	28	2	2	16		ARIA Charts>AUS: Gold	International Federation of the Phonographic Industry>SWI: Platinum	Bundesverband Musikindustrie>GER: Gold
		—	|	12	8	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	52
	—	|	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

With Emanon

With Cradle

''Bee - Open Your Mind'' (2009)

References

External links

Aloe Blacc

Aloe Blacc Official Merchandise Store

Aloe Blacc at Stones Throw Records

RBMA Radio On Demand - Melbourne Marvels - Aloe Blacc (Stones Throw)

Short Film on Aloe Blacc

NPR interview from October 2010

(fr) Interview with Aloe Blacc on Soulrnb.com

NPR interview from February 2011

Aloe Blacc - Radio 1Xtra Live Lounge

Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:American soul singers Category:African American singer-songwriters Category:Musicians from California Category:University of Southern California alumni Category:Stones Throw Records artists Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

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Coordinates	°′″N°′″N
Name	Uncle Kracker
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Matthew Shafer
Born	June 06, 1974
Birth place	Mississippi, United States
Origin	Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States
Instrument	Vocals, turntables
Genre	Rock, country, pop rock, hip hop, rap rock
Occupation	Musician, singer-songwriter, DJ
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Melanie Haas (1998-present), 3 children
Label	Atlantic, Lava
Associated acts	Kid Rock, Kenny Chesney, Paradime
Website	www.UncleKracker.com }}

Matthew Shafer (born June 6, 1974) is an American rock, country, and rap rock musician known as Uncle Kracker. His singles include "Follow Me", "Smile", and "Drift Away". His music was more rap rock-based at the start of his career before turning in a more country and Top 40 style music direction on later releases.

Biography

Shafer was born in Mississippi but raised in Harrison Township, Michigan. In 1987, with his brother Mike Shafer, he visited a nightclub in Clawson, Michigan where a turntables competition was occurring. His older brother was competing against a then-unknown musician, Kid Rock. Shafer then spent a lot of time with Kid Rock, and they became "best friends". In those times, he was mainly rapping. He went to L'Anse Creuse High School. In 1994, Kid Rock asked Shafer to play turntables for his band called Twisted Brown Trucker. Shafer knew nothing of using turntables, but since his brother was an experienced DJ, he agreed. He only performed at live shows at the time, until he began recording for Rock's album, ''Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp''; Shafer was a featured vocalist on some of the tracks. He then began working on a solo album, but he continued being the DJ for Kid Rock. Upon the release of Rock's multi-platinum album, ''Devil Without a Cause'', Shafer decided that it was time to release his first solo album, ''Double Wide'', adopting the stage name Uncle Kracker from his favorite snack producer, the Kraft Cracker Company of Flint, Michigan.

Shafer has been married to his childhood sweetheart, Melanie Haas, since 1998. They have three daughters.

Music career

''Double Wide''

''Double Wide'' was Uncle Kracker's first solo album. Released on June 30, 2000, it peaked at #7 on the Billboard 200 album chart and is Shafer's most successful and highest-selling album. "Double Wide" was produced by Kid Rock, with mixing additional production by Michael Bradford. The first single taken off the album was "Follow Me", which was co-written with Bradford, and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2001. The album spent the next ten months on the Billboard 200, and "Follow Me" also had a long chart run. His second single, "Yeah Yeah Yeah", failed to hit the Hot 100 chart. ''Double Wide'' was certified 2× Multi-Platinum on November 29, 2001.

''No Stranger to Shame''

After a great deal of touring to promote the first album, he began to work on a follow-up album. Entitled ''No Stranger to Shame'', it was released on August 27, 2002. The album reached #43 on the Billboard albums chart. A hit single was released, a cover version of Dobie Gray's 1973 Top 5 hit, "Drift Away" - also including Gray as a guest vocalist. Kracker's version of this song peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it set a record for most weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, remaining atop this chart for 28 nonconsecutive weeks. Other singles released from ''No Stranger to Shame'' include "In A Little While", which peaked at #59 on the Hot 100 and #26 on the Adult Contemporary charts. A third single was released, "Memphis Soul Song", which charted on the Adult Top 40 at #35. A special remix of "Memphis Soul Song" was also released, featuring harmonies by legendary singing group The Jordanaires, who had famously sung harmonies with Elvis Presley. The album was certified gold by the RIAA within a year of its release. Soon after this period, Kracker became good friends with country music star Kenny Chesney and the two began a successful touring partnership together, brought on by the success of Kenny's hit single "When the Sun Goes Down", featuring Uncle Kracker both on the single, and prominently in the video.

''Seventy Two and Sunny''

After touring, Shafer began working on a third album which he called ''Seventy Two and Sunny''. He had completely abandoned all rap from it, and moved onto a pure country sound. The album featured two singles: "Rescue", which only charted at #20 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary singles chart but didn't chart on any other charts, and "Writing It Down," which did not chart at all. Shafer did have some success that year though when he was featured on Chesney's track, "When the Sun Goes Down", which peaked at #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and went on to achieve Gold status. ''Seventy Two and Sunny'' has sold about 200,000 copies. It peaked at #39 on the Billboard 200.

''Happy Hour''

Uncle Kracker's fourth studio album is entitled ''Happy Hour''. The album has been in the works for five years and has since been delayed over because of Atlantic Records' decision to bring in Rob Cavallo to produce the album right as they were finishing their cut of the album in late 2007. An early promo version of the album contained the tracks "Happy Hour", "Vegas Baby", "I'm Not Leaving", "The One That Got Away", and "That's What's Happenin". The first single from the album "Smile" was released on July 13, 2009 and has peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was released on September 15, 2009. "Smile" also became his first solo entry on the Hot Country Songs chart, where it debuted at #57 for the week of November 7, 2009, and peaked at #6 in September 2010. A music video for the track "My Girlfriend" was released in November 2009, though there has been no official word whether it will be serviced as the album's second single. The album also features country singer Jesse Lee (also on Atlantic Records) in a duet they wrote called "Me Again." An advanced pre-order of the album off iTunes also let listeners get a special track no longer available called "Happy Hour" along with 3 other songs; Celebrate, Josephine, and Let Me Love You.

''Happy Hour: The South River Road Sessions''

Uncle Kracker's new six song EP, ''Happy Hour: The South River Road Sessions'', was released on June 22, 2010. The EP features country remakes of songs off the ''Happy Hour'' album. Two songs released are a remake of "Smile" and Uncle Kracker's next single, "Good to Be Me," featuring Kid Rock.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"
		! scope="row"		* Release date: June 30, 2000	* Label: [[Lava Records">Music recording sales certification
! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"	! width="35"
! scope="row"		* Release date: June 30, 2000	* Label: [[Lava Records	7	—	15	5	3	26	21	16	13	40		Australian Recording Industry Association>AUS: Gold	Canadian Recording Industry Association>CAN: Platinum	Recording Industry Association of America>US: 2× Platinum
''No Stranger to Shame''		* Release date: August 27, 2002	* Label: Lava Records	43	—	—	70	92	—	—	—	—	—		* US: Gold
''Seventy Two and Sunny''		* Release date: June 29, 2004	* Label: Lava Records	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
! scope="row"		* Release date: September 15, 2009	* Label: Atlantic Records	38	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
''Postcards from Home''		* To be released: 2012	* Label: Atlantic Records

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		! width="45"	! width="45"	! width="45"
''Happy Hour: The South River Road Sessions''		* Release date: June 22, 2010	* Label: Atlantic Records	66	9	17

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions										Album
		! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"
	! scope="row"	5	7	1	—	3	1	1	34	1	3		AUS">Music recording sales certification	Album
! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"
	! scope="row"	5	7	1	—	3	1	1	34	1	3		AUS: Platinum	British Phonographic Industry>UK: Silver
"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"	—	—	—	—	—	23	—	—	—	—
2002	! scope="row"	59	26	4	—	28	—	39	—	18	37
	"Drift Away" (featuring Dobie Gray)	9	1	2	—	10	—	—	—	25	—
"Memphis Soul Song"	—	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Rescue"	—	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Writing It Down"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	! scope="row"	31	3	2	6	30	3	31	44	—	—		* AUS: Platinum	Recording Industry Association of America>US: Platinum
2010	"Good to Be Me" (featuring Kid Rock)	113	—	29	28	—	—	—	—	—	—

Featured singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak chartpositions		Album
			! width="45"	! width="45"
2004	! scope="row"	[[Kenny Chesney">Music recording sales certification	Album
! width="45"	! width="45"
2004	! scope="row"	[[Kenny Chesney	1	26		Recording Industry Association of America>US: Gold	align="left"

Videography

Music videos

	"Follow Me"	Nick Egan
"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"	Tom Dey
2002	"In a Little While"	Nick Quested
2003	"Memphis Soul Song"	Thom Oliphant
2004	"Rescue Me"	Trey Fanjoy
2005	"Writing It Down"	Shaun Silva
2006	"Drift Away"	Bronston Jones
2009	"Smile"	Darren Doane
2010	"Good to Be Me" (featuring Kid Rock)	Christopher Sims

Guest appearances

! Year	! Video	! Director
2004	"When the Sun Goes Down" (with Kenny Chesney)	Shaun Silva

References

External links

Official Website

Uncle Kracker at Rolling Stone

Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:American alternative rock musicians Category:American rock musicians Category:Musicians from Michigan Category:Musicians from Mississippi Category:Atlantic Records artists Category:People from Macomb County, Michigan Category:Rappers from Detroit, Michigan Category:People from Mississippi Category:American country singers

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Name	Kyle Andrews
Background	solo_singer
Born	May 22, 1982Chicago, Illinois, USA
Instrument	Vocals, guitar, piano
Genre	Indie rock, Electro-pop
Occupation	Recording Artist
Years active	2006–present
Label	Badman Recording Co., Elephant Lady Records, Stay U
Website	http://www.kyleandrews.com
Past members	}}

Kyle Andrews is an American songwriter and performer born in Chicago, IL and based in Nashville, TN. He has released albums on Portland's Badman Recording Co. as well as his own Elephant Lady Records imprint. He is perhaps best known for his 2010 song "You Always Make Me Smile" (co-written with friend Neil Mason) which was featured in a worldwide Holiday Inn ad. The music video for the song was filmed in Utah during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest water balloon fight and went viral. His interactive video for "Sushi" (directed by Dennis Liu) was made from 1.4 million tiles, and thousands of unique YouTube video stills. In 2010 it was shortlisted for the Guggenheim's YouTube Play Exhibit.

In addition to the Holiday Inn campaign, his music has been used in numerous TV shows and commercials, including a worldwide television ad for Dell ("We Were Colors") and a national television ad for Doritos ("Bombs Away"). "You Always Make Me Smile" also appeared in an episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy.

Although Kyle performs as a first-name/last-name artist, and self-recorded the majority of his discography, he plays live with a full band. He has received critical attention from NPR as well as AOL Spinner.

Kyle Andrews' new album, ''Robot Learn Love'', was released August 16, 2011.

Discography

2006 - ''Amos In Ohio''

2007 - ''Find Love, Let Go''

2008 - ''Real Blasty''

2010 - ''Kangaroo EP''

2010 - ''Bombs Away / We Were Colors'' ''(digital-only single)''

2011 - ''Robot Learn Love''

References

External links

Official Site

Kyle Andrews on Bandcamp

[ AMG Allmusic page]

Category:1982 births Category:American male singers Category:Songwriters from Illinois Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Chicago, Illinois