Foreign Affairs is the fourth studio album by New Zealand singer and songwriter Sharon O’Neill. It was O’Neill’s final studio album release on CBS. The album was certified Gold in New Zealand. Late in 1981, O’Neill moved from New Zealand to Sydney, Australia to pursue her music career, where she wrote “Maxine”, a song that […]
Streets of Fire is a 1984 film directed by Walter Hill and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. Jimmy Iovine produced five of the songs for the film and the soundtrack album. For Ellen Aim’s singing voice, he combined the voices of Laurie Sargent and Holly Sherwood, billing them as “Fire Incorporated.” The Attackers were […]
Inside is the fifth album by Kenny Rankin. It was released in 1975. Tracks 1 Creepin’ (Stevie Wonder) 2:50 2 Inside (Kenny Rankin, Yvonne Rankin) 4:00 3 Lost up in Loving You (William Smith, Kenny Rankin, Yvonne Rankin) 3:02 4 A Sunday Kind of Love (Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, Louis Prima) 2:31 5 […]
Peabo is the debut album by soul vocalist Peabo Bryson. Luther Vandross was the backing vocalist. Released in 1976 on Bullet Records, this was Bryson’s only album with the label before moving on to Capitol Records. Capitol subsequently took control of the rights to this album and the rest of his Bullet recordings released and […]
L.A. Reggae is the eighth album by Johnny Rivers, released in 1972 In the 1970s Rivers continued to record more songs and albums that were successes with music critics, but did not sell well. L.A. Reggae (1972), reached the LP chart as a result of the #6 hit “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu,” […]
Pressin’ On is the fifteenth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1982. It was his final album released on Motown Records, although he would briefly return to the label in 1986 to record one single (“Since I Held You Close”). The song “I’m Never Gonna Say Goodbye” was used for the Ed Asner/Jodie Foster […]
The Original Tap Dancing Kid was the second album by Jimmie Spheeris, released in 1973. Jimmie Spheeris (November 5, 1949 – July 4, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter who released four albums in the 1970s on the Columbia Records and Epic Records labels. He was of Greek descent. He was brother of film director and […]
Fulfillingness’ First Finale is a 1974 album by Stevie Wonder; widely considered one of the albums from his “classic period”. Released on July 22, 1974 on the Tamla label, it is Wonder’s nineteenth album overall, and seventeenth studio album. According to Billboard magazine, it was Wonder’s first studio album to top the Pop Albums chart […]
In the Pocket is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, and his last to be released under Warner Bros. Records before signing with Columbia. Released in June 1976, it was one of his most memorable albums, and it found Taylor recording in the studio with many colleagues and friends, mainly Art Garfunkel […]
It’s Only Love is a 1975 album by Rita Coolidge and was released on the A&M Records label. Tracks 1 Born To Love Me (Bob Morrison) 3:412 I Wanted It All (Jackie DeShannon, John Bettis) 3:083 Keep The Candle Burning (Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle) 3:164 Don’t Let Love Pass You By (Donnie Fritts, Eddie Hinton) […]