Maurice White is a 1985 album by American singer and musician Maurice White released on Columbia Records. Released on April 18, 1985, The album went to number 12 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Charts. The single “Stand by Me” a cover of the Ben E. King classic reached number 6 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles […]
“On My Own” was a Billboard #1 hit duet by singers Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald when it was released as a single in 1986. It was released from LaBelle’s first platinum album, Winner in You and was written and produced by Burt Bacharach and his former wife Carole Bayer Sager. The song was originally […]
Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus is the twenty-first studio album, and thirty-second overall, by Chicago. Often referred to as their “lost” album, it was recorded in 1993 and originally intended to be released as Stone of Sisyphus on March 22, 1994, as their eighteenth studio album and twenty-second total album. However, the album was unexpectedly […]
Laura Branigan is the sixth album by singer Laura Branigan, released in 1990. The album’s second single, “Never in a Million Years”, was an AC hit for Branigan. The album also brought the singer back to the tops of the Hi-NRG charts and dancefloors with its first single, “Moonlight on Water”, and a trendy update […]
Brasil ’86 is an album by Sergio Mendes. The album is best known for four songs by four different vocalists: “Daylight” sung by Siedah Garrett, “Your Smile” by Gracinha Leporace and “No Place to Hide” sung by Lani Hall. “What Do We Mean To Each Other”- duet with Lisa Bevill and Joe Pizzulo, which charted […]
Indian Summer is the third album by the band Go West, released in 1992. It is their most successful album to date, selling over 4 million copies worldwide. Go West are an English pop duo, formed in 1982 by lead vocalist Peter Cox and rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Richard Drummie. At the 1986 Brit […]
This album is an instrumental tribute to the great band Steely Dan, recorded in 2006. Guitarist Jeff Richman came up with this idea: get a house band together made up of A-list session guys and then invite an all-star cast of guitar gods to come in and take turns interpreting the songs of Steely Dan […]
Friends is a Gold-plus album recorded by Dionne Warwick, her seventh for the Arista label. It was recorded during the fall of 1985 and was released that December. The LP was originally issued as number AL 8-8398 in the Arista Catalog. It stands as one of Warwick’s most successful albums. The album was executive produced […]
Winner in You is the eighth studio album by American R&B singer Patti LaBelle, released April 28, 1986, on MCA Records. Recording sessions took place during 1985–1986. Production was handled by several record producers, including Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Nickolas Ashford, among others. The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard […]
The Works the fourth studio solo album by the English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nik Kershaw. It is the last album that he created for MCA Records, in 1989. It introduces slight jazz influences in some tracks. The title could be interpreted as “the end”, a possibility supported by the lyrics of the track “Take My […]