“Thriller” is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records in the UK in November 1983, and in the US on January 23, 1984, as the seventh and final single from his sixth studio album, Thriller. “Thriller” is a funk song featuring a repeating synthesizer bassline and lyrics evoking […]
Running Scared is a 1986 buddy cop action-comedy film directed by Peter Hyams, written by Gary Devore and Jimmy Huston, and starring Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, with Steven Bauer, Jimmy Smits, and Dan Hedaya in supporting roles. Hines and Crystal play Chicago police officers who, after nearly being killed on the job, decide to retire […]
Emotional is the fourth album by R&B musician Jeffrey Osborne. Produced by Osborne, Rod Temperton, Richard Perry, T. C. Campbell, Michael Masser, and George Duke, Emotional contains Osborne’s biggest pop hit, “You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song).” The track peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on both the R&B […]
Rodney Lynn “Rod” Temperton (9 October 1947 – September 2016) was an English songwriter, record producer, and musician from Cleethorpes, England. He initially made his mark as the keyboardist and main songwriter for the R&B band Heatwave before writing several internationally known songs performed by Michael Jackson, including “Off The Wall,” “Rock With You,” and […]