pop act whose hits have included one for sorrow
Bill Martin (musician)


number one hits for four different acts. There were also numerous Top 10 hits including the Bay City Rollers' "Shang-A-Lang", "Fancy Pants" by the glam rock band Kenny, "Requiem" by the Scottish pop group Slik, and "Surround Yourself with Sorrow" by Cilla Black. In 1975, Martin and Coulter were joint recipients of an Ivor Novello Award for 'Songwriter of the Year'. The Bay City Rollers had a No. 1 hit in 1976 in the U.S. "Billboard
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Goodbye (Spice Girls song)


songs' performances on the Hot 100 chart, whilst also stating that "the pangs of sorrow resulting in the realization that the Spice Girls' pop reign had effectively ended makes "Goodbye" a bittersweet hit". In the United Kingdom, "Goodbye" was released in December 1998. On 20 December 1998, the song became the group's eighth number-one single, selling 380,000 copies in the first week. It established a record for them as the first act to have three consecutive Christmas number-one singles since
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One-hit wonder


hit wonders usually see their popularity decreasing after their hit listing and most often don't return to hit listings with other songs or albums. In "The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders," music journalist Wayne Jancik defines a one-hit wonder as "an act that has won a position on [the] national, pop, Top 40 record chart just once." This formal definition can include acts with greater success outside their lone pop hit and who are not typically considered one-hit wonders, while at
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Westlife


male group, a pop act and a pop group. Runner-up to Madonna with most consecutive top 10 hits of all-time in UK. They have the most consecutive top 10, top 20, top 40, and top 75 hits by a debuting act and group, and by an act, a group, a male group, a pop act and a pop group in UK. All 10 of Westlife's studio albums made the top three, with six of them reaching number one, both records for boy
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One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)


children's TV show called "Magpie", which ran from 1968 to 1980. The popularity of this version is thought to have displaced the many regional versions that had previously existed. In Neil Gaiman's epic comic book series The Sandman one of the characters recites a variant of this rhyme in which every number is for sorrow (i.e. One for sorrow/ Two for sorrow...) A song by the British pop group Steps is entitled "One for Sorrow", taking its title probably from the old English nursery rhyme. In
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1998 in British music


album "Synkronized" made No. 1 the following year. Pop act Savage Garden reached No. 2 with their debut self-titled album, after the success of their No. 4 hit from 1997, "Truly Madly Deeply". Simply Red topped the albums chart with their new release "Blue". Extending the success of pop acts on the albums chart during 1998 was singer Jane McDonald whose debut self-titled album topped the charts for 3 weeks. She released one single from the album, "Cruise Into
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Ran-D


place in the Q-dance Top 100 of 2018. Aside from his solo career as Ran-D, in collaboration with Adaro, Randy is also a part of the well-known Hardstyle live-act Gunz For Hire which was founded in 2011. Gunz For Hire are a successful live-act that have performed at many large-scale festivals and events and have released many hit songs, including "Bella Ciao," "Sorrow," "Bolivia," "Plata O Plomo," "No Mercy"
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Diana Ross


the international hit "I'm Coming Out". Ross' final single with Motown during her initial run with the company achieved her sixth and final US number-one Pop hit, the duet "Endless Love" featuring Lionel Richie, whose solo career was launched with its success. Ross has also ventured into acting, with a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award-nominated performance for her performance in the film "Lady Sings the Blues" (1972); she recorded its soundtrack, which became a number-one hit
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Phil Coulter


Christian. Between 1967 and 1976, they had four No. 1 hits in the UK: "Puppet on a String", "Congratulations", "Back Home" and "Forever and Ever". There were also numerous Top 10 hits including the Bay City Rollers' "Shang-A-Lang", "Fancy Pants" by the glam rock band Kenny, "Requiem" by the Scottish pop group Slik, and "Surround Yourself with Sorrow" by Cilla Black. In 1975, Martin and Coulter were
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Suicide in China


's and desecrating it therefore an unfilial act), the preferred methods -as recorded in for instance the Book of Han- appear to have been those that did not leave the corpse significantly disfigured, notably hanging/strangulation. Notable suicides include Wu Zixu, whose compelled suicide was regretted by King Fuchai of Wu when he was proved right about the danger of Yue, and Qu Yuan, whose despair over his exile by King Qingxiang of Chu and sorrow over the capture of his capital by Qin in 278 is commemorated by China's annual
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Westlife


non-British bands. Runner-up to Beatles with most top 3 hits by a group and a male group. Runner-up to Take That with most consecutive top 3 hits by a group and a male group. Most consecutive top 3 hits including debut single by a male group and tied with Spice Girls for the act, group, pop act and pop group categories. Most consecutive top 5 hits of all-time in the UK by a debuting act and group and by an act, a group, a
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List of one-hit wonders in the United States


. For the purpose of his book "The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders", music journalist Wayne Jancik defines a one-hit wonder as "an act that has won a position on "Billboard"s national, pop, Top 40 just once." In his definition of an "act", Jancik distinguishes between a solo performer and any group he or she may have performed in (thus, for example, Roger Daltrey's "Without Your Love" is counted despite Daltrey's numerous hits as frontman for the
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More Than I Can Say


, looking back at the success subsequent artists have had performing it. Vee is an American pop music singer whose prominence in the music industry arose from tragedy. After Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash in February 1959, a then-teenaged Vee was one of a group of local musicians recruited to play at the next leg of a scheduled concert in Fargo, North Dakota. In 1961, Vee (whose other hit singles include "Take Good Care of My Baby" and "The
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Westlife


most number ones and top tens in UK Singles Chart. They have fourteen number-one singles in eight years and seven number-two singles in ten years and in seven consecutive years. They are also the pop group and act, Irish group and act, and male group and act with most number-one singles with all and most members are still living. Runner-up to Beatles with most number one hits with an individual credits by bands, and male bands. Most number one hits with an individual credits by
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Music of the United Kingdom (1980s)


and David Bowie, but were dominated by post punk, and then from about 1981 by new romantic acts. There were also more conventional pop acts, including Bucks Fizz, whose light lyrics and simple tempos gave them three number ones after their Eurovision Song Contest victory in 1981. The dance-pop music of Frankie goes to Hollywood, initially controversial, gave them three consecutive number ones in 1984, until they faded away in the mid-1980s. Probably the most successful British pop band of the era were the duo Wham! with
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Lucy Maud Montgomery


speck on the map would ever produce such a writer whose first three books should one and all be included in the 'six best sellers'. But it was on this unemotional island that "Anne of Green Gables" was born... This story was the work of a modest young school teacher, who was doubtless as surprised as any of her neighbors when she found her sweetly simple tale of childish joys and sorrows of a diminutive red-haired girl had made the literary hit of the season with the American public... Miss
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Synth-pop


So Far Away)" (1982) by A Flock of Seagulls generally considered the first hit by a British act to enter the Billboard Top Ten as a result of exposure through video. The switch to a "new music" format in US radio stations was also significant in the success of British bands. The success of synth-pop and other British acts would be seen as a Second British Invasion. Synth-pop was taken up across the world, with international hits for acts including Men Without Hats and Trans-
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The Black Sorrows


first greatest hits album, "The Chosen Ones - Greatest Hits", appeared in November 1993, which peaked at No. 4 in January 1994. By the end of 1993, Camilleri announced that after The Chosen Ones Tour, the current line-up of The Black Sorrows would be dissolved. It became his solo band with "a floating line-up of specially selected musicians". Vika and Linda launched their duo career in March 1994. Luscombe was later a session drummer or band member for various groups including Paul
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British pop music


like The Police. By the end of the decade, many of these bands, most obviously the Police, were beginning to make an impact in American and world markets. The British charts at the opening of the 1980s were dominated by the usual mix of imports, novelty acts, oddities (including rock and roll revivalist and Elvis impersonator Shakin' Stevens) and survivors like Queen and David Bowie, but there were also more conventional pop acts, including Bucks Fizz, whose light lyrics and simple tempos gave them three number ones
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Man of Constant Sorrow


to "Christ Suffering", which included the lines "He was a man of constant sorrow / He went a mourner all his days." On October 13, 2009, on the "Diane Rehm Show", Ralph Stanley of the Stanley Brothers, whose autobiography is titled "Man of Constant Sorrow", discussed the song, its origin, and his effort to revive it: There are many variations in the lyrics in different versions of the songs. Most versions of the song have the singer riding a train fleeing
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Mark Mueller


Mark Clifford Mueller is an American songwriter whose career spans pop music, rock, R&B, television, film and stage. A two-time winner of the ASCAP Pop Award for writing one of the Most Performed Songs of the year, he’s had three "Billboard" Hot 100 Top Ten singles and one #1 Adult Contemporary hit. Songs he has written have been featured on RIAA-certified gold and platinum records in four consecutive decades: the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s; and have been on the Billboard
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Screeching Weasel


and pop punk bands who have experienced mainstream success cite Screeching Weasel as an influence. Blink-182 covered the band's song "The Girl Next Door" on their album "Buddha", with Blink-182 guitarist Tom Delonge citing them as one of the biggest influences on his songwriting. Other influenced bands include Green Day (whose bassist previously played in Screeching Weasel), The All-American Rejects (whose guitarist Mike Kennerty produced "First World Manifesto" , "Carnival of Schadenfreude" and "Baby Fat -Act I"), New
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Liverpool Wall of Fame


The Liverpool Wall of Fame on Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, in front of the Cavern Club is a litany of, and a tribute to, the groups which played at the original Cavern Club, including acts from the city which have reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. The wall also features a disc for every Liverpool musical act that had a number one hit. It was unveiled on 14 March 2001 by Lita Roza, whose song "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" was
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Mexican pop music


the teen bubblegum pop explosion in the US during the late 90's, many pop acts came to light during the mid-90's in Mexico and became successful. Most of them lasted until the end of the decade. This includes boybands Mercurio, Ragazzi, Tierra Cero and Kairo, female singers Lynda Thomas, Fey, Jeans and Irán Castillo, and boy/girl groups Onda Vaselina, Kabah, Sentidos Opuestos and the comeback of Timbiriche in 1998. Minor one-hit wonder acts were successful during this era which were also focused
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Steps (pop group)


They then announced they had added an additional 6 performances and removed 2 from the tour bringing the total number to 18 dates, they have also announced a new date at the Summer Saturdays at Newmarket Racecourse on 25 August 2012. On 16 October 2011, their new album "The Ultimate Collection" went to number one in the UK Albums Chart. Steps performed a medley of their singles, including "Deeper Shade of Blue" and "One for Sorrow" on 19 November for Children in Need. They also appeared on "
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The Pop Hits


Like That", which Gessle said "was never recorded because Marie got ill, so there was no chance to record it." The track later appeared on Gessle's 2005 album "Son of a Plumber". Instead, the compilation concludes with "Little Miss Sorrow", a re-recording of an outtake from the duo's 1999 album "Have a Nice Day". "Opportunity Nox" was issued as the compilation's first and only single on 25 February 2003, with an animated music video for the
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Music history of the United States in the 1980s


the prevailing pop country sound, enduring acts from the 1970s and earlier continued to enjoy great success with fans. George Jones, one of the longest-running acts of the time, recorded several successful singles, including the critically acclaimed "He Stopped Loving Her Today". Conway Twitty continued to have a series of No. 1 hits, with 1986's "Desperado Love" becoming his 40th chart-topper on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart, a record that stood for nearly 20 years. The movie "
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Dobie Gray


Dobie Gray (born Lawrence Darrow Brown; July 26, 1940 – December 6, 2011) was an American singer and songwriter, whose musical career spanned soul, country, pop, and musical theater. His hit songs included "The 'In' Crowd" in 1965 and "Drift Away", which was one of the biggest hits of 1973, sold over one million copies, and remains a staple of radio airplay. Gray was born near Houston, Texas. His birth name was most likely Lawrence Darrow Brown,
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Music of Cardiff


relocating to the nearby Morgan Arcade in 2010. A study by the Performing Rights Society revealed that Cardiff is the second most musical city in the UK based upon the number of bands having their origins in each UK city. 1960s Cardiff produced Amen Corner, one of the top pop acts of the era and the first Welsh group to have a number one hit. Also from the 1960s was Love Sculpture who had a minor hit with Sabre Dance. Love Sculpture featured Dave Edmunds who also had chart hits in the 1960s and 1970s
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One More Little Kissie


and "Ann-Maria" were respectable hit singles and export successes, their sales hadn't reached those of "You're the Greatest Lover" and "Trojan Horse". Luv' recorded a pop track containing exotica and bubblegum pop elements: One More Little Kissie, hoping to have a bigger success. However, this song did not achieve the desired results. Moreover, due to intern conflicts, Patty Brard decided to leave Luv' in August 1980 as the group was promoting the single. Because the pop act had
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High Hopes (Frank Sinatra song)


billion kilowatt dam." The desires of these animals are described as "pie in the sky," although the song implies they ultimately accomplish them. The song finishes comparing troubles and hardships and sorrows to balloons; the problem has gone away when the balloon is popped. "High Hopes" was recorded by American singer Frank Sinatra in 1959 in a hit version featuring a children's chorus, which was later included in his 1961 album "All the Way" (this version is not the version that appeared in the film
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Synth-pop


spawned several top ten singles. Initially dismissed in the music press as a "teeny bop sensation" were Norwegian band a-ha, whose use of guitars and real drums produced an accessible form of synth-pop, which, along with an MTV friendly video, took their 1985 single "Take On Me" to number two in the UK and number one in the US. Synth-pop continued into the late 1980s, with a format that moved closer to dance music, including the work of acts such as British
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8th Day (Jewish band)


8th Day is an American Hasidic pop rock band based in Los Alamitos, California. Formed in 2004 by brothers Shmuel and Bentzion Marcus, the group gained popularity in the Jewish music scene with their album "Chasing Prophecy" (2011) and its lead single, "Ya'alili", whose video became a minor viral hit on YouTube. As of 2017, the group has released seven studio albums and one live album. They have performed at venues throughout the country and abroad including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, American Airlines
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Erica Schultz


Novel based on ABC's "Revenge", in collaboration with TV series writer Ted Sullivan. In 2015, Schultz was chosen by Gail Simone as one of the many female writers to be involved with Dynamite Entertainment's "Swords of Sorrow" crossover series. Schultz wrote the "Swords of Sorrow: Black Sparrow & Lady Zorro" One-Shot and also co-wrote the "Swords of Sorrow: Masquerade & Kato" One-Shot with G. Willow Wilson. Schultz also wrote a story titled "Pop Goes the World
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The Human League


The Human League are a British synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Initially an experimental electronic outfit, the group signed to Virgin Records in 1979 and later attained widespread commercial success with their third album "Dare" in 1981. The album contained four hit singles, including the UK/US number one hit "Don't You Want Me." The band received the Brit Award for Best British Breakthrough Act in 1982. Further hits followed throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, including "Mirror Man,"
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Decemberunderground


" unlike their previous studio album "Sing the Sorrow", which they awarded a D. AllMusic awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying the "core of AFI's sound never strays too far from what listeners have grown to love about them in the first place." "Rolling Stone" awarded the album 3 out of 5 stars, one less star than their review of "Sing the Sorrow", and claimed that "something isn't right in the world of AFI," because of their pop-
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Thom Bell


with "I Don't Have the Heart" in 1990 (Bell's second #1 pop hit); and Elton John, whose EP, "The Thom Bell Sessions," featured back-up by the Spinners and produced the Top 10 hit, "Mama Can't Buy You Love", in 1979. Other artists Bell produced in the 1980s included The Temptations, Phyllis Hyman, Dee Dee Bridgwater, and he even re-united briefly with the Stylistics in 1981 on Philadelphia International's subsidiary, TSOP. Bell
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Herz (album)


Herz (Heart) is the ninth studio album by German pop duo Rosenstolz, containing songs representing the different sides of love. Released in 2004 by Island Records, the album reached triple platinum status in Germany. It also yielded four top 20 hits in the German singles chart. "Herz" deals with the various aspects of love, including happiness, sex and partnership ("Liebe ist alles"), pain ("Die Liebe ist tot"), loss, sorrow and hope ("Gib mir mehr Himmel"
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Nobody but Me (The Isley Brothers song)


." The Isley Brothers version, whose lyrics feature names of dances popular in the early 1960s (twist, shout, mash, popeye), also repeated "no" many times. The Isley Brothers' original version, released as a single on Wand 131, failed to make the pop or R&B charts. The song was covered by Youngstown, Ohio's The Human Beinz and made them one-hit wonders after the song reached number eight on the "Billboard" pop singles chart in 1968. It was included on
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List of best-charting music artists in the United States


The list of best-charting music artists in the United States includes acts from anywhere in the world who have charted singles on the "Billboard" pop charts. In addition to the U.S. Hot 100 (and earlier pop music charts), the table includes (in the U.S. only): For records outside the U.S., the table includes: Empty columns mean the artist did not chart hit singles in those charts or genres of music. This table can be sorted numerically or alphabetically on any category by clicking the icon below
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Music of Moldova


Moldovan music is closely related to that of its neighbour and cultural kin, Romania. Moldovan folk is known for swift, complex rhythms (a characteristic shared with many Eastern European traditions), musical improvisation, syncopation and much melodic ornamentation. Pop, hip hop, rock and other modern genres have their own fans in Moldova as well. Modern pop stars include O-Zone, a Romanian and Moldovan band whose "Dragostea din tei" was a major 2004 European hit, guitarist and songwriter Vladimir Pogrebniuc, Natalia Barbu, who
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Concussions in American football


players, almost every impact potentially acts likes a surprise hit. A Virginia Tech doctor stated that reducing the number of higher hits during practice sessions constitutes a real opportunity. Of the 38 impacts of 40g or greater, 29 took place during practice. And of the six impacts greater than 80g, all took place during practice. One Pop Warner game in particular in 2012 resulted in five concussions. In 2015, a family sued Pop Warner over the suicide of a former player who was later found to have CTE,
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Warrington


and pop musicians are associated with Warrington. Madchester pioneers The Stone Roses are closely associated with the town, particularly the native lead singer Ian Brown. Other artists include Spike Dawbarn from 90's music act band 911, Kerry Katona of Atomic Kitten, Ben Byrne and James Stelfox from Starsailor and Tim Bowness of No-Man. The band Viola Beach (whose single "Swings & Waterslides" posthumously entered the UK Singles Chart at number 11) were formed in Warrington. "The Hit Man and Her" TV show featuring producer
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Hungarian pop


Hungarian pop is the pop music scene of Hungary. It is often associated with Rezső Seress's song "Gloomy Sunday" which was covered by numerous artists. The most notable artists include Kati Kovács, Zsuzsa Koncz, Locomotiv GT, Omega, Neoton Família. Among the new talents are Kállay Saunders and Linda Király. One of the early acts is associated with Rezső Seress who composed the world wide hit "Gloomy Sunday" while living in Paris, in an attempt to become established as a songwriter in late 1932. Seress composed
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Jihad


himself. The hadith from which we took the title of this chapter states this point very clearly. Ja'far al-Sadiq is said to have declared to al-Mufaddal, one of his closest disciples, 'The sigh of the sorrowful for the wrong done us is an act of praise (tasbih) [of God], his sorrow for us is an act of worship, and his keeping of our secret is a struggle (jihad) in the way of God'; the Imâm then added, 'This hadith
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Country pop


several crossover hits in the early '80s, including "Queen of Hearts", "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)", and Grammy-winner "Break It To Me Gently," also penning "Sweet Sweet Smile," the only country hit for easy-listening act The Carpenters. Former pop acts, such as Exile, Merrill Osmond (both solo and with his fellow Osmond Brothers; sister Marie Osmond also had a career renaissance in this period), Bill Medley (formerly of The Righteous
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Jessie Mae Robinson


all hits for Amos Milburn; "Sneakin' Around", by Rudy Render; "Blue Light Boogie" recorded by Louis Jordan in 1950; and Charles Brown's number one hit in 1951, "Black Night" and its follow-up "Seven Long Days". In 1952, Damita Jo recorded Robinson's song "I Went To Your Wedding", which was then covered more successfully by both white pop singer Patti Page, whose version went to number one on the pop chart, and country star Hank Snow
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Akcent


Akcent is a Romanian dance pop act whose members sing in Romanian, English and Spanish. Akcent was founded by Adrian Claudiu Sînă in 1999, along with female vocalist Ramona Barta. At the time, Adrian worked as a DJ at Radio contact. Their debut album Senzatzia, released in 2000 as cassette only, was electro-pop. It contained the song Ultima Vara (Last summer), which was a summer hit in Romania. Then Ramona left, and 3 nice-looking boys took her place: Sorin Brotnei,
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Evanescence Tour


, and the epitome of breath control. Onstage, pumping her fist and flipping her long dark hair, she veered in and out of tune, but her lung power never wavered. It was a virtuosic concert, exulting in sorrow, determination and thunderous impact. It was also a wearying one, as each song quickly hit its peak and just kept clobbering away. The production style for radio-ready rock and pop is now an unwavering, maxed-out, louder-than-loud onslaught. Evanescence carried that onto
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Totally Hip Hop


Totally Hip Hop is an album in the Totally Hits series. Released in 2003, the compilation focuses on mostly hip hop singles that were released in the early 2000s. Unlike its Totally Hits counterparts which mainly focus on Top 40/pop hits, Totally Hip Hop and Totally R&B are the only two compilations focused on urban music acts. "Totally Hip Hop" did not have a "Billboard" Hot 100 hit, but one song, "Oops (Oh My)" was a #1 R&B hit, and three
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The Glory of Love (song)


"The Glory of Love" is a song written by Billy Hill, recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936, whose version was a number one pop hit. Subsequently, the song has been recorded by a vast number of artists, ranging from Dean Martin to Jimmy Durante to Paul McCartney. Bette Midler included the song in her film "Beaches" (1988) and it appears in the soundtrack recording. In 1951, R&B vocal group, The Five Keys, had their biggest R&B hit with their version of the song,
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The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits


The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by Australian blues and roots band, The Black Sorrows. It includes tracks from all but one of their seven studio albums to date. There are no tracks from "Rockin' Zydeco" (1985). The album debuted at number 28 on the ARIA Charts and peaked at number 4 in January 1994. The album was certified platinum. The album was re-released on CD in August 2016 as part of Sony Music Australia's 'Gold Series'.
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LeVert


" followed in 1986, and this album included the band's first big R&B hit "(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind", a track that went all the way to Number One. However, the band's next album, 1987's "The Big Throwdown" became an even bigger success, on the strength of the Number One R&B hit "Casanova", which gave them a crossover hit on the pop chart (number 5) and also a UK Top 10. A pair of
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Love the One You're With


. A solo version by Stills appears on the Crosby, Stills and Nash CD "Demos". Several acts have since covered the song. The most notable cover came in 1971 from The Isley Brothers, whose unique gospel-driven cover of the song sent it to the charts again reaching number three R&B and number eighteen pop, giving the group their fifth US top 40 pop single. UK pop group Bucks Fizz covered the song as their eighteenth single in 1986. The single, released in August, was the follow-
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Operant conditioning


conditioning methods. Subsequent applications of such methods increased the percentage of soldiers able to kill to around 50% in Korea and over 90% in Vietnam. Revolutions in training included replacing traditional pop-up firing ranges with three-dimensional, man-shaped, pop-up targets which collapsed when hit. This provided immediate feedback and acted as positive reinforcement for a soldier's behavior. Other improvements to military training methods have included the timed firing course; more realistic training; high repetitions; praise from superiors; marksmanship rewards;
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Marmalade (band)


alone. Other UK hits for Decca included "Rainbow" (UK No. 3 and US No. 51) and "My Little One" (UK No. 15)., "Cousin Norman" and "Radancer" (both reaching UK No. 6). Their manager, Peter Walsh, was a 1960s and 1970s pop entrepreneur whose portfolio also included the Tremeloes, Bay City Rollers, Billy Ocean, the Troggs and Blue Mink. Their first Decca album, "Reflections Of The Marmalade" was released in
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British pop music


in the single charts with "Cars", and which much to popularize the synth-pop sound. Trevor Horn of The Buggles captured the changing scene in the international hit "Video Killed the Radio Star". New Romantic acts that made extensive use of synthesizers included Visage, Ultravox, Duran Duran and Japan. There were also more straight forwardly pop acts like The Human League, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, and Yazoo. Other key artists from the early to mid-1980s include Eurythmics, Talk Talk, A Flock of Seagulls
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All Platinum Records


Billboard R&B chart but failed to top the Hot 100 pop chart. The label started as Platinum Records but the prefix of 'All' was added to avoid confusion with a Miami label. The company, with Sylvia helming the creative operations as well as producing or co-producing many releases, racked up a series of R&B and Pop hits during the 70s, despite being only a small independent concern. The company's mainstay act was the all-male group, The Moments (later Ray, Goodman & Brown) whose
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Lu Pine Records


: "Tears of Sorrow" (with Diana Ross on lead) and "Pretty Baby" with Mary Wilson on lead. The single failed to make a lasting impression, and The Primettes signed with Motown Records in January 1961 as The Supremes. Their other real success was The Falcons' "I Found a Love", featuring Wilson Pickett on lead vocal. The single was a tremendous hit (#6 Billboard R&B and #75 Billboard Top Pop) in 1962. This was Pickett's first hit record. Atlantic Records
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Owen Orford


, TPA signed their first act, Australian rock band Midnight Oil. TPA hit its stride and throughout the years the company, with Owen at the helm, represented such acts as; Tommy Emmanuel, Savage Garden, Men at Work, Killing Heidi, Grinspoon, Spiderbait, Falling Joys, Tall Tales and True, Clouds, Margaret Urlich, The Black Sorrows, The Screaming Jets, Kasey Chambers, Grace Knight, Wendy Matthews, The Living End, COG and Mammal, and also a number of international artists in Australia including
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Balance, Not Symmetry (album)


of the lyrics and dialogue apparently interchanging". According to AllMusic's Matt Collar, "Balance, Not Symmetry" features "many of the stylistic hallmarks that have made the band one of the more interesting and unpredictable alt-rock acts of their generation, including mutative prog rock songcraft, infectious choruses, and hard-hitting riffs juxtaposed with thoughtfully emotive pop lyricism". Gigwise writer Dillon Eastoe noted that the album's lyrics focus primarily on "the thin lines between life and death, and finding solace and survival amidst the
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Instrumental rock


Earl's Rhumboogie"; other jazz musicians who scored pop hits include Tab Smith and Arnett Cobb. Several rhythm and blues sax players had hit instrumental songs, including Big Jay McNeeley, Red Prysock, and Lee Allen, whose "Walking with Mr. Lee" was quite popular. There were several notable blues instrumental songs during the 1950s; Little Walter's rollicking "Juke" was a #1 R&B hit. Instrumental hit songs could emphasize electronic organ (the Tornados' "Telstar", Dave "Baby" Cortez's "
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Avant-pop


new avant-pop fusions, including the work of Pink Floyd, Genesis, Henry Cow, This Heat, and the Pop Group. More contemporary avant-pop artists have included David Sylvian, Scott Walker, and Björk, whose vocal experimentation and innovative modes of expression have seen them move beyond norms of commercial pop music. Others who have been credited as avant-pop's pioneers include the Velvet Underground's Lou Reed, singer Kate Bush, performance artist Laurie Anderson, art pop musician Spookey Ruben, and Black Dice's
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The Book of Sorrows


The Book of Sorrows is the sequel novel to Walter Wangerin, Jr.'s "The Book of the Dun Cow". Published by Zondervan in 1985, it was received quite well by publications such as the "Washington Post", whose review called it "a beautifully written fantasy anchored starkly in reality." Readers noted it for its melancholy tone, with one of the main themes of the book being sorrow. The Book of Sorrows begins almost exactly where the last book ended. The great war is over and Chauntecleer and
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Merrilee Rush


saxophone player Neil Rush, whom she would later marry. The two went on to form Merrilee and Her Men, doing mostly cover versions of pop hits, and then joined rhythm and blues group Tiny Tony and the Statics, whose regional hit "Hey Mrs. Jones", on the Bolo label, featured Rush's keyboard playing and vocals. In 1965, the pair formed Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts, who soon became a popular act on the Pacific Northwest's teen dancehall circuit. A member of the group's road crew
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Metro Manila Popular Music Festival


the Grand Prize. However, the biggest pop hit to come out of the 2nd Metropop was "Ewan". This song launched the career of Louie Ocampo, now a well-respected composer, and added to the numerous hits of The Apo Hiking Society. The Apo is one of the biggest musical acts ever in the Philippines, and their songs have been covered through the years. Rico J. Puno, already a big star at this time, interpreted the third place song, which also became a hit song for him
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Music of Minnesota


as For All Those Sleeping, After the Burial, Write This Down and Four Letter Lie. Some of these acts like Motion City Soundtrack and Owl City went on to have minor mainstream success, Owl City gained a #1 Hot 100 hit with "Fireflies". Emo pop-punk acts, such as Tiny Moving Parts, have been published in "Alternative Press." The Twin Cities region is home to a thriving underground hip hop scene, due largely to the presence of Rhymesayers Entertainment. Rhymesayers' artists, including
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Bat Boy: The Musical


Yorker" called it "a giggling cult hit" and "the only play in the history of the theatre whose hero ends Act I with a rabbit in his mouth, and who moves on in Act II to an entire cow's head." "Curtain-Up" praised : "Laurence O'Keefe's peppy and melodic pop-rock score... played by a five piece combo". Deven May received the Theatre World Award for his performance. The West End reviews were less positive. The Curtain Up review notes:
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Xenomania


Little Mix. Xenomania contributed two new tracks—including the single "Something New"—to Girls Aloud's second compilation album, "Ten", the group's first album since announcing a hiatus after "Out of Control" (2008). BBC Music hailed "Ten" as "incredible proof of how perfect pop can be in the right hands" and wrote that "Alongside the Xenomania hit machine, at their best Girls Aloud create a universe entirely of their own, standing as one of the greatest pop acts of this century
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Music of Louisiana


from Kentwood) has had 4 #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including the dance-pop song "...Baby One More Time" from 1999. Lil Wayne has 2 #1 hits on the Hot 100, including "Lollipop" from 2008. Juvenile (rapper) had one #1 hit on the Hot 100 with "Slow Motion" ft. Soulja Slim, from 2004. Tim McGraw has had 25 songs that have reached #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, including "Live Like You Were
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1960s in music


music, is often taken as the key recording in progressive rock, helping the widespread adoption of the genre in the early 1970s among existing blues-rock and psychedelic bands, as well as newly formed acts. Chubby Checker during the early 1960s popularizes the enduring dance craze the Twist with his hit cover of Hank Ballard & the Midnighters' R&B hit "The Twist". Gerry Goffin and Carole King become a very influential duo in pop music, writing numerous number-one hits including the first song to ever reach number-
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4 Seasons of Loneliness


topper to date. The song spent one week at the top before being pushed aside by Elton John's massive Princess Diana tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997". It was also the group's last top ten hit in the UK, debuting at number ten on the singles chart, and dropping off the chart a short time after. "4 Seasons of Loneliness", to date, is the last number-one pop hit under the Motown records banner (Boyz II Men was the only Motown act to have
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Caught in the Act (Commodores album)


Caught in the Act is the second studio album by Commodores, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). Stylistically, this is a funk/R&B album and differs from the softer pop sound for which the group became known on later releases. "Caught in the Act" included the hit "Slippery When Wet", which has been called a "prototype" of Wild Cherry's hit "Play That Funky Music" (1976). Other notable funk tracks include "Better Never Than Forever" and "Look
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The Davis Sisters (country band)


Liga / Sorrow And Pain" (Fortune 174) and "Heartbreak Ahead / Steel Wool" (Fortune 175). In 1953, they landed a recording contract with RCA Records. While recording for RCA, the sessions were backed up by future country star and producer Chet Atkins. That same year, they released their first single, "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know". The mournful and heartbreaking song became a No. 1 country hit, as well as a top 20 pop hit. While their vocals
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One Tin Soldier


AM in Toronto on 27 December 1969, and reached number 34 on the American pop charts in early 1970. It was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 25 U.S. AC and number 5 Canada AC. A 1971 cover was a hit in the U.S. for Coven, whose re-recording only featuring its lead singer Jinx Dawson was featured in the film "Billy Jack". The single went to number 26 on the "Billboard" pop chart before it was pulled from radio by the film's producer. On November
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Pop Will Eat Itself


or their music, suggesting at one point that EMF 'write a hit' for them at one meeting. The band was dropped from the label before the "Get the Girl! Kill the Baddies!" single was released. It went on to peak at number 9 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's biggest hit, and making the band at that time the highest charting act to appear on Top of the Pops without a record deal. In an attempt to recoup their investment, the label released a
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Jessie Mae Robinson


Jessie Mae Robinson (née Booker, October 1, 1918 – October 26, 1966) was an African-American musician and songwriter, whose compositions included many R&B and pop hits of the 1940s and 1950s, including "Black Night", "I Went To Your Wedding", and "Let's Have a Party". Jessie Mae Booker was born in Call, Texas, but was raised in Los Angeles where she started writing songs in her teens, and met and married Leonard Robinson. After a few years she
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Music of Denmark


Popular in the early and mid 90s was the pop-soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock, whose brand of ballads made it a popular act in many Asian markets, selling nearly 9 million records in Asia. A Danish band with a big impact outside of Denmark is the Europop group Aqua, whose hit "Barbie Girl" helped the band sell a total of 15 million albums and 6 million singles. Denmark also participates in the annual Eurovision Song Contest, and holds its own Dansk Melodi Grand Prix competition to select the
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Don Kirshner


number of advertising jingles and pop "ditties" - their first was called "Bubblegum Pop". He was also responsible for finding Tony Orlando, Neil Diamond, Carole King, and Sarah Dash of Labelle, as well as discovering the occasional rock act, such as Kansas. Kirshner had three record labels. The first was Chairman Records, a subsidiary of London Records. Although he was responsible for scores of hits in the 1960s, he was only to have one on the Chairman label – 1963's "Martian Hop"
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Mickey Gilley


to No. 50 on the pop music charts. "Room Full of Roses" today remains as one of his signature songs. He had a string of top tens and No. 1s throughout the 1970s. Some of these hits were cover versions of songs, including the Bill Anderson song "City Lights", George Jones' "Window Up Above", and Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home to Me". He remained a popular Country act for the rest of the 1970s. Other hits in the 1970s
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Dave Bartholomew


in the transition from jump blues and swing to R&B and as "one of the Crescent City's greatest musicians and a true pioneer in the rock and roll revolution." Many musicians have recorded Bartholomew's songs, but his partnership with Fats Domino produced some of his greatest successes. In the mid-1950s they wrote more than forty hits for Imperial Records, including the "Billboard" number one pop chart hit "Ain't That a Shame". Bartholomew's other hit songs as a composer include "I Hear You Knocking"
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Dave Mason


"Feelin' Alright", recorded by Traffic in 1968 and later by many other performers, including Joe Cocker, whose version of the song was a hit in 1969. For Traffic, he also wrote "Hole in My Shoe", a psychedelic pop song that became a hit in its own right. "We Just Disagree", Mason's 1977 solo US hit, written by Jim Krueger, has become a staple of US classic hits and adult contemporary radio playlists. In 2004, Mason was inducted into the Rock
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(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely


10680. Several other country and pop artists also recorded the song, including Johnnie & Jack, whose version was a #1 country hit in 1954, and The Statler Brothers, whose version was a #2 country hit in 1983. The Statlers' version was their first song to feature vocals by Jimmy Fortune, who had replaced the retired Lew DeWitt (who left due to health problems). Also in 1983, Dutch singer/comedian Andre van Duin released it (with new lyrics) as "De Heidezangers";
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Alternative Songs


that was popular on the Mainstream Rock format. In the mid-1990s, alternative rock songs began to crossover to Pop radio, with acts such as Green Day, The Offspring and Alanis Morissette being played on Pop stations after establishing hits on the Alternative chart. Dominant genres included pop punk and softer alternative rock, as grunge acts such as Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots did not reach No. 1, while Britpop, a form of alternative rock from the UK, was represented only by Oasis. By the late-1990s, the Alternative Songs
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The Subs


Wiebe Loccufier) and started a solo DJ career as techno act One Track Brain. He is (co)-producing all the output of all the artists on OTB records till present. In 2015 he co-produced debut release of Charlotte de Witte “Weltschmerz” on Turbo. From 2014 to 2018 he produced all the output of the elektro hip pop band “Friends in Paris” including the streaming hits “Waiting” and “When your heart is a stranger”. In 2016 to 2018 he produced all the output of electro pop
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1990s in music


Nun with their first number one New Zealand single in 1994 with their song "George". Tokyo-based noise rock band Melt-Banana became an international touring cult act as well as the Boredoms. J-Pop was a major trend in the late 1990s. The Japanese record label Avex Trax produced a string of top-charting J-pop artists, including Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, and the band Every Little Thing (band). Hikaru Utada, only 16 at the time, scored her signature hit in
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Dick Wingate


Soon after, he had a #1 hit single and first gold album with Eddy Grant's ""Electric Avenue". His other notable signings included Face to Face who had a top 20 pop single “"10-9-8"”; Garland Jeffreys whose "Escape Artist" album he Executive Produced (Time Magazine named it one of the year's 10 best records in 1981); and most notably 'Til Tuesday's - "Voices Carry" album (1985) which he Executive Produced, and included
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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow


scenario. The player can place monsters inside rooms if they have acquired the monster's soul in the main game, but boss enemies cannot be added to any scenario, even if the player has the boss' soul. Two players using two Nintendo DS consoles can compete in these scenarios, with the winner being the one with the fastest time completing the course. The Magic Seal system is a new feature introduced in "Dawn of Sorrow" that uses of the DS touchscreen. Once the player reduces the hit points of
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Paul Staveley O'Duffy


's Better To Travel" by Manchester group Swing Out Sister, which included the worldwide hit "Breakout". The album was also nominated in the US for a Grammy Award and led to more work for him and his distinctive retro sound with US acts. One of these was eccentric Pop R&B group Was Not Was with the resulting worldwide hits "Walk The Dinosaur", "Spy in the House of Love" and platinum selling album "What Up, Dog?". At the other end of the spectrum O'Duffy produced
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MTV


Pumpkins. Other hit acts such as Weezer, Collective Soul, Blind Melon, The Cranberries, Bush, and Silverchair followed in the next couple of years. Alternative bands that appeared on "Beavis and Butt-Head" included White Zombie. By the next few years, 1994 through 1997, MTV began promoting new power pop acts, most successfully Green Day and The Offspring, and ska-rock acts such as No Doubt, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Sublime. Pop singers were added to the rotation with success as long
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Siobhan Fahey


Siobhan Máire Deirdre Fahey ( ; born 10 September 1958) is an Irish singer and musician, whose vocal range is a light contralto. She was a founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, who had several top 10 hits including the US number one hit single "Venus". She later formed the Brit Award and Ivor Novello Award-winning musical act Shakespears Sister, who had a UK number one hit with the 1992 single "Stay". Fahey joined the other original members of Bananarama for a 2017 UK
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Ed Lytle


Edward Benson "Ed" Lytle (March 10, 1862 – December 21, 1950), also known as "Dad" Lytle and "Pop" Lytle, was a professional baseball player and manager whose playing career spanned 12 seasons, including one in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Colts and the Pittsburgh Alleghenys in 1890. Over his major league career, Lytle, a second baseman and outfielder, batted .136 with three runs, eight hits and one doubles in 16 games played. He also played in the minor leagues with
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Tangerine Records (1992)


Tangerine Records is a UK-based independent record label founded in 1992 by musician Paul Bevoir, music journalist Chris Hunt and marketing executive John Ashworth. Launching with a compilation of previously released material by The Jetset, throughout the 1990s the label specialised in reissuing CDs of collectable vinyl recordings, focusing on the mod, psychedelic, power pop and bubblegum pop genres. Acts released by the label have included The Jetset, The Moment, Direct Hits, Squire, The Cleaners From Venus, Dee Walker, Paul Bevoir and The V.I.P.'s
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Sunshine Records (Australia)


the label's releases were made in the period 1965-67. Its biggest act was solo singer Normie Rowe, Australia's top male pop star from 1965 to 1968, who scored a string of Australian hit singles including "It Ain't Necessarily So", "I (Who Have Nothing)", "Que Sera Sera" and "Shakin' All Over". Label founder Ivan Dayman reportedly ran a gravel quarry in his hometown of Adelaide, South Australia before moving into pop management and promotion in the early 1960s
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Jerry Herman Ring Theatre


The Jerry Herman Ring Theatre, located on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, United States, is the student theatre of the University of Miami. The theatre is widely known for having given birth to the acting careers of several notable actors and actresses, whose careers started at the Ring Theatre, including Steven Bauer, Ray Liotta, Sylvester Stallone and others. The theatre is named for University of Miami alumnus Jerry Herman, whose career on Broadway has included composing and other credits for scores for hit
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L.A. Reid


in 1989 through a joint venture with Arista Records, with funding from Arista Records creator Clive Davis. The label soon became one of the premiere destinations for popular African-American entertainers who created Black Pop music that was easily accessible to both Urban and Top 40 radio formats. Reid signed 14-year-old Usher to the label, whose six album releases have sold 65 million units worldwide. Other popular acts on the label during its peak include Toni Braxton, TLC, and Outkast. Both TLC and Toni Braxton went on to sell
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Conway Twitty


Hand", a major pop hit for the Pointer Sisters; "Rest Your Love on Me", a Top-40 country hit for the Bee Gees; "The Rose", a major pop hit for Bette Midler; and "Heartache Tonight", a major pop hit for The Eagles. Twitty's songs have also been covered numerous times, including four notable covers, George Jones's rendition of "Hello Darlin", Blake Shelton's "Goodbye Time", The Misfits' and Glen Campbell's versions of "It
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Confessions on a Dance Floor


" commented in an article for the newspaper that "Confessions on a Dance Floor" started the during the 21st century and popularized the revivals concept of others musical genres during the first decade. Justin Myers from the UK Official Charts Company commented: "An 'imperial phase' is when a pop star is at the pinnacle of their career, shifting stacks of records, having big hits, selling out arenas, owning the radio and being generally unavoidable and untouchable. Many pop acts barely manage one. Thanks to this album,
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Mark Read (singer)


by Tim Byrne (manager of UK pop act Steps). At the time, Byrne was looking for suitable members to form a new pop group. It was through this chance encounter that Read went on to receive his first big break, as he would become one of the four members of the chart-topping band a1. Along with band mates Ben Adams, Christian Ingebrigtsen and Paul Marazzi, Read achieved great success across the globe with a1, including 2 UK numbers 1 singles, 8 top ten hits, 3 studio
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Sheena Easton


and it reached the UK Top 30. Around the time of her hit record with Rogers, Easton headlined "Act One", a one-hour variety special broadcast on NBC that featured Rogers and a cameo appearance by Johnny Carson. October 1983 saw the release of the album" Best Kept Secret" and its first single, the synthesized dance-pop tune "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)", became her fourth Top 10 hit. The single was Grammy-nominated for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance"
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