David Frank
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David Frank is an American music producer, composer, classically trained pianist, and founding member of the 1980s R&B group The System. Yamaha Music calls him "the founding father of electronic R&B."
and played classical piano at a recital level from a young age. By fifth grade he had won his first composing
competition. In high school, Frank played in rock
bands hired for dances and competed, often successfully, in talent shows and battle of the band contests. He attributes his fluency with soul and R&B music to an early encounter he had with a singer he met at one such contest. The singer was later incorporated as a member of his band. His studies continued throughout his youth as a student at the New England Conservatory and later at the Berklee College of Music. While at Berklee, an instructor brought in a copy of Wendy Carlos' groundbreaking album "Switched On Bach." Frank had already been experimenting with getting electric guitar sounds out of his Farfisa organ, and was inspired by this encounter to continue pursuing electronic musical directions.
synthesizer for David to play. The new sounds intrigued him so much that he brought one for himself the next day. When Frank moved to Manhattan to try to become a session musician, he began playing at weddings while amassing more keyboards including those manufactured by Oberheim: the OB-Xa polyphonic synthesizer, the DSX sequencer and the DMX drum machine which in effect made him a one-man band.
. Instead he called up another singer, Mic Murphy
, whom he knew while working as a tour keyboardist with Kleeer
. A marathon recording session resulted in "In Times of Passion." The next day, The System was signed to Mirage Records which was a subsidiary of Atlantic Records
. "In Times of Passion" became both a radio and club hit in New York. The interest sparked enough interest for Mirage to give David and Mic an advance for an album. The album, "Sweat," launched club hits "Sweat," "I Can't Let Go" and the iconic "You Are In My System" which became a top ten R&B smash. Robert Palmer's cover of the song became a mainstream rock hit. As production partners, David Frank and Mic Murphey (as well as The System's guitarist Paul Pesco who often contributed to the duo's efforts) went on to generate platinum hit recordings with Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You" (written by Prince), Phil Collins' "Sussudio," and Mtume's "Juicy Fruit." Perhaps their most widely heard contribution to pop culture is their playing on the soundtracks of two highly successful Eddie Murphy
films, "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Coming To America." And lastly being recognized by The System's #1 hit "Don't Disturb This Groove" in which Frank firmly establishes his prowess as a bass-groove synthesizer innovator and master.
See "The System"
, and through friends he met UK songwriter Pam Sheyne. Together they went onto generate several hit songs Dream's 'He Loves U Not
, This Is Me, as well as Christina Aguilera
's 'Genie in a Bottle
'.)
Currently, Frank is signed as a songwriter to Universal Music Publishing Group
and works with songwriters in Los Angeles, New York, and London. He has also recently completed work on the album of his son Griffith. He has a daughter too.
98 Degrees
- 98° & Rising
Acoustic Moods (Various Artists)
American Juniors - American Juniors
Angela Bofill
- Let Me Be the One
Attitude
- Pump The Nation
Ashford and Simpson - Love Or Physical
Bardo Pond - Amanita
Beverly Hills Cop
Movie Soundtrack
Best of Acid Jazz [Global]
Billy Idol
- Whiplash Smile
Billy Squier
- Enough Is Enough
Brie Larson
- Finally Out Of P.E.
Carole Davis
- I'm No Angel
Chaka Khan
- CK
Chaka Khan
- I Feel for You
Christina Aguilera
- Christina Augiliera
Coming to America Movie Soundtrack (Title Track)
Divas of Dance Vol. 1
Destiny's Child
- Destiny's Child
Dupont
- New World Beat
Dream - It Was All a Dream
Eden's Crush
- Popstars
Eric Clapton
- Rush
Eternal
- Power of a Woman
Everybody Dance: 3 CD Limited Edition
Gang Related soundtrack
Katey Sagal
- Well...
James Morrison
- Undiscovered
Junior - Best of Junior
Jeff Lorber
- Step By Step
Jeff Lorber
- West Side Stories
Jordin Sparks
- Jordin Sparks
Kleeer Very Best of Kleeer
Laura Nyro - Walk the Dog and Light the Light
Liberty X - Being Somebody
Linear - Caught In The Middle
"Lost Souls" - by 2Pac feat. Outlawz samples "Don't Disturb This Groove"
Love Shouldn't Hurt (Various Artists)
Marked for Death
Movie Soundtrack
Masters at Work - The Album
Michael McDonald
- Blink of an Eye
Mtume
- Juicy Fruit
Mtume
- You Me & He
Nine
movie soundtrack to be released by Geffen Records on December 22, 2010
Ofra
- Haza Ya Ba Ye (Remix)
Omar - For Pleasure
Omar - This Is Not a Love Song
O-Town - O-Town
Nikki Cleary
- Nikki Cleary
Nine
movie soundtrack to be released by Geffen Records on December 22, 2010
Nona Hendryx
- Female Trouble
Pauli Carman - Dial My Number
Paul Lekakis
- Tattoo It
Phoebe Snow
- Something Real
Phil Collins
- No Jacket Required
The Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination
Rebbie Jackson
- Yours Faithfully
Robert Palmer - Pride
Rod Stewart
- Human
Ronan Keating
- Turn It On
S Club 7
- Don't Stop Movin'
Scritti Politti
- Cupid & Psyche 85
Sheena Easton
- My Cherie (single)
Sheena Easton
- What Comes Naturally
Steve Winwood
- Back in the High Life
Steve Winwood
- The Finer Things
The System
- Don't Disturb This Groove
The System
- Sweat
The System
- X-Periment
The System
- The Pleasure Seekers
The System
- Rhythm & Romance
Takeshi Itoh - T.K.
Toya
- Toya
Vanessa Williams
- The Comfort Zone
Vitamin C - More
Westlife
- Westlife
Wild Orchid - Wild Orchid
Dionne Farris
- Wild Seed, Wild Flower
Wayne Watson
- Field of Souls
YM Hot Tracks Vol. 1
Early Development
Frank grew up in a suburb of BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
and played classical piano at a recital level from a young age. By fifth grade he had won his first composing
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
competition. In high school, Frank played in rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
bands hired for dances and competed, often successfully, in talent shows and battle of the band contests. He attributes his fluency with soul and R&B music to an early encounter he had with a singer he met at one such contest. The singer was later incorporated as a member of his band. His studies continued throughout his youth as a student at the New England Conservatory and later at the Berklee College of Music. While at Berklee, an instructor brought in a copy of Wendy Carlos' groundbreaking album "Switched On Bach." Frank had already been experimenting with getting electric guitar sounds out of his Farfisa organ, and was inspired by this encounter to continue pursuing electronic musical directions.
Early career
Upon graduating Berklee, David began playing in bands around the Boston area. The bass player in one of such bands exposed him to an ARP OdysseyARP Odyssey
The ARP Odyssey was an analog synthesizer introduced in 1972. Responding to pressure from Moog Music to create a portable, affordable "performance" synthesizer, ARP scaled down its popular 2600 synthesizer and created the Odyssey, which became the best-selling synthesizer they made.The Odyssey is...
synthesizer for David to play. The new sounds intrigued him so much that he brought one for himself the next day. When Frank moved to Manhattan to try to become a session musician, he began playing at weddings while amassing more keyboards including those manufactured by Oberheim: the OB-Xa polyphonic synthesizer, the DSX sequencer and the DMX drum machine which in effect made him a one-man band.
Work with The System
In 1981, while he was working in New York, Frank was called in to do a session for a local studio owner who suggested that he use the time to create a dance song. Frank initially wanted to use his upstairs neighbor and bandmate, a pre-stardom MadonnaMadonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
. Instead he called up another singer, Mic Murphy
Mic Murphy
Michael "Mic" Murphy is the lead singer/occasional guitarist of the successful 80's synth R&B duo The System. He is well-known for singing the group's biggest hit, "Don't Disturb This Groove," a 1987 US Top Five Pop and R&B hit....
, whom he knew while working as a tour keyboardist with Kleeer
Kleeer
Kleeer was an American New York based funk, disco and post-disco band which was formed in 1972 under the name The Jam Band, as a backup group to different disco bands and vocalists...
. A marathon recording session resulted in "In Times of Passion." The next day, The System was signed to Mirage Records which was a subsidiary of Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
. "In Times of Passion" became both a radio and club hit in New York. The interest sparked enough interest for Mirage to give David and Mic an advance for an album. The album, "Sweat," launched club hits "Sweat," "I Can't Let Go" and the iconic "You Are In My System" which became a top ten R&B smash. Robert Palmer's cover of the song became a mainstream rock hit. As production partners, David Frank and Mic Murphey (as well as The System's guitarist Paul Pesco who often contributed to the duo's efforts) went on to generate platinum hit recordings with Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You" (written by Prince), Phil Collins' "Sussudio," and Mtume's "Juicy Fruit." Perhaps their most widely heard contribution to pop culture is their playing on the soundtracks of two highly successful Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician....
films, "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Coming To America." And lastly being recognized by The System's #1 hit "Don't Disturb This Groove" in which Frank firmly establishes his prowess as a bass-groove synthesizer innovator and master.
See "The System"
The System (band)
The System was an American synth pop duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Mic Murphy and seasoned session keyboardist David Frank. The band was founded in 1982 in New York and backed up by Paul Pesco on electric guitar and Kris Khellow - keyboards, synthesizers.Sometimes the group is referred to...
Move to Los Angeles
In the early 90s, Frank moved to Los Angeles where he opened his own recording studio called Canyon Reverb. He became actively involved in the creative scene in Topanga Canyon. Through his publisher, Frank met songwriter Steve KipnerSteve Kipner
Steve Kipner is a multi-platinum-selling songwriter and record producer with hits spanning over a 40 year history, including chart-topping songs such as Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", Chicago's Grammy-nominated "Hard Habit to Break", "Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera, for which he won an...
, and through friends he met UK songwriter Pam Sheyne. Together they went onto generate several hit songs Dream's 'He Loves U Not
He Loves U Not
"He Loves U Not" is girl group Dream's debut single released in 2000.-The song:Upon Dream's signing to P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records, the quartet recorded "He Loves U Not" as their breakthrough single, setting aside previously recorded songs "Do U Wanna Dance," "Baby," and "Miss You" that they had...
, This Is Me, as well as Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
's 'Genie in a Bottle
Genie in a Bottle
"Genie in a Bottle" is the second single by American pop recording artist, Christina Aguilera, taken from her self-titled debut album. It was co-written by David Frank, Steve Kipner, and Pamela Sheyne, and produced by Frank and Kipner respectively...
'.)
Currently, Frank is signed as a songwriter to Universal Music Publishing Group
Universal Music Publishing Group
Universal Music Publishing Group is a music publishing company and is part of the Universal Music Group.UMPG owns or administers more than 1 million copyrights. They are one of the largest music publishing businesses in the world with more than 47 offices in 41 countries...
and works with songwriters in Los Angeles, New York, and London. He has also recently completed work on the album of his son Griffith. He has a daughter too.
Discography
David Frank is a credited contributor as either a (Producer, Songwriter, or Musician) on the following songs or albums.98 Degrees
98 Degrees
98 Degrees is an American adult contemporary boy band consisting of four vocalists: brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre, and Jeff Timmons. The group was formed by Timmons in Los Angeles, California....
- 98° & Rising
98 Degrees and Rising
-Holland Edition:-Singles:*True to Your Heart – July 21, 1998*Because of You – September 15, 1998*Hardest Thing – June 8, 1999*I Do – July 24, 1999-Chart positions:...
Acoustic Moods (Various Artists)
American Juniors - American Juniors
American Juniors (album)
American Juniors was the second and final album from the American Juniors group that emerged from the short-lived American reality television series American Juniors....
Angela Bofill
Angela Bofill
Angela Bofill is an American R&B vocalist and songwriter.Bofill was born to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother; one of the first Latina singers to find success in the R&B market.She performed with Ricardo Marrero & the Group and Dance Theater of Harlem chorus prior to her 1978 debut album,...
- Let Me Be the One
Let Me Be the One (Angela Bofill album)
Let Me Be The One is the sixth album by Angela Bofill, released by Arista Records in 1984.Let Me Be the One was produced by David Frank and Mic Murphy who, at the time, were enjoying muchsuccess as The System...
Attitude
Attitude
-Science and engineering:* Attitude as orientation of a geometric figure, such as a line, plane or rigid body* Attitude as strike or dip of a layer of rock in geology* Attitude of a wing or aircraft relative to airflow...
- Pump The Nation
Ashford and Simpson - Love Or Physical
Bardo Pond - Amanita
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American comedy-action film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy, Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, and Ronny Cox...
Movie Soundtrack
Best of Acid Jazz [Global]
Billy Idol
Billy Idol
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- Whiplash Smile
Whiplash Smile
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Billy Squier
Billy Squier
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- Enough Is Enough
Enough Is Enough (album)
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Brie Larson
Brie Larson
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- Finally Out Of P.E.
Finally Out Of P.E.
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Carole Davis
Carole Davis
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- I'm No Angel
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
- CK
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
- I Feel for You
I Feel for You
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Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
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- Christina Augiliera
Christina Aguilera (album)
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Coming to America Movie Soundtrack (Title Track)
Divas of Dance Vol. 1
Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child
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- Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child (album)
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Dupont
Dupont
-Companies:*E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , one of the world's largest chemical companies*Du Pont Motors*Gilbert Dupont, a French stock brokerage part of retail banking network Crédit du Nord...
- New World Beat
Dream - It Was All a Dream
Eden's Crush
Eden's Crush
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- Popstars
Eric Clapton
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- Rush
Rush (soundtrack)
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Eternal
Eternal (band)
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- Power of a Woman
Everybody Dance: 3 CD Limited Edition
Gang Related soundtrack
Gang Related (soundtrack)
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Katey Sagal
Katey Sagal
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- Well...
Well...
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James Morrison
James Morrison (singer)
James Morrison is a BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Rugby, Warwickshire. In 2006, his debut single "You Give Me Something" became a hit in Europe, Australia, and Japan, peaking in the top five in the UK and New Zealand. His debut album, Undiscovered, debuted at the...
- Undiscovered
Undiscovered (James Morrison album)
-Charts and certifications:-References:...
Junior - Best of Junior
Jeff Lorber
Jeff Lorber
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- Step By Step
Jeff Lorber
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- West Side Stories
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Jordin Sparks
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- Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks (album)
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Kleeer Very Best of Kleeer
Laura Nyro - Walk the Dog and Light the Light
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Liberty X - Being Somebody
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Linear - Caught In The Middle
Caught in the Middle (album)
- Charts :Singles - Billboard...
"Lost Souls" - by 2Pac feat. Outlawz samples "Don't Disturb This Groove"
Love Shouldn't Hurt (Various Artists)
Marked for Death
Marked for Death
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Movie Soundtrack
Masters at Work - The Album
Michael McDonald
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- Blink of an Eye
Mtume
Mtume
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- Juicy Fruit
Juicy Fruit (album)
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Mtume
Mtume
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- You Me & He
Nine
Nine (film)
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movie soundtrack to be released by Geffen Records on December 22, 2010
Ofra
Ofra
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- Haza Ya Ba Ye (Remix)
Omar - For Pleasure
Omar - This Is Not a Love Song
O-Town - O-Town
O-Town (album)
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Nikki Cleary
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- Nikki Cleary
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Nine
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movie soundtrack to be released by Geffen Records on December 22, 2010
Nona Hendryx
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- Female Trouble
Pauli Carman - Dial My Number
Paul Lekakis
Paul Lekakis
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- Tattoo It
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Phoebe Snow
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- Something Real
Phil Collins
Phil Collins
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- No Jacket Required
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The Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination
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Rebbie Jackson
Rebbie Jackson
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- Yours Faithfully
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Robert Palmer - Pride
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Rod Stewart
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- Human
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Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...
- Turn It On
Turn It On
Turn It On is the third studio album released by ex-Boyzone frontman, Ronan Keating. The album was released on November 17, 2003. Three singles were released from the album: "Lost for Words", "She Believes " and "Last Thing on My Mind"...
S Club 7
S Club 7
S Club, formerly known as S Club 7, were a pop group created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, consisting of members Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, de facto lead singer Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens. The group rose to fame by starring in their...
- Don't Stop Movin'
Don't Stop Movin' (album)
Don't Stop Movin' is a US-only release from S Club. The album contains a combination of tracks from Sunshine and Seeing Double. It was released in December 2002. It failed to chart or produce any hit singles, following the top 10 success of "Never Had a Dream Come True"...
Scritti Politti
Scritti Politti
Scritti Politti are a British band, originally formed in 1977 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Although there have been various changes to the line-up, Cardiff-born singer-songwriter Green Gartside was the founding member of the band and the only member to have remained throughout the group's...
- Cupid & Psyche 85
Cupid & Psyche 85
Cupid & Psyche 85 is the second album by the British new wave pop group Scritti Politti.It remains the band's most successful album, reaching No. 5 in the UK, and was certified Gold by the BPI for 100,000 copies sold. The album contained five singles, three of which were top 20 hits in the UK...
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
- My Cherie (single)
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
- What Comes Naturally
What Comes Naturally
-Production:*Producers: Vassal Benford, Denny Diante, David Frank, Oliver Leiber, Jeff Lorber, Nick Mundy, Ian Prince, Wolf & Epic*Engineers: Wolfgang Aichholz, Greg Barrett, Shawn Berman, Ted Blaisdell, Bob Cadway, John Chamberlin, David Dachinger, Daryll Dobson, Steve Egleman, Greg Grill, Steve...
Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
- Back in the High Life
Back in the High Life
Back in the High Life is the fourth solo album by English rock musician Steve Winwood. It was a top ten hit on the album charts in the United States, hitting #3, and has sold over five million copies...
Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
- The Finer Things
The Finer Things
The Finer Things is a compilation album of recordings by Steve Winwood. It includes songs from his early days with The Spencer Davis Group through Traffic and Blind Faith and into his work during his solo career.-Disc 1:# Dimples - Spencer Davis Group...
The System
The System (band)
The System was an American synth pop duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Mic Murphy and seasoned session keyboardist David Frank. The band was founded in 1982 in New York and backed up by Paul Pesco on electric guitar and Kris Khellow - keyboards, synthesizers.Sometimes the group is referred to...
- Don't Disturb This Groove
Don't Disturb This Groove
"Don't Disturb This Groove" is a song by American synthpop/R&B duo The System, from the 1987 album of the same name. The song was written by The System's David Frank and Mic Murphy. It was released as the album's first single....
The System
The System (band)
The System was an American synth pop duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Mic Murphy and seasoned session keyboardist David Frank. The band was founded in 1982 in New York and backed up by Paul Pesco on electric guitar and Kris Khellow - keyboards, synthesizers.Sometimes the group is referred to...
- Sweat
The System
The System (band)
The System was an American synth pop duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Mic Murphy and seasoned session keyboardist David Frank. The band was founded in 1982 in New York and backed up by Paul Pesco on electric guitar and Kris Khellow - keyboards, synthesizers.Sometimes the group is referred to...
- X-Periment
The System
The System (band)
The System was an American synth pop duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Mic Murphy and seasoned session keyboardist David Frank. The band was founded in 1982 in New York and backed up by Paul Pesco on electric guitar and Kris Khellow - keyboards, synthesizers.Sometimes the group is referred to...
- The Pleasure Seekers
The System
The System (band)
The System was an American synth pop duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Mic Murphy and seasoned session keyboardist David Frank. The band was founded in 1982 in New York and backed up by Paul Pesco on electric guitar and Kris Khellow - keyboards, synthesizers.Sometimes the group is referred to...
- Rhythm & Romance
Takeshi Itoh - T.K.
Toya
Toya (Singer)
Toya Rodriguez , known professionally as Toya, is an American R&B singer from St. Louis, Missouri. She is perhaps best known for her 2001 hit, "I Do!!", which reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Musical career:...
- Toya
Toya (album)
-Album:-Singles:"—" denotes releases that did not chart.-Personnel:Information taken from Allmusic.*co-production – Harold Guy, Kelli Justice, Toya*mixing – Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander, Tim Olmstead...
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl. In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America, but a scandal generated by her having posed for nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine...
- The Comfort Zone
The Comfort Zone (album)
The tracks "Work to Do" and "What Will I Tell My Heart?" both appeared in the film Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man; the latter also appeared on the film's soundtrack album.-Production:...
Vitamin C - More
More (Vitamin C album)
More is the second album released by singer Vitamin C in 2001. The album was not as successful as Vitamin C's previous eponymous album both in terms of chart positions and sales. The album peaked at #122 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was uncertified...
Westlife
Westlife
Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...
- Westlife
Westlife (album)
Westlife is the Irish boyband Westlife's debut studio album. It was released on 1 November 1999 in the UK, and contains five singles - "Swear It Again", "If I Let You Go", "Flying Without Wings", the double A-side "I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun" and "Fool Again", all of which peaked at #1...
Wild Orchid - Wild Orchid
Wild Orchid (album)
Wild Orchid is the self-titled debut and most successful album by American group Wild Orchid , released in 1996...
Dionne Farris
Dionne Farris
Dionne Farris is an American female R&B/soul musician who sang on three songs with the hip hop group Arrested Development...
- Wild Seed, Wild Flower
Wild Seed, Wild Flower
Wild Seed – Wild Flower is the debut full-length album by Dionne Farris, which she recorded after singing the song Tennessee by the alternative rap group Arrested Development...
Wayne Watson
Wayne Watson
Wayne Watson is a Dove Award-winning singer-songwriter in contemporary Christian music. Some of his songs have become CCM classics, including "Another Time, Another Place," "For Such a Time as This," "Friend of a Wounded Heart," "Touch of the Master's Hand," "New Lives for Old," and "Watercolour...
- Field of Souls
YM Hot Tracks Vol. 1