Dazz (song)
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"Dazz" was a hit song by R&B/funk band Brick
. "Dazz" is a combination of disco and jazz. Released in 1976 from their Good High album, it would become their biggest hit, spending four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart and reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100
singles chart.
Brick (band)
Brick is a former American band that created a successful merger of funk and jazz in the 1970s. Their most popular single was "Dazz", which was released in 1976.-History:...
. "Dazz" is a combination of disco and jazz. Released in 1976 from their Good High album, it would become their biggest hit, spending four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart and reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
singles chart.
Samples
- Rapper Dana DaneDana DaneDana McLeese, better known by his stage name Dana Dane, is an American hip hop recording artist known for performance of humorous lyrics and for his fashion sense.-Early life:...
sampled the keyboard riff in his 1988 hit song, "Cinderfella Dana Dane". - Ice Cube sampled the keyboard riff and lyric "Well alright" in his 1991 rap song, "No VaselineNo Vaseline"No Vaseline" was a highly controversial song by Ice Cube from his second album, Death Certificate. The song was produced by Ice Cube and Sir Jinx...
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Use in other media
(Ordered chronologically)- Reportedly this song inspired Flint, MichiganFlint, MichiganFlint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...
broadcaster, Vernon Merritt, to tag the new FM radio station he started in 1979 with the call letters WDZZ (with, fittingly, a format of disco and jazz). The station still broadcasts today with a successful R&B format. - In the family reunion scene of Tyler PerryTyler PerryTyler Perry is an American actor, director, playwright, entrepreneur, screenwriter, producer, author, and songwriter. Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2005, he released his first film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman...
's 2005 film, Diary of a Mad Black WomanDiary of a Mad Black WomanDiary of a Mad Black Woman is a 2005 romantic comedy-drama film written by and starring Tyler Perry, which was inspired by the play of the same name. It is the first film in the Tyler Perry "Madea" film franchise. Directed by Darren Grant, the film was released in the US on February 25, 2005...
, the family does a line danceLine danceA line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Line dancers are not in physical contact...
to the song. - In The Sopranos 6x7 episode, "Luxury Lounge" (2006), the song is playing at the bar where Ahmed and Muhammad purchase stolen credit card numbers.