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Eddie Gordon is an English music journalist

Music journalism

Music journalism is criticism and reportage about music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as 'classical music'. This aspect of music journalism, today often referred to as music criticism , comprises the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of...

, a producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

, DJ

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

and music business personality.

Beginnings

He lived in Gravesend, Kent

Gravesend, Kent

Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. It is the administrative town of the Borough of Gravesham and, because of its geographical position, has always had an important role to play in the history and communications of this part of...

during his school years through Cecil Road Infant and Primary Northfleet, Northfleet School for Boys Secondary and three years at Gravesend Technical College to study O-level then Advanced-Level English language and literature.

Journalist career

Starting out as a DJ and music journalist in 1982 in his hometown Gravesend, Eddie Gordon wrote a weekly column for the Gravesend and Dartford Reporter and Kent Extra before being invited to write a weekly music page for Kent's major county newspaper the Kent Messenger
Kent Messenger
This article is about the weekly paper for the Maidstone region. For the Kent Messenger Group, see KM Group.The Kent Messenger is a weekly newspaper serving the mid-Kent area. It is published in three editions - Maidstone, Malling, and the Weald...

, a position he held from 1982 to 1991. Nine years of weekly Gordon "Sound Spot" columns writing about artists from all genres of music to fully cater for the very diverse Kent readership. The Kent Messenger won the Weekly Newspaper of the Year title in the Regional Press Awards for 1988 and then went on to collect the title of overall regional newspaper. It's one of the highest accolades for a paid-for weekly paper in the UK.

DJ career

From 1984 through to 1988 Eddie was regularly booked by major London event promoters as the support DJ for BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

DJs and Capital Radio

Capital Radio

Capital London is a London based radio station which launched on 16 October 1973 and is owned by Global Radio. On 3 January 2011 it formed part of the nine station Capital radio network.- Pre-launch :...

DJs working in the big towns and cities of South East of England. This was a rich period for Eddie Gordon's DJ career with various awards Gravesend and Dartford Reporter 'DJ of the Year 1984-1985', Radio Kent '1986 Club of the Year' with The Slammer, Kent Evening Post '1986 Club of the Year' with The Slammer, Kent Evening Post 1987 Kent Club of the Year with The Sleeze and in 1989 Eddie Gordon was Kent 'Music Man of the Year' - Kent Evening Post.
Throughout the 1980s Eddie Gordon was responsible for introducing the music for the Frank Warren

Frank Warren (promoter)

Frank Darren Warren is an English boxing manager and promoter.-Early life and early career:The son of a bookmaker, Warren trained as a solicitor's clerk with J Tickle & Co on Southampton Row in London....

Boxing Shows on the ITV channel with the boxers emerging from the dressing room to a fanfare of music to rouse the audience, which is now a regular part of all world championship televised boxing. The events held at the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....

, London, were major ITV programs of the era.
Also from the mid to the late 1980s Eddie spotted and supported the emerging DJ talents of Tim Westwood

Tim Westwood

Timothy Westwood is an English DJ and presenter of radio and television. He also presents the UK version of the MTV show Pimp My Ride...

BBC Radio 1

, Trevor Nelson

Trevor Nelson

Trevor Nelson MBE is an English DJ and presenter.Born in Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, he attended Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Cowper St, Islington, London EC2 and Westminster Kingsway College...

MBE BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

, Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson , is a DJ, record collector and record label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz, Talkin' Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the careers of well-known artists of the 1990s such as Erykah Badu, Roni Size and Jamiroquai...

BBC Radio 1

, Norman Jay

Norman Jay

Norman Jay MBE is an innovative and pioneering British DJ. He first came to prominence playing unlicensed or 'warehouse' parties in the early 1980s, such as Shake 'n' Fingerpop. His diverse and deep musical knowledge and his refusal to be restricted to playing from any single genre distinguishes...

MBE, CJ Macintosh and Paul Oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold

Paul Mark Oakenfold is a British record producer and a trance DJ.-Early Career: 1979–84:Paul Oakenfold's career was set to be a chef, after having hopes of becoming part of a band. He describes his early life as a "bedroom deejay" in a podcasted interview with Vancouver's 24 Hours, stating he grew...

at his Gravesend club night The Slammer and in his weekly music column Sounds Spot in the county newspaper the Kent Messenger.

DJ Agency

In 1985, a local Gravesend DJ Pete Tong

Pete Tong

Peter "Pete" Tong is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is known worldwide by fans of electronic music for hosting programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records, and for...

requested to be added to Eddie Gordon's DJ Management/Agency roster which included BBC Radio London's Jeff Young

Jeff Young

Jeff Young is an American guitarist. He graduated from Musicians Institute in 1985, and is best known for his time with the thrash metal band Megadeth, appearing on the 1988 album So Far, So Good... So What!...

, Radio Kent's Rod Lucas and the UK Club DJ of the Year Colin Hudd. Eddie's Agency was the first of its kind in the UK devoted to Radio DJs playing Dance music. Eddie managed Pete Tong of BBC Radio 1 for 20 years from 1984 to 2004 and Jeff Young of BBC Radio 1 from 1985 to 1992. in 1999 Eddie set up the DJ Agency IMD Ltd with DJs Pete Tong and Carl Cox

Carl Cox

Carl Cox is a British techno and house music DJ.-Biography:Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden. Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s...

heading the roster with a vision of the worldwide stage for Pete Tong.

The digital era/USA Billboard panels

21 September 2002 Eddie Gordon was invited by USA Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

magazine as the only European representative to co-chair a closed-room key discussion at the Billboard Summit in New York to discuss the threat of the new world technology to the traditional music business with 20 heads of America's record labels. Eddie opened and closed his participation in this unique meeting by predicting that digital delivery would be 'the future' of the world's music business.

USA Billboard Magazine Dance Music Summit 2006 - Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...

Wrapup Eddie Gordon (Music 2 Mix) predicted this on a DMS panel more than five years ago to an almost dismissive audience, stressing the importance of building an audience. A vision confirmed 7 months later by the unveiling of Apple's iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

in March 2003, which is now largest music retailer in the USA. 4 Apr 2008. iTunes 'biggest US music seller' group Wal-Mart to become the largest music retailer in the US, an independent study has said...

Eddie has moderated The Future of Digital Distribution at USA Billboard Summit in New York in 2003, attended panels as a speaker in 2004 and 2005 including a keynote speech at the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) – MP3 the Future of Music Promotion in Holland.
USA Billboard magazine DMS 2003 - The (Internet) Revolution will be Televised Eddie Gordon said that the 5 majors are concerned about marketshares, but they have to get on the internet and dance with the kids or die.

Winter Music Conference 2004 - Other Parties Future Music. Michael Paoletta,. Derek Graves, Seven. Eddie Gordon, Debra Eriksen. PlexiPR Party. Steve Porter. Betty Kang. Hed Kandi Party.

Eddie moderated a panel at the first USA Billboard Magazine Summit in Las Vegas September 20, 2006 titled 'Across The Pond' "The iPod is the Elvis revolution but the iPod plus the phone will be the Beatles revolution." EG quote at Billboard Magazine Conference, Las Vegas. Sep 2006

Media2Radio

June 2003 Eddie Gordon launched the world's first online digital promotion system for DJs with DJinTheMix which had an exclusive link to the then newly formed iTunes

ITunes

iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

from Apple Inc. The following year DJinTheMix was nominated as a finalist in the Orange New Business Ventures in London and IMEA

IMEA

The Illinois Music Educators Association is the Illinois state-level affiliate of MENC: The National Association for Music Education...

at Popkomm

Popkomm

Popkomm is an international trade show for the music and entertainment business, and also integrates a congress and festival. It is held in Berlin but has had entries from at least 55 other countries. Popkomm is organised by Popkomm GmbH, Berlin.- History :...

in Berlin, Germany. By the turn of 2005 Eddie Gordon introduced a new digital marketing service to radio stations worldwide with M2M

M2M

M2M is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:-Computing:* M2M , an implementation of the Object Management Group's QVT standard for model transformation* Many-to-many , as an entity-relationship model...

and in April 2008 launched Media 2 Radio in the USA.

The Grammys Hollywood, California

2010 Eddie was invited to be a member of the Electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

/ Dance Grammys Screening committee in Los Angeles, California by the chairman of the panel, Ramon Wells, to assist the selection process for the year's best dance releases.

2011 Eddie was invited to be a member of the Electronica

Electronica

/ Dance Grammys Screening committee in Los Angeles, California by the chairman of the panel, Ramon Wells, to assist the selection process for the year's best electronic dance releases.

BBC

BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix

In 1994 Eddie Gordon introduced the concept of the Essential Mix
Essential Mix
The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 03:00 and 05:00 Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, The Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music....

show for BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

. In 1997 Muzik Mag, an IPC magazine now closed, awarded BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

's Essential Mix show as Radio Show of the Year in 1997 and a Sony

Sony

, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

Silver Award in 1997 for the Goa Mix

Goa Mix

The Goa Mix is a two-hour mix by DJ Paul Oakenfold. It was originally broadcast on BBC as an Essential Mix in 1994 after the Producer of the show Eddie Gordon chose Paul as the DJ to create a ground-breaking 2 hour mix, regarded now as the famous Goa Mix, a working title Eddie Gordon gave to the...

presented by DJ Paul Oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold

. 16 years on, the Essential Mix is now the longest running Radio Mix show in the world as well as being the most popular 'Listen Again Feature' on the BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

website.

"The Essential Mix Changed My Life"

Danny Rampling - Jan 27, 2009 ... "My first Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1 was done live at Olympic Recording Studios in Barnes; Eddie Gordon set the studio up with UV lighting so it gave the studio a club feel. We finished the mix in one take playing through the huge studio monitors."
BBC Radio 1 DJs

During the 1990s Eddie Gordon introduced BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

to a host of new Radio DJ talent including Pete Tong

Pete Tong

, Danny Rampling

Danny Rampling

Danny Rampling is a British House Music DJ and is widely credited as one of the original founders of the UK's rave/club scene. His long career began in the early 1980s playing hip-hop, soul and funk around numerous bars and clubs in London.-Ibiza:...

, Judge Jules

Judge Jules

Judge Jules is a British dance music DJ and producer, known for his DJ activities and popular radio show which achieved global success.-Education:...

, Seb Fontaine

Seb Fontaine

Seb Fontaine is an English house music DJ.Fontaine had his first DJ gig at Crazy Larry's on the Kings Road, London, but he soon progressed to residency at the Fridge in Brixton in 1989....

, Fergie

Fergie (DJ)

Fergie is an Northern Irish DJ and electronic music artist from Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Initially playing hard house in his early career, he is now better known for breaks and techno....

and Carl Cox

Carl Cox

. For two years from 1995 to 1997 Eddie was the sole broadcast assistant to Danny Rampling's Saturday evening BBC Radio 1 show The Love Groove Dance Party on alternate weekends with Jeff Young.
Pete Tong

BBC Radio 1 and Ibiza

By introducing BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

to Ibiza

Ibiza

Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...

in 1995, Eddie Gordon was at the forefront of the Balearic

Balearic Beat

Balearic Beat or either Balearic House and Balearic Trance is an eclectic blend of DJed dance music that originally emerged in the mid-1980s. It later became the name of a more specific style of electronic dance music that was popular into the mid-1990s...

worldwide explosion. His 'Essential Mix

Essential Mix

The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 03:00 and 05:00 Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, The Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music....

radio show production work for BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

changed the Space Terrace Ibiza into one of the world's most popular places for a DJ to play to an international audience. DJ Carl Cox
Carl Cox
Carl Cox is a British techno and house music DJ.-Biography:Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden. Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s...

's first ever live recording on the infamous Terrace for BBC Radio 1, produced by Eddie Gordon won two awards in 1998, BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix Show of the Year and Muzik Mags BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix Show of the Year.
BBC Radio 1 Millennium

In 2000 Eddie Gordon was responsible for innovating and delivering the BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

- One World Millennium

Millennium

A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system....

celebration starting with DJ Carl Cox

Carl Cox

from Bondi Beach in Sydney Australia before the broadcast headed to Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

South Africa with DJ Danny Rampling

Danny Rampling

prior to broadcasting DJ Dave Pearce

Dave Pearce

Dave Pearce is a British dance DJ and record producer, who has played gigs across the UK and the world, although he is perhaps best known for his work in radio. He currently works for the BBC 6 Music...

from Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland, DJ Pete Tong

Pete Tong

from Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, UK then DJ Junior Vasquez

Junior Vasquez

Junior Vasquez, , is an American club DJ and remixer/producer.-Career:...

from New York. After closing the party for 15'000 people in Bondi Beach at 3am Saturday 1 January 2000 DJ Carl Cox with Eddie Gordon took a nine hour flight backwards across the International Date Line

International Date Line

The International Date Line is a generally north-south imaginary line on the surface of the Earth, passing through the middle of the Pacific Ocean, that designates the place where each calendar day begins...

(IDL) from Sydney, Australia to Honolulu, Hawaii, landing at 8pm on Friday 31 December 1999 to complete a DJ World first with two Millennium gigs in 24hours in 2 continents by broadcasting from Honolulu, live in the open air from the Kakaako Waterfront Park

Kakaako Waterfront Park

Kaka'ako Waterfront Park, also known as "Point Panic Park", is a free public park south of downtown Honolulu, just off Ala Moana Boulevard at the end of Cooke Street. It was opened in November 1992 on the site of a former municipal landfill and consists of of grass-covered rolling hills adjacent...

with 10,000 people in attendance. A truly amazing 24 hours and conceptualised all in Eddie Gordon's head 24 months before whilst eating breakfast in New York after completing a triple city 1997-98 New Year's Eve broadcast in London, Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

and New York with DJs playing to full clubs in the UK whilst performing in the USA by ISDN broadcast.
International Date Line

International Date Line

BBC 6 Music
2011. 18th - 23rd July - Eddie Gordon produced and co-hosted a 10 hour radio documentary A Piece Of Paradise for the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

on the legendary New York club based in Manhattan called the Paradise Garage

Paradise Garage

The Paradise Garage was a discotheque notable in the history of modern gay and nightclub cultures and in dance and pop music. It was founded by Michael Brody, its sole proprietor, and was located at 84 King Street, in the Hudson Square neighborhood of New York City. It operated from 1976 to 1987...

and its DJ Larry Levan

Larry Levan

Larry Levan was a DJ best known for his decade-long residency at the New York City night club Paradise Garage, which has been described as the prototype of the modern dance club. He developed a cult following who referred to his sets as "Saturday Mass"...

. The shows were aired in one hour series Monday to Friday at midnight and a special 5 hour show on Saturday featuring a recorded live broadcast from inside the 'Garage in 1979. The documentary received audiences from many different countries with enthusiastic feed back and featured interviews from famous people from the era of the 'Garage's 10 year period.

Internet radio

In 2000 Eddie saw the potential of broadcasting Internet and FM radio shows from the famous Café Mambo

Café Mambo

Café Mambo is a bar located in Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza. It is most famous for being the official pre party point for Pacha Ibiza, and hosting some of the most famous DJs in the world including Carl Cox, David Guetta and Swedish House Mafia who have a weekly residency there during the...

in Ibiza

Ibiza

with live audio and Cam images being beamed around the planet on the World Wide Web. After two successful years under his own management the BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

took advantage of Eddie's pioneering work. In 2008 BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

are still celebrating their Ibiza campaigns from the same venue with Pete Tong

Pete Tong

on the internet and on FM Radio.

Record labels

MCA Records

1988 Eddie Gordon was appointed, by MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

UK Head of Dance A&R Adrian Sykes, as MCA Records

MCA Records

' Club Promotion Dance A&R. Together they scored 10 UK Top 40 hit records from the R&B urban/dance division; In September 1988 Eddie Gordon remixed Bobby Brown

Bobby Brown

Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown is an American R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a...

's "Don't Be Cruel

Don't Be Cruel

-Legacy:"Don't Be Cruel" went on to become Presley's biggest selling single recorded in 1956, with sales over six million by 1961. It became a regular feature of his live sets until his death in 1977, and was often coupled with "Jailhouse Rock" or "Teddy Bear" during performances from 1969.Many...

" record with Timmy Regisford

Timmy Regisford

DJ Timmy Regisford is a House artist and producer who, according to deepattitude.com, "His flare and panache on the decks not only technically, but programming-wise has rightly earned him the well-deserved moniker, The Maestro."...

in New York for MCA Records UK, helping Bobby Brown to achieve his first Top 20 UK hit record off his debut album which sold in excess of 300,000 copies in the UK.

The Mac Band
The Mac Band
The Mac Band was an R&B group from Flint, Michigan, formed by four brothers as the primary vocalists. Their first album included production by Babyface and members of Atlantic Starr, and one of the tracks from the album, "Roses Are Red" reached #1 on the U.S. R&B chart and reached the Top 10 in the...

- Roses Are Red - UK #8
Pebbles - Girlfriend
Girlfriend (Pebbles song)
"Girlfriend" is a 1987 single from R&B singer Pebbles' self-titled debut album. Reaching number five on the Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, it was one of her biggest hits...

- UK #8
Rose Royce
Rose Royce
Rose Royce is an American soul and R&B band. The group is best known for several hit singles including "Car Wash," "I Wanna Get Next to You," "Wishing on a Star", "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" and "I'm Going Down".-Career:...

- Carwash - UK #8
Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader
Follow the Leader (Eric B. & Rakim song)
"Follow the Leader" was the first single and title track from the hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim's second album. The song, with its pulsing bass line and almost-ambient use of samples, signaled a departure from the minimalism of the duo's first album, Paid in Full. Rakim's lyrics showcase the rapper's...

- UK #21
Pebbles - Mercedes Boy
Mercedes Boy
"Mercedes Boy" is a 1988 single by Pebbles from her self-titled debut album. It reached #2 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It was performed on Soul Train where it was predicted to become a top ten hit. "Mercedes Boy" also peaked at number two for two weeks on...

- UK #40
Bobby Brown
Bobby Brown
Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown is an American R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a...

- Don't Be Cruel
Don't Be Cruel
-Legacy:"Don't Be Cruel" went on to become Presley's biggest selling single recorded in 1956, with sales over six million by 1961. It became a regular feature of his live sets until his death in 1977, and was often coupled with "Jailhouse Rock" or "Teddy Bear" during performances from 1969.Many...

- UK #13
Bobby Brown
Bobby Brown
Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown is an American R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a...

- My Prerogative
My Prerogative
"My Prerogative" is a song by American recording artist Bobby Brown from his second solo studio album, Don't Be Cruel. It was released on October 11, 1988 as the second single from the album. After recording sessions for the album were completed, Brown and producer Gene Griffin travelled to New...

- UK #6
Bobby Brown
Bobby Brown
Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown is an American R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a...

- Every Little Step
Every Little Step
"Every Little Step" is a 1989 single by R&B singer Bobby Brown, released by the MCA Records label. Released as the fourth single on his second album Don't Be Cruel, it reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the Hot Black Singles chart, and #6 on the UK Singles Chart...

- UK #4
Kraze - The Party - UK #29
The Mac Band
The Mac Band
The Mac Band was an R&B group from Flint, Michigan, formed by four brothers as the primary vocalists. Their first album included production by Babyface and members of Atlantic Starr, and one of the tracks from the album, "Roses Are Red" reached #1 on the U.S. R&B chart and reached the Top 10 in the...

- Stalemate
Stalemate
Stalemate is a situation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal moves. A stalemate ends the game in a draw. Stalemate is covered in the rules of chess....

- UK #40
Funky Worm
Funky Worm
"Funky Worm" is a song by American funk group the Ohio Players, from their album Pleasure. It peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B charts in 1973 and also peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100.-Influence:...

- The Hustle
The Hustle (song)
"The Hustle" is a famous disco song by songwriter/arranger Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony. It scored #1 on the "Billboard Hot 100" and the "Hot Soul Singles" charts during the summer of 1975. It also peaked at #9 on the Australian Singles Chart and #3 in the UK...

- UK #13
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...

- The Lover In Me - UK #15

Motown Records, RCA Records, Arista Records

1989 BMG Eddie Gordon was appointed as the Head of Dance Music for the labels RCA Records

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

, Arista Records

Arista Records

Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

, Motown Records

Motown Records

Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...

and Deconstruction Records

Deconstruction Records

Deconstruction Records is a record label founded in 1987 by Pete Hadfield and Keith Blackhurst in the United Kingdom. Distribution was via label deals with Parlophone Records, for acts such as K-Klass and Bassheads), and RCA Records for everybody else....

. Eddie Gordon promoted 10 hit records into the UK Top 40 Hit Records Chart in this 12 month period including the record by Black Box

Black box

A black box is a device, object, or system whose inner workings are unknown; only the input, transfer, and output are known characteristics.The term black box can also refer to:-In science and technology:*Black box theory, a philosophical theory...

called "Ride on Time

Ride on Time

"Ride on Time" is a 1989 song recorded by band Black Box. It was later released on their debut LP Dreamland. The song was a chart success in many countries and a number-one hit in the UKand Ireland.-Music and lyrics:...

", a ground breaking No: 1 UK hit record for 6 weeks, Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...

- "All Around The World

All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)

"All Around the World" is a song by Lisa Stansfield released in late 1989 for her album Affection. It is her biggest hit to date. Written and produced by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, the debut solo single by Stansfield became a massive international hit.-Chart performances:It spent...

", also a No: 1 hit record and Public Enemy with Fight The Power

Fight the Power

"Fight the Power" is a single by American hip hop group Public Enemy. First released on the soundtrack for the film 1989 Do the Right Thing, a different version was released on the group's third studio album, Fear of a Black Planet . The single reached number one on Hot Rap Singles and number 20 on...

from the Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....

movie Do The Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American dramedy produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee, who is also a featured actor in the film. Other members of the cast include Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, and John Turturro. It is also notably the...

.

In the studio in 1989 Eddie Gordon remixed hit records for Lisa Stansfield with "This Is The Right Time

This Is the Right Time

"This Is the Right Time" is a song by British singer Lisa Stansfield, released during the summer of 1989 from her first album, Affection. The song became her first single to reach the UK singles chart, where it reached #13 and remained on the chart for eight weeks. In the U.S., the single was...

" and "All Around The World

All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)

" both on Arista Records as well as hit records for The Temptations

The Temptations

The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...

with "All I Want From You" and the Gerald Alston

Gerald Alston

Gerald Alston is an R&B singer, and the lead singer with The Manhattans. Between 1988 and 1995, he left the group to record five albums and ten solo singles, including "Take Me Where You Want To." "Slow Motion" a remake of Atlantic Starr's "Send For Me" and "Activated", most of which was for...

song "Activated" both on Motown Records

Motown Records

, The Blow Monkeys

The Blow Monkeys

The Blow Monkeys are a British new wave band that formed in 1981 as a new wave-oriented act. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently recorded more commercial pop rock hit makers, and finally became a dance group, shortly before splitting up at the...

' hit records "This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life (song)

"This Is Your Life" is a popular song by the alternative rock band Switchfoot, and their third single. "This Is Your Life" first appeared on the group's 2003 album The Beautiful Letdown and peaked at #30 on the US Modern Rock charts. The single also hit the U.S. Top 40 peaking at No...

" and "Choice" plus the Alisha Warren song "Touch Me" all on RCA Records

RCA Records

. Eddie Gordon also edited the UK radio version of the Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...

and Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...

hit record "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be

It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be

"It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" is a duet recorded between R&B singers Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston, and appears on Franklin's 1989 album Through the Storm. It was released as a single that year, peaking at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop...

" giving the US company Arista Records their only successful campaign outside of North America with that recording.

Atlantic Records

1990 Eddie Gordon moved to Warner Brothers, Elektra, Atlantic Records

Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...

and was responsible for breaking the USA act En Vogue

En Vogue

En Vogue is an American female R&B vocal group from Oakland, California assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.The group has won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group in MTV history, a total of seven, along with four Soul Train Awards, six American Music...

with the record "Hold On

Hold On (En Vogue song)

"Hold On" was the debut single from En Vogue's debut album, Born to Sing. It reached number one on the Hot Black Singles chart. The single became one of 1990s' biggest hits in the US and also a major hit in the UK . It also reached #1 on the U.S. Dance chart...

", from the million selling album Born to Sing
Born to Sing
-Album:-Singles:"—" denotes releases that did not chart.-Personnel:Information taken from Allmusic.*arranging – Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy*art direction – Bob Defrin...

and the Family Stand classic record "Ghetto Heaven" both for 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...

plus having hits with the Atlantic Records House Music giants Ten City

Ten City

Ten City was a Chicago, Illinois-based R&B and house-music act that enjoyed a number of club hits and Urban radio hits in the late Eighties and early Nineties and was one of the first exponents of deep house...

with Whatever Makes You Happy and Superficial People whilst on Warner Brothers Eddie enjoyed successful campaigns with Ultra Naté

Ultra Naté

Ultra Naté is an American house music, Dance-pop and sometimes R&B musician who has achieved a respectable amount of success on the pop charts with songs such as "Free" and "If You Could Read My Mind" as part of Stars on 54....

and "It's Over Now", A Way Of Life

A Way of Life

A Way of Life is a British film released in 2004 starring Stephanie James and Brenda Blethyn. It is directed by former child actor Amma Asante, and was filmed in South Wales...

- Tripping On Your Love

Tripping on Your Love

"Tripping on Your Love" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on the group's fifth studio album Pop Life and was released as the album's fourth single in the UK and the first single in the United States...

plus The Jungle Brothers "What You Waiting For" and Doing Our Own Dang. In the studio Eddie Gordon and CJ Mackintosh remixed the Dr Dre produced Portrait of A Masterpiece for The D.O.C.

Polydor/Urban Records

In 1991 Eddie Gordon was appointed Head of the Urban Division of Polydor Records

Polydor Records

Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...

covering the labels Polydor, M&G

M&G

- M&G Investments :M&G is a leading investment manager in the UK and overseas. It is an autonomous business within the Prudential Group, running its own retail and institutional funds operation and functioning as the asset manager for Prudential in Europe...

, Slamm, Raiders

Raiders

Raider may refer to:in Food:* Space Raiders, brand of crisps* the Twix chocolate bar was called Raider in several European countries until the 1990sin sports organizations:...

and Love

Love Records

Love Records was a record label from Finland, which released 384 LPs, 253 C-cassettes, 347 singles and 24 EPs. They were a pioneering label in Finnish rock music but also released jazz, political songs, ethnic music and so on....

where he went on to help secure hit records for Tony! Toni! Toné!

Tony! Toni! Toné!

Tony! Toni! Toné! is an American Soul/R&B group from Oakland, California, popular during the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s. During the band's heyday, it was composed of D'wayne Wiggins on lead vocals and guitar, his brother Raphael Saadiq on lead vocals and bass, and their cousin Timothy...

with "It Never Rains in Southern California

It Never Rains in Southern California

"It Never Rains in Southern California", written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, is the title of a song first released by Hammond, a British born singer-songwriter, in 1972. Hammond's version peaked at number five on the U.S...

", Cathy Dennis

Cathy Dennis

Cathy Dennis is a British dance-oriented pop singer-songwriter, record producer and actress...

with "Touch Me (All Night Long)

Touch Me (All Night Long)

"Touch Me " is the title of a 1991 hit single by British dance-pop singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis. The song is included on her debut album, Move to This, where it is listed as either "All Night Long " or just "All Night Long"....

", Just A Little Time and Everybody Move

Everybody Move

"Everybody move" is the title of a 1991 hit single by British dance-pop singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis.The video was directed by Bob Spiers.-Track listings:UK CD single#Everybody Move#Everybody Move...

on Polydor Records

Polydor Records

, Love Inc

Love Inc. (band)

Love Inc. was a dance music act from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The group was formed by DJ/remixer/producers Chris Sheppard and Brad Daymond, with Simone Denny on vocals. The Sheppard and Denny combination previously worked together in the Quality Records dance outfit BKS, an acronym using the...

- Love Is the Message

Love Is the Message

Love Is the Message is Misia's second studio album, released on January 1, 2000. It sold 1,349,650 copies in its first week, making it the 23rd highest debut in Japanese history, and peaked at #1 for two consecutive weeks...

on Love Records as well as Zoé

Zoé

Zoé is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican alternative/psychedelic band. They initially formed in Mexico City in 1994, although membership started to stabilize in 1997...

Sunshine on a Rainy Day

"Sunshine on a Rainy Day" is a 1990 single released by British female pop singer and songwriter Zoë.The song was originally released at the end of 1990, when it only managed to reach #53 on the UK Singles Chart. It was not until the remix by Youth in August 1991, that it hit #4 on the same chart...

for M&G Records

M&G Records

M&G Records was a record label founded by Michael Levy after he sold his previous label Magnet Records in 1988 to WEA for an estimated £10 million.- History :...

plus scoring Record Mirror Club No: 1 records for D'Bora

D'Bora

D'Bora Lippett is an American female dance artist. She was previously a member of the all-female rap group, Mercedes Ladies.D'Bora's debut single, "Dream About You" was a chart-topper in the UK's clubs. It also topped the import charts, but reached #75 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1991. ...

Dream

Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and purpose of dreams are not definitively understood, though they have been a topic of scientific speculation, philosophical intrigue and religious...

and the James Taylor Quartet

James Taylor Quartet

The James Taylor Quartet are a British four-piece jazz funk band who have become renowned for their live performances. They were formed by Hammond organ player James Taylor following the break-up of his former band The Prisoners in the wake of Stiff Records' bankruptcy...

- Love The Life You Live.

PWL/Sanctuary Records

In 1993 Eddie Gordon was invited into the world famous recording studios known as The Hit Factory

The Hit Factory

The Hit Factory was a recording studio in New York City famous for its clientele. It was officially closed for business April 1, 2005 whereas other Hit Factory studio locations remained open, such as in Miami, Florida.-History:...

by Pete Waterman

Pete Waterman

Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles...

and together they produced the UK Single No: 3 hit record, West End feat. Sybil

Sybil Lynch

Sybil Lynch is an American R&B/pop singer, more popularly known as Sybil.-Career:Sybil has been recording since 1986 and is best known for her covers of Dionne Warwick's hits "Don't Make Me Over" and "Walk On By," which were released in 1989 and 1990, respectively...

, The Love I Lost

The Love I Lost

"The Love I Lost" is a soul/disco song by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Originally written as a ballad by Philly soul songwriters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, the song was transformed into a disco song. It was released from the Black & Blue album in late 1973...

for Sanctuary Records

Sanctuary Records

Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world...

. The song also stayed at No: 1 in the UK Club Charts for 4 weeks. Eddie's imprint for PWL, Sanctuary Records, also enjoyed No: 1 UK Club Chart positions with Wag Ya Tail - Xpand Ya Mind, Key West

Key West

Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida on the North American continent at the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys. Key West is home to the southernmost point in the Continental United States; the island is about from Cuba....

- Looks Like I'm In Love Again and Club Z - I Wanna Be Someone.
Song & Dance Music Promotion

Also in 1993 Eddie Gordon formed a music promotion company called Song & Dance Promotions, achieving numerous No: 1 positions in the UK Club Charts for artistes including Whigfield

Whigfield

Sannie Charlotte Carlson , best known as Whigfield and also as Naan, is a Danish singer best known for the song "Saturday Night", a hugely popular single during the summer of 1994.-Biography:...

, D-Mob, Lulu

Lulu (singer)

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...

, Sinclair

Sinclair

Sinclair may refer to:Places:* Lake Sinclair, near Milledgeville, Georgia* Sinclair, Iowa* Sinclair, Wyoming* Sinclair Mills, British Columbia* Sinclair Township, MinnesotaPeople:* Sinclair , list of people with this surname...

, Jon Secada

Jon Secada

Jon Secada is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion...

, Dina Carroll

Dina Carroll

Dina Carroll is an English singer of Scottish and African American descent who had a string of hits from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.-Early career:...

, Ce Ce Peniston, Judy Cheeks

Judy Cheeks

Judy Cheeks is a female dance music singer born in Miami, Florida in 1954 and is the daughter of gospel singer and preacher Rev. Julius Cheeks. In 1978 she hit #10 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Mellow Lovin'," and then had a career resurgence in the 1990s, when she re-emerged with a...

, Eternal

Eternal (band)

Eternal were an English R&B girl group formed in 1992. The group featured two sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, alongside Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding...

, Donna Summer

Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...

, Yazz

Yazz

Yazz is a British pop singer, who remains best known for her successful 1988 dance track, "The Only Way Is Up". Some of her records were credited to Yazz & The Plastic Population...

and KWS

KWS (Band)

KWS are a British pop/rave act from Nottingham, England consisting of instrumentalists/record producers Chris King and Winston Williams and vocalist Delroy St...

.

Manifesto Records

October 1994 Eddie Gordon founded the Manifesto

Manifesto Records

Manifesto Records is the name of an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California that has released records by The Wedding Present, Dead Kennedys, Tom Waits, Tim Buckley, Lilys, Concrete Blonde, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and others. Manifesto released the entire catalogue of Dead Kennedys...

label for Mercury Records

Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

UK. Along with Judge Jules, their first 14 Manifesto Records releases were all Top 40 UK hit records. Manifesto Records was Music Week
Music Week
Music Week is a trade paper for the UK record industry.Founded in 1959 as Record Retailer, it was relaunched on 18 March 1972 as Music Week . On 17 January 1981 the title was again changed, owing to the increasing importance of sell-through videos, to Music & Video Week...

's Dance Label of the Year 1995, 1996 and 1997. Eddie's 1995 signing of the Café del Mar

Café del Mar

Café del Mar is a bar located in Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza. It is known for its sunsets and chill-out music.- Beginning :The Café del Mar was founded by Ramón Guiral, Carlos Andrea, and José Les on 20 June 1980.- Decoration :...

- Ibiza

Ibiza

Chill Out

Chill out

Chill out may mean:*Chill out music, a laid-back style of music*Chill Out, an album by KLF*Chill Out *Chill Out, an album by John Lee Hooker...

CD series for the world made Manifesto Records one of the UK's most successful dance labels of all time with the sales of the Café del Mar albums going over 15 million and they are still selling every summer 15 years later. The success of which created an entire genre of music called Chill-Out or Lounge

Lounge music

Lounge music is a retrospective description of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a type of mood music meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place — a jungle, an island paradise, outer space, et cetera — other than where they are listening to it...

. Another of Eddie's signings, Jose Padilla went on to be Nominated for a USA Latin Grammy with his second album Horizons. Manifesto Records scored nine #1's in the UK Record Mirror Chart to win the Music Week magazine's dance music label of 1996. One signing, Josh Wink

Josh Wink

Josh Wink is an electronic music DJ, label owner, producer, remixer, and artist. He is a native of Philadelphia, United States. A pioneering DJ in the American rave scene during the early 1990s, Wink was the most prominent exponent of the tribal forms of techno and house in the U.S...

- High State of Consciousness, actually hit the UK Top 10 twice at # 7 in consecutive years 1995 and 1996. A feat never to be repeated for an underground techno dance record. Eddie left Manifesto Records in 1997 suffering from exhaustion and feeling that Universal

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

were not totally supportive of the artists or projects signed to the his label. Five years later in 2002, Lucian Grainge

Lucian Grainge

Lucian Grainge, CBE is a British music industry executive who is the current Chairman and CEO of the Universal Music Group.-Career:Lucian Grainge grew up in northern London. In 1982 he became the director of RCA Music Publishing. Two years later he became an A&R director for MCA Records...

the chairman and chief executive of Universal Music Group International congratulated Eddie personally for saving Mercury Records UK with the success of the signings to Manifesto Records in-particular the Café del Mar - Ibiza Chill Out CD series which Lucian

Lucian

Lucian of Samosata was a rhetorician and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature.His ethnicity is disputed and is attributed as Assyrian according to Frye and Parpola, and Syrian according to Joseph....

compared to signing a smaller version of U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

, the rock band, due to the income it generated for the company with its multi-million worldwide sales.

Gusto
Gusto
Gusto may mean:*Enthusiasm or energy*two fictional characters in the film CB4*a fictional character in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears*Gusto!, an album by the punk rock group Guttermouth*Gusto Records, a record label...

- Disco's Revenge - UK Club Chart #1
Donna Summer
Donna Summer
LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...

- State of Independence
State of Independence
"State of Independence" is a song originally written and recorded by Jon and Vangelis for their 1981 album The Friends of Mr. Cairo.- Jon and Vangelis version :...

- UK Club Chart #1
Todd Terry
Todd Terry
Todd N. Terry is an American DJ, producer, and remixer.-Career:Terry's productions extensively used samples blending the sounds of classic disco, the Chicago sound, and elements of hip-hop....

- Keep on Jumping - UK Club Chart #1
Josh Wink
Josh Wink
Josh Wink is an electronic music DJ, label owner, producer, remixer, and artist. He is a native of Philadelphia, United States. A pioneering DJ in the American rave scene during the early 1990s, Wink was the most prominent exponent of the tribal forms of techno and house in the U.S...

- High State of Consciousness - UK Club Chart #1
Dina Carroll
Dina Carroll
Dina Carroll is an English singer of Scottish and African American descent who had a string of hits from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.-Early career:...

- Mind Body & Soul - UK Club Chart #1
David Morales
David Morales
David Morales is an internationally acclaimed Grammy-winning house music DJ and producer. In addition to his production and DJ work, Morales is one of the most prolific remixers of all time, transforming many pop music songs into club-friendly dance tracks...

& The Bad Yard Club - In Da Ghetto - UK Club Chart #1
Boris Dlugosh - Keep Pushing On - UK Club Chart #1
Byron Stingily
Byron Stingily
Byron Stingily is an African American R&B and house-music singer born in Chicago, Illinois, known for his falsetto voice. He is now a principal at a school in Chicago.-Career:...

- Get Up Everybody - UK Club Chart #1
Gusto
Gusto
Gusto may mean:*Enthusiasm or energy*two fictional characters in the film CB4*a fictional character in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears*Gusto!, an album by the punk rock group Guttermouth*Gusto Records, a record label...

- Let's All Chant
Let's All Chant
"Let's All Chant" is a 1978 disco/pop single by Michael Zager Band. Along with the track, "Love Express", "Let's All Chant" hit the top spot on the disco chart for one week...

- UK Club Chart #1

Neo Records

1998 Eddie started his independent label, Neo Records, succeeding with the biggest selling dance record of the year 2000 with Sandstorm

Sandstorm (song)

"Sandstorm" is a song by Finnish trance producer and DJ Darude. It was released on November 15, 1999 in Finland by 16 Inch Records, and re-released in Europe in 2000. "Sandstorm" was the best-selling 12" single worldwide in 2000...

by Darude

Darude

Ville Virtanen , better known by his stage name Darude is a trance producer and DJ from Eura, Hinnerjoki, Finland. Debuting in 1995, he released the hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999 and subsequent album Before the Storm...

, licensed for the world and hitting No:3 in the UK Singles Chart. Another Neo Records signing Ann Lee

Ann Lee

Mother Ann Lee was the leader of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, or Shakers....

's 2 Times went one place better at No:2 in the UK Singles Chart.

UK Top 40 hits

From 1988–2009, Eddie Gordon has been directly involved in over 200 Top 40 UK hit records from concept, promotion, marketing and A&R.

West End remix & production

From 1988 to 1996 Eddie Gordon, using the names "West End", "Ed-Did-It" or "EGor", remixed over 75 records for various labels and record companies in the UK music business including six records off one album for Eternal

Eternal (band)

Eternal were an English R&B girl group formed in 1992. The group featured two sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, alongside Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding...

from their debut album Always & Forever
Always & Forever (Eternal album)
Always & Forever is the debut album by the British R&B vocal group Eternal.- Overview :Always & Forever was a huge success, peaking at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified 4x Platinum by the BPI for sales of over 1.2 million copies. It was one of 1994's best selling albums in the...

the songs "Stay

Stay (Eternal song)

"Stay" is a single by Eternal. It was the first single to be released from their debut album Always & Forever. The single entered at #16 on 26 September 1993 on the UK Singles Chart, eventually peaking at #4 on 17 October 1993. The single was also a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in America, peaking...

", "Crazy

Crazy (Eternal song)

"Crazy" is an EP single by Eternal. It was the sixth and final single to be released from their debut album Always & Forever. This was also the only Eternal single to feature all members of the group singing lead vocals, where usually it would only have been lead singer Easther Bennett. The single...

", "Just a Step from Heaven

Just A Step From Heaven

"Just A Step From Heaven" is a single by Eternal. It was the third single to be released from their debut album Always & Forever. The single entered at #12 on 24 April 1994 on the UK Singles Chart, climbing to its peak of #8 three weeks later. The single spent 10 weeks in the UK Charts.-Charts:...

", "Sweet Funky Thing", "Save Our Love

Save Our Love

"Save Our Love" is a song by Eternal. It was the second single to be released from their debut album Always & Forever. The single entered at #12 on 9 January 1994 on the UK Singles Chart, climbing to its peak of #8 a week later. The single spent seven weeks in the UK charts.-Track listing:-Charts:...

", and "So Good

So Good (Eternal song)

"So Good" is a single by Eternal. It was the fourth single to be released from their debut album Always & Forever. The single was their first of just three singles to miss the UK Singles Chart Top 10 when it peaked at #13 on 21 August 1994.-Charts:...

", all of which went to No: 1 in the UK Club Charts and helped the Eternal

Eternal (band)

Eternal were an English R&B girl group formed in 1992. The group featured two sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, alongside Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding...

album sell 3 million copies. The UK music charts love affair with girl groups was created from this success. Eddie's West End also enjoyed Club Chart Number 1 success with Dina Carroll

Dina Carroll

Dina Carroll is an English singer of Scottish and African American descent who had a string of hits from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.-Early career:...

"Here", "Ain't No Man" and "Express

So Close (Dina Carroll album)

So Close is the debut album by British soul–dance singer Dina Carroll, released in January 1993 on the A&M label.-Overview:Three tracks from So Close had already been top-20 singles in the United Kingdom during 1992...

", Donna Summer

Donna Summer

"Melody of Love

Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)

"Melody of Love " is a song recorded by American singer Donna Summer as a new track for her 1994 hits compilation Endless Summer...

" and Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton

Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...

"Breathe Again

Breathe Again

"Breathe Again" is a song by American R&B singer Toni Braxton from her self-titled debut album, Toni Braxton . Written by Babyface and produced by L. A. Reid, Babyface, and Daryl Simmons, the ballad was released as the album's second single, garnering heavy airplay during late 1993 and early 1994,...

". Further information in the discography below.

Discography

1988:
- Rose Royce
  Rose Royce
  Rose Royce is an American soul and R&B band. The group is best known for several hit singles including "Car Wash," "I Wanna Get Next to You," "Wishing on a Star", "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" and "I'm Going Down".-Career:...
  
  - "Carwash" - MCA Records
- The Mac Band
  The Mac Band
  The Mac Band was an R&B group from Flint, Michigan, formed by four brothers as the primary vocalists. Their first album included production by Babyface and members of Atlantic Starr, and one of the tracks from the album, "Roses Are Red" reached #1 on the U.S. R&B chart and reached the Top 10 in the...
  
  - "Stalemate
  Stalemate (song)
  "Stalemate" is a song by the English band Ben's Brother from their second studio album, Battling Giants. Released as the album's third single on October 26, 2009, the album version of the song features Joss Stone, while the single version features Anastacia...
  
  " - MCA Records
- Bobby Brown
  Bobby Brown
  Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown is an American R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a...
  
  - "Don't Be Cruel
  Don't Be Cruel
  -Legacy:"Don't Be Cruel" went on to become Presley's biggest selling single recorded in 1956, with sales over six million by 1961. It became a regular feature of his live sets until his death in 1977, and was often coupled with "Jailhouse Rock" or "Teddy Bear" during performances from 1969.Many...
  
  " - MCA Records
1989:
- Lisa Stansfield
  Lisa Stansfield
  Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...
  
  - This Is the Right Time
  This Is the Right Time
  "This Is the Right Time" is a song by British singer Lisa Stansfield, released during the summer of 1989 from her first album, Affection. The song became her first single to reach the UK singles chart, where it reached #13 and remained on the chart for eight weeks. In the U.S., the single was...
  
  - Arista Records
- Lisa Stansfield
  Lisa Stansfield
  Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...
  
  - All Around the World
  All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)
  "All Around the World" is a song by Lisa Stansfield released in late 1989 for her album Affection. It is her biggest hit to date. Written and produced by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, the debut solo single by Stansfield became a massive international hit.-Chart performances:It spent...
  
  - Arista Records
- The Temptations
  The Temptations
  The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...
  
  - All I Want from You - Motown Records
- Whitney Houston
  Whitney Houston
  Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
  
  and Aretha Franklin
  Aretha Franklin
  Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
  
  - It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be
  It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be
  "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" is a duet recorded between R&B singers Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston, and appears on Franklin's 1989 album Through the Storm. It was released as a single that year, peaking at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop...
  
  - Arista Records
- Glen Goldsmith
  Glen Goldsmith
  Glen Goldsmith is a UK based singer and songwriter. His own hit songs have included "I Won't Cry", "Dreaming", "Save A Little Bit" and "What You See Is What You Get"; the latter of which was featured on his album of the same name...
  
  - One Life - RCA Records
- Alisha Warren - Touch Me - RCA Records
- Gerald Alston
  Gerald Alston
  Gerald Alston is an R&B singer, and the lead singer with The Manhattans. Between 1988 and 1995, he left the group to record five albums and ten solo singles, including "Take Me Where You Want To." "Slow Motion" a remake of Atlantic Starr's "Send For Me" and "Activated", most of which was for...
  
  - Activated - Motown Records
- The Blow Monkeys
  The Blow Monkeys
  The Blow Monkeys are a British new wave band that formed in 1981 as a new wave-oriented act. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently recorded more commercial pop rock hit makers, and finally became a dance group, shortly before splitting up at the...
  
  ft Sylvia Tella
  Sylvia Tella
  Sylvia Tella is a British lovers rock singer, who after working as a vocalist for Boney M embarked on a successful solo career, releasing her first album in 1981. She had a top 40 hit in 1989 in collaboration with the Blow Monkeys.-Biography:Born c.1960 in Manchester, England, Tella's career began...
  
  - Choice? - RCA Records
1990:
- Alisha Warren - Discover Me - RCA Records
- Harriet
  Harriet
  Harriet was a Galápagos tortoise who had an estimated age of 175 years at the time of her death in Australia...
  
  - Temple of Love - EastWest Records America
- The D.O.C.
  The D.O.C.
  Tracy Lynn Curry , primarily known by his stage name The D.O.C., is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas. In addition to a solo career, he was a member of the hip hop group Fila Fresh Crew, and a creative force behind the gangsta rap group N.W.A, where he co-wrote many of their releases. He has...
  
  - Portrait of a Masterpiece - Atlantic Records
1991:
- Nikki
  DJ Lady Tribe
  DJ Lady Tribe is a graffiti artist/disk jockey who is of Japanese, Indian and Hispanic descent. She is also known as "Nikki" and "La Loka". Recently she has ventured into acting, and made several cameo appearances in both music videos, and movies.-Early life:...
  
  - Sexy! - Love/Polydor Record
- Lisa M
  Lisa M
  Marlisa Marrero Vázquez better known by her stage name Lisa M or her nicknames "The Queen of Spanish Rap" or "La Suprema" , is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, record producer and dancer who fuses genres such as pop, merengue, rap, and reggaetón. She is known as one of first female rap artists...
  
  - People
  People
  People is a plurality of human beings or other beings possessing enough qualities constituting personhood. It has two usages:* as the plural of person or a group of people People is a plurality of human beings or other beings possessing enough qualities constituting personhood. It has two usages:*...
  
  - Polydor Records
1992:
- West End - Never - Republic Records
- The Orange - The Fuchsia Is Orange - Radikal Records
- LUST
  Lust
  Lust is an emotional force that is directly associated with the thinking or fantasizing about one's desire, usually in a sexual way.-Etymology:The word lust is phonetically similar to the ancient Roman lustrum, which literally meant "purification"...
  
  - Music of the Future
  Music of the Future
  "Music of the Future" is the title of an essay by Richard Wagner, first published in French translation in 1860 as "La musique de l'avenir" and published in the original German in 1861...
  
  - XS Rhythm Records
1993:
- Army of Lovers
  Army Of Lovers
  Army of Lovers are a Swedish dance music group formed in 1987.The name of the band alludes to a documentary Armee der Liebenden oder Revolte der Perversen about the German gay rights activist Rosa von Praunheim, the title of which in turn alludes to the Theban Band.-History:The founding members,...
  
  - Crucified - M&G Records
- Lance Ellington - Lonely 'Have We Lost Our Love' - RCA Records
- Disco Anthem - Scream - MCA Records
- Key West
  Key West
  Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida on the North American continent at the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys. Key West is home to the southernmost point in the Continental United States; the island is about from Cuba....
  
  - Looks Like I'm In Love Again - Sanctuary/PWL Records
- Wag Ya Tail - Xpand Ya Mind - Sanctuary/PWL Records
- West End ft Sybil
  Sybil Lynch
  Sybil Lynch is an American R&B/pop singer, more popularly known as Sybil.-Career:Sybil has been recording since 1986 and is best known for her covers of Dionne Warwick's hits "Don't Make Me Over" and "Walk On By," which were released in 1989 and 1990, respectively...
  
  - The Love I Lost
  The Love I Lost
  "The Love I Lost" is a soul/disco song by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Originally written as a ballad by Philly soul songwriters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, the song was transformed into a disco song. It was released from the Black & Blue album in late 1973...
  
  - Sanctuary/PWL Records
- Simone Angel
  Simone Angel
  Simone Angel is a Dutch TV host.-MTV:Born in Woerden, Angel moved from there to London, England when she was 18. Here she was hired by MTV Europe, becoming the youngest VJ and, after working for nine years, she also became one of the longest serving VJs for MTV...
  
  - Walk On Water - AM:PM Records
- Cardiac Swing - D' Yer Mak' Er - BMG Eurodisc Records
- Rodeo Jones - Surrender - A&M Records
- Toni Braxton
  Toni Braxton
  Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...
  
  - Breathe Again
  Breathe Again
  "Breathe Again" is a song by American R&B singer Toni Braxton from her self-titled debut album, Toni Braxton . Written by Babyface and produced by L. A. Reid, Babyface, and Daryl Simmons, the ballad was released as the album's second single, garnering heavy airplay during late 1993 and early 1994,...
  
  - Arista Records
- Third World
  Third World
  The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either capitalism and NATO , or communism and the Soviet Union...
  
  - Now That We Found Love
  Now That We Found Love
  "Now That We Found Love" was written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff and originally recorded by The O'Jays. Cover versions have been an album track by Martha Reeves, a reggae-disco hit by the reggae band Third World and a breakthrough hit for Heavy D...
  
  - Island Records
- Annabella Lwin
  Annabella Lwin
  Annabella Lwin is an Anglo-Burmese singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the lead singer of Bow Wow Wow.-Biography:Lwin was born to a Burmese father and an English mother in Rangoon, Burma .Medina, Maximillian Mark; ChopBlock.com Her birth name in Burmese translates to "High,...
  
  - Car Sex
  Car sex
  Car sex, or sex in a car or colloquially called parking, refers to sexual acts that take place in a car, truck, van or other motor vehicle. A car is a popular place for young people to make out. Popular location for young people to make out in a car are at drive-in theatres, and romantic,...
  
  - Sony Records
- Pauline Henry - Can't Take Your Love - Sony Records
- Jon Secada
  Jon Secada
  Jon Secada is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion...
  
  - Do You Really Want Me - SBK/EMI Records
- Jon Secada
  Jon Secada
  Jon Secada is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion...
  
  - If You Go
  If You Go
  If You Go is a 1961 album by Peggy Lee, arranged by Quincy Jones.-Track listing:# "As Time Goes By" – 2:48# "If You Go" – 2:39...
  
  - SBK/EMI Records
- Bad Boys Inc
  Bad Boys Inc
  Bad Boys Inc were an English boy band, formed in 1993 by the record producer, Ian Levine. Signed to A&M Records, the members were David W. Ross, Matthew Pateman, Tony Dowding and Ally Begg.-Career:...
  
  - Don't Talk About Love - A&M Records
- Dina Carroll
  Dina Carroll
  Dina Carroll is an English singer of Scottish and African American descent who had a string of hits from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.-Early career:...
  
  - Express
  So Close (Dina Carroll album)
  So Close is the debut album by British soul–dance singer Dina Carroll, released in January 1993 on the A&M label.-Overview:Three tracks from So Close had already been top-20 singles in the United Kingdom during 1992...
  
  - AM:PM Records
- Pauline Henry - Feel Like Making Love - Sony Records
- Ava Cherry - Gimme Gimme - Pulse8 Records
- Dina Carroll
  Dina Carroll
  Dina Carroll is an English singer of Scottish and African American descent who had a string of hits from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.-Early career:...
  
  - Here - A&M Records
- Kim Wilde
  Kim Wilde
  Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
  
  - In My Life
  In My Life
  "In My Life" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney . The song originated with Lennon, and while Paul McCartney contributed to the final version, the extent of his contribution is in dispute. George Martin contributed the instrumental bridge...
  
  - MCA Records
- Michelle Gayle
  Michelle Gayle
  Michelle Patricia Gayle is a British recording artist, actress and author. Gayle had success as a Soul and R&B singer in the 1990s. She achieved seven Top 40 singles in the UK Singles Chart, her two biggest hits to date being "Sweetness" and "Do You Know"...
  
  - Looking Up
  Looking Up (Michelle Gayle album)
  -Track listing:#"Looking Up" - 4.33#"Girlfriend" - 4.10#"Sweetness " - 3.38#"Fly Away" - 3.41#"Your Love" - 5.10#"Talk It Over" - 4.46#"Do You Know " - 3.36#"One Day" - 3.45#"Sensational " - 3.08...
  
  - BMG
- Eternal
  Eternal (band)
  Eternal were an English R&B girl group formed in 1992. The group featured two sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, alongside Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding...
  
  - Stay
  Stay (Eternal song)
  "Stay" is a single by Eternal. It was the first single to be released from their debut album Always & Forever. The single entered at #16 on 26 September 1993 on the UK Singles Chart, eventually peaking at #4 on 17 October 1993. The single was also a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in America, peaking...
  
  - EMI Records
1994:
- CeCe Peniston
  CeCe Peniston
  CeCe Peniston is an African American recording artist and former beauty queen. At the beginning of the nineties, she was considered to be one of the most successful dance club artists in the history of the U.S...
  
  - Keep Givin' Me Your Love
  Keep Givin' Me Your Love
  "Keep Givin' Me Your Love" is a 1994 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, originally from her studio album Thought 'Ya Knew. While in the US, it was issued as the fifth single release in 1995, the song was in released in the UK as the second single from the mentioned album .After peaking at number...
  
  - A&M Records
- Dina Carroll
  Dina Carroll
  Dina Carroll is an English singer of Scottish and African American descent who had a string of hits from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.-Early career:...
  
  - Ain't No Man - AM:PM
- Mary J Blige - Real Love
  Real Love (Mary J. Blige song)
  "Real Love" is a 1992 hit single by hip hop soul singer Mary J. Blige. It was the second single off Blige's debut album, What's the 411?. Written and produced by Mark C. Rooney and Mark Morales and built off a drum sample from hip hop duo Audio Two's 1988 track "Top Billin'"...
  
  - MCA/Uptown Records
- Judy Cheeks
  Judy Cheeks
  Judy Cheeks is a female dance music singer born in Miami, Florida in 1954 and is the daughter of gospel singer and preacher Rev. Julius Cheeks. In 1978 she hit #10 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Mellow Lovin'," and then had a career resurgence in the 1990s, when she re-emerged with a...
  
  - So In Love - Positiva Records
- Joe
  Joe (singer)
  Joseph Lewis Thomas , usually credited simply as Joe, is an American R&B singer and record producer.-Early life:Joe is a native of Cuthbert, Georgia and later moved to Opelika, Alabama. The son of two preachers, Joe spent much time in church singing, playing guitar, and even directing the choir...
  
  - All or Nothing - Mercury Records
- Richard Darbyshire - Wherever Love Is Found - SBK Records
- MN8
  MN8
  MN8 were an R&B group from the United Kingdom. They consisted of KG , G-Man , Kule T and Dee Tails .-Career:...
  
  - I've Got A Little Something For You
  I've Got A Little Something For You
  "I've Got a Little Something for You" is British band MN8's highest-charting single written by American record producer and composer, Markantoney J. Taylor, better known by his stage name DJ Vintagefuture and produced by Dennis Charles and Ronnie Wilson. It was released in , peaking at #2 on the UK...
  
  - Columbia
- Eternal
  Eternal (band)
  Eternal were an English R&B girl group formed in 1992. The group featured two sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, alongside Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding...
  
  - Just a Step from Heaven
  Just A Step From Heaven
  "Just A Step From Heaven" is a single by Eternal. It was the third single to be released from their debut album Always & Forever. The single entered at #12 on 24 April 1994 on the UK Singles Chart, climbing to its peak of #8 three weeks later. The single spent 10 weeks in the UK Charts.-Charts:...
  
  - EMI Records
- Teena Marie
  Teena Marie
  Mary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie, was an American singer, songwriter and producer...
  
  - I Need Your Loving
  I Need Your Loving
  "I Need Your Loving" is the second single to be taken from the British Synthpop group The Human League's 1986 album, Crash.This song was written by the song writing team of Harris/Lewis/Eiland/Rickey/Williams/Davis and like many others from the album, was aimed towards the US market, where the...
  
  - Motown Records
- Jocelyn Brown
  Jocelyn Brown
  Jocelyn Lorette Brown is an American R&B and dance music singer...
  
  - Kym Mazelle
  Kym Mazelle
  Kym Mazelle is an American dance-pop, Hi-NRG, soul, and house singer. She was brought up and lived on the same street as the Jackson family and knew Michael Jackson's mother and uncle.-Career:...
  
  - No More Tears
  No More Tears
  - 2002 Reissue :- Personnel :Musicians* Ozzy Osbourne – vocals* Zakk Wylde – guitar* Bob Daisley – bass* Randy Castillo – drums* John Sinclair – keyboards, pianoAdditional personnel* Mike Inez – inspiration, musical direction...
  
  - Arista
- Sinitta - Naughty Naughty - Simon Cowell/BMG
- Diana Ross
  Diana Ross
  Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
  
  - Chain Reaction
  Chain Reaction (song)
  "Chain Reaction" is a melodic Pop song, sung by Diana Ross, written by the Bee Gees, who also provided the backing vocals for the single. The track was released on the album Eaten Alive in 1985 and as a single twice - in 1985 and again in 1986....
  
  - EMI/Motown Records
- Eternal
  Eternal (band)
  Eternal were an English R&B girl group formed in 1992. The group featured two sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, alongside Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding...
  
  - Just a Step from Heaven
  Just A Step From Heaven
  "Just A Step From Heaven" is a single by Eternal. It was the third single to be released from their debut album Always & Forever. The single entered at #12 on 24 April 1994 on the UK Singles Chart, climbing to its peak of #8 three weeks later. The single spent 10 weeks in the UK Charts.-Charts:...
  
  - EMI Records
- Eternal
  Eternal (band)
  Eternal were an English R&B girl group formed in 1992. The group featured two sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, alongside Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding...
  
  - Sweet Funky Thing - EMI Records
- Eternal
  Eternal (band)
  Eternal were an English R&B girl group formed in 1992. The group featured two sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, alongside Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding...
  
  - Save Our Love
  Save Our Love
  "Save Our Love" is a song by Eternal. It was the second single to be released from their debut album Always & Forever. The single entered at #12 on 9 January 1994 on the UK Singles Chart, climbing to its peak of #8 a week later. The single spent seven weeks in the UK charts.-Track listing:-Charts:...
  
  - EMI Records
- Michelle Gayle
  Michelle Gayle
  Michelle Patricia Gayle is a British recording artist, actress and author. Gayle had success as a Soul and R&B singer in the 1990s. She achieved seven Top 40 singles in the UK Singles Chart, her two biggest hits to date being "Sweetness" and "Do You Know"...
  
  - Sweetness - RCA Records
1995:
- Eternal
  Eternal (band)
  Eternal were an English R&B girl group formed in 1992. The group featured two sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, alongside Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding...
  
  - So Good
  So Good (Eternal song)
  "So Good" is a single by Eternal. It was the fourth single to be released from their debut album Always & Forever. The single was their first of just three singles to miss the UK Singles Chart Top 10 when it peaked at #13 on 21 August 1994.-Charts:...
  
  EMI Records
- Shiva
  Shiva (singer)
  Louise Dean was a singer for the dance band Shiva . She died in a hit and run accident. She is known for the house songs, "Work It Out" and "Freedom", the latter of which reached number 18 in the UK Singles Chart shortly after her death...
  
  - Work It Out - FFRR Records
- Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
  
  - Where Is The Feeling?
  Where Is the Feeling?
  "Where Is the Feeling?" is a song by Kylie Minogue, released as the third and final single from her 1994 album Kylie Minogue. The single was released on 10 July 1995 and was produced by Brothers in Rhythm.-Background:...
  
  - Deconstruction/BMG
- Donna Summer
  Donna Summer
  LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
  
  - Melody Of Love
  Melody of Love
  "Melody of Love" is a popular song. The music was originally written by Hans Engelmann in 1903. The lyrics were added by Tom Glazer in 1954.An instrumental version recorded by Billy Vaughn was the highest-charting version on the Billboard charts in 1955...
  
  - Casablanca/Mercury Records
- Donna Summer
  Donna Summer
  LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
  
  - I Feel Love
  I Feel Love
  "I Feel Love" is a song by Donna Summer, taken from her 1977 concept album I Remember Yesterday.The song constituted the "future" segment of the album, which represented a stylistic progress through time...
  
  - Manifesto/Mercury Records
1996:
- Mary Kiani
  Mary Kiani
  Mary Kiani, usually spelled Märy Kiani on her records, is a Scottish singer , who first had hit songs as vocalist for dance music act The Time Frequency in the early 1990s and later a solo career...
  
  - Let The Music Play - Mercury Records
- Mary Kiani
  Mary Kiani
  Mary Kiani, usually spelled Märy Kiani on her records, is a Scottish singer , who first had hit songs as vocalist for dance music act The Time Frequency in the early 1990s and later a solo career...
  
  - When I Call Your Name - Mercury Records
- Donna Summer
  Donna Summer
  LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
  
  - State of Independence
  State of Independence
  "State of Independence" is a song originally written and recorded by Jon and Vangelis for their 1981 album The Friends of Mr. Cairo.- Jon and Vangelis version :...
  
  - Manifesto/Mercury Records
- Hondy - No Access - Manifesto/Mercury Records
1997:
- Karen Ramirez
  Karen Ramirez
  Karen Ramírez is a female dance music singer . At age 6, she moved to Trinidad and Tobago and lived there for some time, before returning to London and entering university. In 1998 she had a nº1 hit single on the U.S...
  
  - Looking for Love - Manifesto/Mercury Records
1998:
- The Thrillseekers
  The Thrillseekers
  The Thrillseekers is the name of an English trance DJ, record producer and remixer. He has been at the forefront of the trance genre since the release in 1998 of his critically acclaimed track, "Synaesthesia ". He has also worked under the guises of En Motion, Insigma, Rapid Eye, and Hydra...
  
  ft Sheryl Deane - Synaethesia (Vocal Version) - NEO Records

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