Joyride (Pieces of a Dream album)
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Joyride is an album by Pieces of a Dream
. Released in 1986, the album reached number three on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The album included a cover of Wham!
's Careless Whisper
.
Pieces of a Dream (band)
Pieces of a Dream is an American R&B/jazz group from Philadelphia. The group was formed in 1976 by bassist Cedric Napoleon, drummer Curtis Harmon, and keyboardist James Lloyd. At the time, the three were all teenagers...
. Released in 1986, the album reached number three on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The album included a cover of Wham!
WHAM!
Wham! were a short-lived British musical duo formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in the early 1980s. They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with an American band....
's Careless Whisper
Careless Whisper
"Careless Whisper" is a 1984 single by George Michael , released by Epic Records in the UK, Japan, and other countries; and by Columbia Records in North America. The song was George Michael's first solo single although he was still performing in Wham! at the time...
.
Track listing
Musicians
- Randy Bowland - Guitar
- Dennis Collins - Backing Vocals
- Garry Glenn - Lead and Backing Vocals
- Curtis Harmon - Drums, Vocals, Drum Samples
- Bernard Wright Bernard WrightBernard Wright is an American funk and jazz keyboardist who began his career as a session musician and later released several solo albums in the 1980s....
, Henry Horne, Kaz Silver, Denise King - Keyboards - James K. Lloyd - Percussion, Keyboards
- Marlon McLain - Guitar, Percussion
- Chude Mondlane - Percussion, Backing Vocals
- Lenny WhiteLenny WhiteLeonard White III, better known as Lenny White is an American jazz fusion drummer, who is best known for playing in Chick Corea's Return to Forever.-Biography:...
, Maurice WhiteMaurice WhiteMaurice White is a Grammy Award–winning American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger. He is the older brother of Verdine White and Fred White and the leader and founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire...
- Percussion - Sybil Thomas - Backing Vocals
Charts
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Top Pop Albums Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
105 |
| Billboard Top R&B Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
18 |
| Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 3 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| Hot R&B Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
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| 1986 | "Joyride" | 65 |
| "Say La La" | 16 | |