Linda Clifford
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Linda Clifford is an American
R&B
, disco
and house music
singer and actress, who scored hits
from the 1970s to the 1980s, most notably "If My Friends Could See Me Now
", "Bridge over Troubled Water
", "Runaway Love" and "Red Light".
State, and fronted a jazz music trio before switching to R&B. After winning her title, Clifford started working as an actress, playing minor roles in major films such as The Boston Strangler
with Tony Curtis
and Henry Fonda
, Coogan's Bluff
with Clint Eastwood
and Sweet Charity
with Shirley MacLaine
. Unsatisfied with her roles, Clifford decided to concentrate on her singing career, performing for a year in Miami-area night clubs with the Jericho Jazz Singers, before forming her own group Linda & The Trade Winds.
In 1973, she was signed to Paramount Records
and her first single
, "(It's Gonna Be) A Long Long Winter", became a minor hit on the U.S. Billboard
R&B
chart
in the winter of 1974. She moved to Curtis Mayfield
's Curtom Records
label in the mid 1970s. 1977 saw the release of her first album, Linda, but it was her dance
cover
of "If My Friends Could See Me Now
" in 1978 that she had club and pop chart
success with. It was her first number one on Billboard dance chart. Album of the same name became her most successful and included also "Runaway Love", a mid-tempo R&B track that proved to be one of her most recognizable tunes. In 1979 she released her disco version of "Bridge over Troubled Water
" from the album Let Me Be Your Woman, followed by another record the same year, Here's My Love.
In 1980 Linda released a duet album with Curtis Mayfield, The Right Combination
, and recorded a song "Red Light" for the Fame soundtrack
in 1980. It became another hit, reaching number one spot on American dance chart. (She would go on to have two more #1 disco hits in the USA: "Shoot Your Best Shot
" (1980) and "Don't Come Crying to Me
" (1982), what makes four in total.) She released six high-profile albums when she was under contract on the Curtom label, all supervised by Curtis Mayfield
, generally produced by Gil Askey (jazz trumpet player and musical director for many Motown acts) with many mixes by Jim Burgess or Jimmy Simpson, brother of Valerie Simpson from Ashford and Simpson. The sixth, I'm Yours, was produced by Isaac Hayes
with the exception of one song from the Fame soundtrack ("Red Light" written by Pitchford and Gore). Curtom records were distributed by Warner Bros.
(in 1977-1978), by RSO
(in 1979-1980) and by the end of 1980 by Capitol
.
Her contract switched entirely to Capitol for an additional album, her seventh, named I'll Keep on Loving You (1982). It included collaboration by Luther Vandross
and the original version of "All the Man That I Need
", another song written by Pitchford and Gore; they wrote this particular song with Clifford and her husband in mind and a year later it was covered by Sister Sledge
, in 1990 by Whitney Houston
and in 1994 by Luther Vandross
under the name "All the Woman That I Need". (On his album Songs
Vandross even credited Whitney Houston for being the "artist who did the original version of the song", forgetting that it was Linda Clifford and that he was a background vocalist and the vocal arranger of her version!)
Her 1984 offering, Sneakin' Out did relatively well on American R&B chart. Clifford's last studio album to date remains 1985 My Heart's on Fire, supported by the single "The Heat in Me". In 2001, she secured her fourth UK Singles Chart
entry with "Ride the Storm", billed as Akabu featuring Linda Clifford.
United States
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R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
, disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
and house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
singer and actress, who scored hits
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
from the 1970s to the 1980s, most notably "If My Friends Could See Me Now
If My Friends Could See Me Now
"If My Friends Could See Me Now", with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, is a number from the 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity. In the musical, the character of Charity, played in original New York cast by Gwen Verdon, reflects on her charmed life as she spends time with...
", "Bridge over Troubled Water
Bridge over Troubled Water (song)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album Live 1969, released in 2008. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at...
", "Runaway Love" and "Red Light".
Career
Clifford is a former Miss New YorkNew York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
State, and fronted a jazz music trio before switching to R&B. After winning her title, Clifford started working as an actress, playing minor roles in major films such as The Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler (film)
The Boston Strangler is a 1968 film based on the true story of the Boston Strangler and the book by Gerold Frank. It was directed by Richard Fleischer, and stars Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo, the strangler, and Henry Fonda as John S...
with Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in over 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama...
and Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor.Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins...
, Coogan's Bluff
Coogan's Bluff (film)
Coogan's Bluff is a 1968 American Universal film directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Don Stroud, and Susan Clark...
with Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
and Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity (film)
Sweet Charity, full title of which is Sweet Charity: The Adventures of a Girl Who Wanted to Be Loved, is a 1969 American musical film directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, written by Neil Simon, and with music by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields...
with Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine is an American film and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many dealing with her spiritual beliefs as well as her Hollywood career...
. Unsatisfied with her roles, Clifford decided to concentrate on her singing career, performing for a year in Miami-area night clubs with the Jericho Jazz Singers, before forming her own group Linda & The Trade Winds.
In 1973, she was signed to Paramount Records
Paramount Records (1969)
Paramount Records was a record label started in 1969 by Paramount Pictures after acquiring the rights to the name from George H. Buck. The previous label with the same name had been unconnected to Paramount Pictures. The new Paramount label reissued pop releases by sister label Dot Records, which...
and her first single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, "(It's Gonna Be) A Long Long Winter", became a minor hit on the U.S. 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...
R&B
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,...
chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
in the winter of 1974. She moved to Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
's Curtom Records
Curtom Records
Curtom Records was a record label started by Curtis Mayfield of The Impressions along with Impressions associate Eddie Thomas in 1968 although the name was used as early as 1963. The labels name was a combination of Mayfields first name and Thomas' surname...
label in the mid 1970s. 1977 saw the release of her first album, Linda, but it was her dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of "If My Friends Could See Me Now
If My Friends Could See Me Now
"If My Friends Could See Me Now", with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, is a number from the 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity. In the musical, the character of Charity, played in original New York cast by Gwen Verdon, reflects on her charmed life as she spends time with...
" in 1978 that she had club and pop chart
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
success with. It was her first number one on Billboard dance chart. Album of the same name became her most successful and included also "Runaway Love", a mid-tempo R&B track that proved to be one of her most recognizable tunes. In 1979 she released her disco version of "Bridge over Troubled Water
Bridge over Troubled Water (song)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album Live 1969, released in 2008. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at...
" from the album Let Me Be Your Woman, followed by another record the same year, Here's My Love.
In 1980 Linda released a duet album with Curtis Mayfield, The Right Combination
The Right Combination
Curtis Mayfield’s 1980 collaboration with disco singer Linda Clifford. Originally released on Curtom, it was recorded in Chicago except "It's lovin' time" recorded in Philadelphia. The album was produced by Curtis Mayfield and Gil Askey except “Ain't No Love Lost” solely by Mayfield and “It's...
, and recorded a song "Red Light" for the Fame soundtrack
Fame (soundtrack)
Fame is the original soundtrack of the 1980 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Fame starring Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Paul McCrane and Laura Dean. The original score was composed by Michael Gore....
in 1980. It became another hit, reaching number one spot on American dance chart. (She would go on to have two more #1 disco hits in the USA: "Shoot Your Best Shot
Shoot Your Best Shot
Shoot Your Best Shot is a 1980 dance single by Linda Clifford. The single was from Clifford's album, "I'm Yours" and along with the track, "It Don't Hurt No More" reached number one the dance charts for four weeks. .The single did not crossover to the pop singles chart, but did peak at number...
" (1980) and "Don't Come Crying to Me
Don't Come Crying to Me
Don't Come Crying To Me is a 1982 dance single by Linda Clifford. The single is from the album entitled, "I'll Keep Loving You". Along with the track, "Let It Ride", "Don't Come Crying To Me" spent three weeks at number one on the dance charts...
" (1982), what makes four in total.) She released six high-profile albums when she was under contract on the Curtom label, all supervised by Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
, generally produced by Gil Askey (jazz trumpet player and musical director for many Motown acts) with many mixes by Jim Burgess or Jimmy Simpson, brother of Valerie Simpson from Ashford and Simpson. The sixth, I'm Yours, was produced by Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
with the exception of one song from the Fame soundtrack ("Red Light" written by Pitchford and Gore). Curtom records were distributed by Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
(in 1977-1978), by RSO
RSO Records
RSO Records was a record label, formed by rock and roll and musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood in 1973. The "RSO" stands for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. The company's main headquarters were at 67 Brook Street, in London's Mayfair...
(in 1979-1980) and by the end of 1980 by Capitol
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
.
Her contract switched entirely to Capitol for an additional album, her seventh, named I'll Keep on Loving You (1982). It included collaboration by Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross
Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
and the original version of "All the Man That I Need
All the Man That I Need
"All the Man That I Need" is a song written by American songwriters Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore. The song was first recorded under the name "All the man I need" by singer Linda Clifford, in 1982, for her album I'll Keep on Loving You. Pitchford and Gore had in mind Clifford and her husband...
", another song written by Pitchford and Gore; they wrote this particular song with Clifford and her husband in mind and a year later it was covered by Sister Sledge
Sister Sledge
Sister Sledge is an American musical group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1972 and consisting of four sisters: Kim Sledge Debbie Sledge , Joni Sledge , and Kathy Sledge . They are granddaughters of the former opera singer Viola Williams. The sisters used to perform under the name of "Mrs...
, in 1990 by 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 in 1994 by Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross
Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
under the name "All the Woman That I Need". (On his album Songs
Songs (Luther Vandross album)
-Charts:...
Vandross even credited Whitney Houston for being the "artist who did the original version of the song", forgetting that it was Linda Clifford and that he was a background vocalist and the vocal arranger of her version!)
Her 1984 offering, Sneakin' Out did relatively well on American R&B chart. Clifford's last studio album to date remains 1985 My Heart's on Fire, supported by the single "The Heat in Me". In 2001, she secured her fourth UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
entry with "Ride the Storm", billed as Akabu featuring Linda Clifford.
Albums
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA 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... |
CAN Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
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| Pop 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... |
R&B 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... |
Pop |
Dance |
||
| 1977 | Linda | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | If My Friends Could See Me Now | 22 | 9 | 28 | 1 |
| 1979 | Let Me Be Your Woman | 26 | 19 | 39 | — |
| Here's My Love | 117 | 47 | — | — | |
| 1980 | The Right Combination The Right Combination Curtis Mayfield’s 1980 collaboration with disco singer Linda Clifford. Originally released on Curtom, it was recorded in Chicago except "It's lovin' time" recorded in Philadelphia. The album was produced by Curtis Mayfield and Gil Askey except “Ain't No Love Lost” solely by Mayfield and “It's... (with Curtis Mayfield Curtis Mayfield Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly... ) |
180 | 53 | — | — |
| I'm Yours | 160 | 47 | — | — | |
| 1982 | I'll Keep on Loving You | — | — | — | — |
| 1984 | Sneakin' Out | — | 49 | — | — |
| 1985 | My Heart's on Fire | — | — | — | — |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA 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... |
CAN Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| Pop Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
R&B 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,... |
Dance | Pop |
Dance |
AC |
||||
| 1972 | "Love Is Not the Question" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only |
| 1973 | "(It's Gonna Be) A Long Long Winter" | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1974 | "Turn the Key Softly" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1977 | "From Now On" | — | 94 | 28 | — | — | — | — | Linda |
| 1978 | "Runaway Love" | 76 | 3 | — | 61 | — | — | 95 | If My Friends Could See Me Now |
| "If My Friends Could See Me Now If My Friends Could See Me Now "If My Friends Could See Me Now", with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, is a number from the 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity. In the musical, the character of Charity, played in original New York cast by Gwen Verdon, reflects on her charmed life as she spends time with... " |
54 | 68 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 50 | ||
| 1979 | "Bridge over Troubled Water Bridge over Troubled Water (song) "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album Live 1969, released in 2008. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at... " |
41 | 49 | 11 | 70 | 15 | 16 | 28 | Let Me Be Your Woman |
| "Don't Give It Up" | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Just Wanna Wanna" | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | Here's My Love | |
| "Here's My Love" | — | — | 73 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Between You Baby and Me" (with Curtis Mayfield Curtis Mayfield Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly... ) |
— | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | The Right Combination | |
| 1980 | "Love's Sweet Sensation" (with Curtis Mayfield) | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Red Light" | 41 | 40 | 1 | — | — | — | — | I'm Yours | |
| "Shoot Your Best Shot Shoot Your Best Shot Shoot Your Best Shot is a 1980 dance single by Linda Clifford. The single was from Clifford's album, "I'm Yours" and along with the track, "It Don't Hurt No More" reached number one the dance charts for four weeks. .The single did not crossover to the pop singles chart, but did peak at number... " |
— | 43 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981 | "I Had a Talk with My Man" | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Don't Come Crying to Me Don't Come Crying to Me Don't Come Crying To Me is a 1982 dance single by Linda Clifford. The single is from the album entitled, "I'll Keep Loving You". Along with the track, "Let It Ride", "Don't Come Crying To Me" spent three weeks at number one on the dance charts... " |
— | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | I'll Keep on Loving You | |
| 1984 | "A Night with the Boys" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sneakin' Out |
| "Sneakin' Out" | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985 | "You're Mine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Heat in Me" | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | My Heart's on Fire | |
| 1987 | "If You Want My Love to Last" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1995 | "Whatcha Gonna Do" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only |
| 2000 | "Philly Groove" (with Roman & Danny Krivit) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | "Changin'" | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Ride the Storm" (with Akabu) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | ||
| 2002 | "Going Back to My Roots" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | "How Long?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
External links
- Official website
- Linda Clifford on MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Linda Clifford on DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart