The Pasadenas
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The Pasadenas were a R&B / pop
group
from the United Kingdom
, best known for their hit
song
s, "Tribute (Right On)" and "I'm Doing Fine Now".
group firmly focused on the music
and artists
from earlier decades, their music was heavily influenced by 1950s doo-wop
, 1960s Motown
, and early 1970s funk
and R&B
. The band were mainly known in the United Kingdom.
The group scored a UK
#5 hit in 1988 with its initial release, "Tribute (Right On)", which paid homage to soul luminaries such as Diana Ross & The Supremes and Aretha Franklin
. In October 1988, they released a companion album
, To Whom It May Concern
which sold more than one million copies. In addition to "Tribute (Right On)", the disc
included the minor hit "Riding on a Train", and a version
of The Chi-Lites
' "Living In the Footsteps of Another Man". They had several follow-up hits as well, including "Love Thing" (UK #22) in 1990.
The previous year the Pasadenas were part of Band Aid II
.
The group followed with Elevate in 1991 and Yours Sincerely in 1992, but never again charted
in the U.S.
, although they achieved another UK hit with a remake
of New York City
’s "I'm Doin' Fine Now", which sold over 200,000 copies. It was slightly re-titled ("I'm Doing Fine Now"), and became their biggest hit, reaching #4 in the UK. The Pasadenas continued to perform around the UK into the 21st century.
In 2002 Cherry Red Records the album To Whom It May Concern was reissued on CD
. In April 2005 the Pasadenas took part in week three of the TV
reality show, Hit Me, Baby, One More Time.
Band member Andrew Banfield's sister, Susan, was one half of the Cookie Crew
.
† - Japan
release only
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
group
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, best known for their hit
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...
song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
s, "Tribute (Right On)" and "I'm Doing Fine Now".
Career
A vocalHuman voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc. Its frequency ranges from about 60 to 7000 Hz. The human voice is specifically that part of human sound production in which the vocal folds are the primary...
group firmly focused on the music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
and artists
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
from earlier decades, their music was heavily influenced by 1950s doo-wop
Doo-wop
The name Doo-wop is given to a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music that developed in African American communities in the 1940s and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. It emerged from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and...
, 1960s Motown
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 early 1970s funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
. The band were mainly known in the United Kingdom.
The group scored a UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
#5 hit in 1988 with its initial release, "Tribute (Right On)", which paid homage to soul luminaries such as Diana Ross & The Supremes 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...
. In October 1988, they released a companion album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, To Whom It May Concern
To Whom It May Concern (The Pasadenas album)
To Whom It May Concern is an album released by the band The Pasadenas. It was released in 1988.-Track listing:# "Funny Feeling "# "Living In The Footsteps Of Another Man"# "Enchanted Lady"# "New Love"# "Riding On A Train"# "Give A Little Peace"...
which sold more than one million copies. In addition to "Tribute (Right On)", the disc
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
included the minor hit "Riding on a Train", and a version
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 The Chi-Lites
The Chi-Lites
The Chi-Lites are a Chicago-based smooth soul vocal quartet from the early 1970s, one of the few from the period not to come from Memphis or Philadelphia...
' "Living In the Footsteps of Another Man". They had several follow-up hits as well, including "Love Thing" (UK #22) in 1990.
The previous year the Pasadenas were part of Band Aid II
Band Aid (band)
Band Aid was a charity supergroup featuring British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. The single...
.
The group followed with Elevate in 1991 and Yours Sincerely in 1992, but never again charted
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 U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, although they achieved another UK hit with a remake
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 New York City
New York City (band)
New York City was an American R&B vocal group. They formed in 1972 under the name "Tri-Boro Exchange", and all of the group's members had had significant experience singing in other vocal and doo-wop ensembles.-Career:...
’s "I'm Doin' Fine Now", which sold over 200,000 copies. It was slightly re-titled ("I'm Doing Fine Now"), and became their biggest hit, reaching #4 in the UK. The Pasadenas continued to perform around the UK into the 21st century.
In 2002 Cherry Red Records the album To Whom It May Concern was reissued on CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
. In April 2005 the Pasadenas took part in week three of the TV
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
reality show, Hit Me, Baby, One More Time.
Band member Andrew Banfield's sister, Susan, was one half of the Cookie Crew
Cookie Crew
Cookie Crew were a rap music duo formed in Clapham, South London in 1983.-Career:Their career took off after winning a national rap championship and recording two sessions for the John Peel BBC Radio 1 show...
.
Member details
- Andrew Banfield (born John Andrew Banfield, 1964)
- Mike Milliner (born Michael Milliner, 1962, PasadenaPasadena, CaliforniaPasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
) - David Milliner (born 1962, Pasadena)
- Aaron Brown (born Jeff Aaron Brown, 1964)
- Hamish Seelochan (born 1964)
Albums
| Year | Album | UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
U.S. 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... |
U.S. 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... |
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| 1988 | To Whom It May Concern To Whom It May Concern (The Pasadenas album) To Whom It May Concern is an album released by the band The Pasadenas. It was released in 1988.-Track listing:# "Funny Feeling "# "Living In The Footsteps Of Another Man"# "Enchanted Lady"# "New Love"# "Riding On A Train"# "Give A Little Peace"... |
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| 1990 | Elevate | |
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| 1992 | Yours Sincerely | |
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| 1995 | Phoenix † | |
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Singles
| Year | Title Songwriter Songwriter A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer... (s) |
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 ... |
U.S. 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... |
U.S. 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,... |
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| 1988 | "Tribute (Right On)" The Pasadenas/Pete Wingfield Pete Wingfield Pete Wingfield is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist.-Career:... |
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| 1988 | "Riding on a Train" The Pasadenas |
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| 1988 | "Enchanted Lady" The Pasadenas/Pete Wingfield Pete Wingfield Pete Wingfield is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist.-Career:... |
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| 1990 | "Love Thing" Milliner/The Pasadenas |
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| 1990 | "Reeling" Milliner/The Pasadenas/Sampson |
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| 1991 | "I'm Doing Fine Now" Thom Bell Thom Bell Thomas Randolph "Thom" Bell is an American songwriter and producer, best known as one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music in the 1970s. He moved to Philadelphia as a child.-Biography:... /Sherman Marshall |
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| 1992 | "Make It with You Make It with You "Make It with You" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by the pop/rock group Bread, of which Gates was a member.The song first appeared on Bread's 1970 album On the Waters... " David Gates David Gates David Gates is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the group Bread, which reached the tops of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame... |
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| 1992 | "I Believe in Miracles" Michael Milliner/The Pasadenas |
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| 1992 | "Moving in the Right Direction" Milliner/The Pasadenas |
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| 1992 | "Let's Stay Together Let's Stay Together (song) "Let's Stay Together" is a song by Al Green on his 1972 album of the same name. Released as a single in 1971, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks and also topped Billboards R&B chart for nine weeks. It was ranked the 60th greatest song of all time... " Al Green Al Green Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"... /Willie Mitchell/Al Jackson, Jr. |
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External links
- The Pasadenas fan tribute site
- The Pasadenas YouTube Channel
- The Pasadenas MySpace page
- [ The Pasadenas biography at the Allmusic websiteWebsiteA website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
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