Quincy Jones

Artist:  Quincy Jones

Birth Name:  Quincy Delight Jones Jr.

Born:  March 14,1933.  Chicago,, Illinois, USA

Genre:  Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Big Band, Swing, Bossa Nova, Jazz, Hip Hop, Rock & Roll, Pop, Disco

Occupation:  Record Producer, Conductor, Arranger, Record Executive, Songwriter, Musician, Composer, Film and Television Producer

Instruments:  Trumpet

Quincy Jones is an American Record Producer, Musician, Songwriter, Composer, Arranger, Film and Television Producer from Chicago, Illinois.  His career spans in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys and a Grammy Legend Award un 1992.  He worked on Pop Music and producing Lesley Gore's major pop hits including "It's My Party", and Jazz Artists Frank Sinatra and Count Basie.  He became the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original  Song for "The Eyes Of Love" (1968), he was also nominated for an Academy Award For Best Original Score of his work in Cold Blood (1967).  He produced three of Popstar Michael Jackson's most successful albums:  Off The War (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987).  He produced and conduced the charity song "We Are The World", which raised funds for victims of Famine in Ethiopia.  In 1971, he became the first African American to be the musical director and conductor of the Academy Awards.  He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as the Winner.  He was named one of the most influential Jazz musicians of the 20th Century by Time.

Artist:  Quincy Jones & His Orchestra

Title:  Big Band Bossa Nova (Special Edition) (2022)

Genre:  Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Big Band, Swing, Bossa Nova, Jazz, Hip Hop, Rock & Roll, Pop, Disco

Label:  Ermitage Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:  

Side One:

 1.  Soul Bossa Nova (2:47)

 2.  Boogie Bossa Nova (2:43)

 3.  Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune) (2:53)

 4.  Black Orpheus (Manha de Carnaval) (2:57)

 5.  Se e Tarde me Perdoa (Forgive Me If I'm Lae) (4:25)

Side Two:

 1.  On The Street Where You Live (2:34)

 2.  Samba de Uma Nota So (2:02)

 3.  Lalo Bossa Nova (3:14)

 4.  Serenata (3:20)

 5.  Chega de Saudade (No More Blues) (5:32)

Personnel:

Quincy Jones:  Conductor, Arranger

Phil Woods:  Alto Saxophone

Paul Gonsalves:  Tenor Saxophone

Roland Kirk:  Flute, Alto Flute

Jerome Richardson:  Flute,Alto Flute, Woodwinds

Clark Terry:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Alan Raph:  Bass Trombone

Lalo Schifrin:  Piano

Jim Hall:  Guitar

Chris White:  Bass

Rudy Collins:  Drums

Jack Del Rio:  Percussion

Carlos Gomez:  Percussion

Jose Paula:  Percussion

Big Band Bossa Nova is an album by Quincy Jones & His Orchestra, original recording released on December 20, 1962 by Mercury Records, remastered and reissued on February 21, 2025 by Ermitage Records.  Special Edition Yellow Vinyl.

 

 

Luther Vandross

 

Artist:  Luther Vandross

Birth Name:  Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr.

Born:  April 20, 1951.  New York City, USA

Died:  July 1, 2005 (Aged 54).  Edison, New Jersey, USA

Genre:  Soul, R&B, Pop, Disco, Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B, Quiet Storm, Adult Contemporary

Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer

Instrument:  Vocals

Luther Vandross was an American Soul and R&B Singer, Songwriter, and Record Producer From New York City.  Throughout his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA-Certified Platinum Albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide.  He has been recognized as one of the 200 greatest singers of all time (2023) by Rolling Stone Magazine, as well as one of the greatest R&B artists by Billboard, additionally named him one of the 50 Great Voices.  He was the recipient of eight Grammy Awards, including Song of The Year in 2004 for a track recorded shorftly before his death, "Dance With My Father".   In 2021, he was posthumously inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall Of Fame.  He as a backing vocalist im the the 1970s, and appeared on albums by artists such as Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, Ben E. King, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer and many more!.  His Hit Songs include "Never Too Much", "Here And Now", "Any Love", Power Of Love/Love Power", "I Can Make It Better", and "For You To Love", and many more!.

Title:  Never Too Much:  Greatest Hits (2024)

Genre:  Soul, R&B, Pop, Disco, Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B, Quiet Storm, Adult Contemporary

Label:  Epic Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Never Too Much (3:48)

 2.  Power Of Love/Love Power (6:42)

 3.  Give Me The Reason (4:42)

 4.  Stop To Love (5:11)

 5.  Take You Out (3:25)

 6.  Any Love (5:02)

 7.  Michelle (6:34)

 8.  Here And Now (5:23)

 9.  I'd Rather (4:19)

10. So Amazing (3:40)

Disc 2:

 1.  Dance With My Father (4:25)

 2.  Speak Your Love (5:07)

 3.  The Closer I Get To You (Duet with Beyonce) (4:59)

 4.  Endless Love (Duet with Mariah Carey) (4:19)

 5.  Always And Forever (4:52)

 6.  A House Is Not A Home (7:06)

 7.  Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) (9:16)

 8.  Never Too Much (Lost Frequencies Edit) (5:21)

 9.  Get Myself Together (Louie Vega Radio Remix) (3:47)

10. Michelle (Radio Edit) (4:10)

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Never Too Much (3:48)

 2.  Power Of Love/Love Power (6:42)

 3.  Give Me The Reason (4:42)

 4.  Stop To Love (5:11)

 5.  Take You Out (3:25)

 6.  Any Love (5:02)

Side B:

 1.  Endless Love (Duet with Mariah Carey) (4:19)

 2.  Always And Forever (4:52)

 3.  A House Is Not A Home (7:06)

 4.  Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) (9:16)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Here And Now (5:23)

 2.  I'd Rather (4:19)

 3.  So Amazing (3:40)

 4.  Dance With My Father (4:25)

 5.  The Closer I Get To You (Duet with Beyonce) (4:59)

Side D:  All Previously Unreleased

 1.  Michelle (6:34)

 2.  Speak Your Love (5:07)

 3.  Never Too Much (Lost Frequencies Edit) (5:21)

 4.  Get Myself Together (Louie Vega Radio Remix) (3:47)

Never Too Much:  Greatest Hits is the compilation album by Luther Vandross, released on December 13, 2024 by Epic Records, featuring 4 previously unreleased tracks, including "Michelle".

ABBA

 

Artist:   ABBA

Origin:  Stockholm, Sweden

Genre:  Pop, Pop Rock, Euro Pop, Scandinavian Pop, Swedish Pop, Contemporary Pop, Disco

Original line-up:

Agnetha Faltskog:  Lead, & Backing Vocals

Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad:   Lead & Backing Vocals

Bjorm Ulvaeus:  Guitars, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals

Benny Andersson:  Keyboards, Synthesizers Piano, Accordion, Guitars, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals

ABBA are a Swedish Pop Group from Stockholm, formed in 1972 by Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.  ABBA were Sweden's first winner of theEurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo" in 1974.  They considered one of the greatest musical groups of All Time.  They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1983, and in 2021, ABBA have achieved 48 Hit Singles.  ABBA is one of the best-selling Music Artists of All Time.

Title:  The Singles - The First Fifty Years (New Expanded Edition) (2024)

Genre:  Pop, Pop Rock, Euro Pop, Scandinavian Pop, Swedish Pop, Contemporary Pop, Disco

Label:  Polar Music International

Rating:   ****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:  1972-1979

 1.  People Need Love (2:40)

 2.  He Is Your Brother (3:10)

 3.  Ring Ring (3:00)

 4.  Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) (2:50)

 5.  Waterloo (2:40)

 6.  Honey Honey (2:55)

 7.  Hasta Manana (3:05)

 8.  So Long (3:06)

 9.  I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (3:15)

10. SOS (3:22)

11. Mamma Mia (3:32)

12. Fernando (4:10)

13. Dancing Queen (3:51)

14. Money, Money, Money (3:05)

15. Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:02)

16. The Name Of The Game (4:50)

17. Take A Chance On Me (4:03)

18. Eagle (5:49)

19. Summer Night City (3:34)

20. Chiquitita (5:26 )

21. Does  Your Mother Know (3:13)

Disc 2:  1979-2022

 1.  Voulez-Vous (5:05)

 2.  Angeleyes (4:20)

 3.  Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (4:45)

 4.  I Have A Dream (4:44)

 5.  The Winner Takes It All (4:56)

 6.  Super Trouper (4:13)

 7.  Lay All Your Love On Me (4:34)

 8.  One Of Us (3:51)

 9.  Head Over Heels (3:47)

10. When All Is Said And Done (3:20)

11. The Day Before You Came (5:44)

12. Under Attack (3:45)

13. I Still Have Faith In You (5:09)

14. Don't Shut Me Down ()3:59)

15. Just A Notion (3:32)

16. Little Things (3:08)

17. No Doubt About It (2:56)

The Singles - The First Fifty Years is the compilation album by ABBA, released on October 25, 2025 by Polar Music International, featuring 38-Track, includes 18 Page Book, and Unseen Band Images.

Cher

 

Artist:  Cher

Birth Name:  Cherilyn Sarkisian

Born:  May 20, 1946.  El Centro, California, USA

Genre:  Pop, Rock, Folk, Disco, Dance, Contemporary Pop, Dance Pop, AM Pop, Folk Rock, Girl Group, Soft Rock, Club, Early Pop, Adult Contemporary

Occupation:  Singer, Actress, Television Personality

Instruments:  Vocals

Cher is an American Singer, Actress, and Television Personality.  Other referred to by the media as the "Goddess Of Pop".  She rose to fame in 1965 as one half of the Folk Rock husband-wife Duo Sonny & Cher before releasing her first solo Top-Ten Singles "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", and "You Better Sit Down Kids".  In 1970s, she scored the US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Singles "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Bread", and "Dark Lady, becoming the Female solo artist with the most No. 1 Singles in US history at the time.

Title:  Forever  (Limited Edition) (2024)

Genre:  Pop, Rock, Folk, Disco, Dance, Contemporary Pop, Dance Pop, AM Pop, Folk Rock, Girl Group, Soft Rock, Club, Early Pop, Adult Contemporary

Label:  Warner Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1. Believe (3:59)

 2.  If I Could Turn Back Time (4:12)

 3.  Walking In Memphis (3:56)

 4.  Song For The Lonely (3:21)

 5.  Strong Enough (3:41)

Side B:

 1.  The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) (2:47)

 2.  SOS (3:21)

 3.  I Found Someone (3:42)

 4.  SAve Up All Your Tears (3:57)

 5.  One By One (5:02)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  After All (Love Theme From Chances Are) (4:03)

 2.  Heart Of Stone (4:17)

 3.  The Way Of Love (2:31)

 4.  I Hope You Find It (3:45)

 5.  Take Me Home (6:44)

Side D:

 1.  Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man Fater Midnight) (Extended Version) (6:44)

 2.  Woman's World (3:42)

 3.  Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves (2:36)

 4.  Dark Lady (3:25)

 5.  You Havn't Seen The Last Of Me (3:30)

 6.  DJ Play A Christmas Song (3:29)

Forever is the eleventh greatest hits album by Cher, released on September 20, 2024 by Warner Records.  Limited Edition Sea Blue Vinyl.

Billy Ocean

 

Artist:  Billy Ocean

Birth Name:  Leslie Sebastian Charles

Born:  January 21, 1950.  Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies

Origin:  Romford, East London, England

Genre:  R&B, Pop, Soul, Reggae, Adult Contemporary, Adult Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop, Disco

Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter

Instruments:  Vocals

Billy Ocean is a Trindadian-born British Singer and Songwriter. Between 1976 and 1988, he had a series of Hit Songs in the UK and Internationally.  He achieved breakthrough success with the 1976 single "Love Really Hurts Without You", and peaked at No. 2 in the UK and No. 3 in Australia. Later that year, he achieved two additional Top 20 Singles in the UK, in 1977, his single "Red Light Spells Danger", also peaked at No. 2, and he released the single "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)" in 1984.  In the UK, the song peaked at No 6.   In the U.S., It entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 85 but peaked at No. 1 10 weeks later.  He won Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Performance for the song.  It also charged in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and across Europe under three different titles.  He released in 1985, "When The Going Gets tough, The Tough Get Going" peaked at No. 1 in the UK, and No. 2 in the U.S., the following year.  He achieved an American No. 1 with the Single "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)".  in 1988, his single "Get Outta My Dream, Get Into My Car" reached No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 3 in the UK.

Title:  Suddenly (2024)

Genre:  R&B, Pop, Soul, Reggae, Adult Contemporary, Adult Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop, Disco

Label:  Sony Music

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:  

 1.  Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) (7:52)

 2.  Mystery Lady (5:02)

 3.  Syncopation (5:20)

 4.  The Long And Winding Road (4:40)

Side Two:

 1.  Loveboy (5:16)

 2.  Lucky Man (4:21)

 3.  Dancefloor (4:14)

 4.  If I Should Lose You (3:59)

 5.  Suddenly (3:5 3)

Personnel:

Billy Ocean:  Lead & Backing Vocals, Simmons Drums, LinnDrum

Barry J. Eastmond:  Keyboards Synthesizers

Keith Diamond:  Synth Bass, Simmons Drums, LinnDrum, Backing Vocals

Clarence "Binky" Brice:  Guitars

Vic Linton:  Guitars

Eddie Martinez:  Guitars

Geoff Whitehorn:  Guitars

Timmy Allen:  Bass

Terry Silverlight:  Drums on Tracks:  1/4, 2/5

Tony Maroni:  Percussion

Andy Newton:  Percussion

V. Jeffrey Smith:  Saxophone

Chrissie Faith:  Backing Vocals

Lisa Fischer:  Backing Vocals

Katie Kissoon:  Backing Vocals

Curtis King:  Backing Vocals

Stevie Lange:  Backing Vocals

Cindy Mizelle:  Backing Vocals

Meekaeel Muhammad:  Backing Vocals

Suddenly is the fifth studio album by Billy Ocean, originally released on September 12, 1984 by Jive, remastered and reissued on September 13, 2024 by Sony Music.  40th Anniversary Edition onOcean Colour Vinyl.

Tina Charles

 

Artist:  Tina Charles

Birth Name:  Tina Hoskins

Borm:  March 10, 1954.  Whitechapel, London, England

Genre:  Pop, Disco, R&B, AM Pop

Occupation:  Singer

Instruments:  Vocals

Tina Charles is an Englisj Singer from Whitechapel, London, who achieved success as a Disco Artist in the mid to late 1970s.  Her most successful single in the UK No. 1 Hit "I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance" in 1976.

Title:  The CBS Years (1975-1980) (Edition  2 CD Digipack) (2024)

Genre:  Pop, Disco, R&B, AM Pop

Label:  Cherry Pop

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:  I Love To Love + Dance Little Lady

 1.  I Love To Love (3:06)

 2.  You Set My Heart On Fire, Pt. 1 (3:13)

 3.  Hey. Baby (3:37)

 4.  Take All Of Me (3:18)

 5.  Love Me Like A Lover (2:48)

 6.  Why (4:55)

 7.  Hold Me (4:11)

 8.  Disco Fever (4:10)

 9.  You Set My Heart On Fire, Pt. 2 (3:11)

10. Disco Love (3:07)

11. It's Time For A Change Of Heart (5:06)

12. Dr. Love (3:04)

13. All Comes Back To You (3:46)

14. Fallin' In Love With A Boy (3:13)

15. Dance Little Lady (3:08)

16. Amazing Grace (5:54)

17. When You Got Love (3:29)

18. Boogiethon (4:50)

19. Halfway To Paradise (3:42)

Disc 2:  Heart 'N' Soul + Just One Smile

 1.  Love Bug/Sweets For My Sweet (6:59)

 2.  I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me (4:45)

 3.  Stop What You're Doing To Me (3:09)

 4.  Rendezvous (3:24)

 5.  Fallin' In Love In Summertime (3:14)

 6.  I Gotta Dance With You (3:22)

 7.  I'll Be You Light (In Your Moment Of Darkness) (4:22)

 8.  Ain't Gonna Hide My Love (3:48)

 9.  Go (3:33)

10. Just One Smile (3:33)

11. I'm Just As Bad As You (3:22)

12. Love Boy (3:24)

13. Dance With Me (3:18)

14. Makin'All The Right Moves (3:10)

15. You Set My Heart On Fire (3:38)

16. After All That We've Been Through (3:34)

17. Somewhere (3:57)

18. Love Is A Many Splendered Thing (3:23)

19. Secret Love (4:02)

20 Fire Down Below (3:29)

21. Boogie Round The Clock (3:40)

The CBS Years (1975-1980) is the collection Edition of four albums from Tina Charles, released on April 19, 2024 by Cherry Pop, includes all the singles and rarities.  For Music Collectors.