The Brief: This promo 12″ contains remixes not issued on the commercial platter (note to self: find a copy of the commercial 12″). This was the third and final single released from Robbie’s debut album. Which is kind of surprising considering that considering that Robbie hit #2, #14 and #10 in that order. How do [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1986, Gail “Sky” King, Keith Cohen, Manhattan Records, Pop 
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The Brief: If you are a parent of young children or ‘tweeners, I think they call them, you have probably heard a lot of Robbie Nevil’s recent work. With collaborator Matthew Gerrard, Robbie has been writing for Disney projects The Cheetah Girls, High School Musical, and Hannah Montana. Before he was behind the scenes on [...]
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The A Side: Jump Start (Dance Mix) 7:15 Jump Start (Dub) 7:25 The B Side: Jump Start (Radio Edit) 4:18 More Than The Stars 4:34 The Brief: In November of 2010, I posted a 12” of “Jump Start” by Natalie Cole that featured “3 New Jump Start Remixes”. I’d had that 12” since 1987 and [...]
The A Side: Dominoes (Extended Vocal Remix) 6:05 Dominoes (Dom Dom Domino Dub) 7:23 The B Side: Neighbors 3:50 The Brief: Before signing a record deal and recording under his own name, Robbie Nevil wrote songs that were recorded by such acts as Pointer Sisters, El DeBarge, and Earth, Wind & Fire. His debut album [...]
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The A Side: Tarzan Boy 3:49 The B Side: Tarzan Boy (Dub Version) 3:37 The Brief: One of the 1980′s One Hit Wonders, Baltimora hailed from Italy and took the world by storm with their hit single “Tarzan Boy” in 1985. The single spawned an album, released in the US in 1986, titled “Living In [...]
The A Side: One Step Closer To You (Club Version) 7:44 One Step Closer To You (Acapella Plus) 4:24 The B Side: One Step Closer To You (Short Version) 4:27 One Step Closer To You (Instrumental) 6:04 The Brief: Gavin Christopher‘s first experience in the music business came as a member of the band Lyfe [...]
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The A Side: Joyride (Joy Mix) 6:39 The B Side: Joyride (Devastating Dub) 6:03 Joyride (Radio Version) 4:04 The Brief: Formed in 1976, Pieces of a Dream are a R&B/Jazz group that have released 15 albums since 1981. Their 1986 LP, ‘Joyride’ went to #3 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. This is the [...]
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Side A: Jump Start (Deluxe Dub Mix) 7:42 Side B: Jump Start (Extended Vocal Version) 6:27 Jump Start (Car Mix) 5:37 The Brief: In 1987, Natalie Cole released her eleventh studio album entitled ‘Everlasting’. “Jump Start” was the first single released from that LP and it moved in to the Hot Black Singles chart on [...]