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This is a biography of Terence Trent d'Arby, who, though surrounded by a mass of publicity even before the release of his first record, has remained an enigmatic figure. Thwarted by his reluctance to be interviewed, the media has concentrated on a few bare facts about his life in the USA before he moved to Europe and various speculation. Daisann McLane, however, has spoken to him about his American background, his family and his upbringing in his father's Pentecostal church. She has had access to his family and friends and reveals his childhood in Florida, his success as a Golden Gloves champion boxer, his desertion from the US Army as well as the development of his phenomenal musical career. The author is a regular contributor to "Rolling Stone" and "Village Voice" magazines and is well known as Lady Complainer, the calypso singer. ... Read more

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Commentary (music and lyrics not included).Chapters: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'arby, Neither Fish nor Flesh, Wildcard, Symphony or Damn, Angels & Vampires - Volume I, Angels & Vampires - Volume Ii, Vibrator. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby is Terence Trent D'Arby's debut album. It was released in July 1987 on Columbia Records, and became an instant number-one smash in the UK and spending a total of nine weeks (non-consecutively) at the top of the UK Album Chart and eventually being certified 5x Platinum there (for sales of 1.5 million copies). Worldwide, the album sold a million copies within the first three days of going on sale. The album's success was slower in the U.S. It was released there in October 1987, eventually peaking at number four on May 7, 1988 - the same week that the single "Wishing Well" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Other singles from the album included "If You Let Me Stay", which was a top ten hit in the UK, and "Sign Your Name", which reached #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #2 in the UK. A fourth single, "Dance, Little Sister", reached the UK Top 20 as well. All songs were written by D'Arby, except where noted. ...http://booksllc.net/?id=1682369 ... Read more

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Chapters: Boney M., Meat Loaf, Stevie Wonder, Milli Vanilli, Ralph Ruppert, Terence Trent D'arby, La Bouche, John Parr, Eruption, Precious Wilson, Daddy Cool, Frank Farian, Gilla, La Mama, No Mercy, Far Corporation, Peter Hofmann, le Click, Force Majeure. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 150. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Boney M. is a disco group created by German record producer Frank Farian. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Jamaicans Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, Montserratian Maizie Williams, and Aruban Bobby Farrell. The group was formed in 1975 and achieved popularity during the disco era of the late 1970s. German singer-songwriter Frank Farian (real name Franz Reuther) recorded the dance track "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" in December 1974. Farian sang the repeated line "Do you do you wanna bump?" in a deep voice (entirely studio created) as well as performing the high falsetto chorus. When the record was released as a single, it was credited to "Boney M.", a pseudonym Farian had created for himself after watching the Australian detective show Boney. After a slow start, the song became a hit in the Netherlands and Belgium. It was then that Farian decided to hire performers to 'front' the group for TV performances. The Katja Wolfe booking agency found model-turned-singer Maizie Williams (originally from Montserrat) and her Jamaican singer friend Sheyla Bonnick for him, along with a dancer known only as "Mike" for the first gigs. Also during 1975, a girl named Nathalie joined but was soon replaced by Claudja Barry. Then Bonnick and Mike left, and Maizie Williams brought in Bobby Farrell, an exotic male dancer from Aruba. Singer Marcia Barrett (also from Jamaica) joined the group, which then went through another cha...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3744 ... Read more

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Commentary (music and lyrics not included).Chapters: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'arby, Neither Fish nor Flesh, Wildcard, Symphony or Damn, Angels & Vampires - Volume I, Angels & Vampires - Volume Ii, Vibrator. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby is Terence Trent D'Arby's debut album. It was released in July 1987 on Columbia Records, and became an instant number-one smash in the UK and spending a total of nine weeks (non-consecutively) at the top of the UK Album Chart and eventually being certified 5x Platinum there (for sales of 1.5 million copies). Worldwide, the album sold a million copies within the first three days of going on sale. The album's success was slower in the U.S. It was released there in October 1987, eventually peaking at number four on May 7, 1988 - the same week that the single "Wishing Well" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Other singles from the album included "If You Let Me Stay", which was a top ten hit in the UK, and "Sign Your Name", which reached #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #2 in the UK. A fourth single, "Dance, Little Sister", reached the UK Top 20 as well. All songs were written by D'Arby, except where noted. ...http://booksllc.net/?id=1682369 ... Read more

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Commentary (music and lyrics not included).Chapters: Who's Lovin' You, Wishing Well, Sign Your Name, if You Let Me Stay. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: "Who's Lovin' You" is a Motown soul song, written in 1960 by William "Smokey" Robinson. The song has been recorded by many different artists including The Miracles, who recorded the 1960 original version, The Temptations, The Supremes, Terence Trent-D'arby, Brenda and The Tabulations, John Farnham, Human Nature and En Vogue. The most famous version is attributed to The Jackson 5. 12-year-old singer Shaheen Jafargholi performed the song at Michael Jackson's public memorial service in July 2009. The song was written by Smokey Robinson for his group The Miracles, who recorded the song in 1960 for their first Motown album, Hi... We're the Miracles. The song is a lamentation about an ex-lover, reminiscing on how their relationship went sour and wondering who's loving them now. A showcase for vocal runs, "Who's Lovin' You" was issued as a b-side to their first Motown hit, "Shop Around" (the label's first million-selling hit single) , and remained one of their most popular songs (becoming a strong regional hit in many areas of the country). During the 1960s, virtually every major Motown act, from The Supremes to the Temptations to Brenda Holloway, recorded a remake of the song. Though today this version is relatively obscure compared to others like those of The Miracles and The Jackson 5, it is to date the only one to place on the Billboard Hot 100. Released in 1967 on Dionn 501, Brenda and The Tabulations took this song to position #66. It was also a #19 hit on Billboard's R&B chart. The gender of the lyrics was amended to fit the female vocalist. The most famous cover of "Who's Lovin' You", and the one ...http://booksllc.net/?id=1633102 ... Read more

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P0800SMX Piano/vocal/chords songbook. Contents include: If You All Get To Heaven * If You Let Me Stay * Wishing Well * I'll Never Turn My Back On You * Dance Little Sister * Seven More Days * Let's Go Forward * Rain * Sign Your Name * As Yet Untitled ... Read more