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Released: July 10, 1981. "Ghetto Life". Released: 1981. "Fire and Desire". Released: 1981. Street Songs is the fifth studio album by American musician Rick James, released in April 1981 on Gordy Records. It contained two of James's biggest hits: the singles "Give It to Me Baby" and "Super Freak".
Given a more contemporary twist, the title track was the second single (peaking at No. 19 on the Billboard R&B Singles charts) and since has become one of O’Bryan’s signature songs. The lead single, “I’m Freaky”, was an upbeat, synth-funk song that peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard R&B Singles charts.
Silk Music Group. Members. Tim "Timzo" Cameron. Jimmy Gates. Gary "Big G" Glenn. Johnathen "John-John" Rasboro. Gary "Lil G" Jenkins. Silk is an American R&B group, formed in 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia. They are best known for their 1993 hit single, "Freak Me", which reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 .
The songs were divided between The Big To Do (2010) and the Drive-By Truckers "R&B Murder Album" Go-Go Boots (2011). The Big To-Do further brought media attention to the band, resulting in their highest chart success, appearances on David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon 's late night shows, and a scheduled tour opening for Tom Petty & the ...
List of R&B musicians encompasses sub-genres such as urban-contemporary, doo wop, southern, neo-soul and soul, indie, alternative, country, rap, ska, funk, pop, rock, electronic and new jack swing fusions.
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1955 is made up of three year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales, disc jockey plays, and juke box plays.
Elvis Presley topped the charts with "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel". Bill Doggett (pictured in 1980) had a long-running number one with "Honky Tonk". Fats Domino was one of 1956's most successful artists. "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" was a chart-topper for The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon.
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ...