Floy Joy

Floy Joy was a British pop\soul band from Sheffield, England who was signed to Virgin Records and had some moderate hits on the music charts in the United Kingdom.
The band formed in 1983 and the original line-up consisted of Elana Harris, Michael Ward & Shaun Ward. During that same year, they released their first single “Answer Through Me” which didn’t make the charts.
By 1984, Elana Harris was replaced with new member Carroll Thompson (born in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England) and during that same year, Floy Joy released their debut album “Into the Hot” which peaked at #40 on the album charts in New Zealand, but didn’t chart anywhere else.
The lead single from the album “Burn Down a Rhythm” failed to make any impact on the charts, but the follow-up single “Until You Come Back to Me” peaked at #91 on the U.K. Singles chart, making it their first appearance on the chart.

The last single released from the album “Operator” peaked at #86 on the U.K. Singles chart. After the release of their debut album, Shaun Ward & Carroll Thompson left the band, so Michael Ward recruited singer Desi Campbell & bassist\drum programmer\co-writer Robert E. Clarke, forming an all-male version of Floy Joy.
In 1986, Floy Joy released their sophomore album “Weak in the Presence of Beauty” which peaked at #85 on the U.K. Albums chart and #29 on the album charts in Australia.

The title song peaked at #85 on the U.K. Singles chart, but the follow-up single from the album, “Friday Night In This Cold City” failed to chart at all. After that, Floy Joy disbanded.

In the ’90s, Desi Campbell & Shaun Ward formed another music act called Everyday People. Desi later started a solo career, releasing two self-produced singles. He also went on to work with artists such as Errol Brown, Fraud Squad, Bludog and Concrete Nation.

Carroll Thompson worked as a session singer for artists such as Stevie Wonder, Sting, Natalie Cole, Robbie Williams, Boy George, Chaka Khan, Michael Jackson, Maxi Priest and Billy Ocean. These days, she is married to Radio 5 Live presenter Dotun Adebayo & has two children. Both she and Adebayo founded Colourtelly (which is Britain’s first black interest internet TV station).

It’s unknown what Shaun Ward, Michael Ward & Elana Harris are currently up to these days.

To see a fan-made video for “Burn Down a Rhythm,” go to:

To see the music video for “Until You Come Back to Me,” go to:

To see the music video for “Operator,” go to:

To see the music video for “Weak in the Presence of Beauty,” go to:

To see a fan-made video for “Friday Night in This Cold City,” go to:

Denise Guarde

Denise Guarde was a freestyle\dance singer from the ’80s. Not much information is given about her, but she was signed to the Angel Eyes Records ‎label.

In 1989, she released her only single “San Francisco Salsa” (which she wrote, composed & produced). It’s unknown how or if the song made the charts at all.

After that, it seems as if Denise has faded into obscurity. Nothing much has been heard from her since the ’80s.

To see a fan-made video for “San Francisco Salsa,” go to:

Mary Buffett

Mary Buffett is a former pop\dance singer from the mid-’80s. In 1981, she co-founded her own music post-production company called Independent Sound which provided music for commercials for 10 years (including

In 1984, she released her only single to date, a cover version of the Angels’ song “My Boyfriend’s Back” on Moby Dick Records which peaked at #63 on Billboard’s Dance\Disco Top 80 chart (staying on the chart for 5 weeks).

In 1991, Mary co-founded Superior Assembly Edition Co., Inc. which was a highly successful editorial house.

The company won numerous MTV awards and she also worked with artists such as Paula Abdul, Eminem, Michael Jackson, Don Henley and Madonna. They also worked with film director David Fincher (editing films such as “The Game” “Fight Club” & “Panic Room”) and also Michael Bay, Dominic Senna and Zack Snyder.

Since then, Mary has become a best-selling author, entrepreneur, international speaker & a political and environmental activist. In 1997, she released her first book “Buffettology” which became a New York Times & Business Week best-seller.

She has also appeared on TV as one of America’s top finance experts on networks such as CNN, CNBC, BBC and MSNBC. These days, she is a blogger with the Huffington Post.

To see the music video for “My Boyfriend’s Back”, go to:

[updated on July 7, 2018]

Too Much Trouble

Too Much Trouble were a gangsta rap music group from Houston, Texas that consisted of members Drunk D, Ghetto MC, Bar-None (real name John Vanbibber) and DJ Bad News (real name Tracy Howze) & were known for their extremely violent and misogynistic lyrics.

The group was nicknamed “The Baby Geto Boys” after their labelmates, hip-hop group the Geto Boys.
In 1992, Too Much Trouble released their debut album “Bringing Hell on Earth” on the Rap-A-Lot Records label. It’s unknown how or if the album charted at all. Even though the album’s content was viewed by some listeners as powerful, others found it to be clichéd and redundant & also extremely disturbing.
The only single released from the album was “Fugitives On The Run” which was released promotionally, but it’s unknown how or if the single made any impact on the charts.
A year later in 1993, the group released their sophomore album “Player’s Choice” which also failed to make any album charts at all.
During that same year, they released the single “Family Can Be Your Worst Enemy” which didn’t make the charts at all.
In 1997, Too Much Trouble released their last album to date “Too Much Weight”, but after the album flopped, the group disbanded and faded into obscurity.

It’s unknown what the other members of the group are up to, but on June 14, 2013, Ghetto MC passed away from kidney failure.

To see the music video for “Fugitives on the Run,” go to:

To see a fan-made video for “Family Can Be Your Worst Enemy,” go to:

To see a fan-made video for “Take the P***y” (from their debut album), go to:

Ellie Campbell

Ellie Campbell was a  female British pop singer from the late ’90s\early 2000s.
After winning a GMTV contest to find a new singer, in 1998, Ellie released her debut single “Sweet Lies” which peaked at #42 on the U.K. Singles chart.
In August of 1999, she released her follow-up single “So Many Ways” which peaked at #26 on the U.K. Singles chart, becoming her only hit song on the chart to date. The song also charted at #84 in the Netherlands.
Ellie’s third single “Don’t Want You Back” peaked at #50 on the U.K. Singles chart and also charted at #44 in Australia.
In 2001, she released her debut album “Ellie” which failed to chart in the U.K., but managed to peak at #192 in Australia.
The fourth single was supposed to be a cover version of Dee Dee Warwick’s song “You’re No Good”, but after the album flopped, the plans to release the single were shelved despite the fact that a music video for the song was released. The single did get a release in the United States, but it failed to chart.

After that, it seems as if Ellie has faded into obscurity. It’s unknown what she’s up to these days.

To see the music video for “Sweet Lies,” go to:

To see the music video for “So Many Ways,” go to:

To see the music video for “Don’t Want You Back,” go to:

To see the music video for “You’re No Good,” go to:

Rosie Ribbons

Rosie Ribbons (born Rosemary Ribbons on July 22, 1983 in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australian) is an Australian pop singer who was known for starring on the ITV1 British talent show “Pop Idol”.

Rosie had aspirations of becoming a pop singer since she was 8 years old. As a fan of Mariah Carey, she learned how to mimic her singing and later began writing her own songs, but during her final school year, she lost interest in it. She later worked at a supermarket.

In 2001, Rosie auditioned for “Pop Idol” and initially performed her own song called “Colours” to the judges. Although the judges were impressed with her vocals, judge Simon Cowell suggested that she should pick a more familiar song & Rosie sang a rendition of Mariah Carey’s song “Hero” which moved record producer Pete Waterman to tears.

Rosie made it to the top 50 in the competition, but was later voted out of the show, ultimately finishing in 6th place. Despite not winning the competition, Telstar Records signed Rosie to a five-album deal reportedly worth £1,000,000 and Rosie supported pop group Liberty X on tour.
In 2002, she released her debut single “Blink” which peaked at #12 on the U.K. Singles chart, making it her first top 20 hit in the United Kingdom.
Rosie’s follow-up single, a cover version of Jessica Simpson’s song “A Little Bit” peaked at #19 on the U.K. Singles chart. Even though the follow-up single didn’t fare so well on the charts, Telstar Records began preparing to work on releasing Rosie’s third single.

Initially, Telstar Records chose the song “Good Thing” was chosen as the third single, but then decided to release a double A-side which would feature “Good Thing” and another song “Heaven.”

After Rosie supported music group Blue on their “One Love” tour, Telstar Records decided to release an all-new track that was supposed to be guaranteed to be a hit. Rosie recorded a modern-day remake of Dee-Lite’s hit song “Groove is in the Heart”.
Unfortunately due to Telstar Records’ financial issues, Rosie’s record contract was subsequently terminated before the third single or her debut album “Misbehaving” could ever be released, leaving them ultimately shelved.

After that, not much was heard from Rosie until 2005 when she returned to the recording studio to work on new songs and an album. She only recorded three tracks which were supposed to appear on the new album, but neither the album or the singles were ever released.

In 2007, Rosie (who was now living in Dubbo, Australia) auditioned for “Australian Idol” with another original song of hers called “Butterfly Wings” and was accepted into the top 100. She later went on to make the top 24, but was eventually eliminated from the competition.
After appearing on “Australian Idol,” Rosie returned to the United Kingdom to perform and record new music. In 2011, she released the single “Turning Point” (featuring MC Neat). A year later in 2012, Rosie was the featured vocalist on Alonestar’s song “Warrior”.

Since then, nothing much has been heard about Rosie’s music career and it’s unknown whether or not she plans on releasing new music in the near future.

To see the music video for “Blink,” go to:

To see the music video for “A Little Bit,” go to:

To see the music video for “Turning Point,” go to:

Lolly

Lolly (born Anna Shantha Kumble on June 27, 1978 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England) is a female British pop singer\actress who scored a couple of moderate hits on the UK Singles chart during the late ’90s\early 2000s.
Before starting her pop music career, Lolly worked as a model. In 1999, she released her debut single “Viva La Radio” which peaked at #7 on the U.K. Singles chart.
Her follow-up single, a cover version of Toni Basil’s song “Mickey” peaked at #4 on the U.K. Singles chart and also managed to peak at #14 on the music charts in Ireland.
In September of 1999, Lolly released her debut album “My First Album” which peaked at #21 on the U.K. Albums chart.
The last single released from the album “Big Boys Don’t Cry” / “Rockin’ Robin” peaked at #10 on the U.K. Singles chart.
In July of 2000, Lolly’s single “Per Sempre Amore (Forever In Love)” peaked at #11 on the U.K. Singles chart.
In September of that same year, she released her sophomore album “Pick ‘n’ Mix” which failed to chart on the U.K. Albums chart.
The follow-up single from the album, a cover version of Cyndi Lauper’s song “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” peaked at #14 on the U.K. Singles chart.

After the release of her last album, Lolly left her record label and began working as a television presenter, working for the BBC on programs such as “Xchange” and was a stand-in for the kids’ show “Toonattik”.

In later years, Lolly has performed in stage productions and various pantomines in the United Kingdom such as “Starlight Express”, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Peter Pan.” In December of 2012, she appeared in “Jack and the Beanstalk in Weymouth.”

These days, it appears as if Lolly continues to perform in the United Kingdom and also has two children as well.

To follow Lolly on Twitter, go to:

Tweets by AnnaKumble

To see a fan-made video for “Viva La Radio,” go to:

To see a fan-made video for “Mickey,” go to:

To see the music video for “Big Boys Don’t Cry\Rockin’ Robin,” go to:
http://www.dailymotion.com/…/x288tz4_lolly-big-boys-don-t-cry_music

To see a fan-made video for “Per Sempre Amore,” go to:

To see the music video for “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” go to:

Kaci Battaglia

Kaci Battaglia (known by her stage name Kaci) (born Kaci Lyn Battaglia on October 3, 1987 in Clearwater, Florida) is a former female pop singer\songwriter from the 2000s.

As a child, Kaci began singing when she was 3 years old, often performing at her father’s karaoke club. By the time she was 8 years old, she was performing throughout Florida at concerts and sports events.
When she was 11 years old, Kaci independently released the album “A Thousand Stars” which was produced by her mother, Donna. A portion of the proceeds from the album went to help a housing project for the less fortunate. In 1999, she starred in the video, “Camp Tanglefoot: It All Adds Up.”

She later attracted the attention of record producer Joel Diamond after Kaci’s mother called & asked him to audition Kaci and Diamond put up his own money to record her.

After Diamond was turned down by over twenty record labels with the demo, “Paradise”, Mike Curb (the founder of Curb Records) heard the demo and told Diamond that he wanted to sign Kaci to the label.
In 2001, Kaci released her debut single, “Paradise” (which was originally sung by actress Phoebe Cates in the 1982 film of the same name) which peaked at #11 on the UK Singles chart, staying on the chart for 9 weeks.

The song also managed to peak at #43 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart and was played for the audience at the ESPN Super Bowl half-time show.
On June 12, 2001, she released her debut studio album, “Paradise” in the United Kingdom, Japan and Thailand. The album peaked at #47 on the UK Albums chart and sold nearly 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom; however, it only sold around 20,000 copies internationally.

The follow-up single from the album, “Tu Amor” peaked at #24 on the UK Singles chart, staying on the chart for 8 weeks.
The third single, a cover version of The Partridge Family’s 1970 song, “I Think I Love You” peaked at #10 on the UK Singles chart, staying on the chart for 10 weeks.

After the single’s release, Kaci began touring with pop boy band, O-Town where she was the opening act during some of their stops in the United Kingdom and the United States.
The last single from the album, “Intervention Divine” was released in the United States as a promotional single, but it didn’t chart.
Due to the lackluster sales of Kaci’s debut album, she and her record company decided to re-release the album. On July 16, 2002, the album was released in the United States under the title, “I’m Not Anybody’s Girl” which peaked at #50 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart.
The title song was released as a single and peaked at #55 on the UK Singles chart, staying on the chart for only 2 weeks. It was also featured on the soundtrack to the 2003 film, “View from the Top”. In January of 2003, she performed the song at the Capitol One Bowl Halftime Show which received critical acclaim.
In order to help promote “I’m Not Anybody’s Girl” in the United States, Pepsi sponsored a tour for Kaci during the summer of 2002 where she delivered free concert performances in major shopping malls, spanning ten states. A promotional single, “Just an Old Boyfriend” was released, but didn’t chart.

After promoting the album, Kaci stated that she would be working on her follow-up album which was supposed to be released sometime in 2004; however, at the beginning of the year, she announced that she would be taking an unspecified amount of time off.
During her break from her music career, she focused on her personal life, did modeling and worked as a kickboxing instructor. In 2005, she was featured on the soundtrack to the film, “The Perfect Man” with the track, “I Will Learn to Love Again” which was released as a single, but didn’t chart.
In 2007, Kaci released the single, “Can’t Help Myself” which was released promotionally to dance music radio stations which managed to peak at #30 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music\Club Play chart, staying on the chart for 9 weeks.

Afterwards, she announced that she would be working on a new single; however, word about her next album wasn’t confirmed at the time. She also wrote songs for singers Kimberley Locke and Lucy Hale.
In May of 2009, Kaci released the single, “Crazy Possessive” which topped Billboard’s Hot Dance Music\Club Songs chart for a week in August of 2009 (staying on the chart for 14 weeks) and #19 on Billboard’s Global Dance Songs chart.

It also peaked at #4 on Billboard’s Dance\Mix Show Airplay chart. The song received criticism for sounding similar to Britney Spears’ 2008 song, “Womanizer.”
In July of 2010, she released her follow-up single, “Body Shots” (featuring Ludacris) which became her second number-one dance hit, topping Billboard’s Hot Dance Music\Club Songs chart for a week in October of that same year, staying on the chart for 15 weeks.

The song also peaked at #23 on Billboard’s Global Dance Songs chart, #24 on Billboard’s Dance\Mix Show Airplay chart and #36 on Billboard’s Dance\Electronic Digital Song Sales chart.
On September 21, 2010, she released her sophomore album, “Bring It On” which had a digital release in the United States and a physical release in Japan. The album failed to make any impact on the charts at all.

In 2013, Kaci left Curb Records and retired from the music business. These days (according to research), she is a born-again Christian and an activist. She married her husband, Selleck Keene in February of 2016 and had a daughter in April of 2018. They currently live in Clearwater, Florida.

To see a video for “Paradise,” go to:

To see a video for “Tu Amor,” go to:

To see a video for  “I Think I Love You,” go to:

To see a video for “I’m Not Anybody’s Girl,” go to:

To see a video for “Intervention Divine,” go to:

To see a video for “Just An Old Boyfriend”, go to:

To see a video for  “I Will Learn to Love Again,” go to:

To see a video for “Can’t Help Myself,” go to:

To see a video for  “Crazy Possessive,” go to:

To see a video for  “Body Shots,” go to:

[updated on 01\05\2022]

Fan_3

Fan_3 (born Allison Lurie on December 4, 1987 in Sherman Oaks, California) is a former teen rapper\singer from the 2000s. The reason for her stage name because she enjoys groups with three people in them.

When she was 13 years old, Fan_3 recorded various songs on her lo-fi home studio set-up and one of her songs “What They Gonna Think?” was featured on the soundtrack to the Disney Channel television series, “Lizzie McGuire” in 2002.

After sending a few demos, a manager brought her to the attention of Geffen Records. By her senior year of high school, she was signed to the record label.

In 2004, her song, “Digits” was featured on the soundtrack to the film, “Shark Tale.” During that same year, she was featured on the soundtrack to the film, “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen” with the track, “Boom” and on the Radio Disney compliation album, “Jingle Jams” with the track “I Love Christmas.”

She was also featured on the soundtrack to the film “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen” with the song “Boom.”
In 2005, Fan_3 released her debut single, “Geek Love” which missed the Billboard Hot 100, but managed to peak at #68 on Billboard’s Hot Singles Sales chart. It was also featured on the “Radio Disney Jams 7” compliation album.
During that same year, she released her follow-up single, “Broken Home” (based on the experience of her parents’ divorce when she was young), but it didn’t appear to generate a lot of success.

In 2005, she was featured on the soundtrack to the television series, “Darcy’s Wild Life” with the track, “Hey Boy.”
Fan_3’s debut album “Let Me Clear My Throat” was supposed to be released and a sampler of the album was released, but after she was caught smoking pot while on the Radio Disney Jingle Jams tour, Disney severed all ties with her. Later on, she was dropped from Geffen Records and her debut album was shelved.

After that, not much was heard from Fan_3 until 2008 until when she formed a pop\rock music group called Shut Up Stella (featuring singers Jessie Malakouti & Kristen Wagner). By 2009, she left the group after they were dropped from her record label. During that same year, she came out as bisexual.

As of 2009-2010, Fan_3 (who previously went under the name “Fannius” and now goes under another stage name, Allison Jayne) is working on new music and has released covers & original music through YouTube, MySpace and Vimeo.

To see Allison Jayne’s YouTube page, go to:
https://www.youtube.com/user/AllisonJayneVideo

To see a video for “Geek Love,” go to:

To see a video for “Broken Home”, go to:

To see a video for “Digits,” go to:

To see a video for “Boom,” go to:

To see a video for “Hey Boy”, go to:

To see a video for “What They Gonna Think”, go to:

To see a video for “I Love Christmas”, go to:

[updated on 01/05/2021]

L.A. Boppers

The L.A. Boppers were an R&B\funk band from Los Angeles, California.They first started out as a backing band for music group Side Effect and were originally called “The Be-Bop Band”.

Augie Johnson (who was the leader of Side Effect) was able to get them a record deal with Fantasy Records in 1978. The first-line-up consisted of Robert Griffin, Kenny Davis, Ed Riddick, Ed Luna and Vance Tenort.

During that same year, the band released their debut album “The Boppers”. The album wasn’t quite successful and the only single to chart from the album was the song “There She Goes Again” peaked at #90 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart, staying on the chart for only 2 weeks.

By 1980, the band signed to Mercury Records and changed their name to the L.A. Boppers. The line-up was also changed and it consisted of Vance Tenort, Gerry Davis, Ed Riddick, Kenny Styles, Michael Stanton and Stan Martin. During that same year, they released their self-titled sophomore album. It’s unknown how or if the album made the charts at all.
The lead single from the album “Is This the Beat (Bop-Doo-Wah)” peaked at #28 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart, staying on the chart for 14 weeks. The follow-up singles “Watching Life” and “Be-Bop Dancer” failed to make any impact on the charts at all.

In 1981, the L.A. Boppers released their third album “Bop Time.” The only single to chart was a cover version of the Delfonics’ song “La La Means I Love You” which peaked at #77 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart, staying on the chart for only 4 weeks.
After that, the band moved on to MCA Records and released their last album to date “Make Mine Bop.”
The only single to chart from the album was “Where Do the Bop Go” which peaked at #57 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart, staying on the chart for 9 weeks. After that, the L.A. Boppers disbanded and seemingly faded into obscurity.

According to the soulwalking.co.uk website, Vance Tenort was still writing & producing music & worked for Ford Cosworth Racing. It’s unknown if he’s still active in music these days or what the other members of the band are up to.

To see a fan-made video for “There She Goes Again” (from their debut album), go to:

To see a fan-made video for “Be-Bop Dancing,” go to:

To see a fan-made video for “Is This the Best (Bop-Doo-Wah)”, go to:

To see a fan-made video for “Watching Life,” go to:

To see a fan-made video for “La La Means I Love You,” go to:

To see a fan-made video for “Where Do the Bop Go?,” go to: