Good morning, music fans!
Here is a remix post of Noel’s 1987 song “Silent Morning.”
Hope you enjoy it!
12-inch Club Mix
Percapella Mix
[Note: the last two videos of this post have been removed from YouTube and will not be featured in this blog post; 06\19\2019]
Marcos Gil was a freestyle\dance singer from Southern California. Not much information is given about him, but he was signed to the Merge Records label.
In 1990, he released his only single “One More Night” which didn’t appear to make any music charts.
After that, it seemed as if Marcos Gil faded into obscurity. Nothing much has been heard from him since the early ’90s.
To see a video for “One More Night,” go to:
Angelyze was a freestyle\dance music artist from the late ’80s. Not much information is given about this artist, but the artist was signed to the Florida Paradise record label.
In 1989, Angelyze released the single “Change for the Better.” It’s unknown how or if the single made the charts at all.
After that, it seems as if Angelyze has faded into obscurity. Nothing much has been heard from this artist since the ’80s.
To see a video for “Change for the Better,” go to:
Tiffany James was a freestyle\dance singer from the late ’80s. Not much information is given about this artist, but she was signed to the Twin Tower Records label.
In 1987, she released her only single, “Dance With Me Tonight.” It’s unknown how or if the single made the charts at all.
After that, nothing much was heard from Tiffany and it seems as if she has faded into obscurity.
To see a video for “Dance With Me Tonight,” go to:
Goodfellaz was an R&B trio from the ’90s that consisted of Angel Vasquez (who is a member of freestyle music group TKA), De Louie Avant and Ray Vencier.
In 1996, they released their debut single, “Sugar Honey Ice Tea” peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #25 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart (staying on the chart for 20 weeks).
In 1997, Goodfellaz released their self-titled debut album on Polygram Records, which peaked at #70 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart.
Their follow-up single, “If You Walk Away” peaked at #59 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for 9 weeks; it also managed to peak at #4 on Billboard’s Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. After that, it seemed as if Goodfellaz faded into obscurity.
These days, it appears as if Angel Vasquez is still performing with TKA. It’s unknown what De Louie Avant and Ray Vencier are up to these days.
To see a video for “Sugar Honey Ice Tea,” go to:
To see a video for “If You Walk Away,” go to:
Kleeer was an R&B\funk\disco music band from New York that consisted of Paul Crutchfield (who was a singer & percussionist), guitarist Richard Lee, bassist Norman Durham (born in 1952) and Woody Cunningham (born on July 8, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland).
The group was originally a hard-rock music act called Pipeline back in 1975; they released a single called “Gypsie Rider” on Columbia Records, but it wasn’t successful.
In 1976, they became The Universal Robot Band where they had moderate success with the single “Dance and Shake Your Tambourine.” In 1978, the group changed their name to Kleeer.
In 1979, Kleeer released their debut album, “I Love to Dance” which peaked at #53 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart.
The lead single from the album, “Keeep Your Body Workin'” peaked at #60 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart (staying on the chart for 13 weeks) and #54 on Billboard’s National Disco Action chart (staying on the chart for 8 weeks).
It also managed to peak at #1 on Billboard’s Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and #51 on the U.K. Singles chart.
The follow-up single, “Tonight’s The Night (Good Time)” peaked at #33 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart, staying on the chart for 12 weeks.
In late 1979, the group released their sophomore album, “Winners” which peaked at #140 on the Billboard 200 and #24 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart.
The title song peaked at #23 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart (staying on the chart for 13 weeks) and #37 on Billboard’s Disco Top 100 chart (staying on the chart for 13 weeks as well).
The follow-up single from the album, “Open Your Mind” peaked at #86 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart, staying on the chart for only 2 weeks.
The group would later add vocalists Isabelle Coles, Melanie Moore & Yvette Flowers, and David Frank (who later became well-known as part of the band, the System) to their line-up.
In 1981, Kleeer released their third album, “License to Dream” which peaked at #81 on the Billboard 200 and #13 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart.
The first single from the album, “Get Tough” peaked at #15 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart, staying on the chart for 17 weeks. It also managed to peak at #5 on Billboard’s Disco Top 80 chart (along with the tracks “License to Dream” & “De Kleeer Ting”) and #49 on the U.K. Singles chart.
It was followed up with the single, “Running Back to You” which peaked at #69 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart, staying on the chart for 4 weeks.
In 1982, Kleeer released their fourth album, “Get Ready” which didn’t make any album charts. The only track from the album to chart was “She Said She Loves Me” which peaked at #84 on Billboard’s Black Singles chart, staying on the chart for 5 weeks.
Also in 1982, the group released their fifth album, “Taste the Music” which peaked at #139 on the Billboard 200 and #31 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart.
The title song peaked at #31 on Billboard’s Dance\Disco Top 80 chart, staying on the chart for 8 weeks; it also peaked at #31 on Billboard’s Black Singles chart, (staying on the chart for 8 weeks as well).
The follow-up single, “De Ting Continues” peaked at #74 on Billboard’s Black Singles chart, staying on the chart for 5 weeks.
In 1984, Kleeer released their sixth album, “Intimate Connection” which peaked at #49 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart.
The lead single, “Next Time It’s For Real” peaked at #79 on Billboard’s Black Singles chart, staying on the chart for 5 weeks. The title song peaked at #48 on Billboard’s Black Singles chart, staying on the chart for 12 weeks.
In 1985, Kleeer released their last album, “Seeekret” which didn’t chart in the United States, but managed to peak at #96 on the UK Albums chart.
The only single released from the album, “Take Your Heart Away” peaked at #62 on Billboard’s Hot Black Singles chart, staying on the chart for 10 weeks; it also peaked at #86 on the UK Singles chart.
After that, Kleeer disbanded and seemingly faded into obscurity, with most of the members working on other projects. During the ’90s, they briefly reformed and released the singles “Delicious” (in 1990) & “Oooh With You” (in 1993).
Woody Cunningham released two solo albums in 1998 and 2000; sadly in January of 2010, he passed away in Bowie, Maryland of unknown causes.
In 2011, Norman Durham died at his home in New York due to carbon monoxide poisoning. It’s unknown what Richard Lee and Paul Crutchfield are currently up to these days.
To see a video for “Tonight’s the Night (Good Time)”, go to:
To see a video for “Keeep Your Body Workin'”, go to:
To see a video for “Winners,” go to:
To see a video for “Open Your Mind,” go to:
To see a video for “Get Tough,” go to:
To see a video for “De Kleeer Ting”, go to:
To see a video for “Taste the Music”, go to:
To see a video for “De Ting Continues”, go to:
To see a video for “She Said She Loves Me”, go to:
To see a video for “Intimate Connection,” go to:
To see a video for “Next Time It’s for Real”, go to:
To see a video for “Take Your Heart Away,” go to:
Good afternoon, music fans!
This week’s remix post is The Boys with their 1990 song, “Crazy”.
Hope you enjoy it!
Extended Remix
New Remix; Radio Version
Dub Mix
Diana Warwick (not to be confused with R&B singer Dionne Warwick) was an R&B singer from the early ’80s. Not much information is given about this artist, but she was signed to the Chocolate Cholly’s record label.
In 1982, Diana released her debut and only album, “Spoiled Like a Baby.” It’s unknown how or if the album made any music charts at all.
The only single released from the album was the track “So Much Love” which also didn’t appear to make any music charts.
After that, it seems as if Diana Warwick has faded into obscurity. It’s unknown what she’s up to these days and nothing much has been heard from her since the ’80s.
[Note: There are no videos available for this blog post.]
Taffy McElroy was a pop music singer from the early ’80s. Not much information is given about her, but she was signed to MCA Records.
In 1981, she released her debut and only album, “The Heartbreak Kid.” It’s unknown how or if the album charted at all.
The only track from the album to chart was “Who’s That Look in Your Eye” which peaked at #48 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart. The follow-up single, “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” failed to make the charts at all.
Taffy’s last musical release to date was the single, “Oh No, Not My Baby / So Much Love” which didn’t appear to make the charts at all.
After that, it seems as if Taffy McElroy faded into obscurity. Nothing much has been heard from her since the ’80s.
To see a video for “Who’s That Look in Your Eye,” go to:
To see a video for “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye,” go to:
Sandra (born Sandra Ann Lauer in Saarbrücken, Saarland, West Germany) is a German pop singer who reached mainstream popularity and string of hit songs in Europe during the ’80s and ’90s.
Growing up, Sandra’s father, Robert (who is of French descent) owned a wine store in Saarbrücken and her mother, Karin worked at a shoe store. Sandra started to learn classical ballet when she was 5 years old and continued with it for 10 years.
When she was 10 years old, Sandra began taking guitar lessons. In 1975 at the age of three, she went with her mother to see a talent competition in Saarbrücken called the Young Star Festival. After the competition ended, she walked on stage, persuaded the DJ to put on the German version of a song by Olivia Newton-John and began singing.
Sandra’s impromptu performance at the Young Star Festival gained her considerable recognition and led to the release of her debut single “Andy mein Freund” (which was a children’s song about a pet dog) in 1975. However, the single didn’t perform well on the charts.
In 1979, Sandra became a member and lead singer of a disco music group called Arabesque. During that time, she met a keyboardist named Michael Cretu and they became good friends.
After Sandra left the group, she released her second solo single, a cover version of Alphaville’s song “Big in Japan” titled “Japan ist weit” which didn’t make any music charts at all and only 125 copies of it were sold.
In March of 1985, Sandra released the single, “(I’ll Never Be) Maria Magdalena” which became a big hit for her.
The song topped the charts in Germany and was successful in Europe, charting in countries such as the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Italy, France, South Africa and Israel. It also peaked at #87 on the U.K. Singles chart.
In November of that same year, she released the single, “In the Heat of the Night” which peaked at #2 on the German Singles chart and was successful in countries such as France (where it was certified Silver), Iceland, Italy, Israel, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa and Austria. The song also earned Sandra second place at the Tokyo Music Festival in 1986.
In December of 1985, Sandra released her debut album, “The Long Play” which charted in Germany (at #12), Austria (at #18), the Netherlands (at #43), Norway (at #8), Spain (at #25), Sweden (at #2) and Switzerland (at #4). It was certified Gold in Germany & France, and Platinum in Finland.
The third single from Sandra’s debut album, “Little Girl” peaked at #14 on the German Singles chart. It was also moderately successful in Austria, Belgium, Italy and Sweden.
Shortly after the release of her debut album, Sandra moved to London for six months where she worked with singing instructor Helena Shelen and took drumming lessons to practice her timing. She also joined a language school where she worked on her English skills while she spent weekends in Munich recording new songs.
In June of 1986, Sandra released the single, “Innocent Love” which peaked at #14 on the German Singles chart and made the charts in France, Italy, Norway and Switzerland.
In September of that same year, she released the single, “Hi! Hi! Hi!” which peaked at #7 on the German Singles chart and made the charts in the Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland, Italy, Iceland, France and Austria.
In October of 1986, Sandra released her sophomore album, “Mirrors” which made the album charts in Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. One of the tracks from the album, “Don’t Cry (The Breakup of the World)” was written in reaction to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
The third single released from the album, “Loreen” peaked at #23 on the German Singles chart, and charted in Sweden & Switzerland.
The last single released from the album, “Midnight Man” peaked at #24 on the German Singles chart and #8 on the Dutch Mega Top 100 chart in the Netherlands. It was also moderately successful in Italy & Sweden.
In August of 1987, Sandra released a cover version of Robert Knight’s song “Everlasting Love” which peaked at #5 on the German Singles chart. It also made the charts in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Italy, Swedish, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
In order to help promote Sandra’s music in the English-speaking world, another compliation album, “Everlasting Love” in 1988 was released”, but failed to chart.
The PWL mix of “Everlasting Love” peaked at #45 on the UK Singles chart and #22 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. It also charted in Australia, Canada and South Africa.
In October of 1987, Sandra’s compliation album, “Ten on One (The Singles)” was released, which made the album charts in Germany & Austria.
The follow-up single from the album, “Stop for a Minute” peaked at #9 on the German Singles chart and in Switzerland. In January of 1988, Sandra married Michael Cretu and they relocated to Ibiza to work on her third studio album.
In May of that same year, she released the single, “Heaven Can Wait” which peaked at #12 on the German Singles chart and #97 on the U.K. Singles chart. It also made the charts in Austria, the Netherlands, France and Switzerland.
In September of 1988, Sandra released the single “Secret Land” which peaked at #7 on the German Singles chart and #24 on the Eurochart Hot 100. It also made the charts in Austria, Italy, France, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland.
In October of that same year, Sandra released her third album, “Into a Secret Land” which peaked at #8 on the album charts in Germany. It also made the album charts in Austria, France, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
The third single from the album, “We’ll Be Together” peaked at #9 on the German Singles chart, and made the charts in Switzerland, France & Austria. The fourth single, “Around My Heart” peaked at #11 on the German Singles chart. It also made the charts in Austria, Switzerland and France.
The fifth single, “La Vista de Luna” was released promotionally in Spain; it’s unknown how or if the single made the charts at all. Sandra participated in a recording a song called “Yes We Can” with 15 other musicians as part of a project called Artists United for Nature.
In February of 1990, Sandra released a cover version of Wishful Thinking’s 1969 song “Hiroshima” which peaked at #4 on the German Singles chart, and made the charts in Switzerland & France.
In March of that same year, she released her fourth album, “Paintings in Yellow” which peaked at #4 on the album chart in Germany (where it was certified Gold). It also charted in France (where it was also certified Gold), Austria, Switzerland (where it was certified Platinum) and Austria.
The follow-up single from the album, “(Life May Be) A Big Insanity” which peaked at #27 on the German Singles chart and #41 on the French SNEP Singles chart. The last single released from the album, “One More Night” which peaked at #31 on the German Singles chart.
At the end of 1990, Sandra accepted an award for the best-selling German artist at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo. During that same year, she contributed vocals to four songs for her husband’s musical project, Enigma, including on the track “Sadeness (Part I)” which became a hit worldwide.
In January of 1992, Sandra released the single “Don’t Be Aggressive” which peaked at #17 on the German Singles chart. It was also moderately successful in Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, France, Finland and Austria.
In February of that same year, she released her fifth album, “Close to Seven” which peaked at #7 on the album chart in Germany; it also made the album charts in Austria, the Netherlands, France, Norway, Sweden & Switzerland.
The follow-up single from the album, “I Need Love” failed to make the charts at all, making it the first time since 1984 that one of her songs didn’t not make the charts at all.
Later on in 1992, a new compliation album, “18 Greatest Hits” was released. One of the tracks from the album, a re-recording of her song “Johnny Wanna Live” (from her “Paintings in Yellow” album) was released a single, peaking at #37 on the German Singles chart.
In 1993, Sandra released a new version of her song “Maria Magdalena” with a techno arrangement and a futuristic music video, but it failed to make any impact on the charts at all. She also provided vocals on Enigma’s album “The Crosses of Change” including the track, “Return to Innocence” which became a hit.
In March of 1995, Sandra released a cover version of the Moody Blues’ song “Nights in White Satin” which topped the charts in Israel, but peaked at #86 on the German Singles chart. It was also moderately successful in New Zealand and Australia. During that time, she was pregnant with twins.
In June of that same year, she released her sixth album, “Fading Shades” which peaked at #42 on the German Albums chart and #37 on the Swiss Albums Top 100 chart. It received lukewarm commercial and critical reception.
The follow-up single from the album, “Won’t Run Away” failed to make the charts at all. In July of 1995, she gave birth to twin sons Nikita & Sebastian via c-section.
After the birth of her children, Sandra decided to put her career on hold to raise them; however, in the following year, she participated in recording two songs for Enigma’s third album.
In 1999, a double disc album “My Favourites” was released which included remixes of Sandra’s older songs and some of her favorite ballads. The album peaked at #16 on the German Albums chart.
A new version of the song “Secret Land” was released as a single from the album, accompanied by a music video where Sandra sported a new, shorter hairstyle. In 2000, Sandra provided vocals on Enigma’s album “The Screen Behind the Mirror” and the project’s 2001 single, “Turn Around.”
In October of 2001, Sandra released the single, “Forever” which peaked at #47 on the German Singles chart, and was moderately successful in Romania & Poland. In March of 2002, she released a cover version of Talk Talk’s song “Such a Shame” which peaked at #76 on the German Singles chart.
In May of that same year, Sandra released her seventh album, “The Wheel of Time” which peaked at #8 on the German Albums chart. It also made the album charts in Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Austria.
The third single, “Forgive Me” (which was released promotionally in Germany only) failed to chart at all. The last single released from the album, “I Close My Eyes” peaked at #93 on the German Singles chart.
In 2003, a DVD called “The Complete History” was released which featured all of Sandra’s music videos. During that same year, Sandra contributed vocals to Enigma’s album “Voyageur” (making it the last time that she would work with the project).
In 2006, after taking a break for a couple of years, Sandra teamed up with Swiss singer DJ BoBo for a duet called “Secrets of Love” (which was featured on his greatest hits album). The song became a hit, peaking at #13 on the German Singles chart; it was also moderately successful in Austria, the Czech Republic and Switzerland.
In September of that same year, Sandra released a remix album, “Reflections” which peaked at #44 on the German Albums chart.
A new ballad version of “Everlasting Love” (with re-recorded vocals) was released as a promotional single in Germany along with the remix of “Around My Heart” which was a big radio hit in Poland.
In January of 2007, Sandra released the single, “The Way I Am” peaked at #50 on the German Singles chart and #38 on the Polish Singles Chart.
In February of that same year, she released her eighth studio album, “The Art of Love” which peaked at #16 on the German Albums chart and #88 on the Swiss Albums Top 100 chart. It also made the album charts in France and Switzerland.
For the first time, Sandra’s husband, Michael Cretu didn’t participate in recording the album because he was reportedly busy with new Enigma recordings and it was produced by Jens Gad.
The follow-up single from the album, “What Is it About Me” failed to chart. Her cover version of the Hooters’ song, “All You Zombies” was a big radio hit in Poland. In November of 2007, it was announced that Sandra and Michael were getting divorced. Sandra spent the following year touring Europe.
In March of 2009, Sandra released her ninth album, “Back to Life” which peaked at #26 on the German Albums chart and #83 on the Swiss Albums Top 100 chart. It also peaked at #47 on the Czech Republic Top 50 chart.
The lead single from the album, “In a Heartbeat” peaked at #59 on the German Singles chart. The follow-up single, “The Night is Still Young” which peaked at #46 on the German Singles chart.
During that same year, a three-disc compilation album, “The Platinum Collection” was released which featured all of Sandra’s hit singles as well as some album tracks and extended versions. In 2010, Sandra got re-married to music producer Olaf Menges.
In October of 2012, Sandra released her tenth and current album to date, “Stay in Touch” which peaked at #20 on the German Albums chart. It also made the charts in Switzerland, France, Belgium and Czech Republic.
The lead single from the album, “Maybe Tonight” peaked at #77 on the German Singles chart, but the follow-up single, “Infinite Kiss” failed to chart at all.
In June of 2016, Sandra released the album, “The Very Best of Sandra” which featured 30 of her biggest hit songs and two new remixes of the tracks “In the Heat of the Night” & “Secrets of Love.”
These days, according to research, Sandra continues to perform and tour as of 2019.
To see Sandra’s official website, go to:
http://sandra-music.com/de/
To see Sandra’s official Facebook page, go to:
https://www.facebook.com/sandra.lauer.cretu.official/
To see the music video for “(I’ll Never Be) Maria Magdalena,” go to:
To see the music video for “In the Heat of the Night”, go to:
To see the music video for “Little Girl”, go to:
To see the music video for “Innocent Love”, go to:
To see the music video for “Hi! Hi! Hi!”, go to:
To see the music video for “Loreen”, go to:
To see the music video for “Midnight Man”, go to:
To see the music video for “Everlasting Love”, go to:
To see the music video for “Stop for a Minute”, go to:
To see the music video for “Heaven Can Wait”, go to:
To see the music video for “Secret Land”, go to:
To see the music video for “We’ll Be Together”, go to:
To see the music video for “Around My Heart”, go to:
To see the music video for “Hiroshima”, go to:
To see the music video for “(Life May Be) A Big Insanity”, go to:
To see the music video for “One More Night”, go to:
To see the music video for “Don’t Be Aggressive”, go to:
To see the music video for “I Need Love”, go to:
To see the music video for “Johnny Wanna Live”, go to:
To see the music video for “Maria Magdalena Remix ’93”, go to:
To see the music video for “Nights in White Satin”, go to:
To see the music video for “Secret Land Remix ’99”, go to:
To see the music video for “Forever”, go to:
To see the music video for “Secrets of Love”, go to:
To see a video for “The Night Is Still Young”, go to:
To see a video for “Infinite Kiss”, go to:
To see a video for “Andy Mein Freund,” go to:
To see a video for “Japan ist weist,” go to:
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