Loose Ends Hangin’ On A String (Contemplating) (Remix Version)

[from their 1985 album, “So Where Are You?”]

Extended Dance Mix Version

Portrait ‎Be Thankful For What You’ve Got (Remix Post)

[from the soundtrack to the 1993 film, “Addams Family Values”]

Low Down Playground Mix Version

Dave “Jam” Hall Mix Version

 

Smoothed Out Extended Mix Version

Mantronix Join Me Please… (Home Boys Make Some Noise) (Remix Post)

[from their 1988 album, “In Full Effect”]

Noise It Up Mix Version

Dirty Dub Version

Hanson & Davis Come Together (Remix Post)

[from their 1987 album, “Can’t Stop”]

Club Version

Dub Version

Baillie & The Boys

Baillie & the Boys were a country music group from the 1980s that originally consisted of singer\guitarist Kathie Baillie, her husband, guitarist\background vocalist Michael Bonagura and bass guitarist\background vocalist Alan LeBoeuf.

Formed in New Jersey, Alan and Michael were originally members of a group called London Fog. In 1977, Michael met Kathie after a friend send him recordings of her work; during that same year, they got married. Shortly afterwards, Michael and Kathie joined up with Alan, forming the band. The trio toured throughout New Jersey and later moved to Nashville, Tennessee after a friend persuaded them to do so.

Baillie and the Boys first found work singing harmony vocals for artists such as Ed Bruce, Randy Travis and Dan Seals. Michael co-wrote Marie Osmond’s song, “There’s No Stopping Your Heart” which topped Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart.
In 1987, the group was signed to a record deal with RCA Records and they released their self-titled debut album which peaked at #27 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.

The lead single from the album, “Oh Heart” peaked at #9 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, staying on the chart for 21 weeks.

The second single, “He’s Letting Go” peaked at #18 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, staying on the chart for 16 weeks.

The last single, “Wilder Days” became the highest charting single from the album, peaking at #9 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, staying on the chart for 18 weeks. In 1988, Alan left the group to tour with “Legends in Concert” and “Beatlemania”, leaving Kathie and Michael to tour as a duo.
In 1989, Baillie and the Boys released their sophomore album, “Turn the Tide” which peaked at #30 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.

The first single, “Long Shot” peaked at #5 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, staying on the chart for 27 weeks.

The follow-up singles: “She Deserves You” (which peaked at #8), “(I Wish I Had a) Heart of Stone” (which peaked at #4, making it their highest charting song to date) and “I Can’t Turn the Tide” (which peaked at #9) were successful on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart.
In 1990, they released their third album, “The Lights of Home” which peaked at #35 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.

The lead single from the album, “Perfect” peaked at #23 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for 14 weeks.

The second single, “(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I” peaked at #5 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for 21 weeks, making it the highest charting single from the album.

The third and last single from the album, “Treat Me Like a Stranger” peaked at #18 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for 20 weeks.
In 1991, the group released their greatest hits compliation album, “The Best Of.” In 1992, Roger McVay filled in for Alan LeBeouf, but was not declared an official member of the group until 1995.

During 1995, Kathie Baillie co-hosted the TNN network variety show, “Yesteryear.” Meanwhile, Alan wrote songs and performed at EPCOT at Walt Disney World, Florida with “The British Invasion” for four years.
In 1996, they released their fourth album, “Lovin’ Every Minute” on the Intersound record label. The singles released from the album: “Some Kind of Luck”, “The God’s Honest Truth”, “You’re My Weakness” and the title song did not make any impact on the music charts at all.

After that, Baillie and the Boys went on hiatus before reuniting in 1998 to perform at a benefit concert in Daytona Beach, Florida where Alan LeBeouf rejoined the group after Roger McVay left.
In 2000, the group released their fifth album, “The Road That Led Me to You” on the independent record label, Synergy Records. In 2006, Kathie Baillie released a solo album, “Love’s Funny That Way.”

In the years since, Kathie and Michael have continued to write, record and perform music. Their daughter, Alyssa Bonagura is a singer-songwriter herself.

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Jennifer Hanson

Jennifer Hanson (born Jennifer Kathleen Hanson on August 10, 1973 in La Habra, California) is a country music singer-songwriter from the 2000s.

She is the daughter of road musician Larry Hanson and singer-songwriter Melody Vendrell Hanson. She is also the grandniece of Armida Vendrell, who was a Mexican actress, singer dancer and vaudevillian during the 1930s.

In the early to mid 1980s, Jennifer’s father toured with The Righteous Brothers and Bill Medley during his solo career. During that time, her parents divorced and Larry eventually moved from Los Angeles, California to Nashville, Tennessee after securing a job with country music band Alabama. In January of 1987, he began working as the band’s side-guitarist\utility player until 2004. It was this move that would later lead Jennifer to relocate to Nashville herself to pursue her own music career.

After graduating from La Habra High School in 1991, Jennifer attended Fullerton College where she majored in music and completed a vocational program in Music Business & Recording Engineering.

While attending college, she was a professional cheerleader for the Los Angeles Rams for the 1991, 1992 and 1993 seasons and even represented the Rams at the Pro Bowl in 1993, cheering on the All-Star Cheerleading Team that year.

In order to pay for school Jennifer began competing in the Miss America Scholarship program where she competed in various pageants in La Habra, Orange County and Garden Grove. She won the title of Miss California in 1994 and competed at the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City in September of that same year.

Jennifer made her first music appearance as a backing vocalist on Rhett Akin’s 1996 album, “Somebody New.” In 1998, she was signed to her first publishing deal as a songwriter with Acuff-Rose Music.
In July of 2002, she released her debut single, “Beautiful Goodbye” which peaked at #16 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for 32 weeks. It also crossed over to the pop charts where it peaked at #76 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it her only single on the chart to date.
In February of 2003, Jennifer released her self-titled debut album on the Capitol Nashville record label which peaked at #125 on the Billboard Hot 100, #7 on Billboard’s Top Heatseekers Albums chart and #20 and Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.

The follow-up singles from the album, “This Far Gone” [peaked at #42] and “Half a Heart Tattoo” [peaked at #40] were moderately successful on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
In 2007, Jennifer switched from Capitol Nashville to Universal South Records where she released the single, “Joyride” which peaked at #42 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for 13 weeks.
In June of 2008, she released her sophomore album, “Thankful” which didn’t make the charts along with the follow-up single, “73.”

In later years, Jennifer went on to write songs for artists such as Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson, Rascal Flatts, Jana Kramer, Clay Walker, Vince Gill, Michelle Branch, Pam Tillis, Bucky Covington, Gwyneth Paltrow, The Wreckers and Billy Currington. Her songs have earned her various awards and have been featured in numerous television shows as well in major national & international advertising campaigns.
Ten years after her sophomore album was released, Jennifer released a five-song Christmas EP, “Under the Tree” independently in 2017.
These days, Jennifer serves on the Board of Trustees for the Recording Academy and has a publishing deal with Peermusic. In 2020, she released a collaboration EP with Folk\Americana singer Michael Logan, “Here’s to Hoping.” A year later, she wrote the song, “I Will Follow” for music group Chapel Hart.

To see Jennifer’s official website, go to:
https://www.jenniferhansonmusic.com/

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