Manhattan Transfer

Following the Top of the Pops theme, Manhattan Transfer, had a number of very successful singles and albums. They found a niche with their              a cappela, jazz, swing, blues and pop musical styles (easy listening?). This was particularly true through the 1980s, when they won grammy awards for many of their songs/ compositions.

Top of the Pops 19

One particular group that I like is Fairground Attraction and their single, Perfect, from the album The First of a million kisses, 1988. They were not active for very many years, but had a lot of success internationally...not forgetting the single, Find my love, of course. 


Danny Wilson were another band who together had some success as a band, but individually had a significant degree of success, reflecting their diverse abilities, as musicians and song writers.

Julio Inglesias jnr: Greatest Hits.

Julio Inglesias jnr, has only one concert in the UK  this year, at the Royal Albert Hall. As I said last week, I would like to get a greatest hits album (most likely from HMV). I've found the album I would like, ie. his Ultimate Top 40 Collection CD,  £8.68, but on Amazon. Compared to other similar albums, priced at as much as £30.00, it's a bargain!

Jellybean...

The Real thing, is a 1987 hit single by the music producer Jellybean. The song was pretty successful in clubs and on various dance  charts. In his time, he has collaborated with artists such as Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and  Madonna.


Julio Iglesias Jnr, has been a long established artist. He certainly has a huge back catalogue of material.  I really do want to buy one of his greatest hits albums, most likely from HMV.

Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan is one of my favourite artists. She possessed 'what, may be the finest voice ever applied to Jazz' and a large vocal range across three octaves. However, not wanting to be pigeonholed, she said, 'I want to sing all kinds of music that I like and I like all kinds of music.'

Ransom

A 'new' series which I have just discovered on Channel 5, is Ransom. I've caught the beginning of (Season 1) it ? I really like the idea of the story ie. that there is an elite/ specialist team fighting dangerous criminals and their evil kidnapping schemes...maybe sounds familiar ? However, if the stories are well put together, it could be really exciting.