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Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.Over the course of two decades, starting from the release of its first recordings in January 1948, [3] Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin, Ray ...
Dr. Dre. Andre Romell Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and co-founder of Death Row Records. Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1984, and ...
"California Love" (2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman) 1 1 1 51 13 7 1 1 7 6 CAN: Gold; NOR: Gold; US: 2× Platinum; All Eyez on Me: 1996 "Been There, Done That" — 19 — — — — 31 — — — Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath: 1998 "Zoom" (Dr. Dre and LL Cool J) — 52 — — — — — — — 15 Bulworth: 1999 "My Name Is" 36 18 ...
The lyrics of "It Never Rains In Southern California" tell a first-person story of a showbiz aspirant whose attempts to break into entertainment were failures, but who wants to hide that fact from those he had left behind to pursue his dreams. Though Hammond's and Hazlewood's lyrics do not actually specify the narrator's living conditions, it ...
The first iteration of Big Beat was founded as an Independent record label in 1986 by Craig Kallman who was, at the time, a 20-year-old deejay in New York City. [1] The company initially operated out of Kallman's bedroom where he recorded the label's first track, "Join Hands" by Taravhonty, which sold 5,000 copies largely through direct promotion at record stores by Kallman himself.
Opium is an American record label and rap collective that was founded in 2019 by American rapper Playboi Carti. [1] The label, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia, currently holds four acts all of whom are natives to the city; Playboi Carti himself, rappers Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely, and the duo Homixide Gang.
Riff (American band) Riff is an American R&B and soul a cappella group from Paterson, New Jersey. The group RIFF appeared in the 1989 biographical - drama film, Lean on Me starring Morgan Freeman as the 'Songbirds' in the bathroom scene. They recorded two albums in the 1990s. Three of the members (Anthony Fuller, Dwayne Jones, and Michael Best ...
Toni! Toné! Tony! Toni! Toné! singles chronology. " It Never Rains (In Southern California) " is a 1990 song recorded by the American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!. This song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart in 1990 for two weeks, and thirty-four on the Hot 100.