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Recorded. December 1982 (original recording) Genre. Freestyle, reggae. Label. Island / Mango. Songwriter (s) Neville Livingston. " Electric Boogie " (also known as the " Electric Slide ") is a dance song written [ 1] and originally recorded in December 1982 by Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer.
Amos Moses. " Amos Moses " is a song written and recorded by American musician Jerry Reed. It was released in October 1970 as the fourth and final single from the album Georgia Sunshine and was his highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100, bowing in at No.97 on October 31, 1970, and peaking at No.8 on February 27 and March 6, 1971.
The song is a popular line dancing song often initiating the Electric Slide dance at weddings and parties. The song appears in the 1999 film The Best Man. The song appears on the radio station Bounce FM in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The song appears in the 2010 film Death at a Funeral. British comedian Javone Prince finishes each episode of ...
The trip began on US 40 and continued along US 66 to the California coast. [ 1] Troup initially considered writing a tune about US 40, but Cynthia suggested the title "Get Your Kicks on Route 66". The song was started during the ten-day trip and finished after consulting a map in Los Angeles. The lyrics mention several cities and towns ...
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ...
Le Freak. " Le Freak " is a 1978 funk-disco song by American R&B band Chic. It was the band's third single and first Billboard Hot 100 and R&B number-one hit song. [ 2][ 3] Along with the tracks "I Want Your Love" and "Chic Cheer", "Le Freak" scored number one on the disco charts for seven weeks. [ 4]
The song was written by Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard, and Etta James. Etta James recorded it for Modern Records, with uncredited vocal responses from Richard Berry. It was popularly known as "Roll with Me Henry". This original version was considered too risqué to play on pop radio stations. The song is a dialogue between "Henry" and the singer:
It has influenced popular music singing styles. [10] Presentinge line was characterized a slow, drawn-out heterophonic and often profusely ornamented melody, while a clerk or precentor (song leader) chanted the text line by line before it was sung by the congregation. Scottish Gaelic psalm-singing by prepresentinge line was the earliest form of ...