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Lovers rock is a style of reggae music noted for its romantic sound and content. While love songs had been an important part of reggae since the late 1960s, the style was given a greater focus and a name in London in the mid-1970s.
The Story Of Lovers' Rock", Jamaica Observer, 25 September 2011, retrieved 2012-06-05 Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn. , Rough Guides, ISBN 1-84353-329-4 Hebdige, Dick (1987) Cut 'n' Mix: Culture, Identity and Caribbean Music , Routledge, ISBN 978-0415058759
Simms was born in 1961 in Lambeth, South London, the third youngest of six children.With her Church Of God upbringing, and with the sound of everything from ska, reggae, jazz and soul emanating from the family home, Simms' love of music was enhanced, and after a brief flirtation with acting during which she attended drama school, her urge to make music began to dominate.
The single "California Love" by 2Pac, Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman is the best-known song and most successful to sample "West Coast Poplock", reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks. The chorus, " California knows how to party" , was sung by Roger Troutman using his characteristic talk box and was taken from "West Coast Poplock."
She also recorded duets with Sugar Minott ("Make It with You") and Trevor Walters ("Love Won't Let Us Wait"), as well as continuing with regular solo reggae chart hits. Thompson opted to join the Sheffield-based jazz-funk aggregation Floy Joy in 1984 where she featured on one album and scored two minor hits with the soul ballad " Until You Come ...
On December 1, 2009, Clear Channel Radio's Power 105.1 (WWPR-FM, New York) had (along with added R&B, hip hop, and old-school jams) announced that Malikha Mallette would move to co-host on The Ed Lover Show, from 5:30 AM until 9:30 AM; meanwhile, DJ Envy would be Power 105.1's new afternoon personality, between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM on weekdays ...
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Lovers Rock is the fifth studio album by English band Sade, released on 13 November 2000 by Epic Records. The album was titled after a style of reggae music known as lovers rock , noted for its romantic sound and content, which frontwoman Sade Adu listened to in her youth.