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Larry Ernest Blackmon (born May 29, 1956) is an American vocalist and musician, known as the lead singer, founder and frontman of the funk and R&B band Cameo.
Formed by Larry Blackmon in 1974 as the New York City Players [1] the band was signed by Casablanca Records to its Chocolate City imprint in 1975 as the Players. However, according to original band member Nathan Leftenant, the group soon changed its name after the threat of legal action by Mercury Records due to the name "the Players" being too similar to Ohio Players, who recorded for Mercury ...
Track 9 contains elements from "Why Have I Lost You" written by Larry Blackmon and performed by Cameo. Track 18 contains an interpolation of "Oye Cómo Va" written by Tito Puente. Notes. Tracks 1, 3, 4, 12, 14, 15 and 18 are taken from 400 Degreez (1998) Tracks 10, 13, 16 and 17 are taken from Tha G-Code (1999)
Machismo is the funk group Cameo's 1988 follow up to their album Word Up!.It includes the hits "You Make Me Work" and "Skin I'm In". The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard R&B chart, No. 56 on the Billboard 200 Pop Albums chart, and No. 86 on the UK albums chart.
Jon Pareles of the New York Times stated that "Larry Blackmon's cracked nasal voice keeps the band funny and unpretentious, especially when kicking up its well honed midtempo funk". [1] Allmusic gave the album a three out of five star rating. [ 5 ]
Who is Larry Hall? According to 2017 News-Democrat coverage, Hall used to live in an Indiana cemetery and wandered the Midwest in a van. He’s a suspect in the rape and murder of multiple women ...
All tracks composed by Larry Blackmon, except where noted "Inflation" – 4:40 "C On the Funk" – 4:25 "Why Have I Lost You" – 4:45 "Stand Up" – 3:34 (Blackmon, Eric Durham) "We All Know Who We Are" – 4:52 (Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins) "It's Serious" – 8:06 (Blackmon, Greg "Doc" Johnson) "It's Over" – 4:17 (Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan ...
Bill Byrge, best known for playing Ernest's neighbor Bobby in several of the Ernest comedy films, died on Thursday. Byrge’s cousin, Sharon Chapman, shared news of his death in a Facebook post ...