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Major Lance (April 4, 1939, [a] – September 3, 1994) [2] was an American R&B singer. After a number of US hits in the 1960s, including " The Monkey Time " and " Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um ", he became an iconic figure in Britain in the 1970s among followers of Northern Soul .
The song was Major Lance's third release to make the Billboard Hot 100 and his most successful hit with a #5 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 February 1964 with a #1 peak on the Cash Box R&B chart (Billboard did not run an R&B chart November 1963-January 1965). [3] In Canada it reached #6. [4] In the UK it reached #40, Lance's only UK chart ...
Major Lance's Greatest Hits Recorded Live at the Torch is an album by the soul artist Major Lance, released in 1973 on Contempo Records.It was recorded live in front of a sell-out audience [3] at the Torch, Tunstall, Stoke-On-Trent, on 9 December 1972 and has been described as "perhaps the best Northern soul album ever made", [4] and "a one-off gig when everything came together in perfect ...
Major Lance 3 [A] 24 — 1965 "Rainbow '65 (Part I)" Gene Chandler 2 69 — "Sometimes I Wonder" Major Lance 13 64 — "I Can't Work No Longer" Billy Butler & the Chanters 6 60 — "Come See" Major Lance 20 40 — "What Now" Gene Chandler 18 40 — "Ain't It a Shame" Major Lance 20 91 — "Nothing Can Stop Me" Gene Chandler 3 18 41 [B] "(Gonna ...
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"The Monkey Time" is a song written by Curtis Mayfield and performed by Major Lance. It reached No. 2 on the U.S. R&B chart, No. 8 on the U.S. pop chart, and No. 32 in Canada in 1963. [1] [2] It was featured on his 1963 album The Monkey Time, [3] was arranged by Johnny Pate and produced by Carl Davis. [4]
“Lance Bass seemed like the safest human in the world,” Collins, 31, said of her affinity for the 'NSync member. Bass, 45, came out as gay in 2006. “It totally makes sense now,” Collins joked.
With soul music becoming popular in the 1960s, OKeh signed Major Lance, who gave the label two big successes with "The Monkey Time" and "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um". Fifties rocker Larry Williams found a musical home at OKeh for a period of time in the 1960s, recording and producing funky soul with a band that included Johnny "Guitar" Watson.