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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. Although he stopped making records in 1982, Major Lance continued to perform ...
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 ...
"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]
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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.
In November 1965, they released a second single, "Mr. Frantic", again written and sung by Dwight, and again unsuccessful. After a tour of Germany, the band returned to England to work as the backing band for Major Lance with an expanded line-up of Dwight, Brown, Pat Higgs (trumpet), Dave Murphy (saxophone), Fred Gandy (bass) and Paul Gale ...
“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.