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Soon afterwards they secured a recording contract with Vertigo, a new sub-label of Phonogram Records, and changed their name from Back in the Band, to City Boy. City Boy's first five albums were produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who was recommended to them by Phonogram A&R guy Chris Peers, and their debut album entitled City Boy, was the ...
A protégé of fellow New York City-based rapper Jaz-O, Jay-Z began his musical career in the late 1980s; he co-founded the record label Roc-A-Fella Records in 1994 to release his first two studio albums Reasonable Doubt (1996) and In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997), both of which were met with critical acclaim.
The following is a list of songs by Jay-Z organized by alphabetical order. The songs on the list are all included in official label-released, albums, soundtracks and singles, but not white label or other non-label releases. Next to the song titles is the album, soundtrack or single on which it appears.
The song was first released as a single in 1978 and then as the first track on the group's fourth album, Book Early (1978). "5.7.0.5." was City Boy's most successful song, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart. [1] The single peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending 14 October 1978, [2] and charted in other ...
This article contains a list of bands formed in New York City, New York. Bands should be notable and linked to their articles which lists their New York origins in the lead. References should be provided for any new entries on this list. Bands may be temporarily red-linked (while an article is developed) as long as the reference establishes ...
"Bad New York Band" by Jim Testa "Bad Sneakers" by Steely Dan "Bainbridge Avenue" by Liam Reilly "The Ballad of New York City/John Lennon and Yoko Ono" by David Peel "Ballad of N.Y.C." by Fun Lovin' Criminals "Ballad of the Lower East Side" by Michael Monroe "Ballet at the Village Vortex" (from the musical Wonderful Town)
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The New Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote that the album "provided the group's finest, liveliest playing and writing, and made tentative steps toward a unique style." [6]In his regular reviews for Truck & Driver magazine, starting a four of five star review, Shaun Connors wrote, "City Boy are probably most known for their 1978 Top 10 single 5.7.0.5. and little else, but there is so much more to ...