George Lamond

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Bad of the Heart album

George Lamond (born George Garcia on February 25, 1967 in Washington, DC), is an American Freestyle music singer of Puerto Rican descent. George began singing backup for various artists before landing a solo deal with Columbia Records. His first album, released in 1989, Bad of the Heart had many underground dance hits like Bad of the Heart (#25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990), Look Into My Eyes (#4 Hot Dance, 1990) and Without You (#4 Hot Dance, 1989), all co-produced by famed New York prodcuer Chris Barbosa who had produced Shannon's string of hits a few years earlier. In 1991, Lamond scored a hit with Brenda K. Starr on the duet No Matter What (#49 Billboard Hot 100).

His follow-up releases received press and were successful, but less successful than on his previous releases. His second album, 1992's In My Life, included a remake of the Jackson 5's I Want You Back, in addition to the single Where Does That Leave Love? (#59 Hot 100, 1992), which made an impact on sales and radio but less of an impact in the clubs or charts as previous releases. Lamond has also released a couple of salsa albums and scored a number of hits on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks. 2001 saw the release of his highly acclaimed salsa album GL on Sony Records . In September of 2006 Lamond returned with the release of his highly anticipated new album Oye Mi Canto bringing a new sound to his music career, this highly anticipated album was a co-laberation of Reggaeton, Bachata, & Salsa with 7 songs produced by hot new talent G1E Productionz (G1E PRODUCTIONS) it was only a matter of time before GL made noise again. This album was also released on Sony Records (Sony International). He is known for his lyrical spinto tenor vocal quality not found in most tenors of today.