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Chris Cuevas
Background information
Origin	MS
Genre(s)	Ballad, Dance-pop, Electronica
Occupation(s)	Artist management
Instrument(s)	Keyboards
Voice type(s)	Tenor
Years active	1990–1992 (as solo singer) 2003 (as audio engineer) 2006–present (as production manager)
Label(s)	Atlantic (USA, 1991–1992, as solo singer) Concord (USA, 2006–present)
Associated acts	Debbie Gibson Masters At Work La Ley Stanton Moore Patricia Barber Richard Julian

Chris Cuevas is an American singer-songwriter and production manager who is more notable (as of June 2008) for his behind-the-scenes work than for his recordings to date, the best distributed of which was his sole album for Atlantic Records, Somehow, Someway (Atlantic LP 82187), produced by Diane Pustizzi Gibson for GMI Entertainment, Inc.; Cuevas' last track to appear on an All Music Guide-listed album was his 1991 single "Hip Hop" (parsed from Atlantic DM 86029 for the Masters At Work best-of album Tenth Anniversary Collection, Part 1: 1990-1995 (Import Records 133015)). On the WEA Latina album La Ley - Libertad (WEA Latina LP 60265), Cuevas was Digital Editor and Mixing Assistant.

Starting in 2006, Cuevas is an artist manager at the Concord Music Group.^[1]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 The GMI Years, 1990—1993 2.2 Behind the Scenes, 1993—present 3 Recordings to date 3.1 Studio Album 3.1.1 Track listing 3.1.2 Personnel 3.2 Notable single 3.2.1 Track listing (Atlantic DM 86029) 3.2.2 Personnel 3.3 Other 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Early life

[edit] Career

[edit] The GMI Years, 1990—1993

In 1990, Cuevas signed on with Gibson Productions Inc. as a dancer for Debbie Gibson and the Possibilities Tour to promote Gibson's then-new album Anything Is Possible (Atlantic LP 82167).

Later the same year, Cuevas signed with Atlantic Records for one album: Somehow, Someway (Atlantic LP 82187), released 1991. As executive producer, Diane Pustizzi Gibson of GMI Entertainment Inc. assembled a team of producers from across metropolitan New York City, including Fred Zarr and BiZarr Music alumnus Phil Castellano (who had worked on all three Debbie Gibson albums up to that time, also released by Atlantic), and S. Andrew Zulla (who had produced Gibson's single "Without You b/w Without You (Instrumental)," Atlantic Japan AMDY-5034).

Atlantic spawned three singles from the Somehow, Someway project. "Hip Hop b/w Hip Hop (Instrumental)" (Atlantic 87763 and DM 86029) reached number 16 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Maxi-Singles and number 39 on the Hot Dance. "Someday (Duet with Debbie Gibson) b/w Hip Hop" (Atlantic Japan/Warner-Pioneer AMDY-5059) failed to chart. "You Are the One b/w Give Our Love a Chance" (Atlantic 87563) reached #58 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] Behind the Scenes, 1993—present

Please help improve this section by expanding it with: Details of Cuevas' activities as artist manager at Concord Music Group. Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion.

In 2003, Humberto Gatica of WEA International Inc. hired Cuevas as assistant audio engineer on the La Ley album Libertad (WEA Latina LP 60265).

[edit] Recordings to date

[edit] Studio Album

Somehow, Someway
Studio album by Chris Cuevas
Released	1991
Recorded	1991
Genre	Dance-pop, Ballad
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Diane Gibson
Professional reviews
AllMusic.com link

Somehow, Someway (Atlantic LP 82187)

Chart performance:

Pending - Billboard Hot Albums

[edit] Track listing

Please help improve this section by expanding it with: Running times (mm:ss) for the Songs listed. Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion.

1. I Need You
2. Give Our Love a Chance
3. Somehow, Someway
4. Another Way
5. Hip Hop (4:14)
6. Someday (Duet with Debbie Gibson)
7. Don't Break Up With Me
8. One Time
9. Dance Party
10. Positive Motion
11. About You
12. You Are the One

All songs written by Chris Cuevas - Chrississippi Music, ASCAP except:
5. (Deborah Gibson/S. Andrew Zulla) Music by SAZ/Music Sales Corp., ASCAP.

[edit] Personnel

• Producers: Phil Castellano, Chris Cuevas, John "Jellybean" Benitez for Jellybean Productions Inc., Fred Zarr for BiZarr Music Inc., S. Andrew Zulla for SAZ Productions Inc.
• Arrangers: Phil Castellano, Chris Cuevas, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Ed Terry for Cardiac Records Inc., Fred Zarr, S. Andrew Zulla.
  Horns arranged by Jerry Hey and Fred Zarr.
  Strings arranged and conducted by Gene Orloff.
• Programming and sequencing: Chris Cuevas, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Ed Terry, Fred Zarr, S. Andrew Zulla.
• Guitars: Carlos Alomar, Ira Siegel, Jeff Southworth.
• Keyboards: Chris Cuevas, Tommy Mandel,Ed Terry, Fred Zarr, S. Andrew Zulla.
• Bass: Anthony Jackson, Doug Stegmeyer.
• Percussion: Bashiri Johnson, Gerardo Velez.
• Drums: Fred Levine.
• Backing Vocals: Alfa Anderson, Robin Clark, Michelle Cobbs, Norma Garbu, Diva Grey, Jim Haederle, Carrie Johnson, Libby Johnson, Lou Loria, Janice Pendarvis, Fonzi Thornton.
• Horns: Randy Andos, Hollis Burridge, Bobby Danielian, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Kim Hutchcroft, Russ Paladino, Ed Palermo, Bill Reichenbach.
• Programming Engineer: S. Andrew Zulla.
• Recording Engineers: Phil Castellano, Bill Esses, David Greenberg, Butch Jones, Matt Malles, S. Andrew Zulla.
• Mix Engineers: Phil Castellano, Hugo Dwyer, Bill Esses, Bob Rosa; asst. John Herman, Steve McLoughlin, Dave Saronson.^[2]

[edit] Notable single

“Hip Hop b/w Hip Hop (Instrumental)”
Single by Chris Cuevas from the album Somehow, Someway
Released	1991
Format	Dance
Recorded	1991
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Deborah Gibson, S. Andrew Zulla
Producer	John "Jellybean" Benitez
Chris Cuevas singles chronology
"Hip Hop" (1991) "You Are The One" (1992)

"Hip Hop" (Atlantic 87763 and DM 86029)

Chart performance:

• #16, Billboard Hot Maxi-Singles
• #39, Billboard Hot Dance

[edit] Track listing (Atlantic DM 86029)

"Hip Hop"

1. (7" House Version/3:53)
2. (12" House Club Mix/5:50)
3. (Masters At Work Dub/3:32)
4. (Got-A-Groove Beats/2:32)

(Deborah Gibson/S. Andrew Zulla) Songs by SAZ/Music Sales Corp., ASCAP

[edit] Personnel

Please help improve this section by expanding it with: Further details on personnel this Single. Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion.

• Produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez for Jellybean Productions Inc.
• Additional production and remix by "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzales for Masters At Work Productions, Inc.

[edit] Other

• "Someday (Duet with Debbie Gibson) b/w Hip Hop" (Atlantic Japan AMDY-5059).^[3]
• "You Are the One b/w Give Our Love a Chance" (Atlantic 87563).^[4]

[edit] References

1. ^ All Music Guide, ID=11:9wfrxqq5ldse~T0 at AllMusic.com/cg/AMG.dll.
2. ^ Liner notes, Atlantic Album 82187. NYC: Atlantic Recording Corp., 1991.
3. ^ /Pop2/DeborahGibsonDiscog/Discog.txt at AngelFire.com. Retrieved 04:59, 3 June 2008 (UTC).
4. ^ /Item/CUEVAS-c-CHRIS/YOU--ARE--THE--ONE--2)--GIVE--OUR--LOVE--A--CHANCE/GML653587899/ at GEMM.com. Retrieved 04:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC).

[edit] See also

• Concord Records

[edit] External links

Chris Cuevas at Allmusic

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