Lonnie Gordon
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Lonnie Gordon (born Philadelphia[1]) is a female Hi-NRG, House and Soul music singer-songwriter from New York's Bronx, who has scored many chart hits during the 1990s and 2000s.
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[edit] Career
Gordon had several entries on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in the nineties, including three that reached #1. She also had a major UK pop hit with the song "Happenin' All Over Again" written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman which reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in 1990 and had originally been written for Donna Summer.[2] Subsequent singles did less well there (although two reached the Top 40[3]).
As a result her debut album, If I Have To Stand Alone, was never officially released in the UK,[citation needed] and only received a limited release in Europe and Japan.[citation needed]
Her first U.S. dance #1 was "Gonna Catch You" in 1991, which was featured on the soundtrack to the Vanilla Ice movie, Cool as Ice. It reached #79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #30 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Her next single in 1993 was followed by a remixed version of "Happenin' All Over Again," another dance chart #1 that generated limited success on the pop chart, peaking at #98 on the Billboard Hot 100. The follow up single was "Do You Want It", released in 1994. All of those singles were included on her album, Bad Mood, which was released on the now defunct SBK record label, which was a subsidiary of Capitol Records. By this time Lonnie had shaved her head and bleached her hair platinum blonde.
Gordon has hit the U.S. dance chart two more times in 1996, with the songs "Dirty Love" on Geffen Records whick peaked at #6, and "If You Really Love Me" released on Big Bang Records, which peaked at #42. Her third album, a combination of new songs and earlier material, entitled No Regret was released in 2000 on Centaur Entertainment. The single released from No Regrets was "He Lives in You", which became a modest hit.
[edit] Recent times
A new compilation CD of Gordon's material titled "Looking Through Time" is available via the CDBaby website.[4]
Gordon plans to do a worldwide tour, taking in the U.K., and as of June 2007 she is currently recording a new album. Some tracks will be Jazz/Blues standards, and the others will be original material.[citation needed] Many of the songs are said to be written by Gordon herself.[citation needed] Lonnie has also created her own label, Gordon Records.[5]
Gordon has a major exhibition of her paintings currently on show.
[edit] Discography
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[edit] Albums
- If I Have To Stand Alone (1990) Supreme Records
- Bad Mood (1993) SBK/Capitol Records
- No Regrets (2000) Centaur Entertainment
- Very Best of Lonnie Gordon (2002) Night & Day Records
- Looking Through Time (2007) Gordon Records
- (Anthology vol.I) (2007) available on cdbaby.com
- (Anthology vol II) (2007) available on cdbaby.com
- TBA Jazz/Standards album (TBA) Gordon Records
- TBA Original material (TBA) Gordon Records
[edit] Singles
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| Title | U.K. Top 75 Singles (*)[3] | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Cinco De Mayo" | - | ? | ? | 1987 |
| "All Work And No Play"1 | - | ? | ? | 1988 |
| "Love Eviction"2 | - | ? | ? | 1988 |
| "Don't Turn Around"2 | - | ? | ? | 1988 |
| "(I've got your) Pleasure Control"3 | #60 | ? | #23 | 1989 |
| "Beat The Street"4 | - | ? | ? | 1989 |
| "It's Not Over(Let No Man Put Asunder)" | #91 | ? | ? | 1989 |
| "Happenin' All over Again" | #4 | - | ? | 1990 |
| "Beyond Your Wildest Dreams" | #48 | ? | ? | 1990 |
| "If I Have To Stand Alone" | #68 | ? | ? | 1990 |
| "Gonna Catch You" | #32 | #79 | #1 | 1991 |
| "Bad Mood" | - | ? | #1 | 1993 |
| "Happenin' All over Again (1993 version)" | - | #98 | #1 | 1993 |
| "Do You Want It" | - | ? | #5 | 1994 |
| "Love Eviction (1995 version)"2 | #32 | ? | ? | 1995 |
| "Dirty Love" | - | ? | #6 | 1996 |
| "If You Really Love Me" | #162 (*)[citation needed] | ? | #42 | 1996 |
| "No Regrets"2 | - | ? | ? | 1997 |
| "Beat The Street (1998 version)" | - | ? | ? | 1998 |
| "A God That Can Dance" | - | ? | ? | 1998 |
| "Happenin' All Over Again (1998 version)" | - | ? | ? | 1998 |
| "Everybody's Talking" | - | ? | ? | 1999 |
| "He Lives In You" | - | ? | ? | 2001 |
"-" means unreleased or did not chart. "?" means unreleased, or chart peak (if any) is unknown.
1 Offshore featuring Lonnie Gordon. 2 Quartz Lock featuring Lonnie Gordon. 3 Simon Harris featuring Lonnie Gordon. 4 Love Inc. featuring Lonnie Gordon. 5 Touch of Soul featuring Lonnie Gordon.
(*) List includes all UK Top 75 entries and chart positions (verified accurate and complete)[3] prior to the end of 2004. It may be incomplete and/or unverified in other areas (including UK singles which did not reach the Top 75).
[edit] See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
[edit] External links
- - Lonnie Gordon's Official Website
- - Lonnie Gordon's Official You Tube Page
- - Lonnie Gordon's Official International Fan Club
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.stockaitkenwaterman.com/artists/gord03.htm Stockaitkenwaterman.com
- ^ cafe80s: Lonnie Gordon interview
- ^ a b c Roberts, David (Managing Editor) (2005), British Hit Singles & Albums (Edition 18), Guinness World Records Limited, ISBN 1-904994-00-8
- ^ Lonnie Gordon - Looking Through Time. CD Baby. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ "Lonnie Gordon Fan Club". mobius-news.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-03. “There's also a new greatest hits collection 'Looking Through Time' coming up on her very own label Gordon Records, soon to be released through cdbaby.com.”
