Lillo Thomas – You’re a Good Girl

Sikwidityo, mixes R&B LIVE at: ustre.am About Lillo Thomas: Prior to his recording career he was on the US track and field team. As an athlete he set the world record for the 200 meters at the age of sixteen.[1] He qualified for the 1984 Olympics, however he was unable to attend after being involved in a car accident in Brazil.[2][1] Thomas left athletics behind for music, and toured with comedian Eddie Murphy in 1985.[1] He became a successful session vocalist, doing vocals on releases by Evelyn “Champagne” King, Kashif, James Ingram, George Benson, and Melba Moore, among others, while also writing “Mind Up Tonight” for Moore.[1] Thomas released his first album in 1983. His albums were produced by Kashif and Paul Laurence Jones III. He landed his own solo recording contract with Capitol Records, and began getting singles on the charts.[1] “Your Love’s Got a Hold on Me” was his first Top 20 R&B single in 1984, and Thomas enjoyed his biggest year in 1987 with three Top Ten R&B hits.[1] “I’m in Love” reached number two and remains his most successful single.[1] Thomas collaborated with Laurence on songs recorded by Freddie Jackson and Moore.[1] In 2007 he released his first album in 20 years entitled How Can I Look Her (In The Eye) on the Fitingo Music label. He has also successfully acted and painted.
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Carmen Fantasie (1946) is a virtuoso showpiece for violin and orchestra. It is considered by many to be one of the hardest pieces in the violin repertoire. The piece is part of Franz Waxman’s score to the movie Humoresque. The music, based on various themes from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen (and an adaptation from the similarly titled work of Pablo de Sarasate), was initially meant to be played by Jascha Heifetz. However, he was replaced by a young Isaac Stern for the first recording of the score. Stern’s hands can be seen in the close-up shots from the movie. The piece was immediately popular, and was recorded commercially by Stern and Heifetz the year of its release. As the violin edition of the work was composed and first recorded in 1946 it is under copyright. Since then, it has been adapted for a variety of orchestral/chamber arrangements, such as a versions for trumpet and orchestra, for violin and piano, as well as for viola and piano/orchestra. Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (born August 20, 1974) is an Israeli violinist who was born in the Soviet Union. Born in Novosibirsk to Aleksandr and Larissa Vengerov, both his parents were musicians. His mother, a singer, was the director of a childrens orphanage, while his father was the first oboist of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. At age 5, he received his first violin lessons from Galina Turtschaninova. Around age 7, he went to Moscow with his grandparents and teacher to study at The Central Special …
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