The official video for Without You by George Lamond
George Lamond was born George Garcia in Washington, D.C., and raised in New York. “Bad of the Heart” first appeared on the small New York independent Ligosa before Columbia signed him and took the single national in 1990, where it reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of freestyle’s late crossover hits. Read the full George Lamond biography.
The extended mix of Move Out by Nancy Martinez About Nancy Martinez Nancy Martinez came from Montreal, one of the few Canadian voices in a genre built in New York and Miami. “For Tonight,” released on Atlantic in 1986, reached #2 on Billboard’s dance chart and crossed onto the Hot 100, and her album Not…
The radio version of Come Get My Love by TKA About TKA TKA formed in the Puerto Rican neighborhoods of New York City in 1984, when Louis “Kayel” Sharpe, Ralph Cruz, and Angel Vasquez began singing together as teenagers. Tommy Boy Records signed the trio, and their run of singles helped define what freestyle sounded…
The original 12″ version of When I Hear Music by Debbie Deb About Debbie Deb Born Deborah Claire Wesoff-Kowalski in Miami, Florida, Debbie Deb was barely out of high school when she helped define the raw, electro-driven sound of Miami freestyle. Discovered by producer Tony “Pretty Tony” Butler—a pioneer of Miami bass and electro-funk—she brought…
The original 12″ version of You by the Rios Sisters About Rios Sisters The Rios Sisters were present at the founding of Micmac Records. “You” carries catalog number MIC-502, the label’s second release ever, and “Hold Me” followed as MIC-507, placing the sister act at the center of Micmac’s original late-80s roster alongside Cynthia, Johnny…
The radio version of Give In To Me by Monet About Monet Monet’s “My Heart Gets All the Breaks” was the first record on Ligosa, catalog number LIG-501, released in 1987 with production by Mark Liggett and co-production and mixing by Tommy Uzzo. Ligosa was the same New York independent that would later first release…
The official video for Out Of Control by Corina About Corina Corina Katt Ayala came out of the South Bronx and recorded her earliest singles for Cutting Records, the New York independent that served as freestyle’s farm system. “Out of Control” and “Give Me Back My Heart” built her club reputation in the late 1980s….