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    Question 1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

    The pounding bass-soundz of La Gwen:

    "Ain't Nothing Goin' On But The Rent"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvwFIX-FC18

    Was this a hit?:
    "Outside In The Rain"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YUPg...elated&search=

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    Re: 1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

    1. Aint nothing going on but the rent (UK Pop charts #5) July 86
    2. They long to be close to you (#25) Oct 86
    3. Good to go love/Outside in the rain (#37) Feb 87
    4. Aint nothing going on but the rent:Remix (#42) 93

    Plus of course many, many club chart hits.

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    Re: 1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

    Also, don't forget the club classic, It Shoulda Been You.
    Find them and destroy them!

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    Re: 1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

    A great artist had had huge success commercially here in the UK. I also love the tracks "PADLOCK" & "SEVENTH HEAVEN"
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    Re: 1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

    Don't forget 'Joyriders' and 'Thrill Me'. :D

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    8)
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    Don't forget 'Joyriders' and 'Thrill Me'. :D
    Joyriders ! Great track
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    Re: 1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

    And Hopscotch.

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    Re: 1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

    My first Gwen Guthrie 12" single was Peanut Butter. And it's still my favorite.
    "Because there's music in the air."

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    Re: 1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

    GWEN was far from a one hot wonder.

    Her first album is still a great classic.

    Her version of her own GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY [originally cpvered by ROBERTA FLACK in 1979] is fabulous.

    Her work with SLY & ROBBIE was an extension of their work with GRACE JONES.The PADLOCK EP is simply the best laid-back dance music around.

    When she moved to WB ; she released a great safe sex anthem called CAN'T LOVE YOU TONIGHT.
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    one hit wonder???? oh boy! the horror of such SACRILEGE talk !

    Younger Than Me
    Padlock
    Peanut Butter
    Hopscotch
    Seventh Heaven
    Getting Hot
    Peek-A-Boo
    It Should Have Been You

    Gwen Guthrie - Gwen Guthrie - The Ultimate Soul And Funk Music Records Database
    Gwen Guthrie - Portrait - The Ultimate Soul And Funk Music Records Database

    both of these are essential, phenomenal albums. these are Gwen's
    Off The Wall and Thriller albums - released years before "RENT".

    RIP Girlfriend

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    If Larry Levan heard anyone call Gwen a one hit wonder.."She was one of his main muses"...
    he would have FAINTED~!!
    He remixed all these songs and made them Garage classics..
    Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent
    (They Long To Be) Close to you
    PadLock
    GOOD TO GO LOVER/OUTSIDE IN RAIN
    HOPCOTCH
    Peanut Butter
    IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU ..was one of the last songs Larry mixed b4 he passed..
    so I would have to say to the unknowledgeable general public they would assume so ..BUT to the underground dance music lover and Disco enthusiast..No..
    Peanut Butter and Close to you.. being my favorites

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    padlock, Padlock, PADLOCK!!! On of the greatest down-tempo grooves EVA! Sung and mixed to perfection.
    You could pratically have sex on the dancefloor to this one.
    (Wait... I think I did... <sigh> I miss after-hours parties.)

    Good morning, my dear DAYNA! :icon_biggrin: I'm off to work. xoxo
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    Quote Originally Written by STEPHEN L FREEMAN View Post
    padlock, Padlock, PADLOCK!!! On of the greatest down-tempo grooves EVA! Sung and mixed to perfection.
    You could pratically have sex on the dancefloor to this one.
    (Wait... I think I did... <sigh> I miss after-hours parties.)

    Good morning, my dear DAYNA! :icon_biggrin: I'm off to work. xoxo
    Padlock is def a hot track..have a lovely day Moose:icon_biggrin:P.s. no sex on the dance floor 2dayunless you guys have one at home...
    xoxo

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    Re: 1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

    Quote Originally Written by Dayna View Post
    IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU ..was one of the last songs Larry mixed b4 he passed..
    Hi Miss D

    You know I'd hate to dispute your words...but I remember the Levan remix of Shoulda been you from around 1982 on U.S 12" import to UK, and an edit of it also appeared on the B side of a UK 12" of his mix of 7th Heaven and Getting hot around 83/4, Larry died in 1992.

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    Quote Originally Written by Zef View Post
    Hi Miss D

    You know I'd hate to dispute your words...but I remember the Levan remix of Shoulda been you from around 1982 on U.S 12" import to UK, and an edit of it also appeared on the B side of a UK 12" of his mix of 7th Heaven and Getting hot around 83/4, Larry died in 1992.

    xx
    Z
    Thank you for correcting my mistake sweetie..
    You are absolutly correct..I think I was so flustered at the thought of Gwen being called a one trick pony that I lost my mind for a hot minute.. hehe
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    Re: 1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

    Quote Originally Written by Videoskooter View Post
    The pounding bass-soundz of La Gwen:

    "Ain't Nothing Goin' On But The Rent"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvwFIX-FC18

    Was this a hit?:
    "Outside In The Rain"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YUPg...elated&search=

    What's the "ONE SONG"?

    Supenatural Thing ?
    Love Dont Go Through No Changes ?
    This Time I'll Be Sweeter ?

    Hell, she didnt even sing these.
    She just WROTE THEM.
    Sorry to sound dismissive, but you ARE on a computer, right?

    Do the research.

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    The "1 Hit Wonder" threads from 2 years ago were created to provide lists. I gave the "best known" track + the video (YouTube was starting up BITD) ("Ain't nothing going on but the rent" was her big hit over here) and members came in and gave the lists of other tracks that were successful. That was the idea behind it. No more no less, thats why there's a question mark on those topics.

    Now, digging this up 2 years later and then point out that I can't do research (the vault, Discogs, wikipedia and many others) is cheap, very cheap!

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    Quote Originally Written by Videoskooter View Post
    The "1 Hit Wonder" threads from 2 years ago were created to provide lists. I gave the "best known" track + the video (YouTube was starting up BITD) ("Ain't nothing going on but the rent" was her big hit over here) and members came in and gave the lists of other tracks that were successful. That was the idea behind it. No more no less, thats why there's a question mark on those topics.

    Now, digging this up 2 years later and then point out that I can't do research (the vault, Discogs, wikipedia and many others) is cheap, very cheap!
    You are of course, somewhat correct.
    I saw it as a new thread without tracking the correct origin date.
    I was not the one who "dug it up". That was a good 4 posts BEFORE me.

    But as I type this I think....2 years ago? What really changed?

    I never accused you of not being able to do the research- merely NOT doing it. At the time that is. I think.

    I still dont know how the facts eluded you 2 years ago? But it's all good right? In the end you know the importance of Gwen Guthrie.

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    Yes I know, Donald, but that series BITD, was talking about HITS, tracks that charted! Gwen has composed and sung a lot of awesome stuff but, over here, it didn't do anything.

    And by coming in and post, hey wait a minute, Gwen has released this and that and she's one of the greats: that's giving the proper credit to an artist that is considered by the general public as a 1 hit wonder! And that's the great result of a topic like this! And exactly that was the initial idea.

    If I would open a topic like that 2day, I would do it completely different!

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    1. Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent
    2. Padlock
    3. Outside In The Rain
    4. Peanut Butter
    5. It Should Have Been You
    6. Oh What A Life
    7. (They Long To Be) Close To You
    8. Seventh Heaven
    9. Oh Donny No
    10. Is This Love?
    11. Younger Than Me
    12. God Don't Like Ugly
    13. Peek-A-Boo
    14. Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent (Dub Mix)







    Is everybody happy now? Can I go eat something??
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    Re: 1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

    two great post "RENT" cuts are Rockin' Chair (1988)
    and a cover of John Lennon's Watching The Wheels (1991)
    i think it's my fault that this thread has jumped back to page one,
    i have been a lurker for years and never posted. i just happen to search for a thread about Gwen and couldn't help but post.

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    Quote Originally Written by Jackson9 View Post
    i think it's my fault that this thread has jumped back to page one,
    i have been a lurker for years and never posted. i just happen to search for a thread about Gwen and couldn't help but post.
    And great you did join da club, Jackson, welcome and don't feel bad about it. Now everybody knows that Miss Guthrie has her place in the gallery of the greats! Sorry that I can not find a clip of "Padlock".

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    Quote Originally Written by buckaroo View Post
    Don't forget 'Joyriders' and 'Thrill Me'. :D
    Quote Originally Written by Energyguy View Post
    8)

    Joyriders ! Great track
    Maaan, i'm seriously passing out here ! :icon_lol:
    These are the 2 tracks from that album of her which i've been playing on heavy rotation through the years,
    and it's a TRIP to see other fans of these jams, for real.
    Yeah, "Joyriders" is a slammin' composition/production by the team of Brian Alexander Morgan and Shelley Scruggs.
    The team produced for Johnny Kemp in the same year, and one year earlier they released 2 awesome singles themselves :








    And "Thrill Me" is in the good tradition of the Mtume-sound,
    with Aurra/Mtume-keyboardist Philip Field who wrote and produced the track.
    That bass-synth in there is seriously infectious !

    Good news is that this album on which Deodato contributed too,
    is soon going to be released on a Japanese cd-pressing :

    Just For You [Limited Pressing]
    Gwen Guthrie
    Catalog No.: UICY-90991
    Format: CD
    Release Date: 2008/07/23
    Price: 1524yen (1600yen Tax incl.)
    [US$ 13.98]

    Just for You @ Amazon

    Just for You @ Amazon.co.uk

    Worth to check is Gwen's recording-debut with the group East Coast, on Encounter Records in 1973 :

    http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildat...r=330180492623

    The group was formed by Larry Blackmon from Cameo, and Cameo-keyboardist Gregory Johnson was also part of it.
    Soon after that album they formed Cameo.

    We miss ya Gwen
    Peace...
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    Last edited by Bernie; June 21st, 2008 at 04:32 PM.

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    i really want to hear this album.. the chances of it being put on CD must be a million to one.. it'll probably never happen.

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    Quote Originally Written by Videoskooter View Post
    Is everybody happy now? Can I go eat something??
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    Not to forget "Say yeah" (1984) by the Limit on which Gwen Guthrie featured on vocals.

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