1 Hit Wonder? GWEN GUTHRIE

[Videoskooter]

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=

[Zef]

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.

[paul]

Also, don't forget the club classic, It Shoulda Been You.

[Energyguy]

A great artist had had huge success commercially here in the UK. I also love the tracks "PADLOCK" & "SEVENTH HEAVEN"

[buckaroo]

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

[Energyguy]

8)

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

Joyriders ! Great track

[needlefingers]

And Hopscotch.

[FranceJoliFan]

My first Gwen Guthrie 12" single was Peanut Butter. And it's still my favorite.

[kdavid13]

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.

[Jackson9]

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

[Dayna]

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

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

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

[Dayna]

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

[Zef]

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.

xx
Z

[Dayna]

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
xo

[DonaldCleveland]

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.

[Videoskooter]

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!

[DonaldCleveland]

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.

[Videoskooter]

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!

AMAZON



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??

[Jackson9]

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.

[Videoskooter]

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".

[boogyjuice]

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

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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...

[Jackson9]

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.

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Is everybody happy now? Can I go eat something??

:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

[riddergeert]

Not to forget "Say yeah" (1984) by the Limit on which Gwen Guthrie featured on vocals.