Evelyn "Champagne" King - Collection: 15 albums (1977/2007)

• Title: Collection
  
• Year Of Release: 1977/2007
  
• Genre: R&B, Soul/Funk, Disco
  
• Quality: mp3 / VBR-320 kbps
  
• Total Time: 12:21:31
  
• Total Size: 1,33 GB (+5%rec.)
  
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R&B singer Evelyn "Champagne" King came to fame during the disco era and remained prominent through much of the '80s with over two dozen charting singles. Born July 1, 1960, in the Bronx, she had a showbiz lineage. Her uncle was actor/singer/dancer Avon Long, who first played Sportin' Life in the play Porgy and Bess and later starred in the '70s play Bubblin' Brown Sugar. Her father, Erik King, was a singer and often augmented groups that appeared at New York's Apollo Theater. By her teens, King had relocated to Philadelphia with her mother, and began singing in several groups. For a teenager, King's voice was quite mature. Many at first thought she was a grown woman.

Smooth Talk While working one night at Philadelphia International Records' recording base, producer T. Life overheard some tantalizing vocals coming from a washroom. There he discovered 16-year-old Evelyn King and her mother, who were doing cleaning work. Signing the singer to a production deal and a contract with RCA, Life's first single with her was "Dancin' Dancin' Dancin'," but it was a later single, called "Shame," that gave her career-launching success. The extended mix gained significant club and radio play and pushed the song into the Top Ten on the R&B and pop charts by spring 1978. The follow-up, "I Don't Know If It's Right," also went gold, peaking at number seven R&B, number 23 pop in fall 1978. The parent album, Smooth Talk, reached number 14 on the Billboard 200 and went gold.
Music Box After two more LPs made with T. Life, Music Box (1979) and Call on Me (1980), King teamed with the trio of Kashif, Paul Lawrence, and Morrie Brown for I'm in Love (1981) and Get Loose (1982). Each album featured a number one R&B hit, namely "I'm in Love" and "Love Come Down." Although she continued to record for RCA with a number of accomplished producers, including the System, Leon Sylvers III, and René & Angela, she did so with diminishing commercial results. She subsequently signed to EMI-Manhattan, where she released Flirt (1988), which included the tender ballad "Kisses Don't Lie," along with a cut recorded with Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken, a duo who later facilitated the rise of Rihanna. The Girl Next Door (1989) continued a long-term association with Sylvers, along with some tracks recorded with house producers Marshall Jefferson and Ten City, but was a failure sales-wise.
Open BookKing continued to perform but recorded only one album during each of the two decades that followed. I'll Keep a Light On (1995) was released on the U.K.-based Expansion label, and Open Book (2008), on which the singer was joined by the likes of Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden, and Jerry Hey, was issued independently in the U.S. During the late 2000s and early 2010s, all of her studio albums through Flirt were reissued on compact disc, and there were anthologies of varying scope, including Action: The Evelyn "Champagne" King Anthology 1977-1986 (BBR, 2014), the download/streaming-only The Essential Evelyn "Champagne" King (Legacy, 2015), and The Complete RCA Hits and More (Real Gone, 2016).


Tracks:



1977 - Smooth Talk

01 - Smooth Talk
02 - I Don't Know If It's Right
03 - Till I Come Off the Road
04 - Dancin', Dancin', Dancin'
05 - Shame
06 - Nobody Knows
07 - We're Going to a Party
08 - The Show Is Over
09 - Shame (12" Disco Mix) (Bonus Track)
10 - I Don't Know If It's Right (12" Disco Mix) (Bonus Track)
11 - Shame (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
12 - I Don't Know If It's Right (Single Version) (Bonus Track)



1979 - Music Box

01 - Music Box
02 - Let's Start All Over Again
03 - Out There
04 - No Time For Fooling Around
05 - Steppin' Out (Part 1)
06 - Steppin' Out (Part 2)
07 - Make Up Your Mind
08 - I Think My Heart Is Telling
09 - It's Ok



1980 - Call on Me

01 - Let's Get Funky Tonight
02 - Your Kind Of Loving
03 - Call On Me
04 - I Need Your Love
05 - Talk Don't Hurt Nobody
06 - Just A Little Bit Of Love
07 - Bedroom Eyes
08 - Universal Girl



1981 - I'm in Love

01 - I'm In Love
02 - If You Want My Lovin'
03 - Don't Hide Our Love
04 - What Are You Waiting For
05 - Spirit of the Dancer
06 - The Other Side of Love
07 - I Can't Take It
08 - The Best Is Yet to Come
09 - I'm In Love (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
10 - If You Want My Lovin' (UK Single Version) (Bonus Track)
11 - Don't Hide Our Love (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
12 - Spirit of the Dancer (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
13 - I'm In Love (12" Dance Mix) (Bonus Track)



1982 - Get Loose

01 - Love Come Down
02 - I Can't Stand It
03 - Betcha She Don't Love You
04 - Get Loose
05 - Back To Love
06 - Stop That
07 - Get Up Off Your Love
08 - I'm Just Warmin' Up



1983 - Face to Face

1. Action
2. Face To Face
3. Shake Down
4. Tell Me Something Good
5. Don't It Feel Good
6. Makin' Me So Proud
7. Givin' you My Love (What Cha Gonna Do With It)
8. Teenager
9. Let's Get Crazy
Bonus Tracks
10. Shake Down (12" M+M Dub Version)
11. Teenager (12" Remix)
12. Action (Single Mix)
13. Shakedown (Single Mix)
14. Teenager (Single Mix)
15. Shake Down (12" M+M dance remix)



1984 - So Romantic

01 - Show Me (Don't Tell Me)
02 - Heartbreaker
03 - Till Midnight
04 - Just For The Night
05 - Give Me One Reason
06 - Out Of Control
07 - Talking In My Sleep
08 - I'm So Romantic
09 - So In Love



1985 - A Long Time Coming (A Change Is Gonna Come)

01 - Chemistry Of Love
02 - A Change Is Gonna Come
03 - Spellbound
04 - If You Find The Time
05 - Slow Down
06 - If I Let Myself Go
07 - Your Personal Touch
08 - I'm Scared
09 - High Horse
10 - Your Personal Touch (Dance Remix) (Bonus Track)
11 - Take A Chance (Long Version) (Bonus Track)



1988 - Flirt

01 - Flirt
02 - You Can Turn Me On
03 - Kisses Don't Lie
04 - Stop It
05 - Hold On To What You've Got
06 - When Your Heart Says Yes
07 - Before The Date
08 - Whenever You Touch Me



1989 - The Girl Next Door

01 - The Girl Next Door
02 - Magnet
03 - Day To Day
04 - Cross Your Mind
05 - Footsteps In The Dark
06 - Do Right
07 - Lover Man
08 - Serious
09 - This Song
10 - Thief In The Night



1995 - I'll Keep A Light On

01 - Fascinated
02 - I Think About You
03 - I'll Keep A Light On
04 - It Doesn't Really Matter
05 - When It Comes Down To It
06 - Sweet Funky Thing
07 - A Lover I Can Love
08 - Starchild
09 - Love Is Love (All Over The World)
10 - It's Not That Kind Of Party
11 - In It For Me
12 - Hold Tight
13 - Shame '95 (Tommy Faragher Remix)



1997 - Let's Get Funky

01 - Shame
02 - Get Loose
03 - I'm In Love
04 - High Horse
05 - I Don't Know If It's Right
06 - Love Come Down
07 - Your Personal Touch
08 - If You Want My Lovin'
09 - Back To Love
10 - Betcha She Don't Love You
11 - Other Side Of Love
12 - I Need Your Love
13 - Music Box
14 - Let's Start All Over Again
15 - Till I Come Off The Road
16 - Let's Get Funky Tonight
17 - Till Midnight
18 - I Can't Stand It



2001 - Greatest Hits

01 - Shame
02 - I Don't Know If It's Right
03 - Music Box
04 - Out There
05 - Let's Get Funky Tonight
06 - I'm In Lovе
07 - Don't Hide Our Love
08 - Spirit Of The Dancer
09 - Love Come Down
10 - Betcha She Don't Love You
11 - Action
12 - Shake Down
13 - Teenager
14 - Just For The Night
15 - Out Of Control
16 - Till Midnight
17 - Your Personal Touch
18 - High Horse



2007 - Open Book

01 - Skillz
02 - Whole Lotta Yum Yum
03 - Open Book
04 - Standing On The Rock of Love
05 - Nobody Knows
06 - (You Deserve) An Academy Award
07 - Paradise
08 - True To My Boo
09 - Creepin'
10 - Not That Kinda Party
11 - The Dance
12 - The Dance (Soul Seekerz Mix Show)

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