Eugene Wilde
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Eugene Wilde is an American
R&B
singer and songwriter
, who had two #1
hits
on the US
R&B charts
in the 1980s.
, and grew up as part of a family group, La Voyage, playing in local clubs
. In the 1970s, the group became Tight Connection, and was later known as Simplicious. Broomfield also recorded
an album
with Curtom Records
in 1979 as a member of Today, Tomorrow, Forever.
On learning Broomfield's middle name was Eugene, his manager insisted that he go by that name professionally; the last name was inspired by Broomfield seeing an advertisement for a New York club named Wildflower's.
In 1984, Eugene Wilde joined Philly World Records, and wrote
and recorded
his first hit, "Gotta Get You Home Tonight
." It rose to #1 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
chart, and also made #18 on the UK Singles Chart
. After a couple of less successful follow-ups, he hit #1 again a year later with "Don't Say No Tonight
." He also had some lesser hits, including "Diana" (1986). His track "Personality" peaked at #34 in the UK
. Subsequent releases on the MCA
label, solo
and with the group Cabo Frio, were less successful.
In 1985, Wilde appeared in the film
Rappin'
with Joanna Gardner, where they performed the song, "First Love Never Dies," a duet that also appeared on the film's soundtrack
.
In 1987, he recorded a duet
with Sheena Easton
, "What If We Fall in Love," which appeared on Easton's album
, No Sound But a Heart
.
He later ran the independent label Wilde City Records in Florida.
Starting in the 1990s, Wilde found success behind the scenes as a songwriter, having penned "I'll Never Break Your Heart
" with Albert Manno for the Backstreet Boys
. He co-wrote album track "Dear Diary" with Jason Blume and Britney Spears
for Spears's 2000 album
, Oops!... I Did It Again
. He co-wrote the song "I Wish" with Peter Biker, and Kenneth Karlin and Carsten Schack (who are better known as the Danish
production/songwriting duo Soulshock & Karlin
) for Victoria Beckham
for her 2001 album, Victoria Beckham
- which was planned as Beckham's third single, a duet with Robbie Craig, but the release was canceled. The song was in the film Bend It Like Beckham
, whose title referenced Victoria's husband, David Beckham
.
In 2010, the Danish
production duo of Rob Hardt and Frank Ryle, known as Cool Million, released the title song of their new CD, "Back for More," with Wilde providing the lead vocal, announced with a teaser video via their YouTube account, rylehardtmillion. "Back for More" was written by Wilde with Hardt, Ryle, and his son Du Juan. This same group, along with Felix Luis Collazo II and Diane Williams, co-wrote another track, "Loose", which featured Wilde singing a duet with his sister Dee Dee Wilde and also had a teaser YouTube video.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
singer and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, who had two #1
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
hits
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
on the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
R&B charts
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
in the 1980s.
Career
Broomfield was born in West Palm Beach, FloridaWest Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...
, and grew up as part of a family group, La Voyage, playing in local clubs
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
. In the 1970s, the group became Tight Connection, and was later known as Simplicious. Broomfield also recorded
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
an album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
with Curtom Records
Curtom Records
Curtom Records was a record label started by Curtis Mayfield of The Impressions along with Impressions associate Eddie Thomas in 1968 although the name was used as early as 1963. The labels name was a combination of Mayfields first name and Thomas' surname...
in 1979 as a member of Today, Tomorrow, Forever.
On learning Broomfield's middle name was Eugene, his manager insisted that he go by that name professionally; the last name was inspired by Broomfield seeing an advertisement for a New York club named Wildflower's.
In 1984, Eugene Wilde joined Philly World Records, and wrote
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
and recorded
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
his first hit, "Gotta Get You Home Tonight
Gotta Get You Home Tonight
"Gotta Get You Home Tonight" is a 1984 single by Eugene Wilde. The ballad hit number-one on the U.S. R&B chart for a week in early 1985 and also peaked at number eighty-three on the Billboard Hot 100....
." It rose to #1 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
chart, and also made #18 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. After a couple of less successful follow-ups, he hit #1 again a year later with "Don't Say No Tonight
Don't Say No Tonight
Don't Say No Tonight is a 1985 single by Eugene Wilde. The single was his second number one on the R&B charts, where it spent three weeks at the top spot. The single was his most successful on both the R&B and pop charts.-Chart positions:...
." He also had some lesser hits, including "Diana" (1986). His track "Personality" peaked at #34 in the UK
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. Subsequent releases on the MCA
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
label, solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
and with the group Cabo Frio, were less successful.
In 1985, Wilde appeared in the film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Rappin'
Rappin'
Rappin is a 1985 film directed by Joel Silberg, written by Adam Friedman and Robert J. Litz and starring Mario Van Peebles. Van Peebles plays "Rappin' John Hood", an ex-convict, who attempts to save his neighborhood from developers and hoodlums...
with Joanna Gardner, where they performed the song, "First Love Never Dies," a duet that also appeared on the film's soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
.
In 1987, he recorded a duet
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
with Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
, "What If We Fall in Love," which appeared on Easton's album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, No Sound But a Heart
No Sound But a Heart
No Sound But a Heart was Sheena Easton's eighth studio album, released in 1987 on the EMI label. The album's original U.S. release was canceled but some copies were found stateside. The album was issued in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and other Asian markets. The album consisted of midtempo and ballad...
.
He later ran the independent label Wilde City Records in Florida.
Starting in the 1990s, Wilde found success behind the scenes as a songwriter, having penned "I'll Never Break Your Heart
I'll Never Break Your Heart
"I'll Never Break Your Heart" is a song written by singer-songwriters Eugene Wilde & Albert Manno and was the second single by the Backstreet Boys from their self-titled debut album...
" with Albert Manno for the Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys
The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band originally consisted of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys...
. He co-wrote album track "Dear Diary" with Jason Blume and Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
for Spears's 2000 album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Oops!... I Did It Again
Oops!... I Did It Again
Oops!...I Did It Again is the second studio album by American pop singer Britney Spears. The album was released on May 16, 2000 by Jive Records. The album became a commercial success after debuting at top position on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling over 1,319,193 units during its first week...
. He co-wrote the song "I Wish" with Peter Biker, and Kenneth Karlin and Carsten Schack (who are better known as the Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
production/songwriting duo Soulshock & Karlin
Soulshock & Karlin
Soulshock & Karlin is a duo of Danish record producers and songwriters, Carsten Schack and Kenneth Karlin. They have produced a large number of successful songs, including Monica's "Before You Walk out of My Life", Whitney Houston's "Heartbreak Hotel", JoJo's "Leave ", and Fantasia's "Truth Is"...
) for Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman. In the late 1990s, Beckham rose to fame with the all-female pop group Spice Girls and was dubbed Posh Spice by the July 1996 issue of the British pop music magazine Top of the Pops...
for her 2001 album, Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham (album)
Victoria Beckham is the self-titled debut and only album to date by British singer Victoria Beckham. It was released on 1 October 2001 by Virgin Records...
- which was planned as Beckham's third single, a duet with Robbie Craig, but the release was canceled. The song was in the film Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi first released in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha...
, whose title referenced Victoria's husband, David Beckham
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
.
In 2010, the Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
production duo of Rob Hardt and Frank Ryle, known as Cool Million, released the title song of their new CD, "Back for More," with Wilde providing the lead vocal, announced with a teaser video via their YouTube account, rylehardtmillion. "Back for More" was written by Wilde with Hardt, Ryle, and his son Du Juan. This same group, along with Felix Luis Collazo II and Diane Williams, co-wrote another track, "Loose", which featured Wilde singing a duet with his sister Dee Dee Wilde and also had a teaser YouTube video.
Studio albums
- Eugene Wilde (1984)
- "Lately" (6:48)
- "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" (5:17)
- "Let Her Feel It" (6:25)
- "Chey Chey Rule" (3:31)
- "Rainbow" (3:40)
- "Just Be Good to Me" (4:36)
- "Personality" (3:38)
- "Gold" (5:30)
- Serenade (1985)
- "Prelude-Serenade" (1:16)
- "Good and Plenty" (3:50)
- "30 Mins to Talk" (4:08)
- "There's No Way" (4:22)
- "Diana" (3:40)
- "Don't Say No Tonight" (4:15)
- "Are You Coming Over?" (5:15)
- "I Want You" (3:37)
- "Here I Go Again" (5:10)
- I Choose You (Tonight) (1989)
- "I Can't Stop (This Feeling)" (6:08)
- "Show Me the Way (To Your Heart)" (5:25)
- "I Choose You (Tonight)" (6:49)
- "Who's That Girl?" (4:50)
- "Ain't Nobody's Business" (4:45)
- "I'll Keep Calling" (5:05)
- "The Last Night" (5:07)
- "I Can't Take It" (6:13)
- How About Tonight (1992)
- "How About Tonight" (5:32)
- "If Only You Knew" (4:49)
- "Angel" (5:12)
- "Special Feelings" (5:31)
- "Whenever You're Ready" (5:44)
- "You Are So Beautiful" (5:20)
- "So in Love" (6:18)
- "Paradise" (4:49)
- "Loyal to You" (4:08)
- "Lost and Lonely" (4:51)
- "How About Tonight" (Quiet Storm Mix) (6:00)
- Get Comfortable (2011)
- "Comfortable" (4:52)
- "How Would I Know" (4:30)
- "Don't Stop" (3:26)
- "Catch Me (I'm Fallin')" (3:40)
- "Wonderful" (4:10)
- "I Swear" (3:55)
- "Gimme Sum Suga" (3:29)
- "Ridiculous" (3:48)
- "Hear Me Tonight" (3:47)
- "I'll Go With You" (3:37)
- "Beautiful" (3:58)
- "Tell Me" (4:40)
See also
- List of Soul Train episodes
- List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart
- R&B number-one hits of 1985 (USA)R&B number-one hits of 1985 (USA)These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1985:See also: 1985 in music, List of number-one R&B hits...
- R&B number-one hits of 1986 (USA)R&B number-one hits of 1986 (USA)These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1986:See also: 1986 in music, List of number-one R&B hits -Chart comparisons:*Seven songs reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart...
External links
- Eugene Wilde at IMDb
- Soulandfunkmusic.com entry
- "Got To Get You Home Tonight" lyrics
- [ Biography at Allmusic.com]
- http://www.eugenewilde.com which is same as Eugene Wilde at Celerity Records