Xaviera Gold
Encyclopedia
Xaviera Gold is a female African American
dance music
singer who is a former DJ
and mixer on Chicago
's WBMX
-FM. She hit in 1987 with Ralphi Rosario
on the song "You Used To Hold Me" under the name Xavier Gold (without the 'a' at the end). With Masters At Work
she went to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1993 with "Gonna Get Back To You". She had an additional Top 10 on the dance chart in 1994 as the featured vocalist on Ralphi Rosario
's track "You Used To Hold Me '94." "Good Luv" followed later that year and was a Top 30 dance hit.
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
singer who is a former DJ
Disc jockey
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and mixer on Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
's WBMX
WVAZ
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-FM. She hit in 1987 with Ralphi Rosario
Ralphi Rosario
Ralphi Rosario was a founding member of the influential Chicago DJ group, The Hot Mix 5. When this group formed in 1981 on radio station WBMX, Rosario, the youngest member of the group, was still in high school...
on the song "You Used To Hold Me" under the name Xavier Gold (without the 'a' at the end). With Masters At Work
Masters At Work
Masters at Work is the house/garage production and remix team of "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. They first worked together using the name, which had been given to them by mutual friend Todd Terry , in 1990...
she went to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1993 with "Gonna Get Back To You". She had an additional Top 10 on the dance chart in 1994 as the featured vocalist on Ralphi Rosario
Ralphi Rosario
Ralphi Rosario was a founding member of the influential Chicago DJ group, The Hot Mix 5. When this group formed in 1981 on radio station WBMX, Rosario, the youngest member of the group, was still in high school...
's track "You Used To Hold Me '94." "Good Luv" followed later that year and was a Top 30 dance hit.
Singles & EP's
- "You Used to Hold Me" (1987)
- "Gonna Get Back To You" (1992)
- You Used To Hold Me '94 (1994)
- Good Luv (1995)
- "Bad Girls" (1995)
- Walkin' Out Da Door (2007)
- Another Day (2008)
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart