Funky 4 + 1 was an American hip hop group from The Bronx , New York , composed of Jazzy Jeff, Sha-Rock (b. Sharon Green), D.J. Breakout, Guy Williams, Keith Keith, The Voice of K.K., and Rodney Cee (Stone). The group originally started with K.K Rockwell, Keith Caesar, Rahiem and Sha Rock, the rest of the members joined at later times. The latter two members also performed together as the duo Double Trouble, notably in the film Wild Style . They were the first hip hop group to receive a record deal, as well as the first to perform live on national television. The group was also the first to start selling their records commercially. The group was also notable for being the first to have a woman MC , Sha-Rock.
21-427: "That's the Joint" was interpolated from A Taste of Honey's "Rescue Me". Music critic Robert Christgau of The Village Voice named it the best song of the 1980s. In his 1981 review of the single, Christgau gave it an A rating and wrote of its musical significance: The instrumental track, carried by Sugarhill bassist Doug Wimbish , is so compelling that for a while I listened to it alone on its B-side version. And
42-529: A duet, was in many of his compositions which included five sonatas ; a set of variations , two performers and one instrument, and a sonata for two pianos. The first published sonata or duet was in 1777. In Renaissance music , a duet specifically intended as a teaching tool, to be performed by teacher and student, was called a bicinium ( see Étude ). Duets have always been a part of the structure of operas . Early 16th-century operas such as L'Orfeo and L'incoronazione di Poppea involve duets throughout
63-549: A local music teacher, Anne-Marie LaMonde, in 1993, and became stepfather to her three children, Natalie, Marci and Gregory Pilkington. Kibble died in February 1999 of heart failure, at the age of 49. Donald Ray Johnson continues to live and play blues in Calgary, where he also married a local. Johnson released several blues albums under his own name. The following year, Janice-Marie Johnson released her second solo album, Hiatus of
84-408: A standard vocal duet, some songs have been written to be heard as conversations; for example, " Baby, It's Cold Outside ". Other songs are performed around a theme; for example, New York City in " Empire State of Mind ". Occasionally, duets are an improvisation between artists; for example, " Under Pressure " by Queen and David Bowie . Bowie and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury reportedly composed
105-471: Is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony , as the performers take turns performing a solo section rather than performing simultaneously. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is a " piano duet " or " piano four hands ". A piece for two pianists performing together on separate pianos
126-452: Is a " piano duo ". "Duet" is also used as a verb for the act of performing a musical duet, or colloquially as a noun to refer to the performers of a duet. A musical ensemble with more than two solo instruments or voices is called a trio , quartet , quintet , sextet , septet , octet , etc. When Mozart was young, he and his sister Marianne played a duet of his composition at a London concert in 1765. The four-hand, described as
147-720: The Billboard Hot 100 in 1978, and sold two million copies. A Taste of Honey was awarded two platinum records for the single and album, and won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 20th Grammys on February 15, 1979. Janice–Marie Johnson calls the single her "lifeline" and credits Capitol Records executive, Larkin Arnold, with ensuring they owned their own publishing. Their subsequent disco releases, such as "Do It Good" (number 79 in 1979) from Another Taste , and "Rescue Me" (1980) failed to attract attention, and by 1980
168-622: The Heart . In 2004, Payne and Janice-Marie Johnson reunited for the first time in over twenty years to perform on the PBS specials Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion and My Music: Funky Soul Superstars . Janice-Marie Johnson was inducted in the Native American Music Association Hall of Fame in 2008. Guitarist Suzanne "Minnie" Thomas died on June 15, 2015, at the age of 60. Duet (music) A duet
189-758: The Hot 100. A Taste of Honey released their fourth and final album, Ladies of the Eighties in 1982. It featured their final Billboard Hot 100 single, "I'll Try Something New" (number 41). This cover of the Smokey Robinson and the Miracles hit from 1962 also went to number 9 on the R&;B charts and number 29 on the Adult Contemporary. While preparing to record their fifth album in 1983, Payne left
210-554: The Philippines, South Korea and Japan. Upon returning to Los Angeles, while playing in a nightclub , they were spotted by record producers, Fonce and Larry Mizell, who convinced Capitol Records' then vice-executive-producer, Larkin Arnold, to give them an audition. They signed a five-album contract, and billed themselves after Herb Alpert 's song, " A Taste of Honey ". The first single, " Boogie Oogie Oogie ", from their debut album A Taste of Honey , spent three weeks at number one on
231-438: The best known chart-toppers of the disco era, " Boogie Oogie Oogie ". After their popularity waned during the 1980s, Johnson went on to record as a solo artist and released the album One Taste of Honey . In 2004, Janice–Marie Johnson and Hazel Payne reunited to perform on the PBS specials Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion and My Music: Funky Soul Superstars . In 2022, A Taste of Honey featuring Janice-Marie kicked off
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#1732772875063252-527: The celebration of 50 years of impact in the music and entertainment industries. A Taste of Honey now consists of Janice-Marie Johnson and other accomplished musicians. The band was formed in 1972, A Taste of Honey hailed from Los Angeles , California , United States. The members of the band consisted of Janice-Marie Johnson (vocals, co-writer, bass), Carlita Dorhan (vocals, guitar), Perry Kibble (keyboards, co-producer, co-writer) and Donald Ray Johnson (drums). Longtime friends Kibble and Janice-Marie Johnson were
273-431: The group and Janice-Marie Johnson went on to record as a solo artist to fulfill contractual obligations, releasing One Taste of Honey , which produced the single "Love Me Tonight", a minor hit on the R&B chart. Payne went on to become an international stage actress. Upon moving to Calgary, Alberta , Canada, in the early 1990s to play in local night clubs and to write music for a television production, Kibble married
294-563: The group had become a duo consisting of Johnson and Payne. When recording their cover version of the Kyu Sakamoto song " Sukiyaki ", from their third album, Twice as Sweet (1980), they resisted suggestions to turn it into a dance tune. As a ballad it brought them their second and final major hit of their careers in 1981, when it reached number one on the Billboard R&;B and Adult Contemporary charts and number 3 on
315-463: The lyrics in a day by improvising together. Duets are also common in musical movies and musical theatre ; " Fit as a Fiddle " for the 1952 movie Singin' in the Rain and its corresponding play of the same name . In addition to traditional duets performed live—either in front of an audience or recorded in a studio—a so-called virtual duet can be created by having a singer (or musician) perform over
336-689: The original members of the band. Each had left a band to join forces, and after employing several drummers, they settled on Donald Johnson (no relation to Janice-Marie). Singer Greg Walker joined the band for a time before leaving in 1975 to join Santana . Carlita Dorhan left the band in early 1976, and Hazel Payne was added. A Taste of Honey began to improve its sound over a period of six years prior to being discovered by Capitol Records . Hitting major cities outside of Los Angeles, they also began doing USO tours, with spots in Spain, Morocco, Taiwan, Thailand,
357-442: The performance. In 17th-century Italy duets were often used in comic scenes within serious operas. In Baroque France the duet was popular in tragedies, such as songs of vengeance and confrontation. The love duet was characterized by singing in close harmonies of 3rds and 6ths, symbolizing unity after conflict. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, duets have been common in the popular music of their respective eras. In addition to
378-475: The rapping is the peak of the form, not verbally—the debut has funnier words—but rhythmically. Quick tradeoffs and clamorous breaks vary the steady-flow rhyming of the individual MCs, and when it comes to Sha-Rock , Miss Plus One herself, who needs variation?" Funky 4 + 1 was the first hip hop group to appear on a national television show; on February 14 (Valentine's Day) 1981 they performed on Saturday Night Live hosted by Blondie's Debbie Harry . The group
399-580: The same song. Virtual duets may also be done live via video link (such as Shaun Escoffery duetting with the late Eva Cassidy 's videotaped performance of " Over the Rainbow " in honour of the late Sir Terry Wogan ) or be constructed manually from two pre-existing recordings, generally where each singer/musician can have their own isolated audio channel in the form of a stem . Entire albums of virtual duets have been created, including albums by Frank Sinatra ( Duets and Duets II ) . Theoretically,
420-668: The top of a pre-existing recording. Such a duet is a form of overdubbing . A virtual duet is sometimes done when the singer (or musician) of the original recording is deceased; for example, a live performance by Paul McCartney on " I've Got a Feeling " with an isolated vocal recording of John Lennon from The Beatles ' famous rooftop performance , or a recording of Judy Garland being dubbed over by her daughter Lorna Luft on " Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas ". It can also be done with an earlier version of oneself (such as Yusuf / Cat Stevens on " Father And Son "); incidentally, Ronan Keating did his own virtual duet with Yusuf on
441-513: Was subsequently asked by Harry to open up for Blondie on tour, but were forbidden to do so by Sugarhill Records ' CEO, Sylvia Robinson . In 2008, its song " That's The Joint " was ranked number 41 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. A Taste of Honey (band) A Taste of Honey is an American recording act, formed in Los Angeles , California in 1972 by associates Janice-Marie Johnson and Perry Kibble. In 1978, they had one of
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