Bad Of The Heart by George LaMond
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Topic: Bad Of The Heart by George LaMond
Posted By: Pat Downey
Subject: Bad Of The Heart by George LaMond
Date Posted: 02 July 2006 at 4:33pm
| There was a brief discussion of the 45 and LP version of this song way back when but I just pulled out the cassette single and compared it to the LP version and other than an early fade on the cassette single, I do not hear any difference between the two. Any input here? |
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 02 July 2006 at 5:00pm
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Pat:
Yes, it was eventually determined that the commercial single release of "Bad of the Heart" is indeed just an early fade of the LP. |
Posted By: Jeff H.
Date Posted: 04 July 2006 at 7:58pm
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What else is interesting about this song is that it was released twice, a couple of years apart. "Bad Of The Heart" was originally released not under singer George LaMond's name but under the moniker Loose Touch. The group also featured George's cousin Joey Kid, who had a solo hit on Atlantic called "Counting The Days" in 1990. It was released as a 12" single on the Ligosa Records label in 1988. It was written and produced by Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa, the guys who were well known for having produced Shannon's "Let The Music Play" a few years earlier. The first release of "Bad Of The Heart" was a huge hit both in latin dance clubs and on urban radio. But with no album or sizeable follow up hits, Loose Touch faded into obscurity.
Fast forward to 1990. Based on the big underground club success it has had during the 80's, Latin Freestyle finally hits the mainstream. Popular acts such as The Cover Girls, Sweet Sensation, Corina, and Lisette Melendez are all picked up by major labels, and have top 10 or top 40 hits around this time. Columbia Records reissues "Bad Of The Heart" but by George LaMond this time. The single peaks at #25 on the Hot 100. An album is quickly recorded and also released but only the follow up single "Look Into My Eyes" charts, hitting #63 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September of 1990. |
Posted By: cmmmbase
Date Posted: 04 July 2006 at 8:21pm
| actually, there was a third charted single from George LaMond's CD - a duet with Brenda K Starr "No Matter What" which hit #49 in January of 1991... |
Posted By: Jeff H.
Date Posted: 04 July 2006 at 11:36pm
| I forgot about that one. |
Posted By: torcan
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 6:20am
I must admit I have a fondness for this type of music and have records by all of the acts mentioned above. The Cover Girls went from independent label Fever to Capitol, and despite a top 10 single then surprisingly went immediately to Epic. I always wondered what happened to Sweet Senstation - they had a No. 1 hit "If Wishes Came True", and then disappeared. As far as I know, no follow-up was ever recorded. |
Jeff H. wrote:Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 1:23pm
Although you're right about no follow-up album (other than the remix project Time To Jam), didn't they release "Love Child" as their follow-up single, or did that come out before "Wishes"? |
Posted By: cmmmbase
Date Posted: 05 July 2006 at 4:01pm
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From Sweet Sensation's 1990 CD, the order of the singles:
Love Child (#13) If Wishes Came True (#1) Each And Every Time (#59) One Good Man (#72 airplay - no commercial single) |
Posted By: Jeff H.
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 12:08pm
Supposedly Sweet Sensation is still out there, touring the oldies circuit where they're still very popular in the Latin community. They have undergone a number of lineup changes since their heyday in the late 80's-early 90's. |