Regina Richards & Red Hot
Regina Richards & red Hot
Regina Richards, who uses the stage name Regina, is a dance music singer born in Brooklyn New York. She is best known for her hit "Baby Love", which hit #10 on the Hot 100 in 1986.
At the time of the song's release, many people thought it was performed by another singer whose profile was on the rise from releasing dance/pop hits: Madonna. In fact, Regina co-wrote "Baby Love" with frequent Madonna collaborater Stephen Bray, and it was submitted to Madonna, who recorded a demo of it but did not develop it further - leaving it Regina and Bray to record themselves. Regina did, in fact, begin her recording career before Madonna's began, releasing an album with Regina & the Red Hots on A&M (followed by a solo single, "Deep Dreaming").
Robin Lane & The Chartbusters
Imitation Life
Inspired by L.A.'s folk-rock scene during the '60s, Robin Lane worked with Crazy Horse and sang backup vocals for Neil Young, but re-emerged in the early '80s as a new wave bandleader. Another comeback in the '90s featured a more stripped-back, folky sound reminiscent of Young himself.
Lane, born and raised in Los Angeles, was the daughter of a songwriter and an actress. She began performing in clubs around L.A. while still in her teens, and a hook-up with Crazy Horse led to her appearance on Neil Young's Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere album in 1969. During the '70s, she worked on her songwriting while living in Pennsylvania and later Massachusetts. By the end of the decade, she formed the Chartbusters with Leroy Radcliffe and Asa Brebner (formerly of the Modern Lovers) and signed with Warner Brothers. Her self-titled debut album featured the single "When Things Go Wrong," which scraped the national charts in July 1980. It was her only charting single, and Warner dropped her after the following year's Imitation Life.
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