Black Singles Record/radio hits
The following are the top recordings as they appear in this week's issue of Billboard magazine. Copyright 1990, Billboard Publications, Inc. Reprinted with permission. The college/alternative chart is supplied courtesy of Radio & Records' National Airplay Overview. *Gold (More than 500,000 singles sold). **Platinum (More than 1 million units sold).COUNTRY SINGLES 1. Love Without End, Amen, George Strait (MCA) 2. Walk On, Reba McEntire (MCA) 3....
Black Singles MANHATTANS
The Manhattans, Too Hot to Stop It (Columbia FC 39277): Twenty-one years in the business and the Manhattans still haven't done much that sounds funky or modern. They are singing soul -- anachronistically, some would say -- in the '80s. Their music isn't ruled by the electronic sounds that supposedly make some modern rhythm 'n' blues hip. This vocal quartet survives on romance and doo-wop. Quite nicely, I might add: The...
Black Singles E-MAIL GETS A MAKEOVER,
GOOGLE RAISES THE STAKES WITH TOP-NOTCH GMAIL
Google has been catching flak from all sides lately over its plans to launch an e-mail service that scans people's messages for advertising purposes.But the debate has largely obscured the fact that the Mountain View Web search company has turned out a top-notch Web mail service. I've been playing with Gmail for more than a week now. And while it has its pitfalls, Gmail has significantly raised the bar for Web mail. User interface experts know that little things...