Karen Young (singer, March 1951)

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Karen Young (* 23. March 1951 in Philadelphia ; † 26. January 1991 ) was an American disco - singer and pianist . Her biggest hit was Hot Shot in 1978 .

biography

Karen Young grew up in a row house in Northeast Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . At first she worked as a jingle and background singer for local production companies. In the early 1970s she performed with the group Sandd.

Andy Kahn and Kurt Borusiewicz wrote, arranged and produced the song Hot Shot for Young in 1978 . Executive producer was Walter "Kandor" Kahn. With this single , the singer became an overnight star and reached # 1 on the Billboard Dance Music / Club Play Singles and # 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The disco anthem also made it into the charts in the United Kingdom (34th place) and Germany (42nd place) . In 1990 the song was part of the soundtrack for the film Die Affäre der Sunny von B. (OT: Reversal of Fortune ).

A remix of Hot Shot rose to number 68 in the British singles chart in 1997. You Don't Know What You've Got became the American's only other title in 1983 to reach a chart position in the United Kingdom (number 91). Young had other successes in the US dance charts: Bring on the Boys / Baby You Ain't Nothing Without Me , Deetour and Dynamite took middle places in 1982.

In 1979 Andy Kahn wrote the title Rendezvous with Me for Karen Young. The potential follow-up hit to Hot Shot was not fully produced. It wasn't until 2008 that the recordings reappeared. The MaxRoxx team, DJ Paul Goodyear and DJ Zathan Radix have now mixed new versions with the original soundtracks. The single was released in 2009.

Karen Young died on January 26, 1991 of a bleeding ulcer .

Discography

Albums

  • 1978: Hot Shot
  • 1994: The Best of Karen Young: Hot Shot (Compilation)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
1978 Hot Shot
Hot Shot 		DE42 (3 weeks)
DE 		UK34 (8 weeks)
UK 		US67 (13 weeks)
US 		R&B24 (15 weeks)
R&B 		Dance1 (19 weeks)
Dance
First publication: July 1978
Authors: Andy Kahn, Kurt Borusiewicz
Bring on the Boys /
Baby You Ain't Nothing Without Me
Hot Shot 		- - - - Dance31 (6 weeks)
Dance
First publication: 1978
Authors: Andy Kahn, Kurt Borusiewicz
1982 Dynamite
The Best of Karen Young: Hot Shot 		- - - - Dance69 (3 weeks)
Dance
First published: February 1982
Author: Walter Kahn
Deetour
The Best of Karen Young: Hot Shot 		- - - - Dance34 (13 weeks)
Dance
First published: May 1982
Author: Alice Cohen
1983 You Don't Know What You've Got (Till You Lose It)
 - UK91 (4 weeks)
UK 		- - -
First publication: May 1983
Authors: Debbie Stevens, Tom Uzzo, Walter Kahn
1997 Hot Shot '97
 - UK68 (2 weeks)
UK 		- - -
First release: November 1997
Remixes: Rollercoaster, Da Techno Bohemian
2008 Hot Shot 2007 - The Karen Young Reheat
 - - - - Dance7 (18 weeks)
Dance
First published: December 2007
Remix: Andy Kahn, Jon Current, Mitch Goldfarb, Susan Lazarus
2009 Rendezvous with Me
 - - - - Dance28 (3 weeks)
Dance
First published: March 15, 2009
Author: Andy Kahn
Remixes: Zathan Radix, Paul Goodyear, A2Z

More singles

  • 1980: God Bless America
  • 1980: One Sure Way
  • 1982: Expressway to Your Heart
  • 1983: You Don't Know What You Got
  • 1983: Hot for You
  • 1984: Come-a-Runnin '
  • 1987: Change in Me / Eye on You

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: Singles UK US1 US2
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0898201864 .
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Young, Karen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American disco singer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1991