Yazz
Yazz (* 19th May 1960 in Shepherd's Bush , London as Yasmin Evans ) is a British singer , keyboard player and song writer .
Life
Yasmin Evans began her musical career in the late 1970s as a singer in the band Biz. The daughter of a Jamaican and a British woman then worked as a model for several years before joining the Coldcut group in 1987 . Doctorin 'the House was established in early 1988, a top 10 - hit in the UK and a top 20 hit in Germany .
In mid-1988 she started a solo career. Right at the start she achieved her greatest success with The Only Way Is Up , a cover version of the 1980 song by Otis Clay . The song, which combined elements of pop and house , became a number one hit in the UK and ranked number three on the German charts . Other top 10 singles were Stand Up for Your Love Rights and Fine Time . With Where Has All the Love Gone? and Treat Me Good , Yazz reached top 20 positions in the UK charts in 1989 and 1990.
By spring 1997, six other singles entered the British charts, although they only made it to middle positions. Among them was the title How Long , published in mid-1993 , a collaboration with the British reggae band Aswad , which also became a chart hit in Germany. Four follow-up singles rose to the UK charts, but it was no longer enough for top positions. Later publications went largely unnoticed.
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | CH | UK | |||
1988 | Wanted |
DE35 (16 weeks) DE |
CH19 (3 weeks) CH |
UK3 × 2
(30 weeks)UK |
First published: November 1988
|
1989 | The 'Wanted' Remixes! | - | - |
UK53 (2 weeks) UK |
First published: November 1989
|
More albums
- 1992: One True Woman
- 1994: One on One
- 1997: The Natural Life
- 2001: At Her Very Best and All the Greatest Hits (compilation)
- 2002: Tribute to Burt Bacharach and Hal David
- 2008: Running Back to You
- 2011: This Is Love
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | Dance | |||
1988 | Doctorin 'the House What's That Noise? |
- | - | - |
UK6th
gold
(9 weeks)UK |
- |
Dance3 (10 weeks) Dance |
First release: February 1988
Coldcut feat. Yazz and the Plastic Population |
The Only Way Is Up Wanted |
DE3 (19 weeks) DE |
AT5 (12 weeks) AT |
CH2 (14 weeks) CH |
UK1 (15 weeks) UK |
US96 (4 weeks) US |
Dance2 (10 weeks) Dance |
First published: July 1988
as Yazz and the Plastic Population |
|
Stand Up for Your Love Rights Wanted |
DE10 (16 weeks) DE |
AT29 (2 weeks) AT |
CH7 (8 weeks) CH |
UK2
silver
(13 weeks)UK |
- |
Dance5 (8 weeks) Dance |
First published: October 1988
|
|
1989 | Fine Time Wanted |
DE32 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH25 (1 week) CH |
UK9 (8 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: January 1989
|
Where Has All the Love Gone? Wanted |
DE40 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK16 (6 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: March 1989
|
|
1990 | Treat me good |
DE55 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH28 (1 week) CH |
UK20 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
Dance7 (9 weeks) Dance |
First published: June 1990
|
1992 | One true woman | - | - | - |
UK60 (2 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: March 1992
|
1993 | How Long One on One |
DE52 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK31 (5 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: July 1993
with Aswad |
1994 | Have Mercy One on One |
DE86 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK42 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: March 1994
|
Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime One on One |
- | - | - |
UK56 (3 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: June 1994
|
|
1996 | Good Thing Going The Natural Life |
- | - | - |
UK53 (2 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: September 1996
|
1997 | Never Can Say Goodbye The Natural Life |
- | - | - |
UK61 (6 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: March 1997
|
1998 | Abandon me | - | - | - |
UK78 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
First published: 1996
|
More singles
- 1989: Wanted on the Floor Remix (12 "Promo)
- 1990: Yazz's Megamix
- 2001: Love Hangover
- 2009: The Only Way Is Up (Remixes)
literature
- Frank Laufenberg: Frank Laufenberg's rock and pop lexicon . Volume 2. ISBN 3-612-26207-6 .
swell
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Dance
- ↑ Gold / platinum database UK
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .
Web links
- Official website
- Yazz at Allmusic (English)
- Yazz at Discogs (English)
- Yazz at 45cat.com
- Biography at Taurus Press
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Yazz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Evans, Yasmin (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer, keyboardist and songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Shepherd's Bush , London |