Portrait of Carrie

Last updated
Portrait of Carrie
Carrie Lucas Portraits Of Carrie cover.jpg
Studio album by Carrie Lucas
Released 1980
Recorded 1980
Genre Soul, disco, boogie
Label SOLAR Records
Producer Dick Griffey Leon Sylvers III
Carrie Lucas chronology
Carrie Lucas in Danceland
(1979)
Portrait of Carrie
(1980)
Still in Love
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Portrait of Carrie is the fourth album by Carrie Lucas. Released in 1980 on the SOLAR Records label.

Carrie Lucas is an American R&B musician, born in Carmel, California. In 1976 she was signed to Soul Train Records. Lucas made six albums over seven years with Soul Train and Solar Records. According to records at the Los Angeles, County Clerk's Office she and Soul Train Records and Solar Records founder Dick Griffey were married on November 13, 1974 until his passing in 2010.

SOLAR Records record label

SOLAR was an American record label founded in 1977 by Dick Griffey, reconstituted out of Soul Train Records only two years after it was founded with Soul Train television show host and creator Don Cornelius.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "It's Not What You Got (It's How You Use It)" 6:26
  2. "Lovin' Is on My Mind" 4:07
  3. "Career Girl" 6:52
  4. "Use It or Lose It" 4:44
  5. "Fashion" 6:42
  6. "Just a Memory" 5:54
  7. "I Gotta Keep Dancin' (Keep Smiling) [12" Version]" 7:38

Album

YearAlbumChart positions [2] Record label
US US
R&B
1980Portrait of Carrie18557SOLAR Records

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [3]
US US
R&B
US
Dance
1980"I Gotta Keep Dancin' (Keep Smiling)"10
"It's Not What You Got (It's How You Use It)"74

Related Research Articles

<i>Keep the Faith</i> (Faith Evans album) 1998 studio album by Faith Evans

Keep the Faith is the second album by American singer Faith Evans. It was released on Bad Boy Records and peaked at number 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The album has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Toni Braxton discography discography

The discography of American recording artist Toni Braxton consists of eight studio albums, five extended plays, six compilation albums, two remix albums, thirty singles and twenty-two music videos. Braxton was born in Severn, Maryland on October 7, 1967. Her mother, an opera vocalist, encouraged Braxton and her four sisters to sing in church at a young age. In 1990, songwriter Bill Pettaway discovered the sisters and helped them obtain a record deal with Arista Records, as the group titled The Braxtons; the group's debut single, "Good Life", was released the same year. Although the song failed to chart, Braxton's voice caught the attention of producers, L.A. Reid and Babyface, who signed her to their newly formed LaFace Records. In 1991, Braxton recorded songs for the soundtrack album of 1992 Eddie Murphy film Boomerang. Her solo debut single, "Love Shoulda Brought You Home", reached the top-thirty of the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart and the top-five of the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Two years later, her self-titled debut album was issued through LaFace. The album topped the United States Billboard 200 and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and was certified eight-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It spawned four singles, including "Breathe Again", which peaked within the top-ten in the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The album sold over ten million copies worldwide.

<i>You Know How to Love Me</i> 1979 studio album by Phyllis Hyman

You Know How to Love Me is the fourth album by American soul singer-songwriter Phyllis Hyman. It was released by Arista Records in 1979, and produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas.

Carrie Underwood discography discograpty

American singer and songwriter Carrie Underwood has released six studio albums and 31 singles. Underwood rose to fame after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Her debut album, Some Hearts, was released in 2005 and is the fastest-selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history. It also became the best-selling solo female country debut in Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) history, as well as the top-selling debut album of any American Idol contestant in the United States.

<i>Remix Collection</i> (CeCe Peniston album) 1994 remix album by CeCe Peniston

Remix Collection is a rare CD only released in Japan containing special alternate versions of songs from CeCe Peniston's first two albums Finally and Thought 'Ya Knew. Many of these versions were exclusively available on vinyl and were never released on CD. The album featured nine alternate versions previously available only on vinyl and was issued on CD in Japan in 1994.

<i>Carnival Ride</i> 2007 studio album by Carrie Underwood

Carnival Ride is the second studio album by American country music recording artist Carrie Underwood. It was released in the United States on October 23, 2007, by Arista Nashville. On this album, Underwood was more involved in the songwriting process; she set up a writers' retreat at Nashville's famed Ryman Auditorium to collaborate with such Music Row tunesmiths as Hillary Lindsey, Craig Wiseman, Rivers Rutherford, and Gordie Sampson.

I Told You So (Randy Travis song) 1988 single by Randy Travis

"I Told You So" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis from his 1987 album, Always & Forever. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard and Canadian RPM country singles charts in June 1988. Travis had first recorded it on his 1983 album Live at the Nashville Palace under his stage name "Randy Ray". It became a local hit and one of his most requested songs at the club. In 2007, the song was covered by Carrie Underwood on her album Carnival Ride. Her version was released in February 2009 and was re-recorded and re-released in March as a duet with Travis. Underwood's and Travis's duet peaked at number two on the U.S. country charts in 2009.

Mýa discography

American recording artist and actress Mýa began her career in the late 1990s. Her discography includes eight studio albums, one mixtape, three extended plays, twenty-eight singles, including ten as a featured artist, seventeen soundtrack appearances and thirty music videos on her former record labels Interscope, Universal Motown, Manhattan Recordings and Young Empire Music Group. Harrison has charted twelve entries on Billboard's Hot 100 and attained one number-one single, three top ten hits, six top twenty hits, and eight top forty hits altogether. As of October 2009, Harrison has sold seven million albums worldwide. According to Billboard magazine and Nielsen SoundScan, Harrison has sold over 3.2 million albums in the United States alone. In December 2009, Billboard listed her at the 97th position on their Hot 100 Artists of 2000s.

<i>Keep It Simple</i> 2008 studio album by Van Morrison

Keep It Simple is the thirty-third solo studio album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison. It was released on 17 March 2008 by Exile Productions Ltd./Polydor in the UK and on the Lost Highway Records label on 1 April 2008, in the U.S.. His previous studio album Pay the Devil was also released on the Lost Highway label, in March 2006. The album debuted at No. 10 on the US, UK and Canada charts and No. 7 on European Top 100 Albums. This album achieved Morrison's highest ranking in US charts.

<i>Live & More</i> (Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson album) 1980 live album by Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson

Live & More is a two-disc live album between Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson.

<i>Simply Carrie</i> 1977 studio album by Carrie Lucas

Simply Carrie is the debut album by Carrie Lucas. Released in 1977 on the Soul Train Records label.

<i>Carrie Lucas in Danceland</i> 1979 studio album by Carrie Lucas

Carrie Lucas In Danceland is the third album by Carrie Lucas, released in 1979 on the SOLAR Records label.

<i>Still in Love</i> (album) 1982 studio album by Carrie Lucas

Still in Love is the fifth album by Carrie Lucas. Released in 1982 on the SOLAR Records label.

<i>Horsin Around</i> 1984 studio album by Carrie Lucas

Horsin' Around is the sixth album and final album by Carrie Lucas. Released in 1984 on the Constellation label.

<i>The Whispers</i> (album) 1979 studio album by The Whispers

The Whispers is the ninth studio album by American R&B/soul vocal group The Whispers, released on October 20, 1979 by SOLAR Records. It was the first hit album for the veteran group, peaking at number one on the Billboard Top Soul LPs chart, as well as number six on the Billboard Top LPs chart.

<i>Stephanie</i> (album) 1981 studio album by Stephanie Mills

Stephanie is the fifth studio album by American recording R&B artist Stephanie Mills. It was released in 1981 and produced by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas. The album features hit song "Two Hearts" a duet with Teddy Pendergrass. By default, this fulfilled her contract with 20th Century-Fox Records. Stephanie was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1982 24th Grammy Awards.

What You Need is the third album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1976, this was their second album for Fantasy Records.

<i>In Search of the Rainbow Seekers</i> 1980 studio album by Mtume

In Search Of The Rainbow Seekers is a 1980 album by R&B group Mtume. This was their second album on the Epic Records label.

<i>Romantic Journey</i> 1977 studio album by Norman Connors

Romantic Journey is an album released in 1977 by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors. The album charted at number ten on the jazz albums chart.

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Carrie Lucas US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  3. "Carrie Lucas US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-04-03.