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TKA is the best-selling Latin freestyle band in history. The group comprising a trio was prominent in the 1980s and early 1990s, particularly in New York City, Chicago, and Miami. Its members originally were Tony Ortiz, Louis "Kayel" Sharpe, and Ralph "Aby" Cruz—the original lead singer. Due to tension within the group between Kayel and Aby, the latter was later replaced by Angel "Love" Vasquez, which allowed Kayel to assume the lead vocals. The acronym TKA represents their collective initials. All of TKA's members are of Puerto Rican descent. Many Freestyle fans consider them the kings of that genre, although Kayel seemingly downplayed this label, having jokingly stated "There are no kings in freestyle. There is only one king in it—myself."
Slow Dance is a number-one R&B single by R. Kelly with Public Announcement, from the album Born into the 90's. The song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart and became a minor pop hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number forty-three. This was the second #1 R&B hit for Kelly; the previous being "Honey Love" from the same album.
Top of the World is a studio album released through Columbia Records by country singer Lynn Anderson in 1973. The album was produced by Anderson's husband Glenn Sutton.
Sheppard J. "Shep" Solomon is an American songwriter.
Michelle Robin Lewis is an American singer-songwriter who has released two solo albums. She has since worked as a songwriter for artists including Cher, Shawn Colvin, Hilary Duff, Kay Hanley and Kelly Osbourne.
"Street Beat" was a single released between Toni Basil's two solo albums in 1983. Without a music video, the single failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but it did peak at #63 on the Hot Dance Club Play. Nearly a year later the track would be released as part of Toni's self-titled second album Toni Basil.
"Come Get My Love" is the second single from freestyle group TKA's debut album Scars of Love in 1986. The woman on the cover of the single is India, who was a member of the group until the release of this single and then decided to pursue a solo career. In 1993, the song was released on CD single.
"Don't Be Afraid" is the sixth single from freestyle group TKA's debut album Scars of Love.
"One Way Love" is the first single from freestyle group TKA's debut album Scars of Love. The song appeared in the 1986 film Modern Girls.
Michael Edward Guerra, is an American virtuoso from California. He is a master of the Button accordion. He is also a music producer, studio musician and singer/songwriter. He was a founding member of the Grammy Award Winning group Los Tex Maniacs
"Después de Ti...¿Qué?" is a song written by Rudy Pérez and first recorded by Puerto Rican singer, José Feliciano in his album Ya Soy Tuyo (1985). In 1997, Mexican female trio Pandora covered the songs on their live album Hace Tres Noches Apenas. This version peaked at #30 on the Hot Latin Songs chart and #13 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart. In the same year, Cristian Castro covered the song on his fifth album, Lo Mejor de Mi, with Raúl di Blasio as the pianist. It was released in 1998 as the fourth and last single. In 2006, Feliciano and Castro recorded the song as a duet on Feliciano's collaboration album José Feliciano y Amigos.
"Soldier's Heart" is a 2001 song by R. Kelly. The song, written and produced by Kelly himself, is a tribute to the soldiers in America. It appeared on some European releases of "The World's Greatest" as a B-side. The song was later released as a single in 2003 and appeared on Second official compilation album called My Diary released in 2005, renamed "Front Line". Kelly donated all the proceeds from this song to the families of the American Soldiers. The song peaked at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
"I'll Be by Your Side" is the third single from the album Love & Emotion, released by Freestyle music singer Stevie B in 1991. Although it didn't achieve the same success as the previous single, "Because I Love You ", the song peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the Top 40 in Canada, peaking at No. 38.
"A Day in My Life " is the second single from the album Together Forever, released by singer of hip-hop and freestyle music Lisette Melendez in 1991. Although it has not achieved the same success of the previous single, the song was close to becoming a hit, reaching No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 9, 1991. In Canada, the song remained on the chart for a week of dance songs, peaking at No. 10.
Scars of Love is the debut studio album by American Latin freestyle group TKA, released on October 11, 1987 through Tommy Boy Records. The album spawned six singles, the first, "One Way Love," was the most successful single, which reached number 75 on the US Billboard Hot 100. No other single from this album managed to enter the Hot 100, although all of them the Top 30 of the Billboard Dance Club Songs. The album reached number 135 on the Billboard 200 in 1988.
"Tears May Fall" is a song from the album Scars of Love, released as a single by the freestyle music group TKA in 1987. The song peaked at No. 6 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the United States, becoming the second most successful single from the album.
"X-Ray Vision" is a song written by Pete Sinfield and Terry Taylor and first recorded by Moon Martin from his album Mystery Ticket. It was later covered by the freestyle music group TKA, released as a single from the album Scars of Love in 1988. Their cover of the song reached No. 26 on the Billboard dance/club play chart. A music video was also produced for the song.
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