Benford's law, also called the Newcomb–Benford law, the law of anomalous numbers, or the first-digit law, is an observation about the frequency distribution of leading digits in many real-life sets of numerical data. The law states that in many naturally occurring collections of numbers, the leading digit is likely to be small. In sets that obey the law, the number 1 appears as the leading significant digit about 30% of the time, while 9 appears as the leading significant digit less than 5% of the time. If the digits were distributed uniformly, they would each occur about 11.1% of the time. Benford's law also makes predictions about the distribution of second digits, third digits, digit combinations, and so on.
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.
Guy is an American hip hop, R&B and soul group founded in 1987 by Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Timmy Gatling. Hall's younger brother Damion Hall replaced Gatling after the recording of the group's self-titled debut album.
Vincent Grant Gill is an American country singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed him in high demand as a guest vocalist and a duet partner.
Aaron Robin Hall III is an American recording artist, songwriter, and record producer. Hall rose to prominence in 1988 as a member of the R&B and new jack swing group Guy, which he founded in the late '80s along with Teddy Riley and Timmy Gatling, who was later replaced by Hall's brother Damion Hall. In 1988 Guy released their debut album, which went on to sell over a million copies and was certified platinum. Hall provided lead vocals on songs like "Groove Me," "I Like," and "Piece of My Love."
Al Stillman(néAlbert Irving Silverman; 26 June 1901 Manhattan, New York – 17 February 1979 Manhattan, New York) was an American lyricist.
Jade is an American R&B girl group.
Sonya Walger is a British-American actress. She had starring roles in the short-lived sitcoms The Mind of the Married Man (2001-2002) and Coupling (2003) before landing her role as Penny Widmore in the ABC drama series Lost. Walger later starred on Tell Me You Love Me (2007), FlashForward (2009–2010), and Common Law (2012). In 2016, she began starring in the ABC series The Catch.
Ralph Tresvant is the self-titled debut album of Ralph Tresvant. The album was released in 1990 by MCA Records and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It went to number one on the Irish Albums Chart for 12 weeks, and on the Top R&B Albums chart for two weeks and peaked into the top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart. It features the number one single, "Sensitivity" along with two more top five R&B hits: "Do What I Gotta Do" and "Stone Cold Gentleman", which featured labelmate Bobby Brown.
"Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay" is a vaudeville and music hall song. The song's first known public performance was in Henry J. Sayers' 1891 revue Tuxedo, which was performed in Boston, Massachusetts. The song became widely known in the version sung by Lottie Collins in London music halls in 1892. The melody was later used in various contexts, including as the theme song to the television show Howdy Doody.
Reaction is the second album by American R&B singer Rebbie Jackson. The album was released on October 7, 1986 and spawned two mildly successful singles, "Reaction" and "You Send the Rain Away", a duet with Robin Zander. "Ticket To Love" was going to be released as the second single and received a very limited promo release before being cancelled in favour of "You Send the Rain Away". The album-only track "Tonight I'm Yours", a duet with Isaac Hayes, received substantial airplay but was not commercially released as a single.
What Comes Naturally is the tenth studio album by Scottish-born singer Sheena Easton, released in 1991 through MCA Records. This album includes Easton’s final US Top 20 hit to date, "What Comes Naturally", which remained on the pop chart for 10 weeks. The single reached number 4 in Australia, where the album also made the top 40. Other singles released were "You Can Swing It" and "To Anyone", both which failed to chart.
Jade to the Max is the platinum-selling debut album by American R&B group Jade, released in 1992. The album produced the hit singles "I Wanna Love You", "Don't Walk Away", "One Woman", and "Looking for Mr. Do Right". It also contains covers of two songs by the 1970s R&B trio The Emotions – "Don't Ask My Neighbor" and "Blessed".
Joey Lawrence is the debut album by American singer and actor Joey Lawrence, released on February 2, 1993 on MCA Records. It features a total of three singles; the biggest of which, the Lawrence co-written "Nothin' My Love Can't Fix", reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Special Kinda Love" is a single by The Jets, released on August 19, 1990. Written by Vassal Benford. It was released as a single from their greatest hits album, The Best of The Jets on the MCA label, the song was not nearly as successful as some other recordings by the group. It only reached number 83 on the R&B chart.
Gentleman Ruffin is an album solo album from Temptations singer, David Ruffin, and the final one before his death in 1991.
The Truth is the debut solo album by American R&B singer Aaron Hall,lead singer of Guy. The album reached #7 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums, #47 on the Billboards 200, and scored five hit singles: "Don't Be Afraid", "Get a Little Freaky with Me", "Let's Make Love", "I Miss You" and "When You Need Me".
The Very Best of Oleta Adams is a compilation album by American vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1996.
When You Need Me may refer to:
"Get It Tonight" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Erika Jayne featuring rapper Flo Rida. The single was released through a joint venture with Pretty Mess Records and New Nation Live label, distributed by Universal Music Group. The song was produced by Vassal Benford, whose credits include The Jets, Diplo, Toni Braxton and Jonas Blue.
