November 19, 201510 yr I am a well-known 80's rocker with multiple platinum albums to my credit, however....did you know a song off my debut album is the most sampled song in Hip-Hop history, having been sampled over 230 times by such artist as Run-D.M.C, Big Daddy Kane, Jay-Z, Dizzee Rascal, U.T.F.O and Alicia Keys...just to name a few. Who am I??????? Billy Squire?
November 19, 201510 yr Billy Squire? If I can't name a single song off his debut album, I highly doubt any rappers can.
November 19, 201510 yr If I can't name a single song off his debut album, I highly doubt any rappers can. He had a lesser recognized (at the time) hit on his debut called "The Big Beat" that starts off with a big sounding beat. It was the tune that introduced me to him and has heavily been sampled by rap artists. I never heard it on the radio, but caught it early in his career a few times on either MTV, or maybe some late night music program like "Night Flight" on USA Cable. I can't locate the actual video that I saw years ago, but here he is in '81 performing it live.
November 19, 201510 yr If I can't name a single song off his debut album, I highly doubt any rappers can. Here's the studio version with a more pronounced beat to start the track off... [video=youtube;-2IBFxAmTFE]
November 19, 201510 yr Author If I can't name a single song off his debut album, I highly doubt any rappers can. Billy Squire is correct, believe it or not.
November 19, 201510 yr Author Billy Squire? If I can't name a single song off his debut album, I highly doubt any rappers can. Here's the evidence .......Samples of The Big Beat by Billy Squier | WhoSampled
November 23, 201510 yr Author Try this one boys and girls............. I am the first and only artist in history to have a Top 5 hit on five different Billboard charts consecutively, who am I?
November 23, 201510 yr Try this one boys and girls............. I am the first and only artist in history to have a Top 5 hit on five different Billboard charts consecutively, who am I? First name that comes to mind is Madonna.
November 23, 201510 yr Author First name that comes to mind is Madonna. I'm sorry, that is incorrect.
November 23, 201510 yr Try this one boys and girls............. I am the first and only artist in history to have a Top 5 hit on five different Billboard charts consecutively, who am I? Not totally understanding the question. Do you mean they have 5 straight top-5 hits? Or that they had a song that was top-5 on 5 different charts (say, rock, dance, pop, etc)?
November 23, 201510 yr Author Not totally understanding the question. Each song to hit the Top 5 made it on different charts.
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