Angie Gold

Angie Gold
Also known asAngelina Kyte, Prima, Princess Paragon
Born
Angelina Fiorina Kyte
OriginEngland
GenresPop, R&B, disco
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years activeLate 1970s - 2000s
LabelsEpic, Kaleidoscope Records Limited, Alfa International, Passion, Klone Records, Nightmare Records
Formerly ofGirlfriends, Illusive, People Like Us, Stepsisters Suns of Shiva


Angie Gold (born Angelina Fiorina Kyte) is a British singer whose song "Eat You Up" was a dance hit in 1985.

Background

Born into a musical and artistic Italian family, at the age of eight she was already performing in clubs on weekends. At 17 she did her first TV show.

At the age of 22, she was a contestant on a Saturday night TV show called Search for a Star, where she was spotted by the CBS / Epic Sony record label and signed a contract with them.

Career

1970s

In 1978, Angie Gold released a single in Germany on Polydor. The title song, "Der schönste Tag" (English translation: "The most beautiful day"), was a previously unreleased adaptation of "If I Had Words".

1980s

She was pictured with Kaleidoscope Records Limited founder Robin Blanchflower after the completion of her debut single for the label, "Every Home Should Have One". She released the Gus Dudgeon-produced single titled on Kaleidoscope Records Limited. It appeared in the New Singles section of the 2 March 1981 issue of Record Business. The following week the single had debuted at No. 88 on the Record Business Airplay Guide chart. It was a "breaker / climber" Luxembourg, Trent and Beacon. It was a hit pick at Capital and on the main playlist or charting at Metro and BBC Scotland. The following week it had dropped down to No. 94. It was on the main playlist or charting at Metro and Swansea. It was also a hit pick and Plymouth. By 30 March it had moved up from No. 84 to No. 55. It was also on the main play list or charting at Metro, Swansea and Plymouth. By 6 April it had dropped down to No. 98. It was still on the main playlist or charting at Metro, Tees, Swansea and BBC Scotland.

After another single, she recorded her debut album, which was released in 1982.

Gold's second album, produced by Ben Findon, appeared later in the year. In 1982 with a song titled "Get It Over With"[citation needed] from that album she competed at the 11th Tokyo Music Festival (held at the Budokan), winning a "silver" award.

In May 1982, "Gold's single "Who Am I Kidding" bw "Now That the Party is Over" was released on Kaleidoscope KRL A2323. By 21 June the song was listed as a breaker and was a "breaker / climber" in Trent and Forth and on the man playlist at Swansea. It was still a breaker for the week of 28 June and 5 July. For the week of 12 July, the record debuted at No. 149 on the Record Business Bubbling Under Singles 101-150 chart. It peaked at No. 130 for the week of 26 July.

In 1985, she released a song titled "Eat You Up", which reached number 30 on the[which?] US Billboard disco chart. A Japanese-language cover of the song, titled "Dancing Hero", was released by Yōko Oginome as her seventh single. The original (published in Japan under the title "Suteki na High Energy Boy") was also popular there, spending four consecutive weeks at the very top of Oricon's International Singles Chart in early 1986.

Working with producer Nigel Wright, Gold recorded the Sela & Biddu composition "Applause". Backed with "Creature Of The Night", it was released on Passion PASH 62 in 1986. The single debuted at No. 14 on the Record Mirror Eurobeat chart for the week of 13 September 1986. It peaked at No. 2 for the week of 4 October. It was still in the chart at No. 24 for the week of 8 November.

In 1988, Gold became the new voice of the South-African Hi-NRG band People Like Us and recorded songs including "Resurrection" and "Two to Tango". She also recorded the ballad "Prayer for You", which was originally co-written by Cindy Dickenson.

1990s - 2000s

In late 2007, she reunited with Ian Levine (with whom she worked in the 1980s and 1990s, starting with the 1986 single "Applause" on Passion Records) to record a new song titled "No Pain No Gain" for the various artists album Disco 2008.

As of 2007–2009, she lived in the Canary Islands.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

  • Angie Gold (1982)
  • A Lady of Gold (1982)
  • Applause (1986)
  • Angie Gold (1988)

Compilation albums

  • The Best of Angie Gold (1995)

Albums with People Like Us

  • People Like Us (1988)

Singles

Year Title Charts Album
US
Dance

AUS
JPN Oricon
Int'l

1978 "Der schönste Tag" — — — Non-album single
1981 "Every Home Should Have One" — — — Angie Gold
"Love's Fool" — —
"A Woman's Intuition" — — A Lady of Gold
"Get It Over With" — 62
1982 "Who Am I Kidding" — — —
"Lucky in Love" — — Angie Gold
1985 "Eat You Up" 30 — 1 Applause
"Timebomb" — —
1986 "Applause" — —
1987 "Third Finger Left Hand" — — Non-album single
1988 "Haunted House" — — Angie Gold (1988)
1989 "Right Back in the Middle" — — Non-album single
1993 "Take My Breath Away" — —
1997 "I Finally Found Someone" (with Paul Parker) — —

References

  1. ↑ "Angie Gold interview". Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  2. 1 2 Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 17 April 1982. pp. 52–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. 1 2 3 "Angie Gold Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Angie Gold Biography". Angie Gold official website. Archived from the original on 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  5. ↑ "ultratop.be - Angie Gold - Der schönste Tag". Ultratop. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  6. ↑ Music Week, March 7, 1981 - Page 12 TALENT, KALEIDOSCOPE has signed singer Angie Gold, pictured with Kaleidoscope MD Robin Blanch/lower at the CBS studios shortly after completing her debut single, Every Home Should Have One (KRL A 1032).
  7. ↑ Music & Video Week, March 7, 1981 - Page 15 TALENT, KALEIDOSCOPE has signed singer Angie Gold
  8. ↑ Record Business, March 2, 1981 - Page 23 New Singles, ANGIE GOLD EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE/Let's Work It Out (Kaleidoscope)
  9. ↑ Record Business, March 9, 1981 - Page 18 Airplay Guide, 88 ⇧ ➖, EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE ANGIE GOLD, LUXEMBOURG B; CAPITAL ★; TRENT B; METRO A; BEACON B; BBC SCOTLAND A, A 1032, C, 15
  10. ↑ Record Business, March 16, 1981 - Page 19 Airplay Guide, 94 88, EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE ANGIE GOLD, METRO A; SWANSEA A; PLAYMOUTH ★, A 1032, C, 15
  11. ↑ Record Business, March 30, 1981 - Page 18 Airplay Guide, 55 ⇧ 84, EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE ANGIE GOLD, METRO A; SWANSEA A; PLYMOUTH A, A 1032, C, 15
  12. ↑ Record Business, April 6, 1981 - Page 19 Airplay Guide, 98 55, EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE ANGIE GOLD, METRO A, TEES A, SWANSEA, BBC SCOTLAND, A 1032, C, 15
  13. 1 2 "Angie Gold Discography". Archived from the original on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2019-12-07. Angie Gold (1982)
  14. ↑ Record Business, May 31, 1982 - Page 18 New Singles, ANGIE GOLD WHO AM I KIDDING/Now That The Party's Over Kaleidoscope 〇 KRL A2323 CBS ■
  15. ↑ Music Business, June 21, 1982 - Page 15 Airplay Guide, BREAKER, WHO AM I KIDDING ANGIE GOLD, TRENT B; FORTH B; SWANSEA A
  16. ↑ Music Business, June 28, 1982 - Page 15 Airplay Guide, BREAKER, WHO AM I KIDDING ANGIE GOLD
  17. ↑ Record Business, July 5, 1982 - Page 15 Airplay Guide, BREAKER, WHO AM I KIDDING ANGIE GOLD
  18. ↑ Record Business, July 5, 1982 - Page 7 Bubbling Under Singles 101-150
  19. ↑ Record Business, July 12, 1982 - Page 7 Bubbling Under Singles 101-150, 149, WHO AM I KIDDING ANGIE GOLD (KALEIDOSCOPE KRLA 2323)
  20. ↑ Record Business, July 19, 1982 - Page 7 Bubbling Under Singles 101-150,Bubbling Under Singles 101-150, 138, WHO AM I KIDDING ANGIE GOLD (KALEIDOSCOPE KRL A2323) (Note: Date wrong on page)
  21. ↑ Record Business, July 26, 1982 - Page 7 Bubbling Under Singles 101-150, 130, WHO AM I KIDDING ANGIE GOLD (KALEIDOSCOPE KRL A2323)
  22. ↑ Record Business, August 2, 1982 - Page 7 Bubbling Under Singles 101-150, 147, WHO AM I KIDDING ANGIE GOLD (KALEIDOSCOPE KRL A2323
  23. ↑ "ultratop.be - Angie Gold - Eat You Up". Ultratop. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  24. ↑ "80年代に日本人がカバーして大ヒットした元ネタ洋楽5曲!". OKMusic. 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  25. ↑ "オリコンのデータ協力による "全曲、80年代の週間オリコンチャートNo.1" の洋楽コンピが登場!". Sony Music Japan. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  26. ↑ 45cat - Angie Gold - Applause
  27. ↑ Record Mirror, September 13, 1986 - Page 34 W/E SEPTEMBER 13, 1986 EUROBEAT REGGAE INDIE SINGLES INDIE ALBUMS CHARTS
    E U R O B E A T, 14 —, APPLAUSE, Angie Gold, Passion 12in white label
  28. ↑ Record Mirror, October 4, 1986 - Page 44 W/E OCT 4, 1986 EUROBEAT REGGAE INDIE SINGLES INDIE ALBUMS CHARTS
    E U R O B E A T, 2 6, APPLAUSE, Angie Gold, Passion 12in
  29. ↑ Record Mirror, October 11, 1986 - Page 35 W/E OCT II, 1986 EUROBEAT REGGAE INDIE SINGLES INDIE ALBUMS CHARTS
    E U R O B E A T, 3 2, APPLAUSE, Angie Gold, Passion 12in
  30. ↑ Record Mirror,. November 8, 1986 - Page 39 W/E NOV 8, 1986 EUROBEAT REGGAE INDIE SINGLES INDIE ALBUMS CHARTS
    E U R O B E A T, 24 9, APPLAUSE, Angie Gold, Passion 12in
  31. 1 2 Ian Levine (2009-01-10). "Angie Gold - Eat You Up - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  32. ↑ Disco 2008 at Discogs
  33. ↑ Ian Levine (2019-05-27). "Angie Gold - You Take My Breath Away - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  34. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 127. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  35. ↑ "Eat You Up":
    "オリコンのデータ協力による "全曲、80年代の週間オリコンチャートNo.1" の洋楽コンピが登場!". Sony Music Japan. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2019-12-07.