Tight Fit, the Glossary
- ️Wed Aug 27 2003
Tight Fit are an English pop group who had several hits in the early 1980s, including a UK No.1 for three weeks with their cover version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in 1982.[1]
Table of Contents
58 relations: ABBA, Almighty Records, Ö3 Austria Top 40, Baltimora, Billboard Hot 100, British Phonographic Industry, Bronski Beat, City Boy (band), Concert tour, Cover version, Dance Club Songs, Demon Music Group, Denise Gyngell, Doctor in Distress (song), Dutch Single Top 100, Elton John, Emperor Rosko, Epic Records, Eurovision Song Contest, Fantasy Island (The Millionaires song), GfK Entertainment charts, Hit song, Irish Recorded Music Association, Jimmy McShane, Jive Records, Kent Music Report, Kiss Me, Kate, Lists of UK singles chart number ones, Love the One You're With, Martin Page, Medley (music), Miss Saigon, Music recording certification, New wave music, Nightclub, Official New Zealand Music Chart, On the Town (musical), Pineapple Dance Studios (TV series), Royalty payment, Sky UK, Smash Hits, Sound recording and reproduction, Stars on 45, Stephen Stills, Stock Aitken Waterman, Sverigetopplistan, Swiss Hitparade, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, The Millionaires (band), ... Expand index (8 more) »
ABBA
ABBA are a Swedish pop supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
Almighty Records
Almighty Records is an English electronic dance music record label established in 1989.
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Ö3 Austria Top 40
Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Tuesdays on Hitradio Ö3.
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Baltimora
Baltimora was an Italian music project from Milan, active from 1984 to 1987.
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
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British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association.
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Bronski Beat
Bronski Beat were a British synth-pop band formed in 1983 in London, England.
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City Boy (band)
City Boy were an English rock band formed in the mid-1970s.
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Concert tour
A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations.
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Cover version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song.
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Dance Club Songs
Dance Club Songs was a chart published weekly between 1976 and 2020 by Billboard magazine.
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Demon Music Group
Demon Music Group Limited (DMG; formerly Object Enterprises Limited from 19821991 and Music Collection International Limited from 19912000) is a record company owned by BBC Studios that is mainly concerned with back-catalogue rights and re-issuing recordings as compilations on physical media (CDs and vinyl) via supermarkets and specialist stores.
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Denise Gyngell
Denise Gyngell (born 30 August 1961) is a Welsh singer, actress and model.
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Doctor in Distress (song)
"Doctor in Distress" is a pop song related to the BBC television programme Doctor Who.
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Dutch Single Top 100
The Dutch Single Top 100 or Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales, legal downloads and since July 2013 streaming and composed by Dutch Charts.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist.
Emperor Rosko
Michael Joseph Pasternak (born 26 December 1942), known by his stage name Emperor Rosko, is an American presenter of rock music programmes, most widely known for his shows on Radio Caroline and BBC Radio 1 in the UK in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.
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Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.
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Fantasy Island (The Millionaires song)
"Fantasy Island" is a song by Dutch pop group The Millionaires, released as a single in March 1982.
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GfK Entertainment charts
The GfK Entertainment charts are the official charts for music, home video, and video games in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on behalf of.
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Hit song
A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single or simply hit, is a recorded song or instrumental that becomes broadly popular or well-known.
Irish Recorded Music Association
The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) is a non-profit association set up in 1999 to promote certain interests of the music industry in Ireland.
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Jimmy McShane
James Harry McShane (23 May 1957 – 29 March 1995) was a Northern Irish singer who held both British and Italian citizenship.
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Jive Records
Jive Records (later stylized as JIVE Records) was a British-American independent record label founded by Clive Calder in 1981 as a subsidiary of the Zomba Group.
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Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music historian David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999.
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Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack.
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Lists of UK singles chart number ones
The UK Singles Chart is a weekly record chart which for most of its history was based on single sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom.
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Love the One You're With
"Love the One You're With" is a song by American folk rock musician Stephen Stills. It was released as the lead single from his debut self-titled studio album in November 1970. The song, inspired by a remark Stills heard from musician Billy Preston, became his biggest hit single, peaking at No.
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Martin Page
Martin George Page (born 23 September 1959) is an English singer-songwriter and bassist.
Medley (music)
In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces played one after another, sometimes overlapping.
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Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon is a sung-through stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera Madama Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover.
Music recording certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.
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New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s.
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Nightclub
A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment.
Official New Zealand Music Chart
The Official New Zealand Music Chart (Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua o Aotearoa) is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand).
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On the Town (musical)
On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free, which he had set to Bernstein's music.
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Pineapple Dance Studios (TV series)
Pineapple Dance Studios is a docusoap which aired on Sky1 during 2010.
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Royalty payment
A royalty payment is a payment made by one party to another that owns a particular asset, for the right to ongoing use of that asset.
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Sky UK
Sky UK Limited, trading as Sky is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television, internet, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom.
Smash Hits
Smash Hits was a British music magazine aimed at young adults, originally published by EMAP.
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.
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Stars on 45
Stars on 45 was a Dutch novelty pop act that was successful in Europe, the United States, and Australia in the early 1980s.
Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Manassas. As both a solo act and member of three successful bands, Stills has combined record sales of over 35 million albums. He was ranked number 28 in Rolling Stones 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"Rolling Stone 2003-08-27.
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Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman (abbreviated as and pronounced from SAW) are an English songwriting and record production trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman.
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Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening).
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Swiss Hitparade
The Swiss Hitparade (Schweizer Hitparade) is Switzerland's main music sales charts.
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall.
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song originally written and first recorded in 1939 by Solomon Linda under the title "Mbube", through South African Gallo Record Company.
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The Millionaires (band)
The Millionaires were a Dutch pop group founded 1968 best known for their song at the Nationaal Songfestival of 1982, "Fantasy Island".
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The Rocket Record Company
The Rocket Record Company is a record label founded by Elton John, along with Bernie Taupin, Gus Dudgeon, Steve Brown and others, in 1973.
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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.
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Tight Fit (album)
Tight Fit is the second album by British pop group Tight Fit, released in 1982.
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Tim Friese-Greene
Timothy Alan Friese-Greene is an English musician and producer.
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Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops (TOTP) is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006.
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UK Albums Chart
The Official UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tight_Fit
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