Philip Joseph "Phil" Alvin (born March 6, 1953) is an American singer and guitarist. He is known primarily as the frontman of the roots rock band The Blasters.
Biography
Alvin grew up in Downey, California in a music-loving family where he and his younger brother Dave Alvin were exposed to blues, rockabilly, and country. Inspired and influenced by the music they grew up with, Phil and Dave formed the rock and roll band The Blasters in the late 1970s with fellow Downey residents Bill Bateman and John Bazz. The group released four studio albums between 1980 and 1985. While never achieving mass market success on the music charts, the group's recordings and concerts drew critical acclaim and a cult following across the United States and Europe.
In 1986, after The Blasters had disbanded, Alvin released a solo album, Un "Sung" Stories. He then returned to graduate school at California State University, Long Beach, where eventually earned a master's degree in mathematics and artificial intelligence. Incidentally, before launching his music career, Alvin had taught mathematics at the same university.
"Doo Wop (That Thing)" is the debut solo single from American recording artist Lauryn Hill. The song is taken from her debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Written and produced by Hill, the song was released as the album's lead single in July 1998. It was Hill's first and only Billboard Hot 100 number-one, to date. The song won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song at the 1999 Grammy Awards on February 24, 1999. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the tenth song in the chart's history to do so.
Background
The song is a warning from Hill to African-American men and women caught in "the struggle". Both the women who "[try to] be a hard rock when they really are a gem", and the men who are "more concerned with his rims, and his Timbs, than his women", are admonished by Hill, who warns them not to allow "that thing" to ruin their lives.
Release and reception
Hill's first solo singles were from two 1997 movie soundtracks: "The Sweetest Thing" from Love Jones and a cover of Frankie Valli's 1967 song "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" for Conspiracy Theory.
Podcasts:
Phil Alvin
ALBUMS
- Common Ground released: 2014
- Un "Sung Stories" released: 2012
- County Fair 2000 released:
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by Bobby Valentino
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by Shola Ama
That Thing
by: Bobby ValentinoBobby Valentino That Thing Lyrics
Its the kinda' thing that I can't explain
maybe I'm losing my sanity
sumthin' bout the way your body taste to me
like the scoop of my favorite ice-cream
since the first day you came to my team
this whole thing has been one big erotic dream
I'm not Jodeci but I'm a fiend
Just for you girl, just for you girl
Ever since you put that thing on me, girl
I can't get enough of your love
I get so excited when we touch, Incredible
Ever since you put that thing on me, girl
I've been such a fiend for your love
I get so excited when we touch
the way you put that thing on me
Ever since you put that thing on me, girl
I can't get enough
I know you just loved me, but one more round
Its about the way you put it down
I used to be a playa but now I'm gone
off that tear-drop bottom huggin' in that thong
you know just how to take care of your man
forget the club bless me with a private dance
silloette smoother than butta' girl
your the Shh...that's why I love you girl
Tell me how do that when you do that
when you do that when you wiggle that butt for me
how, such a mystery, a good feelin', you nickname me daddy baby
why, out of all those girls, it had to be you
now I'm so turned out baby
why, I can't go on without you, girl
Ever since you put that thing on me, girl
I can't get enough of your love
I get so excited when we touch, Incredible
Ever since you put that thing on me, girl
I've been such a fiend for your love
I get so excited when we touch
the way you put that thing on me
Ever since you put that thing on me, girl
I can't get enough
Oh baby I love the way
you kiss me in places
I never dreamed
your so exotic so erotic, oh ma, you got it
Oh baby, stay the same, fly n classy, thats my lady
so exotic so erotic, oh ma, you got it
Oo..oo..oo..oo baybee you got iiittt
Tell me how you do that when you do that
when you do that when you wiggle that butt for me
how, such a mystery, a good feelin', you nickname me daddy baby
why, out of all those girls, it had to be you
now I'm so turned out baby
why, I can't go on without you, girl
Ever since you put that thing on me, girl
I can't get enough of your love
I get so excited when we touch, Incredible
Ever since you put that thing on me, girl
I've been such a fiend for your love
I get so excited when we touch