Shannon (American singer)

Brenda Shannon Greene (born May 2, 1958), known professionally as Shannon, is an American singer and songwriter of freestyle and dance-pop music. She is best known for her single "Let the Music Play", which topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in 1983 and was certified gold.

Her studio albums include Let the Music Play (1984), followed by Do You Wanna Get Away (1985) and Love Goes All the Way (1986). In 1999, Shannon appeared in a segment of VH1's One-Hit Wonders, Her studio album, A Beauty Returns, was released in 2006.

Career

Shannon was born in Washington, D.C., United States. In 1983, she was enrolled at York College in New York City and toured with the New York Jazz Ensemble. its unique sound, called "the Shannon Sound", would later come to be known as "freestyle". It was later ranked #23 among Billboards best dance songs of all-time.

Her debut studio album, Let the Music Play, was released on February 1, 1984. "Give Me Tonight", the follow-up single, reached the number-two spot on the R&B charts and number one on the Hot Dance Club Play charts. The song went to number 46 on the pop charts. In the United States, the third single was "My Heart's Divided".

Discography

Studio albums

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Album details

! colspan="8"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Certifications

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:35px;"| US

! style="width:35px;"| US R&B

! style="width:35px;"| GER

! style="width:35px;"| NLD

! style="width:35px;"| NZ

! style="width:35px;"| SWI

! style="width:35px;"| UK

| 1984

| style="text-align:left;"| Let the Music Play

Release date: February 1, 1984
Label: Atlantic | Mirage

| 32

| 11

| 29

| 35

| 47

| 50

| 30

| 52

| align=left|

US: Gold

| 1985

| style="text-align:left;"| Do You Wanna Get Away

Release date: May 1985
Label: Atlantic | Mirage

| 92

| 39

| 78

| —

| align=left|

| 1986

| style="text-align:left;"| Love Goes All the Way

Release date: October 24, 1986
Label: Atlantic

| —

| align=left|

| 2000

| style="text-align:left;"| The Best Is Yet to Come

Release date: March 28, 2000
Label: Contagious

| —

| align=left|

| 2006

| style="text-align:left;"| A Beauty Returns

Release date: November 30, 2006
Label: Diggin 4 Brown

| —

| align=left|

| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilations

Part Time Lovers (1991)
The Collection (1994)
The Ultimate Collection (1994)
Dancefloor Artists Volume 8 – The Best of Shannon (1995)
The Collection (reissue) (2001)
Let the Music Play: The Best of Shannon (2004)

Singles

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Certifications

! rowspan="2"| Album

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:35px;"| US

! style="width:35px;"| CAN

! style="width:35px;"| GER

| 5

| 25

| 2

| 23

| 14

| style="text-align:left;"|

US: Gold

| 57

| —

| style="text-align:left;"|

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| Do You Wanna Get Away

| style="text-align:left;"| "Stronger Together"

| 103

| 26

| 25

| —

| 46

| style="text-align:left;"|

| style="text-align:left;"| "Urgent"

| —

| 68

| —

| 84

| style="text-align:left;"|

| style="text-align:left;"| "Stop the Noise"

| —

| style="text-align:left;"|

| rowspan="2"| 1986

| style="text-align:left;"| "Love Goes All the Way"

| —

| style="text-align:left;"|

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Love Goes All the Way

| style="text-align:left;"| "Prove Me Right"

| —

| 82

| —

| style="text-align:left;"|

| rowspan="2"| 1987

| style="text-align:left;"| "Dancin'"

| —

| 91

| style="text-align:left;"|

| style="text-align:left;"| "Criminal"

| —

| style="text-align:left;"|

| style="text-align:left;"| Fatal Beauty

|| 1992

| style="text-align:left;"| "Rain Song"

| —

| style="text-align:left;"|

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Non-album singles

|| 1995

| style="text-align:left;"| "It's Got to Be Love"

| —

| style="text-align:left;"|

| rowspan="2"| 2000

| style="text-align:left;"| "Give Me Tonight 2000"

| —

| 3

| —

| style="text-align:left;"|

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| The Best Is Yet to Come

| style="text-align:left;"| "Let the Music Play 2000"

| —

| 32

| —

| style="text-align:left;"|

|| 2001

| style="text-align:left;"| "Let the Music Play" (re-release)

| —

| 102

| style="text-align:left;"|

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Non-album singles

|| 2002

| style="text-align:left;"| "Let the Music Play 2002"

| —

| 83

| —

| style="text-align:left;"|

| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Featured singles

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! rowspan="2"| Artist

! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:35px;"| US Dan

| 1997

| style="text-align:left;"| "It's Over Love"

| Todd Terry

| 1

| —

| 16

| style="text-align:left;"| Todd Terry Presents Ready for a New Day

| rowspan="2"| 1998

| style="text-align:left;"| "Let the Music Play '98"

| Qwest

| —

| style="text-align:left;"| Non-album single

| style="text-align:left;"| "Move Mania"

| Sash!

| 25

| 56

| 40

| 8

| style="text-align:left;"| Life Goes On

|| 2000

| style="text-align:left;"| "Pulsation"

| Illicit

| —

| style="text-align:left;"| Non-album single

| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

External links

Shannon's MySpace page

Career

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

Singles

Featured singles

See also

References

External links