Cameo is a
funkFunk is an American music genre that originated in the late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
-influenced
R&BRhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s...
group that was formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the
New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid a lawsuit from The Ohio Players,
a more successful groupThe Ohio Players are a funk and R&B band. They are best known for their hit songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster".-Biography:The band formed in Dayton, Ohio in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables, and initially included members Robert Ward , Marshall "Rock" Jones , Clarence "Satch" Satchell , Cornelius...
of that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded several hits records. As of 2009, some of the original members continue to perform together, while two others were hired by the
hip hopHip hop as a cultural movement "manifest in B-boying , graffiti writing, DJing and eMCeeing/rapping – is an artistic commitment to seize freedom from oppressive social conditions...
group
OutkastOutKast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, a city south of Atlanta, Georgia. They were originally known as The OKB but later changed the group's name to OutKast. The group's original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk...
.
History
In 1974, Cameo started out with 23 members created by former Juilliard student and
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-area clubgoer
Larry BlackmonLarry Blackmon, is the lead singer and frontman for the funk and R&B band, Cameo. He came to Cameo from the band, Black Ivory....
(late of
Black IvoryBlack Ivory was a R&B group from Harlem, which had a number of hits in the 1970s, including "Don't Turn Around", "You and I" , "I'll Find a Way ", "Spinning Around", "What Goes Around ", "Will We Ever Come Together", and "Mainline"...
), called the
New York City Players. Signed by
Casablanca RecordsCasablanca Records is a record label which was started by Neil Bogart, who partnered with Cecil Holmes, Larry Harris and Buck Reingold, in 1973 after all of them left Buddah Records. The label released hits by Kiss, Donna Summer, Cher, The Village People, and Parliament featuring George Clinton...
to their
Chocolate CityChocolate City Records was a record label subsidiary of Casablanca Records & Filmworks. It was started in 1975 by Cecil Holmes, Neil Bogart's partner at Casablanca...
imprint in 1976, the group soon changed its name to Cameo after concerns that "New York City Players" might cause confusion between them and the funk band
Ohio PlayersThe Ohio Players are a funk and R&B band. They are best known for their hit songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster".-Biography:The band formed in Dayton, Ohio in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables, and initially included members Robert Ward , Marshall "Rock" Jones , Clarence "Satch" Satchell , Cornelius...
. Prior to this, Blackmon, keyboardist Gregory Johnson, and the late
Gwen GuthrieGwen Guthrie was an American singer and songwriter, who also sang backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, and Madonna, among others, and who wrote songs made famous by Ben E. King, and Roberta Flack.-Life and career:Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma and raised in Newark,...
formed the band
East Coast, together with James Wheeler (alto saxophone), Melvin Whay (bass), Michael Harris (percussion), and Pat Grant (trombone). They released one self-titled album in 1973 on the independent
labelIn the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
Encounter.
Cameo started with a deep,
funkFunk is an American music genre that originated in the late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
y sound, but it was obvious from the start their sights were set on the dance floor. Their first albums
Cardiac ArrestCardiac Arrest is the debut album by the funk/R&B band Cameo. The album performed reasonably well, reaching #16 on the R&B charts and contained the hit single "Rigor Mortis".-Credits:*Bass - William Revis*Drums - Larry Blackmon*Guitar - Eric Durham...
,
Ugly EgoUgly Ego is the third album by the Funk/Soul band Cameo, released in 1978.-Credits:*Backing Vocals - Larry Blackmon, Wayne Cooper, Eric Durham, Tomi Jenkins, Greg "Doc" Johnson, Nathan Leftenant, Anthony Lockett*Bass - Gary Dow*Drums - Larry Blackmon...
,
We All Know Who We AreWe All Know Who We Are is the second album by the funk/R&B band Cameo, released early in 1978.-Credits:*Background Vocals - Larry Blackmon, Wayne Cooper, Eric Durham, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant, Arnett Leftenant*Bass - Gary Dow...
, and
Secret OmenSecret Omen is the fourth album by the funk/R&B band Cameo, released in 1979.-Credits:*Conga - Angel Allende*Drums - Background Vocals - Larry Blackmon*Guitar - Anthony Lockett*Flute - Seldon Powell, George Marge...
contained dance floor songs such as "Rigor Mortis", "I Just Want To Be" and "Find My Way," the latter which was a major
discoDisco is a genre of dance music that that had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, psychedelic and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s...
smash and was included on the soundtrack to
Thank God It's FridayThank God It's Friday is a 1978 film directed by Robert Klane and produced by Motown Productions and Casablanca Filmworks for Columbia Pictures...
.
Music career
By the time
CameosisCameosis is the fifth album by the Funk/Soul band Cameo, released on April 24, 1980.-Track listing:# "Cameosis" – 4:09 c. L. Blackmon/A. Mills# "Shake Your Pants" – 6:21 c. L. Blackmon# "Please You" – 4:15 c. L. Blackmon/G. Johnson...
came out in 1980, Cameo had gained considerable momentum through singles such as "
Shake Your Pants"Shake Your Pants" is a funk song by the band Cameo from the 1980 album, Cameosis. It was also released as a single and has since been re-released on many of the band's greatest hits albums, including one named after the song....
". Albums such as 1981's
Knights of the Sound TableKnights of the Sound Table is the seventh album by the funk/R&B band Cameo, released in 1981.-Track listing:# "Knights by Nights" – 3:31 - c. L.Blackmon/T.Campbell/A.Mills# "Freaky Dancin'" – 5:23 - c. L.Blackmon/T.Jenkins...
and 1982's
Alligator WomanAlligator Woman is the eighth album by the funk/R&B band Cameo, released in 1982. It contains the funk classic, "Flirt".-Track listing:# "Be Yourself" – 4:06 — c. L.Blackmon/T.Jenkins/C.Singleton# "Soul Army" – 4:13...
saw the band playing up their eclectic style.
However, by the mid-1980s, Blackmon and crew were ready to move on. With
Alligator Woman in 1982, Cameo stripped down to "five main members", still keeping a full band for shows. Then Gregory Johnson quit, making it a quartet: Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant, and Charles Singleton; keyboardist Kevin Kendricks would later be brought more into the creative fold. Blackmon also moved from New York City to Atlanta, Georgia and started his own label
Atlanta ArtistsAtlanta Artists was a sub-label of Polygram Records founded by Larry Blackmon of the group Cameo.-Origins:After Cameo's 7th album, Knights of the Sound Table , Blackmon reduced the group from 10 members to a 5-member unit....
, which was distributed by Polygram. Inspired by the edgy synthesizer arrangements being pushed forward by the
new waveNew Wave is a genre of rock and pop music that emerged in in the middle to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, and...
groups of the time, he moved the band in an electronic funk" direction. It utilized heavily sequenced drum machines (e.g
SimmonsSimmons was a pioneering British manufacturer of electronic drums that supplied electronic kits from 1980 to the early 1990s. The drums' distinctive, electronic sound can be found on countless albums from the 1980s....
), bass and occasional horn arrangements. He put his trademark "Ooow!" into the forefront of Cameo's mixes and markedly changed their sound. Cameo's 1983 release
StyleStyle is the ninth album by the funk/R&B band Cameo, released in 1983. It was their first album to introduce their "Atlanta Artists" label, with which they maintained their distribution through Polygram Records...
was one of the first to come from this new label and was the first disc to capitalize on Cameo's new sound.
She's StrangeShe's Strange is the tenth album by the funk/R&B band Cameo, released in 1984.This album is dedicated to the late Polygram A&R-representative , Bill Haywood.As Cameo mentions in the liner-notes of the album , "The album which he always wanted"...
came out in 1984 and its "12-inch mix" was a major smash in the R&B clubs. The title track and its follow-up, "Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck", were minor successes on the pop charts. 1985's
Single LifeSingle Life is a 1985 album by funk/R&B group Cameo. The album reached No. 62 on the Billboard charts and the title track also reached No. 15 in the UK charts.-Track listing:# "Attack Me with Your Love" – 4:30 - L.Blackmon/K.Kendrick...
was also an R&B hit that saw some crossover success. With this album, Singleton left the group, but continued to work with Cameo from time to time as a friend of the band.
The song "
Word Up!"Word Up!" is a funk/hip hop song originally written and recorded by Cameo. Due to its heavy play on American pop and R&B radio, as well as music video play on MTV, the single became the band's most well-known hit...
" hit the radio airwaves in mid-1986. Critically acclaimed with large amounts of club and radio airtime, the resulting album
Word Up!Word Up! is a 1986 album by funk/R&B group Cameo. The title track was a smash-hit R&B/Dance single, and was their most commercially successful record which charted around the world....
turned Cameo into superstars. The follow-up tracks, "
Candy"Candy" is a song by the group Cameo that reached number twenty-one on the Hot 100 and number one on the R&B charts in 1987. . The song has recently been featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and can be heard on the Bounce FM radio station in the game.The song has been sampled by...
" and "Back and Forth", were also huge hits for the funk trio.
Two years later, Cameo would release
MachismoMachismo is funk/R&B group Cameo's 1988 followup to their smash album Word Up!. The album featured R&B hits "You Make Me Work" and "Skin I'm In", both of which have been issued on various compilation albums...
to lukewarm pop response, but favorable critical reviews and R&B success. Kendricks left the band at this point. Next, 1990's
Real Men... Wear BlackReal Men... Wear Black is a 1990 album by funk/R&B group Cameo.-Track listing:# "Close Quarters"# "I Want It Now"# "Me"# "Attitude"# "Get Paid"# "Am I Bad Enough"# "Time, Fire and Space"# "Nan-Yea"# "Just a Broken Heart"...
and 1992's
Emotional ViolenceEmotional Violence is a 1991 album by funk/R&B group Cameo. The uneven album failed to make an impact in the charts, prompting the band to take a hiatus from recording new material until 1994's In the Face of Funk...
failed to reach the same commercial success of
Word Up!. By this time, after their departure from Polygram on to their new label,
RepriseReprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:...
, Blackmon represented himself (besides his band-activities and side-productions) as
A&RArtists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
-agent for this label, a division of
Warner Bros. RecordsWarner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. It is also affectionately known as Warners or the Bunny, based on the Bugs Bunny cartoons released by Warner Bros. Pictures.-History:...
. It also saw the absence of Nathan Leftenant, but the return of guitarist Charlie Singleton as one of "main" members. Leftenant returned again for the next album, which they released on a new label (Way 2 Funky/Raging Bull), and recorded at their next headed location, Miami, Florida. 1994 saw the release of
In the Face of FunkIn the Face of Funk is 1994 album by funk/R&B group Cameo. This was their first album of newly written material since 1991's Emotional Violence. The album reached #10 on the R&B charts and is now out-of-print...
that got some club play, a single release, and at least one track that received critical acclaim (for "You Are My Love"). But for the most part, Cameo's reign was over.
Presently
Both ex-Cameo musicians Aaron Mills (bass) and Kevin Kendricks have been hired by the hiphop group
OutKastOutKast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, a city south of Atlanta, Georgia. They were originally known as The OKB but later changed the group's name to OutKast. The group's original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk...
for live and studio sessions. Aaron's story is that he had just arrived back home in the middle of the night from touring or recording when he got a call from either
Andre 3000André Lauren Benjamin ,better known by his stage name André 3000 , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor, best known for his work in the group OutKast.-Early life:...
or
Big BoiAntwan André Patton , better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American rapper, song-writer, record producer, actor, and one half of the alternative hip hop duo Outkast.-Outkast:...
, and was asked if he had time to record a bassline for them, which was for "
Ms. Jackson"Ms. Jackson" is a song by OutKast and the second single from their fourth album Stankonia. It topped the U.S. charts for the week of February 17, 2001, and won a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. It also reached number one in Germany and number two in the United...
", OutKast's successful hit. Ex-Cameo vocalist John Kellogg became an entertainment lawyer representing such hit artists as the O'Jays, the late Gerald Levert and LSG. He also pursued a career in music industry higher education, becoming Assistant Chair of the Music Business/Management department at the world's leading institution of contemporary music, Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA.
In 2000, Cameo released their last-recorded album
Sexy Sweet ThingSexy Sweet Thing is an album released by funk/R&B group Cameo in 2000. This 14-track release was Cameo's first full album of new material since 1994's In the Face of Funk. Peaking at only #64 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, the album was anything but a comeback...
, the album's title track, also had a single and video release. Around this time, they frequently performed in the US and at various dates in Europe.
Larry Blackmon has a son, of the same name, in the NY political scene who has worked with Clinton, Bloomberg, and the NY Jets. Another of his sons, listed as N. Larry Blackmon, is successfully building a rock/hip hop empire of his own, and will soon be featured in a reality show featuring other music sons as well.
Present action
A few members of Cameo, such as Tomi Jenkins, Charlie Singleton, Anthony Lockett and Gregory Johnson are currently active at online-facilities like MySpace or their own site.
Tomi Jenkins released his new album
The Way and is working on a movie about a fictional 70's funkband called
Icemosis. Charlie Singleton released a new album called
Phantom Of The Hip-Hopera. Gregory Johnson has a new and jazz-oriented album.
In 2009, John Kellogg was elected the first African-American President of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA).
Covers
- "Word Up!" was covered by Nu metal band KoЯn
Korn is an American rock band from Bakersfield, California, which formed in 1993. The band's catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200. To date, Korn has sold over 30 million albums worldwide while earning six Grammy nominations—two of which they have won...
on their Greatest Hits, Volume 1, Scottish rock band GunGun are a rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, most well known for their cover of Word Up!, originally by Cameo.-Early career:Originally called Blind Allez then for a short time, 'Phobia', GUN were formed in 1987 by Giuliano Gizzi and Cami Morlotti , with Mark Rankin , Alan Thornton and David Aitken...
, German "Country Trash Punk Rock"-Band The BossHossBossHoss is a band from Berlin which started in 2004 with Country & Western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and "Hey Ya!" by Outkast. They incorporate stereotypical American cowboy behavior into their act...
, Melanie BMelanie Janine Brown is an English pop singer and songwriter turned actress and television personality best known as one of the members of the girl group the Spice Girls, the most successful female group of all time...
, Electronic pop group These Stains Is Us and Romanian rock band VoltajVoltaj is a Romanian electronic-rock group. They won the Best Romanian Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005.- History :...
under the name "Hai sus!" (Get up!)
Samples
- "Candy" was sampled by Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur , also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He has sold 75 million albums to date and is one of the best-selling music artists in the world. In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a promising actor and a social...
on his song "All Bout U"All bout U" is a 1996 single by the rapper Tupac Shakur from his fifth album, All Eyez on Me. The song samples "Candy" by Cameo and features Nate Dogg singing the chorus....
", Will SmithWillard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. is an American actor, film producer and rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film. Newsweek has called him the most powerful actor on the planet...
on his song "Candy", by Mariah CareyMariah Carey is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart...
on her song "Loverboy", by Eightball and MJG on "Just like Candy", and by Black Eyed Peas on their songs "Like That" and "Ba Bump" from their album "Monkey BusinessMonkey Business is the fourth album by the Black Eyed Peas, released in various countries in late May to early June 2005 ....
".
- "Two of Us" was sampled by Beyonce Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often referred to mononymously as Beyoncé , is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and model. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...
on "What's It Gonna Be", and by Tupac ShakurTupac Amaru Shakur , also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He has sold 75 million albums to date and is one of the best-selling music artists in the world. In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a promising actor and a social...
on his song "I Wonder If Heavens Got a Ghetto".
- "Rigor Mortis" was sampled by DJ Quik
David Marvin Blake , better known by his stage name DJ Quik, is an MC and Record Producer..-Biography: It was always thought that he had 8 sisters, but in a March 2007 interview he stated that he only had one, explaining that Profile Records at the time had suggested to add it to his background to...
on his song "Get At Me", Brand NubianBrand Nubian is a hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three rappers: Grand Puba , Sadat X and Lord Jamar , and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere...
on their song "Brand Nubian".
- "She's Strange" was sampled by Tupac Shakur on his song "Young Niggaz", Nate Dogg
Nathaniel Dwayne Hale , better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, is an American R&B/hip hop artist and singer born in Long Beach, California...
on his song "She's Strange" and Suga FreeDejuan Rice, known by stage name Suga Free, is an American rapper from Pomona, California. He is known for his unorthodox flow — his ability to rap at high speed with wild variations in meter — his highly syncopated and staccato delivery, his references to Nickelodeon and their Cartoons, and...
on his song "So Fly" featuring Snoop Dogg and also the song "U Know My Name" with a sample of "Back and Forth". The production has also been interpolated on the Jermaine Dupri track titled 'Party Continues' featuring Usher and Da Brat on his album 'Life in 1472'.
- "Back and Forth" was sampled by Wu-Tang Clan
The Wu-Tang Clan is a New York City-based hip hop group. Wu-Tang Clan consists of RZA, GZA, Raekwon, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Masta Killa, the late Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Cappadonna...
on their song "Gravel Pit".
- The ballad "Hangin' Downtown
She's Strange is the tenth album by the funk/R&B band Cameo, released in 1984.This album is dedicated to the late Polygram A&R-representative , Bill Haywood.As Cameo mentions in the liner-notes of the album , "The album which he always wanted"...
" was sampled by Oran Juice Jones on his song "Make Love to Your Mind" and more famously by DJ PremierChristopher Edward Martin , better known as DJ Premier, is an American record producer and DJ, and the instrumental half of the duo Gang Starr, together with vocalist Guru. Originally from Houston, he has lived in Brooklyn, New York, for much of his professional career...
for Group Home's "Supa Star".
- Speech
Speech is the stage name of Todd Thomas , an American rapper and musician. He is a member of the progressive hip hop group Arrested Development...
sampled "I've Got Your ImageSingle Life is a 1985 album by funk/R&B group Cameo. The album reached No. 62 on the Billboard charts and the title track also reached No. 15 in the UK charts.-Track listing:# "Attack Me with Your Love" – 4:30 - L.Blackmon/K.Kendrick...
" in one of his recent productions.
- "Why Have I Lost You [Version 2]" was sampled by JUvenile
Terius Gray, better known by his stage name Juvenile, is an American rapper. At the age of 19, he began recording raps, releasing his debut album Being Myself in 1994. The album gave name to the southern rap style known as "bounce". The album was followed by Solja Rags in 1997; its underground...
on his song "Rodeo".
Use in multimedia
In October 2004
Candy appeared in popular video game
Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
, playing on
FunkFunk is an American music genre that originated in the late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
radio station Bounce FM, also on
Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
, was
Brand NubianBrand Nubian is a hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three rappers: Grand Puba , Sadat X and Lord Jamar , and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere...
's "
Brand NubianBrand Nubian is a hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three rappers: Grand Puba , Sadat X and Lord Jamar , and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere...
", which samples "Rigor Mortis".
In the movie
The 40-Year-Old VirginThe 40-Year-Old Virgin is a comedy film written and directed by Judd Apatow and co-written by the film's lead star, Steve Carell, though the film itself features a great deal of improvised dialogue...
, Andy (
Steve CarellSteven John "Steve" Carell is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. Carell rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 1999 to 2004, and as Michael Scott on The Office since 2005...
) is shown performing "Word Up!" on a karaoke machine in his apartment.
Jackpot, a film which follows a
karaokeis a form of entertainment in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol or changing color and/or...
singer hoping to get his big break, features an
androgynousAndrogyny is a term derived from the Greek words ανήρ and γυνή that can refer to either of two related concepts about gender: the mixing of masculine and feminine characteristics, as in fashion statements; or the balance of "anima and animus" in psychoanalytic theory.-Androgyne:Androgyne derives...
man giving a scene-stealing performance of "Candy". Larry Blackmon and T-Man were also supposed to be featured as celebrity cameos (not as the band, Cameo) in the 2007 release of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres". Although they did not appear in the film itself, they are featured in the extras on the DVD. This footage shows them doing motion capture/CGI in order to be animated, as well as studio recording of the song written for the film.
The song "Candy" was also played during the wedding scene in the movie
The Best Man.
The song "Word Up" is played in
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, season 20 episode 6 (titled "
Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words"Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" is the sixth episode of The Simpsons
' twentieth season. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on November 16, 2008. In the episode, Lisa discovers that she has a talent for solving crossword puzzles, and she enters a crossword...
") when
Lisa SimpsonLisa Marie Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the middle child, and elder daughter, of the eponymous family. She is voiced by Yeardley Smith and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
is performing in a crossword competition.
See also
- List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart