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George Lamond
George Lamond (born George Garcia, February 25, 1967), sometimes styled George LaMond, is an American freestyle music and salsa music singer.
LaMond has released seven albums (five via Sony Music) between 1990 and 2014. Best known for his 1990 number 25 Billboard Hot 100 debut, "Bad of the Heart" and his number one 1999 salsa smash, "Que Te Vas", he also had a 2008 local radio hit with "Don't Stop Believin'".
Lamond was born George Garcia in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. He moved to his parents' native Puerto Rico at age 2. He remained in Puerto Rico until the age of 7, at which point the family (which included eight other siblings) returned to the contiguous U.S., settling in The Bronx, where he primarily grew up.
Freestyle (also known as club or Latin hip-hop), was a subgenre of Hip-hop fused with Salsa music (most noted in the percussion) whose origins go back to the early 1980s in the Latino communities of New York City. By the mid-to-late 80s, freestyle would cross over to non-Latinos with support by Anglo radio stations across the U.S. with artists such as Shannon, Expose, Lisa Lisa, The Cover Girls, and Stevie B. Freestyle would see the mainstream and gain a Pop music moniker with the success of such titles as Madonna's "Get into the Groove".[citation needed]
In 1988 Lamond's debut single "Bad of the Heart" was released on the indie label, Ligosa Records, credited to the group Loose Touch, with George Lamond as the lead singer. The song was an underground success, so the producers and label co-owners, Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa, sought a major record label deal for Lamond. Lamond's signature vocals quickly caught the attention of Columbia Records, who signed him and released "Without You" as his first major label solo single in 1989.
This was followed in 1990 by a re-release of the single "Bad of the Heart" and a debut album, also titled Bad of the Heart; the single peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album produced mildly successful follow-up singles "Look Into My Eyes" and "No Matter What", the latter of which is a duet with Brenda K. Starr that reached the top 50 of the Hot 100. The album's fifth single, "Love's Contagious", failed to make the pop chart.
Lamond enjoyed an opening slot on the North American leg of the New Kids On The Block tour, playing stadiums throughout the U.S.[citation needed] He would go on to cover the NKOTB hit "Baby, I Believe in You" on his next album, releasing the tune as the album's second single.
In 1992, In My Life, Lamond's sophomore album was released, bolstered by the lead single, "Where Does That Leave Love", which peaked at number 59 on the Hot 100. The album contained a solid mix of freestyle and pop along with a couple ballads, all intended to further build his name within mainstream music. However, national pop radio, at the time, was going through a seismic shift, with a heavy R&B influence. "Baby, I Believe in You" only made it to number 66 on the Hot 100, and by the Spring 1993 release of the album's third and final single, "I Want You Back", a remake of the Jackson 5 classic featuring a then-relatively unknown Marc Anthony on backing vocals, Lamond was no longer a priority as far as promotion, and he would subsequently be dropped from Columbia Records.[citation needed]
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George Lamond
George Lamond (born George Garcia, February 25, 1967), sometimes styled George LaMond, is an American freestyle music and salsa music singer.
LaMond has released seven albums (five via Sony Music) between 1990 and 2014. Best known for his 1990 number 25 Billboard Hot 100 debut, "Bad of the Heart" and his number one 1999 salsa smash, "Que Te Vas", he also had a 2008 local radio hit with "Don't Stop Believin'".
Lamond was born George Garcia in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. He moved to his parents' native Puerto Rico at age 2. He remained in Puerto Rico until the age of 7, at which point the family (which included eight other siblings) returned to the contiguous U.S., settling in The Bronx, where he primarily grew up.
Freestyle (also known as club or Latin hip-hop), was a subgenre of Hip-hop fused with Salsa music (most noted in the percussion) whose origins go back to the early 1980s in the Latino communities of New York City. By the mid-to-late 80s, freestyle would cross over to non-Latinos with support by Anglo radio stations across the U.S. with artists such as Shannon, Expose, Lisa Lisa, The Cover Girls, and Stevie B. Freestyle would see the mainstream and gain a Pop music moniker with the success of such titles as Madonna's "Get into the Groove".[citation needed]
In 1988 Lamond's debut single "Bad of the Heart" was released on the indie label, Ligosa Records, credited to the group Loose Touch, with George Lamond as the lead singer. The song was an underground success, so the producers and label co-owners, Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa, sought a major record label deal for Lamond. Lamond's signature vocals quickly caught the attention of Columbia Records, who signed him and released "Without You" as his first major label solo single in 1989.
This was followed in 1990 by a re-release of the single "Bad of the Heart" and a debut album, also titled Bad of the Heart; the single peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album produced mildly successful follow-up singles "Look Into My Eyes" and "No Matter What", the latter of which is a duet with Brenda K. Starr that reached the top 50 of the Hot 100. The album's fifth single, "Love's Contagious", failed to make the pop chart.
Lamond enjoyed an opening slot on the North American leg of the New Kids On The Block tour, playing stadiums throughout the U.S.[citation needed] He would go on to cover the NKOTB hit "Baby, I Believe in You" on his next album, releasing the tune as the album's second single.
In 1992, In My Life, Lamond's sophomore album was released, bolstered by the lead single, "Where Does That Leave Love", which peaked at number 59 on the Hot 100. The album contained a solid mix of freestyle and pop along with a couple ballads, all intended to further build his name within mainstream music. However, national pop radio, at the time, was going through a seismic shift, with a heavy R&B influence. "Baby, I Believe in You" only made it to number 66 on the Hot 100, and by the Spring 1993 release of the album's third and final single, "I Want You Back", a remake of the Jackson 5 classic featuring a then-relatively unknown Marc Anthony on backing vocals, Lamond was no longer a priority as far as promotion, and he would subsequently be dropped from Columbia Records.[citation needed]
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