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Claudja Barry

Claudja Barry

Claudja Barry has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 5 March 2014. Claudja Barry's music has been featured on 24 episodes.

Claudja Barry is a Jamaica-born, Toronto-raised singer-songwriter who has remained active since the start of her career in the early 1970s. Her stage career as an actress includes roles in such plays as "Hair "and "Catch My Soul." After a breif stint in the group, Boney M, Barry struck out on her own as a solo artist. Her first album, "Sweet Dynamite" became a success thanks to the popular hit title track. Her sophomore album "The Girl Most Likely" saw similar success. Barry's biggest pop hit album became her third album, "I Wanna Be Loved By You." It includes the Billboard Hot 100 chart hit was "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes" (#56) in 1979. After the decline of Disco in the U.S., she continued to have success in the Club/Dance music market. Both her Rock edged Dance Pop album, "Feel The Fire" (1980) and the Hi-NRG album, "Made In Hong Kong" became successful in the Club/Dance music market in the U.S. By the mid 1980s, she reinvented her sounds with more Hi-NRG output. Such hit songs as "Born To Love" and "From A Whisper To A Scream", both produced by Bobby O, became popular hits. Barry topped the Hot Dance Club Songs chart in 1986 with "Down and Counting." It was the lead single from her sixth album, "I, Claudja." Further Club hits from the album include "Can You Feel My Heartbreak", "Secret Affair", "Hot To The Touch" and "I Don't You Know If You're Dead Or Alive."

During the 1990s, Barry released such hits as "Love Is An Island" (1991) , "Summer of Love" (1992) and "Poison (with General Base) (1993). In 1995, she released her Christmas album, "Disco'round The Christmas Tree." Barry resurfaced in 2006 with the single, "I Will Stand." It became a major hit, peaking at #4 on the Hot Dance/Club Songs chart. During 2010, Barry issued several singles, the Hi-NRG song, "Good Heart" and the Dance/Pop/R&B song "Good Time Girl." She also collaborated with the group Basscamp on the single, "Weekends (Give It Up)."

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Claudja Barry

Claudja Barry has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 5 March 2014. Claudja Barry's music has been featured on 24 episodes.

Claudja Barry is a Jamaica-born, Toronto-raised singer-songwriter who has remained active since the start of her career in the early 1970s. Her stage career as an actress includes roles in such plays as "Hair "and "Catch My Soul." After a breif stint in the group, Boney M, Barry struck out on her own as a solo artist. Her first album, "Sweet Dynamite" became a success thanks to the popular hit title track. Her sophomore album "The Girl Most Likely" saw similar success. Barry's biggest pop hit album became her third album, "I Wanna Be Loved By You." It includes the Billboard Hot 100 chart hit was "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes" (#56) in 1979. After the decline of Disco in the U.S., she continued to have success in the Club/Dance music market. Both her Rock edged Dance Pop album, "Feel The Fire" (1980) and the Hi-NRG album, "Made In Hong Kong" became successful in the Club/Dance music market in the U.S. By the mid 1980s, she reinvented her sounds with more Hi-NRG output. Such hit songs as "Born To Love" and "From A Whisper To A Scream", both produced by Bobby O, became popular hits. Barry topped the Hot Dance Club Songs chart in 1986 with "Down and Counting." It was the lead single from her sixth album, "I, Claudja." Further Club hits from the album include "Can You Feel My Heartbreak", "Secret Affair", "Hot To The Touch" and "I Don't You Know If You're Dead Or Alive."

During the 1990s, Barry released such hits as "Love Is An Island" (1991) , "Summer of Love" (1992) and "Poison (with General Base) (1993). In 1995, she released her Christmas album, "Disco'round The Christmas Tree." Barry resurfaced in 2006 with the single, "I Will Stand." It became a major hit, peaking at #4 on the Hot Dance/Club Songs chart. During 2010, Barry issued several singles, the Hi-NRG song, "Good Heart" and the Dance/Pop/R&B song "Good Time Girl." She also collaborated with the group Basscamp on the single, "Weekends (Give It Up)."

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Love For The Sake Of Love
Claudja Barry
London Records1976
Love For The Sake Of Love
Claudja Barry
Salsoul Records1977
Love For The Sake Of Love / I Can’t Stand The Rain
Claudia Barry, Ann Peebles
Not On Label2005
Love For The Sake Of Love (Original Album Version)
Claudia Barry
Harmless2010
Sweet Dynamite
Claudja Barry
Philips1976
Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home
Claudja Barry
Lollipop Records1977
Love Is An Island (Scotish Dub)
Claudja Barry (Frequency X mix)
RCA1991
Down And Counting (Extended Mix)
Claudja Barry (Shep Pettibone mix)
Epic1986
Love For The Sake Of Love (Original 12" Remix)
Claudja Barry
Suss'd Records2004
Work Me Over
Claudja Barry
Jupiter Records1982