Man Parrish
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| Born | Manuel Parrish May 6, 1958 New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
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| Website | www |
Manuel Parrish (born May 6, 1958)[2] is an American songwriter, vocalist and producer. He, along with artists such as Yellow Magic Orchestra, Kraftwerk, Art of Noise, Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, John Robie, Jellybean Benitez, Lotti Golden, Richard Scher and Aldo Marin, helped create and define electro in the early 1980s.[2]
Early life
[edit]Parrish was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.[3] He left home at the age of 14 and became a member of the crowd that converged nightly at the Studio 54 nightclub in Manhattan.[2] The nickname "Man" was given to Parrish by Andy Warhol,[4] and first appeared in Warhol's Interview magazine.[2]
Career
[edit]Parrish's early live shows at Bronx hip-hop clubs were spectacles of lights, glitter, and pyrotechnics, which drew as much from the Warhol mystique as the Cold Crush Brothers.[2] His first release was "Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)" issued in 1982,[5] which Parrish said faced a racial backlash from the African-American hip hop community: "I was making the music that they played, and then they found out I was white and gay they pulled it. It didn't hurt sales but it was shocking."[6] His biggest chart success in the UK was his recording of "Male Stripper" with Man 2 Man, which peaked at No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart.[5]
After his initial success, he signed with Elektra Records and hired Tony DeFries as his manager, but was dropped from the label in 1984, when they decided not to release his completed album over creative differences.[citation needed] Parrish went on to mix and produce music for artists such as Boy George, Michael Jackson and Gloria Gaynor, and served as the road manager for the Village People.[2]
In 2018, three pieces of his musical works were accepted into the Museum of Modern Art's MoMA permanent collection in New York City. Film scores for Behive, (a modern dance film), The Jones's, (an indie art film) and his 1983 music video for "Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)".[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Parrish is gay.[7] He lives in Port St. Lucie, Florida.[4]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Man Parrish (Importe/12 Records, 1982)
- Boogie Down (Rams Horn Records, 1985)
- The Best of Man Parrish (Rams Horn Records, 1991)
- Dreamtime (Hot Records, 1996)
- Star (Parrish Digital, 2017)
Singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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| UK [8] |
US Dance [9][10] |
US R&B [9] |
AUS [11] |
NZ | |||
| 1982 | "Man Made" | – | – | – | – | – | |
| "Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)" | 41 | 4 | 66 | – | – | ||
| 1983 | "Heatstroke" | 83 | – | – | – | – | |
| 1984 | "Boogie Down (Bronx)" | 56 | – | 76 | – | – | |
| 1985 | "Hey There, Home Boys" | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1986 | "Male Stripper" (with Man 2 Man) |
4 | – | – | 3 | 8 | |
| 1987 | "Brown Sugar" | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1991 | "From Here to Eternity" (with Paul Parker) |
– | – | – | – | – | |
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||
References
[edit]- 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2011). "Nomi, Klaus". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
[Klaus Nomi] worked with Man Parrish, the New York electro and hi-NRG producer, on his self-titled debut album.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cooper, Sean. "Man Parrish Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
Born May 6, 1958 in Brooklyn, NY.
- ↑ Parrish, Man (October 23, 2013). "Interview: Man Parrish on "Hip Hop Be Bop," Klaus Nomi and (Not) Sleeping with Madonna" (Interview). Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
- 1 2 LeRoy, Dan (2022). Dancing to the Drum Machine: How Electronic Percussion Conquered the World. New York: Bloomsbury. p. 181. ISBN 9781501367267.
- 1 2 Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 209. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- ↑ Lawrence, Tim (2016). Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor 1980–1983. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-8223-6186-2.
- ↑ Lawrence, Tim (2016). Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor 1980–1983. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-8223-6186-2.
- ↑ "MAN PARISH | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
- 1 2 "Man Parrish Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ↑ "Chart History - Man Parrish: Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts". Chart Beats. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ↑ "Man 2 Man - Male Stripper". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
External links
[edit]- manparrish
.com, Parrish's official website - Man Parrish at IMDb
- Man Parrish discography at Discogs
- The Gay Roots of Hiphop
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