Dynamite, by Karen Young

Dynamite

by Karen Young

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1.	Dynamite 05:57	info	buy track
2.	Detour 08:14	lyrics	buy track
He had big plans, He was the kind of man Who found his place It was in outer space Detour This guy took a detour He took a detour This guy took a detour... First he closed his eyes Then he starts to rise Then he would be gone Gone but not for long Still taken by surprise Detour This guy took a detour He took a detour This guy took a detour...
3.	Don't Say Goodbye 02:30	info	buy track
4.	Expressway to Your Heart 03:45	info	buy track
5.	No U-Turn 03:19	info	buy track
6.	Hot for You 06:28	info	buy track
7.	You Don't Know What You Got Till You Lose It 05:51	info	buy track
8.	Come-A-Running 06:49	info	buy track
9.	Eye on You 05:40	info	buy track

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Producer Andy Kahn told in an interview that success made Karen 'unmanageable' and difficult to work with. A new recording Rendezvous With Me was attempted towards the end of 1979 but was never finished because the relationship ran sour. Instead Karen started working with his brother Walter Kahn. Signing with his Sunshine Recordings label, her first single was a rendition of God Bless America, an unlikely choice considering her disco fame, and unsurprisingly it was not a hit. An album of pop/rock sides was shelved in favor of the dance track Dynamite, released late 1981, and seeing her have a modest disco hit when it reached #69 in the dance charts. Detour on Atlantic fared better at #34 in 1982, but none of the following singles, scattered on various labels, did particularly well. After 1987's double A-side Change In Me/Eye On You, she had no new recordings, and sadly in January 1991, just two months before her 40th birthday, she passed away unexpectedly from a bleeding ulcer.

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released December 4, 1987

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Karen Young Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Karen Young (March 23, 1951 — January 26, 1991[1]) was an American pop/disco-era singer with a very big and strong womanly contralto known for her 1978 hit record "Hot Shot".[2]

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