Zhané | Shame | A Low Down Dirty Shame Soundtrack | Crucial Music | Evelyn Champagne King | Remake

Shame. Zhané. 1994. And a cover so cleverly reproduced and so completely reimagined that it became one of the most praised moments on one of the most celebrated R&B film soundtracks of the decade. This is "Shame" by Zhané — the Philadelphia-based R&B duo of Jean Norris and Renée Neufville — a cover of the 1977 disco classic originally recorded by Evelyn "Champagne" King — released November 7, 1994 — from the Gold-certified A Low Down Dirty Shame original motion picture soundtrack for the Keenen Ivory Wayans film — produced for Crucial Music Company, Inc. — recorded at Beachwood Studios in Cleveland, Ohio in coordination with RealWorld Entertainment Corporation — courtesy of Illtown/Motown Record Company. Shame. Cleverly reproduced. Completely reimagined. And completely, perfectly Zhané. About "Shame": 🎵 Released November 7, 1994 — from the A Low Down Dirty Shame original motion picture soundtrack — one of three singles from the Gold-certified album and one of the most genuinely praised tracks on the entire release 🎵 A cover of "Shame" — originally recorded by Evelyn "Champagne" King in 1977 — written by Reuben Cross and John Fitch — one of the most celebrated and most completely infectious disco classics of its era — now reimagined by Zhané with the complete R&B sensibility, the complete vocal warmth, and the complete creative intelligence that defined their extraordinary approach to every recording they ever made 🎵 Cleverly reproduced — the specific, completely accurate description of what Zhané did with "Shame" — not merely a cover, not merely a remake, but a genuinely intelligent and genuinely creative reimagining of a classic that honored the original while making something completely, recognizably their own 🎵 Produced for Crucial Music Company, Inc. — recorded at Beachwood Studios, Cleveland, Ohio — in coordination with RealWorld Entertainment Corporation — the Cleveland-based music production company co-founded in 1994 by Howard Perl and Lee Mars as a joint venture with Beachwood Studios — confirming definitively that the Gold-certified A Low Down Dirty Shame soundtrack ran through Beachwood Studios and the RealWorld Entertainment production infrastructure 🎵 The soundtrack credits confirm — recorded at Beachwood Studios, GTR Studios, Platinum Island Studios, and Battery Studios — Beachwood Studios first among the recording locations — the RealWorld Entertainment fingerprint on a Gold-certified Hollywood soundtrack 🎵 The Gold-certified A Low Down Dirty Shame soundtrack — certified Gold by the RIAA by March 1995 after sales exceeding 500,000 copies — peaked at #14 on the R&B Albums chart — one of the most commercially successful and most star-studded film soundtracks of 1994 About Zhané: 🎤 Zhané — Jean Norris and Renée Neufville — the Philadelphia-based R&B duo signed to Illtown/Motown — one of the most genuinely gifted and most completely beloved R&B vocal duos of the 1990s 🎤 "Hey Mr. DJ" (1993) — their breakthrough single — #1 R&B — one of the most instantly recognizable and most completely infectious R&B records of the decade 🎤 Debut album Pronounced Jah-Nay (1994) — featuring "Hey Mr. DJ," "Sending My Love," and more — one of the most genuinely celebrated R&B debut albums of its era 🎤 Featured on Busta Rhymes' "It's a Party" (1996) — Naughty by Nature's "Jamboree" — crossover collaborations that demonstrated the complete range of their commercial appeal 🎤 A vocal partnership of extraordinary warmth, extraordinary chemistry, and extraordinary genuine musical intelligence — whose cover of "Shame" for the A Low Down Dirty Shame soundtrack is widely cited as one of the most genuinely praiseworthy moments on the entire album 🎤 Courtesy of Illtown/Motown Record Company, L.P. — the Motown-distributed imprint that was home to one of the 1990s' most genuinely gifted R&B duos About Evelyn "Champagne" King — The Original: 🎵 "Shame" — originally recorded by Evelyn "Champagne" King — released 1977 — one of the most celebrated and most completely infectious disco and R&B classics of the decade 🎵 Written by Reuben Cross and John Fitch — a songwriting team whose original recording became a disco staple and a genuine classic of the era 🎵 Evelyn "Champagne" King — the Philadelphia soul and disco singer whose extraordinary voice and genuine stage presence made her one of the most beloved figures in late 1970s R&B — whose "Shame" became one of the most covered and most sampled songs of its era 👍 Like, subscribe & drop a comment — did you know "Shame" by Zhané was recorded at Beachwood Studios in Cleveland? Drop a 🎵 below for Zhané and one of the most genuinely brilliant covers on the most celebrated R&B soundtrack of 1994! #Zhané #Shame #ALowDownDirtyShame #CrucialMusic #RealWorldEntertainment #BeachwoodStudios #HowardPerl #LeeMars #EvelynChampagneKing #KeenanIvoryWayans