Originally the term was associated with mid-1960s white artists who performed soul and R & B that was similar to the music released by Motown Records and Stax Records.

Originally titled Swamp Pussy, Spanking Machine was recorded with grunge producer Jack Endino at Seattle's Reciprocal Recording and released in April 1990 on Minneapolis ' Twin / Tone Records.

Originally a progressive rock band, Journey experienced strong resentment from many music critics after they embraced the pop sensibilities of the 1980s with smash hits like " Don't Stop Believin '" and " Open Arms "; Q magazine ranked Escape 15th in its " Records it's OK to Love " in 2006.

Originally, Grand Funk attempted to attract Peter Frampton, late of Humble Pie ; however, Frampton was not available due to signing a solo-record deal with A & M Records.

Originally taking the name Hocus Pocus, the group changed their name in October 1969 to UFO in honour of the London club where they were spotted by Noel Moore, who signed them to Beacon Records label, which was headed by Antiguan-born Milton Samuel.

Originally known as Miracle Records ( slogan: " If It's a Hit, It's a Miracle "), the name was changed in 1962 to avoid confusion with the Miracles singing group.

By 1976 John “ Jay ” David ( ex Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show ) had replaced Franz on drums, and they issued a single “ Bar in my Car ”, on Buffalo Records, but the record company “ tanked as soon as the record came out .” Originally titled " I'm Gonna Put a Bar in the Back of My Car ( And Drive Myself to Drink )", the song appears on numerous internet lists of " worst country song titles " as being from their album Fear of Frying, but this is incorrect.

Originally titled " Star Dust ", Carmichael first recorded the song at the Gennett Records studio in Richmond, Indiana.

Originally conceived by Rob Gretton, it was largely financed by the record label Factory Records and the band New Order along with label boss Tony Wilson.

Originally to be called The Bone Thugs Story, Strength & Loyalty was released on May 8, 2007 on Interscope Records imprint Full Surface Records.

Originally to be called the " Like a Prayer World Tour ", Sire Records announced the Blond Ambition World Tour in November 1989, following the success of Madonna's fourth studio album, Like a Prayer, and Madonna's performance of " Express Yourself " at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards-considered as a tour preview.

Originally they were part of the cassette culture movement, releasing material on the Fuck Off Records label, and were also involved in the squatting and free festival scene.

Originally the LP was self-produced ( under his own " BRO " record label imprint ) and sold at gigs, but it was later marketed by Free Music Production ( FMP ), In 2007, Chicago-based Atavistic Records reissued the Machine Gun recording.

Originally recorded at Compass Point Studios in 1996, " Comedy For Gracious Living ," an album by The State cast members, was finally released by Rhino Records on September 20, 2010.

Originally intended to be limited to 200, 000 copies, Virgin Records produced more after the original run sold out due to overwhelming and unexpected demand.

Originally created by Alan W. Livingston for a children's storytelling record-album and illustrative read-along book set and portrayed by Pinto Colvig, the character became very popular during the 1940s and was a mascot for record company Capitol Records.

Originally the Royal Sons Quintet, the group began recording for Apollo Records in the early 1950s, changing its name to the Royals after abandoning gospel for secular music.

Originally, Atlantic Records, which released the soundtrack albums, had three volumes planned, but only two of these were released.

Originally Regal Zonophone handled American releases from Okeh Records, Victor Records and Columbia Records, as well as offering home-grown recordings by artists such as Gracie Fields and George Formby.

Originally on Dill Records, the CD contained 21-tracks, including two covers of TV theme songs Jeffersons and Laverne and Shirley ( which were omitted on the suon Asian Man and Fueled By Ramen records ).

Originally released for on-line sale only, Cleopatra Records re-released DickNity with a bonus remix by Christoph Schneider of Rammstein.

Originally called Scratch Band, this ministry-based quartet formed in the late 1970s in Sacramento, California, by Roe, keyboardist / guitarist Mark Tootle, bassist Jan Eric Volz, and drummer Mark Proctor.

Originally it was the founders ' coat of arms, i. e. the Counts of Mark.

Originally signed by Simon Cowell and managed by Louis Walsh, the group's final line-up consisted of Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne.

Originally, the group was composed of Gez Varley and Mark Bell.

Originally interred in Rosedale, alongside his mother, Azubah ( Mark ) Wilcox ( c. 1804 – 1888 ); he was removed to Hollywood Cemetery in 1922

Originally the settlement area of the West Slavic Leubuzzi, a Veleti tribe, the swampy area was located east of Mark Brandenburg and west of Greater Poland, south of Pomerania and north of Silesia.

Originally flagged as a Crowne Plaza, then as a Sheraton Plaza, the hotel was sold to Adam ’ s Mark in 1996.

* Lawrence " Larry " 3000 ( voiced by Mark Hamill ): Originally designed as a diplomat, Larry was put into Time Squad service when the world's nations all joined together in the year one million, an event which turned out to be the worst thing to ever happen to him, second only to being saddled in Tuddrussel's unit.

Originally used occasionally as an outfielder, third baseman, and first baseman, he assumed the full-time first base job upon the trade of Mark McGwire to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1997.

Originally introduced on December 7 as Mercury Mark II, it was re-christened Project Gemini on January 3, 1962, from the fact that the spacecraft would hold two crewmen, seated abreast, as gemini in Latin means " twins " or " side-by-side ".

Originally armed with three 6 inch Mark VII naval guns on Mark V mountings, later upgraded to Mark XXIV guns on the same mountings.

Originally named " Keith Gale's Parallel Universe ", the original lineup consisted of Charlie Hunter, Rudy Maynard and Mark Berdon and played in the local San Francisco club scene.

Originally broadcast in the old Tube time slot of 6 pm Friday evenings, The Words main live show was shifted to a late-night timeslot from 9 November 1990, with a compilation sister show fronted by Mark Lamarr in the week.

Originally called Blind Allez then for a short time, ' Phobia ', GUN were formed in 1987 by Giuliano Gizzi ( guitar ) and Cami Morlotti ( bass ), with Mark Rankin ( vocals ), Alan Thornton ( drums ) and David Aitken ( guitar ).

Originally created at Sony Computer Entertainment by Rémi Arnaud and Mark C. Barnes, it has since become the property of the Khronos Group, a member-funded industry consortium, which now shares the copyright with Sony.

Originally played on Broadway by Mark Blum.

Originally, Monorail Lime's deltas ( and those of the older Mark IV Lime ) were painted a dark blue in homage to the original Walt Disney World monorail cast's costume colors ( lime and blue ), but the colors were changed when the entire monorail fleet was repainted in the early 2000s.

Originally, Mark Twain's work was published as a serialization in Harper's Magazine beginning in 1895 and it was published in book form during 1896.

Originally a duet with Ernie Sigley, the new version features Mark Trevorrow.

Originally the Mark XIII was used, although some Mark XIV also arrived.