Uploaded by IanLevine on Jul 20, 2010
We just recorded the most amazing new song with Carol, called "An Eye For An Eye", as one of the key songs from our new album, "Northern Soul 2010", which we're releasing this September on Centre City Records. Consequently I dug this old footage out, filmed in 2007 at the late Clive Scott's studio, to one of my favorite songs, our cover of Two Tons Of Fun, "Just Us". And it reunites me with Carol Jiani, who I first produced for Record Shack Records in 1984. Carol is an outrageous, larger than life, African singer, who moved to Montreal and had a huge hit with "Hit And Run Lover" in 1982. For those who love facts and minutae, her real name is Uchena Ikejiani. She then moved to England and signed to Record Shack to record "Vanity". After that I got her a deal with MCA records, and we released "Such A Joy Honey". Then came the song, "Turning My Back And Walking Away", which was to have been her second single for MCA, and was indeed recorded for them. But my old friend there, Dave Ambrose, left the company and Carol was dropped, and rather than be forced to release this single, they gave it back to us, so I rushed it out on the Nightmare Records label. After that, we ended up doing a whole album, "The Best Of Carol Jiani" for Hot Records in Miami, and we re-recorded "Hit And Run Lover" as well as a great version of the Dells' old soul classic, "Make Sure You Have Someone Who Loves You". Carol is a true Diva, she is still performing to this day, and in 2006 we made a brand new recording together, a version of France Joli's "Come To Me", before releasing "Work My Fingers To The Bone" in 2007.
19 videosYouTube Mix for Carol Jiani- 6:54
Carol Jiani - Fighting Fire With Fire (Laurent Schark's Club Mix)by carembamix2,524 views
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Carol Jiani - Hit and Run Loverby MorpherRadioOnline1,712 views
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Carol Jiani - Hit And Run Loverby IanLevine24,332 views
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The woman in me - Carol Jianiby cora199252,179 views
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Carol Jiani - Can't Get Enough (Album Mix)by ronbunschoten9,614 views
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Carol Jiani - Vanityby IanLevine17,070 views
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carol jiani - hit 'n run lover extended version by fggkby fggkremasterd43,241 views
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Earlene Bentley - Caught In The Actby IanLevine11,418 views
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Tammi Lavette - I Got Two Heartsby IanLevine3,130 views
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Chocolate river running through Croston, !by barlow443458 views
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Stan Courtois feat. Carol Jiani - Let's Goby EiskaltGlasklar2,071 views
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Carol Jiani - Gay Pride 2009 Miamiby 305DiscoDotCom1,506 views
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Donna Williams - Make Me Fly Awayby IanLevine3,093 views
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INJU5TICE - Album Trailerby IanLevine14,416 views
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The Weather Girls - Successby TheThankgoditsfriday3,699 views
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HEAVEN - GIBSON BROTHERS (1977)by celaya134368,001 views
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Evelyn Thomas - High Energyby IanLevine1,208,545 views
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Two Tons O' Fun - Do You Wanna Boogie, Hunh?by SoulManU7729,844 views
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Carol Jiani - Turning My Back And Walking Awayby thedeelo1,226 views
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New Breed - Umsturz Jetzt!by ricardo7601435 views
This is the old two tons of fun tune methinks love it
dclambert 1 year ago
More more more pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee
MixedCapone 1 year ago
This is one of my favourIte modern soul recordings, got it on a superb "best of" CD.
HINRGBLOKE41 1 year ago
Love This!!! Can't Wait Ti Hear The New Track....I'm Sure It Will Be Great!!!!
BarbraAlejandro 1 year ago
Carol J. an amazing singer,she makes me feel good.
bobrofmad 1 year ago
Music to feed my soul
w29mag 1 year ago
Can't wait to hear "An Eye For An Eye"
Soulanddisco 1 year ago