LaTour
LaTour | |
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punk, parody | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, songwriter, voice-over actor, production director, voice-over producer and engineer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, keyboard, drums, guitar, bass, programming |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Polydor (1989–1993) Smash Records (1989 – 1996) |
William LaTour, better known by his stage names LaTour and Bud LaTour, is an American musician, disc jockey and voice-over artist. His musical genres span electronic, house, glam, rock, dance, punk, and parody. LaTour is best known for the 1991 Number 1 Billboard electronic dance hit "People Are Still Having Sex".[1] and for his instrumental deep house track, "Blue".
Musical career
As a child, LaTour found a talent in writing parody songs.[2] Later, working at a radio station created the environment to record comedy songs and feature them on the air for skits. Like many parody songwriters, The Dr. Demento Radio Show played a large part in showcasing the early talents of LaTour.[3] A parody version of Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" entitled, "Rock Me Jerry Lewis" was credited to Bud Latour and fellow Phoenix, Arizona disc jockey, Mike Elliott. "Rock Me Jerry Lewis" reached Number 1 on The Dr. Demento's Funny Five chart.
LaTour was a member of Chicago
During the busiest phase of LaTour's recording career, the 1990s, he joined fellow house music producer, Terry "Housemaster" Baldwin to create a number of Chicago house singles for the underground house scene under the name "The L&B Project". This was named for the letters of both artist's last names.[6]
In 1997, LaTour formed another band, Muzloh.[7] The rest of the band included Chicago musicians Dave Hunt, Don Batryn, Pete Shorner, and Emery "Joe" Yost (who previously played with LaTour in The Squids). In the Chicago area, Muzloh played The House of Blues, The Metro Chicago club,[8] Gunther Murphy's, and The Chicago Free Fest. Muzloh released an album in 1997 titled Supersonic Gold on Spoon Records.
LaTour also performed as a
Radio career
LaTour's radio work began at an early age, spending many hours at
and musician.From 1983, LaTour joined KZZP as their weekend on-air personality on the FM station and did the midday shift on their AM frequency until 1986. It was at this station that on-air personality, Chris Shebel[11] coined him William "Bud" LaTour.
After leaving KZZP, LaTour, now known primarily as "Bud" LaTour went on to Mesa, Arizona's KDKB as their morning show personality while also the station's Production Director. Only there for the year, LaTour moved to Phoenix's KSLX as the evening personality and then joined Chicago's WRXR. Climbing the ranks of radio, LaTour secured a position at a larger station, WBBM-FM also known as B96 as their weekend personality and Production Director from 1987–1992.
From 1998 to 1999, LaTour joined WXXY as their evening personality using the name Bill LaTour. He later moved to one of Chicago's only dance-format radio station, WKIE otherwise known as Energy 92.7/5[12] The station released two full-length music CD's due to their popular format. He was their Production Director and midday personality, where he went only by the name LaTour.
When the station changed formats, LaTour joined Chicago's
In January 2010, LaTour was offered the position of Production Director for KSWD 100.3, The Sound.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Details |
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| LaTour |
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| Home on the Range |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details |
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| The Project E.P. (as LaTour & Baldwin) |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
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| US | US
Dance |
AUS [13] |
GER | NZ
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UK
[5] | |||
| "People Are Still Having Sex" | 1991 | 35 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 30 | 15 | LaTour |
| "Involved" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Blue" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Cold" | 1992 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | |
| "E" | 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Craziaskowboi" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hypnomania" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
See also
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance chart
- List of Billboard number-one dance hits
- Music of Chicago
- Culture of Chicago
References
- ^ "People Are Still Having Sex: Chart Listings". Billboard. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ^ Gcast.com[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bud LaTour". madmusic.com. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Mark, Caro (March 8, 1991). "3 more Chicago performers sign with Smash". Chuicago Tribune. p. N.
- ^ ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- ^ Centerstage Media, LLC. "Centerstagechicago.com". Centerstagechicago.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- ^ Centerstage Media, LLC (February 24, 1998). "Centerstagechicago.com". Centerstagechicago.com. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- ^ "Mich.ideatown.com". Mich.ideatown.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- ^ "DRdemento.com". DRdemento.com. December 28, 1986. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- ^ "Energychicago.com". Energychicago.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- ^ "Energychicago.com". Energychicago.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 162.
External links
- LaTour discography at Discogs
- LaTour YouTube Video Channel
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