Sonia Dada
Sonia Dada was an American rock/soul/rhythm and blues band, which tours with between six and eight members. The Chicago-based band formed in 1990, when founding member Daniel Pritzker enlisted Michael Scott, Paris Delane, and Sam Hogan after hearing them sing in a subway station.[1] Sonia Dada has become a mainstay of the Chicago musical scene in the years since, incorporating elements of rock, soul, gospel, and funk.
Sonia Dada | |
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Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Genres | Rock, soul, rhythm and blues |
Years active | 1990 | –2005
Labels | Chameleon, Capricorn Records, Calliope Records, Razor & Tie |
Website | soniadada |
Members | See below |
Their 1992 debut album, Sonia Dada, produced a major radio hit, "You Don't Treat Me No Good", and sold more than 100,000 copies.[1] The album peaked at #29 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart in 1993.[1] In 1994, the band's tour saw them opening for the group Traffic, as well as headlining an extremely successful Australian tour.[1] The album reached #1 on the Australian ARIA charts and was the #13 highest selling album for the year of 1993.[2] The single "You Don't Treat Me No Good" spent 4 weeks at number one on the ARIA singles chart and was the #3 highest selling single for the same year, while "You Ain't Thinking (About Me)" was the #40 highest selling single.[3] However, they are known primarily as a one-hit wonder there.[4] On the Australian ARIA charts "You Aint Thinking (About Me)" reached #3.
Since then, Sonia Dada has released four studio albums and a live album. Their 2004 release, Test Pattern, was released in a deluxe edition with a bonus DVD containing short films by Jeth Weinrich.[1]
Members
- Daniel Pritzker – guitar
- Michael Scott – vocals
- Paris Delane – vocals
- Sam Hogan – vocals
- Shawn Christopher – vocals
- Dave Resnik – guitar
- Phil Miller – guitar
- Erik Scott – bass
- Hank Guaglianone – drums
- Larry Beers – drums
- Chris "Hambone" Cameron – keyboards
- Ron Schwartz – keyboards & production
- Scott Steiner – audio engineer
Discography
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certification | ||||||
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AUS [5] |
NZ [6] |
US Heat | |||||||
1992 | Sonia Dada
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2 | 17 | 29 |
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1995 | A Day at the Beach
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1998 | My Secret Life
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2002 | Barefootsoul
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2004 | Test Pattern
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Live albums
Year | Album details |
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1999 | Lay Down and Love It Live
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Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Certification | Album | |||||
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AUS [5] |
NZ [6] | ||||||||
1992 | "You Don't Treat Me No Good" | 1 | 2 |
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Sonia Dada | ||||
1993 | "You Ain't Thinking (About Me)" | 3 | 19 |
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"The Edge of the World" | 64 | — | |||||||
"New York City" | — | — | |||||||
"Paradise" | 96 | — | Sonia Dada (1994 Re-Release) | ||||||
1995 | "Sail Away" | — | — | A Day at the Beach | |||||
1996 | "Screaming John" | — | — | ||||||
1999 | "I Want to Take You Higher" | — | — | Lay Down and Love It Live | |||||
2002 | "Baby Woke Up" | — | — | Barefootsoul | |||||
2005 | "Old Bones" | — | — | Test Pattern | |||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
References
- Biography. Allmusic.com.
- ARIA End of Year Album Charts 1993 Accessed 18 August 2008 Archived July 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ARIA End of Year Singles Charts 1993 Accessed 18 August 2008
- Sonia Dada Return. Undercover, April 19, 2005. Accessed April 2, 2007. Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Sonia Dada in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "charts.nz > Sonia Dada in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
- Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.