Sonia Dada
Sonia Dada | |
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| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, soul, R&B |
| Years active | 1990–2005 |
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| Members | See below |
| Website | soniadada |
Sonia Dada was an American rock, soul, and R&B band, formed in Chicago in 1990. Founding member Daniel Pritzker enlisted Michael Scott, Paris Delane, and Sam Hogan after hearing the latter three sing in a subway station.[1] Sonia Dada became a mainstay of the Chicago musical scene in the years since, incorporating elements of rock, soul, gospel, and funk.
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 number 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 number two on the Australian ARIA charts and was the 13th-highest-selling album for the year of 1993.[2] The single "You Don't Treat Me No Good" spent four weeks at number one on the ARIA singles chart and was the third-highest-selling single for the same year, while "You Ain't Thinking (About Me)" was the 40th-highest-selling single.[3] However, they are known primarily as a one-hit wonder in Australia.[4] On the Australian ARIA charts, "You Aint Thinking (About Me)" reached number three.
Since then, Sonia Dada 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 guitar
- Hank Guaglianone – drums
- Larry Beers – drums
- Chris "Hambone" Cameron – keyboards
- Ron Schwartz – keyboards and production
- Scott Steiner – audio engineer
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certification | ||||||
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| AUS [5] |
NZ [6] |
US Heat. [7] | |||||||
| Sonia Dada |
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2 | 17 | 29 | |||||
| A Day at the Beach |
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— | — | — | |||||
| My Secret Life |
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— | — | — | |||||
| Barefootsoul |
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— | — | — | |||||
| Test Pattern |
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— | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Lay Down and Love It Live |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Certification | Album | |||||
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| AUS [5] |
NZ [6] | ||||||||
| "You Don't Treat Me No Good" | 1992 | 1 | 2 |
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Sonia Dada | ||||
| "You Ain't Thinking (About Me)" | 1993 | 3 | 19 |
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| "The Edge of the World" | 64 | — | |||||||
| "New York City" | — | — | |||||||
| "Paradise" | 96 | — | Sonia Dada (1994 re-release) | ||||||
| "Sail Away" | 1995 | — | — | A Day at the Beach | |||||
| "Screaming John" | 1996 | — | — | ||||||
| "I Want to Take You Higher" | 1999 | — | — | Lay Down and Love It Live | |||||
| "Baby Woke Up" | 2002 | — | — | Barefootsoul | |||||
| "Old Bones" | 2005 | — | — | Test Pattern | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
References
- ^ a b c d e 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
- ^ a b 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 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 260.
- ^ a b "charts.nz > Sonia Dada in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
- ^ "Sonia Dada Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ a b c Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.