D Train: 1980-жылдардың американдық музыкалық дуэті

American musical ensemble

D Train was an American duo that had hits on the Billboard magazine Dance and R&B charts during the first half of the 1980s. Three of their singles also reached the top 30 in the UK Singles Chart.

The project was a collaborative effort between the band's namesake, James D Train Williams, who was featured as the lead vocalist and songwriter, and Hubert Eaves III, a keyboardist, who performed the instrumentation on the recordings. D Train released its first single "You're the One for Me" in late 1981. Williams himself played acoustic guitar on a cover of Carole King's "So Far Away". A greatest hits album titled You're the One for Me The Very Best Of was released in the U. K. in 1985. An equivalent compilation was not released in the U. S. until the following year. Featured on this compilation was a remixed version of "You're the One for Me" that charted in the U. K. that same year. This version was remixed by Paul Hardcastle, who had previously issued a cover version of the song and, by 1985, had become well known for his own hit "19". Despite this success, the group disbanded that same year.

D Train's albums were eventually re released on CDs by Unidisc Music, which acquired Prelude Records and several other New York dance music labels during the 1990s. The song "You're the One for Me" exists in remixes by Larry Levan and Shep Pettibone, and most recently was sampled by DJ Kue in his 2006 hit "I Got Love". "You're the One for Me" is also sampled in the song "Girls" by the Prodigy from its album Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned. D Train contributed to the Pokémon anime's "Pokérap" on the official television soundtrack, 2BA Master. In 1999, D Train did the backup vocal for "Eyes of a Child", a song written by Trey Parker and Performed by Michael McDonald for the film, South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut. Williams was hired as a DJ for Heart & Soul Channel 51 on the Sirius Satellite Radio service based in New York City from 2001 to 2008. In 2007, his performances of "My Funny Valentine" and Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Thing" appeared on the soundtrack of the film Perfect Stranger. The Notorious B. I. G.'s "Sky's the Limit" interpolates part of D Train's 1982 song "Keep On". Rapper Yo Yo's "Iz It Still All Good" sampled D Train's "Something's on Your Mind," which featured Gerald LeVert, in 1998.

YearAlbumLabelFormatPeak chart positionsUSUS R&BUKUS R&BUS PopUK 1981 "You're the One for Me" 1 13 ― 30 You're the One for Me 1982 "Keep On" 2 15 ― ― "Walk on By" 45 42 ― 44 "D" Train's Theme" ― ― ― 1983 "Music" 12 20 ― 23 Music "Keep Giving Me Love" 24 55 ― 65 "The Shadow of Your Smile" — — ― 88 "Something's on Your Mind" ― 5 79 ― Something's on Your Mind 1984 "You're the Reason" ― 43 — ― "Thank You" ― ― — ― 1985 "Just Another Night (Without Your Love)" ― 59 ― ― Non album singles "You're the One for Me" (remix) ― ― ― 15 "Music" (remix) ― ― ― 62 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.