Sonia Dada was an American rock, soul, and rhythm and blues 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 has become a mainstay of the Chicago musical scene in the years since, incorporating elements of rock, soul, gospel, and funk.
Sonia Dada | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, soul, rhythm and blues |
| Years active | 1990–2005 |
| Labels | |
| Members | See below |
| Website | soniadada |
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 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
edit- 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
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certification | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [5] |
NZ [6] |
US Heat. [7] | |||||||
| Sonia Dada |
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2 | 17 | 29 | |||||
| A Day at the Beach |
|
— | — | — | |||||
| My Secret Life |
|
— | — | — | |||||
| Barefootsoul |
|
— | — | — | |||||
| Test Pattern |
|
— | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Lay Down and Love It Live |
|
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Certification | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [5] |
NZ [6] | ||||||||
| "You Don't Treat Me No Good" | 1992 | 1 | 2 |
|
Sonia Dada | ||||
| "You Ain't Thinking (About Me)" | 1993 | 3 | 19 |
| |||||
| "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
edit- ^ 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.