Disco Singer. She is best remembered for her 12-inch single "Hot Shot" (on West End Records), which was #1 on Billboard's National Disco Action Top 40 chart and #67 on its Hot 100 chart in 1978. It was later featured in the 1990 movie "Reversal of Fortune" and used as a sample in Daft Punk's song "Indo Silver Club" from their album "Homework." It was also used by the BBC in the mid-1980s during its coverage of the World Snooker Championship for "hot shots" compilations during the tournament. Various "Hot Shot" remixes were released in 2007. One of them, "Hot Shot - The Karen Young Reheat," spent two weeks at #7 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
Disco Singer. She is best remembered for her 12-inch single "Hot Shot" (on West End Records), which was #1 on Billboard's National Disco Action Top 40 chart and #67 on its Hot 100 chart in 1978. It was later featured in the 1990 movie "Reversal of Fortune" and used as a sample in Daft Punk's song "Indo Silver Club" from their album "Homework." It was also used by the BBC in the mid-1980s during its coverage of the World Snooker Championship for "hot shots" compilations during the tournament. Various "Hot Shot" remixes were released in 2007. One of them, "Hot Shot - The Karen Young Reheat," spent two weeks at #7 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
Bio by: W. Arnold Holmes
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