Artist · chart history
LaTour
Solo artist United States
LaTour is an artist from the United States. LaTour has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1991. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Allen's Got A New Hi-Fi”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #27. The station that charted LaTour most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1991.
LaTour is William LaTour, an American musician, DJ and voice-over man who also answers to Bud LaTour, and in 1991 he turned up on Polydor with a self-titled album of deadpan electronica. "Allen's Got a New Hi-Fi" came off it, a tongue-in-cheek dance track that sounds like a party in the apartment of a friend who's just spent his rent on speakers.
His biggest moment came the same year with "People Are Still Having Sex", which went all the way to number one on Billboard's dance chart, and the deep house instrumental "Blue" is the other track that keeps his name in circulation. Electronic, house, glam, rock, dance, punk and outright parody all pass through his catalog, and he treats every one of them with the same sly wink.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by LaTour on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen's Got A New Hi-Fi | 2 | #27 | – | 1991 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 27 | Allen's Got A New Hi-Fi | CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991 |
| 1991 | 364 | Allen's Got A New Hi-Fi | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) |
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