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MONDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2012

SHALAMAR – THERE IT IS

 

SHALAMAR  IS AN AMERICAN MUSIC GROUP, PRIMARILY ACTIVE IN THE 1970S AND 1980S, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY A DISCO-DRIVEN VEHICLE CREATED BY SOUL TRAIN BOOKING AGENT DICK GRIFFEY

AS NOTED IN THE BRITISH HIT SINGLES & ALBUMS, THEY WERE REGARDED AS FASHION ICONS AND TRENDSETTERS, AND HELPED TO INTRODUCE ‘BODY-POPPING’

IN THE UK THE GROUP HAD A STRING OF HITS WITH SONGS SUCH AS “TAKE THAT TO THE BANK” (1978), “I OWE YOU ONE” (1980) AND 1982’S “I CAN MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD”, “A NIGHT TO REMEMBER”, “THERE IT IS” AND “FRIENDS”.THE ALBUM OF THE SAME TITLE FRIENDS WAS ALSO A BIG SELLER IN THE UK IN 1982

THE “CLASSIC” LINEUP OF SHALAMAR (HOWARD HEWETT, JODY WATLEY, AND JEFFERY DANIEL) SCORED A TOTAL OF THREE GOLD ALBUMS IN THE US WITH BIG FUN, THREE FOR LOVE (WHICH EVENTUALLY WENT PLATINUM) AND FRIENDS

 

  5:08
Label SOLAR Records
K 13162

Writer(s)

Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers, Charmaine Sylvers