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The Blackbyrds - Love Don't Strike Twice 1980

Part acid jazz, part R&B, part Funk, The Brand New Heavies are one of the most versatile Funk-related bands out there. For a sample of their best Funk music, check out their Allabouthefunk album.

Mtume - You Me & He 1984

A former jazz percussionist, Mtume moved into urban contemporary and funk in the late '70s and became one of the more successful producers and performers in both styles during the '80s. The son of the great jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath, Mtume was a conga player and percussionist who recorded and toured with Miles Davis and was featured on albums by the Heath Brothers, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, and Freddie Hubbard.

He even recorded as a bandleader for Strata-East before turning to funk in the late '70s. Mtume's band included the sassy, sultry vocalist Tawatha Agee, keyboardist Phil Fields, and bassist Ray Johnson. They had a number one R&B hit with "Juicy Fruit" for Epic in 1983 and a number two single in 1984 with "You, Me and He." They recorded for Epic until the late '80s. Agee went solo in 1987.

Their final Top Ten hit was "Breathless" in 1986. Mtume also teamed with another ex-jazz musician, Reggie Lucas, who had also been in Davis' '70s band. They produced and/or wrote for such artists as Stephanie Mills, Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway, Phyllis Hyman, Gary Bartz, Sadane, Lou Rawls, Rena Scott, and Eddie Henderson in the late '70s.

The duo worked on the LP In Search of the Rainbow Seekers for Epic in 1980. Mtume worked on his own as a producer with several artists, among them Levert, Tyrone Brunson, Roy Ayers, Henderson, Tease, and Sue Ann.

Tracks:

1. C.O.D. [I'll Deliver] 4:02
2. You Are My Sunshine 4:28
3. You, Me And He 4:27
4. I Simply Like 5:08
5. Prime Time 5:51
6. Tie Me Up 5:49
7. Sweet For You And Me [Monogamy Mix] 5:05
8. To Be Or Not To Bop That Is The Question [Whether We Funk Or Not] 5:05

Bonus Tracks:

9. Interlude 0:20
10. You, Me And He [Polygamy Mix] 5:56
11. You, Me And He [Instrumental Rap] 4:23
12. I Simply Like [Dub Version] 2:47
13. I Simply Like [Extended Version] 5:41
14. C.O.D. [I'll Deliver][Instrumental] 5:35
15. C.O.D. [I'll Deliver][Vocal] 5:14

Mtume - You, Me and He [x][Polygamy Mix] 1984

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Prince - I Wanna Be You Lover 1979

"I Wanna Be Your Lover" is a song by Prince from his second album Prince, released in 1979. It was his first successful single, gaining radio airplay and chart success: the song scored two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart during December 1979, and peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100.

In the U.S. the B-side of the track was "My Love Is Forever", from his previous album, For You. In the UK, the B-side was "Just as Long as We're Together", also from For You. This was Prince's debut single in the UK. It charted together with "Sexy Dancer" on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it reached number two.

Tracks:

1. I Wanna Be Your Lover
2. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
3. Sexy Dancer
4. When We're Dancing Close And Slow
5. With You
6. Bambi
7. Still Waiting
8. I Feel For You
9. It's Gonna Be Lonely

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Phylis Hyman - Living Alone 1987

This talented cat was [Born:] Phyllis Linda Hyman, 6th July 1949, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. & [Died:] 30th June 1995, Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. Phyllis Hyman was born in Pittsburgh in 1950. She was a singer, actress and fashion model.

Phyllis was one of several acts groomed by vocalist Norman Connors. She was raised in Philadelphia and was the eldest of seven children. She took up singing naturally, won a scholarship to music school and began her professional career in 1971 with a group The New Direction. (She had also trained as a legal secretary in case her singing career didn't take off.)

The album was followed in 1979 by a Mtume / Lucas written / produced album 'You Know How To Love Me', the title track which firmly established Phyllis with UK soul fans and was a dance anthem that reached the Top 50 in 1980. In 1986 she signed to the Philadelphia International label (via EMI) for 'Living All Alone', including 'First Time Together' and the Loose Ends penned 'Ain't You Had Enough Love.

One sure has good memories thinking about the national of anthems 'You Know How To Love Me'. We'll always remember Phylis for that R.I.P.

Tracks:

1. Living All Alone
2. First Time Together
3. If You Want Me
4. Slow Dancin'
5. Old Friend
6. You Just Don't Know
7. Ain't You Had Enough Love
8. Screamin' At The Moon
9. What You Won't Do For Love

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Patti Austin - Getting Away With Murder 1985

Patti Austin - Only A Breathe Away 1985

Patti Austin [Born:] August 10, 1950) is an American Grammy-winning R&B and jazz music singer. Austin released her third album in three years entitled Gettin' Away With Murder.

In addition to the title track, she had two more hit singles, "Honey For The Bees" (#24 R&B and #6 Dance) and "The Heat of Heat". Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, noted for their later work with Janet Jackson, the latter track returned Austin to the top 15 of the R&B charts for what would be the last time to date. It would also be her last Hot 100 charting to date, although she would score a top-5 dance hit with the single Reach that appeared originally on her 1994 CD That Secret Place.

Tracks:

1. Talkin' Bout My Baby
2. Big Bad World
3. The Heat Of The Heat
4. If I Believed
5. Honey For The Bees
6. Gettin' Away With Murder
7. Anything Can Happen Here
8. Only A Breath Away
9. Summer Is The Coldest Time Of Year

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Patrice Rushen - Straight From The Heart 1982

An early-’80s jazz-pop-R&B synthesis as durable and pleasing as any other, Straight from the Heart was Patrice Rushen’s most successful album, at least from a sales standpoint: it peaked at number 14 on the pop chart, 25 slots higher than 1980′s Pizzazz. Still working with a core group of associates — including Freddie Washington, Charles Mims, Paul M.

Jackson, and Marlo Henderson (along with a still young Gerald Albright) — that went back to her earlier Elektra albums, the material here is as slick as ever, but not at the expense of lighter rhythms or less memorable melodies.

Much of the album’s popularity can be attributed to the club hit “Forget Me Nots,” Rushen’s most-known single — a breezy, buoyant mixture of handclaps, fingersnaps, twisting bass, and Rushen’s typically blissful (and not overplayed) electric piano, not to mention the incorporation of a bad bass-and-percussion breakdown. (If you were born after the mid-’70s or so, you’d be more likely to recognize the song as the basis of Will Smith’s “Men in Black.”) Beyond a forgettable ballad or two, the only disappointment is the Brenda Russell collaboration on “Breakout!,” where rock affectations (gnarling electric guitar, grimacing vocal tactics that suit neither Rushen nor Russell) damage what could’ve been a bigger hit.

“Remind Me,” despite not being released as a single, is a sweet and low-slung groove that has been sampled and interpolated by no less than a dozen significant rap and R&B songs — including Faith Evans’ “Fallin’ in Love,” Notorious B.I.G.’s “Unbelievable,” MoKenStef’s “He’s Mine,” and Junior M.A.F.I.A.’s “I Need You Tonight.” But it’s not like anything about this album requires that kind of validation.
[Rhino's 1996 reissue adds the 12" versions of all three singles, including seven very replayable minutes of "Forget Me Nots," as well as two single edits.](Andy kellman – All Music Guide).

Tracks:

1. Forget Me Nots
2. I Was Tired Of Being Alone
3. All We Need
4. Number One (Instrumental)
5. Where There Is Love
6. Breakout!
7. If Only
8. Remind Me
9. (She Will) Take You Down To Love
10. Forget Me Nots (12″ Version)
11. Breakout! (12″ Version)
12. Number One (Instrumental 12″ Version)
13. Forget Me Nots (Single Version)
14. Breakout (Single Version)

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Pieces Of A Dream - Joyride 1986

Pieces of a Dream is an R&B/jazz group from Philadelphia. The group was formed in 1976 by bassist Cedric Napoleon, drummer Curtis Harmon, and keyboardist James Lloyd.

At the time, the three were all teenagers. The group based their name on “Pieces of Dreams,” a Michel Legrand tune recorded by Stanley Turrentine that the group performed.

Randy Bowland Guitar; Dennis Collins Vocals (bckgr); Garry Glenn Vocals, Vocals (bckgr); Curtis Harmon Drums, Vocals, Drum Samples; Henry Horne Keyboards; Denise King Keyboards; James K. Lloyd Percussion, Keyboards; Marlon McLain Guitar, Percussion; Chude Mondlane Percussion, Vocals (bckgr); Kaz Silver Keyboards; Sybil Thomas Vocals (bckgr); Lenny White Percussion; aurice White Percussion; Bernard Wright Keyboards.

Album & Tracks:

Artista: Pieces Of A Dream
Album: Joyride
Año: 1986
Genero: Smooth, Jazz.

1. Save Some Time for Me
2. Say la La
3. I Can Give You What You Want
4. Joy Ride
5. Love of My Life
6. Careless Whisper
7. Ouside In
8. Winning Streak
9. Sunshine

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Otis Clay - The Only Way Is Up 1982

"The Only Way Is Up" is a song written by George Jackson and Johnny Henderson and originally released as the title track to the 1982 album by soul singer Otis Clay. In 1988, it became a chart-topping single for Yazz and the Plastic Population.

Tracks:

1. The Only Way Is Up
2. Cheatin' In The Next Room **
3. Check It Out
4. Turn Back The Hands Of Time
5. If I Could Open Up My Heart
6. Messin' With My Mind
7. Special Kind Of Love
8. All I Need Is You
9. Victim Of Circumstance
10. I'm Gonna Hate Myself In The Morning

Otis Clay - Cheating In The Next Room 1982

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Passion - Don't Stop My Love 1979

Tracks:

1. Don't Stop My Love
2. Midnight Lovers
3. Don't Bring Back Memories
4. Dancing And Romancing
5. In New York
6. You Can't Hide It
7. Don't Stop My Love [Instrumental]
8. Don't Stop My Love [Radio Edit]

Passion - Midnight Lovers 1979

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O'Bryan - You and I 1983

Multi-instrumentalist O'Bryan got into the business after a friend (who was in the choir he sang in as a young adult in Southern California) married Ron Kersey, who had worked in Philadelphia with groups like the Trammps in the 1970s. Upon her recommendation, Kersey got O'Bryan into a group he was forming.

That quickly fell apart, but Kersey helped the singer connect with Soul Train impresario Don Cornelius, who helped O'Bryan land a deal with Capitol. During the '80s, he cut four albums and nine singles that made the R&B charts. His up-tempo tracks could sound something like a more mainstream Prince, though he tread far closer to the urban contemporary mainstream on his ballads.

"The Gigolo" made number five in 1982, and over the next few years he had some up-tempo and ballad follow-ups. "I'm Freaky," which was reminiscent of "Gigolo," was the best of these; "Lovelite" was the most successful. In 2007, he returned with the ballad-heavy F1RST, issued digitally through the Headstorm label with plans for a CD version.

Tracks:

1. I'm Freaky
2. Dazzlin' Lady
3. I'm In Love Again
4. Together Always
5. You And I
6. Shake
7. Soft Touch
8. Soul Train's A'comin'

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Philly Ballards - Volume II - 1985

Tracks:

1. Patti LaBelle - If Only You Knew
2. O'Jays, The - Let Me Make Love To You
3. Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door
4. Jones Girls, The - I Just Love The Man
5. Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO
6. Ebonys, The - You're The Reason Why
7. Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes - Be For Real
8. Jacksons, The - Find Me A Girl

The O'Jays - [Live in London] Sunshine 1974

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One Way - Lady 1984

This was the later identity of the group originally called the Soul Partners. Al Hudson, Alicia Myers, guitarists Dave Robertson and Cortez Harris, bassist Kevin McCord, and drummers Gregory Green and Jonathan Meadows were the original One Way.

They first recorded as One Way Featuring Al Hudson before becoming One Way. They were on MCA from 1980 to 1988 and were consistent performers, if not major stars. They were equally skilled at up-tempo, danceable numbers and creditable ballads and love songs, even though they never had a great lead singer after Myers departed.

They scored five Top Ten R&B hits, with the biggest being "Cutie Pie," which reached number four in 1982. They moved to Capitol in 1988, where they released A New Beginning in 1989.

Tracks:

1. Lady you are
2. I’ll make it up to you
3. If only you knew
4. Don’t stop
5. Mr. Groove
6. Smile
7. Dynomite
8. Can’t get enough of you

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Natural Four - Heaven Right Here On Earth 1976

The Natural Four - Heaven Right Here On Earth 1976

The Natural Four began their quest for stardom in Oakland, CA, in the mid-'60s, landing their first deal with a local outfit called Boola Boola Records. Initially, they had two 1969 releases on Boola Boola -- "You Did This for Me" and "Why Should We Stop Now" -- that did well in the San Francisco/Oakland area. ABC Records took over distribution and pushed "Why Should We Stop Now" to number 31 R&B in 1969.

At this junction the group consisted of lead singer Chris James, Allen Richardson, John January, and Al Bowden. Three more releases followed on ABC: "The Same Thing in Mind," an old Boola Boola track named "I Thought You Were Mine," and a remake of the Temptations' "Message From a Black Man." Nothing approached even the minimal success of "Why Should We Stop Now," and their relationship with ABC ended on a sour note.

In 1971, they did a one-off single for Chess Records ("Give a Little Love"), after which Chris James completely overhauled the Natural Four. By 1972, Richardson, January, and Bowden were out and in came Darryl Cannady, Steve Striplin, and Delmos Whitney. They signed with Curtis Mayfield's Curtom label and released "Things Will Be Better" in 1972; it flopped, as did their second Curtom release, "Eddie You Should Know Better" (a remake from Mayfield's Superfly album). The third Curtom release was the charmer "Can This Be Real," which soared to number ten on the R&B charts in 1973 and cracked the pop Top 40.

Its successor, "Love That Really Counts" (1974), was too similar to "Can This Be Real" to be taken seriously: same melody, different lyrics. Leroy Hutson, the first replacement for Curtis Mayfield in the Impressions, produced the Natural Four on Curtom for several promising releases, but four flops followed during 1975-1976: "Heaven Right Here on Earth," "Love's So Wonderful," "It's the Music," and "Free." Curtom released three LPs by the Natural Four: The Natural Four, Heaven Right Here on Earth, and Nightchaser.

The Natural Four certainly deserved better; they had a crisp, smooth lead singer in Chris James, who had a tenor similar to the Spinners' Bobbie Smith but heavier and more melodious. The group had no writers of substance though, and were usually at the mercy of producers and songwriters. Still, the Natural Four voiced some of the sweetest harmony ever laid down. Sequel later compiled all three LPs on two CDs in one sweet package.

Tracks:

1. Heaven Right Here On Earth (4:15)
2. Love's So Wonderful (3:25)
3. Count On Me (4:05)
4. Baby Come On (3:40)
5. What Do You Do (2:53)
6. Give This Love A Try (3:43)
7. What's Happening Here (4:32)
8. While You're Away (3:15)

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Nu Schooz - Pool Side 1987

The husband/wife team from Portland, OR -- guitarist/composer John Smith and vocalist Valerie Day -- attracted some attention on the R&B and disco circuit in the late '80s.

"I Can't Wait" reached number two on the R&B charts and number three pop in 1986 for Atlantic. But they were so linked to trendy sounds that by the third single, "Should I Say Yes?," it was evident that the game would be up soon, and it was.

Tracks:

1. Lost Your Number
2. I Can't Wait
3. Don't Let Me Be the One
4. Goin' Thru the Motions
5. You Put Me in a Trance
6. Point of No Return
7. Secret Message
8. Don't You Be Afraid

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Omar Chandler - Omar Chandler 1991

Tracks:

1. Do You Really Want
2. Love Triangle *
3. This Must Be Heaven
4. Id Rather Be with You
5. Giving You Every Drop
6. You Changed Me for the Better
7. If Only
8. You Know How to Love Me
9. Better World
10. This Must Be Heaven (Reprise)
11. Move Something

Najee - Najee Theme 1986

One of the best-selling instrumentalists of the late '80s to mid-'90s, Najee has been a consistent favorite in the quiet storm and so-called "smooth jazz" markets. Often compared to Kenny G, George Howard, and Dave Koz, the New Yorker has been greatly influenced by Grover Washington, Jr. -- although he hasn't been nearly as adventurous.

Heavily produced and quite formulaic, Najee's albums have tended to avoid improvisation and strive for commercial radio airplay above all else. Debuting in 1987 with Najee's Theme, Najee was an immediate hit in the new adult contemporary (NAC) market. Similar pop/urban jazz dates like 1988's Day By Day and 1990's Tokyo Blue did nothing to jeopardize his niche on smooth jazz radio. On stage, Najee takes some risks and stretches out more.

Morning Tenderness was released in 1998, followed by Love Songs (2000), Embrace (2003), My Point of View (2005), True Spirit (with John Grant, Victor Williams and Dennis Chambers in 2006), Rising Sun (2007), and Mind Over Matter (2009).

Tracks:

1. Feels So Good To Me
2. Najee's Theme
3. For The Love Of You
4. Can't Hide Love
5. We're Still Family
6. Sweet Love
7. Betcha Don't Know
8. What You Do To Me
9. Mysterious

Najee - Najee Theme 1986

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Oliver Cheatham - Saturday Night 1983

Not too much is known about him. Watch this space. In the meantime i've plucked this out for the tongue wagging and licking Connoisseurs including me - Love this track - Oliver Cheatham taken from the Saturday Night LP entitled 'Bless The Ladies'

Tracks:

1. Get Down Saturday Night *
2. Make Your Mind Up
3. Something About You
4. Bless The Ladies *
5. Do Me Right
6. Never Gonna Give You Up
7. Through It All
8. Just To Be With You
9. Get Down Saturday Night

Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night [Remixed by Matiz - AC16] 1983

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Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - Born To Love 1983

Roberta Flack is known as a singer of soulful jazz and pop ballads. Her particular heyday was the 1970s, when she recorded a string of hits including Feel Like Makin' Love and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. (The latter was included on the jazz-tinged soundtrack for Clint Eastwood's 1971 film Play Misty For Me.) The title cut from Flack's 1973 album Killing Me Softly became her biggest hit.

So timeless is the appeal of Roberta Flack's soulful singing that some of her hits of the 1970s are now being embraced by a generation of listeners far too young to remember when those hits were current. Her style, which has remained fairly consistent over the decades, contains hints of jazz, gospel, and blues. Flack's music has a broad appeal that makes a mockery of the demographic borders of race, age, and gender. Flack was born on February 10, 1939, in Black Mountain, a small town in the mountains of North Carolina. Both of her parents, Laron and Irene Flack, were skilled musicians.

Laron was a self-taught jazz piano stylist, while Irene, with the benefit of a few formal lessons, played piano for the local Methodist church. At an early age Roberta picked out melodies while sitting in her parents' laps. When she was about five years old, the family moved to Virginia and settled in Arlington, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Laron found work as a draftsman and Irene got a job cleaning and cooking at a high school, so Flack grew up in a comfortably working-class setting. Flack began taking formal piano lessons at the age of nine.

At 13, her rendition of "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" earned her second prize in a state-wide piano competition among black students. Her only other interests were church, food, and school. As a result, she became a very religious, obese scholar. "I weighed over 200 pounds. All I did was play the piano and eat all day ... and study and go to church," she was quoted as saying in a 1971 Ebony article.

Flack graduated from high school at 15 and earned a piano scholarship to Howard University. After a short time, however, she switched her major from piano to music education, which required her to study voice in addition to instrumental music. Flack graduated from Howard in 1958 with a B.A. in music education and began working on a master's degree, but when her father died in 1959, she quit school in order to go to work to help the family out financially.

Still only a teenager, Flack took a job teaching English at an all-black rural school in Farmville, North Carolina. The following year, she found a position teaching junior high grades in the Washington D.C. school system, where she spent the next seven years. Meanwhile, music remained a central part of Flack's life outside of the workplace. She directed church choirs and began taking voice lessons, concentrating primarily on opera, with Frederick "Wilkie" Wilkerson.

She also began taking on voice students of her own. Eventually, Wilkerson convinced Flack to give pop music a try. At first she considered the suggestion an insult, but over time she began making appearances at local clubs, both as a pop singer and as a piano accompanist for others. By 1967 Flack had gained a healthy local following, and was singing five nights a week at a nightclub on K Street in Washington.

She was discovered there by Henry Yaffe, who brought her to his trendy new Georgetown club Mr. Henry's. By 1968 she was drawing such a crowd to the club that Yaffe opened a special room at his other location near Capitol Hill to showcase her talent. She also found time for a social life during this period, culminating in her 1966 marriage to Stephen Novosel, a jazz bassist.

Flack wasted little time in finding another male singing partner. She recorded two albums in the early 1980s with vocalist Peabo Bryson, Live and More (1980) and Born to Love (1983). The latter album contained the major hit "Tonight I Celebrate My Love." Meanwhile, Flack kept busy composing and producing the soundtrack for the 1981 movie Bustin' Loose, starring Richard Pryor and Cicely Tyson. She also released two Atlantic albums in 1982: I'm The One, and a collection of greatest hits called The Best of Roberta Flack.

Tracks:

1. Tonight, I Celebrate My Love
2. Blame It on Me
3. Heaven Above Me
4. Born to Love
5. Maybe
6. I Just Came Here to Dance
7. Comin' Alive
8. You're Lookin' Like Love to Me
9. Can We Find Love Again

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Norman Connors - Your My Starship 1976

Like Roy Ayers, George Benson, and Patrice Rushen, Norman Connors is best known for his major R&B hits but started out as a jazz improviser. The drummer/composer was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he lived in the same neighborhood as Bill Cosby and became interested in jazz when he was only a child.

As a kid in elementary school, Connors was exposed to jazz extensively thanks to such schoolmates as drummer Lex Humphries and the younger brother of bassist and Jazz Messenger-to-be Spanky De Brest. Connors was in junior high when he began sneaking into jazz clubs and sat in for Elvin Jones at a John Coltrane gig. At 13, he first got to meet his idol, Miles Davis, and started expressing his admiration for the famous trumpeter by dressing like him. Connors went on to study music at Philly's Temple University and the Juilliard School of Music in New York.

Gigs with Jackie McLean, Jack McDuff, and Sam Rivers followed, and he was first recorded as a sideman when Archie Shepp employed him on his 1967 Impulse! session Magic of Ju-Ju. After touring with Pharoah Sanders and playing on several of his albums, Connors signed with Buddah's Cobblestone label in 1972 and recorded his first album as a leader, Dance of Magic and its follow-up, Dark of Light.

A few more jazz-oriented Cobblestone and Buddah dates followed, and it was in 1975 that Connors made R&B his main priority with Saturday Night Special (which included the number ten soul hit "Valentine Love"). The rest of the 1970s found Connors featuring R&B singers prominently (including Michael Henderson, Jean Carn, and the late Phyllis Hyman) and scoring such R&B hits as "We Both Need Each Other," "Once I've Been There," and the lovely "You Are My Starship."

Connors, who signed with Arista in 1977, wasn't as popular or as visible in the 1980s, although he would make a comeback in the 1990s by signing with Motown's MoJazz label and focusing on both urban contemporary and crossover. The 21st century found him moving along similar lines, releasing Eternity on Starship Records in 2000 and Star Power in 2009 on Shanachie Records.

Tracks:

1. We Both Need Each Other
2. Betcha by Golly Wow
3. Bubbles
4. You Are My Starship
5. Just Imagine 3) So Much Love
6. The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace)

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Narada Michael Walden - The Dance Of Life 1979

Narada Michael Walden's career spans three decades. He is a drummer, a songwriter, a producer and an excellent vocalist. [Born:] 23rd April, 1952, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Walden was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy.

'The Awakening' proved to be his breakthrough album, going to number 15 R & B in spring 1979 on the strength of the dancer 'I Don't Want Nobody Else (To Dance With You).' His second highest charting single, 'I Shoulda Loved Ya,' hit number four R & B in late 1979. It was on his 'The Dance of Life' (number nine R & B, late 1979), which included the gentle ballad 'Why Did You Turn Me On', covered by the late Phyliss Hyman on one of her albums 'Goddess Of Love'.

Tracks:

1. You're Soo Good
2. I Shoulda Loved Ya **
3. Lovin' You Madly
4. Crazy For Ya
5. Tonight I'm Alright
6. Why Did You Turn Me On
7. Carry On
8. The Dance Of Life

Narada Michael Walden - I Should Have Loved Ya 1979

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Temptations - Treat Her Like A Lady 1984

Change - Stop For Love 1981

Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage 1980

Unlimited Touch - Private Party 1980

"Mellow Mellow Right On"

Mr Lowrell Simon [Born:] March 18, 1943, Chicago is an American soul singer. He began as a singer in The LaVondells, which became The Vondells which featured Butch McCoy and Jessie dean and enjoyed some regional success in the 1960s with the song "Lenore.

When the Vondells broke up, Simon formed the group The Lost Generation alongside several Chicago friends, and the group scored several U.S. hits between 1969 and 1974.

After the band's breakup, Simon made contributions to the soundtrack to the 1974 film, Three the Hard Way, and wrote tracks for the 1976 debut album of Mystique, which featured other former members of The Lost Generation.

He also wrote the tune "Dance Master" in 1974 for Willie Henderson, and the 1979 tune "All About the Paper" for Loleatta Holloway. In the late 1970s, Simon began recording under his first name. He signed to Liberace's label, AVI Records, and released an album in late 1979 entitled Lowrell.

The album's second single, "Mellow Mellow Right On" b/w "You're Playing Dirty", was a #32 U.S. R&B hit that year. It reached #37 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1979. The song has been sampled copiously, including by Massive Attack, Imagination and Common, and has been covered by dance production outfit L.A. Mix.