Shalamar, IPA: [ˈʃæləmɑːr], was an American music group of the 1970s and 1980s, that was originally a disco-driven vehicle created by Soul Train booking agent Dick Griffey. They went on to be an influential dance trio, masterminded by Soul Train producer Don Cornelius. Regarded as fashion icons and trendsetters, they helped to introduce 'body-popping' to the United Kingdom.
Their first hit was the 1977 Motown-inspired production "Uptown Festival"...
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Shalamar, IPA: [ˈʃæləmɑːr], was an American music group of the 1970s and 1980s, that was originally a disco-driven vehicle created by Soul Train booking agent Dick Griffey. They went on to be an influential dance trio, masterminded by Soul Train producer Don Cornelius. Regarded as fashion icons and trendsetters, they helped to introduce 'body-popping' to the United Kingdom.
Their first hit was the 1977 Motown-inspired production "Uptown Festival", the success of which inspired Griffey to replace his session singers with vocalists Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel, and Howard Hewett (the latter replacing short-time members Gary Mumford and, later, Gerald Brown) in 1979.
The group was joined up with producer Leon Sylvers III in 1979, signed with Griffey's SOLAR Records and scored a U.S. million seller with "The Second Time Around".
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...
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