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Trax featured Blue Magic, Chic, Ohio Players, Jamie Lewis feat. Kim Cooper

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The Oscar  –  Blue Magic (Headed by Ted ‘Wizard’ Mills – this quintet were assigned to Atco Records via WMOT production company … written & produced by  Norman Harris and Ron Tyson – from the album “Welcome Back” – a Capitol Records release)

Why  –  Chic  (From the original sound track “Soup for One” which was primary written and produced by Messrs Edwards & Rogers – released as a ‘b side’ on Mirage Records)

Do your thing –  Ohio Players (This self-contained group were originally from Dayton , Ohio – hence their name … main releases were on Westbound & Mercury  however this is on Neil Bogart’s Boardwalk Records)

Mo’ Butter  –  Jamie Lewis feat. Kim Cooper (Kim first came to prominence via productions of Peter Rauhofer … Dj Jamie Lewis heads Switzerland based ‘Purple Music’ record label)

 

Trax feat. Blue Magic, Michele, Crown Heights Affair, Kings of Tomorrow

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Tear it down  –  Blue Magic (Blue Magic were assigned to We Men Of Talent production company and their self-titled was released on Atlantic Records … recorded at Sigma Sound Studios Philadelphia – trax written by Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, Vinnie Barrett, Allan Felder & lead vocalist Ted Mills)

Can’t you feel it  –  Michele (Written by Ernest Donable & recorded in Paris, fine-tuned at Sigma Sound Studios with the help of Tom Moulton …  released by Mel Cherren’s West End Records)

Foxy Lady  –  Crown Heights Affair (The eight piece self-contained band was named after the local area in Brooklyn, New York …moving from RCA Records to the small independent Delite where the hits started to flow)

Dreams  –  Kings of Tomorrow feat. Haze (Kings of Tomorrow are two djs/producers who used a variety of pseudonyms and labels for their releases … features an ‘essence of Caravan – Duke Ellington’)

Trax feat. Blue Magic, Ashford & Simpson, The Vibrettes, Reel People & Angela Johnson

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Three Ring Circus  –   Blue Magic (Headed by Ted “The Wizard” Mills, this group recorded for WMOT – although not a hit for Blue Magic in the U.K, it was for Barry Biggs as a Reggae cover version …written by Bobby Eli & Vinnie Barrett & published by Mighty Three Music whose slogan was ‘You’ll never forget our tunes’)

Stay free  –  Ashford & Simpson (Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson were co-writers with Josie Armstead of “Casanova” fame before becoming ‘in-house writers’ for Motown Records and eventually becoming successful performers in their own right … from the album of the same name – a Warner Brothers release)

Humpty Dump  –  The Vibrettes (Released on the small independent ‘Lujon Records’ of Los Angeles U.S.A. … this trak has garnered interest due to Underground Funk & Hip-hop fans)

Can’t stop  –  Reel People featuring Angela Johnson (U.K. band Reel People teamed up with U.S. singer, songwriter, arranger & producer Angela Johnson for this Papa release … track from their “Second Guess” album – remixed by Dennis Ferrer)