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Trax feat. Chaka Khan, Bionic Boogie, Kool & the Gang, Dj Sneak

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Don’t talk to strangers  –  Chaka Khan (Former Yvette Stevens of Chicago joined the band ‘Rufus’ before going solo … she became the featured vocalist on a variety of Jazz, Gospel, Soul artists and Soundtrax … from the “Down in the Delta” O.S.T album)

Big West  –  Bionic Boogie (Having made a few pennies from a hit he produced for Andrea True Connection on Buddha Records – producer Gregg Diamond put together an ensemble of New York’s studio musicians and called them ‘Bionic Boogie’)

All night long  –  Kool & the Gang (From the album “Open Sesame”, this was overshadowed  by the title trak on Delite Records … New Jersey boys headed by Ronald ‘Kool’ Bell, they started as a Jazz band before diving into the new genre Funk in the mid – late Sixties)

Cruize Kontrol  –  Dj Sneak (“Inspired” by ‘It’s the same old song’ originally recorded by  The Four Tops … Chicago based Sneak looped the trak around also giving it a harder edge – from the Platform E.P. Volume 2 on Canadian ’83 West Records)

 

 

Trax feat. Chaka Khan, Brooklyn Dreams, The Mighty Tom Cats, Lisa Stansfield

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I’ll be around  –  Chaka Khan (Chicago born Chaka eventually left the band “Rufus” and signed with Warner Brothers Records where she encompassed variety of musical styles … from the album ‘CK’ which also featured Miles Davis on trumpet)

Shake it  – Brooklyn Dreams (Brooklyn Dreams were a New York based male trio were assigned to “Millennium Records” who were then distributed by Casablanca Records – from the Giorgio Moroder produced movie sound-trak ‘Foxes’ starring Jody Foster)

Dance girl  –  The Mighty Tom Cats (When David Mancuso found an ‘imported’ copy of the original “Soul Makossa” – a variety of producers/artists scrambled to release a cover versions – which includes Paul Winley … this trak was included in the re-release version of the original album )

I’m leaving  –  Lisa Stansfield (Lancashire U.K. born Lisa was part of trio the “Blue Zone” on Arista Records – after going solo and staying with same label … remixed by  Hex Hector who later won a Grammy  for his skills)

Trax feat. David Peaston, Double Exposure, Cameo, Chaka Khan

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Can I  – David Peaston (David regularly won the “Showtime at the Apollo” television programme held at New York’s Apollo theatre in Harlem … released on Geffen Records – it is a cover version of the Eddie Kendricks single)

Baby i need your loving  –  Double Exposure (This trak was overlooked because of the other uptempo trax on their first album … written by Motown Records’ trio “Holland/Dozier/Holland” for The Four Tops)

Cameosis  –  Cameo (Cameo leader Larry Blackmon was in the band ‘East Coast’ with Gwen Guthrie & Pat Grant – assigned to Neil Bogart’s Casablanca Records sub-division “Chocolate City” – from the album of the same name)

Never miss the water  –  Chaka Khan (Chicago born Yvette Stevens also known as Chaka Khan released a greatest hits album called “Epiphany” which also included added trax which featured Me’shell Ndegeocello … remixed by Frankie Knuckles on Reprise Records)