Monthly Archives: April 2021

Trax feat. Meli’sa Morgan, Harry Thumann, The Headhunters, Backroom Congregation

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Now I have someone – Meli’sa Morgan (Came to prominence via an underground nugget which was produced by Patrick Adams for ScorpGemi Music – Meli’sa was also one of the featured vocalists with Italo/American studio group “High Fashion” … written by Shirley Murdock and was featured on her only ‘Pendulum Records’ album release)

Sphinx – Harry Thumann (After releasing one of the most original singles from his first album on “Baby Records” Harry’s second album featured ‘Sphinx’ – which became a cult trak because of the “Knight Rider television theme tune huge similarity to it – from the album ‘Andromeda’, produced for Country Lane Records)

Straight from the gate – The Headhunters (Came together as the backing musicians for Herbie Hancock – whose then album were called ‘The Headhunters’ whose name they took … this is the title trak from their second album on Arista Records and was also produced by ‘David Robinson & Friends’ as was Herbie’s said album)

Sunday morning – Backroom Congregation (Put together by some studio wizards whose productions/trax were released via a variety of labels under different pseudonyms – which includes writers and/or producers Derek A Jenkins, Shaheer Williams & Dwayne ‘Spen’ Richardson … available on New Jersey’s Thickk Records)

Trax feat. Randy Crawford, K C & the Sunshine Band, Tony Remy, Cerrone

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Give me the night – Randy Crawford (Although she started her recording career in the early ’70’s Randy never really got ears interested until “Raw Silk” – her long player on Warner Brothers Records and later giving her sizeable hits with her future trax … reinventing the masterpiece written by U.K.’s songsmith Rod Temperton)

Keep it coming – K C & the Sunshine Band (Back room boys at both Florida’s Criteria Studios and Henry Stone’s coterie of labels – Wayne ‘KC Casey and Richard Finch developed their musical skills, with the assistance of Criteria’ session musicians ‘The Sunshine Band’ was born … George McCrae international hit was one of their early compositions)

Glide – Tony Remy (Having becoming one of London’s top session guitarist working with such luminaries as Simply Red, Courtney Pine Annie Lennox plus others … GRP Records came calling around the same time as they signed Flautist Phillip Bent – Tony reinterpret musical diamond originally recorded for Fantasy Records)

Not too shabby – Cerrone (French Disco Superstar Marc Cerrone first came to prominence via “Kongas” – a Disco/Rock assemblage, later decamping to London to record and release an album under his surname only which became a must-have to every worthwhile Dj because of it’s international dance floor action … from the album ‘Cerrone by Jamie Lewis’)