If you only knew  –  Gladys Knight (After ‘The Pips’ and Gladys went their separate way – she continued with her solo career, eventually signed on the dotted line with MCA Records releasing ‘Just for you’ from which this is culled … dedicated to my late brother as Gladys was his favourite singer)

Jump for joy  –  Biddu Orchestra (Biddu – an Indian national came to the U.K and became known as the producer of Carl Douglas’s monster single ‘Kung Fu Fighting’ before his Orchestra started having hits … Biddu later went to produce hits for artists in his native land)

Burning love breakdown  –  Peter Brown (Peter released a 9 minutes plus 12″ of “Do you want to get funky with me” on ‘Drive’, an imprint of TK Records … however the b side of some releases – mainly U.S copies contained this awesome edit)

Soul Makossa  –  Manu Dibango (The original inspired the chorus of Michael Jackson’s ‘Wanna be startin’ somethin”  … this was remixed by JohNick for Atlantic/Rhino remixed project “Everybody Dance ! Remixed Dance Classics” )

All of me  –  Lillo Thomas feat, Melba Moore (Former athlete Lillo was assigned to Hush Productions – a company owned by Beau & Charles Huggins … Melba was the wife of Charles who encouraged Lillo after been her background vocalist)

Shine on Silver Moon  –  Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jnr (Been part of the mega-successful group ‘The Fifth Dimension’ – wife and husband duo branched out on their own … released on Columbia Records)

Here comes my love  –  Rocket (Headed by Ray Rock – a member of Crown Height Affair whose musical tentacles and offshoot into other groups including The Strikers, Empress & Unlimited Touch)

Fantasy  –  Blaze presents Cassio Ware featuring Sajaeda (Starts off as the nursery rhyme ‘Mary had a little lamb’ before turns into an unhurried Garage anthem … a Shelter Records release)

I’ve been a fool for you –  Miles Jaye (Assigned to Teddy Pendergrass’s Teddy Bear Enterprises – released on Island/Fourth & Broadway … now releases his albums on Black Tree Records)

You stepped into my life  –  Melba Moore (Originally written and sung by the Bee Gees … produced by McFadden & Whitehead – CBS’s in-house remixer John Luongo twiddled the knobs)

Ain’t we funkin’ now  –  Brothers Johnson ( George & Louis were whisked to A&M Records by Quincy Jones after guesting and featuring on his ‘Mellow Madness’ album)

Music saved my life  –  Cevin Fisher (‘Gotta Thank God for the music – if it wasn’t for music i don’t know what we’d do’  – is the introductory lyrics … released on Maxi Records then ‘touched up’ by U.K.s Pete Heller)