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Trax featured Sister Sledge, Melba Moore, The Memphis Horns, Kechia Jenkins

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How to love – Sister Sledge (Philadelphian quartet and real life sisters were assigned to Cotillion Records when they were teamed up the “hot” duo of ‘Chic’ – Bernard Edwards & Nile Rogers … from the album ‘Love somebody today’)

Promised land – Melba Moore (Having become a successful Broadway actress/singer, Melba signed with Mercury then Buddha Records … written by McFadden, Whitehead & Victor Carstarphen then remixed and extended by Richie Rivera for her “Dancin’ with Melba” album)

What the funk – The Memphis Horns (Been part of “Stax Records” house band recording with/for such luminaries as Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and a plethora of others … T. M. H. decided sign with Cotillion then other labels including RCA Records … released as a single)

I need somebody – Kechia Jenkins (Co-written with Guy Vaughn & Shedrick Guy – released on New York’s “Profile Records” … released in the U.K. on ‘City Beat as two separate 12 inches which includes the aptly named ‘Kechiapella’ mix)

Trax feat. Miles Jaye, Melba Moore, Brothers Johnson, Cevin Fisher

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I’ve been a fool  –  Miles Jaye  (Signed to Teddy Pendergrass production company and released by Island worldwide)

You stepped into my life   –  Melba Moore  (Written by The Bee Gees and mixed by John Loungo  – Columbia/CBS’s in-house remixer …. Columbia is now called Sony)

Ain’t we funkin’ now  –  Brothers Johnson : George and Louis decides to ‘funk’ up the joint … Quincy on production)

Music saved my life  –  Cevin Fisher (…Gotta thank God for the music  – if it wasn’t for the music i don’t know what we’d do  …. those words says it all)