Uptown Festival
Uptown Festival | ||||
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Studio album by Shalamar | ||||
Released | April 12, 1977 | |||
Genre | Disco, R&B | |||
Length | 38:30 | |||
Label | Soul Train Records | |||
Producer | Dick Griffey, Don Cornelius, Simon Soussan | |||
Shalamar chronology | ||||
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Allmusic |
Uptown Festival is the first album credited to American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1977 on the Soul Train label. It features the original line-up of Gary Mumford, Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley (The album was in fact recorded by session singers). Uptown Festival peaked at #22 on the US R&B chart and #48 on the Billboard Albums chart.
The title track, a medley of ten Motown classics sung over a 1970s disco beat, was a hit in both the USA and the UK.
Track listing
Side one | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | "Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo" | Norma Toney, Andre Williams | 4:04 |
2. | "Beautiful Night" | Jimmy Thomas | 5:20 |
3. | "Uptown Festival" ("Going to a Go-Go" / "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" / "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" / "Stop! In the Name of Love" / "It's the Same Old Song" / "The Tears of a Clown" / "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" / "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" / "Baby Love" / "He Was Really Saying Somethin'") | Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Marvin Tarplin, Pete Moore / Holland–Dozier–Holland / Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy / Holland–Dozier–Holland / Holland–Dozier–Holland / Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Hank Cosby / Holland–Dozier–Holland / Holland–Dozier–Holland, Sylvia Moy / Holland–Dozier–Holland / Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Eddie Holland | 8:52 |
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
4. | "High on Life" | Don Cornelius | 3:42 |
5. | "Ooh Baby, Baby" | Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore | 3:48 |
6. | "You Know" | Don Cornelius | 3:59 |
7. | "Forever Came Today" | Holland–Dozier–Holland | 5:55 |
Singles
"Uptown Festival Part 1" (US Hot 100 #25, US R&B #10, Australia #20, UK #30)
"Ooo Baby Baby" (US R&B #59)
References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Shalamar – Uptown Festival". AllMusic. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
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