Kashif

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Singer/songwriter/keyboardist/producer Kashif wrote and played on Evelyn King's (aka Evelyn "Champagne" King) number one R&B hits "I'm in Love" and "Love Come Down," Whitney Houston's first hit "You Give Good Love" and one of its follow-ups, "Thinking About You" from her 17-million-selling debut album Whitney Houston. He also contributed to her 17-million selling Whitney LP. His own recording career yielded 17 R&B hit singles and four Top 40 albums. He recorded several duets: "Love Changes" with Mel'isa Morgan, "Love the One I'm With" with Melba Moore, and "Reservations for Two" with Dionne Warwick.

Part of the vanguard that includes early pioneers Stevie Wonder and Ronnie McNeir and his '80s contemporaries the System, Kashif helped to revolutionized R&B music through the infusion of the then-emerging affordable, MIDI/synth technology of the '80s. Music synthesizers at one point could easily fill a room. With the advent of the microchip, synths became more portable and had tonal stability and pricing (though most professional-level synths cost a couple thousand dollars or more) during the '80s. Like McNeir, Kashif shares the distinction of having two self-titled albums in his catalog.

Born Michael Jones in Brooklyn, NY, in 1959, Kashif was orphaned at an early age, growing up in eight foster homes. His first experience with synthesized instruments came during his years with B.T. Express ("Express," "Do It 'Til You're Satisfied"). He appears on the group's early-'80s sides for Columbia Records (check out "Ride on It " from 1978's Shout! LP, among others). Kashif began playing synthesizer bass using the miniMoog while on the road with the group.

After leaving the group, Kashif began making demos with the group Stepping Stone. The demos led to his recording contract with Arista Records in 1983. Because of his burgeoning mastery with synthesizers, Kashif was invited to tour with hitmaker Stephanie Mills at a time when contemporary R&B acts were just beginning to use electronic instruments for live work.

Inspired by Gamble & Huff and Thom Bell's Mighty Three Music, he formed Mighty M Productions with Paul Laurence and Morrie Brown, infusing early-'80s R&B with a fresh synth-based sound. One of their first projects was Evelyn Champagne King who had a 1979 gold single, "Shame." Prompting her to sing in her higher register than in her previous records, the Mighty M was were attempting to give the singer a more youthful sound. At the same time, RCA Records suggested that she same drop the "Champagne" from her name, thus becoming Evelyn King. The result of their collaboration was "I'm in Love," whose style and bass sound was different from anything being done at the time. It went to number one R&B in summer 1981. The I'm in Love album, which also included the hit "Don't Hide Our Love," peaked at number six R&B. RCA asked Kashif, Brown, and Laurence to produce her follow-up album. Influenced by songwriter/producer Leon F. Sylvers III, Kashif came up with the sprightly "Love Come Down" on which he played all of the instruments except guitar, which was played by Ira Siegel. The single went all the way to number one R&B and didn't come down for five weeks. It was included on her gold Get Loose LP, which parked at number one R&B for two weeks and yielded the number two R&B smash "Betcha She Don't Love You."

Around this time, Kashif had begun working with the New England Digital Synclavier. Kashif invented uses for sampling, for example, replacing drum sounds, lead and background vocal placements, and even dialog editing. Howard Johnson's "So Fine" was the first record on which he used the technique of "flying in" vocals -- some vocal passages could be duplicated by the Synclavier. This created a whole new approach to production with vocalists that continues to be used extensively.

Signing with Arista Records in 1983, his self-tilted debut Kashif spawned the hits "I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)," "Stone Love," "Help Yourself to My Love," and "Say Something Love." His other albums are Send Me Your Love, "Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart," "Are You the Woman," Condition of the Heart, Love Changes and 1989's Kashif, with the charming cover of the Four Tops hit "Aint No Woman Like the One I Got." Becoming an in-demand writer/producer, Kashif can be heard on releases by Kenny G ("Keeping Love New"), George Benson, Johnny Kemp, Dionne Warwick, Giorge Pettus, Stacy Lattisaw, Expose, the Wootens, Freda Payne, and others. His Grammy nominations are for the instrumentals "The Mood," "Call Me Tonight," "Edgartown Groove" featuring Al Jarreau, and "The Movie Song."

During 1994, Kashif received an invitation from the famed U.C.L.A. Extension program and created a course called Contemporary Record Production With Kashif. In August 1995, Kashif authored the music industry tome Everything You'd Better Know About the Record Industry as CEO of his Los Angeles-based Brooklyn Boy Books, Entertainment, and Information. In 1998, Kashif signed with U.K. label Expansion Records and his album Who Loves You was released that same year. Allmusicby Ed Hogan


Album: Kashif (1983)









01. Don't Stop My Love
02. Stone Love
03. Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)
04. Help Yourself To My Love
05. Rumors
06. Say Something Love
07. The Mood
08. All
09. Baby Don't Break Your Babys Heart (Bonus Track)
10. Send Me Your Love (Bonus Track)




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Album: Send Me Your Love (1984)










01. Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart
02. Ooh Love
03. Are You The Woman
04. Love Has No End
05. Call Me Tonight (Instrumental)
06. Send Me Your Love
07. I've Been Missin' You
08. Edgartown Groove
09. That's How It Goes




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Album: Condition Of The Heart (1985)









01. I Wanna Have Love With You
02. Dancing In The Dark (Heart To Heart)
03. Condition Of The Heart
04. Say You Love Me
05. Movie Song (Instrumental)
06. Stay The Night
07. Weakness
08. Botha Botha (Anti-Apartheid Song)




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Album: Love Changes (1987)









01. Love Changes (Duet With Meli'sa Morgan)
02. Loving You Only
03. It All Begins Again
04. Love Me All Over
05. Midnight Mood
06. Fifty Ways (To Fall In Love)
07. Somebody
08. Who's Getting Serious
09. Reservations For Two
10. Vacant Heart




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Album: Kashif (1989)









01. Personality
02. Looking For A Lover
03. Love Letter Out Loud
04. Step Into My World
05. I'm Coming Home
06. Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got)
07. After You
08. My Door
09. Pop The Question




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Album: The Best of Kashif (1994)









01. I You Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)
02. Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart
03. Ooh Love
04. Stone Love
05. Condition of the Heart
06. Are You Woman
07. Reservations for Two
08. Love Changes
09. Fifty Ways (To Fall in Love)
10. Stay the Night
11. Love Me All Over
12. Help Yourself to My Love
13. Send Me Your Love
14. Dancing in the Dark (Heart to Heart)




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Album: Who Loves You (1998)









01. Bed You Down
02. Good Ol' Days
03. Rhythm Of My Mind
04. Brooklyn Breezes
05. I Don't Give A Damn
06. Mingo Weya
07. Can We Just
08. Lay You Down
09. It's Alright
10. Who Loves You_ (It's Alright Pt.2)






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Album: The Definitive Collection (1998)









01. I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)
02. Help Yourself To My Love
03. Are You The Woman
04. Stone Love
05. Dancing In The Dark (Heart To Heart)
06. Love The One I'm With (A Lot Of Love)
07. Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart
08. Condition Of The Heart
09. Reservations For Two
10. Love Me All Over
11. Loving You Only
12. Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got)
13. Love Changes
14. Personality




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Album: Best Of Kashif (2002)










01. Reservations for Two
02. Love Changes
03. Dancing in the Dark (Heart to Heart
04. Are You the Woman
05. Loving You Only
06. Love Has No End
07. The Mood
08. Botha Botha (Apartheid Song)
09. Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart
10. Ooh Love




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Album: Music From My Mind (2004)











CD1

01. Sexy Girls
02. Superfly
03. So Emotional
04. I'm Down
05. Tossin' Turnin'
06. Bout To Fall In Love
07. Mingo Wheya
08. Black Woman
09. He Don't Love You
10. I Don't Give A Damn
11. Beautiful Eyes
12. Crazy Love
13. Can We Just Get Along
14. Chill Chill Chill
15. Brooklyn Breezes


CD2

01. Don't Stop My Love
02. Lover Turn Me On
03. Stone Love
04. Help Yourself To My Love
05. Say Something Love
06. The Mood
07. Rumors
08. All
09. Sexy Girls (Instrumental)




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Miki Howard

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Miki Howard grew up in the church, where both of her parents were gospel singers. Her mother was also a member of the gospel group the Caravans and was acquainted with various entertainers. Howard's mother would take her to the homes of various stars such as Aretha Franklin and Mavis Staples.

While still in elementary school, Howard moved to Los Angeles with her mom. At the age of 15, she performed in a teen pageant. After the show, she met Side Effect member Augie Johnson, who happened to be in the audience and began working with Howard creatively. After a period of time, Howard became a Side Effect member -- upon the departure of Sylvia St. James. Howard's tenure with the group lasted a few years. During this time, she also had two children by Johnson. In addition to singing with Side Effect, she did background vocals for Wayne Henderson, Roy Ayers, Stanley Turrentine, and several other artists.

After leaving Side Effect, Howard signed a deal with Atlantic. Her first hit for the label was the Billboard R&B Top Ten single "Come Share My Love." She followed that with the remake of Glenn Miller's 1940 hit "Imagination." Her success continued with two more Top Ten singles, "Baby Be Mine" and "That's What Love Is." The latter was a duet with Gerald Levert and was the result of the creative union Howard formed with Marc Gordon and Levert. Howard and Levert later became romantically involved, and that romance spawned one of Howard's biggest hits, "Love Under New Management." The song was written during their brief love affair, but was released after their romance had dissolved.

In 1990, Howard signed a deal with Giant, which facilitated the release of her number one smash hit "Ain't Nobody Like You." Howard's lifeline at Giant was cut short due to an altercation her husband had at the label. She also made an appearance as Billie Holiday in a club scene in the Spike Lee movie Malcom X. Howard continued to issue albums throughout the '90s and early 2000s, a few of them heavy on -- or wholly reliant upon -- covers. Her releases during these years included Femme Fatale (1992), Shining Through (1993), Live Plus (1996), Can't Count Me Out (1997), Three Wishes (2001), and Pillow Talk (2006). Allmusic by Craig Lytle

Album: Come Share My Love (1986)

01. Come Share My Love
02. Love Will Find A Way
03. Imaginations
04. Come Back To Me Lover
05. I Can't Wait (To See You Alone)
06. I Surrender
07. My Friend
08. You Better Be Ready To Love Me
09. Do You Want My Love

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Album: Love Confessions (1987)

01. Baby Be Mine
02. You've Changed
03. That's What Love Is
04. In Too Deep
05. Crazy
06. Bitter Love
07. I Wanna Be There
08. Reasons
09. Love Confession
10. Edge of Love

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Album: Miki Howard (1989)

01. If You Still Love Her
02. Come Home to Me
03. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
04. Ain't Nuthin' in the World
05. Love Under New Management
06. I'll Be Your Shoulder
07. Love Me All Over
08. Mister
09. Just the Way You Want Me To
10. Who Ever Said It Was Love

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Album: Femme Fatale (1992)

01. Good Morning Heartache
02. This Bitter Earth
03. Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
04. Shining Through
05. But I Love You
06. Ain't Nobody Like You
07. I've Been Through It
08. Release Me
09. Thank You For Talkin' to Me Africa
10. Cigarette Ashes on the Floor
11. New Fire From an Old Flame

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Album: Miki Sings Billie (1993)

01. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
02. I'm a Fool to Want You
03. My Man
04. Solitude
05. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
06. Yesterdays
07. Now or Never
08. Don't Explain
09. Strange Fruit
10. I Want to Be Your Mother's Son-In-Law

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Album: Can't Count Me Out (1997)

01. I Love Every Little Thing About You
02. Sunshine
03. Three's a Crowd
04. You Don't Know What Love Is
05. At Seventeen
06. Get Over You
07. Something I've Never Had
08. Summer
09. Can't Count Me Out
10. I Love Every Little Thing About You (Instrumental)

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Album: Three Wishes (2001)

01. Three Wishes
02. One Day Without You
03. Nobody
04. From Now On
05. Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady
06. Don't Give Your Heart
07. Kiss of a Stranger
08. Imagine
09. Bring Your Loving Home
10. Meant to Be

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Album: Pillow Talk (2006)

01. I Can't Stand The Rain
02. Do That To Me One More Time
03. Go Away Little Boy
04. Pillow Talk
05. This Masquerade
06. Inseparable
07. Lowdown
08. Misty Blue
09. Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
10. Which Way Is Up

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Album: Private Collection (2008)

01. Crazee
02. Favorite Time of the Year
03. Beer For Breakfast
04. She
05. You Made Me Love You
06. Skylark
07. Secret Love
08. Days of Wine and Roses
09. Guess Who
10. Counting My Blessings

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Album: The Very Best of Miki Howard (2009)

01. Come Share My Love
02. Imagination
03. Love Will Find a Way
04. Baby, Be Mine
05. That's What Love Is
06. Crazy
07. You've Changed
08. Come Home to Me
09. Ain't Nuthin' in the World
10. Love Under New Management
11. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
12. If You Still Love Her
13. Ain't Nobody Like You
14. Good Morning Heartache
15. Release Me
16. Don't Explain

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Howard Hewett

Collection of Howard Hewett

Among the great pure vocalists of the urban contemporary era, Howard Hewett has seldom found material worthy of his tremendous skills. He grew up in Akron, Ohio, and relocated to Los Angeles. Hewett danced on Soul Train, and became one-third of Shalamar with Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley in 1979. They had several big hits before Hewett departed for a solo career in 1985. He signed with Elektra, and his second single, "I'm for Real," was a number two R&B hit in 1986. The follow-up single, "Stay," also made the Top Ten, while "I Commit to Love" in 1987 reached number 12. Hewitt remained on Elektra through the '80s and into the '90s, earning another hit with "Strange Relationshp" in 1988, and cutting duets with Dionne Warwick and Anita Baker. He's also been busy as a writer, producer, and session vocalist. Hewett co-wrote and produced "Frustration" for LaToya Jackson in 1984, and sang on her LP Heart Don't Lie. He did lead vocals on LPs by Stanley Clarke and George Duke in 1984 and 1986, a duet with Stacy Lattisaw on "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," and sang with Firefox in 1986, as well as doing backgrounds on a Donna Summer release. allmusic by Ron Wynn

Album: I Commit To Love (1986)

01. Stay
02. I'm For Real
03. Last Forever
04. I Commit To Love
05. In A Crazy Way
06. Love Don't Wanna Wait
07. I Got To Go
08. Eye On You
09. Let's Try It All Over Again
10. Say Amen
11. Stay (Before Midnight Mix )

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Album: Forever & Ever (1988)

01. Strange Relationship
02. Natural Love
03. Once, Twice, Three Times
04. You'll Find Another Man
05. Forever And Ever
06. Shakin' My Emotion
07. Share A Love
08. This Time
09. Challenge
10. Good Bye, Good Friend

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Album: Howard Hewett (1990)

01. When Will It Be
02. Show Me
03. If I Could Only Have That Day Back
04. Let Me Show You How To Fall In Love
05. I Do
06. More I Get The More I Want
07. Let's Get Deeper
08. Shadow
09. I Know You'll Be Comin' Back
10. Don't Give In
11. Jesus

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Album: Allegiance (1992)

01. To Thee I Pray (Intro)
02. Save Your Sex For Me
03. Allegiance
04. Can We Try Again
05. How Fast Forever Goes
06. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
07. To Thee I Pray (Interlude)
08. Say You Will
09. Take It To The Highest
10. From This Day On
11. Ronnie-O
12. Masquerade
13. Just Like A Woman
14. To Thee I Pray

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Album: It's Time (1994)

01. Intro
02. Crystal Clear
03. This Love Is Forever
04. Your Body Needs Healin'
05. For the Lover in You
06. I Wanna Know You
07. Say GoodBye
08. How Do I Know I Love You
09. A Love of Your Own
10. Just to Keep You Satisfied
11. On & On
12. Amazing Grace (Interlude)
13. Call His Name

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Album: The Journey (2001)

01. Mercy
02. Potter's House
03. Angel
04. Interlude
05. Joy
06. The Journey
07. Without You
08. Interlude
09. Your Love
10. Circle Of Life
11. Amazing Grace ( Interlude )
12. Grace And Mercy
13. Pieces
14. Somebody's Watchin' Over Me
15. Say Amen (Vocal Remix)

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Album: (The Very Best of Howard Hewett (2001)

01. This Is for the Lover in You
02. Somewhere There's a Love
03. I'm for Real
04. Stay
05. Say Amen
06. I Commit to Love
07. I Got 2 Go
08. Once, Twice, Three Time
09. Strange Relationship
10. Heaven Sent You
11. Show Me
12. If I Could Only Have That Day Back
13. When Will It Be
14. I Can't Tell You Why
15. Just Like a Woman
16. Can We Try Again

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Album: If Only (2007)

01. I'll Be Right Here
02. If Only
03. To Please You
04. Can You Feel Me
05. Make Me Say Ooohhh
06. Is This True Love
07. Enough
08. I Wanna Know
09. How Do I Know
10. Don't You Wonder Too
11. Our Father (Bonus Track)
12. Imagine

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Instant Funk

Collection of Instant Funk

Instant Funk burst on the '70s disco scene with the million-selling single "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" and the gold album Instant Funk. The Trenton, NJ, band started out with the core lineup of bassist Raymond Earl, drummer Scotty Miller, and guitarist Kim Miller. It later expanded to include keyboardist Dennis Richardson; lead singer James Carmichael; horn players Larry Davis, Eric Huff, and Johnny Onderlinde; and percussionist Charles Williams. The band can be heard on sides by Evelyn "Champagne" King (her gold single "Shame"), Archie Bell & the Drells ("Let's Groove," "The Soul City Walk," and "Strategy"), South Shore Commission ("Free Man," "A Train Called Freedom"), the O'Jays (" Let Me Make Love to You," "I Swear I Love No One but You"), Lou Rawls ("From Now On," "When You Get Home"), Gabor Szabo ("Keep Smilin'"), and Jean Carn, as well as for their mentor, Bunny Sigler, and his cover of "Love Train," "Keep Smilin'," "Let Me Party With You," "Sweeter Than the Berry," and "Only You," a duet with Loleatta Holloway.

In the mid-'60s, bassist Raymond Earl met drummer Scotty Miller in grade school and formed the duo the Music Machine. In 1973, Scotty's younger brother, guitarist Kim Miller, joined the duo. After hours and hours of playing together, the trio found that they clicked; they became so intuitively "tuned" into each other that they could anticipate and accent each other's playing. In 1968, they began backing local vocal group the TNJs, appearing at local dances and venues building up a good reputation. Around 1971, the group's manager Jackie Ellis christened the backup band Instant Funk because they could come up with funky grooves instantaneously.

Philly soul artist/producer/songwriter Bunny Sigler was invited by Ellis to see Instant Funk and the TNJs perform. Sometime during the show, Sigler was called on stage to perform. He was impressed that the band knew "Sunshine," a song he co-wrote with Phil Hurtt that was made popular by the O'Jays. They began backing Sigler, the Manhattans, and various other R&B acts. As a staff songwriter/producer at Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International Records, Sigler began using Instant Funk on his sessions along with the TNJs. At those sessions and later, Sigler would record the basic track with Earl and the Miller brothers. Sigler, a brimming fount of ideas, would often stop the band midsong to implement one of his flashes of brillance. They backed Sigler on three of his PIR albums: That's How Long I'll Be Loving You, Keep Smilin', and My Music. Some tracks from those LPs are on Sony/Legacy's The Best of Bunny Sigler: Sweeter Than the Berry and the 1998 Sony CD Bunny Sigler. Instant Funk released a single on PIR's TSOP imprint, "Float Like a Butterfly," and an album, Get Down With the Philly Jump, issued in November 1976, whose title track and "It Aint Reggae (But It Sho Is Funky)" were popular in disco clubs.

Instant Funk can also be heard on sides by the O'Jays ("Let Me Make Love to You," "You've Got Your Hooks in Me," "Once Is Not Enough," and "I Swear I Love No One but You" from Message in Our Music; "Strokety Stroke" from So Full of Love), Archie Bell & the Drells ("Let's Groove," "Strategy," "The Soul City Walk," and "I Could Dance All Night" on Tightening It Up:The Best of Archie Bell & the Drells), the Three Degrees ("Take Good Care of Yourself"), Jean Carn ("I'm in Love Once Again" and "You Are All I Need" from Jean Carn), Dexter Wansel ("Life on Mars," the best recording that gives an idea of how the band sounded live, and "You Can Be What You Wanna Be" from The Very Best of Dexter Wansel), and M.F.S.B. ("Let's Go Disco" from Universal Love). The band can be heard on studio bandmate T. Life's That's Life album and LPs by his protégée, Evelyn "Champagne" King (Smooth Talk and Music Box).

In 1977, M.F.S.B. guitarist Norman Harris started his own label, Gold Mind Records, distributed by New York-based Salsoul Records. Sigler signed on as a recording artist. He and the band were constantly in the studio recording ideas and songs. One track, "Let Me Party With You," Sigler would listen to while driving around and excited passengers suggested that he release it. The single, co-written by the Miller brothers, Earl, and Sigler, went to number eight R&B in January 1978. The track was reminiscent of Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up." The album, Let Me Party With You, was a huge disco hit, and included the follow-up single, the funky Sam Peake's sax-drenched ballad "I Got What You Need," "Don't Even Try," and the club hit "Your Love Is So Good."

While brainstorming in the studio, Sigler and Instant Funk came up with "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)." Sigler did overdubs on the track at Philadelphia-area studios, Alpha International and Sigma Sound Studios, before taking it to Bob Blank's Blank Tapes in New York. When the track was done, Sigler shopped it around to the record labels, who rebuffed him with comments like "the hook's not strong enough" and it sounds incomplete." Instant Funk signed with Gold Mind, but by the time their single "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" was released, Gold Mind had folded and all of its acts were transferred to Salsoul.

The million-selling "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" (remixed by Larry Levan) parked at number one R&B for three weeks, peaking at number 20 pop on Billboard's charts in March 1979. Their second album, Instant Funk, issued January 1979, went gold hitting number one R&B in spring 1979. Other Instant Funk albums on Salsoul were: Witch Doctor (November 1979), The Funk Is On (October 1980), Looks So Fine (March 1982), Instant Funk, Vol. 5 (January 1983), and Kinky (September 1983). The band backed Sigler on his Salsoul LPs: I've Always Wanted to Sing...Not Just Write Songs (March 1979) and Let It Snow (June 1980). Other Salsoul LPs that feature Instant Funk are Loleatta Holloway's Queen of the Night, Loleatta, and Greatest Hits; Double Exposure's Locker Room; and the Salsoul Orchestra's How High. For Neil Bogart's Casablanca Records, the band can be heard on two albums Sigler produced for the label: Party Girl by Patti Brooks and Callin' by the Pips. On Curtis Mayfield's Curtom Records, Sigler and the band are on Barbara Mason & Bunny Sigler's Locked in This Position, the self-titled debut of Mystique featuring Ralph Johnson, and Mayfield's own Heartbeat. With the John Brothers, who were featured on Witch Doctor, they recorded a Sigler-produced RCA single, "Try to Walk a Mile" b/w "I Just Want to Be Free," both songs written by Bunny's brother Jimmy Sigler. They are also on Gabor Szabo's Mercury LP Nightflight and Carl Carlton's I Wanna Be With You.

When the Cayre brothers, owners of Salsoul Records, decided to fold the label in 1984, in an effort to concentrate on the then-emerging home video market, Instant Funk was without a record deal. The band toured for a few years then disbanded. Some of the members were still in the music business in one form or another as the 21st century began. Raymond Earl was operating his own studio and production company, Ray Ray Productions. Kim Miller, Dennis Richardson, and James Carmichael went into gospel music. Bunny Sigler was touring the world as a member of the Trammps.

"I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" can be found on the CD reissue of their 1979 gold album Instant Funk, Greatest Hits from EMI/Capitol/The Right Stuff, in the movie and on the soundtrack for the Disney/Miramax movie 54, Larry Levan's Paradise Garage, and various Salsoul and Salsoul-licensed compilations.

Album: Get Down With The Philly Jump (1976)

01. It Ain't Reaggae (But It's Funky)
02. The Mack Is Back
03. Philly Jump
04. Give Me Your Love
05. I Know Where You're Coming From
06. Hup Two, Hup Two (Get In Line, Say Get In Line)
07. So Glad I'm The One
08. Funky Africa
09. We Can Work It Out
10. Go For Yourself

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Album: Instant Funk (1979)

01. I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)
02. Crying
03. Never Let It Go Away
04. Don't Wanna Party
05. Wide World Of Sports
06. Dark Vader
07. You Say You Want Me Stay
08. I'll Be Doggone
09. I Got My Mind Made up (Dance Mix)
10. I Got My Mind Made Up (12'' Ext Version)

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Album: Witch Doctor (1979)

01. Slap,Slap,Lickedy Lap
02. Witch Doctor
03. I Had a Dream
04. Body Shine
05. It's Your love on my Mind
06. I Want to Love You
07. Scream and Shout

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Album: The Funk Is On (1980)

01. It's Cool
02. The Funk Is On
03. Funk-N-Roll
04. You Want My Love
05. What Can I Do for You
06. Everybody
07. Can You See Where I'm Coming From
08. You're Not Getting Older

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Album: Looks So Fine (1982)

01. Looks So Fine
02. Why Don't You Think About Me
03. Slam Dunk the Funk
04.Gotta Like That
05. Jumpin' to Conclusions
06. Give It to You Baby
07. Punk Rockin'

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Album: V (1983)

01. No Stoppin' That Rockin'
02. Who Tock Away The Funk
03. Hard Day's Night
04. You're Gonna Get Your's
05. Easy Come, Easy Go
06. Smack Dab In The Middle
07. Blazin'
08. I' ll Be Good To You

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Album: Kinky (1983)

01.(Just Because) You¦ll Be Mine
02. Tonight We¦re Gonna Make Love
03. Kinky
04. Don't Call Me Brother
05. Let's Make Love
06. Passion
07. Keep It Up
08. Funkiest Party In The World

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Album: The Anthology (2006)

CD1

01. I Got My Mind Made Up
02. Crying
03. Don't You Wanna Party
04. Wide World Of Sports
05. Dark Vader
06. I'll Be Doggone
07. Slap Slap Lickedy Lap
08. Witch Doctor
09. Bodyshine
10. It's You Love On My Mind
11. Scream & Shout
12. The Funk Is On
13. Everybody
14. It's Cool
15. Can You See Where I'm Coming From

CD2

01. Looks So Fine
02. Why Don't You Think About Me
03. Slam Dunk The Funk
04. Give It To You Baby
05. Punk Rockin'
06. No Stoppin' That Rockin'
07. Who Took Away The Funk
08. Blazin
09. (Just Because) You'll Be Mine
10. Tonight We're Gonna Make Love
11. Don't Call Me Brother
12. Let's Make Love
13. Passion
14. Funkiest Party In The World

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Surface

Collection of Surface

When you think of the group Surface, the term disco dancefloor doesn't come to mind. The '80s soft soul vocal trio known for such lush ballads as "Closer Than Friends" and the million-selling singles "Shower Me With Your Love" and the number one pop hit "The First Time" had one of its first charting records as artists signed to dance music pioneer Salsoul Records. "Falling in Love," co-written by Surface member David Conley, doesn't have much in common with the aforementioned titles other than the group name and a (presumably) Conley flute solo. The single made it to number 84 R&B in summer 1983 and the U.K. pop charts. Singer Bernard Jackson who grew up in Stamford, CT, got into the music business through his cousin who lived in New York. Seizing the opportunity, he relocated to New York and began performing around the city. While doing a show in Stamford, his godfather suggested that he contact his nephew David Townsend who was also in the music business. Townsend, a former touring guitarist for the Isley Brothers, was the son of singer/songwriter/producer Ed Townsend who had a hit with "For Your Love" in summer 1958 and wrote the Impressions' "Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)" and co-wrote Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On." Around 1973, Townsend joined a band called the Port Authority where he met David "Pic" Conley. Townsend, whose father shared hit songwriting tips with him, began writing songs with Conley. After Townsend and Conley met Jackson it was decided that they'd write songs together. The trio became staff writers for EMI Music. Their songs were covered by New Edition ("Let's Be Friends" from their 1985 MCA LP All for Love) and Sister Sledge ("You're So Fine"). The trio became performers using the name Surface and moved to Los Angeles. An EMI Music executive brought one of their songs, "Let's Try Again," to the attention of Larkin Arnold of Columbia Records. Arnold's previous successes include Natalie Cole and Peabo Bryson. He signed the group to Columbia and their first single "Let's Try Again" charted number 80 R&B in late 1986. The debut album Surface included the smooth and sweet "Happy," which hit number two R&B for two weeks in early 1987, "Lately" (number eight R&B), and the reissued "Let's Try Again." The next LP, 2nd Wave yielded "I Missed" (number three R&B), "Closer Than Friends" (number one R&B for two weeks in early 1989), the wedding standard "Shower Me With Your Love" (gold, number one R&B/number five pop), "You Are My Everything" (number one R&B for two weeks), and "Can We Spend Some Time" (number five R&B). Jackson brought the sheet music to a song he had written in 1986 to his friend, songwriter Brian Simpson, who had a recording studio in his garage. After listening to the finished demo tape, Jackson thought that he had a hit. Hiring a mobile 24-track recording studio truck to capture his vocal in the best professional conditions, Jackson sang "The First Time" in Simpson's house. "The First Time" was the first single from Surface's 3 Deep album and went gold hitting number one R&B and holding the number one pop for two weeks in early 1991. While "The First Time" was topping the charts, Surface was one of the presenters at the American Music Awards and were enthusiastically congratulated. The hits continued with "All I Want Is You" (number eight R&B, early 1991) and "Never Gonna Let You Down." "You're the One" billed as Surface featuring Bernard Jackson made it to number 24 R&B, summer 1991. The group's last charting single was "A Nice Time for Lovin'" included on their 1991 greatest hits LP The Best Surface: A Nice Time for Loving. Conley and Townsend also produced sides on Rebbie Jackson ("Reaction") that are on The Rebbie Jackson Collection from U.K. label Expansion distributed by Sony/3MV. Allmusic by Ed Hogan

Album: Surface (1986)

01. Let's Try Again
02. Happy
03. We're All Searchin'
04. Lately
05. Gotta Make Love Tonight
06. Who Loves You
07. You're Fine
08. Lady Wants a Man
09. Girls Were Made to Love
10. Feels So Good

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Album: 2nd Wave (1989)

01. Shower Me With Your Love
02. Closer Than Friends
03. Can We Spend Some Time
04. You Are My Everything
05. I Missed
06. Black Shades
07. Hold on to Love
08. Where's That Girl

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Album: 3 Deep (1990)

01. The First Time
02. Give Her Your Love
03. All I Want Is You
04. Tomorrow
05. You're The One
06. Never Gonna Let You Down
07. ''10''
08. Don't Wanna Turn You Off
09. When It Comes To Love
10. Ain't Givin' Up
11. Love X Trust
12. Kid Stuff (Believe In Yourself)

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Album: The Best of Surface- A Nice Time 4 Lovin' (1991)

01. Nice Time for Lovin'
02. Happy
03. Closer Than Friends
04. You Are My Everything
05. I Missed [Title Song Reprise]
06. Shower Me With Your Love
07. First Time
08. Never Gonna Let You Down
09. World of Our Own
10. Christmas Time Is Here

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Album: Love Zone (1999)

01. All I Wanna Do Is Hold You
02. You're My Lady
03. When I Hold You In My Arms
04. Ah Ah Oo Oo Hmm (Interlude)
05. My Story Of Life
06. Love Zone
07. Eri, Tao, My My And Pic
08. Flippin'
09. The Other Side Of My Bed
10. Shower Me With Your Love
11. Will You Wait For Me
12. Falling In Love
13. Quiet Storm

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Album: Perfect 10 (2001)

01. "10"
02. World Of Our Own
03. Ain't Givin' Up
04. Hold Onto Love
05. Give Her Your Love
06. Shower Me With Your Love
07. First Time
08. Where's That Girl
09. Can We Spend Some Time
10. Happy

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Album: Our World (2005)

01. Shower Me With Your Love
02. The First Time
03. Gotta Make Love Tonight
04. A World of Our Own
05. Hold On To Love
06. Black Shades
07. We're All Searchin'
08. You're Fine
09. Feels So Good
10. Where's That Girl

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Phil Collins

Collection of Phil Collins

Phil Collins' ascent to the status of one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond was probably as much of a surprise to him as it was to many others. Balding and diminutive, Collins was almost 30 years old when his first solo single, "In the Air Tonight," became a number two hit in his native U.K. (the song was a Top 20 hit in the U.S.). Between 1984 and 1990, Collins had a string of 13 straight U.S. Top Ten hits.

Long before any of that happened, however, Collins was a child actor/singer who appeared as the Artful Dodger in the London production of Oliver! in 1964. (He also has a cameo in A Hard Day's Night, among other films.) He got his first break in music at the end of his teens, when he was chosen to be a replacement drummer in the British art rock band Genesis in 1970. (Collins maintained a separate jazz career with the band Brand X as well.) Genesis was fronted by singer Peter Gabriel. They had achieved a moderate level of success in the U.K. and the U.S., with elaborate concept albums, before Gabriel abruptly left in 1974. Genesis auditioned 400 singers without success, then decided to let Collins have a go.

The result was a gradual simplifying of Genesis' sound and an increasing focus on Collins' expressive, throaty voice. And Then There Were Three... went gold in 1978, and Duke was even more successful. Collins made his debut solo album, Face Value, in 1981, which turned out to be a bigger hit than any Genesis album. It concentrated on Collins' voice, often in stark, haunting contexts such as the piano-and-drum dirge "In the Air Tonight," which sounded like something from John Lennon's debut solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.

During the '80s, Collins was enormously successful in balancing his continuing solo work with his membership in Genesis. In 1992, Genesis released We Can't Dance and began an extensive tour. Upon its completion Collins released Both Sides in 1993, and the record became his first album not to produce a major hit single or go multi-platinum. In 1995, he announced that he was leaving Genesis permanently. The following year, he released Dance into the Light. Although the album was a flop, its subsequent supporting tour was a success. The Hits collection followed in 1998, and a year later Collins made his first big-band record, Hot Night in Paris. The song cycle Testify arrived in 2002, and his next studio-recorded solo release was 2010's Going Back, which saw Collins revisiting the Motown hits that so influenced him and featuring three of the surviving Funk Brothers -- guitarists Eddie Willis and Ray Monette and bassist Bob Babbitt. Allmusic by William Ruhlmann

Album: Face Value (1981)

01. In The Air Tonight
02. This Must Be Love
03. Behind The Lines
04. The Roof Is Leaking
05. Droned
06. Hand In Hand
07. I Missed Again
08. You Know What I Mean
09. Thunder And Lightning
10. I'm Not Moving
11. If Leaving Me Is Easy
12. Tomorrow Never Knows

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Album: Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)

01. I Don't Care Anymore
02. I Cannot Believe It's True
03. Like China
04. Do You Know, Do You Care?
05. You Can't Hurry Love
06. It Don't Matter To Me
07. Thru These Walls
08. Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away
09. The West Side
10. Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning?

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Album: No Jacket Required (1985)

01. Sussudio
02. Only You Know and I Know
03. Long Long Way to Go
04. I Don't Wanna Know
05. One More Night
06. Don't Lose My Number
07. Who Said I Would?
08. Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore?
09. Inside Out
10. Take Me Home
11. We Said Hello Goodbye (Bonus Track)

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Album: 12''ers (1987)

01. Take Me Home (Remix)
02. Sussudio (Remix)
03. Who Said I Would? (Remix)
04. Only You Know And I Know (Remix)
05. Don't Lose My Number (Remix)
06. One More Night (Remix)

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Album: ...But Seriously (1989)

01. Hang in Long Enough
02. That's Just the Way It Is
03. Do You Remember?
04. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
05. Colours
06. I Wish It Would Rain Down
07. Another Day in Paradise
08. Heat on the Street
09. All of My Life
10. Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
11. Father to Son
12. Find a Way to My Heart

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Album: Serious Hits... Live! (1990)

01. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
02. Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
03. Who Said I Would
04. One More Night
05. Don't Lose My Number
06. Do You Remember?
07. Another Day in Paradise
08. Separate Lives
09. In the Air Tonight
10. You Can't Hurry Love
11. Two Hearts
12. Sussudio
13. A Groovy Kind of Love
14. Easy Lover
15. Take Me Home

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Album: Both Sides (1993)

01. Both Sides of the Story
02. Can't Turn Back the Years
03. Everyday
04. I've Forgotten Everything
05. We're Sons of Our Fathers
06. Can't Find My Way
07. Survivors
08. We Fly So Close
09. There's a Place for Us
10. We Wait and We Wonder
11. Please Come Out Tonight

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Album: Dance Into The Light (1996)

01. Dance into the Light
02. That's What You Said
03. Lorenzo
04. Just Another Story
05. Love Police
06. Wear My Hat
07. It's in Your Eyes
08. Oughta Know By Now
09. Take Me Down
10. The Same Moon
11. River So Wide
12. No Matter Who
13. The Times They Are A-Changin'

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Album: ...Hits (1998)

01. Another Day in Paradise
02. True Colors
03. Easy Lover
04. You Can't Hurry Love
05. Two Hearts
06. I Wish it Would Rain Down
07. Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
08. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
09. Separate Lives
10. Both Sides of the Story
11. One More Night
12. Sussudio
13. Dance into the Light
14. A Groovy Kind of Love
15. In the Air Tonight
16. Take Me Home

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Album: Testify (2002)

01. Wake Up Call
02. Come With Me
03. Testify
04. Don't Get Me Started
05. Swing Low
06. It's Not Too Late
07. This Love This Heart
08. Driving Me Crazy
09. The Least You Can Do
10. Can't Stop Loving You
11. Thru My Eyes
12. You Touch My Heart

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Album: The Platinum Collection (2004)

CD1

01. In the Air Tonight
02. This Must Be Love
03. Behind the Lines
04. Roof Is Leaking
05. Droned
06. Hand in Hand
07. I Missed Again
08. You Know What I Mean
09. Thunder and Lightning
10. I'm Not Moving
11. If Leaving Me Is Easy
12. Tomorrow Never Knows

CD2

01. Sussudio
02. Only You Know and I Know
03. Long Long Way to Go
04. Don't Want to Know
05. One More Night
06. Don't Lose My Number
07. Who Said I Would
08. Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore
09. Inside Out
10. Take Me Home
11. We Said Hello Goodbye

CD3

01. Hang in Long Enough
02. That's Just the Way It Is
03. Do You Remember?
04. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
05. Colours
06. I Wish It Would Rain Down
07. Another Day in Paradise
08. Heat on the Street
09. All of My Life
10. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
11. Father to Son
12. Find a Way to My Heart

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Album: Love Songs. A Compilation... Old & New (2004)

CD1

01. Tearing and Breaking
02. Do You Remember?
03. One More Night
04. Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
05. Can't Turn Back the Years
06. Groovy Kind of Love
07. Everyday
08. Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away
09. Please Come Out Tonight
10. This Must Be Love
11. It's in Your Eyes
12. Can't Stop Loving You

CD2

01. Testify
02. True Colors (Rehearsal)
03. You'll Be in My Heart
04. If Leaving Me Is Easy
05. I've Been Trying
06. I've Forgotten Everything
07. Somewhere
08. Least You Can Do
09. Two Hearts
10. Separate Lives (Live)
11. My Girl (Live)
12. Always (Live)
13. The Way You Look Tonight (Live)

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