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Uptown Festival (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Uptown Festival'" is the debut single by the band Shalamar, released on Soul Train Records in 1977. The song is a medley of ten Motown classics sung over a 1970s disco beat. The radio edit, "Uptown Festival (Part 1)", became a hit peaking at No. 25 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100, No. 10 on the R&B chart and No. 2 on the Dance chart. It also charted internationally. After the success of the single, Dick Griffey, the booking agent for 'Soul Train', formed a vocal group, resulting in the first incarnation of Shalamar with Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniels and Gary Mumford.
Recording and songs
The medley "Uptown Festival" was recorded at Ike & Tina Turner's Bolic Sound studio in Inglewood in 1976. It features various session musicians, including Mike Lewis and Laurin Rinder from El Coco, and the Motown musicians, including Eddie "Bongo" Brown and Jack Ashford.
List of songs
# "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'"
Chart performance
References
Category:1977 songs
Category:1977 debut singles
Category:Shalamar songs
Category:Songs written by Smokey Robinson
Category:Songs written by Bobby Rogers
Category:Songs written by Marv Tarplin
Category:Songs written by Warren "Pete" Moore
Category:Songs written by HollandDozierHolland
Category:Songs written by Stevie Wonder
Category:Songs written by Sylvia Moy
Category:Songs written by Henry Cosby
Category:Songs written by Norman Whitfield
Category:Songs written by Eddie Holland
Category:Songs written by William "Mickey" Stevenson
Category:Music medleys
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