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Post by Dnice on Mar 29, 2003 20:07:42 GMT -5
What does "Solar" in Solar records stand for??
These artists had hits with this label like Shalamar,Whispers and Lakeside. I can't think of who else.
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Post by Ivory Fair on Mar 30, 2003 22:47:58 GMT -5
Well D, I think you've managed to stump all of us.  |
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Post by Dnice on Mar 31, 2003 7:51:02 GMT -5
I'll wait a lil bit before givin yall the answer!  |
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Post by curet30 on Mar 31, 2003 16:22:17 GMT -5
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Post by kim on Mar 31, 2003 16:24:58 GMT -5
Great Joe!!!  Dnice I think the group Dynasty was on that label too. I believe they had like one or two hits. I still have one of their songs on a 45. |
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Post by Aba21 on Mar 31, 2003 16:42:03 GMT -5
Lakeside was on that label also. I think it had something to dowith SOul Train and Don Cornrelius.
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Post by curet30 on Mar 31, 2003 17:13:45 GMT -5
ABA21, I believe DICK GRIFFEY was the president or CEO of Solar Records. Now concering Soul Train, here's what I found at this link - www.centrohd.com/biogra/s2/shalamar_this_group_was_created_.htm"Shalamar This group was created by Dick Griffey, booking agent for US television's SOUL TRAIN show, and Simon Soussan, a veteran of Britain's ‘northern soul’ scene. The latter produced Uptown Festival, a medley of popular Tamla/ Motown favourites, which was issued on Griffey's Solar label. Although credited to Shalamar, the track featured session musicians, but its success inspired Griffey to create a performing group. Jody Watley (b. 30 January 1959, Chicago, Illinois, USA), Jeffrey Daniels and Gerald Brown were recruited via SOUL TRAIN in 1977, although Brown was replaced the following year by Howard Hewitt (b. Akron, Ohio, USA). The Second Time Around gave the trio an R&B chart topper in 1979, but subsequent releases were better received in the UK where lightweight soul/disco offerings, including I Can Make You Feel Good, A Night To Remember and There It Is, provided three Top 10 entries in 1982. Daniels and Watley then left the group to pursue solo careers. Their replacements, Delisa Davis and Micki Free, joined in 1984. The group won a Grammy award for Don't Get Stopped In Beverly Hills, a track from HEARTBEAT used in the Eddie Murphy film BEVERLY HILLS COP, but Hewitts’ departure in 1976 eroded any newfound confidence. Sidney Justin restored the group to a trio, continuing to score further, albeit minor hit singles. By now Shalamar's golden, if brief period had ended; nevertheless the Shalamar name had survived into the late '80s when Justin, along with newcomers Micki Free and Delisa Davis recorded CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. " curet30 - mypages.netopia.com/channels |
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Post by Dnice on Mar 31, 2003 19:45:01 GMT -5
Curet, I thought about the topic when I got one of Shalamar's GH's CD's and it had thar info on the inside! I didn't know that beforehand,
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Post by selfishreasons on Apr 1, 2003 21:46:04 GMT -5
I would have never guessed that. SOLAR. huh. Very cool.
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Post by sukkafu on Apr 2, 2003 4:17:21 GMT -5
i knew it as sounds of l.a. records, when i was in the biz.
good job curet. remember my thread on shalamar? i am a big fan of jodi whatley.
does anybody remember richard perry of planet records who produced the pointer sisters and other big artists like barbra streisand and carly simon?
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Post by KEEKS on Apr 2, 2003 16:23:34 GMT -5
Curet can I get the short version of your answer...because reading your post makes my head hurt... 6-)
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Post by sukkafu on Apr 2, 2003 17:03:38 GMT -5
laura- i'd rather your sweet head would hurt from curet than from iraqi weapon fire!
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Post by Aba21 on May 20, 2003 22:10:00 GMT -5
the whispers sang on solar records also!!!!
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