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| Group Members: Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel, Delissa Davis, Micki Free, Sidney Justin
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| Biography: Shalamar was the creation of Dick Griffey, the booking agent for the television R&B program Soul Train, and British R&B producer Simon Soussan. The group's first single, the 1977 Motown medley "Uptown Festival," featured a bevy of faceless studio musicians; once it became a hit, Griffey decided to form ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1981 Label: EMI Critics' Rating:  The Howard Hewett/Jody Daniels/ Jeffrey Daniels edition of Shalamar was in excellent form on Big Fun, Friends and The Look, but if one had to pinpoint the group's best release ever, the hands-down winner ...Read full reviewReleased: 1979 Label: The Right Stuff Critics' Rating:  With its third album, Big Fun, Shalamar unveiled its best-known and most successful lineup. Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels were still on board, but Gerald Brown had been replaced by the charismatic Howard ...Read full review
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