Shalamar
USA
Formed: 1975
Died: 01 January 1991
Genres: R&B, Electronic
Styles: Disco, Dance, R&B/Soul, Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, Smooth Soul, Soul
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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 a performing group under the name Shalamar. Through Soul Train, Griffey found Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniels, and Gerald Brown, the three vocalists that became Shalamar; Brown was quickly replaced by Howard Hewitt in 1978. Shalamar's string of popp...
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