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Shalamar Red Button Special

Howard Hewett and Jeffrey Daniel of Shalamar join Sara for a red button special. Press the red button on your remote and you can watch the videos as well as listen!

It's a Night To Remember as Howard Hewett and Jeffrey Daniel of Shalamar join Sara for a red button special. Press the red button on your remote and you can watch the videos as well as listen!

Shalamar were created back in the 70s by Dick Griffey (then a booking agent for Soul Train) and Don Cornelius - they were originally session singers and dancers. The first hit was the 1977 Uptown Festival released on Soul Train Records. Dick and Don then decided to replace the session singers with Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniel - they joined the original lead singer Gary Mumford. Another change came in 1979 when Howard Hewett joined the band. They got their first US million selling record with The Second Time Around later that year.

In the UK the band had a string of hits with tracks like Take That To The Bank, I Can Make You Feel Good, A Night to Remember, There It Is and Friends. The band's sales in the UK went up when Jeffrey Daniel demonstrated his body-popping dancing skills on Top of the Pops - this was the first appearance of the moonwalk. Michael Jackson was a big fan of the group, and especially Jeffrey's dance moves, and Jeffrey went on to co-choreograph Jackson's Bad and Smooth Criminal videos.

The 'classic' line-up of Daniels, Hewett and Watley had three gold albums in the US. The group took a knock when Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniel both left the band and there was a line-up change - the new version of Shalamar (still including Hewett) did have a hit with in 1984 with Dancing in the Streets from the Footloose soundtrack and they won a Grammy for Don't Get Stopped in Beverley Hills from the film Beverly Hills Cop in 1984. Hewett finally decided to leave the band to go solo in 1985.

In 1996 the original line-up along with LL Cool J appeared on Babyface's million-selling single This is for The Lover In You - a cover of the Shalamar 1980 single Three For Love. In 1999 Jeffrey Daniel and Howard Hewett reformed Shalamar and played in Japan - this was followed by many years of touring the UK from 2000 onwards.

Shalamar have sold over 25 million records worldwide.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Wed 1 Feb 2017 00:00
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Music Played

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    Theme From S-Express

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Shalamar

    There It Is

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 6.

  • Haircut One Hundred

    Fantastic Day

    • Pelican West - Deluxe Edition.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 007.

  • Glenn Frey

    The Heat Is On

    • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
    • Universal.

  • Kate Bush

    Hounds Of Love

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • Queen

    One Vision

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Tom Petty

    Runnin' Down A Dream

    • MCA.

  • Tom Petty

    Runnin' Down A Dream

    • Tom Petty - Greatest Hits.
    • MCA.

  • Musical Youth

    Pass The Dutchie

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.

  • The Cure

    Close To Me

    • The Cure - Staring At The Sea.
    • Fiction.

  • Will Powers

    Kissing With Confidence

    • The Island Story (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Tight Fit

    The Lion Sleeps Tonight

    • Chegger's Choice (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Krush

    House Arrest

    • Now 11, Part 2 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Terence Trent D’Arby

    Sign Your Name

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 21.

  • Tiffany

    I Think We're Alone Now

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Billy Idol

    Rebel Yell

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 4.

  • Shalamar

    I Can Make You Feel Good

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 4.

  • Shalamar

    A Night To Remember

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 5.

  • Thomas Dolby

    She Blinded Me With Science

    • Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive.
    • EMI.
    • 11.

  • Marvin Gaye

    Sexual Healing

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin

    Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Morrissey

    Everyday Is Like Sunday

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Adam and the Ants

    Stand And Deliver

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Michael Jackson

    P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

    • Thriller.
    • Epic.
    • 6.

  • Tina Turner

    Let's Stay Together

    • Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
    • Capitol.

  • Kim Wilde

    You Came

    • Kim Wilde - Singles Collection 81-93.
    • MCA.

  • The Vapors

    Turning Japanese

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.

  • Pretenders

    Talk Of The Town

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.

  • Toyah

    I Want To Be Free

    • The Indie Scene 1981 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.

  • Soft Cell

    What?

    • Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
    • UMC.

  • The Housemartins

    Five Get Over Excited

    • Go! Discs!.

  • The Housemartins

    Five Get Over Excited

    • The Housemartins - The Best Of.
    • Go Discs.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 27 Jan 2017 22:00
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  • Wed 1 Feb 2017 00:00
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