Best of 80’s: Black

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Get Down Saturday NightOliver Cheatham5:37
2Forget Me Nots
recording of:
Forget Me Nots
writer:
Terri McFaddin, Patrice Rushen and Freddie Washington (US session bassist)
publisher:
Baby Fingers Music, Freddie Dee Music, Global Musikverlag (Global Musik GmbH & Co. KG) and Yamina Music
Patrice Rushen4:33
3On the Beat
recording of:
On the Beat
writer:
Mauro Malavasi and Paul Slade
The B.B. & Q. Band5:54
4Just an Illusion
recording of:
Just an Illusion
writer:
Ashley Ingram, Leee John, Steve Jolley and Tony Swain (songwriter, producer)
publisher:
Broadley Music (International) Ltd. (PRS)
Imagination4.53:54
5Going Back to My Roots
producer:
Steve Tyrell (American producer and vocalist)
cover recording of:
Going Back to My Roots
lyricist and composer:
Lamont Dozier
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd., Maurice Starr Music, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department)
Odyssey55:24
6Let’s GrooveEarth, Wind & Fire3:19
7Lost in Music
recording of:
Lost in Music
writer:
Bernard Edwards (American bassist and record producer) and Nile Rodgers
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Sister Sledge4:37
8I Can Make You Feel Good
recording engineer and mixer:
Steve Hodge (engineer and producer)
engineer:
Bob Brown (recording, mixing and mastering engineer) and Jim Shifflett
producer:
Leon Sylvers III
drums (drum set):
Ed Greene (drummer)
guitar:
Ernest "Pepper" Reed (guitarist)
guitar [uncredited]:
Earnest Reed
instruments:
Leon Sylvers III
keyboard [uncredited]:
Joey Gallo and Rickey Smith (funk/soul songwriter & keyboard player)
percussion:
Wayne Milstein
background vocals:
Jeffrey Daniel (soul singer), Howard Hewett and Jody Watley
lead vocals:
Howard Hewett
arranger:
Gene Dozier (Pianist, keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer), Leon Sylvers III and William Shelby
recording of:
I Can Make You Feel Good
writer:
Howard Hewett, Renwick Jackson and William Shelby
Shalamar44:14
9Love Town
recording of:
Love Town
writer:
Len Barry and Bobby Eli
Booker Newberry III4:44
10Word Up
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1986) and The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1986)
music videos:
Word Up! by Cameo (American soul-influenced funk group)
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 70) and VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 81)
recording of:
Word Up!
writer:
Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins
publisher:
All Seeing Eye Music, Better Days Music and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Cameo44:16
11Don’t Look Any FurtherDennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett3:58
12A Love Supreme
recording of:
A Love Supreme
lyricist:
David Cole (US musician/producer, member of C+C Music Factory) and Will Downing (American soul, house singer, songwriter and producer)
composer:
John Coltrane
is based on:
A Love Supreme (entire suite)
Will Downing3.54:44
13And the Beat Goes OnThe Whispers4:50
14We Got the Funk
recording of:
We Got the Funk
writer:
Nate Edmonds (keyboard player/songwriter), Brenda Reynolds and Albert Williams
publisher:
Sugar Hill Music Publishing Ltd. (ended), B.I.B. Music and Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
Positive Force4:31
15Don’t Push It, Don’t Force It
recording of:
Don't Push It, Don't Force It (Leon Haywood song)
lyricist and composer:
Leon Haywood (funk and soul singer, songwriter, record producer)
publisher:
Jim-Edd Music
Leon Haywood53:22
16Trapped
recording of:
Trapped
writer:
Don Abrams and Marston Freeman (songwriter)
publisher:
Moonwalk Music (publisher)
Colonel Abrams4:07
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