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| Original member Jody Watley and Gerald Brown accept disco award in 1978 in Australia |
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| Shalamar originals Gerald Brown and Jody Watley accept disco award in 1978 in Australia |
SHALAMAR Take That to The Bank
Shalamar hit single "Take That To the Bank" featured Gerald Brown, Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniel in 1978. They received a disco award in Australia for the single.
SHALAMAR Goes Uptown
Wanting to form a vocal/dance group Shalamar was created and founded in 1977 by Don Cornelius and partner Dick Griffey for Soul Train Records label. Originals were popular Soul Train dancers Jody Watley Jeffrey Daniel providing instant public recognition and charisma for marketing and promotion for the disco hit "Uptown Festival" with session singer Gary Mumford.
Don Cornelius to JET Magazine May 1, 1980 "Jeffrey and Jody were two of the most interesting people on the show", Cornelius reveals. "We thought they would fit the image we wanted to create for Shalamar. It's just lucky they could sing." Read the archived article: JET
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| Jeffrey Daniel, Jody Watley, Gary Mumford |
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| Laying the foundation of the legacy Jeffrey Daniel, Jody Watley, Gary Mumford |
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| Gary Mumford, Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel make first group appearance on Soul Train, 1977. |
Mumford would depart shortly after release of the first SHALAMAR album of the same name "Uptown Festival."
SHALAMAR Celebrates Birthday of Jody Watley
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| Born on January 30 original SHALAMAR member Jody Watley who also went on to her own trendsetting GRAMMY winning solo career indelibly imprinted in SHALAMAR and music history. Pictured in 1983 SHALAMAR 'The Look" album. |
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| Style Icon, Jody Watley along with Jeffrey Daniel |
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| Jody Watley. Beauty and Hair Feature, 1979. |
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| Jeffrey Daniel, Jody Watley Howard Hewett in 1979 |
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| Jeffrey Daniel, Jody Watley and Gerald Brown in 1978 |
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| Gary Mumford, Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniel in 1977 |
SHALAMAR. Friends Album Turns 33
Released on January 29, 1982 SHALAMAR's "Friends" became the most successful album reaching #1 R&B in the U.S. and one of Great Britain's pinnacle albums. Featuring hit singles "A Night To Remember", which continues to be revisited with recent covers by Mary J. Blige, used to promote OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) 2014 Fall/Winter season and being sung on competition shows like "American Idol" and The X Factor. The Friends album also gained attention the the United Kingdom from the body-popping backsliding Jeffrey Daniel who'd learned new moves from LA based dance pioneers Electric Boogaloo, Geron Candidate and Cooley Jaxson.
Other stand out songs from "Friends" in the UK were "There it Is", "Friends", "I Can Make You Feel Good."
"Friends" was reissued again in 2013 by Big Break Records as a double disc featuring a new interview about the album by original member Jody Watley.
Other stand out songs from "Friends" in the UK were "There it Is", "Friends", "I Can Make You Feel Good."
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| Full page ad Billboard Magazine 1982. Jeffrey Daniel, Jody Watley and Howard Hewett. |
"Friends" was reissued again in 2013 by Big Break Records as a double disc featuring a new interview about the album by original member Jody Watley.
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