![]() Sunday (25) Hammersmith Palais 3pm alldayer has Booker Newberry III, Cool Notes, Jaki Graham, Intrigue, Haywoode ‘n more with CJ Carlos, Chris Stewart, Cleveland Anderson, Lyndon T, Frenchie T, Baz Maleady etc plus hip hop events (out of town details on 0772-700282). Jackson Moore PA’s Stratford Romford Road’s The Pigeons Sat (24). Friday (23) Tony Simmons (there every Sun) funks Luton Dumbos with lovers rock by Lovelite, Gary Oldis has a silly “jungle safari party” at Dalton Piercy Slix (fancy-dressers free), Norman Scott hosts the national Gay Disco Dancing finals at Harringey Bolts. Solar-FM’s loud Graham Gold will be warm-up, JFM’s large Steve Walsh on-air jock for the next three Thursdays at BBC Radio London’s Soul Night Out while Tony Blackburn is away - they at least will know how to keep a disco crowd actually dancing instead of just standing around looking bored stiff (let’s face it, once the novelty of seeing Blackburn act like a prat has worn off he doesn’t do much else to move one). Hall & Oates ‘Out Of Touch’ topped US Hot Dance/Disco (oddly its exciting video hasn’t helped it here). ‘Thriller’-videoing John Landis’ next film ‘Into The Night’ has BB King singing three songs, each made into a video too. Kool & The Gang have a greatest hits “live” video called ‘Tonight’ on sale in America. Cheryl Lynn ‘Encore’ finally dropped out of our chart after nearly a year, in which it came to personify 1984’s “hot tempo” - now readjusting as you may have noticed into “today’s groove” (all these tempos are basically slow-ish, tense, and the soul equivalent of reggae’s heartbeat). ![]() Victor Carstarphen, responsible for the brilliant Temptations ‘Treat Her Like A Lady’ arrangement, was a sometime partner of McFadden & Whitehead in the mid-’70s. Brothers Johnson have left A&M, a final ‘Best Of’ set being due next month compiled by Orin Cozier with a 4-track medley mixed by Les Adams. Peter Stringfellow’s special Poppy Day charity night at London’s Hippodrome raised an incredible £40,000 in donations. ![]() Marvin’s two years younger brother Frank Gaye is in London shopping for a deal - sounding and looking the same, he was drafted to Vietnam in ’65 before he could start his own career and then later was overshadowed by those very similarities. Howard Johnson is currently recording here with Rod Temperton and Barry Blue. Chaka Khan, back together again with Rufus, will make one solo and one group LP a year for the next five years - can’t be bad!. CRC plan a brand new US remix of Linda Clifford ‘Runaway Love’ just after Christmas. MCA have imported 5,000 Thelma Houston 12in and 1,000 Whispers LPs for sale at UK prices, while Eugene Wilde’s LP is already out here (Fourth & Broadway BRLP 502) with different sleeve and running order. PAUL HARDCASTLE has pseudonymously recorded an electro remake of ‘ Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag‘ for release as flip of the Pigbag original - on yet another label!. ![]()
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