Artist
Heatwave
Heatwave is a funk artist from London, England formed in 1975. 26 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Funk · London, England · Best funk albums
- 26
- Releases
- 1976–2023
- Active years
- 1975
- Formed
Artist
Heatwave is a funk artist from London, England formed in 1975. 26 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Funk · London, England · Best funk albums
Most popular
Too Hot to Handle
1976
Central Heating
1978
Hot Property
1979
Candles
1980
Current
1982
Always and Forever
1976
Boogie Nights
2018
'Always And Forever' Love Songs and Smooth Grooves
2016
Very Best Of Heatwave
2016
Get Down with Heatwave
2013
Sing Off Collection: Heatwave vs. The Three Degrees
2011
Back To Back: Rose Royce & Heatwave
2011
Heatwave at the Greek Theater Hollywood (Live)
1997
Boogie Nights - The Hits Re-Recorded
1988
Heatwave's Greatest Hits
1984
Maximum Heat
1983
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Boogie Nights (Re-Recorded) [Sped Up] - Single
EP · 2023
Always and Forever (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 9)
Single · 2020
The Groove Line (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 12)
Single · 2020
Boogie Nights (UK Chart Top 10 - No. 2)
Single · 2020
Boogie Nights (Billboard Hot 100 - No 2)
Single · 2020
The Hits Revisited
Single · 2018
Soul Masters: Heatwave
Single · 2015
Heatwave Greatest Hits
Single · 2015
The Best of (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
EP · 2009
Boogie Nights (After Hours Mix)
Single · 2008
It all began in West Germany. Five young men stationed in the U.S. Army came together after work, went to the social clubs to play pool and sing a little harmony. This group was known as ‘The Cashmeres’. The Cashmeres joined with three young female vocalists in the same city and called themselves ‘The Cashmeres and The Black Pearls’, patterning themselves after ‘The Temptations and The Supremes’. As time went on, three of the men left for England and Vietnam and the ladies also departed, leaving Johnnie Wilder and one other group member to form a new four-man vocal group called ‘The Nobelmen’, who picked up a backing band called ‘The Soul Sessions’, an all-German Band that liked to play what they called ‘Soul Music.’ Faces continued to change within the band and Johnnie ended up being the lead singer of the group that became known as ‘J. Wilder and The Soul Sessions’. After Johnnie’s military tour ended, the group went through many transformations and additions. Johnnie went to an ex-U.S. Air Force friend named Tommy Harris who had a group in West Germany called ‘The Upsetters’. The remaining members of ‘J. Wilder and The Soul Sessions’ combined with ‘The Upsetters’ and became…