Artist
Shalamar
Shalamar is a r&b artist from London, England, UK formed in 1977. 23 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
R&B · London, England, UK · Best r&b albums
- 23
- Releases
- 1978–2026
- Active years
- 1977
- Formed
Artist
Shalamar is a r&b artist from London, England, UK formed in 1977. 23 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
R&B · London, England, UK · Best r&b albums
Most popular
Friends
1982
Three for Love
1980
Big Fun
1979
The Look
1983
Go for It
1981
Heartbreak
1984
Wake Up
1990
Circumstantial Evidence / Wake Up
2026
Disco Gardens
2026
The Look / Heartbreak
2026
Uptown Festival
2026
The Complete Solar Singles Hit Collection
2014
A Night to Remember
2013
The Very Best Of
2013
Nights to Remember
2008
Friends / Go For It
2008
Shalamar (Original Hits)
2006
The Very Best of Shalamar
1998
12 Inch Collection
1995
Circumstantial Evidence
1987
Uptown Festival / Disco Gardens
1978
Disco Garden
1978
Shalamar was the creation of Dick Griffey, the booking agent for the television R&B program Soul Train, and British R&B producer Simon Soussan. The group’s first single, the 1977 Motown medley “Uptown Festival,” featured a bevy of faceless studio musicians; once it became a hit, Griffey decided to form a performing group under the name Shalamar. Through Soul Train, Griffey found Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel, and Gerald Brown, the three vocalists that became Shalamar; Brown was quickly replaced by Howard Hewitt in 1978. Shalamar’s string of poppy dance-soul hits began in 1979 with “Take That to the Bank”; later that year, “The Second Time Around” hit the Top Ten. Throughout the early ’80s the group were favorites on the U.S. R&B scene, as well as scoring a number of British hit singles (the two biggest being “A Night To Remember” and “There It Is” in 1982). Watley and Daniel left the group in 1982 and were replaced by Delisa Davis and Micki Free in 1984; Watley went on to stardom as a solo act. Daniel released an album “Skinny Boy in 1990 and choreographed Michael Jackson’s Bad and Smooth Criminal videos. He is also credited with teaching Michael the Moonwalk. The following year Sh…
