Heatwave ~ Similar Artists
Shalamar
- 100% match to Heatwave
This act was created by Dick Griffey, booking agent for US television's Soul Train show, and Simon Soussan, a veteran of UK's northern soul scene. The latter produced "Uptown Festival", a medley of popular Motown Records favourites, which was issued on Griffey's Solar label....
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Tavares
- 82% match to Heatwave
This US group was formed in 1964 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The line-up consisted of five brothers, Ralph (10 December 1948), Antone "Chubby", Feliciano "Butch", Arthur "Pooch" and Perry Lee "Tiny' Tavares. Originally known as Chubby And The Turnpikes, the group assumed...
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b 1 July 1960, the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. A former office cleaner at Gamble And Huff's Sigma Sound studios, King was overheard singing Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Theodore Life, a member of the company's writing and production staff. He coached the...
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Rose Royce
- 62% match to Heatwave
Formed in the USA as a multi-purpose backing group, the original nine-piece worked under a variety of names. In 1973 Kenji Brown (guitar), Victor Nix (keyboards), Kenny Copeland, Freddie Dunn (trumpets), Michael Moore (saxophone), Lequient "Duke" Jobe (bass), Henry Garner and...
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This influential US funk/soul outfit was formed in 1967 by three brothers, Charlie Wilson (Charles Wilson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; vocals/keyboards), Ronnie Wilson (trumpet/keyboards) and Robert Wilson (bass/vocals). They took their name from the initials of three streets,...
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Chic
- 58% match to Heatwave
Probably the band of the disco generation, Chic was built around Nile Rodgers (19 September 1952, New York, USA; guitar) and Bernard Edwards (b. 31 October 1952, Greenville, North Carolina, USA, d. 18 April 1996, Tokyo, Japan; bass). During the 60s Rodgers had played in a rock...
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