Heatwave
- MatchHeatwave
- 100%The Brothers Johnson
- 94%Deniece Williams
- 89%The O'Jays
- 83%Gap Band
- 78%The Emotions
- 78%The Whispers
- 77%Dazz Band
- 77%Rose Royce
- 76%Patrice Rushen
- 74%Con Funk Shun
Biography
Although based in Britain, Heatwave was formed by the Wilder brothers, Johnnie (3 July 1949, Dayton, Ohio, USA, d. 13 May 2006, Clayton, Ohio, USA) and Keith, on their discharge from the US Army. An advertisement in a music paper yielded Hull, England-born songwriter and keyboardist Rod Temperton, while further members recruited were the American guitarists Eric Johns (b. Eric Johns Rasmussen) and Jessie Whitten (b. Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 1976, Chicago, Illinois, USA), a Czech, Ernest... Read more