Central Heating (Heatwave album)
Encyclopedia
Central Heating is the second album by the funk
band Heatwave
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except were noted
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
band Heatwave
Heatwave (band)
Heatwave was an international funk/disco musical band featuring Americans Johnnie Wilder, Jr. and Keith Wilder of Dayton, Ohio, Englishman Rod Temperton , Swiss Mario Mantese , Czechoslovak Ernest "Bilbo" Berger , Jamaican Eric Johns and Briton Roy Carter .They were known for their successful...
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Track listing
All tracks by Rod TempertonRod Temperton
Rodney Lynn "Rod" Temperton is an English songwriter, record producer and musician most famous for writing a number of songs performed by Michael Jackson, including the title track of Jackson's Thriller, the biggest-selling album of all time.-Biography:As Temperton remembers music was in his bones...
except were noted
- "Put the Word Out" - 6:33
- "Send Out for Sunshine" - 4:28
- "Central Heating" - 4:42
- "Happiness Togetherness" (Johnnie WilderJohnnie Wilder, Jr.Johnnie James Wilder, Jr. was the co-founder and lead vocalist of the international R&B/funk group Heatwave. Heatwave was a popular group during the late 1970s, with hits such as "Boogie Nights", "Mind Blowing Decisions", "Always and Forever" and "The Groove Line", on which Wilder sang co-lead...
) - 3:59 - "The Groove Line" - 4:14
- "Mind Blowing Decisions" (Johnnie WilderJohnnie Wilder, Jr.Johnnie James Wilder, Jr. was the co-founder and lead vocalist of the international R&B/funk group Heatwave. Heatwave was a popular group during the late 1970s, with hits such as "Boogie Nights", "Mind Blowing Decisions", "Always and Forever" and "The Groove Line", on which Wilder sang co-lead...
) - 4:16 - "The Star of a Story" - 5:35
- "Party Poops" - 3:51
- "Leavin' for a Dream" - 3:24
Personnel
- Johnnie Wilder, Jr.Johnnie Wilder, Jr.Johnnie James Wilder, Jr. was the co-founder and lead vocalist of the international R&B/funk group Heatwave. Heatwave was a popular group during the late 1970s, with hits such as "Boogie Nights", "Mind Blowing Decisions", "Always and Forever" and "The Groove Line", on which Wilder sang co-lead...
- Lead & Backing Vocals, Conductor, Conga, Choir, Chorus - Keith Wilder - Lead Vocals & Backing Vocals
- Rod TempertonRod TempertonRodney Lynn "Rod" Temperton is an English songwriter, record producer and musician most famous for writing a number of songs performed by Michael Jackson, including the title track of Jackson's Thriller, the biggest-selling album of all time.-Biography:As Temperton remembers music was in his bones...
- Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes - Mario ManteseMario ManteseMario Mantese is a former successful musician of the British-American Soul and Funk-Band "Heatwave" and an author of spiritual books....
- Bass - Eric Johns - Guitar
- Ernest Berger - Drums, Timbales
- Roy CarterRoy CarterRoy Carter, an English oboist, began playing the oboe at the age of 10. He won scholarships to study with Margaret Eliot at the Royal Academy of Music and later under Terence McDonough at the Royal College of Music , where he won the Joy Boughton Memorial Prize in only his second year of study.-...
– Piano, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Rhythm), Fender Rhodes - Christopher PayneChristopher PayneChristopher Harrison Payne was a prominent African American religious, educational and political leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Despite being born in the American South during the time of slavery, Payne rose to a level of prominence achieved by few, regardless of race...
– Trombone - Tristan FryTristan FryTristan Fry is a British drummer and percussionist. Fry began his career by joining the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 17. He was a founder member of a number of ensembles, such as the Nash, Fires of London and the London Sinfonietta...
– Percussion - John CameronJohn Cameron-Life and academic career:Cameron was born at Glasgow and received his early education in his native city. After having taught Greek in the university for twelve months, he removed to Bordeaux, where he was soon appointed a regent in the college of Bergerac. He did not remain long at Bordeaux, but...
– Arranger, Conductor
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1978 | Central Heating Central Heating (Heatwave album) Central Heating is the second album by the funk band Heatwave.-Track listing:All tracks by Rod Temperton except were noted# "Put the Word Out" - 6:33# "Send Out for Sunshine" - 4:28# "Central Heating" - 4:42... |
10 | 2 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
US Dance |
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| 1978 | "The Groove Line" | 7 | 3 | — |
| "Mind Blowing Decisions" | — | 49 | — | |