Hot Property (album)
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Hot Property is an album by the funk
band Heatwave
. It was released in 1979.
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...
. It was released in 1979.
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
- "Razzle Dazzle"
- "Eyeballin'"
- "This Night We Fell"
- "Raise a Blaze"
- "First Day of Snow"
- "One Night Tan"
- "Therm Warfare"
- "All Talked Out"
- "That's the Way We'll Always Say Goodnight"
- "Disco" (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...
)
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, Percussion - Keith Wilder - Lead Vocals & Backing Vocals
- Calvin Duke - Organ, Keyboards
- Derek Bramble - Bass
- Eric Johns - Guitar
- Ernest Berger - Drums, Percussion
- Roy Carter – Guitar, Bass , Keyboards
- William L. Jones – Guitar
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 1979 | Hot Property Hot Property (album) Hot Property is an album by the funk band Heatwave. It was released in 1979.-Track listing:All tracks by Rod Temperton except were noted# "Razzle Dazzle"# "Eyeballin'"# "This Night We Fell"# "Raise a Blaze"# "First Day of Snow"# "One Night Tan"... |
38 | 16 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 1979 | "Eyeballin'" | — | 30 | — |