Side Effect
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Side Effect were an American
disco
band, that recorded between 1972 and 1982. The group was formed by founder and leader Augie Johnson in Los Angeles
, California
in 1972.
area clubs and within a few months the group signed their first record deal with a company called Avenue of America-Gas Records with whom they recorded their first album "Effective
". The album did not chart. Not discouraged Side Effect continued to evolve. They changed female lead vocalists, from Lomita Johnson to Sylvia Nabors, and soon joined At-Home Productions, a production company headed by Wayne Henderson
of The Crusaders
. This new association would bear fruit with a new record deal with Fantasy Records
. The self titled Side Effect
was released in 1975 but it did not chart. By their third album, "What You Need
" they had switched vocalists from Sylvia Nabors to Helen Lowe, now gospel superstar Helen Baylor
. This was their first charting album going to number 26 on the R&B charts. Two more albums "Goin' Bananas
" and "Rainbow Visions
" were released now featuring vocalist Sylvia St. James who replaced Lowe but they charted moderately. After these four albums were completed, Side Effect left Fantasy Records and was picked up by Elektra Records
. After The Rain now featuring a 16 year old Miki Howard
replacing St. James on vocals was released in 1980. It did not do well on the charts as well as the next two Elektra
albums "Portraits
and All Aboard
". Howard
left the group for a solo career in 1985
They are now known as Augie's Side Effect.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
band, that recorded between 1972 and 1982. The group was formed by founder and leader Augie Johnson in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
in 1972.
Career
Side Effect was formed by founder and leader Augie Johnson and members, Lomita Johnson, Jim Gilstrap, Gregory Matta and Louis Patton in May 1972. The group played many Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
area clubs and within a few months the group signed their first record deal with a company called Avenue of America-Gas Records with whom they recorded their first album "Effective
Effective (album)
Effective is the debut album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1973, this was the group's first and only album for Canadian-based GAS Records.It was reissued on CD in 2001 on Soul Brother Records.-Track listing:...
". The album did not chart. Not discouraged Side Effect continued to evolve. They changed female lead vocalists, from Lomita Johnson to Sylvia Nabors, and soon joined At-Home Productions, a production company headed by Wayne Henderson
Wayne Henderson (musician)
Wayne Henderson is a soul-jazz and hard bop trombonist and record producer. In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/hard bop group The Jazz Crusaders...
of The Crusaders
The Crusaders
The Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a...
. This new association would bear fruit with a new record deal with Fantasy Records
Fantasy Records
Fantasy Records is a United States-based record label that was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record-pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label...
. The self titled Side Effect
Side Effect (album)
Side Effect is the second album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1975, this was their first album for Fantasy Records.-Track listing:#Baby Love 3:56 #Oh Baby 2:25 #There She Goes Again 5:01...
was released in 1975 but it did not chart. By their third album, "What You Need
What You Need (album)
What You Need is the third album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1976, This would be their second album for Fantasy Records.-Track listing:#Always There 5:04#Keep That Same Old Feeling 7:06 #Time Has No Ending 3:55 #S.O.S 4:06...
" they had switched vocalists from Sylvia Nabors to Helen Lowe, now gospel superstar Helen Baylor
Helen Baylor
Helen Baylor is an American gospel singer.Baylor was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised in Los Angeles, where she first performed as a secular nightclub act. She opened for Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and B.B. King while still in her teens, and performed in the musical Hair...
. This was their first charting album going to number 26 on the R&B charts. Two more albums "Goin' Bananas
Goin' Bananas
Goin' Bananas is the fourth album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1977, This would be their third album for Fantasy Records.-Track listing:#Goin' Bananas 5:40 #Open Up Your Heart 3:08 #Watching Life 4:38 #Keep On Keepin' On 7:10...
" and "Rainbow Visions
Rainbow Visions
Rainbow Visions is the fifth album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1978, This would be their fourth and last album for Fantasy Records.-Track listing:#Peace Of Mind 4:35 #Disco Junction 3:30 #She's A Lady 4:07...
" were released now featuring vocalist Sylvia St. James who replaced Lowe but they charted moderately. After these four albums were completed, Side Effect left Fantasy Records and was picked up by Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
. After The Rain now featuring a 16 year old Miki Howard
Miki Howard
Alicia Michelle "Miki" Howard is an American R&B/jazz singer and actress who had a string of Top 10 hit songs in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Howard's string of hits also included Baby,Be Mine", "Come Share My Love" and "Love Under New Management"...
replacing St. James on vocals was released in 1980. It did not do well on the charts as well as the next two Elektra
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
albums "Portraits
Portraits (Side Effect album)
Portraits is the seventh album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1981, This would be their second album for Elektra Records.-Track listing:#I Can't Play 3:33 #Do It 4:16 #Make You Mine 4:14 #I Need Your Lovin' 3:52...
and All Aboard
All Aboard (Side Effect album)
All Aboard is the eighth album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1982, This would be their third and final album for Elektra Records.-Track listing:#I'm Likin' What You Do To Me 4:17 #Scatman 4:23 #Music Is My Way Of Life 3:46...
". Howard
Miki Howard
Alicia Michelle "Miki" Howard is an American R&B/jazz singer and actress who had a string of Top 10 hit songs in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Howard's string of hits also included Baby,Be Mine", "Come Share My Love" and "Love Under New Management"...
left the group for a solo career in 1985
They are now known as Augie's Side Effect.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 1973 | Effective Effective (album) Effective is the debut album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1973, this was the group's first and only album for Canadian-based GAS Records.It was reissued on CD in 2001 on Soul Brother Records.-Track listing:... |
— | — | GAS Records | ||
| 1975 | Side Effect Side Effect (album) Side Effect is the second album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1975, this was their first album for Fantasy Records.-Track listing:#Baby Love 3:56 #Oh Baby 2:25 #There She Goes Again 5:01... |
— | — | Fantasy Records Fantasy Records Fantasy Records is a United States-based record label that was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record-pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label... |
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| 1976 | What You Need What You Need (album) What You Need is the third album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1976, This would be their second album for Fantasy Records.-Track listing:#Always There 5:04#Keep That Same Old Feeling 7:06 #Time Has No Ending 3:55 #S.O.S 4:06... |
115 | 26 | |||
| 1977 | Goin' Bananas Goin' Bananas Goin' Bananas is the fourth album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1977, This would be their third album for Fantasy Records.-Track listing:#Goin' Bananas 5:40 #Open Up Your Heart 3:08 #Watching Life 4:38 #Keep On Keepin' On 7:10... |
86 | 53 | |||
| 1978 | Rainbow Visions Rainbow Visions Rainbow Visions is the fifth album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1978, This would be their fourth and last album for Fantasy Records.-Track listing:#Peace Of Mind 4:35 #Disco Junction 3:30 #She's A Lady 4:07... |
135 | 57 | |||
| 1980 | After the Rain After the Rain (Side Effect album) After The Rain is the sixth album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1980, This would be their first album for Elektra Records as well as Miki Howard's first appearance as vocalist.- Track listing :# Take a Chance 'N' Dance – 5:17... |
— | 70 | Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 1981 | Portraits Portraits (Side Effect album) Portraits is the seventh album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1981, This would be their second album for Elektra Records.-Track listing:#I Can't Play 3:33 #Do It 4:16 #Make You Mine 4:14 #I Need Your Lovin' 3:52... |
— | 52 | |||
| 1982 | All Aboard All Aboard (Side Effect album) All Aboard is the eighth album by R&B group Side Effect. Released in 1982, This would be their third and final album for Elektra Records.-Track listing:#I'm Likin' What You Do To Me 4:17 #Scatman 4:23 #Music Is My Way Of Life 3:46... |
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| "—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||||
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,... |
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| 1976 | "Always There" | — | 56 | 2 |
| 1977 | "Finally Found Someone" | — | 85 | — |
| "S.O.S." | — | 88 | — | |
| 1980 | "Georgy Porgy Georgy Porgy For other uses, see Georgy Porgy"Georgy Porgy" is a short story by Roald Dahl first published in 1960. It is included in Dahl's short story collection Kiss Kiss.-Plot summary:... " |
— | 77 | — |
| "Superwoman" | — | 64 | — | |
| 1981 | "Make You Mine" | — | 26 | 72 |