Street Beat (album)
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Reception
Released in 1983 on the SOLAR RecordsSOLAR Records
S.O.L.A.R. Records was an American record label founded in 1977 by Dick Griffey, reconstituted out of Soul Train Records only two years after it was founded with Soul Train television show host and creator Don Cornelius.-Company history:In 1975, Soul Train Records was founded by Dick Griffey and...
label, it was produced by Reggie Calloway
Calloway (band)
Calloway is an R&B duo of Cincinnati, Ohio, natives Reginald and Vincent Calloway. The brothers had a major hit in 1990 with "I Wanna Be Rich"...
. This album included The Deele's first big hit, "Body Talk
Body Talk (The Deele song)
"Body Talk" is a song by American band, The Deele. It was released as a single in January 1984 and peaked at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top ten on the R&B chart. It is featured in the pilot episode, "Brother's Keeper", of the television series Miami Vice....
," which reached #3 on the R&B chart.
Trivia
"Body TalkBody Talk (The Deele song)
"Body Talk" is a song by American band, The Deele. It was released as a single in January 1984 and peaked at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top ten on the R&B chart. It is featured in the pilot episode, "Brother's Keeper", of the television series Miami Vice....
" was featured in the pilot episode for the television series Miami Vice
Miami Vice
Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...
.
Track listing
- "Body TalkBody Talk (The Deele song)"Body Talk" is a song by American band, The Deele. It was released as a single in January 1984 and peaked at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top ten on the R&B chart. It is featured in the pilot episode, "Brother's Keeper", of the television series Miami Vice....
" (Watson, Greene, Reid, Gentry, Burke) 5:36 - "I Surrender" (B. Simmons, B. Lovelace, D. Bristol) 4:18
- "Just My Luck" (Kenny Edmonds) 4:30
- "Sexy Love" (K. Edmonds, A. Reid, S. Burke) 5:00
- "Street Beat" (Kenneth Gant, Reginald CallowayCalloway (band)Calloway is an R&B duo of Cincinnati, Ohio, natives Reginald and Vincent Calloway. The brothers had a major hit in 1990 with "I Wanna Be Rich"...
) 7:55 - "Video Villain" ( Vincent CallowayCalloway (band)Calloway is an R&B duo of Cincinnati, Ohio, natives Reginald and Vincent Calloway. The brothers had a major hit in 1990 with "I Wanna Be Rich"...
, Reginald CallowayCalloway (band)Calloway is an R&B duo of Cincinnati, Ohio, natives Reginald and Vincent Calloway. The brothers had a major hit in 1990 with "I Wanna Be Rich"...
) 4:54 - "Crazy 'Bout 'Cha" (Watson, Greene, Cooper, K. Edmonds, A. Reid) 4:34
- "Working (9 To 5)" (Watson, Greene, Bristol, Robinson, Burke) 4:25
Personnel
- Backing Vocals - Carlos" Carl Greene, "Kayo" Kevin Robinson, "L.A." Reid
- Bass - Kayo" Kevin Robinson
- Drums - "L.A." Reid
- Guitar - Kenny Edmonds, Melvin Gentry, "Stick" Stanley Burke
- Keyboards - Bill Simmons, Bo Watson, Kenny Edmonds, "Stick" Stanley Burke, Vincent CallowayCalloway (band)Calloway is an R&B duo of Cincinnati, Ohio, natives Reginald and Vincent Calloway. The brothers had a major hit in 1990 with "I Wanna Be Rich"...
- Lead Vocals - "Carlos" Carl Greene
- Synthesizer - Bill Simmons, Bo Watson, Kenny Edmonds, Vincent CallowayCalloway (band)Calloway is an R&B duo of Cincinnati, Ohio, natives Reginald and Vincent Calloway. The brothers had a major hit in 1990 with "I Wanna Be Rich"...
- Vocals - Dee" Darnell Bristol, Kenny Edmonds, "Stick" Stanley Burke
Charts
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Pop Albums 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... |
78 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums 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... |
9 (1983) |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop 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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| 1984 | "Body Talk" | 77 | 3 |