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The Groove (Rodney Franklin Song)
"The Groove" is a song by American jazz pianist Rodney Franklin released as a single in April 1980 from his second album ''You'll Never Know''. "The Groove" had the most success in the UK, peaking at number 7 on the Singles Chart, and even created its own dance craze there, called 'The Freeze', started by disc jockey Chris Hill, in which due to the number of breaks in the song, dancers would freeze until the music started again. Track listing 7": Columbia / 1-11252 # "The Groove" – 3:28 # "God Bless the Blues" – 3:01 12": Columbia / 43-11300 # "The Groove" – 4:48 # "God Bless the Blues" – 6:22 12": CBS / S CBS 13 8529 (UK and Europe) # "The Groove" – 4:48 # "God Bless the Blues" – 3:01 Personnel Musicians * Rodney Franklin – piano * Brooks Hunnicutt – vocals * Lisa Roberts – vocals * Phyllis St. James – vocals * Vince Spaulding – electric guitar * Harold Foreman – bass guitar * Dean Holzkamp – flute, soprano saxophone * Tony St. Junior – drums * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Franklin
Rodney Franklin (born September 16, 1958) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Biography Franklin was born in Berkeley, California in September, 1958. In 1964, aged six, he took jazz piano lessons at the Washington Elementary School and was taught by Dr Herb Wong who was a jazz journalist, disc jockey and music teacher. In 1972 at the young age of 14 he led the funk-jazz band ''In One Piece'' (alt. In One Peace) performing his first 3 recordings at a studio in Ray Dobar's House of Music in Berkeley, California. Produced by George Semper, only one of the songs has been released on the 2003 Inner City Sounds 2X LP Compilation released on Luv N'Haight Ubiquity Recordings. Prior to signing up with CBS Records in 1978, Franklin worked with John Handy in San Francisco, as well as Bill Summers, Freddie Hubbard and Marlena Shaw. His debut CBS album was ''In the Center'' (1978), a jazz fusion album featuring "On the Path" and "I Like the Music Make It Hot". Although aged 20 wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |