Bama was a studio pop group from

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composed of Terry Skinner, Ken Bell, and J.L. Wallace. They released one album in 1979, ''Touch Me When We're Dancing'', which included the single and title track "

Touch Me When We're Dancing "Touch Me When We're Dancing" is a song written by Terry Skinner, J. L. Wallace and Ken Bell. Skinner and Wallace headed the Muscle Shoals, Alabama session group Bama (band), Bama, who first recorded this song and released it as a single in 1979 r ...

". The song charted number 86 US and number 42 US AC. The song was favorably reviewed in ''

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''. It was re-recorded and released by

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in 1981 with their version reaching number 16 US and number 1 US AC. Country music group

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also recorded a version in 1986 that reached number 1 on the country charts. Bama also wrote, but did not release their own version of the song "

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", which became a major hit for Air Supply in 1982. Lead Terry Skinner has been a successful songwriter writing some pop hits, but mostly country hits for acts such as

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and

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. Terry Skinner (bon August 24, 1943) died on November 14, 2014, at age 71. Jerry Lee "J.L." Wallace died on July 22, 2018, at age 67.

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