''Live at Celebrity Hall'' (also titled as ''Live at the Celebrity Hall and the Metro Club'') is a

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recorded and released in 1987 by the

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band

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. The album was recorded live at the now defunct

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s Celebrity Hall (also referred to as "The Black Hole") and at Breeze's Metro Club, both located in

This album follows their 1986 live album '' Live at Breeze's Metro Club'' and includes the singles "Still Gettin' Buzy", "Whip It", and a go-go rendition of

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's song "Do You Know What Time It Is?".

Track listing

Side A – ''Live at Celebrity Hall'' # R.E. Herman 2x – 6:54 # Still Gettin' Buzy – 7:39 # Whip It – 7:06 Side B – ''Live at the Metro Club'' # Uptown – 5:02 # Do You Know What Time It Is? (written by Moe Dewese) – 5:13 # Iko-Iko (written by Barbara Anne Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson, Sharon Jones) – 5:48

Personnel

* James "Jas Funk" Thomas –

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* Quentin "Footz" Davidson –

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* Milton "Go-Go Mickey" Freeman –

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* Michael "Funky Ned" Neal –

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* Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson –

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* Byron "B.J." Jackson –

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* John "J.B." Buchanan – keyboards,

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* Donnell Floyd –

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* David Green –

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, backing vocals * Derek Paige –

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References

External links

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