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Manchild was an American 1970s funk band from
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mari ...
.
They are best known for having a teenaged Kenny
Babyface Babyface or Baby Face can refer to:
Nicknames
* Lester Joseph Gillis a.k.a. Baby Face Nelson, an infamous 1930s bank robber
* Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette (1933–1971), an American hard bop and soul-jazz musician
* "Baby Face", Jimmy McLarnin ...
Edmonds in the group before he moved over to
Dick Griffey
Richard Gilbert Griffey (November 16, 1938 – September 24, 2010) was an American record producer and music promoter who founded SOLAR Records, a RAS acronym for "Sound of Los Angeles Records". The label played a major role in developing a f ...
's
SOLAR Records
SOLAR (acronym for Sound of Los Angeles 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 ...
to be in the band
the Deele
The Deele (pronounced like "deal") is an American band from Cincinnati, Ohio who achieved success in the 1980s with such hit singles as " Body Talk" and " Two Occasions". When the group began recording in the early 1980s, the lineup consisted of ...
along with
Antonio "L.A." Reid. The group was formed by Reggie Griffin and Anthony "A.J." Johnson in June of 1974. They released two albums and had a minor hit with "Especially for You". The band also included percussionist/vocalist Daryl Simmons, who later became associated with numerous Babyface-related projects (and has several Top Ten hits a producer/songwriter on acts like Dru Hill, Monica and Xscape to name a few), and multi-instrumentalist Reggie Griffin, who became a prominent musician/arranger, contributing heavily to the
massive hit title track of
Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (), is an American singer. Her career has spanned more than five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Known as the " Qu ...
's 1984 ''
I Feel for You'' album and later working extensively with Sugar Hill Records with such acts a Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, Melle Melle and sessions with Phyliss Hyman, The O'Jays, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Bette Midler and Toni Braxton to name a few, has toured with The Isley Brothers and with Babyface during his solo career.
Additionally Griffin has had a solo charting single called "Mirda Rock" in 1982.
Singer and keyboard player Charles "Chuckie" Bush, co-writer of "Especially for You", died on February 6, 2017, aged 58.
"Celebrating the life of Charles L. Bush II", ''Facebook''
Retrieved 24 February 2017
Bass guitarist Anthony "A.J." Johnson and co-writer of the songs "Red Hot Daddy" and "You Get What You Give" from their first album POWER AND LOVE, died on December 24, 2021, age 68.
Discography
Studio albums
* '' Power and Love'' (Chi Sound Records
Chi-Sound Records is an independent record label set up in 1976 by established Chicago record producer Carl Davis. He had been involved in the music industry since the early 1960s working with locally based labels, including Vee-Jay and Okeh, a s ...
, 1977)
* ''Feel the Phuff'' (Chi Sound Records, 1978)
References
External links
Manchild at Discogs
American rhythm and blues musical groups
American soul musical groups
American funk musical groups
Musical groups from Indiana
Musical groups established in 1972
Babyface (musician)
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