Boogie Down! By Eddie Kendricks
“Boogie Down” released on 1974, with songs like “Boogie Down” reached n#1 on the billboard charts, “You are the melody of my life”, “Trust your heart”.
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The temptations was one of the first bands that introduced me to the R&B/Soul genre, with songs like “My Girl”, and then more funky tracks like “Papa was a rollin’ stone”.
This group marked the soul genre mainly during the 60’s with the vocal harmonies they created on each song.
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Eddie Kendricks one of the original members of the band, got out on 1970, and started a solo career, working with many great producers, while mixing his R&B/Soul skills with the more upbeat Disco/Funk tracks that were flourishing during the 70’s.
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Recently I got my hands on one of his solo LP’s called “Boogie Down” released on 1974, with songs like “Boogie Down” which reached n#1 on the billboard charts, “You are the melody of my life”, “Trust your heart” that I love. This being his 4th album on his solo career I consider this one being the strongest of those first ones.
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In the future I would like to talk about Motown Records, which for me, learning about it’s history and impact on the music history has inspired me a lot on my projects, but also has played a big part on my music tastes. Tamla Motown is a subsidiary of Motown Records that released Eddie Kendricks “Boogie Down!” Album.
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This album was produced by Frank Wilson and Leonard Caston. Leonard Caston, produced for the record label “Chess” where he worked with artists like, Fontella Bass, Jan Bradley & other’s, but at the end of the 60’s he joined Motown Records and started producing with Wilson, creating a legendary duo that ended up working with people like, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, The miracles, The temptations, Marvin Gaye, The supremes, Four tops, The Jackson 5, John Legend & many others.
Here's the album on Spotify if you're interested to listen to it! Boogie Down!
Head out to my instagram to check some more pictures of the album & more.