Shalamar ~ Right In The Socket 1980 Disco Purrfection Version

Shalamar started out as a studio group to record a novelty single that would stitch together a whack of Motown chestnuts put to a bright disco beat and call it Uptown Festival. The response was unanimous, we LOVED it! Hey it was 1978 and nostalgia was rampant, remember “Grease“ and “Happy Days“ were huge back then so the Simon Soussan arranged disco revival of Motown classics made sense and it peaked at #2 disco for four weeks! Dick Griffey and Gene Page had worked on the first LP and Leon Sylvers joined them for their second LP, “Disco Gardens“, helping to mold their new dance groove sound and bring them the faces everyone wanted to know; Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniels and Howard Hewett who became the permanent members. “Right In The Socket“ rocked them good with that funky bass behind it all that landed up becoming a #11 Top Disco/Dance hit in 1980.