upcoming events

Sister Sledge

Dreamland in Margate, Kent

Saturday 21st September

Buy Tickets

View events from the last 12 months »

Statistics

1 upcoming event
37 previous events
3 events last year
2,931 people tracking
445,498 Spotify followers

51% Spotify popularity

0%

100%

Biography

Shalamar was the creation of Dick Griffey, the booking agent for the television R&B program Soul Train, and British R&B producer Simon Soussan. The group's first single, the 1977 Motown medley "Uptown Festival," featured a bevy of faceless studio musicians; once it became a hit, Griffey decided to form a performing group under the name Shalamar. Through Soul Train, Griffey found Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel, and Gerald Brown, the three vocalists that became Shalamar; Brown was quickly replaced by Howard Hewitt in 1978.