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Later in 1977, the song became a hit single for the soul dance band Odyssey, reaching No. 3 on the U.S. disco chart. [1] Odyssey's "Native New Yorker" also went to No. 6 on the soul chart and No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. [3] It reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. [4] The group recorded the song at House of Music in West Orange, New Jersey.
Odyssey is a vocal trio originally from New York City, who are best known for their disco hits including "Native New Yorker" (1977), "Use It Up and Wear It Out" (1980), and "Going Back to My Roots" (1981). Now based in the United Kingdom, the band is led and fronted by Steven Collazo and continues to perform and record.
Native New Yorker (song) O. Oh No Not My Baby; U. Use It Up and Wear It Out This page was last edited on 20 October 2019, at 20:51 (UTC). Text is available under ...
They wrote two songs recorded by The Monkees, "I'll Be Back Up On My Feet" and "The Day We Fall in Love", and "Penny Arcade" by The Cyrkle. They later wrote "Native New Yorker", performed by Odyssey on the soundtrack of the film Eyes of Laura Mars; it was later featured in the film The Nanny Diaries and the final year of HBO’s Sex and the City.
Several songs are featured in the film that are absent from the soundtrack album, including "I Zimbra" by Talking Heads, "Native New Yorker" by Odyssey, "Scraper" by Liquid Liquid, "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" by Beastie Boys, "Concerto for 2 Violins in G major, RV 516" by Antonio Vivaldi, "Deck the Halls" by Thomas Oliphant, and "The Magic Number" by De La Soul.
The song was written by Sandy Linzer and L. Russell Brown, [2] and produced by Linzer. It was the New York -based disco group's only UK No. 1 single, spending two weeks at the top of the charts from July 26 to August 8, 1980, [ 1 ] and was their most successful single on the UK Singles Chart.
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Dennis Joel Rafkin (born 1941), known professionally as Denny Randell, [2] is an American songwriter and record producer, who is best known for his songwriting collaborations with Sandy Linzer and Bob Crewe in the 1960s and 1970s.