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Heatwave is a funk [2] band formed in London, England in 1975.Its most popular line-up featured Americans Johnnie Wilder Jr. and Keith Wilder (vocals) of Dayton, Ohio; Englishmen Rod Temperton (keyboards) and Roy Carter (guitar); Swiss Mario Mantese (bass); Czechoslovak Ernest "Bilbo" Berger (drums); and Jamaican Eric Johns (guitar).
It was the last Heatwave album to feature bassist Mario Mantese and guitarist Eric Johns, as well as the first to feature new member Roy Carter on guitar. The album was also the final performance of Rod Temperton as an official member of Heatwave, although he would continue to write songs for the band after his departure until 1982.
Rodney Lynn Temperton was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, [2] on 9 October 1949. [5] Interviewed for the BBC Radio 2 documentary The Invisible Man: the Rod Temperton Story, he said that he was a musician from an early age: "My father wasn't the kind of person who would read you a story before you went off to sleep.
"Boogie Nights" is a 1977 single by international funk-disco group Heatwave. It was written by keyboardist Rod Temperton and was included on Heatwave's debut album, Too Hot to Handle . Harpist Carla Skanger (a pseudonym of Sheila Bromberg of the London Symphony Orchestra) played harp and American actor and singer Clarke Peters performed backing ...
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Too Hot to Handle is the debut album by funk-disco band Heatwave, released on 15 June 1976 on the GTO label in the UK and on 30 May 1977 on the Epic label in the US. It was produced by Barry Blue . The song "Turn Out the Lamplight" appeared on George Benson 's album Give Me the Night , a song written by Temperton, which was produced by Quincy ...
Heatwave autographed single sleeve 1970 The Heatwave Cavern Club Wall of Fame. Heatwave were an English pop band from London, active from 1969–1972.. Known as The Moving Targets, featuring John Fellows (bass and vocals), Terry Shea (rhythm guitar and vocals); Richard Steen (lead guitar and vocals), they auditioned for a drummer in 1969 and Martin Samuel (drums and pyrotechnics) was signed ...
Hot Property is the third album by the British band Heatwave. Arranged, and primarily written by Rod Temperton, it was released on 27 April 1979 on the GTO record label in the United Kingdom, and the Epic label (number 35970) in the United States of America. It was produced by Phil Ramone.