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Bill "Wolf" Wolfer created an electronic cover of the song for his 1983 debut album Wolf. [13] [14] The single peaked at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1983, as well as number 47 on the R&B Charts. [15] Michael Jackson provided backing vocals. [16] The group Was (Not Was) covered the song on their 1990 album Are You Okay?. Their ...
Bill Wolfer – keyboards, drum programming, synthesizers; David Williams – rhythm guitar on "Wild Animal" Ed Sanders – recording, mixing, additional vocals on "Flippin' Out" Robbie Bruce – male vocals on "Strap On 'Robbie Baby'" Julian Jackson – male vocals on "Crazy Maybe" Morris Day – male vocals on "Mechanical Emotion" Technical
"Dancing in the Sheets" is a song written by Bill Wolfer [1] and Dean Pitchford [2] and recorded by American R&B group Shalamar. [3] It was featured on the chart-topping soundtrack album of the 1984 motion picture Footloose [4] and was also the first single from their Gold selling album Heartbreak, [5] featuring the new line-up of Howard Hewett, [6] Delisa Davis and Micki Free. [7]
As keyboard player Bill Wolfer recalled in a 2014 interview, he and Jackson worked on a rough sketch of the song based on the original acoustic demo with McCartney, Jackson's intention being to present the latter his vision for the song.
The song was co-written and produced by Bill Wolfer and released as a single. To help promote the soundtrack album release, Vanity appeared on various talk shows including The Merv Griffin Show , in which she discussed the film and also performed the song. [ 3 ]
Bill Wolfer – composer (tracks: 2, 3) Vanity – composer, producer; Bill Wolfer – producer, arranger; Charts. Chart (1984) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100:
In 1982, at the age of 20, Gibson signed with Dick Griffey's Constellation Records as a rhythm and blues artist. [28] His debut came as a guest vocalist and songwriter on several songs for Bill Wolfer (the keyboardist for the Jacksons), [29] on his Wolf album, via the Constellation label. [30]
However, the synthesizer player Bill Wolfer disputed this, saying he played the CS-80 chords on both on the demo and the album version, and that Boddicker was misremembering the session: "Everyone who worked with Michael Jackson knows that he didn't play keys but a tiny bit, and never played them on a record!"