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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).
Chicago performing live in 2005. Chicago is an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois.Formed in February 1967, the group was originally known as The Big Thing and later Chicago Transit Authority, before becoming Chicago in 1969.
According to his interview with Anthony Bozzola on 30 July 2013, Carter joined Heatwave in 1977. [17] He replaced Heatwave member Jesse White who was murdered. [18] He contributed rhythm guitar, bass guitar, Fender Rhodes and acoustic piano to Heatwave's Central Heating album that was released in 1978. [19]
Johnnie Wilder Jr. was born in Dayton, Ohio. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War era, serving briefly in Vietnam as an infantryman before being reassigned to West Germany, where he first began performing solo in Taverns and Night clubs, following his discharge, he opted to stay in Germany before relocating to the United Kingdom where he met future Heathwave songwriter/keyboardist ...
After the international success of Heatwave's disco single "Boogie Nights", "Always and Forever" was chosen as the U.S. follow-up single in late 1977.A ballad featuring lead vocals by Johnnie Wilder, Jr., "Always and Forever" stood out among the band's predominantly disco repertoire and became a successful U.S. hit song in early 1978.
Central Heating is the second studio album by funk-disco band Heatwave. [4] It was released in 1977 on the GTO label in the UK and in 1978 on the Epic label in the US. It was produced by Barry Blue. Central Heating sold more than a million copies in its first two years of release. [5]
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.
Members of the group Heatwave. Pages in category "Heatwave (band) members" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.