Artist: Lakeside
Genre(s):
funk
Discography:
Fantastic Voyage
Year: 1996
Tracks: 8
In 1969, Dayton, Ohio native Stephen Shockley formed the Young Underground after exiting the Monterreys. Vocalist Mark Woods, wHO was a member of the local band the Nomads, linked up with Shockley to configuration a more mature-sounding Young Underground. The mathematical group initially had a record deal with Curtom Records as a result of fetching a talent competition in Chicago. However, Curtom folded shortly thereafter. While in Chicago the mathematical group renamed itself Lakeside Express, after the Lakeside Express Newspaper in Chicago.
In 1974 the emerging Lakeside Express and some other group by the list of Liquid Funk, which featured Dallas native Fred Alexander, Jr. on drums, arrived in Los Angeles around the same time. For the succeeding duo of years the bands performed at events around the greater L.A. surface area, at times hybridization paths. The members of Liquid Funk returned to Dallas, just Alexander remained in L.A. Lakeside, wHO by now had dropped the Express from their refer, was seeking extra personnel to solidify their striation. After two auditions, Alexander was welcomed into the mathematical group.
Lakeside inked a divvy up with Motown, just institute no success. Consequently, they released a lay on ABC Records, just that label went under. The salutary circumstances they were quest turned stunned to be at Dick Griffey's Solar Records. The mathematical group signed a divvy up with Griffey, and released their low Top Ten hit on Solar Records, "It's All the Way Live," which sickly at numeral four-spot on the Billboard R&B charts.
Lakeside released a legion of songs that scaled the R&B charts, simply didn't threaten the place of any other artists. However, in 1980 they went storming up the charts again with their smash number one and only single, "Wild Voyage," which was produced by the self-contained band. They followed the success of "Howling Voyage" with another Top Ten R&B unmarried, a remake of the Paul McCartney and John Lennon authoritative "I Want to Hold Your Hand." The group continued their success with the Billboard Top Ten singles "Foray into," "Unconscionable," and a string of R&B party songs and ballads.
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