Shalamar

2011 two CD collection from the R&B trio featuring Jody Watley and Howard Hewett. Created by the producer and agent of US TV show Soul Train, Shalamar notched up a string of hits both sides of the Atlantic. The trio's catchy Motown inspired disco had a big impression on the UK charts throughout the late '70s and '80s. Regarded as fashion Icons and trendsetters their dance moves were a major influence on Michael Jackson, whilst their music helped soundtrack the '80s. Disc One contains all the hit singles while Disc Two showcases their best 12 inch mixes.

The 2002 release of Friends/Go for It contained two albums – Friends (1982, originally released on Solar) and Go for It (1981, also originally on Solar) - by Shalamar on one compact disc.

Limited Edition Triple CD Anthology of the Best Disco Tracks from L.a.'s (Sounds of Los Angeles Records) Solar Records, the Label the Perpetuated the Careers of Shalamar, Dynasty, Midnight Star, the Whispers, Carrie Lucas, Lakeside, and Many More.

Ultimate R&B Slow Jams is a flawless collection bringing together the crème of classic & modern R&B, with 100 of the smoothest laid-back R&B Love songs.

S.O.L.A.R. Records (acronym for Sounds of Los Angeles Records) was an American record label founded in 1977 by Dick Griffey, which quickly became one of the most important disco, R&B, and dance music imprints of the late 1970s and 1980s.
Shalamar would become the fledgling label’s centerpiece. Shalamar were, in fact, the label’s best selling and most influential act; scoring nearly 20 hit singles and classics such as: “Right in the Socket”, “There It Is”, “Second Time Around”, “Make That Move”, “A Night to Remember” and “Dead Giveaway”. The “SOLAR sound” was a collective effort, with artists working on each other’s sessions and artists encouraged to be creative. Sylvers was the producer behind the trademark SOLAR sound: funky, progressive dance music infused with soul and disco.

Micki Free is a Grammy-winning Native American guitarist and singer, and a two-time Native American Music Award winner. Free, a Comanche and Cherokee mixed blood Native American, was discovered by Gene Simmons of KISS. He joined Shalamar in 1984, just in time for some of that band's big successes and with Shalamar, he was nominated for a Grammy three times. Most recently, his manner of dress and appearance during the late 1980s was parodied in the Chappelle's Show sketch Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories: Prince.