The Decks Files - Sharp MR-990 (1984)

Dennis Edwards feat. Siedah Garrett - Don't Look Any Further (1984)

Dennis Edwards is an American Soul and R&B singer, most noted for being one of The Temptations lead singers. Edwards first joined the Temptations in 1968, replacing David Ruffin, and sang with the group until 1976, returning from 1980-1984 and 1987-1989. Any doubts that the Temps would be able to hit the heights of success post 'Classic Five' era, without Ruffin on lead vocals were firmly dispelled with a string of hits such as, Cloud Nine (1968), I Can't Get Next to You (1969), Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today) (1970), Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (1972), Shakey Ground (1975) and many others. Cloud Nine and Papa Was a Rollin' Stone were both Grammy Award winning songs.
In the mid-1980s he recorded two solo albums on Motown and scored a hit with the  classic Don't Look Any Further, featuring the vocal of Siedah Garrett (who amongst other things duetted with Michael Jackson on I Just Can't Stop Loving You as well as fronting The Brand new heavies for a while after N'dea Davenport left). The track peaked at no. 2 on the Billboard Black Singles chart and peaked at no.72 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Edwards currently tours as The Temptations Revue featuring Dennis Edwards.

- The Oakland Stroke

Midnight Star- Curious (1984)

Reggie Calloway is a songwriter, producer & trumpeter. With his brother Vincent Calloway, they formed Calloway and scored a US hit single with I Wanna Be Rich in 1990; however Reggie's biggest success came before this in 1976 when he formed the band Midnight Starr.
Two years later in New York City, they preformed a showcase, that inspired SOLAR (Sound Of Los Angeles Records) chief Dick Griffey to sign the group to his label. They released their debut album The Beginning in 1980, with Make It Last being their first minor US R&B hit. In 1981 they released the album Standing Together with the single I've Been Watching You just reaching the US R&B top 40. The 1982 album, Victory really seemed to be as the title track suggested, almost the breakthrough they had been waiting for; Hot Spot made the R&B chart and just bubbled under the hot 100 Billboard chart, but you could see they were getting nearer to getting the cross over success they deserved.
In 1983 the double platinum album No Parking (On the Dance Floor) was released with at last giving them the same kind of recognition that their label mates, Shalamar and The Whispers were gaining. Freak-A-Zoid was not only a US no.2 R&B hit, but crossed over to the Billboard 100 chart, as did their next single releases from the album, Wet My Whistle which was also a minor hit in the UK. These singles, along with hot album tracks like Slow Jam (co-written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds) and Electricity propelled the album to double platinum status.
The US Gold certified album Planetary Invasion was released in 1984, with the hits Curious and the no.1 US R&B hit Operator, which also crossed over to no.18 in the Billboard hot 100 chart; so far their biggest US hit as a band. At this point the demand for The Calloways work was high as they started writing hits for other artists such as Klymaxx (Meeting in the Ladies Room), and The Whispers (Contagious). In 1986, they released their sixth album, Headlines, which was their third album go at least gold in America, but this time their success crossed over to Europe; they enjoyed success with Midas Touch, not only reaching the American R&B top 10, but also the Top 10 in the UK and in many other European countries. This was to be Midnight Star's last album with the Calloway brothers; they continued writing for other musicians, such as Teddy Pendergrass (Joy), Gladys Knight & the Pips (Love Overboard), Natalie Cole (Jump Start), and Levert (Casanova).

 - The Oakland Stroke

French release