The first single, " Boogie Oogie Oogie", from their debut album A Taste of Honey, spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978, and sold two million copies. They signed a five-album contract, and billed themselves after Herb Alpert's song, " A Taste of Honey". Upon returning to Los Angeles, while playing in a nightclub, they were spotted by record producers, Fonce and Larry Mizell, who convinced Capitol Records' then vice-executive-producer, Larkin Arnold, to give them an audition. Hitting major cities outside of Los Angeles, they also began doing USO tours, with spots in Spain, Morocco, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea and Japan. Gregory Walker also replaced the lead singer (unnamed), who had left the band just prior to the successful 1978 release of "Boogie Oogie Oogie".Ī Taste of Honey began to improve its sound over a period of six years prior to being discovered by Capitol Records.
Carlita Dorhan left the band in early 1976, and Hazel Payne was added. Each had left a band to join forces, and after employing several drummers, they settled on Donald Johnson (no relation to Janice-Marie). Longtime friends Kibble and Janice-Marie Johnson were the original members of the band. The members of the band consisted of Janice-Marie Johnson (vocals, co-writer, bass), Carlita Dorhan (vocals, guitar), Perry Kibble (keyboards, co-producer, co-writer) and Donald Ray Johnson (drums). The band was formed in 1972, A Taste of Honey hailed from Los Angeles, California, United States. In 2004, Janice–Marie Johnson and Hazel Payne reunited to perform on the PBS specials Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion and My Music: Funky Soul Superstars. After their popularity waned during the 1980s, Johnson went on to record as a solo artist and released the album One Taste of Honey. In 1978, they had one of the best known chart-toppers of the disco era, " Boogie Oogie Oogie".
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There is an obscure movie about the end of the disco era called The Last Days of Disco. No idea what that was doing there but I took it anyway. And ' A Team of Rivals ', a biography of Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet members. I mentioned earlier that were books in the cast-off box. So I'm glad I got this today, a little blast from the past. There was too an element of phoniness attached to the whole club scene but dancing to these songs played at extreme volumes was fun and the women were sexy and inviting.
Always felt Disco got a bad rfun There was a lot of crap to be sure but what was good was very good I thought. Listening to these songs brings back a lot of memories. A lot of the usual suspects are present ( Ring My Bell - Anita Ward, I Love The Night Life- Alicia Bridges, Boogie Oogie Oogie- A Taste of Honey, I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor, That's The Way I Like It - KC and The Sunshine Band.) Spent many a night at the clubs cherchez la femme.Īnyway.am playing this CD now and enjoying same. I was in my early 20s when Disco ruled and living in Montreal, surely the Disco capital of Canada. There were about twenty CDs but the only one of interest to me was a compilation called ' Disco Fever ', a collection of 21 songs. I always enjoy seeing these potential treasure treats! On my way to work this morning I saw someone had put out a box of books and CDs for garbage pickup.
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