Midnight Star is an American band formed in 1976 and consists of Reggie Calloway, Belinda Lipscomb, Melvin Gentry, Kenneth Gant, Bill Simmons, Bo Watson and Jeff Cooper.
They released their first album "The beginning" in 1980. Album with modest success.
It was a year later, in 1981, that they experienced their first success with the release of the album "Standing together", notably thanks to the flagship Single "I’ve been watching you".
In 1982, the album "Victory" was released, from which the Single hit "Hot spot" was mainly extracted.
The year 1983 will be the year of the consecration with the release of the album "No parking on the dance floor" which will produce many of their biggest hits with tracks like "Freak-A-Zoid" and the Single of the same name as the album. Album which will be certified Double Platinum !
And it was the year 1984 that finally brought them their biggest Singles commercial success with the flagship track "Operator", taken from the album "Planetary invasion".
Their last major success was in 1986 with the Single "Midas touch", featured on the album "Headlines".
Other albums will be released later but without knowing the same level of recognition as the previous ones.
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Discography (among others ...) :
80s Decade :
Make it last 1980
You're the star 1980
I’ve been watching you 1981
Tuff 1981
Can't give you up 1982
Hot spot 1982
Victory 1982
Freak-A-Zoid 1983
Wet my whistle 1983
Slow jam 1983
No parking (On the Dance floor) 1984
Night rider 1984
Operator 1984
Scientific love 1985
Curious 1985
Body snatchers 1985
Headlines 1986
Midas touch 1986
Engine N° 9 1986
Stay here by my side 1987
Do the Prep 1987
Don't rock the boat 1988
Snake in the grass 1988
Love song 1989
90s Decade :
Do it (One more time) 1990
Luv-U-Up 1990
Red roses 1990
2000s Decade :
Hooked on you 2002
"VIP" 2002
15th Avenue 2002
2010s Decade :
Unity 2013
Tracks :
1980 ... at the crossroads of Disco and Funk. A hybrid track and a first hit, admittedly minor, but still a hit...
1980...a sequel which is already going much more unnoticed. Afterwards they have just started and we still have to give them time to make themselves known...
1981 ... a funk sound which has been refined and which allows the group to impose himself more and more as one of the rising values of the moment...
1981 ... the rise in power is evident even if this title will not remain as their top ranked. Let's be patient, the best is yet to come !
1982...a year 1982 which starts very very quietly with a first title which despite a certain quality is not really going to get people talking about it...
1982...after several minor hits, the time came for recognition and major hits. It's just a fair reward...
1982...this title will go a little more unnoticed than its predecessor but there is no need to worry about the continuation of events, that's for sure...
1983 ... a year 1983 which will give them their first 2 top hits. Added to this is the start of planetary recognition that was still missing from their charts...
1983 ... like an aftertaste of Kool and the Gang. Anyway, on this title, the copier is worth the copied. And the icing on the cake, they get their first hit across the Channel !
1983 ... come on, just for fun, even if this title was not ranked, it at least shows that the group could also excel in Ultimate Slow !
1984 ... the hits follow one another at top speed. The group now plays with the Greatest without any complexes...
1984...of course not all the titles will end up classified but regardless it is the entire work which will remain in history in the end...
1984 ... which will surely remain as their biggest hit. A global success which rewards years of definite qualitative development !
1985 ... some hit Dance, always and again. A favorite area from which they hardly leave. A foray into the Intimist domain would be welcome ...
1985...it's done with this title. Unfortunately it won't bring them more than that but at least they will have varied the styles...
1985...a title with limited success but which in no way calls into question the hyper positive dynamic which currently supports the group...
1986 ... after a big year 1983, here comes a big year 1986. Another big caliber hit which once again confirms their status as heavyweight of US Dance...
1986 ... paradoxically, it will not be their highest ranked title but rather their best known. Here they sign a HUGE hit Dance which will undeniably remain as one of the most inspired of the decade...
1986 ... a 3rd top hit to end the year in style. A group at the height of its art and possibilities...
1987...a year 1987 which will not stay as their best vintage, that's clear. No title this year will be classified...
1987...and yet there is still quality in all that. But we're not going to lie, the best are now behind them...
1988 ... inexhaustible ! 8 years almost at the top and a succession of top class hits of which they can be proud !
1988 ... the last major hit. It couldn't go on forever, that's clear. Either way, a top notch career !
1989...certainly the level of success melts like snow in the sun but they still manage to rank their titles at a minimum. It's already that...
1990...the group will unfortunately have difficulty getting past the 90s and delivers here one of its very last high-class titles to end in style...
1990...the adventure will continue a little longer but it is clear that the group is on borrowed time. The exit door is getting closer at first glance...
1990...afterwards when we see the impressive list of titles that they will have succeeded in classifying, the job is done as they say. Everything else is just a bonus...
2002...we thought that the adventure would not go any further but here they are again, unexpectedly to say the least, almost 12 years later...
2002...unexpected return which obviously delights the basic fans to the highest extent. Certainly this new opus will pass more or less under the radar but the main thing is that they came back...
2002...afterwards it remains to be seen whether this return will be very furtive or if the group has decided to continue the adventure as far as possible...
2013...we will lose sight of them for almost 11 years which shows that the previous return was only a last stand. Too bad, too bad...
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