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"Nightshift" is a 1985 song by the Commodores and the title track from their album of the same name. The song was written by lead singer Walter Orange in collaboration with Dennis Lambert and Franne Golde as a tribute to soul/R&B singers Jackie Wilson and Marvin Gaye , both of whom died in 1984.
[17] [18] He wrote and sang the band's second biggest pop hit, "Free Ride", in 1972. The ballad "Autumn" on Edgar's LP They Only Come Out at Night was a regional radio hit in New England. [19] Hartman also wrote the band's charting singles "Easy Street" and "River's Risin" from the Shock Treatment album.
Commodores were formed from two former student groups: the Mystics and the Jays. Richie described some members of the Mystics as "jazz buffs". [5] The new six-man band featured Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary, and William King from the Mystics, and Andre Callahan, Michael Gilbert, and Milan Williams from the Jays.
Written by Walter Orange, Dennis Lambert and Franne Golde, "Nightshift" was the band's biggest post–Lionel Richie hit, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B Songs. [13] [12] Paying tribute to the late soul singers Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson, who both died in 1984, "Nightshift" also earned the group its ...
Peverett was an avid fan of the blues and of blues-based rock and roll, and mastered these forms while performing.In the formative pre-Beatles early 1960s, he was the vocalist and lead guitarist of The Nocturnes, which included his brother John Peverett (later to be Rod Stewart's road manager before becoming a Baptist pastor in the United States) on drums, Keith Sutton on rhythm guitar, and ...
Night Shift (band), a Serbian rock band; The Nightshift, a 1960s band with Jeff Beck; Night Shift, a 1976 album by the rock band Foghat; Nightshift, a 1985 album by the Commodores "Nightshift" (song), from the album "Night Shift" (Jon Pardi song), 2016 "Night Shift" (Lucy Dacus song), 2017
Eight to the Bar was founded by keyboardist, vocalist, and songwriter [1] Cynthia Lyon and pedal steel guitar player John Brown in 1975 [2] in New Haven, Connecticut, as a Western-style swing band. [3] The original lineup had eight members, male vocalist Rob Jockel, and Lyon singing lead and backup vocals with her sisters Todd and Barbara Lyon ...
Night Shift is the sixth studio album by the rock band Foghat. [5] [6] It was released in 1976 by Bearsville Records. [2] The album peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard 200. [7] It has sold more than 500,000 copies. [8]