Cameo - Single Life

Today (May 30th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Single Life, the eleventh studio album from Cameo. This 1985 release hit number 66 in the UK, number 58 on the US Billboard Album chart (with a twenty-seven week total run) and number 2 on the US Billboard R&B chart.

Cameo - She’s Strange

Today (January 16th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of She’s Strange, the tenth studio album from Cameo. In 1984, it spent twenty-four weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 27. It also spent thirty-two weeks on the US Billboard R&B chart and reached the number 1 spot. Singer/actress/model Vanity once again appeared on the album cover (she also appeared on the cover of the band’s 1982 album Alligator Woman).

Cameo - Style

Today (April 11th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Style, the ninth studio album from R&B/funk band Cameo. Following a little more than a year after their previous release Alligator Woman (click here for that review), this 1983 record charted at number 53 on the US Billboard Hot 200 and number 14 on the US Billboard R&B charts.

Thank God It's Friday (soundtrack)

Welcome to another edition of Soundtrack Sunday.

Continuing on with my birthday weekend celebration, I thought I would dig back into the movie music vaults for another disco classic. This time, we are looking at the soundtrack to the film Thank God It’s Friday which hit the theaters on May 19th, 1978.

The movie tells several intertwining stories of the patrons and staff at a fictional Los Angeles disco club called the Zoo (a real LA club called Osko's on South La Cienega Blvd. was used for the set). It starred Jeff Goldblum, Debra Winger, Valerie Landsburg (who would later star on the TV show Fame), Terri Nunn (of Berlin), and singers Paul Jabara and Donna Summer.

Cameo - Alligator Woman

Today (March 22nd) marks the 30th anniversary release of the funk/R&B band Cameo’s eighth studio album.

1982’s Alligator Woman features Denise Matthews, also known as Vanity, as the cover model. The album was certified Gold in the US, reaching number 23 on the Billboard Hot 200 and number 6 on the Billboard R&B charts.