I like the thought of songwriters getting rich. Rod Temperton, an Englishman, wrote his first hit records – including this one – when he was in the funk band Heatwave.Then he fell in tight with Quincy Jones and wrote such tunes as “Stomp!” (for the Brothers Johnson), “Give Me the Night” (for George Benson), “The Dude” and “Razzamatazz” (for Q himself), and “Rock With You,” “Off the Wall” and “Thriller” for Michael Jackson.
No surprise that Mr. Temperton reportedly owns homes in L.A., France, Switzerland and Fiji.
"Leave your woman behind...."
ReplyDeleteOr so I thought they were saying back in the day.
THIS song was the ish.
OMG! love. this. song. backward skate anyone?
ReplyDeleteYeah, lydia claire, THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! This and "Let's Start The Dance" by Hamilton Bohannon were the all time skating classics! Couples only, y'all! Couples only!
ReplyDeleteawhhhhhhhhhhhhh yea
ReplyDeletei'm booty bumping you from overseas
Ooo-up ooo-up! Thanks for the racialicious article over in the side bar!
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ReplyDeleteGirl, you tryin' to turn me on? LOL
Next thing you know somebody will say Teena Marie is white,too.
ReplyDeletedamn!! i never, ever, ever knew that dude was yt, lol. for some reason i always thought rod was actually IN heatwave...he wrote some of my favorite songs ever.
ReplyDeletei really love learning and getting excited about things that probably only 2 other people care about :-)
@ junebug haha you are funny
ReplyDelete@ kellybelle i was on it too
damn!! i never, ever, ever knew that dude was yt, lol.
ReplyDeleteHeh heh. Yeah, he's got one of those headfake names, IW. Early on, I think I assumed black Brit.
Dang! I didn't know he was white and I thought he was in the band. I LOVED Heatwave!! I'll never forget slow dancing to Always and Forever and the idiot guy insisted on singing in my ear - but he was tone deaf. Funny memories.
ReplyDeleteubm have you heard this one on the radio yet ?
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ok. rod temperton. "stomp" too? excellent. thank you. junebug and i are going to go lace up and hit the floor now...
ReplyDeletewhen he was in the funk band Heatwave.
ReplyDeleteI vaguely remember the white guy in the band. But I'd heard his name before. Then I watched a documentary on Quincy Jones. That's when I learned how funky Rod Temperton is. :-)
^oh, so he was in heatwave? ok, guess i was really confused :-)
ReplyDelete^ I made a quick edit to clarify that fact, IW.
ReplyDeletewow...
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post war English very very different from American white.
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