I'm in the process of trawling the 80s looking for lesser known or unknown
top tunes. I have to say it's hard work as musical style changed
significantly throughout the decade as musicians were replaced by
synthesisers and computers and funk and boogie and bland MOR ballads seemed
to dominate. However, I know of many diamonds in the rough, and
hopefully will find some more.
I'll tag them as '80's Hidden Gems' so that they can be group together
on the side bar links.
To kick things off here's one of only three 45s (all on Philadelphia
International) released by Silk.
Silk are a reincarnation of Ujima formed in 1972 in Richmond, VA who in
1976 became Anglo Saxon Brown. As Silk they released a solitary album
(Midnight Dancer) and 3 45s on Philadelphia International in
1979.
The female lead, Debra Henry, released a couple of duets with Jerry Butler
in 1980. Nothing else was released by the group so I presume they
split up in 1979/80 perhaps because Debra Henry wanted to go solo or perhaps
she went solo because the group split, but other than the couple of releases
with Jerry Butler I can find nothing else from her.
The version posted here is the slightly longer (4:00) album version
reissued on 12" in 2003.
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