A brand new jazz funk mix of GQ's dance classic "Disco Nights (Rock
Freak)" by GeeQ (Glenn Worthington). I'm still waiting for some further
info from Glenn about the track but sounds like the original track has
been overlaid either with some original trumpeting or another track which
I don't immediately recognise.
GQ started out in 1968 as Sabu & The Survivors named after the
nickname of group bassist Keith 'Sabu' Crier who was the uncle of Keith Sweat. I don't
believe that they recorded anything under this name. In the early 70s they
changed their name to The Rhythm Makers and signed to Vigor (a subsidiary
to De-Lite named after one of De-Lite's founders Fred Vigorito) where they
released an album and half a dozen singles between 1974-76. In 1978 they
changed their name again to GQ (standing for Good Quality) and signed with
Arista. "Disco Nights (Rock Freak)" was their first single and just missed
out on a top 40 place on the UK pop charts reaching #42 in March 1979. It
got to #1 on US R&B chart and #12 on Hot 100.
They released three albums on Arista between 1979-81 and later, in 1999,
released "The GQ Tribute Album" which consisted of covers of Marvin Gaye
and Billy Stewart songs. They had already recorded Stewart's "Sitting In
The Park" and "Do I Love You" as singles.
| Rating: | 8.5 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Modern Soul / Nu Disco / Jazz Funk |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Self Released |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 24/11/2021 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Value: | £unreleased |
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