The new single from Robert IMtume Owens "Don't Give Up" is due out officially on 25 Mar 2022 but has been pre-released on Bandcamp for two weeks ONLY.
The single was produced by Sound Of Superbad's Andy Welland who collaborated with him on their UK soul chart #1 hit "Vibration" in 2021 released by Izipho Soul.
Robert recorded his first single in 1979 as part of a show group, Showtime, who recorded a cover of Commodores "Three Times A Lady". He went on to study jazz percussion at Kansas University and formed a fusion jazz band called Group Therapy (which lasted about two years) and was the lead singer for a pop band called Kokomo from 1984-1994 (I don't think it's the UK band of the same name).
He won the Budweiser Showdown two years in a row which introduced him to Max Groove, a contemporary jazz artist from Kansas City, who was one of the judges. Max asked him to record the vocal for the title cut for his 1988 "Midnight Rain" album (included below). This was the turning point when Robert decided to go professional and led to him working with Gerald Albright, Freddie Jackson, Najee, Alex Bugnon, Eric Gable, Tony Terry, Ashford and Simpson, and Grover Washington Jr. to name just a few.
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| Rating: | 8.6 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | New Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Sound Of Superbad |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 25/03/2022 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Value: | $3 |
This is mighty fine!!!!
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