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Saturday, 5 August 2023

Peaches & Herb [2023] - Shake Your Groove Thing (Safari Riot Remix) [Polydor]


Oh .. go on then, seeing as we've had one disco tune this morning why not? A remix of Peaches & Herb's 1979 dance hit "Shake Your Groove Thing". Surprisingly, it is only 2:22 long so you won't have to suffer long if this is your antithesis of soul music, we'd have expected the standard dozen different mixes lasting into next Tuesday on this one! You can tell it's a poor week for new material!

It was their second biggest hit after the ballad "Reunited" which was the follow up single. They were their only UK hits with "Shake" reaching #26 and "Reunited" peaking at #4 on UK pop chart in early 1979. They hit the top spot on both Billboard R&B and Hot 100 with "Reunited".

Peaches & Herb were originally Herb Fame (aka Herbert Feemster know best to NS aficionados for his 1966 Van McCoy written and produced outing on Date "You're Messin' Up My Mind" a storming Northern Soul floor filler) and Francine Barker, who had been a member of The Darlettes later renamed The Sweet Things who also had a NS stormer on Date with "I'm In A World Of Trouble".

However, by the time the above songs were recorded Barker had been replaced by Linda Greene, a member of The Andraé Crouch Choir.

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Details
Rating: 7.6
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Disco / Remix
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Polydor
Cat No: None
Date: 04/08/2023
Key/BPM: 10B/133
Price: £1
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