Night Cruiser / Happy Hour

Robinsongs are proud to present two of (Eumir) Deodatos greatest Jazz Funk albums. Night Cruiser was originally released in 1980, The lead-off title track Night Cruiser begins with syncopated chords from a solo electric piano that initiates a four-on-the-floor disco-funk groove, the tune is a vibrant, get-down party piece that filled dance floors back in 1980. It was issued as a single (in both 7- inch and 12-inch formats) and rose to #23 in the US dance charts. The Album also features the stand out tracks East Side Strut and Uncle Funk. The Happy Hour album was released in 1982 and features the track Keep On Movin', a Deodato original that has been sampled by several dance and hip-hop artists (including Olav Basoski and Le Tropical). The track was the first single from Happy Hour (it came out in both 7-inch and 12-inch formats with 'Keep It In The Family' on the B-side) in the spring of 1982 and dented the US dance charts, stalling at #41. The 7 version is included in this package as a bonus track. Happy Hour was issued as the second single from the album in June 1982 and was something of a minor crossover hit, But it blew up even bigger in the American dance charts. You can definitely hear the influence for the 80s Kool & The Gang albums within Happy Hour. The '80s had been a hectic decade for Deodato which had seen plenty of outside production projects, they were mostly R&B acts such as Kool & The Gang, Con- Funk-Shun, Juicy, One Way, Gwen Guthrie and the Dazz Band.

Tracks

1~1~East Side Strut
1~2~Skatin
1~3~Uncle Funk
1~4~Love Magic
1~5~Groovitation
1~6~Uncle Funk (7? Version)
1~7~Keep On Movin
1~8~Happy Hour
1~9~Just This One Night
1~10~Tears Of A Clown
1~11~Sweet Magic
1~12~Keep It In The Family
1~13~I Never Get Enough
1~14~Keep On Movin (7? Version)

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Deodato
Release Date: 12 January 2024
Genre: Special Interest / Miscellaneous
Label: ROBINSINGS
Distributor: Rocket Group