Artist Wiki - all about artists


Slave
Slave pictures
Slave biography
Slave songs
Slave albums

Slave is tagged as: funk, soul, disco funk, 70s, disco

Arguably the hottest of the ’70s Ohio funk bands, Slave had a great run in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Trumpeter Steve Washington formed the group in Dayton in 1975. Vocalist Floyd Miller teamed with Tom Lockett Jr, Charlie Bradley, Mark Adams, Mark Hicks, Danny Webster, Orion Wilhoite, and Tim Dozier. Vocalists Steve Arrington and Starleana Young came aboard in 1978, with Arrington ultimately becoming lead vocalist. Their first big hit was the thumping single “Slide” in 1977 for Cotillion, where they remained until 1984. Their best tracks were lyrically simple and at times silly, but the arrangements and rhythms were intense and hypnotic. Other Top Ten R&B hits were “Just a Touch of Love” in 1979, “Watching You” in 1980, and “Snap Shot” in 1981. Young, Washington, and Lockett departed to form Aurra in 1979. Arrington himself left in the early ’80s. They added Charles Carter, Delburt Taylor, Sam Carter, Kevin Johnson, and Roger Parker as replacements and continued on, though much less successfully, into the late ’80s. They moved to Atlantic for one LP in 1984, then switched to the Atlanta-based Ichiban in 1986 for singles and LPs that were just a shade of the former vibrant Slave sound. Their most...
Read More About Slave Biography...

Send Slave ringtones to your cell

Top 10 Slave Songs
Just A Touch Of Love
Watching You
Slide
Watching You (Vikter Duplaix remix)
Wait For Me
I'll Be Gone
Quality Forum (Original Mix)
Weak At The Knees
Snap Shot
Party Lites
More Slave Songs
Top 10 Slave Albums
Stellar Fungk (Best of Slave)
Visions Of The Lite
Quality Forum EP
Stone Jam
Slave
Show Time
Definitive Groove: Slave
From the Archives
Stellar Fungk: The Best of Slave
Show Time/Visions of the Lite
More Slave Albums
Similar Artists
Con Funk ShunCon Funk Shun
LakesideLakeside
MtumeMtume
KleeerKleeer
CameoCameo
Patrice RushenPatrice Rushen
Midnight StarMidnight Star
soul seven;kim wilson / jeffrey wright;bill sims, jr. / g-funk / master.p / aicelle santos / gretchen barreto / soldiers of fortune / spectrals / grupo salvaje / congotronics vs rockers
Copyright © ArtistWiki.com 2009 - 2022 - All Rights Reserved 0.004 - privacy policies | contact