Smooth Sailing: Slowing Down & Moving On

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This time we are slowing down the boat a bit, but we still move on 😊 Enjoy this new part of Smooth Sailing!

The opening track is a new one by Dee C. Lee. She became famous as a back-up singer for Wham! in the early 1980s. You can see her in most of their videos, most notably in Club Tropicana. She then joined the Style Council and had a relationship with their frontman Paul Weller. Throughout her career she had a few solo hit singles. Best known are Selina Wow Wow and See The Day that reached the charts in the mid-eighties. She recently released Be There In The Morning for Acid Jazz Records. The song was first recorded by Renee Geyer in 1977.

In 1975, Slow Down, the first single by British band Shabby Tiger reached the top of the charts in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, but failed to chart in their home country. Because of the heavy breathing during some parts of the record, the BBC refused to play the song. At the time, Radio One seemed to have the monopoly on whether a single would be listed or not. Shabby Tiger fell apart in 1976 with five singles and only one album under their belt. Charismatic frontman Henderson Gibson who sang with Billy Ocean and the Nolan Sisters as well, died of lung cancer in 2013 at the age of 61.

Tracklist:

Dee C. Lee – Be There In The Morning (2023)
The Imperials – Living Without Your Love (1979)
Stevie Woods – Steal The Night (1981)
Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson – Never Want To Say Goodnight (1984)
Lucas Arruda Feat. Leon Ware – Melt The Night (2015)
Masaki Matsubara – Sunset Lullaby (1983)
Deliverance ‎– Prince Of The Galaxies (1979)
James Govan – Love (I Thought I Would Never Find Love) (1987)
The Waters – If There’s A Way (1977)
The Hollies – Draggin’ My Heels (1976)
Udell – Won't You Try [A Tom Moulton Mix] (1977)
Breakaway – Straight On To The Top (1979)
Shabby Tiger – Slow Down (1975)
Barnaby Bye ‎– Can't Live This Way (1974)
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman – Don’t You Write Her Off (1979)
Graham Dee ‎– Make The Most Of Every Moment (1977)
David Guez – The Corners Of Your Mind (2021)
The Bliss Band – Chicago (1979)
April Fulladosa – Tell Me (1978)
Addrisi Brothers – Slow Dancin’ Don’t Turn Me On (1977)