A top group of the funk & disco era, this guitar & bass playing duo featured two brothers, and in 1977 their single Strawberry Letter 23 ( written by Shuggie Otis) was a top hit on the Pop and R&B charts. In 1980 their single Stomp! was another huge hit, reaching #1, and appearing on the album "Light Up The Night" which itself rose to number 5 on the Billboard album charts, being mentioned as number 46 on the year end "Top 100 LPs of 1980" list in Rolling Stone Magazine.
Johnny Cymbal was born in Ochitree, Scotland on 3 February 1945 and named John Hendry Blair.
During a career that spanned four decades, from the time he was 15 until he died in 1993 Johnny Cymbal made a meaningful impact on popular music worldwide; as a songwriter, singer, performer and record producer. During those years, in addition to his 1963 rock and roll anthem, “Mr. Bass Man”, he was responsible for hit records including: “Teenage Heaven”, “Cinnamon”, “Mary In The Morning,” “Rock Me Baby” and “I'm Drinking Canada Dry”.
Specimen & The Rizikoos were a short-lived Belgian band. It originally formed with Walter Verdin in 1979. Jean-Marie Aerts, Stoy Stoffelen and Karel Vereertbrugghen soon joined him. They recorded one song, "Storingen" which contained guest vocals of the actors Josse De Pauw and Hilde Wils. The track was written by Verdin and Josse De Pauw. It was released in 1979 as a double A-side single, also including "Bojangle Plays Tonight" by Rick Tubbax & The Taxi's. Polydor later re-released the song with a dub version as B-side.
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