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Discography and Biography of Shakatak With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Shakatak are an English jazz-funk band, founded in 1980. Shakatak scored a number of chart entries, including two Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, "Night Birds" (1982) and "Down on the Street" (1984), plus a further 12 entries in the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles. The group is still active and popular throughout the world, particularly in Japan and the Far East, and generally produce a new album every two years on JVC Records. From their first release in August 1980, (the Bill Sharpe composition "Steppin'" on the Polydor record label), and their first album, Drivin' Hard, the band's singles and albums have entered the charts regularly.

Below is a list of songs by Shakatak, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click on song title to play song, to read details about the song including lyrics (if available) and to add to playlist. Click on to play song. Click on year to list all songs from that year. Click on label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Search on 'Shakatak' returned 19 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: Polydor 407
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Night Birds 1982 Polydor
2 recordlabel: Polydor 881 064 1
chartposition: UK #9, US #27
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Down on the Street
comments: [disco jazz funk]
Shakatak Down on the Street 1984 Polydor
3 recordlabel: Polydor 375(UK)
chartposition: UK #12
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Easier Said Than Done 1981 Polydor (UK)
4 recordlabel: Polydor 595(UK)
chartposition: UK #15
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Out of This World
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Dark Is the Night 1983 Polydor (UK)
5 recordlabel: Polydor 502(UK)
chartposition: UK #24
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Invitations
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Invitations 1982 Polydor (UK)
6 recordlabel: Polydor 2213
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Streetwalkin' 1982 Polydor
7 recordlabel: Polydor 188 (UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe)
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Feels Like the Right Time 1980 Polydor(UK)
8 recordlabel: Polydor 530(UK)
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Invitations
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Stranger 1982 Polydor (UK)
9 recordlabel: Polydor 635 (UK)
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Out of This World
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak If You Could See Me Now 1983 Polydor(UK)
10 recordlabel: Polydor 282(UK)
chartposition: UK #48
writtenby: Bill Sharpe
album: Drivin' Hard
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Shakatak Brazilian Dawn 1981 Polydor (UK)
11 recordlabel: Boiling Point 770 (UK)
chartposition: UK #53
writtenby: Jill Saward and George Anderson
album: City Rhythm
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak featuring Al Jarreau Day by Day 1985 Boiling Point(UK)
12 recordlabel: Polydor 230(UK)
chartposition: UK #52
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe)
album: Drivin' Hard
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Shakatak Living in the UK 1981 Polydor (UK)
13 recordlabel: Polydor 699 (UK)
chartposition: UK #55
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Down on the Street
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Don't Blame It On Love 1984 Polydor(UK)
14 recordlabel: Polydor 1
chartposition: UK #56
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Manic and Cool
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Mr Manic and Sister Cool 1987 Polydor
15 recordlabel: Polydor 5115 (UK)
chartposition: UK #78
writtenby: Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell
album: Out of This World
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Out of This World 1983 Polydor(UK)
16 recordlabel: Polydor 711 (UK)
chartposition: UK #79
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Down on the Street
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Watching You 1984 Polydor(UK)
17 recordlabel: Boiling Point 754 (UK)
chartposition: UK #77
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: City Rhythm
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak City Rhythm 1985 Boiling Point(UK)
18 recordlabel: Polydor 49 (UK)
chartposition: UK #83
album: Turn The Music Up
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Turn the Music Up 1989 Polydor(UK)
-- recordlabel: Inside Out 1
writtenby: W. Sharpe, R. Odell
album: Street Level
comments: [jazz funk album cut]
mpcode: _2JmQxVkyi0
Shakatak Without You 1993 Inside Out

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