''Disco Gardens'' is the second album by the American
R&B group
Shalamar
Shalamar () is an American R&B and soul music vocal group created by Dick Griffey and Don Cornelius in 1977 and active throughout the 1980s. Shalamar's classic lineup on the SOLAR label consisted of Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, and Jeffrey D ...
, released in 1978 on
SOLAR Records
SOLAR (acronym for Sound of Los Angeles Records) was an American record label founded in 1978 by Dick Griffey, reconstituted out of Soul Train Records only three years after it was founded with ''Soul Train'' television show host and creator Do ...
.
[ The group included Gerald Brown, ]Jeffrey Daniel
Jeffrey Glen Daniel (born August 24, 1955) is an American dancer, singer-songwriter, and choreographer, and a founding member of the R&B vocal group Shalamar. In Nigeria, he is best known as a judge on the first three seasons of '' Nigerian ...
and Jody Watley
Jody Vanessa Watley (born January 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter and producer whose music crosses genres including pop, R&B, jazz, dance and electronic soul.Paoletta, Michael (February 22, 2003) "Watley Relaxes In The Setting of The ...
; it was the only Shalamar album on which Brown appeared.
''Disco Gardens'' was less successful than Shalamar's debut, ''Uptown Festival'', peaking at No. 171 on the ''Billboard'' 200. It also peaked at No. 52 on the R&B chart
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 ...
. "Take That to the Bank" was a UK top 20 hit.
Track listing
Singles
"Take That to the Bank" (US Hot 100
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#79, US R&B
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#11, UK #20)
References
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Shalamar albums
1978 albums
SOLAR Records albums
Albums produced by Leon Sylvers III