''Funky Entertainment'' is the third and final album by the

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R&B group Brainstorm. It was released in 1979 on

Tabu Records Tabu Productions was an American record label founded by Clarence Avant in 1975. It focused on R&B and funk. History Avant founded the label after Sussex Records went out of business in June 1975. Tabu Record's flagship release, '' Stormin' ...

and produced by

Jerry Peters Jerry Peters is an American songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, conductor and arranger. He is best known for writing the hit songs " Love Or Let Me Be Lonely" and "Going In Circles" by The Friends of Distinction. Career Peters ...

Track listing

#"Hot for You" - (Trenita Womack,

Belita Woods Belita Karen Woods (October 23, 1948 – May 14, 2012) was a lead singer of the late 1970s R&B group Brainstorm (US band), Brainstorm. She also performed with Parliament-Funkadelic for two decades, beginning in 1992. Brainstorm had a disco hit i ...

) 10:48 #"A Case of the Boogie" - (

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) 9:05 #"Popcorn" - (Jeryl Bright,

Deon Estus Jeffery Deon Estus (July 4, 1956 – October 11, 2021) was an American musician and singer, best known as the bass player of Wham! and as the bassist on George Michael's first two solo projects. Estus' single " Heaven Help Me", with additional v ...

, Renell Gonsalves, Gerald Kent, Charles Overton, Larry Sims, Trenita Womack, Belita Woods, William L. Wooten III) 4:46 #"Funky Entertainment" - (Gerald Kent, Charles Overton, Belita Woods) 4:12 #"You Put a Charge in My Life" - (Lynn Mack,

) 4:10 #"Don't Let Me Catch You With Your Groove Down" - (Renell Gonsalves) 4:42

Personnel

- lead vocals, backing vocals *Trenita Womack - lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion, flute, piano, arrangements *Greg Poree, Joe O'Doherty,

Phil Upchurch Phillip Upchurch (born July 19, 1941) is an American soul music, R&B, jazz and blues guitarist and bassist. Career Upchurch started his career working with the Kool Gents, the Dells, and the Spaniels, before going on to work with Curtis Mayfiel ...

- guitar *

Paul Jackson Jr. Paul Milton Jackson Jr. (born December 30, 1959) is an American Jazz fusion, fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. In addition to being a recording artist in his own right, Jackson is also a session player, with a career ...

- guitar, sitar *

- bass *

- keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements, conductor *William L. Wooten III - keyboards *Charles Overton - saxophone, backing vocals, arrangements *

Harvey Mason Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He was the original drummer for Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters. Life and career Mason was born and grew ...

- drums *Renell Gonsalves - drums, arrangements *Stephanie Spruill - percussion *

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and R&B saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's album '' ...

, Fred Jackson, Jr. - saxophone *Jay DaVersa,

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', '' Rock with Y ...

, Kenny Mason,

Oscar Brashear Oscar Brashear (August 18, 1944 – July 7, 2023) was an American jazz trumpeter and session musician from Chicago, Illinois. After studying at DuSable High School and Wright Jr. College (currently known as Wilbur Wright College) under John DeR ...

- trumpet *

George Bohanon George Roland Bohanon Jr. (August 7, 1937 – November 8, 2024) was an American jazz trombonist and session musician from Detroit, Michigan. Biography In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith, ...

, Maurice Spears - trombone *Larry Sims - horns *Gwen Matthews, Jim Gilstrap,

Syreeta Wright Syreeta Wright (born Rita Wright, February 28, 1946 – July 6, 2004), known mononymously as Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Wright's career heights were songs ...

- backing vocals *Ray Kelley, Nils Oliver, Paula Hochhalter, Ronald Cooper - cello

Charts

Singles

References

External links

Brainstorm-Funky Entertainment at Discogs
{{Authority control 1979 albums Albums produced by Jerry Peters Tabu Records albums