''Street Beat'' is the debut album by
The Deele
The Deele (pronounced like "deal") is an American band from Cincinnati, Ohio who achieved success in the 1980s with such hit singles as "Body Talk (The Deele song), Body Talk" and "Two Occasions". When the group began recording in the early 1980 ...
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Reception
Released in 1983 on the
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 ...
label, which was distributed by
Elektra/Asylum Records. It was produced by
Midnight Star member
Reggie Calloway. This album included The Deele's first big hit, "
Body Talk," which reached #3 on the
R&B chart
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Track listing
#"
Body Talk" (Watson, Greene,
Reid
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, Gentry, Burke) 5:36
#"I Surrender" (B. Simmons, B. Lovelace, D. Bristol) 4:18
#"Just My Luck" (
Kenny Edmonds) 4:30
#"Sexy Love" (
K. Edmonds,
A. Reid, S. Burke) 5:00
#"Street Beat" (Kenneth Gant,
Reginald Calloway) 7:55
#"Video Villain" (
Vincent Calloway,
Reginald Calloway) 4:54
#"Crazy 'Bout 'Cha" (Watson, Greene, Cooper,
K. Edmonds,
A. Reid) 4:34
#"Working (9 To 5)" (Watson, Greene, Bristol, Robinson, Burke) 4:25
Personnel
*"Carlos" Carl Greene: Main Vocal, Vocal Backing
*"Dee" Darnell Bristol: Vocals
*
Kenny Edmonds: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
*"Stick" Stanley Burke: Guitars, Vocals
*Melvin Gentry: Guitars
*Bill Simmons, Bo Watson,
Vincent Calloway: Keyboards, Synthesizers
*Kevin "Kayo" Robinson: Bass, Vocal Backing
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"L.A." Reid: Drums, Percussion, Vocal Backing
Charts
Singles
References
External links
The Deele-Street Beat at Discogs
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1983 debut albums
SOLAR Records albums
Elektra Records albums
Asylum Records albums
Babyface (musician) albums