| Uptown Festival | ||||
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| Studio album by Shalamar | ||||
| Released | April 12, 1977 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 38:30 | |||
| Label | Soul Train Records | |||
| Producer | Dick Griffey, Don Cornelius, Simon Soussan | |||
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Uptown Festival is the first album credited to American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1977 on the Soul Train label. (The album was in fact recorded by session singers). Uptown Festival peaked at #22 on the US R&B chart and #48 on the Billboard Albums chart.
The title track, a medley of ten Motown classics sung over a 1970s disco beat, was a hit in both the USA and the UK.
"Uptown Festival Part 1" (US Hot 100 #25, US R&B #10, UK #30)
"Ooo Baby Baby" (US R&B #59)