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Saturday, July 19, 2008

I Need You Now



The brainchild of producer Darryl Payne (Sharon Redd, Katie Kissoon), the female vocal group Sinnamon topped the club charts in 1982 with their hit "Thanks To You" on Beckett Records. Co-written by the brilliant Eric Matthew of Gary's Gang and mixed by Shep Pettibone, "Thanks To You" was destined to be a boogie classic. In 1983 the band switched over to the Jive label and added a male lead vocal for their excellent follow up single. "I Need You Now" had a much smaller impact on the charts, but is now considered a more sought after and pricey 12". The group released several more singles fairly well into the 80's, but slowly faded out as they could never match the success of their early releases.

Sinnamon - Thanks To You
Sinnamon - I Need You Now

3 comments:

  1. professor EddyJuly 20, 2008 at 8:03 AM

    Some kind of pre-house tracks. The vocals are excellent.

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  2. GroooverJuly 29, 2008 at 2:51 PM

    Thanks to you is a classic . Those big drums are great. I used to play this on on my ghetto blaster all the time back in the day.

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  3. AnonymousMay 2, 2010 at 4:54 PM

    the male vocals on I need you know sound like bernard fowler of the peech boys

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