The Brief: Our final Midnight Star record of the week is the title track from the 1986 ‘Headlines’ LP. ‘Headlines’ was the third album in a row for the band that was certified Gold, following the double Platinum success of ‘No Parking On The Dance Floor’ and the Gold certification of ‘Planetary Invasion’. It would, [...]
The Brief: The last appearance on Billboard’s Hot 100 that Midnight Star made was in 1986 with this single, “Midas Touch”. It was from the LP ‘Headlines’ which was the last album from the group with Reggie and Vincent Calloway as members. The song just missed the Top 40 in the US but did reach [...]
The Brief: By sheer coincidence, I posted 3 Midnight Star 12 inchers almost exactly a year ago. And, this week I have 3 more lined up along with a couple of related records. I am still on the theme of the “Uptown” music from my teen years and Midnight Star was definitely one of those [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, R&B, Timmy Regisford, Unidisc Records 
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The A Side: Snake In The Grass (Extended Version) 8:17 Snake In The Grass (12″ Radio Version) 5:29 The B Side: Snake In The Grass (Dub Version) 5:19 Snake In The Grass (LP Version) 4:22 The Brief: Midnight Star’s first album without the Calloway brothers reached #96 on the Billboard 200 and #14 on the [...]
The A Side: Don’t Rock The Boat (Extended Version) 7:12 Don’t Rock The Boat (Bass-a-pella) 2:31 The B Side: Don’t Rock The Boat (Radio Edit) 5:13 Don’t Rock The Boat (Dub Version) 5:10 The Brief: The Calloway brothers had left the band by the late ’80s, moving on to form their own group, Calloway. The [...]
The A Side: Engine No. 9 (Vocal/Extended Remix) 6:48 The B Side: Engine No. 9 (Edit Of Remix) 3:48 Engine No. 9 (Dub Version) 6:59 The Brief: Midnight Star came together in 1976 at Kentucky State University when trumpeter Reggie Calloway, vocalist Belinda Lipscomb, guitarist/vocalist Melvin Gentry, bassist Kenneth Gant, multi-instrumentalist Bill Simmons, keyboard player/vocalist [...]