The A Side: The Harder They Come 6:25 / Motherlode 1:50 The B Side: The Harder They Come 6:00 / Motherlode 1:30 The Harder They Come (Accapella Version) 4:30 The Brief: The Arthur Baker project Rockers Revenge followed up “Walking On Sunshine” with “The Harder They Come”, a tune written by Jimmy Cliff. Baker once [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1982, Arthur Baker, Electro-Funk, John Potoker, Promo, R&B, Streetwise Records 
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The A Side: Walking On Sunshine ’82 9:30 Acappella Sunshine 4:30 The B Side: Rockin’ On Sunshine 10:30 Walking On Sunshine ’82 4:30 The Brief: Rockers Revenge was a studio musical project, assembled by producer Arthur Baker. Its initial entry on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, “Walking on Sunshine” (an Eddy Grant composition, featuring [...]
Posted in FWV, Rockers Revenge Tags: 12 Inch, 1982, Arthur Baker, Electro-Funk, Jellybean Benitez, R&B, Streetwise Records 14 Comments »
The A Side: Candy Girl (Vocal) 6:58 The B Side: Candy Girl (Sing-A-Long Version) 6:55 The Brief: Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike… and Ralph. Collectively as New Edition, as solo artists and with side projects, this talented group of youngsters generated numerous hits throughout the 80s and into the 90s. “Candy Girl” comes from the [...]
Posted in FWV, New Edition Tags: 12 Inch, 1982, Arthur Baker, Frank Heller, Maurice Starr, R&B, Streetwise Records 1 Comment »