Shalamar were originally the brainchild of Nashville producer and promoter Dick
Griffey - booking agent for the likes of Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin,
Stevie Wonder and James Brown - who formed them as a dance troupe for the TV
variety show Soul Train. Initially using session singers, producer Don Cornelius
developed them into a real group, with the regular vocal line-up of Jody Watley,
Howard Hewett and Jeffrey Daniel. They had a million-seller in 1979 with The
Second Time Around, which launched a string of hits with I Owe You One, I Can
Make You Feel Good, A Night To Rememb...