Yeah.....Bernadette Cooper was basically the "Female Morris Day"!!!!! Would've been interesting to hear a collab/duet between the two. Woulda been HILARIOUSLY FUNKY!!!!! Oh well; guess "Mechanical Emotion" will have to do!!!!

woogiebear said:

lol Exactly!

Jane Child - "I Don't Wanna Fall In Love"

StoneCrib said:

The original kinda had that sound, BUT THEN Jam & Lewis did the remix & put Mpls. all over that Toronto funk!!!!!

woogiebear said:

Oh for real? So the radio version wasn't the original version but the Flyte Tyme mix version?

Graycap23 said:

That Madame X CD is hot!I haven't heard it in years,but Bernadette Cooper of "Klymaxx"kicked ass on the production of that project.

Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff

The track " Driving Me Wild " ( 1985 )

vainandy said:

Well , i'm not really shure .
used his falcetto very early around the end of the 70's .
During those years Bobby was playing his first sessions as guest with Rick James ,
and later with his brother Billy in their own band SPLENDOR , which was produced by Philip Bailey and with that recognisable EW&F-sound .




EBONEE WEBB was discovered in the end 70's by jazz-flutist NOEL POINTER , who took them on tour and where they recorded 2 albums and a few singles from that on a small label called Seven Seas .
Those albums and singles have become hard to find ... even in Japan .
Their sound on these albums was more disco-oriented than their later funk in the 80's.



his trademark-MNPLS-sound became already clear around 1980 .
1 or 2 years later Ebonee & Bobby followed ... at least that's how i see it


Especially in songs like thev title-track and " Sex Maniac " with the falcetto .
" Do You Look That Good In The Morning " is great too ( 1983 )



Some more falcetto-style ( 1983 )



( 1985 )

SEVEN "O" - She's Just Too Much ( 1987 )
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CHERRELLE -
- Fragile ( 1984 )
- I Didn't Mean To Turn You On ( 1984 )
- etc...

CHERYL LYNN
- Encore ( 1983 )
- Fidelity ( 1985 )
- It's Gonna Be Right ( 1985 )

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS
- When You're Far Away ( 1983 )

KLYMAXX
- Heartbreaker ( I'm Such A Mess ) ( 1982 )
- Wild Girls ( 1982 )

REAL TO REEL - Can You Treat Me Like She Does ( 1983 )

SOS BAND - High Hopes ( 1983 )

100MPH said:

Ooooweee! Why was my sister the voice of "The Groupie" in "She is Just a Groupie" on that album? LOL!

StoneCrib said:

... she waz ?!
DANG , were any photos taken from those recording-sessions which you've seen ?

Here's another Minneapolis-sounding group with keyboard-wiz Chuckii Booker ,
who later played with Tease and eventually with a few Tease-fellas as support-act/backing-band on Janet's " Rhythm Nation " Tour .

( 1986 )
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100MPH said:

Naw, not that I know of, I'll ask her though. And Chuckii Booker had that nice cut "Turn Away"...that was the jam back in 88-89!

StoneCrib said:

Hey thanx in advance for your effort

Awyeah , man i've played those Chuckii albums a zillion of times .
His synth-chops were just outrageous !
In the same year as that Chill-production , he layed some serious MNPLS-loops on the Tease album at Epic Records .