Keep on Moving Straight Ahead
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Keep on Moving Straight Ahead is the fifth album released by American funk band Lakeside
. Released in 1981 on the SOLAR Records
label, it was produced by the band's members.
The album entered the Billboard
pop and R&B charts in 1981.
Lakeside (band)
Lakeside is a funk band, best known for their 1980 number one R&B hit, "Fantastic Voyage."-Formation and early years:In early 1969, The Nomads, a singing quartet consisting of lead singer Mark Wood; Tiemeyer McCain; Tony White; and Brian Marbury, met the Montereys, a band that featured Stephen...
. Released in 1981 on the SOLAR Records
SOLAR Records
S.O.L.A.R. Records was an American record label founded in 1977 by Dick Griffey, reconstituted out of Soul Train Records only two years after it was founded with Soul Train television show host and creator Don Cornelius.-Company history:In 1975, Soul Train Records was founded by Dick Griffey and...
label, it was produced by the band's members.
The album entered the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
pop and R&B charts in 1981.
Side A
Side B
Personnel
- Electric guitar – Stephen Shockley
- Bass guitar: Marvin Craig
- Clavinet: Norman Beavers, Otis Stokes
- Drums: Fred Alexander, Jr.
- Congas: Fred Lewis
- Percussion: Fred Alexander, Jr., Mark Adam Wood, Jr., Marvin Craig
- Piano: Mark Adam Wood, Jr., Norman Beavers, Otis Stokes
- Synthesizer: Fred Lewis, Stephen Shockley
- Timbales: Fred Lewis
- Vocals: Mark Adam Wood, Jr., Otis Stokes, Thomas Shelby, Tiemeyer McCain
Production
- Engineers: Bob Brown, Steve Hodge, Taavi Mote
- Executive producer: Dick Griffey
- Producer: Lakeside
- Mastering: Wally Traugott
- Arrangment: Lakeside
Chart performance
| Charts (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
#109 |
| U.S. Black Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
#32 |