Secret Omen
Encyclopedia
Secret Omen is the fourth album by the funk
/R&B band Cameo
, released in 1979.
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
/R&B band Cameo
Cameo (band)
Cameo is an American soul-influenced funk group that formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid a lawsuit from Ohio Players, another group from that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded several...
, released in 1979.
Track listing
- "Energy" – 4:24 c. L.Blackmon
- "I Just Want to Be" – 5:19 c. L.Blackmon/G.Johnson
- "Find My Way" – 9:05 c. J.Melfi
- "Macho" – 5:03 c. L.Blackmon/T.Jenkins/N.Leftenant
- "The Rock" – 3:57 c. L.Blackmon
- "Sparkle" – 4:53 c. L.Blackmon/A.Lockett
- "New York" – 5:02 c. L.Blackmon/A.Lockett/A.Mills
Personnel
- Larry BlackmonLarry BlackmonLarry Ernest Blackmon is the lead singer and frontman for the funk and R&B band, Cameo. He came to Cameo from the band, Black Ivory....
- Lead Vocals, Drums, Percussion - Gregory JohnsonGregory B. JohnsonGregory B. Johnson is an United States musician and pianist. He is a former member of the R&B group Cameo.-Early years:...
- Keyboards, Piano, Vocals - Gary Dow - Bass
- Damon Mendes - Drums
- Anthony Lockett - Guitar
- Eric Durham - Guitar
- Randy Stern - Keyboards
- Arnett Leftenant - Saxophone
- Nathan Leftenant, Arthur Young - Trumpet
- Carl Harleston - Trombone
- Seldon Powell, George Marge - Flute
- Angel Allende - Conga
- Tomi Jenkins, Wayne Cooper - Vocals
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 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... |
US R&B 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... |
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| 1979 | Secret Omen Secret Omen Secret Omen is the fourth album by the funk/R&B band Cameo, released in 1979.-Track listing:# "Energy" – 4:24 c. L.Blackmon# "I Just Want to Be" – 5:19 c. L.Blackmon/G.Johnson# "Find My Way" – 9:05 c. J.Melfi... |
46 | 4 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
US Dance |
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| 1979 | "I Just Want to Be" | — | 3 | 52 |
| 1980 | "Sparkle" | — | 10 | — |