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The group was founded in 1976 by Len Coley,Ricky Bailey & Roddy Harris. Delegation was mentored under the guidance of producer/songwriter Ken Gold, a cornerstone of British boogie soul & dance pop creating hits for other groups like The Real Thing, etc
They had one national US hit "Oh Honey" (it has 48 million views on one video!) which was sampled a few times by hip hop alumni
Really strong electric bass lines with nice lead & harmonies. Lush strings, melodic guitars and keyboards. Most of their tracks are dance floor driven grooves rather than slow tempo.
Delegation had success in their career in Europe but never caught on in the USA. 4 albums followed and original member Ricky bailey tried to restart the group in the 90's with some re-hash compilation with the help of Ken Gold. After this compilation not catching on, Ricky Bailey & Ken Gold had delegated enough and called it quits.
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a Zip containing the 4 lp's reissued and remastered including original artwork. includes non-album tracks and a few extended versions. Debut lp is only on streaming services.
1977-Promise of Love
1979 -Eau De Vie
1981- Delegation II
1983 -Deuces High
Delegation were the following singers through various eras -
Bruce Dunbar, Roddy Harris, Len Coley, Ray Patterson, Ricky Bailey & Kathy Bailey joined the group as the female lead on their last single.
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Randomly stumbled upon this one a few years ago - cool to hear some of their history here
Randomly stumbled upon this one a few years ago - cool to hear some of their history here
!https://youtu.be/Gp-PyzscBrs?si=KyKYmrWqOXSEct2qit is interesting to note the curse of Brit R&B Soul artists- groups curse
I guess you could say George Michael & Seal crossed over
But you can’t count these two in that category obviously
Jamiroquai had to market their records moreso overseas after virtual insanity wave was over
Soul II soul came pretty close with the cross over
Steve Winwood crossed over with Traffic and his late 80’s solo work (call it rock or pop - if you examine it - everything loses its meaning )
But then Steve winwood clapton and sting gabriel were just lucky to be able to go to R&b Pop and Rock
and back again
Come to think of it, the rules are kind of pointless who gets to be on the pop rock and R&B charts
If you think about it, what keeps everyone isolated is the distortion level on a guitar
I heard curtis mayfield on classic rock I heard Earth wind on classic rock station
WAR has like 4 songs on classic rock format
I’ve tried to make sense of it but somehow Let’s Dance can be on classic rock but the person who co-wrote it & produced it - His group can’t
i’m telling you the more you look into it , it looks like a complex racket game of telling artists what they have to sound like but classic rock marketplace never followed the rules on what they play
Add to the fact i heard Isley brothers I wonder if it has something to do with a guitar solo on Who’s that lady
this is such a stupid rule. Babyface & Clapton change the world can be played but When can i see you again will not be played?
Bee Gees staying alive but we are family can’t be ?
Steely Dan can but Maze couldn’t
When Prince debuted they treated him like Donna Summer
Come to think of it, no one stuck to the format rules
And look what happened when R&B radio got even more strict with programming
they got their market share cut in half
And look what happened to R&b groups - bands across the globe - all basically gutted to the ground
It seems like country & r&b had to play second fiddle to pop & rock , not walking on sacred ground to interrupt their money train
But then they incubated NSync NKOTB BSB to see if they could get a R&B superstar in Pop camouflage
two justin’s & a partridge in a pear tree came out of that
and then look what they did to blues
they waited a eternity for someone who dressed like Hendrix bandito from texas and they crowned him king - SRV
All the rules went out the window, Stevie Ray wasn’t too old to be a blues /rock star
they posted him on every guitar magazine possible & positioned him at award show appearances next to guitar icons
Then when his helicopter crashed, they waited for a person to raise back to guitar throne. Either that person died of a d*** overdose or they started releasing lp’s to early They had to wait until 2000’s with John Mayer
I guess what i’m saying in a roundabout way of how we were all musically gaslighted into thinking that there were rules to follow
It’s like the music industry version of the pentagon masterminded this constant psy op game
And i think it just stems from guitar volume being too loud is not R&B
it is interesting to note the curse of Brit R&B Soul artists- groups curse
I guess you could say George Michael & Seal crossed over
But you can’t count these two in that category obviously
Jamiroquai had to market their records moreso overseas after virtual insanity wave was over
Soul II soul came pretty close with the cross over
Steve Winwood crossed over with Traffic and his late 80’s solo work (call it rock or pop - if you examine it - everything loses its meaning )
But then Steve winwood clapton and sting gabriel were just lucky to be able to go to R&b Pop and Rock
and back again
Come to think of it, the rules are kind of pointless who gets to be on the pop rock and R&B charts
If you think about it, what keeps everyone isolated is the distortion level on a guitar
I heard curtis mayfield on classic rock I heard Earth wind on classic rock station
WAR has like 4 songs on classic rock format
I’ve tried to make sense of it but somehow Let’s Dance can be on classic rock but the person who co-wrote it & produced it - His group can’t
i’m telling you the more you look into it , it looks like a complex racket game of telling artists what they have to sound like but classic rock marketplace never followed the rules on what they play
Add to the fact i heard Isley brothers I wonder if it has something to do with a guitar solo on Who’s that lady
this is such a stupid rule. Babyface & Clapton change the world can be played but When can i see you again will not be played?
Bee Gees staying alive but we are family can’t be ?
Steely Dan can but Maze couldn’t
When Prince debuted they treated him like Donna Summer
Come to think of it, no one stuck to the format rules
And look what happened when R&B radio got even more strict with programming
they got their market share cut in half
And look what happened to R&b groups - bands across the globe - all basically gutted to the ground
It seems like country & r&b had to play second fiddle to pop & rock , not walking on sacred ground to interrupt their money train
But then they incubated NSync NKOTB BSB to see if they could get a R&B superstar in Pop camouflage
two justin’s & a partridge in a pear tree came out of that
and then look what they did to blues
they waited a eternity for someone who dressed like Hendrix bandito from texas and they crowned him king - SRV
All the rules went out the window, Stevie Ray wasn’t too old to be a blues /rock star
they posted him on every guitar magazine possible & positioned him at award show appearances next to guitar icons
Then when his helicopter crashed, they waited for a person to raise back to guitar throne. Either that person died of a d*** overdose or they started releasing lp’s to early They had to wait until 2000’s with John Mayer
I guess what i’m saying in a roundabout way of how we were all musically gaslighted into thinking that there were rules to follow
It’s like the music industry version of the pentagon masterminded this constant psy op game
And i think it just stems from guitar volume being too loud is not R&B
100% factual post… preach nigga…
r&b is in a bad way in general, it’s something i often think about
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