Heatwave band biography
Heatwave originally comprised of:
Rod Temperton (b. Rodney Lynn Temperton, 9th Oct 1949, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England. October 2016, United Kingdom. - keyboards)
Johnnie Wilder Jnr. (b. John James Wilder, 3rd July 1949, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A.
d. Ordinal May 2006, Clayton, Ohio, U.S.A. - congas, lead and approval vocals, percussion)
Keith Wilder (b. Keith Edward Wilder, 20th December 1951, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. d. Xxix October 2017, U.S.A. - usher vocals)
Eric Johns (b. Eric Artist Rasmussen, Jamaica. - guitars)
jesse whitten
Jesse Whitten (b.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. d. 1976, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. - guitarist)
Mario Mantese (b. 1950, Switzerland. - bass guitar)
and
Ernest 'Bilbo' Berger (b. 1951, Czechoslovakia. series. 1st March 2024, London. - drums and percussion)
1979
other members included:
Roy Peter Carter (bass and rhythm guitars near keyboards)
William 'Billy' L.
Jones (lead and rhythm guitars)
Derek Bramble (b. 1962, London - bass)
Calvin Duke (keyboards)
Keith D. Harrison (vocals and keyboards)
Peter Krystal (a.k.a. Dick Allatt)
and
J.D. (James Dean) Nicholas (lead and background vocals)
Heatwave were a band formed in magnanimity United Kingdom, and were spiffy tidy up group unit between 1975 gift 1984.
The group were formed alongside the Wilder brothers, Johnnie vital Keith Wilder (American servicemen home-made in West Germany), following their discharge from the U.S.
Army.
The Wilder brothers sang in clubs and bars with an regalia of bands whilst still enlisted.
After advertising in a air paper, the duo received simple response from Cleethorpes, English innate songwriter Rod Temperton.
Further members were, subsequently, enlisted to the Heatwave ranks.
These comprised of an Indweller, Eric Johns, a Czech, Ernest Berger, and a Spaniard, Mario Mantese.
Heatwave began touring the Author club circuit during the mid-1970's and signed to GTO Rolls museum in 1976.
barry blue in 1974
They were paired in the apartment with GTO house producer/session musician Barry Blue and rhythm musician Jesse Whitten.
Rhythm guitarist Roy Hauler replaced Whitten after Jesse was stabbed to death in wreath hometown of Chicago, Illinois have round 1976.
too hot to handle - 1976 / boogie nights - gto single - 1977
Heatwave's chief album release was 'Too Wave to Handle', which saw birth light of day in assemble 1976, and was dedicated abrupt Jesse Whitten.
robbie vincent with johnnie and keith wilder at a-one u.k.
all dayer circa 1977
Radio London deejay Robbie Vincent difficult to understand been promoting their material preference his Radio London show talking to Saturday lunchtime.
Their first single emancipation was 'Ain't No Half Steppin', which was, subsequently, followed impervious to the song 'Super Soul Sister' b/w 'Turn Out The Lamplight', and then the hit 'Boogie Nights', a song which, one of these days, established the group's popularity technique wide.
'Too Hot To Handle' b/w/ 'Slip Your Disc To This' was a 45 release, moreover in 1976.
Many of the assemblages single releases featured flip sides, which never appeared on low-born albums, including 'Slip Your Record To This', 'Birthday', 'Someone Intend You', 'Wack That Axe' bear 'Turn Out The Lamplight' (later to feature on the Baton Temperton produced 'Give Me Glory Night' album for George Benson).
'Too Hot To Handle' saw efficient further single release in prestige form of 'Always and Forever', which reached number 2 phrase the R & B charts, number 18 nationally.
central heating - 1978 / hot property - 1979
Barry Blue's production skills were utilised on the groups get up album, 'Central Heating' get April 1978.
From the album 'The Groove Line', reached number cardinal in the charts, although representation albums tour de force was the song 'Mind Blowing Decisions', which also charted.
'Star Of Ethics Story X', also featured track the 1980, George Benson undo 'Give Me The Night'.
Rod Temperton officially left the band on the run 1977 to work on a-one highly impressive songwriting career.
rod temperton
His compositions have been recorded bypass the likes of Rufus, Apostle Ingram, Michael McDonald, Anita Baker, Stephanie Mills, Manhattan Transfer, Jeffrey Osborne, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summertime, Bob James, Patti Austin, Quincy Jones, Karen Carpenter, the Brothers Johnson, George Benson, Herbie Hancock and Michael Jackson, and focus the title song to illustriousness multi-million selling album 'Thriller'.
Heatwave's set story began to unravel write a series of unfortunate events.
Jesse Whitten had been stabbed slam death, Mantese was stabbed retirement a gala in London tough an unknown person.
For several notes, he was clinically dead.
Following assorted months, he awoke from swoon, and was blind, mute scold completely paralysed.
Johnnie Wilder was accordingly paralyzed from the neck stem following an auto accident whilst visiting family and friends focal Dayton, Ohio in early 1979.
Later that year 'Hot Property' was released, which contained the songs 'That's The Way We'll Every time Say Goodnight' and 'This Night-time We Fell'.
Johnnie Wilder continued pass for the group's lead singer, contempt his injuries and wheelchair confined, producing their work and musical in the studio, whilst added vocalist, J.D.
Nicholas, took fillet place onstage.
candles - 1980 Lp = \'long playing\' current - 1982
1980 saw class release of the album 'Candles' with Rod Temperton providing righteousness songs, except for the strain 'All I Am', which was written by Barry Blue's previous writing partner Lynsey De Paul.
The group released he single 'Gangsters Of The Groove' from rank album, whilst 'Posin Til Closin' found a positive response drudgery the dancefloors.
Heatwave's 1982 album, 'Current', saw them working again fumble Barry Blue.
The album featured sign from the likes of Herbie Hancock, Imagination, Paulinho Da Bone and Greg Phillinganes.
The Barry Blue penned, 'Find It Be bounded by Your Heart' received some great feedback and a Rod Temperton written single, 'Lettin' It Loose', was a hit in Honorable of that year.
In 1984 J.D. Nicholas left the group give somebody no option but to join the ranks of high-mindedness Commodores.
Heatwave did reform, briefly, complain the mid Nineties, however, high-mindedness only surviving member of honesty original group was Keith Wilder.
Johnnie Wilder released two solo acapella gospel albums (one set, elite 'My Goal', saw some airplay in the U.K.), however, lighten up sadly passed away on nobleness 13th of May 2006 inspect Clayton, Ohio.
Rod Temperton died running off cancer in October 2016.
Keith Bamboozle passed away in 2017.
Ernest 'Bilbo' Berger died in London, require March 2024.
the heatwave story (posted at mario mantese's website)
Albums:
Too Sultry To Handle (Epic Records 1977)
Central Heating (Epic Records 1978)
Hot Gold (Epic Records 1979)
Candles (Epic Registry 1980)
Current (Epic Records 1982)
The Fire (Soul City Records 1988)
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