Gonzalez ~ Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet 1977 Disco Purrfection Version

Oh those Brits! Disco gained a lot of momentum with the help of Britain's pop scene with artists like Hot Chocolate, Heatwave, Maxine Nightingale and Tina Charles. That trend continued with Gonzalez, a British R&B/Soul band that toiled behind the scenes as a touring band for many R&B, Funk and Soul stars. The nucleus of the group were first involved in Gass that formed in 1965 with Bobby Tench, Godfrey and Errol McLean. By 1968 they were backing groups like Led Zeppelin. At the same time Godfrey and Tench were jamming live with a few other musicians. Tench left Gass for The Jeff Beck Group in 1971 and the band decided to call it quits. Godfrey regrouped with Mick Eve, Chris Mercer, Steve Gregory, Geoffrey "Bud" Beadle, keyboardist Roy Davies and guitarist Gordon Hunte. Soon George Chandler, Glen LeFleur, Cliff Lake and Delisle Harper, members of the Olympic Runners joined Gonzalez who was pursuing a rock funk sound. In 1974 the band added vocalist Lenny Zakatek (who would quit the band in 1980 to join The Alan Parson Project) to the fold. Their 1st LP was released in 1974. They went on tour with Bob Marley at the Hammersmith Odeon venue during 1976 and entered the studio to record a little ditty called "Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" in 1977, written by Gloria Jones. Gloria had recorded a song called "Tainted Love" in 1965 that was given a new wave makeover by Soft Cell in 1981. Originally recorded for their 1978 LP "Shipwrecked", the song was remixed for discos and "Haven't Stopped" showed its hit potential by peaking at #7 disco and then #26 on the Hot 100 in early 1979. Follow up albums did not have anything this catchy and they broke up in 1986 after the death of Roy Davies (no relation to the Kinks Davies brothers). I'll bet you did not know that Viola Wills was a sometime member of Gonzalez, providing background vocals.

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