| Funky Entertainment | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Studio | Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California | |||
| Genre | Soul/Funk | |||
| Length | 37:43 | |||
| Label | Tabu | |||
| Producer | Jerry Peters | |||
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Funky Entertainment is the third and final album by the Detroit, Michigan R&B group Brainstorm. It was released in 1979 on Tabu Records and produced by Jerry Peters.
| Year | Single | Chart positions [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B | US Dance | ||
| 1979 | "Hot For You" | 65 | 21 |
| "You Put A Charge In My Life" | 84 | — | |
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Brainstorm was an American funk and R&B band active in the late 1970s, based in Detroit, Michigan. Their debut album, Stormin' , was their best-selling album, and was released in 1977 on Tabu Records, executive-produced by Clarence Avant and produced by Jerry Peters. It contained the disco hit single "Lovin' Is Really My Game", which was featured in the film 54 starring Mike Myers, and won the 1978 Billboard magazine Light Radio/Heavy Disco Record of the Year. The album also contained the radio hit "This Must Be Heaven" which is considered a soul classic, by virtue of its continued air play 34 years later. Other single releases from subsequent albums included 1978's "On Our Way Home", and "Hot for You", featuring Belita Woods on lead vocals.
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