Friday, April 14, 2017

Osamu Furuya & The Freshmen - Disco Hit Number


Year : Late '70
Label : Homeros Records
Genre : Jazz
Style : Funk/Soul, Disco

Osamu Furuya was a arranger, pianist and former member of the rockabilly group "The Sharp Hawks" from 1963 to 1965. Later called, "The Sharp Five", the group have played an active part in the japanese rock boom during the "Group Sounds" & "Eleki" era. Osamu was also a peerless studio player and composer for various japanese pop artists as the songstress Beverly Maeda & her backing band, the Linders aka "Lind & The Linders". In the late seventies, he was in charge of several pop & disco/funk covers albums series, whose "Disco Hit Number" is coming from, including songs by The Stylistics (I Can't Give You Anything), KC & The Sunshine Band (That's The Way), Donna Summer (Love To Love Baby),  Silver Convention (Fly, Robin, Fly).


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