Rod Temperton
I want to ask you. Do you remember where you were when you first heard the song ‘Boogie Nights’ by Heatwave? I sure do. It was Saturday night and I was at Studio 47 in San Jose, California. I remember the club had two sides to it. One side was for 21 years or older and the other side was for 16 to 20 years. I was on the 16 to 20 year side and couldn’t wait to get on the other side. The guys looked better. The next day I went to Eastridge Mall in San Jose the and bought the album ‘Too Hot to Handle’. That was my intro to this funk/disco band of the 70s and 80s.
Well one of the creative remembers of Heatwave, Rod Temperton died in late September of 2016 at the age of 66. He was a phenomenal songwriter and keyboardist. This English man from Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, wrote or had his hand in most of the hits for Heatwave. Songs like Boogie Nights, Always and Forever, Groove Line, Mind Blowing Decisions and Ain't No Half Steppin. Temperton not only wrote hits for Heatwave. He started working with the one and only Michael Jackson in 1978 and wrote Thriller, Off the Wall, Baby Be Mine, The Lady in My Life, Rock With You and Burn This Disco Out. Temperton amazing talent will be missed but never forgotten. I know when I hear any of the songs he wrote, I will definitely smile. R.I.P
LM
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2016/10/05/rod-temperton-appreciation-heatwave/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/arts/music/rod-temperton-who-penned-thriller-for-michael-jackson-and-boogie-nights-dies.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XEmFuEbpzM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d96evg9gXxY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJDPz4guxOQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWMCbF_5x7s
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