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Get Up & Dance (The Memphis Horns album)

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Get Up & Dance
Studio album by
Released1977
Recorded1977
GenreSoul, Funk, Disco
LabelRCA Records
ProducerAlan V. Abrahams, Clarence K. McDonald
The Memphis Horns chronology
High On Music
(1976)
Get Up & Dance
(1977)
The Memphis Horns Band II
(1978)

Get Up & Dance is the fourth album by The Memphis Horns. It contains the singles "Get Up And Dance" and "What The Funk", as well as the group's biggest hit, the jazzy slow jam "Just For Your Love", which reached #17 on the R&B Charts.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

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  1. "Get Up and Dance"
  2. "Just for Your Love"
  3. "Waitin' for the Flood"
  4. "Love Is Happiness"
  5. "Memphis Nights"
  6. "What the Funk"
  7. "Country Soul"
  8. "No Go Betweens"
  9. "Don't Abuse It"
  10. "Keep On Smilin'"

Personnel

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  • Jack Hale – trombone (solo)
  • James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
  • Lewis Collins – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet

Charts

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Chart (1977) Peak
position
Billboard Soul Albums[3] 32

Singles

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Year Single Chart positions[4]
US
R&B
1977 "Get Up and Dance" 61
"Just for Your Love" 17
"What The Funk" 83

References

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  1. ^ "The Memphis Horns Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
  2. ^ Henderson, Alex. The Memphis Horns: Get Up & Dance > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  3. ^ "The Memphis Horns US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  4. ^ "The Memphis Horns US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
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