Song:Trapped
Album:Best Of Colonel Abrams
If Colonel Abrams had been around in the 60s, it's likely he would have been very big in the Soul Music market. But Disco was king in the 70s produced mostly by Europeans. This developed into what became known as House Music in the 80s. So Abrams took his soulful vocals and the disco backbeat and had a club and R & B hit with Trapped in 1985. He's still producing that kind of music today. Abrams was born in Detroit and grew up in New York City. In the late 60s, he had a group called Conservative Manor with his brother Morris. In the mid-70s, he was lead singer of 94 East. The guitarist of that group was Prince and the leader of the group was Prince's cousin Willie Pepe. In 1984, he had a club hit with the group Surprise Package called Music Is The Answer. Steven Machat signed Abrams to his AMI label with distribution by MCA. AMI was also behind Ready For The World and New Edition. British producer Richard James Burgess was brought in to work with Abrams. Burgess was best known for producing Spandau Ballet. Trapped was the first single. It topped the dance charts and reached #20 on the R & B Singles chart. Trapped is a "I love you but your parents hate me" songs but I guess the beat was the main thing. Who cares about the words? And French disco king Cerrone was responsible for the beats. Abrams wrote the song with his partner Marston Freeman. Abrams continued to have a lot of success in the clubs though he left MCA after two albums. This Universal comp has several of his hits. Colonel Abrams continues to be popular in clubs today. He has his own label and uses MySpace to sell his music. They still use vinyl in clubs so I guess he still releases 12" singles. He's a pretty good singer so check out the video for Trapped by Colonel Abrams.
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