Artist:Marcia Griffiths
Song:Electric Boogie
Album:Slide On: Let the Party Begin
Marcia Griffiths is probably the best known female singer from Jamaica. She's been around since the 60s. Electric Boogie is her best known song because it popularized the dance known as the Electric Slide. She was born Nov. 23, 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica. She grew up singing in church. She was singing at a friend's house in 1964 when her friend's boyfriend Phillip James of The Blues Busters spotted her and encouraged her to perform with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. She signed with Coxsone Dodd and his Studio One label. Marcia was used as a backup singer and duet partner for Bob Marley among others. Her most successful duet partner was Bob Andy. They would have several hits in the early 70s as Bob and Marcia. In 1974 she joined Bob Marley and the Wailers as one of the backup singing trio I Threes. Marcia recorded Electric Boogie in 1983. The song was written and originally recorded by Bunny Wailer in 1976. It was a hit in Jamaica. But in 1989 a Washington, DC DJ started playing the record. And a remix of Electric Boogie started getting dance club play. It turned out to be a perfect song to dance the Electric Slide. It reached #51 on the Billboard Hot 100. Island Records sent Marcia to Miami to record the 1990 album Carousel. The original 1983 recording of Electric Boogie and the remix are on the album. The album was produced by the production team The Jerks (Rafael Vigil, Lawrence Dermer, Joe Galdo). They had worked with Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. Galdo was an Island house producer. You can get Electric Boogie on this various artists CD geared towards Electric Slide fans. Marcia is still around. She still tours and she last recorded in 2018. Here's the video for Electric Boogie by Marcia Griffiths.
She has a very good singing voice and that is a good song that I did not know about Frank. Thank-you very much. I also have to tell you that definitely feels like an 80's video to me. David.
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