Artist:Musique
Song:Keep on Jumpin'
Album:Keep on Jumpin'
Fans of 70s disco music probably fondly remember the two hit singles from this 1978 album by the girl group Musique. In the Bush and Keep on Jumpin' both topped the Dance chart but many radio stations refused to play In the Bush because of suggestive lyrics. The guy behind Musique and plenty of other disco hits was Patrick Adams. But I think Musique was one of his more memorable projects. Adams and his cohorts were sitting around a New York recording studio brainstorming new projects. Someone said they hadn't done a girl group yet. Fortunately singers Jocelyn Brown and Christine Wilshire were there. They had worked on some of Adams' other projects. They brought in singers Angela Howell and Gina Tharpe. Adams got to work on the songs. The album Keep on Jumpin' was written and recorded in four hours. Adams released In the Bush and Keep on Jumpin' as a double sided single. The problem with In the Bush was the repeated chorus "push push, in the bush" was interpreted as suggestive and many radio stations refused to play it. Fortunately, Keep on Jumpin' had no issues of that sort. Both songs did very well in dance clubs. Adams has said he didn't realize In the Bush was offensive and he regrets it in retrospect. The original album Keep on Jumpin' was less than a half hour long. Fortunately, the Montreal based reissue label Unidisc has released Keep on Jumpin' on CD with several bonus tracks. In 1996, DJ Todd Terry released a cover of Keep on Jumpin' featuring Jocelyn Brown and Martha Wash and it was a big hit in clubs. There was a second Musique album in 1979 called Musique II. But there were different singers on the album so it went nowhere. Of course Jocelyn Brown has appeared on all kinds of records in New York like Inner City and Change. She now lives in England and is best known for her work with Incognito. Christine Wiltshire is similar in that she mostly appears on recording sessions. Here's Musique performing Keep on Jumpin' 1978.
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