I pretty much have to hear this song at least once every day. It's on an Old School Slow Jams CD that I bought at the barber shop. I can listen to this song 20 times in a row and never get tired of it. I just love it! Class of '87, ya know!
I will never 4get this song,,,I got my 1st piece of ass to this song,,,I will never 4get her,,,,she and I were both 14 at this time,,,,even though she and I lost contact with each other as teen ,,but we found each other again as adults,,,but she's married now.....I wish her the best
Cruzin foothill with top down and zap board in my girls lap and zues amps in trunk of my olds 98. Turning heads from the lake to eastmont mall to the skating rink. Dam those were the days. To turn the clock back.
damn tenth grade 1985 upstate NY, school dances u wait all night to ask that one girl to dance , and then you hope you get her number on a torn off piece of paper lol
Music like this makes me wish I were born in another time and place or could turn back the hands of time and do things differently in my life. All we have is now though truthfully. Also, God knew exactly when and where he wanted each of us placed. So I guess I'll just make the best of the rest of my life. I've spent the best years of my life acting like a damn fool, but am older and wiser now thankfully.
Spring 1985...Wow i can't believe that over 25 years went so fast. Now the music has no passion, or emotion. Everything seems so fake now. I miss my youth!!
OMG! They don't make music like this anymore, I grew up on 147th off Kinsman in Cleve, Oh...These guys were the Kinsman Dazz Band & later dropped the Kinsman once they grew (Black HIstory Fact, lol).. this song right here is the shhhh, I miss these guys, they should have been as big as the other male groups back then like O'Jay's, Spinners, Temptations etc. because they were right up there fwiw..OLD SCHOOL, yall don't know nothing bout dat!!!
@2Umsjean Cleveland in the house! I grew up in Cleveland hts and remember this song being played on 93 at night during for lover's only with Bobby RRRRRRRRRUSH! Damn those were the days!
Damn ....this song brings back so many memories of growing up in Chicago way back in the 80's .... my heart is actually speeding and skipping beats as I'm listening to it, thinking about an ex girlfriend ( Charlene) ..... I swear I almost forgot about this track... stumbled on it by accident ...thanks 4 tha post !
This was more than a "little known" track. This was a hit. It didn't chart as high as their up-tempo stuff, but it's one of my favorites by the Dazz Band.
This song used to play on the radio during the "quiet storm" hours when I was a pre-teen, but I never knew who sung it or the actual name of the song. I began searching for it a few years ago, and today, about 15 years later, SUCCESS! You are truly awesome bjcapital! Thank you so much!
@cellslady next time you here a song and don't know who sings it.Listen to the words come to youtube and type in a few words and bam.This is how I found a lot of music.Love You Tube
Absolutely one of the most soulful arrangements! Great vocals...man it drips.That moog bass and the heavy bottom.This sound is long gone unfortunately.Dazz band was one of the greatest along with EWF and the soulful live AWB.
I'll never forget the first time I heard this song. I left my radio on after falling asleep and when I heard this song with that funky beat, I could not even go back to sleep! Needless to say I was extremely tired in school the next day.
Clevelands' Own Skip Martin and Dazz Band. Only the true veterans of Soul know and understand how they would turn out all the festivals and concerts in Cleveland. I saw the Skip Martin perform his last show in 85. They turned it out and set the tone for the rest of the night.
Damn I remember driving in my Pontiac Fiero from Kansas City to Warrensburg to see my girlfriend in college and jamming to this song LOL how time goes but the memories are so sweet.
I CAN'T believe it!!! Have loved this song since I was twelve years-old and am just NOW finding out it was the Dazz Band!!! Wow!! Brings back AWESOME memories...
Sorry to say, this is one of the best "Gettin' High" and "Gettin' It On" songs of all time. Especially in the end when they be like "oh, oooohhhhhhhhhh!!"
80's 80's 80's! Between this group S.O.S, Gap Band, The Time Bar Kays, I could go on and on, todays groups don't stand a chance. Real muscicians, vocalists, give me the 80's over this bull in the music industry today anyday!
My Partners father use to own a BBQ joint called Mt Pleasant BBQ on Kinsman Ave in Cleveland Ohio. I remember going to get something to eat on a friday night and the then Kinsman Dazz would be on the corner singing. Good times.
yeah too much..ive always had this tape,with let it all blow etc.. dazz band was always the jam and realy funky such as Joystick and let it whip..thats why were up here cuz we love this band and its feel and the memories yeah!!!
The first time I heard this song was in 1990. I recorded straight from the radio. I would listen to it over and over again on a loop. I didn't know who sang it, but I loved it. I recently thought about old music I haven't heard in years. This song came to mind. After some detective work, I found it. Thanx for posting it. I keep hitting "replay"
This R&B track was a regular play for the "slow skate" session at the rink I skated at back in the day, the flow is so smooth, with a dab of funk added, along with those melodious, and soulful vocals, it all came together to create one of the most under rated R&B tracks of the 80's, hands down!!
They just don't make songs like this anymore :(. It's not about getting some booty...it's about expressing what your heart feels for the woman you love. I remember this song back in '85 when I was 19 and in the Marine Corps, stationed at Camp Pendleton CA. Whenever they played this song, you had to find someone to dance with...it's still a timeless love song even after 24 years.
@caramelprinze I can dig it....I was in the Army stationed in Korea and met my hubby the same year...he was Air Force! This album is the bom-diggity! They just don't make music like this anymore.....
@gat333 Man I almost forgot about Carolina West :). We used to go there for the afterhours party. It didn't close until 6 or 7 in the morning. Man that just brought up some good memories. And yes the ladies were fine! We also hung out at the Red Onion and sometimes at the Bitten Apple. There was also a club in Riverside, I think it was called the Metro. And a samller club called the Gas House in West Covina. California great times :). Yes I was 0151 administration attached to infantry
@gat333, Oh don't talk about the West Boyee, that was my spot. I'm from Chicago, my boys were from DC, Jersey and Atl. We would leave Camp Pen and drive to the West on full tilt listening to DC Go Go. Yes there were no ladies finer than the Ladies at the West, The Bitten Apple, The Red Onion, LA Cafe across the street from the Red Onion, Kiss The Club in Costa Mesa. The Metro was the spot on Sun nights for the Bruthas. Did you ever go to Club Monopolys in Riverside in the 80s.
@caramelprinze As a former marine also stationed at Camp Pendleton in `85 at H.Q. Batt. Mainside. Also 19 yrs. old. IT is safe to say ,I can feel you!!! So holla at a fellow jar head!! Much Love!! Semper Fi !!
@bjcapital Skip Martin started with the Dazz Band as trumpeter and lead singer. He left the band to join Kool & the Gang as their lead singer after James "JT" Taylor left Kool & the Gang to pursue a solo career. Skip later reunited with the Dazz Band.
Man, 85 ' back in the day.. The infancy of Hip Hop. I was Stationed at Dyess AFB, Tx. I let my partner Joe" Cool " Craig hear this jam and he had to turn his shorty real quick.. A lost treasure.. AWESOME T
Thank you so much for posting this song. I have been looking for this FOREVER!!! I always thought this was the SOS Band for some reason. This is one of the best old school songs
Ole Skool back then, Ole Skool now, Ole Skool forever. Yeeeah!!!
MSBBSatin13 9 hours ago
Yes sor
Harlem139Convent1 1 day ago
i too have been looking for this song for some time now, that was the jam back then, 1985 Fairfax High School L.A.CA Good Times good times
exarmygi 1 month ago
I pretty much have to hear this song at least once every day. It's on an Old School Slow Jams CD that I bought at the barber shop. I can listen to this song 20 times in a row and never get tired of it. I just love it! Class of '87, ya know!
MamaNuveau 1 month ago
Played on WJPC-AM, back in the day. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! Have a blessed Christmas!
DaveWollenberg 2 months ago
I love this song.
ImageAndBeauty 2 months ago
3:55 the best part.
Change2be1 2 months ago
I will never 4get this song,,,I got my 1st piece of ass to this song,,,I will never 4get her,,,,she and I were both 14 at this time,,,,even though she and I lost contact with each other as teen ,,but we found each other again as adults,,,but she's married now.....I wish her the best
DaNewJack2009 3 months ago
A song you could slow dance and skate to at the same time...so sensual.
zenobia328 4 months ago
OMG i fcking LOVE this song!!! Takes me back!!!
WTFwereuthinkin 4 months ago
I was in japan, and we was rockin the hell out of this
andrewynes 4 months ago
bjcapitol why you say a little known track ? I think every hood across the country was all over this, at least from K.C.MO. to Chi-town.
wotabottle 4 months ago 3
@wotabottle no question cleveland stations were spinnin it like they was tryin to get the wax off of it
MoveMakerTV 1 week ago
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It's a little known track for those who know nothing about music.
AAKoolDre 5 months ago
Cruzin foothill with top down and zap board in my girls lap and zues amps in trunk of my olds 98. Turning heads from the lake to eastmont mall to the skating rink. Dam those were the days. To turn the clock back.
jcwindevillose 5 months ago
I can't listen to this song w/o losing my damn mind! Especially at 3:51 (clutching hold of my man) ..OH!
Lashid4u 5 months ago
Ow ! I remember this song ! Loved it ! Thanks for posting.
BAASSIK 5 months ago
my first wife, she was 19 and so was I.. this is the only song I've ever sang to a woman... young... cocky.. 1985 was a good yr for me..
gumpster66 6 months ago
These garbage cats that make music now would listen to this classic and wouldn't know the meaning to not one word of this song!
kbw1970 6 months ago
This is one of my favorite songs!!!!!!!
mskillasmile 7 months ago
damn tenth grade 1985 upstate NY, school dances u wait all night to ask that one girl to dance , and then you hope you get her number on a torn off piece of paper lol
jcptv1 7 months ago
Music like this makes me wish I were born in another time and place or could turn back the hands of time and do things differently in my life. All we have is now though truthfully. Also, God knew exactly when and where he wanted each of us placed. So I guess I'll just make the best of the rest of my life. I've spent the best years of my life acting like a damn fool, but am older and wiser now thankfully.
speakwhnspkn2 8 months ago
Spring 1985...Wow i can't believe that over 25 years went so fast. Now the music has no passion, or emotion. Everything seems so fake now. I miss my youth!!
1teedie 8 months ago
Mabey i'll get sum when I play this 2nite!
chalimac69 8 months ago
cant believe this was 85 they were wayy before their time
shesobreezy 9 months ago
OMG! They don't make music like this anymore, I grew up on 147th off Kinsman in Cleve, Oh...These guys were the Kinsman Dazz Band & later dropped the Kinsman once they grew (Black HIstory Fact, lol).. this song right here is the shhhh, I miss these guys, they should have been as big as the other male groups back then like O'Jay's, Spinners, Temptations etc. because they were right up there fwiw..OLD SCHOOL, yall don't know nothing bout dat!!!
2Umsjean 9 months ago
@2Umsjean Cleveland in the house! I grew up in Cleveland hts and remember this song being played on 93 at night during for lover's only with Bobby RRRRRRRRRUSH! Damn those were the days!
carmenjones411 7 months ago
Damn ....this song brings back so many memories of growing up in Chicago way back in the 80's .... my heart is actually speeding and skipping beats as I'm listening to it, thinking about an ex girlfriend ( Charlene) ..... I swear I almost forgot about this track... stumbled on it by accident ...thanks 4 tha post !
deelowda1 9 months ago
This was more than a "little known" track. This was a hit. It didn't chart as high as their up-tempo stuff, but it's one of my favorites by the Dazz Band.
sherwinfitz 9 months ago
LOVED, Loved, loved this song back in the day!!
Reneep34 9 months ago
I can listen to the first 30 seconds of this song ovah n ovah n ovah n ova
shesobreezy 10 months ago
my heart is beating to the rhythm of this song
shesobreezy 10 months ago
One of my all time favorite jams!
SoulMusiqLuva 10 months ago
absolutely love this tune.....
sjenism 10 months ago
ANOTHER OLD SLOW JAM THAT NEVER GETS OLD.
MrTrackfreek 10 months ago
The Jam!! Somebody slept on this one
CAB4SHO 11 months ago
This song used to play on the radio during the "quiet storm" hours when I was a pre-teen, but I never knew who sung it or the actual name of the song. I began searching for it a few years ago, and today, about 15 years later, SUCCESS! You are truly awesome bjcapital! Thank you so much!
cellslady 11 months ago 4
@cellslady Ol Skool 4ever
bjcapital 8 months ago
@cellslady next time you here a song and don't know who sings it.Listen to the words come to youtube and type in a few words and bam.This is how I found a lot of music.Love You Tube
dreameryoung38 7 months ago
Absolutely one of the most soulful arrangements! Great vocals...man it drips.That moog bass and the heavy bottom.This sound is long gone unfortunately.Dazz band was one of the greatest along with EWF and the soulful live AWB.
corrindion 11 months ago
GOOD MORNING FAMILY!!!!!!
mizzjuicy38 1 year ago
DAZZ is Music!!!!!! It doesn't get better than this era.
mygrandbabies8 1 year ago
Great tune remember them 1985 I work security for them they were awesome I couldn't work for watching them. They were BADDD!!!!
jo22338601 1 year ago
Remembering Ft Leonard Wood and jammin this throughout the base. Those were the good old days
msanaw52 1 year ago 2
I'll never forget the first time I heard this song. I left my radio on after falling asleep and when I heard this song with that funky beat, I could not even go back to sleep! Needless to say I was extremely tired in school the next day.
kbw1970 1 year ago
THE KINSMAN DAZZ!!!! for those that know
Bexly 1 year ago
Clevelands' Own Skip Martin and Dazz Band. Only the true veterans of Soul know and understand how they would turn out all the festivals and concerts in Cleveland. I saw the Skip Martin perform his last show in 85. They turned it out and set the tone for the rest of the night.
Blakluv09 1 year ago
Damn I remember driving in my Pontiac Fiero from Kansas City to Warrensburg to see my girlfriend in college and jamming to this song LOL how time goes but the memories are so sweet.
birdie28a 1 year ago
@birdie28a YEAP the WARRENSBURG DAYS>>>>>WE JAMMED THAT UP THERE>>>>YESSS
CAB4SHO 10 months ago
a 4 gotten jam!!!
mixmaster676 1 year ago
this song is about love at first sight, no matter what he was going to be with her, talking about mutual feelings
freestyle5504 1 year ago
@freestyle5504 dat luv at first sight ....strong boy.....
oldskoolzeta 1 year ago
Love lessons......True Old Skool Music
realdazz 1 year ago
Do it DAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BAND! Play that good Sh*t
TheAithWONDER 1 year ago
They just don't do it like this anymore!!!
Harlem139Convent1 1 year ago
Talk about taking you back. 1985 Stuttgart Germany. All those slow dances on post at the NCO Club. Not a jarhead, but I am a lady soldier in arms.
Much love for this>
simplylovely83
cjakes86 1 year ago
@cjakes86 I couldn`t take it anymore built a time machine to us back to a smoother time!!! Care to join me!!! Muchlove!!!!
JohnnyC718 1 year ago
I played this all the time when I worked for Illinois State U's radio station back in the day!!! Definitely good times.
hibern8r 1 year ago
My, my, my..........total JAM!!!!
launchedout09 1 year ago
I was station at Mainz Germany when this came out . They came to our post to perform this and concert was off the chain
LLOVE524 1 year ago
"Musics bout memories....... I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MEMORIES THAT COME"
this composition is right there with Felton Pilotes "LET ME PUT LOVE ON YO MIND"
Luiscabada1966 1 year ago
somebody please find & post the remix version ; yesssss there is one; i have it but cant find it :(
SSTAROBE 1 year ago
@SSTAROBE I remember them releasing an extended mix back when the song was out. We might be thinking about the same version.
sherwinfitz 9 months ago
This was their baddest ballad. We used to skate backwards off of it, and loved it! :-)
sofumba 1 year ago
I CAN'T believe it!!! Have loved this song since I was twelve years-old and am just NOW finding out it was the Dazz Band!!! Wow!! Brings back AWESOME memories...
christiandior1947 1 year ago
Ahhhhh listening to this relaxes me
dreameryoung38 1 year ago
mid summers night with the one i loved in denver colo 1985 how we miss those days and this song
ace2008rockcom 1 year ago
Deda - How I'm Livin'
CWroyal88 1 year ago
listen to my heart beat
weaponx66 1 year ago
Love this...thanx!
9nemesis9 1 year ago
This was my jam! This takes me back to the year I met my hubby!
CurlyTopLori 1 year ago
Man....was this a summer's night song or what??
mrsmccauley 1 year ago
-------0330----U KNOW
cbazz68 1 year ago
VERY nice song....sampled by Pete Rock.........."How I'm Livin'" by Deda & Pete Rock
bee7255 1 year ago
Sorry to say, this is one of the best "Gettin' High" and "Gettin' It On" songs of all time. Especially in the end when they be like "oh, oooohhhhhhhhhh!!"
1990Nikia 1 year ago
@1990Nikia (You crazy lol!!!)
devastatind 1 year ago
Now brings back some memories....
MoSchool 1 year ago
ohio stand up !!!
4358151 1 year ago
80's 80's 80's! Between this group S.O.S, Gap Band, The Time Bar Kays, I could go on and on, todays groups don't stand a chance. Real muscicians, vocalists, give me the 80's over this bull in the music industry today anyday!
rediwhen 1 year ago 2
My Partners father use to own a BBQ joint called Mt Pleasant BBQ on Kinsman Ave in Cleveland Ohio. I remember going to get something to eat on a friday night and the then Kinsman Dazz would be on the corner singing. Good times.
kwyetype 1 year ago
so beautiful!~*****~!
Buggy702 1 year ago
SHABADOO ON WKBZ 12MID TO 6 AM
rappinreed2150 2 years ago
everybody was at the skate rink when this song hit, skateland Tulsa OK, northside rider fo life
freestyle5504 2 years ago
the white rabbit in g rap on wealthy back in the day
jaelen2004 2 years ago
I remember the Blue Goose. My father didn't want my older sister to date Skip Martin because of the area of Kinsman he was off! HAH!
dowellz1 2 years ago 2
OLD SCHOOL BABY THAT'S REAL MUSIC!!!!
JOEYJO7 2 years ago 20
@JOEYJO7 Indeed!
MINNIEJENK 1 year ago
@JOEYJO7 yeah boy!!!!
oldskoolzeta 1 year ago
@JOEYJO7 tru
oldskoolzeta 1 year ago
The Blue Goose? That may be before my time. I'm familiar with USA Skates on 305 and Southgate.
zebud187 2 years ago
who remembers the "Blue Goose" skating rink in Cleveland Ohio, they use to play this on slow skate oh yeah
crhinesc 2 years ago 3
yeah too much..ive always had this tape,with let it all blow etc.. dazz band was always the jam and realy funky such as Joystick and let it whip..thats why were up here cuz we love this band and its feel and the memories yeah!!!
tewhere1 2 years ago
Skip Martin iz da man nuff said.
MAR26116 2 years ago 2
Beautiful song, thanks for posting it.
JENANJUZE 2 years ago
The first time I heard this song was in 1990. I recorded straight from the radio. I would listen to it over and over again on a loop. I didn't know who sang it, but I loved it. I recently thought about old music I haven't heard in years. This song came to mind. After some detective work, I found it. Thanx for posting it. I keep hitting "replay"
lferrer1970 2 years ago
I have be looking for this song for 25years I heard it once at a club in LA and fell in love but did not known its name I have found itt
mydenden 2 years ago
This R&B track was a regular play for the "slow skate" session at the rink I skated at back in the day, the flow is so smooth, with a dab of funk added, along with those melodious, and soulful vocals, it all came together to create one of the most under rated R&B tracks of the 80's, hands down!!
3811iberis 2 years ago 3
The Dazz Band made songs that still make you feel good the love song great the up tempo still make the body move!!!
MagicMDBnike 2 years ago 2
Skip Martin is a bad boy! Thats the lead vocalist for the Dazz Band. The ONLY lead vocalist!
brickstuff34 2 years ago
They just don't make songs like this anymore :(. It's not about getting some booty...it's about expressing what your heart feels for the woman you love. I remember this song back in '85 when I was 19 and in the Marine Corps, stationed at Camp Pendleton CA. Whenever they played this song, you had to find someone to dance with...it's still a timeless love song even after 24 years.
caramelprinze 2 years ago 16
@caramelprinze I can dig it....I was in the Army stationed in Korea and met my hubby the same year...he was Air Force! This album is the bom-diggity! They just don't make music like this anymore.....
CurlyTopLori 1 year ago
@caramelprinze
I was an 0811 artillery back then and use to hang in LA on the weekends.
I had an uncle who lived in LA so I would escape the base vibe everychance
I could get.
I hung out,when I could at this club called the Carollina West near the
airport.
Use to be all types of fine women out there trying to get picked by a cool guy.
gat333 1 year ago
@gat333 Man I almost forgot about Carolina West :). We used to go there for the afterhours party. It didn't close until 6 or 7 in the morning. Man that just brought up some good memories. And yes the ladies were fine! We also hung out at the Red Onion and sometimes at the Bitten Apple. There was also a club in Riverside, I think it was called the Metro. And a samller club called the Gas House in West Covina. California great times :). Yes I was 0151 administration attached to infantry
caramelprinze 1 year ago
@caramelprinze My brother`s in arms . And also having a blast back then all the same places during the same time!!! Holla!! Much Love!!!
JohnnyC718 1 year ago
@gat333, Oh don't talk about the West Boyee, that was my spot. I'm from Chicago, my boys were from DC, Jersey and Atl. We would leave Camp Pen and drive to the West on full tilt listening to DC Go Go. Yes there were no ladies finer than the Ladies at the West, The Bitten Apple, The Red Onion, LA Cafe across the street from the Red Onion, Kiss The Club in Costa Mesa. The Metro was the spot on Sun nights for the Bruthas. Did you ever go to Club Monopolys in Riverside in the 80s.
Semper Fi Baby.
JGfitzz 11 months ago
@caramelprinze As a former marine also stationed at Camp Pendleton in `85 at H.Q. Batt. Mainside. Also 19 yrs. old. IT is safe to say ,I can feel you!!! So holla at a fellow jar head!! Much Love!! Semper Fi !!
JohnnyC718 1 year ago
@caramelprinze Remember The club at Del Mar, Mainside and El Toro. Good Times ...
JGfitzz 11 months ago
I thought I was the only one !
yoliemine 2 years ago
So beautiful. I miss those days so much.
ValleyGyrlTV 2 years ago
Oh those LOVELY 80's!
AithWONDER 2 years ago 3
Pete Rock and Deda sampled this...
hjb1000 3 years ago
Fell for a guy listening to this tune back in the day. He was a sweetheart. I will always remember 'parking' and listening to this jam.
wendycb69 3 years ago 2
I believe the lead vocalist in this song was Skip Martin who was also trumpeter for Kool & The Gang .
He has videos in youtube.
bjcapital 3 years ago 2
@bjcapital Skip Martin started with the Dazz Band as trumpeter and lead singer. He left the band to join Kool & the Gang as their lead singer after James "JT" Taylor left Kool & the Gang to pursue a solo career. Skip later reunited with the Dazz Band.
sherwinfitz 9 months ago
@sherwinfitz Thanks for the info
bjcapital 8 months ago
Man, 85 ' back in the day.. The infancy of Hip Hop. I was Stationed at Dyess AFB, Tx. I let my partner Joe" Cool " Craig hear this jam and he had to turn his shorty real quick.. A lost treasure.. AWESOME T
SpecialKaa 3 years ago
I play this over and over daily! I love this song!
1fabdiva 3 years ago 2
Me Too. This is why I LOVE youtube so much I can find ANY old school song I want and this one has been on my list for a long time.
Shaolin913 3 years ago 3
Thank you so much for posting this song. I have been looking for this FOREVER!!! I always thought this was the SOS Band for some reason. This is one of the best old school songs
ksxdp1 3 years ago
Yes, Ole School
darcelbluebird 3 years ago
One of the all-time great ballads...wonderful voice on the lead singer.
Don1228 3 years ago 2
DIS SONG IS BOMD AND IM 18 YEARS OLD
jmaal2345 3 years ago
Puzzling to me why this track did not attain the status of other legendary love tracks. To me, this is the quintessential love track.
Thank you so much for making it available to listen to.
aafeelth00powertt 3 years ago 3