Shakatak Light On My Life

[Sunlightphil]

Timeless ~ Thank YOU :)

[Angelicalovessolur]

Miss Darshell Maria Traylor of Detroit shared this song with me on cassette tape back in the day . Thank You girl....CH

[ralfir1]

i been hearing this song for more tha 25 years i bealive, but i can't stop putting it againg and againg, i love this piece, it brings me so much memories when i was in my 20's

[sakeenahm]

this is a true singer!

[sakeenahm]

@sakeenahm Home girl really sang that song!

[1958276]

God , very nice , tune gracias por publicar ...

[ralfir1]

this such a Master piece and this guys are a BOMB! i have been following this group over more than 3 decades ...................and still love them bill sharp is a genius.........

[Situation29]

Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful. I love them, love them, love them. Thank you. They have so many beautiful songs. I have been loving them for more than 30 years. Jill Saward has a voice from the heavens and Bill Sharp and his team can write music like no one else. Have you heard their song, out of this world. wow. Thanks again. This music never gets old.

[briangsmooth]

@Situation29 Yes, this is a wonderful rendition and singing performance of an endearing Jazz classic. Although Jill Saward is and was Shakatak's primary singer and sang lead on most of their classics, the lead singer on this particular song is the remarkable, silver tongue Lorna Bannon. Lorna went on to carve out her own successful singing career primarily in the UK. This was the only recorded song she did with Shakatak as far as I know.

[ralfir1]

so many memories come to my head, i was just in my 20' now the time has pass and i still remember everything from those days, who nice it is to be alive and enjoying music..............

[009fleuramour]

OH! Yeah! Me imagino ubicada en una terraza en la playa, desde donde se vislumbra el paisaje lleno de luz, la brisa en mi piel, y un vestido vaporoso tomando un martini de lichi!!!

[kissmecakes]

i hated the 80's, but this tune is a stayer ...

[kissmecakes]

i hated then 80's, but this tune is a stayer ...

[Delbs62]

omg fogot how brilliant this tune was/ bring back the jazz funk

[jetsuishin]

Shakatak

Banzai!

[gurwilla1]

takes me right back to all the great nights spent clubbing in the 80s, god what memories, Shakatak I love you

[intelligentwars]

Never heard this song....the tune and her voice touches my heart....

[hooptyhee1]

Who's the sax player on this? Sounds like Dick Morrissey (ex-If, Morrissey/Mullen) but I don't know if it is.

[bansam0]

@hooptyhee1 - you're right about morrissey - another top saxophonist at the time was grover washington jnr with 'winelight', if you get the chance...

[bansam0]

@hooptyhee1 - you're right! did you catch winelight, the album of grover washington jnr happening around the same time?

[MrNico441]

Wanted to post a text comment about this track....no luck!

[MrNico441]

Lovely soulful tune - Lorna Bannon...brilliant!!

[MrNico441]

Beautiful.....soulful track. Lorna Bannon - brilliant! Such an underrated band.

[MrNico441]

Quality ! First started following Shakatak in '84 and have probably bought everything they ever released. Don't know why I never heard this track until recently tho'. Lorna Bannon.....top voice.

[Delbs62]

what a beautiful song - such an underated band

[SALTYWOOFHOUND]

purely mystical - quality music quality content.

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[MITOGEN]

Hypnotic music :)

[hooptyhee]

The singer is Lorna Bannon, from Dundee, Scotland.

[acidskiffle69]

What is the name of the singer? A very rare combination of technical ability and soulfulness.

[MrGillettefusion]

You turned the light on my life You brought the sun with your smile You chased away all the clouds And I could see for a while And although I never thought it could be such a funny thing has happened to me 'cause your love has lifted me right off the ground And I thought it couldn't happen again, So I closed my eyes and counted to ten When I opened them your love was all around

[Nigeone]

Saw Shakatak so many times they summed up jazz funk in the eighties pure class god I miss those days... great add thanks :)

[chicomoog]

great music, dont stop to sound in my head

[SupaSix1]

This is what you call a pure tune!

Soul music now is nothing like it used to be.

[ingridvanderhoeven]

Fantastic. I grew up with these guys. They dont make them like this anymore. So enjoy it. Now we got annoying noise such as rap which they dare call music

[HUMPTYNUGGET]

What a masterpiece, it dont get better than this !

[vonny100]

Lorna is awesome! Does anyone know where I can get more of her tracks?

[gavmusic]

I've enjoyed Shakatak ever since "Easier Said Than Done" first came out, but the more of their music I hear, the more I realise how criminally underrated they are. This is a wonderful track.

[ngedany]

a anyone please tel me the lyrics of this song????

[Nigeone]

on the Night Birds album can't write them all on here :(

[hooptyhee]

Just wonderful, relaxing, jazzy sounds. I've always loved Shakatak and all their vocalists, but I wish Lorna Bannon had done more with them. She sounds SOOO good here.

[MotownMs]

This was the tune that turned me on to Shakatak. I have been looking for this a long time. Thanks for posting!

[slapmyfunkybass]

the vocals couldnt be any more perfect for this track.... a great shakatak number, shame they were so under-rated

[mcelrath63]

I was teaching in the late 70's and early 80's Shakatak was love before I knew what love was. "Light On My Life" Cheryll Rothery my first love in high school, she was in college (Mount Holyoke College)

[briangsmooth]

Wonderful, Wonderful rendition of a beautiful. Lorna Bannon's stirring lyrics sends chills up & down my spine. Thanks so much for posting.

[oldskoolfreakbc]

Classic shakatak perfection!

[ekojunor]

OMG! So many great memories come rushing back! Fave Shakatak song. Thanks for posting... Is this the only video available of this song on YouTube? I guess Shakatak didn't make music videos back in 1984...

[lofc06]

thanks for posting this,great tune great band,and again i agree they were so underated.

[flametop93]

The most under-rated British Band . . . OF ALL TIME. Bar none.

Nice work, slumbarian.

[sweetjazz2007]

One of my all time favorite Shakatak songs.

[bigslick45]

Nice..Haven't heard this 1 in a while

[JKHeights]

Good old Shakatak. Vocals on this one: Lorna Bannon. Thanks for posting!

[slumbarian]

anytime JKHeights

[coppauno]

perfect smooth sound...