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| Cameo | ||
| Artist: Cameo Song: Word Up Year: 1986 Discuss Cameo Buy This Album
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Class of 1986 Click Here to find old friends. |
| Biography | ||
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In 1974, Cameo formed, touring often with Parliament and Funkadelic. Although Cameo sounded like the hard funk of George Clinton, the band started to play around with their sound slightly in the 1970's and 1980's.
Cameo discovered its style - the synth - with the title track to their album entitled "She's Strange," hinting at what was to come. Cameo recorded a funk classic with Word Up, a bass driven and synth heavy album, enabling the band to move into the main stream. "Word Up" climbed into the Top Ten on the pop charts. Cameo reached its pinnacle with Word Up. While the group continued to record and tour into the 1990's, their style became formulaic, stemming from the fact that robotic funk and synthesizers overwhelmed their later records. | ||
| Links |
| Cameo - At Rollingstone.com Includes bio, photo gallery, news, discography, album reviews, audio/video, and message boards. |
| Albums | |
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Cameo - Greatest Hits Buy This Album |
| Top songs for the Class of 1986 | |||
| Make a mix tape or request these at the next class reunion. These rankings will change by the day, hour and even minute. They are based on visitor popularity. | |||
| Artist | Song | ||
| 1. | David & David | Welcome to the Boomtown | more |
| 2. | Baltimora | Tarzan Boy | more |
| 3. | Timex Social Club | Rumors | more |
| 4. | Boys Don't Cry | I Wanna Be a Cowboy | more |
| 5. | Regina | Baby Love | more |
| 6. | Doctor & the Medics | Spirit in the Sky | more |
| 7. | Blow Monkeys | Digging Your Scene | more |
| 8. | Oran 'Juice' Jones | The Rain | more |
| 9. | GTR | When the Heart Rules the Mind | more |
| 10. | Don Johnson | Heartbeat | more |
