JANICE'S BLUES ALLEY PRESENTS Presents
L A K E S I D E
In 1969, Dayton, Ohio native Stephen Shockley formed the Young Underground after exiting the Monterreys. Vocalist Mark Woods, who was a member of the local band the Nomads, joined up with Shockley to form a more mature-sounding Young Underground. The group initially had a record deal with Curtom Records as a result of winning a talent contest in Chicago. However, Curtom folded shortly thereafter. While in Chicago the group renamed itself Lakeside Express, after the Lakeside Express Newspaper in Chicago.
In 1974 the emerging Lakeside Express and another group by the name of Liquid Funk, which featured Dallas native Fred Alexander, Jr. on drums, arrived in Los Angeles around the same time. For the next couple of years the bands performed at events around the greater L.A. area, occasionally crossing paths.
The members of Liquid Funk returned to Dallas, but Alexander remained in L.A. Lakeside, who by now had dropped the Express from their name, was seeking additional personnel to solidify their band. After two auditions, Alexander was welcomed into the group. Lakeside inked a deal with Motown, but found no success. Consequently, they released a ballad on ABC Records, but that label went under. The good fortune they were seeking turned out to be at Dick Griffey's Solar Records. The group signed a deal with Griffey, and released their first Top Ten hit on Solar Records, "It's All the Way Live," which peaked at number four on the Billboard R&B charts.
Lakeside released a host of songs that scaled the R&B charts, but didn't threaten the position of any other artists. However, in 1980 they went storming up the charts again with their smash number one single, "Fantastic Voyage," which was produced by the self-contained band. They followed the success of "Fantastic Voyage" with another Top Ten R&B single, a remake of the Paul McCartney and John Lennon classic "I Want to Hold Your Hand." The group continued their success with the Billboard Top Ten singles "Raid," "Outrageous," and a string of R&B party songs and ballads. -- Craig Lytle, All-Music Guide
R&B Page -- Lakeside| LOOK | ALBUM | YEAR |  | Lakeside Express | 1977 | | Shot of Love | 1978 | | Rough Riders | 1979 | | Fantastic Voyage | 1980 | | Keep on Moving Straight Ahead | 1981 | | Your Wish Is My Command | 1982 | | Untouchables | 1983 | | Outrageous | 1984 | | Party Patrol | 1986 | | Power | 1987 | | Invasion | 1997 | | Galactic Grooves/Best Of Lakeside | 1998 |
1977 Lakeside Express
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1. Shine on (Lift Your Spirit Higher) 2. Taboo 3. Miss Look But Don't Touch 4. I'll Be There Knocking |
5. Diamond Girl 6. If I Didn't Have You 7. It's Only the Outside That Counts 8. Epilogue |
1978 Shot of Love
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01. Shot Of Love 02. Hold On Tight 03. One Minute After Midnight 04. Time |
05. Given In To Love 06. It's All The Way Live 07. Visions Of My Mind |
1979 Rough Riders
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1. Rough Riders 2. All in My Mind 3. If You Like Our Music 4. I Can't Get You out of My Head |
5. Pull My Strings 6. I'll Never Leave You 7. From 9:00 Until |
1980 Fantastic Voyage
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01. Fantastic Voyage 02. Your Love Is On The One 03. I Need You 04. Strung Out |
05. Say Yes 06. Eveready Man 07. I Love Everything You Do 08. Say Yes (Reprise) |
1981 Keep on Moving Straight Ahead
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01. Keep on Moving Straight Ahead 02. It's You 03. Be my Lady 04. It's Got to be Love |
05. We Want You (on the floor) 06. Back Together Again 07. Anything for You 08. All for You |
1982 Your Wish Is My Command
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01. Your Wish Is My Command 02. Something About That Woman 03. I Want To Hold Your Hand 04. Special | 05. Magic Moments 06. The Urban Man 07. I'll be Standing By 08. The Songwriter |
1983 Untouchables
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1. Raid 2. Turn the Music Up 3. So Let's Love 4. Real Love |
5. Alibi 6. Untouchable 7. Tinsel Town Theory 8. So Let's Love |
1984 Outrageous
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01. Outrageous 02. Make my Day 03. Baby, I'm Lonely 04. Worn & Torn |
05. Restrictions 06. Show You the Way 07. Something About You 08. Make it Right |
1986 Party Patrol
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01. Money 02. Party Patrol 03. Sailing 04. You 05. So Fine |
06. You're the Only One 07. Let the Moon Shine 08. U Got It Going On 09. Talk About Love 10. Think Twice |
1987 Power
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01. Relationship 02. Power 03. Bullseye 04. Still Feeling Good |
05. To be Your Lover 06. Sensations 07. Just a Touch Away 08. Love I Can Bank On |
1997 Invasion
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01. Intro 02. Outrageous 03. Raid 04. Make My Day 05. Hello 06. All The Way Live |
07. Say Yes 08. Real Love 09. Something About That Woman 10. I Wanna Hold Your Hand 11. Fantastic Voyage |
1998 Galactic Grooves/Best Of Lakeside
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01. Fantastic Voyage 02. Raid 03. It's All The Way Live 04. Your Love Is On The One 05. Say Yes 06. I Want To Hold Your Hand 07. Something About That Woman 08. Real Love 09. Given In To Love | 10. I Need You 11. Shot Of Love 12. Pull My Strings 13. From 9:00 Until 14. Outrageous 15. Bullseye 16. I Can't Get You Out Of My Head 17. Your Wish Is My Command |
