This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series that showcases the 1982 Funk song "Let It Whip" by The Dazz Band. Part I provides information about The Dazz Band and showcases a YouTube video of The Dazz Band performing their hit song "Let It Whip". Lyrics for this song are also included in this post.Ĭlick for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II provides information about the television show Soul Train and showcases a YouTube video of the Soul Train line dancing to "Let It Whip". Selected comments from that video's discussion thread are also included in this post.Ĭlick for Part III of this pancocojams series.
Part III showcases The Dazz Band's "Let It Whip" and Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and includes comments about how the beginning of each record sounds the same. SongMeanings is a place for discussion and discovery. The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes. The Dazz Band Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More at SongMeanings song lyrics, song meanings, albums. Thanks to The Dazz Band for their musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher for sharing this video on YouTube. The Daz Band's song "Let It Whip" came to my mind as a result of United States' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripping up her copy of Donald Trump's State Of The Union address. Yes, I know- the word "whip" doesn't have the same pronunciation and meaning as the word "rip". But the two words sound almost the same and are spelled almost the same. More recently, Calhoun and Pettis went back to the future, reforming the Kinsman Dazz Band along with a number of new members, and recording solid, enjoyable new soul and funk music songs.That said, sharing information about and examples of The Dazz Band's now iconic 1982 Funk song "Let It Whip", the television series Soul Train & the Soul Train line, and Michael Jackson's 1982 Beat It song, is one way of honoring Black history in the month of February that United States annually designates as "Black history month". This channel could disappear :(, I need your help to subscribe to the secondary channel, so you can continue to enjoy the best music in RETROVISORhttps://ww. In the 21 st century, individual members continued to have their own projects (particularly Martin and Calhoun), while versions of the group toured sporadically in multi-artist funk shows. The group split for a period in the early 90s, but reunited for a couple albums on Intersound Records in 1997-8 (which barely charted) and independently released their last album, Time Traveller, in 2001. Despite switching from Motown to to Geffen and then to RCA, as well as attempting to move to more of a rock feel in their music, the Dazz Band never again achieved the level of success they hit during the peak years of 1982-85. It also began a half decade of chart strength, mostly consisting of upbeat hits that followed the template of "Let It Whip." "Joystick," "On the One for Fun" and "Let It All Blow" all hit the top ten and the accompanying albums were equally successful.īy 1986 the group's sound began to sound predictable and lose its appeal. But that all changed with 1982's Keep It Live, a funkier, club friendly album that included the uber-infectious dance hit "Let It Whip." That single instantly turned the group into stars, topping the R&B and Dance charts and winning for The Dazz Band a Grammy for Best R&B Performance. The Dazz Band's first two Motown albums didn't do much better than their earlier releases, hitting the middle of the R&B charts. In 1980 the group, then consisting of leader Bobby Harris, Mike Calhoun, Michael Wiley and his brother Isaac Wiley, singer/trumpeter Skip Martin, Eric Fearman, Ken Pettus, Kevin Frederick and Pierre DeMudd, shortened its name to The Dazz Band and signed with Motown Records. Their first two albums, on 20 th Century Fox Records, resulted in a couple minor hits and began to gather a small following for the group. With a name derived from the 1977 hit song by Brick ("Dazz" or disco-jazz), Kinsman Dazz burst onto the scene in 1978 with their own brand of Ohio funk.
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