Next Movement

The Next Motion were a Chicago R&B vocal group that was formed in 1971 over the city’s south side. The lineup was Alonzo Pickens, Samuel Thomas, Jr., Man Sutton, Earl Shelby, and Carnell Haywood. They documented a 1980 record ANOTHER Movement for the neighborhood GEC label that has such as a last luscious little bit of joy, showing up in the waning many years of Chicago spirit. The mid-tempo groover “Hardly ever Stop Dance” received radio enjoy in Chicago and various other marketplaces. With amazing string and horn agreements by Tom Washington anchored by a good rhythm section offering drummer Quinton Joseph, it had been a significant debut. The standouts will be the two ballads “How Do We Reach This” and “Child Stuff,” aswell as the zesty, dazzling “Crazy ‘Bout Your Lovin’.” Dealing with music veterinarian Gus Redmond, another Movement got their just Billboard solitary, the soft dance quantity “All I REALLY DO,” issued for the Navarre-distributed Nuance label in 1994. The group’s launch on New York-based Prelude Information, “Let’s Function It Out,” became a golf club strike and a dance traditional. In the ’90s, another Movement began dealing with supervisor Winfred Hatch carrying out R&B/spirit music in Vegas night clubs. They also documented edges for Al Bell’s Bellmark Information and appeared for the soundtrack of First Gangstas, a 1996 film that reunited many ’70s-period black action celebrities. Through the ’90s, Japanese label P-Vine reissued their 1980 LP on Compact disc as Never End Dancing. “Let’s Function It Out” are available on Superstar Funk, Vol. 16 and Rare Preludes, Vol. 3.