It was a wise move Radiance and its hit single When Love Calls established Atlantic Starr as a supergroup in the RB market. So in 1981, the band changed producers and enlisted James Carmichael for their third album, Radiance. They had only been together for about two years when they signed with AM and started working with Bobby Eli, a well-respected producersongwriter from Philadelphia.Įli went on to produce the bands second album, Straight to the Point while that 1979 release did OK, AM knew that Atlantic Starr could be bigger. Influenced by 70s funksoul bands like Earth, Wind Fire, the Commodores, New Birth, and L.T.D., Atlantic Starr started playing around the northeastern U.S. After the Lewis Brothers hired lead singer Sharon Bryant, trumpeter William Sudderth, saxophonist Damon Rentie (who was replaced by Koran Daniels in 1981), bassist Clifford Archer, drummer Porter Carroll, Jr., and percussionistflutist Joseph Phillips, Atlantic Starrs original nine-person lineup was in place.
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