Shakatak - Dark Is The Night • TopPop
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2015
- Shakatak are an English jazz-funk band, founded in 1980.
They scored a number of chart entries, including two Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, "Night Birds" (1982) and "Down on the Street" (1984), plus a further 12 entries in the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles.
The original line up is:
Jill Saward (vocal, percussion, flute)
Bill Sharpe (keyboards)
Roger Odell (drums)
George Anderson (bass)
Keith Winter (guitar)
The group is still active and popular throughout the world, particularly in Japan and the Far East, and generally produce a new album every two years on JVC Records.
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Broadcast date: 1983/10/29
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TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
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Such an underrated group
Who feels better after listening to this groove....❤
Me!
Oddly enough I hadn’t heard this song before. I’m in Southern California.
But I really like it. It’s got something really nice that came together on it.
Yes it’s very Jazz/Funk. And I’ve listen to quite a bit of music in my 68 years.
But I’d never came across this nor the group.
Still listening to this over 40 years on...the 80s were definitely the best era in music...oh to be a teenager again!
The chorus of this song is literally "the lick". I can't unhear it.
I literally searched for this video because of that. I thought I heard it before.
Iiiiipo99998
What's the lick?
What do you mean
Only now do I appreciate their music as I've got old and into jazz.
This is lovely
I was too busy break dancing in 83 to appreciate Jazz 😂. Now I appreciate it
Timeless shakatak. Still sounds so elegant and classy .
Saw Shakatak perform live in Colchester last night with the original line up.... What a treat and we was all up dancing 😊
Bet that was great ,loved thir music and the 80s
We'll never see the likes again
Lucky myself to also have watched them live at Pizza Express Soho London (25th Anniversary), and happening upon and chatting up cool lad Limahl (Kajagoogoo) there, then a group photo thereafter.
*The Shakatak Sound Indeed.*
Bill Sharpe's keyboards, funky jazzy compositions, spiced by Jill Saward's jazzy sultry vocals.
So eternally cool, classy, jazzy, hipswaying r&b funky!
Great song great memories
@@deanfurborough1602 Easier Said Than Done and this are my 2 faves. Lucky to also have watched them live at Pizza Express Soho London, and happening upon and chatting up Limahl (Kajagoogoo) there, then a group photo thereafter.
summer of 83...what a time to be alive
Oh yes . . 80's were the absolute best
@@ziggypop8106 84 for me, what a fucking year!
Yep
😅😅😅oh.. fantastic days 🎉
Very underrated band . Great bass work . Pure musicians Great style and a lovely voice. I miss the style and music of the 80,s . In my late 50s it's still my favourite period of Music. From Yes to level 42 it was great era
I love Yes, too. On my top five bands ever. Saw them a bunch of times. At one concert, one license plate had "RELAYER" . I like this band, too.
spyro gyra and the ripengtons to
Love Shakatak and love Level 42. Never seen Shak live but seen Level 42 live many times. Music was so different then. Agree...great bass work :)
Cool
Love Yes , Shakatak went to see Level 42 6 times in the 1980s
British jazz funk at it's very best. Bring back the original Jazz fm radio
THE LICC OF THIS SONG IS SO GOOD
At 57 years old this is still one of my favourites to dance around the kitchen too. I miss the 80's
65 years old so remember this first time around ,,,,,,, still dancing to music like this ,,,brilliant
What a babe you are Jill,and that angelic voice. Back up by those fantastic lads .Shakatak ,youre amazing!!!
Underestimated group .....so brilliant, so good!!!!!!!!!!!1
Timeless Shakatak with so many awesome tunes. Dark is the Night is one of my favourite, absolutely cosmic music✨🔥
LOVE THIS SONG, LOVE 80'S STYLE, LOVE THE LOOKS, GREAT PERFORMANCE, MISS THIS ERA...
Jill Saward is awesome! )✨
What a gorgeous Woman she was loved this band in my younger days still do timeless x❤
Cuando se apreciaba la buena música aun
Fantastic British Funk Outfit. They just got better with time. Probably the best ALBUM for me was, into the blue, and Turn the music up👌👍😉
Easier Said Than Done then this are my 2 faves myself.
The sound and vocals and jazz 😂 timeless
love this
With You there Mate.
37 yrs on and still performing/touring! The soundtrack to my life in the '80s and a unique sound rarely heard these days
Mark Doherty . Yessss, you're right!
Greetings from Argentina.
Mark Doherty going to see them in 3 weeks can’t wait
Pure 80s when jazz funk was awesome
Saw Shakatak at Blazers night club windsor in the 80's.
The 80's was a great time to be alive.
Yeah I remember seeing Second Image down the road at Slough, it was in what is now the Virgin cinema !
@@madmuppet8039 Good old days,had a friend in Slough,down the old bath road,also crashed my bike on the roandabout at the end LOL
Lucky to also have watched them live at Pizza Express Soho London, and happening upon and chatting up very approachable & humble chap Limahl (Kajagoogoo) there, then a group photo thereafter. Easier Said Than Done then this are my 2 faves.
I always liked this singers sweet voice, 80s through and through. Remembering the extreme styles - shoulder pads, rolled up jacket sleeves, jodphurs, riding boots and the big hair that ruled at the swankiest wine bars in town, and that was just the men!
The riff is the lick... and it kind of works. Wicked vocal melody, so 80s disco. The white mesh tank over green t-shirt look is coming back if I have to get this ball rolling myself
One of my favourate by Shakatak!
Oh man, I just love that group and I always will. ^^
Wonderful song with a cool breeze of romance of the 80s with style.
Saw them live in Glasgow Tiffany's way back in 82/83 when they were at the peak of their success. Great to hear this again after so many years.
The 80's by far the best decade for music - such good times - wish I could go back
same here
For sure! Best music, best movies, best poodle perms, best computer games, best books...
Best EVER MUSIC .LOVE THE 80S MUSIC.
we only get the one shot my friend...
When we only had the Cold War and mutually-assured destruction to contend with. Now we the people seem to be the enemy of our govt's and the Power Elites' plans.
Great Band who NEVER got the TRUE Recognition they Deserved ! Great sound and SO relaxing to listen to late at night 💖
Thanks for posting
☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺
Jil is a Dream come true.
個人的に一番好きな曲❗朝コーヒー片手に聴きながら仕事に向かう☀30年以上前から聴いてるが令和二年シャカタクは色褪せる事のないアーティストだ❗🎶
I think I agree with you.
I think the same
" and what can you do boo? Can you play the tambourine? " LOLOLOL. LOVE Shakatak.
my favourite year is 1980
One of the best bands in the universe...
What a band! Probably the best smooth jazz of the 80's. Remember seeing them live in some place in Covent Garden in 81/82. Maybe it was Rumours?! Can't remember. But I was hooked from then!
My mother was born in the 60's. And let me discover these gems great, as an 39 year old and born in the 80's I can appreciate.
Jill Saward still Beautiful today and the rest of the band stil jamming away with great music.
GILL SAWARD ..BILL ODELL ..WHO I'm sure (or was told lived nr EPPING ...not far from HILL HALL the old womens prison or THEYDON MOUNT !!???) MICK HILL ONE OF LADS in the REGT mega SHAKATAK FAN !! THE BLK GIRL SINGER feat. here was ..2 nd line up of grp! I always thought a LOT OF THEIR MUSIC was great for FILM SOUNDTRACK OR INCIDENTAL SOUND!!
In Mexico City jazz F.M. 104.1 Mhz used to broadcast Shakatak and in the program named: jazz discoteque by the year 1985 they were part of the the main show. I bet that was very pleasant. I liked it a lot.
Whilst rekindling our youth as we immerse ourselves in nostalgia, we also torture our souls. For we shall never get back what time and progress has stolen from us. Bittersweet pill to swallow.
Her smooth and classy vocals complement the band beautifully! The Ultimate feel good music.
@@anthonycollins7946 yes this gem has at the sametime an uplifting and melancholic character , like it wants to tell you it is a closing of an era , keyboard player bill sharpe took a different style soon after by working with gary numan
funk soul at its best ,still listening to this classic.
In this time of great turmoil with Covid-19...It's so good to listen to feel good songs and remind us of how good it used to be.
Yep...I think a lot of people are feeling this. The comfort blanket of nostalgia
Yep from France 🇫🇷
"I'M with you Marty"
Indeed... I sometimes feel we are in the End Times... everything seems to be in decline and decay... Oh, wait... I'm getting old...
Yep, it’s good to shut your eyes and go back to better days 🙂
What a lovely voice.....Great song. Takes me back.....lindylou
From June 1983 (I was 7), when Shakatak and Shalamar were big in the charts 🙂
I didn't even know Shalamar existed till I read ur comment..I went n checked them out..I absolutely love 3 or 4 songs of theirs so far.. :p
Shaka versus Shala
@@gulthepilot well now you know
Which song by Shalamar? And Chaka
@@peterietswaart1908 Dead Giveaway by Shalamar and Dark Is The Night by Shakatak
This tune is so classy 😎✨👍🍻
Saw them in Portsmouth UK on Friday evening….40 years on and they’re still amazing 🎤🎸
80's best and gold era of music..and my life....
This music is magic
Saw them recently at the Pizza Express Soho and yes they are still pulling the crowds. Great night along with the legend Tony Blackburn in attendance.
Jill is amazing
The quality of two areas is way better than current days: (1) The camera work; (2) EVEN IF the whole song was mimed, as a pianist the Shakatak pianist is THE pianist. No sustain pedal, which is great for supreme quality clipped jazz. Amazing, a go-to track, and world-renowned.
L I C C the Song.
Dark is the night
Dark is the night
Where is the star that lit my skies?
Gone is the night
Hiding the hurt that fills my eyes
So under rated and so talented, Bill Sharpe and the singer, such a great song
Saw these guys at lakeside. Amazing bass player
This reminds me of when I moved to London and they were always on the radio... never heard of them in the States... love these guys .... !!
Yes we did ! A lot of jazz stations use to play them circa 'Invitation'.
If you loved these try Shalamar and a real good group of the same era,Imagination.All fantastic stuff from the 80s.
Give them a listen,I am sure you will enjoy their music.
They were a famous UK Jazz-funk band during the early 80s. I recall cousins saying they heard them in the US and Canada on their radio stations and couldnt believe Shakatak were English.
The black stations played them. I used to listen to them with my homies in the barracks back at Fort Hood.
Lucky to also have watched them live at Pizza Express Soho London, and happening upon and chatting up very approachable & humble chap Limahl (Kajagoogoo) there, then a group photo thereafter.
Beatiful song
brings back memories. Man, what a voice!!
Lovely vocals from Jill 😂
Bring back the 80s
So cool, it's sub-zero. I grew up with music of this calibre, taking it for granted, believing that tunes of this incredible quality would go on, and on, and on. So heartwarming to hear that younger viewers can identify with our precious golden age of popular music. We hand our legacy over to you. Cheers!
my favourite shakatak track sends me into orbit
Definitely best era for REAL music unlike the stuff we get now.
What a decade to be young in the UK.Great!
YES IN DEED LOGICLY 1 MORE TIME AGAIN ZINCHO !
No, the 60's and 70's were better.
@@candicesimionescu9910 Xaxaxaxa, wasn't fun for the young men in Vietnam.
@@AReyes-uw6qf:... neither were the 80s fun for the young men in the Falklands, the iran/Iraq war, the Angolan civil war, the continued troubles in Northern Ireland, the 2nd Sudanese civil war, the first uprising in Gaza etc etc. Every decade has its conflicts. The subject HERE however, was music! More especially THIS excellent track. Your comment was unnecessary and irrelevant.
@@michaelrawson6261 To clarify I meant from Amerikaner young men
Loved this band amazing times in the 80s ❤️
bringing back old memories.. most of today's music cannot..
One of many fine songs from Shakatak from 1983 happy music 🎹👍.
Great memories from a great band. I learnt piano from studying Bill Sharpe. Keith Winter was a great guitarist also
Not played this for years, absolute class.
Как я обожаю эту группу , испытываешь просто какой-то музыкальный оргазм ))))Как все профессионально, обалденная вокалистка!!!!
Абсолютно в точку!)
very good song from shakatak
Superb, could listen to it all night and often do. Brilliant, so at ease and just laid back enough, if I had a time machine I would go back tomorrow.
Make the most of every day buddy 💯💥
The keyboard player is enjoying himself
I’ll join you! 👍🏻🎶🎵🍻🌃
you should go back yesterday
Just beautiful funk
This is my jam. Awesome band!!! Love them
I first heard this coming out of an establishment in Soho, London, as I was walking through, and it's always reminded me of that area ever since.
Saw them live last night in St Albans. Great performance.
This is how music is supposed to be…..nice to listen to…
Песня dark is the night-- ''Это рассказ и эмоции певицы о ее ощущении в небе ночью , а музыканты просто сами от себя кайфуют и ЭТО так)), море музыки.... Это же---SHAKATAK!!!!!! Браво-браво)). Нина Михай..
Que buena música de lo mejorcito de los 80s tanto la voz como el sonido musical
Cannot take nothing away from these guys, fantastic tunes one after another.....
Pop melody, jazz piano, funky groove... Sooooo smooth!
Ah, June 1983 in Mrs Thatcher's Britain and I was nearly 11 years old. What a great time this was!
This song makes me want to buy a phonoplayer for my old vinyl disks :)
happy Ito have seen them live at a jazz club called the HIDEAWAY in Streatham 2018. Bill sharp is a legend
Lima - Perú 1982... Fantástic
“Dark is the night is one my favourite song by Shakatak”
This caused me to have goosebumps. How good is this music....beautiful.
Top notch Jazz Fusion, outstanding song!!
Welcome back in the 80,s one of the group that belong in the list miss this time bring me back
Strong strong strong music UK🇬🇧 the years 70*80❤❤❤1*2*3 viva l algérie 🇩🇿1*2*3 viva music UK🇬🇧
They were the epitome of sophistication in the midst of the rather meandering New Romantic mainstream sounds of the early 80's
I love this track as much today as when I first heard it, highly talented band, saw them in Rochester in 2015 with Level 42 they were simply awesome. Still lovin you guys. DG
Same hereDave.
arthur verbraak big ditto there!
Just two words :sheer class.
One word: Cheese
Best smooth jazz band ever. And Jill was so beautiful back in the day.
I can't understand how this diamond has only 200K views, while garbage non-music like Nicki Minaj's and Justin Bieber's has millions.
Back then they were super star
It's because this century has no decent music too offer
She's still beautiful
Music today are written by jerks for jerks
@@bakeddpotato Vicious.....but sadly true
Jill fenomeno!!!
Her bedroom eyes are legendary.
Agree! Agree! Indeed!
Her queen ant tentacles are even better. 🐜🐜🐜👑👸🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🌙🌙🌟😀😀😀😀👽👽👽