" Caribbean Festival " is a song recorded by Kool & the Gang for their 1975 studio album Spirit of the Boogie . It was produced by the band and with writing credited to Ronald Bell along with the group.
7-691: The song, issued as a single in 1975 by De-Lite Records , reached No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart. Daryl Easlea of the BBC proclaimed the song "takes a swaggering sunshine-kissed rhythm and stretches it out over nine minutes of joyous improvisation." Tony Green of Spin called the song "trance inducing." Record World said that the single "Caribbean Festival" "lived up to its title" and has "whirlwind rhythms." Billboard described it as being "mostly instrumental with pow- erhouse percussive beat and grabby horn leads,
14-502: The De-Lite catalog. De-Lite Records was founded in 1967 by Fred Vigorito ( né Frederick Gabriel Vigorito; 1922–2008), Fred Fioto ( né Frederick Alfred Fioto; 1920–1999), and Ted Simonetti ( né Ted Eddy Simonetti; 1902–1985). Prominent on their staff was veteran music producer Gene Redd ( né Clarence Eugene Redd, Jr.; 1916–1983), father of the late singer Sharon Redd and singer Penny Ford . The very first album released on De-Lite
21-453: The label, and Kool and The Gang's pop success began in 1973 with their first Top 40 crossover hit, "Funky Stuff." Disco pioneers Crown Heights Affair were signed to the label in 1975, and promptly released "Dreaming a Dream", which reached #5 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart. They followed with the Top 20 hits, "Every Beat of My Heart," "Foxy Lady", and "Dancin'." The album "Dreaming a Dream"
28-513: The vocal is just enough strategic yelling of key phrases to add to the total" and called it "a truly exciting single, great for dancing." This 1970s R&B / soul music song-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . De-Lite Records De-Lite Records , whose formal name was De-Lite Recorded Sound Corporation , was a record label specializing in R&;B music from 1969 to 1985; Island Records now manages
35-537: Was Kool and the Gang , who originally appeared on a precursor label, Red Coach. Their eponymous instrumental single was their first big R&B hit, in the year 1969 ("Kool & The Gang"/"Raw Hamburger", Red Coach R 601; later released as De-Lite 519-0). Kool and the Gang was the most successful act for De-Lite, scoring many hits on the R&;B and pop charts. In the 1970s, Pickwick International took over distribution of
42-497: Was followed by "Do It Your Way" (1976), "Dream World" (1978), "Dance Lady Dance" (1979), and "Sure Shot" (1980). After PolyGram purchased Pickwick in 1977 it took over distribution of the De-Lite label, which maintained the imprint for Kool And The Gang's releases. In 1985, De-Lite was absorbed into PolyGram sublabel Mercury Records , and Kool and the Gang were transferred there as well. In 1998, Polygram merged with Universal Music Group ; their subsidiary Island Records now manages
49-528: Was in 1968: catalog number DE-2001, The New Sounds of the Louis Prima Show , featuring Louis Prima , Sam Butera and the Witnesses, Gia Maione , and Little Richie Varola ( né Richard Varhola; 1943–1974). De-Lite's first single was by an unknown singer named "Mr. Ginger Ale" in 1968, "That Old Feeling"/"Love Walked In", catalog number 509. One of the label's first signings for popular music
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