Chakachas Jungle Fever Greg Wilson Re edit
Greg Wilson Credit To The Edit Vol. 3 (Tirk 2018) Available here: This is a track that goes all the way back to the ProtoDisco era of the early 70s, a millionselling US hit that scored big in the discotheques both there, and across the Atlantic in Europe. Chakachas were a Belgian group of Latinflavoured musicians, starting out in the late 1950s as The Chakachas, and achieving moderate European success, issuing a number of recordings throughout the 60s. However, Jungle Fever was the pinnacle of their career, its funky downtempo groove and seductive vibe irresistible, resulting in a top 10 US hit. The record also made it to the top 30 in the UK, but it stalled when the BBC took exception to the song s sexual moans, groans and heavy breathing, banning it from the airwaves and thus stunting its progress. A favourite from the early days of David Mancusos seminal Loft parties in New York, acknowledged as key to the evolution of the Disco era, which beg
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