Biography

Heatwave, one of the most popular soul bands of the past few decades, with their inimitable blend of sweet soul grooves and great pop/soul/dance songs, are back with a vengeance. Although based in Britain, Heatwave was formed by the Wilder brothers, Johnnie and Keith, on their discharge from the US Army. An advert in a music paper yielded, Hull England born, songwriter Rod Templeton.

Rod Templeton, the bands keyboard player and the bands main songwriter, wrote songs for Michael Jackson (including the multi-million selling title to Michaels album "Thriller"), George Benson and Herbie Hancock. Heatwave recorded the albums "Too Hot To Handle", "Current" and "Candles" spurning the hits "Boogie Nights", "Always And Forever", "Gangsters Of The Groove" and "Jitterbuggin". They recently re-recorded the very best of their songs from the late 1970s and early 1980s with the best of today's producers and DJs.

Based in the UK and the USA the band love the spontanity of playing live and will be embarking on a tour. So what more could you ask for? Serious production, soaring vocals and odles of talent. "It's all there", Nuff said! Apply the sun tan oil and roast yourself in the sounds of Heatwave today!

Hits & Audio

Title	Year	Chart Position	Play
Boogie Nights	1977	UK #2, US #2, US R&B #5	Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.16!
Always And Forever	1977	UK #9, US #18, US R&B #2
The Groove Line	1978	UK #12, US #7, US R&B #3
Gangsters Of The Groove	1981	UK #19, US R&B #21
Jitterbuggin	1981	UK #34