Discography and Biography of Dynasty. Listen to all their hits.
Dynasty Songs

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Dynasty was an American band, based in Los Angeles, California, created by producer and SOLAR Records label head Dick Griffey, and record producer Leon Sylvers III. The band was known for their dance/pop numbers during the late 1970s and 1980s. Keyboardist Kevin Spencer and vocalists Nidra Beard and Linda Carriere originally comprised the group. The band's debut album Your Piece of the Rock, released in 1979, yielded the band's first R&B hit, "I Don't Want to Be a Freak (But I Can't Help Myself)". The track peaked at #20 in the UK Singles Chart in late 1979. During the late 1970s to mid-1980s, recordings by SOLAR groups such as The Whispers, Shalamar, Midnight Star, and Dynasty, would become hits, and although Dynasty was not as successful with singles as The Whispers or Shalamar, they did record six albums and enjoyed a number of singles chart entries, culminating in 1988 with "Don't Waste My Time" and "Tell Me (Do U Want My Love)?" both from their final album Out Of Control.

Below is a list of Dynasty songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Solar 012
chart position: RandB #6, UK #51, US #87, US dance #5
written by: William Shelby & Ricky Smith
album: Adventures in the Land of Music
comments: [disco dance]
Dynasty I've Just Begun to Love You
1980 Solar
2 record label: Solar 1694
chart position: RandB #36, UK #20, US dance #38
written by: Dick Griffey, Leon Sylvers III & Nidra Beard
album: Your Piece of the Rock
Dynasty I Don't Want to Be a Freak (But I Can't Help Myself)
1979 Solar
3 record label: Solar 9911 (UK)
chart position: UK #53
written by: Dana Meyers, Ron Parker and Wardell Potts Jr.
album: Right Back at Cha!
comments: [disco funk]
Dynasty Does That Ring a Bell
1983 Solar
4 record label: Solar 47932
chart position: RandB #26, US Dance #51
written by: Nidra Beard, Beard, Gentry and William Shelby
album: The Second Adventure
comments: [disco funk]
Dynasty Here I Am
1981 Solar
5 record label: Solar 14
chart position: RandB #34, US #103
written by: Nidra Beard and William Shelby
album: Adventures in the Land of Music
Dynasty Do Me Right
1980 Solar
6 record label: Solar 47946
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Nidra Beard, William Shelby and Kevin Spencer
album: The Second Adventure
comments: [disco funk]
Dynasty Love in the Fast Lane
1981 Solar
7 record label: Solar 69843
chart position: RandB #39
written by: William Shelby, Kevin Spencer and Glen Barbee
album: Right Back At Cha!
Dynasty Check It Out
1983 Solar
8 record label: Solar 70019
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Bill Wolfer and Brenda Mekeel
album: Out of Control
Dynasty Don't Waste My Time
1988 Solar
9 record label: Solar 69927
chart position: RandB #52
written by: Glen Barbee, Vincent Brantley, Richard Randolph and Ricky Smith
album: Right Back at Cha!
comments: [disco funk]
Dynasty Strokin'
1982 Solar
10 record label: Solar 70024
chart position: RandB #56
written by: Sid Johnson, Bruce Robinson and Charles Muldrow
album: Out of Control
Dynasty Tell Me (Do U Want My Love)?
1988 Solar
11 record label: Solar 12180
chart position: RandB #64
written by: Nidra Beard, Linda Carriere and Gene Dozier
album: Adventures in the Land of Music
comments: [country pop soul]
Dynasty Something to Remember
1981 Solar
-- record label: Solar 3576
written by: Shelby, Potts
album: Adventures In The Land Of Music
comments: [album cut]
Dynasty Day and Night
1980 Solar
-- record label: Solar 18
written by: Shelby, Carriere
album: Adventures in the Land of Music
Dynasty Groove Control
1980 Solar
-- record label: Solar 12128
written by: R. Smith, K. Spencer, R. Randolph
album: Adventures in the Land of Music
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
Dynasty Adventures in the Land of Music
1980 Solar
-- record label: Solar 9911
written by: W. Shelby, K. Spencer, N. Beard
album: The Second Adventure
comments: [album cut]
Dynasty Give Your Love to Me
1981 Solar




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