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

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Shakatak are an English jazz-funk band, founded in 1980. Shakatak 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 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. From their first release in August 1980, (the Bill Sharpe composition "Steppin'" on the Polydor record label), and their first album, Drivin' Hard, the band's singles and albums have entered the charts regularly.

Below is a list of Shakatak 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: Polydor 407
chart position: UK #9
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Night Birds
1982 Polydor
2 record label: Polydor 881 064 1
chart position: UK #9, US #27
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Down on the Street
comments: [disco jazz funk]
Shakatak Down on the Street
1984 Polydor
3 record label: Polydor 375(UK)
chart position: UK #12
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Easier Said Than Done
1981 Polydor
4 record label: Polydor 595(UK)
chart position: UK #15
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Out of This World
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Dark Is the Night
1983 Polydor
5 record label: Polydor 502(UK)
chart position: UK #24
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Invitations
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Invitations
1982 Polydor
6 record label: Polydor 2213
chart position: UK #38
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Streetwalkin'
1982 Polydor
7 record label: Polydor 530(UK)
chart position: UK #43
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Invitations
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Stranger
1982 Polydor
8 record label: Polydor 188 (UK)
chart position: UK #41
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe)
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Feels Like the Right Time
1980 Polydor
9 record label: Polydor 635 (UK)
chart position: UK #49
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Out of This World
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak If You Could See Me Now
1983 Polydor
10 record label: Polydor 282(UK)
chart position: UK #48
written by: Bill Sharpe
album: Drivin' Hard
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Shakatak Brazilian Dawn
1981 Polydor
11 record label: Polydor 230(UK)
chart position: UK #52
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe)
album: Drivin' Hard
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Shakatak Living in the UK
1981 Polydor
12 record label: Polydor 699 (UK)
chart position: UK #55
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Down on the Street
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Don't Blame It On Love
1984 Polydor
13 record label: Polydor 1
chart position: UK #56
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Manic and Cool
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Mr Manic and Sister Cool
1987 Polydor
14 record label: Boiling Point 754 (UK)
chart position: UK #77
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: City Rhythm
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak City Rhythm
1985 Boiling Point
15 record label: Polydor 5115 (UK)
chart position: UK #78
written by: Bill Sharpe and Roger Odell
album: Out of This World
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Out of This World
1983 Polydor
16 record label: Polydor 711 (UK)
chart position: UK #79
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Down on the Street
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Watching You
1984 Polydor
17 record label: Polydor 49 (UK)
chart position: UK #83
album: Turn The Music Up
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Turn the Music Up
1989 Polydor
-- record label: Inside Out 1
written by: W. Sharpe, R. Odell
album: Street Level
comments: [jazz funk album cut]
Shakatak Without You
1993 Inside Out




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