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Cat Bear: The Cat Bear! Today\\u2019s topic: Shalamar, and now here is Gail Nobles.

GN: Thank you Bear! I\\u2019d like to give a shout out to everyone that\\u2019s been listening in DJ\\u2019s and Radio Personalities, to all the podcasters that\\u2019s been listening, and everyone on social media.

Today I\\u2019m going to talk to you about Shalamar an R&B soul music vocal group active since the late 1970\\u2019s and throughout the 1980\\u2019s. They were a dance group on Soul Train. Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, and Jeffrey Daniel.

Shalamar had hits such as \\u201cA Night to Remember\\u201d, \\u201cMake That Move\\u201d, and \\u201cThe Second Time Around\\u201d to name a few. One of my favorite songs by Shamalar is Second Time Around. It is a 1979 hit. The song is the first single from their album, Big Fun. Released in August 1979, the single went to number one on the single went to number one on the soul chart and was their most successful hit on the Hot 100 pop chart, reaching number eight in early 1980. The Second Time Around" also went to number one on the disco/dance chart in January 1980. The song was produced by Leon Sylvers III, who cowrote the song with William Shelby.

Many times I\\u2019ve heard the song \\u201cSecond Time Around\\u201d. And whenever it was played on the radio, somebody would say: Turn the radio up!\\u201d It was the song that you didn\\u2019t want to miss. Watching the group Shalamar on television was even better. Somebody would say: They gettin\\u2019 down! They singing that song. I might go a second time around and like it better.\\u201d That was somebody that paid attention to the lyrics. At first, lyrics were not written down for us to sing along with songs. But now, we can get the lyrics.

At first, videos weren\\u2019t seen. We mostly watched the performance of a group on Soul Train or American Bandstand. Now we can see the videos. We can rewind and watch Shalamar just as if we are playing a record as many times as we want to. We can see the group and hear the group.

Times may have changed since the 70\\u2019s, but Shalamar\\u2019s music still makes us want to jam to their songs in the year of 2022. That\\u2019s a long time.

I\\u2019m Gail Nobles, and you\\u2019re listening to the Cat Bear. I\\u2019m gonna leave you now with the Cat Bear\\u2019s intro for the topic Shalamar.'