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Jeffrey Daniel of Shalamar
Jeffrey Daniel first came into the spotlight as a dancer on
the US TV show Soul Train. From Soul Train evolved Shalamar
- a band that sold 25 million albums world-wide with hit
records such as "A Night to Remember", "Friends", "I Can
Make You Feel Good", "Take That to The Bank" and "There it
is".
With Shalamar he introduced West
Coast Street Dance into Europe and started a huge dance
craze - body popping, robotics, locking and whacking with
his amazing skills as a dancer. After 7 years, millions of
album sales and tours around the world, Shalamar performed
at London's Wembley Arena and the original line-up then went
their separate ways.
Jeffrey took on the role of 'Electra' in Andrew Lloyd
Webber's new West End musical 'Starlight Express' and linked
up with Michael Jackson to rack up some dance and
choreography credits. JD is the man that taught Michael
Jackson the Moonwalk made famous in ‘Billie Jean’ - voted
the best hit of all time. Jeffrey later went on to
choreograph "Bad" and co-choreograph "Smooth Criminal."
Jeffrey released the album Skinny Boy in 1990 (Solar
Records) which featured the singles - "She’s the Girl" and
"I’ll Be Around." The album was a cool blend of funky dance
numbers and soulful ballads. In the mid nineties Jeffrey set
up home in Japan and continued working with Michael Jackson
– he was creative consultant on the video "Ghost" and a
consultant for Michael’s record company MJJ Productions.
Babyface reunited Jeffrey, Howard and Jody in 1996 for his
version of their hit single 'For The Lover in You' on which
he sang lead with Jeffrey, Howard and Jody on backing
vocals. Shalamar followed this success with two UK Arena
tours in 1999 and 2003, then in 2005 performed on the TV
show 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' with Jeffrey Daniel, Howard
Hewett and new singer Carolyn Griffey (daughter of Shalamar
founder Dick Griffey the CEO of SOLAR records).
Jeffrey Daniel is combining all of his unique individual
talents and launching a solo career that will see him
perform as a singer, songwriter, guitarist and West Coast
dance icon. His forthcoming New Album will bring together
the JD fusion of soul, funk and dance. The album will
feature his original material and will be co-produced by
Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick who has previously worked with
Paul Weller, George Benson, Maxi Priest and Terry Callier.
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