SHAKATAK - "Down on the Streets" | Live at the Jam House | Aug 2024

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SHAKATAK - "Down on the Streets" | Live at the Jam House | Aug 2024

SHAKATAK performs their classic hit "Down on the Streets" at the Jam House in Birmingham.

More SHAKATAK: https://www.shakatak.com/
Upcoming Shows at the Jam House: https://thejamhouse.com/birmingham/whats-on/

Shakatak is an English jazz-funk band founded in 1980[3] by Bill Sharpe, Nigel Wright, Roger Odell and Keith Winter. Following an initial white label release, "Steppin", the band's name was derived from a record store in Soho, London Record Shack with the name created by Les McCutcheon, Passion Records label owner and Northern Soul DJ Kev Roberts, It was they who first showed interest in the initial single.

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.[4] 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 1981 album, Drivin' Hard, the band's singles and albums have entered the charts regularly.

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The Jam House is a landmark, long-standing, award-winning venue offering a unique combination of live music, good food and great times!

Located in the heart of The Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, the Jam House is a live music and dining venue founded by Jools Holland in 1999. It occupies a traditional and Historic Georgian building looking out onto the picturesque St Paul's Square.

3-5 St Paul's Square, Birmingham, England, B3 1QU