12 September 2024

He comes up the back stairs every evening at the same time

Thursday music corner: Side Effect were an American disco and jazz-funk band chiefly active from 1972 to 1982, formed in Los Angeles by Augie Johnson. The band released eight albums, including three on major record label Elektra from 1980 to 1982. Five of their albums charted on the US R&B charts, and the band had three US R&B top 40 singles: Keep That Same Old Feeling (1977), It's All In Your Mind (1978) and Make You Mine (1981). 

Midnight Lover was an album track from Portraits, Side Effect's seventh album, released in 1981. The song was written by the band's young singer Miki Howard, who later had seven solo top 10 US R&B charting singles from 1986 to 1992, including two R&B chart-toppers. Portraits reached number 52 in the R&B album charts.

Side Effect - Midnight Lover (1981) 


See also:
Music: Side Effect - Keep That Same Old Feeling (1977)
Music: Side Effect - It's All In Your Mind (1978)
Music: Side Effect - Make You Mine (1981) 

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