Happy birthday to Jeffrey Daniel of the group Shalamar, born August 24, 1955.
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” 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.
