5013929057838

Move Closer

Phillis Nelson

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Cat No: CDBBR0278

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Release Date:  28 July 2014

Label:  Bbr / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5013929057838

Genres:  R&B  

  • Description

    Phillis Nelson was an American R&B/Dance singer and
    songwriter from Gary, Indiana who found fame in the UK in the
    1980's after recording and performing predominantly disco and
    dance music with modest success since the mid 1970's.

    Nelson
    first hit the charts in 1980 when her single Stop The Rain
    reached #20 on Billboard's disco chart.

    Inspired by her relationship with her husband, Nelson made a
    departure from her usual dance orientated material and penned
    a ballad, Move Closer, which became the opening track and
    title of her debut album on Carrere Records.

    Released in the UK
    and Europe the album provided an immediate change in fortune
    for the versatile vocalist.

    Released in 1984, Move Closer, which peaked at #29 on the
    UK album charts, is a soul record of broad scope with varying
    styles and boasts two beautiful ballads penned by the maturing
    vocalist herself.

    Also first released as a single in 1984, the
    dynamic and sensitively sung opening track, describing the
    frustration of being apart from your lover, was championed by a
    London radio DJ who set the track on a slow burn up the UK
    singles charts.

    Move Closer reached the summit after 11
    weeks, spent 6 months on the chart and made history as the
    first UK #1 single to be both written and performed by a black
    female artist.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Move Closer
      • 2. Somewhere in the City
      • 3. In a Cadillac
      • 4. Stop Don't Do This to Me
      • 5. Take Me Somewhere
      • 6. Happy to See You
      • 7. Heartbeat to Heartbeat
      • 8. Never Love a Rock Star
      • 9. Move Closer (Alternative Mix)

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