Cameo最初是叫做"New York City Players"的团体。后来为了避免和在当地的另一支流行乐队的名字发生冲突，乐队更名为"Cameo"。当乐队的2个另外的成员加入了流行的hip-hop 组合Outkast，乐队其它的成员继续留下来一起表演。
1974年，Larry Blackmon在纽约成立了一支成员多达13人的组合——Cameo。搭乘当时风靡乐坛的Funk和Disco的顺风车，他们以单曲“Word Up!”和前卫时尚的造型在乐坛争得了一席之地。
凭借精明的发片策略，乐队早期的单曲不仅在销售业绩上节节攀升，还获得了一部分乐评家们的青睐。1978年他们的单曲“Find My Way”被选为电影《Thank God It's Friday》的主题曲。70年代末，乐队锐意进取，开始了他们在合成器和电音方面的探索。到了80年代，乐队成员们大多各奔东西，仅剩五人的Cameo不但没有销声匿迹，反而将乐队推上了时代的巅峰。1984年的专辑《She's Strange》成功打入Billboard榜前三十，并在当年R&B排行榜折桂。紧随其后的专辑《Single Life》更是通吃大西洋两岸，为1986年的王者之作《Word Up》铺平了道路。
虽然说“Word Up!”的一炮而红一部分应归功于主唱Larry Blackmon在MV中佩戴的那块扎眼的红色下体盖片，但事实上这支单曲被人们称为“定义80's的声音”之一。从可口可乐的广告到各种电影的主题曲都有着“Word Up!”的身影。后来的许多音乐家都翻唱了这首在八十年代家喻户晓的曲子，包括金属乐队KORN，以及辣妹的成员Mel B。
在Cameo事业鼎盛的时期，也遭遇到创作的瓶颈。随后的作品都不如“Word Up!”那般成功，从而逐渐从顶峰滑落。但是，他们却影响了日后的The Wu Tang Clan，Tupac Shakur和Nate Dogg，这些组合的很多说唱曲目中都有着Cameo的影子。
Cameo is an American soul-influenced funk group that formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 14-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid being confused with Ohio Players another funk group in the 1970s.
As of 2009, some of the original members continue to perform together, while two others were hired by the hip hop group Outkast. In 2015, Cameo announced a new residency show at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, opening March 2016.
In 1974, Cameo started out with 10 members created by Larry Blackmon and called the New York City Players. Signed by Casablanca Records to its Chocolate City imprint in 1976, the group soon changed its name to Cameo after concerns that New York City Players might cause confusion between them and the funk band Ohio Players. Prior to this, Blackmon, keyboardist Gregory Johnson, and the late Gwen Guthrie formed the band East Coast, together with James Wheeler (alto saxophone), Melvin Whay (bass), Michael Harris (percussion), and Haras Fyre (also known as Pat Grant) on trombone. They released one self-titled album in 1973 on the independent label Encounter.
Cameo started with a deep, funk sound, but it was obvious from the start their sights were set on the dance floor. Their first album was Cardiac Arrest which featured its first hit single, "Rigor Mortis." Ugly Ego, We All Know Who We Are, and Secret Omen contained dance floor songs such as "I Just Want To Be" and "Find My Way", the latter of which was a major disco smash and was included on the Thank God It's Friday soundtrack. ("Find My Way" was their cover of a 1972 Three Degrees and a 1969 Tymes tune.)
The height of Cameo's career was in the 1980s, particularly Word Up! with its hits, "Word Up!" and "Candy".
Cameo最初是叫做"New York City Players"的团体。后来为了避免和在当地的另一支流行乐队的名字发生冲突，乐队更名为"Cameo"。当乐队的2个另外的成员加入了流行的hip-hop 组合Outkast，乐队其它的成员继续留下来一起表演。
1974年，Larry Blackmon在纽约成立了一支成员多达13人的组合——Cameo。搭乘当时风靡乐坛的Funk和Disco的顺风车，他们以单曲“Word Up!”和前卫时尚的造型在乐坛争得了一席之地。
凭借精明的发片策略，乐队早期的单曲不仅在销售业绩上节节攀升，还获得了一部分乐评家们的青睐。1978年他们的单曲“Find My Way”被选为电影《Thank God It's Friday》的主题曲。70年代末，乐队锐意进取，开始了他们在合成器和电音方面的探索。到了80年代，乐队成员们大多各奔东西，仅剩五人的Cameo不但没有销声匿迹，反而将乐队推上了时代的巅峰。1984年的专辑《She's Strange》成功打入Billboard榜前三十，并在当年R&B排行榜折桂。紧随其后的专辑《Single Life》更是通吃大西洋两岸，为1986年的王者之作《Word Up》铺平了道路。
虽然说“Word Up!”的一炮而红一部分应归功于主唱Larry Blackmon在MV中佩戴的那块扎眼的红色下体盖片，但事实上这支单曲被人们称为“定义80's的声音”之一。从可口可乐的广告到各种电影的主题曲都有着“Word Up!”的身影。后来的许多音乐家都翻唱了这首在八十年代家喻户晓的曲子，包括金属乐队KORN，以及辣妹的成员Mel B。
在Cameo事业鼎盛的时期，也遭遇到创作的瓶颈。随后的作品都不如“Word Up!”那般成功，从而逐渐从顶峰滑落。但是，他们却影响了日后的The Wu Tang Clan，Tupac Shakur和Nate Dogg，这些组合的很多说唱曲目中都有着Cameo的影子。
Cameo is an American soul-influenced funk group that formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 14-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid being confused with Ohio Players another funk group in the 1970s.
As of 2009, some of the original members continue to perform together, while two others were hired by the hip hop group Outkast. In 2015, Cameo announced a new residency show at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, opening March 2016.
In 1974, Cameo started out with 10 members created by Larry Blackmon and called the New York City Players. Signed by Casablanca Records to its Chocolate City imprint in 1976, the group soon changed its name to Cameo after concerns that New York City Players might cause confusion between them and the funk band Ohio Players. Prior to this, Blackmon, keyboardist Gregory Johnson, and the late Gwen Guthrie formed the band East Coast, together with James Wheeler (alto saxophone), Melvin Whay (bass), Michael Harris (percussion), and Haras Fyre (also known as Pat Grant) on trombone. They released one self-titled album in 1973 on the independent label Encounter.
Cameo started with a deep, funk sound, but it was obvious from the start their sights were set on the dance floor. Their first album was Cardiac Arrest which featured its first hit single, "Rigor Mortis." Ugly Ego, We All Know Who We Are, and Secret Omen contained dance floor songs such as "I Just Want To Be" and "Find My Way", the latter of which was a major disco smash and was included on the Thank God It's Friday soundtrack. ("Find My Way" was their cover of a 1972 Three Degrees and a 1969 Tymes tune.)
The height of Cameo's career was in the 1980s, particularly Word Up! with its hits, "Word Up!" and "Candy".
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