Shakatak — Where to Listen on the Radio

Shakatak is a jazz-funk, jazz fusion and smooth jazz artist from London, United Kingdom, active since 1980. ArtisFind has detected 1 play of Shakatak on 1 radio station in France, most recently on Smooth Jazz Lounge 47d ago. The song heard most often on air is “One Time”.

Shakatak is an English jazz-funk band founded in 1980 by Bill Sharpe, Nigel Wright, Roger Odell and Keith Winter. An initial white label release, "Steppin", caught attention by Passion records label owner Les McCutcheon and Northern Soul DJ Kev Roberts. The band's name was created by them and derived from the name of a record store in Soho, London called "Record Shack".

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. 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.