Single:
Do What You Wanna Do entered the Australian singles chart* on 23 June 1975 and peaked at #35.
Songwriter:
James Bingham
Producer:
Robie Porter
Record label of Australian release:
Wizard
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Performed on Countdown, ABC, 31 August 1975:
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Wikpedia:
Hot City Bump Band was an Australian soul, funk band which formed in late 1973 by Chuck McKinney (vocals), his wife, Margaret McKinney (vocals), John Adolphus (guitar), David McMaster (organ), Robert Ellis (congas), David Green (bass) and Mick Holden (drums; ex-the Mixtures). They released one studio album, Come Together (1975), that peaked at #11 on Melbourne album charts.
According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, they were “one of the first soul/funk bands ever assembled in Australia, and local audiences (having been brought up on a steady diet of rock, boogie and pop) took a while to warm to the band’s dance-oriented sound.”
By the time the group’s third single, Do What You Wanna Do, was released in August 1975, Noel Davies had replaced Adolphus on lead guitar.
One more single was released in January 1976 and the Hot City Bump Band disbanded soon after. Chuck McKinney died in September 1994.
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