Boogie Fever

Infobox Single
Name = Boogie Fever


Artist = The Sylvers
from Album = Showcase
B-side = "Free Style"
Released = February, 1976
Recorded = 1975
Format = 7" single
Genre = Disco, Soul
Length = 3:29
Label = Capitol
Writer = Freddie Perren, Kenneth St. Lewis
Producer = Freddie Perren
Chart position =

"Boogie Fever" is a song performed by Memphis, Tennessee-based R&B group The Sylvers, from their 1975 album "Showcase". Their most lucrative single, it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976, and was their third Top 20 single (out of an eventual nine in their career). It also spent a week at number-one on the Hot Soul Singles chart

History

After being signed to Capitol Records in 1975, Larkin Arnold, then vice president, hired Motown Records veteran Freddie Perren to produce the group. Kenneth St. Lewis, a long-time collaborator with Arnold, suggested they write a song for them using one of the popular words of the day, "boogie." The song featured all nine Sylvers, including the youngest sisters, Angelia and Pat. Released in February 1976, it took 13 weeks to climb to number-one on the pop charts.

References

* [http://www.superseventies.com/sw_boogiefever.html Song review]