Cameo’s Biggest Hit Still Revs up the Party Four Decades After Its Release
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American funk band Cameo (American singer Charlie Singleton, American singer and musician Larry Blackmon, and American singer and musician Tomi Jenkins) in the press room of the 1987 Soul Train Music Awards, held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, 23rd March 1987. Cameo won the awards for 'Album of the Year (Group, Duo, or Band)' for 'Word Up!' and 'Best Single (Group, Duo, or Band)' for 'Word Up'. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images) Cameo wasn't quite a one-hit wonder. But the 1986 hit "Word Up!" stands out as the most well-known song of the band's catalog. The post Cameo’s Biggest Hit Still Revs up the Party Four Decades After Its Release appeared first on American Songwriter .
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