Title: The Whispers - The Whispers
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Funk/Soul, Disco/Boogie, Los Angeles, CA
Catalog #: SOLAR BXL1-3521
Members: Wallace “Scotty” Scott, Walter Scott, Nicholas Caldwell, Marcus Hutson, Leaveil Degree | Producer: Dick Griffey & The Whispers; Leon Sylvers co-produced select material.

Cultural Facts:

1. “And the Beat Goes On”: This album contains the group’s signature disco-funk hit “And the Beat Goes On,” one of the defining SOLAR Records grooves of the era. The LP itself reached No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart.
2. A Tribute to Donny Hathaway: “A Song for Donny” was built from Hathaway’s “This Christmas,” with the concept reshaped into a tribute following his 1979 death. The album also includes the Whispers’ polished take on the Motown standard “My Girl.”
3. The SOLAR Sound Takes Shape: Label founder Dick Griffey produced the record with the Whispers, while Leon Sylvers helped bring the sleek bass-heavy, string-laced dance sound that would become closely associated with SOLAR and early-’80s