Music to get you over the hump and on to finish a great week! This one came together so easily, its very catchy and full of the strange string arrangements that almost sound like something from a hoe down. They made their first splash with "Save Me" as Silverbird, but changed the name to avoid confusion with another band with the same name. Listen to my remix of that song here [ Ссылка ] "Save Me" was big in Europe and led to recording the #1 pop disco hit "Fly Robin Fly" we all know and love. Their second single of note is "Get Up & Boogie (That's Right)", written in 1974 but recorded in 1976. The punchiness of the drum and bass are tempered by the amazingly odd string section. Recorded in Germany, the violin section was actually written for horns only, but since there were not any acceptable horn players to record it, the instrument was changed to strings which is what makes the song so unique. For example, strings were being used to fill out the song orchestrally, think of Donna Summer's "MacArthur Park" where the swirling strings play throughout not like the "Psycho" like stabs of Silver Convention, finishing the musical phrasing. That being said, this song is pure disco pleasure, released in the spring of 1976 and peaked at #2 for three weeks, kept out of the top spot by Wings disco-ey "Silly Love Songs" (listen to that remix here [ Ссылка ]) Entering the chart at #84, it took only six weeks to reach #2. The follow up was "No No Joe" that was the last single they had on the Hot 100, creeping up to #60. The constant gut shaking kick drums were handled by Keith Forsey, who went on to greater fame as one of Donna Summers writers and producer as well as working with Billy Idol, Glenn Frey and Bob Seger giving each of them the prestige of a #1 single.

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