Blue Magic (band)


Blue Magic is an American R&B/soul music group, and one of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. Founded in 1972, the group's original members included lead singer Ted Mills with Vernon Sawyer, Wendell Sawyer, Keith Beaton, and Richard Pratt. Their most notable songs included smooth soul ballads such as "Sideshow", "Spell", "What’s Come Over Me", "Three Ring Circus" and "Stop to Start."

Origins

Blue Magic was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972 when former member of The Delfonics Randy Cain brought in singer-songwriter Ted Mills to do some writing with the Philly-based WMOT production company to create a new band. A short time later the group Shades of Love, featuring Keith Beaton, Richard Pratt, Vernon Sawyer and his brother Wendell, came in to audition. (According to Marc Taylor in his book 'A Touch of Classic Soul of the Early 1970s',[1] "although the group performed admirably, they lacked a standout lead singer".) The execs decided to replace the Toppicks, the act Mills recorded with. They inserted Shades of Love (which they owned contractually) with Ted Mills and retitled the group Blue Magic. They were signed with Atco Records through WMOT in the same year.

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Blue Magic

Blue Magic can refer to:

  • Blue Magic (band), a R&B and soul music vocal quintet.
  • "Blue Magic" (song), a song from rapper Jay-Z's album American Gangster
  • Blue Magic, a novel by A. M. Dellamonica
  • Blue Magic, a novel by Edith Ballinger Price
  • The name of a high quality brand of heroin marketed by drug lord Frank Lucas, which later inspired the film American Gangster and the song of the same name by Jay-Z.
  • A type of magic in the Final Fantasy video game; see Final Fantasy magic
  • Blue Magic is the name of the DTH venture by Reliance ADAG
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    Blue Magic (song)

    "Blue Magic" is the first single from Jay-Z's tenth studio album, American Gangster., the song was released as a single on September 20, 2007. In the chorus Pharrell sings an interpretation of the song "Hold On" by R&B girl group En Vogue, who are also featured in the song. The name "Blue Magic" is a reference to a potent form of heroin sold by Frank Lucas at the height of his drug trade in Harlem, New York. An official remix features Pharrell and Trey Songz.

    The lyrics in Jay-Z's first verse are a reference to Eric B. & Rakim's song "My Melody." Most of the song itself is a reference to the 1980s. Jay-Z even brings up his stint as an early age drug dealer with links to the Iran-Contra scandal and CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US that rocked the 1980s and Reagan Presidency.

    Blame Reagan for making me into a monster
    Blame Oliver North and Iran-Contra
    I ran contraband that they sponsored
    Before this rhyming stuff we was in concert

    Blue Magic also samples the 1931 horror film, Frankenstein.

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    Podcasts:

    Blue Magic

    ALBUMS

    Blue Magic

    Released 2007

    Soulful Spell: The Best of Blue Magic

    Released 1996

    From Out of the Blue

    Released 1989

    Greatest Hits

    Released 1986

    Thirteen Blue Magic Lane

    Released 1975

    The Magic of the Blue

    Released 1974

    Blue Magic

    ALBUMS

    Pokémon: The Eevee EP

    Released 2013

    Donkey Kong Country 3: Double the Trouble!

    Released 2012

    Wild Arms: ARMed and DANGerous

    Released 2011

    Humans + Gears: Xenogears ReMixed

    Released 2009
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    Just Don't Want To Be Lonely

    by: Blue Magic

    Written by: Bobby Eli, Vinnie Barrett, John Freeman
    Ba ba da, ba ba da, ba ba da, ba ba da da
    I just don't wanna be lonely
    I don't mind when you say
    That you're going away
    I just don't want to be lonely
    I don't care if you share
    Only moments a day
    I just don't want be lonely, I want to be loved
    Needed,
    Depended on to give
    The love I can give
    When you're gone, when you're gone
    I just don't want to be lonely
    I don't mind when the time
    Lets the sun to the moon
    I just don't want to be lonely
    Let these days find you there
    At the end of the room
    I just don't want to be lonely I want to be loved
    Needed,
    Depended on to give
    The love I can give
    When you're gone, when you're gone




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