Oliver Cheatham - Saturday Night (Expanded Edition) (2022)

First time on CD for this 1983 album from Detroit R&B singer Oliver Cheatham featuring one bonus track: 'Get Down Saturday Night' (Extended Mix). Features the Top 40 R&B hit 'Get Down Saturday Night' which was written by Cheatham and One Way member Kevin McCord.

Oliver Cheatham is an American singer, born 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. After two albums for the group Oliver, Cheatham signed for MCA as an solo artist. In 1983 Cheatham scored his biggest hit Get Down Saturday Night (#38 UK, #37 R&B Billboard). The album Saturday Night is produced by Al Perkins and Cheatham worked on this album together with Al Hudson from One Way. The follow up single was the solid mid-tempo groover Bless the Ladies , but it wasn t that successful as his first single. The album has strong tracks as Make Up Your Mind ; a smooth dance track, Something About You ; has a playful feel of Alicia Myers You get the best from me and strong ballads as Through It All and Never Gonna Give You Up .