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The Nights on Broadway Edition

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

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The BGs' Jive Talkin'

Main course was the BGs' second album with producer Arif Martin. The song Nights on Broadway is built on a hard funk riff, and ironically, it leads off with one of the huskiest lowest vocals Barry had ever used on a track. Jive Talkin' topped the Hot 100 in August 1975. Four months later, Nitezon Broadway followed it into the top ten, peaking at number seven.

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