Komiko

Komiko was a short-lived electronic music studio group 2.2 Compilation appearances
signed to SAM Records, an independent label in New
Feel Alright on SAM Dance Classics CD (1990,
York City. According to Allmusic, Carol Williams was
Sam Records)
once a member of this group[1] but the vocals are attributed to unnamed female personnel, most likely a guest
Feel Alright on Nervous Does Disco Volume 1 CD
vocalist. Their so-far only song Feel Alright, written by
(1991, Nervous Records)
Nick Braddy, was a collaboration between record producers Darryl Payne and Gary Turnier. Record sleeve note
Feel Alright on Nighttime Lovers Volume 6 CD
ascribes production credit to Totally Funked Up Produc(2007, PTG Records / Vinyl Masterpiece)
tions, Inc. which is a company based in Delaware.[2]
Feel Alright on Boogies Gonna Getcha: '80s New
York Boogie CD (2009, Harmless)

History

3 Notes and references

[1] Carol Williams - The Biography - on Allmusic. Retrieved
2011-07-25

A number of personnel in this group were behind other

short-lived groups of the same genre including Vicky D,
Sinnamon and Kreamcicle.[3] Both Vicky D and Komiko
had Gary R. Turnier as their producer while Payne produced Sinnamons material. Before Komiko, Williams
recorded a song No One Can Do It (Like You)" for
Vanguard Records featuring both credits of Payne and
Turnier as its respective producers. Braddy, a native
to Jamaica, Queens,[4] whose musical inuences include
War, Funkadelic, Chicago, and Hendrix, with his writing partner Richard Basso are known for penning Sure
Shot, One Step At A Time and Lets Call It a Day, et
al. Chaka Khan and Evelyn Champagne King backup
singer Tracy Weber, who provided vocals for Sure Shot,
was however shot in an armed robbery incident in the
same year of its planned release leaving Webers family
with a decision, who, however, allowed it to be published.

[2] Introduction. Bizapedia.com. Retrieved 2014-10-01

[3] Darryl Payne - Credits on Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-0725
[4] Exclusive Interview with Nick Braddy. Boogie80.com.
Retrieved 2014-10-01
[5] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/hip-hop singles, 19422004 (5th ed.). California, U.S.: Record Research Inc.,
2004 (originally) the University of California). p. 673.
ISBN 0-89820-160-8.
[6] Billboard (r) Dance Top 80 (tm)". Billboard/Nielsen
Business Media, Inc. 94: 50. Apr 10, 1982. ISSN 00062510.
[7] Komiko discography. Discogs. Retrieved 2011-07-25.

Being a one-hit wonder group, their song simultaneously entered the Billboard Hot Soul Singles (now Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) and Dance/Disco Top 80 (now
Hot Dance Club Songs) music charts. On the latter for
over 8 weeks, while the highest position was #32[5][6] and
#83[5] on the former.

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Discography
Singles

Feel Alright
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4 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES

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