Shakatak

Shakatak have enjoyed a level of success and career longevity rarely parallelled in contemporary music, but then Shakatak is a particularly unusual group. Because of the nature of their music, their fan base is far reaching while always retaining an "underground" element. This paradox sees the band, who are known primarily as serious musicians, enjoying both high cult status and instant recognition as a household name.

After a number of successful singles in the UK the band scored unprecedented international success with the release of the classic album Night Birds and the title track has become a standard in the popular music repertoire. This success was repeated with the hit Down On The Street and the award-winning video established the band's personnel of Bill Sharpe, Jill Saward, Keith Winter, George Anderson, and Roger Odell.