current_members website years_active label image_size article_title past_members background genre image origin name
jill saward bill sharpe roger odell george anderson -lsb- http://www.shakatak.com shakatak.com -rsb- 1980 -- present polydor records , secret records 200 shakatak
 keith lewis fridrik karlsson winter jackie rawe nigel wright steve underwood norma group_or_band post-disco , jazz-funk , jazz fusion shakataklogo.tif london , england shakatak
shakatak

shakatak are an english jazz-funk band , founded in 1980 .
shakatak scored a number of chart entries , including two top 10 hits in the uk singles chart , `` night birds '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- and `` down on the street '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- , plus a further 12 entries in the `` guinness book of british hit singles '' .
the group are still active and popular throughout the world , particularly in japan and the far east , and generally produce a new album every two years on jvc records .
from their first release in august 1980 , -lrb- the bill sharpe composition `` steppin ' '' on the polydor record label -rrb- , and their first album , `` drivin ' hard '' , the band 's singles and albums have entered the charts regularly .
