Chanson

Chanson

Band,
R&B/Soul

Disco - soul duo Actually, a broad assemblage of studio musicians, led by bassist James Jamerson Jr. (son of the famous Motown bassist James Jamerson) and guitarist David Williams (4). The two of them met while playing with The Temptations's road band, and this is when they hatched the idea of Chanson. They released two albums with such hits as "Don't Hold Back", "I Can Tell" and "Jack De Nimble". By 1980 the duo was labeless and forced to return to studio session work. Not that it's a bad thing, in fact their real success is behind the scenes. Together and seperately they can be heard on countless pop, rock, R&B and disco tracks.

Members

	James Jamerson Jr. voc, b 1958-2016 US
	David Williams g, voc 1950-2009 US

Band Membership

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
I Can Tell / All The Time You Need	Chanson	1979	Single
Together We Stand	Chanson	1979	Album
Rock Don't Stop	Chanson	1979	Single
Night Dancin' / I Can Tell	Taka Boom / Chanson	1979	Album
Jack Be Nimble / Magic Carpet	Chanson	1979	Album
I Can Tell / Don't Hold Back	Chanson	1979	Album
No Te Detengas = Don't Hold Back / Puedo Decir = I Can Tell	Chanson	1979	Single
I Can Tell	Chanson	1979	Album
Don't Hold Back	Chanson	1978	Single
Did You Ever / Don't Hold Back	Chanson	1978	Single
Chanson	Chanson	1978	Album
Don't Hold Back / Love Shadow / Standing In The Shadow Of Love	Chanson / Deborah Washington	1978	Single

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.