Reggie Griffin

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Reggie Griffin & Technofunk New Guys On The Block Redd Hott Manchild The Chess Project

American multi-instrumentalist and producer born in 1957 in Oklahoma City, OK, and raised in Houston, TX and Indianapolis, IN.

Former A&R Representative at Warner Bros. Records.
Family-related to drummer Rayford Griffin.

ALBUMS

Billy Ocean / Reggie Griffin

Suddenly / Hot Fingers

1984, LP, Comp, Transcription, AFRTS

Electro/Funk/Disco

Electric Love / Havin' Fun

1982, 7", Sound Of Scandinavia,

Whisper (In Your Ear)

Smooth Island Jazz Mokli’i

LP, S/Edition, Col, Quiet Storm Records

Smooth Island Jazz Christmas

2005, CD, Album, Comp, Quiet Storm Records

Together We Are One

2004, CD, Album, Philadelphia International Records,

Old Skool Jams - B-Boy Classics & Essential Block Party Breaks

2003, 2xCD, Comp, Metro Doubles,

Rayford Griffin

Rebirth Of The Cool

The Sugarhill Gang* Vs. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Dialogue/Electro/Hip Hop

Best Of Sugar Hill Records

Pop Rap/Funk/Disco

Magic Hip Hop - The Real Classics (33 Old School Anthems)

1997, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music Media, Sony Music Media,

Electro/Pop Rap/Conscious

Absolutely... The Very Best Of Old School Rap

1997, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Deepbeats,

Go-Go/Electro/Disco

Star-Funk Volume 38

1996, CD, Comp, Unidisc,

Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five

The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five - More Of The Best

Electro/Pop Rap

I Wanna Love Like That

The Sugar Hill Gang*

Boyz From Da Hill

The Very Best Of Easy Street Vol. II

House/Garage House/Deep House/Disco

Joan Jett And The Blackhearts*

Let's Make A Move

Every Time I Close My Eyes

Soul/New Jack Swing

Watching The World

Synth-pop/Pop Rock/Soul

1986, Vinyl SRC Pressng,

Contemporary R&B/Soul/Funk/Pop Rock

Joan Jett And The Blackhearts*

She Knew About Me / I'll Do Anything For You

Kenny & Johnny The Whitehead Brothers*

I Jumped Out Of My Skin

Living All Alone

The Base Is In Your Face

Always In The Mood

1986, Vinyl Allied Press,

Do You Get Enough Love

The Philadelphia Story

1986, 9x Cassette, Box Set,

Soul/Funk/Disco

Soul/Funk/Disco/Boogie

It's In The Mix Vol. 4

Electro/Soul/Disco

(I'm) Billy Jean

The Rickie Clark Company

Time To Throw Down

Original Maxi Single Smash Hits

Hip-House/Synth-pop/Disco

New Guys On The Block

The New Guys On The Block

Grandmaster Melle Mel

Hassan & 7 - 11*

Treacherous Three

1983, 12", Sugar Hill Records

It's In The Mix Vol. 3

1983, LP, Comp, Calibre,

Electro/Soul/Disco

West Street Mob

Break Dance-Electric Boogie

New Guys On The Block

On The Dance Floor

Kevie Kev (Waterbed Kev)

All Night Long (Waterbed)

John Henry Miller, Jr.

Spiritual Healing

The Sugarhill Gang*

Rapper's Delight / Rapper's Reprise

S & M (Sexy Music)

Murphy's Jive Law

1982, 12", Venture Records,

It's Not Easy Being White

(I Am Ready) Sexual Healing

Electro/Downtempo

Hip Hop/Funk/Disco

Reggie Griffin & Technofunk

Àngela Winbush*

Ultimate Collection

RnB/Swing/Synth-pop/Ballad/Disco

Next Friday (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Gangsta/Contemporary R&B/Soundtrack

The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley

Mission To Please

The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley And Angela Winbush

Floatin' On Your Love

The Isley Brothers Feat. Ronald Isley

1984, 12", Single, Kerr Records

T.C. & Dangerous Three

You Are Very Special

2012, CD, Album, Hi Royalty Entertainment

2002, CD, Album, Goddess Records,

Soul/Contemporary R&B

You Turn My Life Around

Contemporary R&B/New Jack Swing

Always In The Mood

The Chess Project

Modern Electric Blues

Love Fever And Let Me Touch You ... Plus

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Edsel Records, Philadelphia International Records

Kuumimmat Breakdance Hitit

1984, Cass, Album, KJS-kasetti Ky,

Electro/Synth-pop/Pop Rap

APPEARANCES +

Still In-Sensurround

2023, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, S/Edition, Lim, Orange Productions (3)

YouNotUs, Zak Abel

2024, File, FLAC, Single, Hi-, Island Records

Digger's Delight (More Rare-Groove Gems)

2013, CD, Comp, Harmless,

Funk/Soul/Rhythm & Blues

Philadelphia International Records The 40th Anniversary Box Set

2012, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Harmless, Philadelphia International Records,

Disco/Soul/Ballad/Funk

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Kings Of The Streets (The Definitive Anthology)

2010, 2xCD, Comp, Sugar Hill Records, Sanctuary, Universal UMC,

Electro/Hip Hop

2010, CD, EP, Marvalous Works Entertainment Inc., Thompkins Media Group,

Original Album Series

2009, Box Set, 5x CD,

Soul/Funk/Disco/Fusion

12"/80s Grooves

2007, 3xCD, Comp, Family Recordings (3),

New Jack Swing/Pop Rap/Disco/Contemporary R&B/Electro/Funk

Grandmaster Flash / Various

Grandmaster Flash

2007, CD, Comp, Promo, Daily Star Sunday

Tommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials 1979-1991 Volume Six

2006, CD, Comp, Tommy Boy,

Buon Sangue Live

2006, DVD-V, PAL, Mercury

The Message (The Story Of Sugar Hill Records)

2005, 4xCD, Comp, Castle Music,

Go-Go/Electro/Jazz-Funk/Disco

Sugarhill Gang Vs. Grandmaster Flash

The Greatest Hits

Breaks/Electro/Disco/Conscious

The Ballad Collection

Ballad/Vocal/Contemporary R&B

The Essential Babyface

2003, CD BMG Direct,

New Jack Swing/Contemporary R&B

Capone -N- Noreaga

Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Volume 1 & 2)

Soundtrack/Electro/Hip Hop

Electro Breakdance 2 (The Essential Old School Revival)

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Telstar TV,

Electro/Synth-pop

From And Inspired By The Motion Picture Showtime

Soundtrack/Contemporary R&B/Reggae-Pop/Ragga HipHop/Pop Rap

A Collection Of His Greatest Hits

Contemporary R&B

New Jack Swing/Contemporary R&B

Grandmaster Flash, The Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel

Back To The Old School. Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel. (20th Anniversary Sugar Hill Anthology)

Electro/Pop Rap

The First Ladies Of Philadelphia Soul

1998, CD, Comp, Music Club,

Rapper's Delight & Other Old School Favorites

Grandmaster Flash V's The Sugarhill Gang*

Grandmaster Flash V's The Sugarhill Gang

1997, 2xCD, Comp, Recall 2cd, Recall 2cd, Recall 2cd,

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B/Soul

Contemporary R&B

MTV Unplugged NYC 1997

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Epiphany: The Best Of Chaka Khan Volume One

Contemporary R&B

The Tony Rich Project

Contemporary R&B

Dance Floor Heaven Volume 2

1995, CD, Comp, True Trax,

House/Hi NRG/Funk/Disco

Contemporary R&B/House

Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Soul

Waiting To Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album)

Soundtrack/Soul/Ballad/Contemporary R&B

The Tony Rich Project

1995, CD SRC/ARC pressing,

Contemporary R&B/Soul

I Wanna Love Like That

Swingbeat/Soul/Neo Soul

The Very Best Of Easy Street Vol. 2

This Time Around

Softly With These Songs The Best Of Roberta Flack

1993, CD Specialty Pressing,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Old School Rap - The Sugar Hill Story (To The Beat Y'all)

Street Jams: Electric Funk (Part 1)

Grandmaster Flash, The Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel

The Greatest Hits

Just An Illusion

1992, CD BMG Direct,

Contemporary Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Soul-Jazz

Freddie Jackson

Set The Night To Music

Roberta Flack Duet With Maxi Priest

Set The Night To Music

Set The Night To Music / Natural Thing

Soul Years 1983

1991, 2x Cassette,

Soul/Funk/Disco

RnB/Swing/Smooth Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Welcome To Hell

Suspicious Minds

Sings Cole Porter

Soul-Jazz/Swing

Rappers Delight

1989, 2x Vinyl,

Aretha Franklin

Through The Storm

Synth-pop/Disco

Marlo Thomas & Friends*

Free To Be...A Family

Story/Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Poetry/Rhythm & Blues

Rachele Cappelli

Rachele Cappelli

Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Funk

Sophisticated Street

1987, 12", P/Mixed, Promo, Mixx-it

Genius Of Rap - The Sugarhill Story

Let's Make A Move

One From The Heart

Electro/Soul/Disco

Listen Up / Magic Doll

Pop Rock/Synth-pop

1987, Vinyl Carrollton Pressing,

Funk/Soul/New Jack Swing

1986, Cassette Silver label, Dolby HX Pro B ,

Downtempo/Synth-pop/Funk/Soul

Joan Jett And The Blackhearts*

1986, Vinyl SP,

Living All Alone

Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five

Freedom / New York New York

1985, 12", Single, Sugar Hill Records,

Material Thangz

1985, Vinyl Specialty Pressing,

Grandmaster Flash

They Said It Couldn't Be Done

Soul/Funk/Boogie

Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five

Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five

Go-Go/Cut-up/DJ/Electro/Hip Hop/Conscious

1984, LP, Comp, Sound Of Scandinavia,

Breakbeat/Electro

Street Music Volume 2

1984, LP, Comp, CBS Records New Zealand,

Electro/Pop Rock/Hip Hop

1984, LP, Teldec,

Electro/Synth-pop

1984, Cass, Comp, Topp,

Pop Rock/Synth-pop

Break Dance - Break

1984, 2xLP, Album, Delta (18)

Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five / Arthur Baker

Beat Street Breakdown / Breaker's Revenge

1984, 7", Single, WEA

I Feel For You = Lo Siento Por Ti / Chinatown = Barrio Chino

1984, 7", Warner Bros. Records,

1984, Vinyl Allied Pressing,

Rapped Uptight Vol.2

1984, 2x Vinyl,

The Electric Sound Group

Come N Do Electric Boogie Break Dance

1984, Cassette,

Synth-pop/Disco

Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five*

Greatest Messages

1984, Vinyl Pinckneyville Pressing,

1984, 2x Vinyl,

Super Maxi 5 (Special DJ. Remix)

1984, 2x Vinyl Blue Translucent,

Italo-Disco/Electro/Synth-pop

Grandmaster Melle Mel And The Furious Five*

Beat Street Breakdown

1984, Vinyl AR - Allied Pressing,

Electro/Soundtrack

Breakin' And Smurfin'

Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Volume 1

1984, Vinyl SP,

Soundtrack/Electro/Rhythm & Blues/Ballad

Electro/Political/Funk/Conscious

Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five ,With Mr. Ness

Beat Street / Internationally Known

1984, Vinyl Pinckneyville Pressing,

Pop Rap/Soundtrack

Sugar Hill Express (The Best Of Rap & Funk)

1983, LP, Comp, Sugar Hill Records

Name Your Game / Sexual Healing

1983, 12", Satril

High Fashion Dance-Music - Volume 2 (Non Stop Dance Remix)

Italo-Disco/Hi NRG/Disco

Super Maxi II (Pop, Funk & Disco Remixes)

1983, 2x Vinyl Yellow,

Italo-Disco/Synth-pop/Disco/Electro/Funk

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Electro/Hip Hop/Disco

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Featuring Melle Mel & Duke Bootee

White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

1983, Vinyl M.P.P.V. Pressing,

Disco/Electro/Funk/Hip Hop

Bumper 2 Bumper Vol. 2

Soul/Funk/Disco

Kevie Kev (Waterbed Kev)

Die Top-Hits Aus Formel Eins

Synth-pop/Disco/Italo-Disco/Electro

Pop Rock/Italo-Disco/Pop Rap/Europop/Electro/Synth-pop

The Sequence Party

Grandmaster & Melle Mel*

White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

Positive Express

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five*

New York New York

Positive Express

Not On The Outside / Welcome To The Party

Funk/Disco/Contemporary R&B

I Don't Need Your Love

The Very Best Of Rose Royce

CD, Comp, RM, RP, Warner Archives, Rhino Records (2),

Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Funk/Disco

Street Music Vol. 1

Cass, Music Partner (2)

Original Rap & Hip Hop Classics

2019, 2xCD, Comp, Metro Select, Union Square Music

Real Side Records Presents Soul On The Real Side #5

2016, CD, Comp, Outta Sight, Real Side Records

Zielonookie Radio Mars

2013, CDr, Comp, Mixed, Mixtape, Keep On Searchin',

Rare Funk & Disco Vol.6

2012, 2xCD, Comp, Good Vibes Productions (2)

A Complete Introduction To Sugar Hill Records

2010, 4xCD + Box, Comp, Universal UMC, Sanctuary, Castle Music,

Smooth Island Jazz

2003, CD, Album, Comp, Quiet Storm Records

Sugar Hill (Hip-Hop Box Set)

Sugarhill Club Classics II

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Sequel Records, Sequel Records,

Back To The Old School 2 - Sugarhill Street Soul

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Sequel Records,

Electro/Garage House/Disco

Planet Funk Volume 3

Electro/Funk/Disco

Monster Jam From Sugar Hill

Hot Stuff Vol 1

1982, LP, Comp, Sound Of Scandinavia,

Whiskadão Volume 8

1982, LP, Comp, RCA

If You Want Me (Extended Version)

2022, File, WAV, Single, Unofficial, Not On Label (Herrick G Self-released)

Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Volume 1 & 2)

Soundtrack/Electro/Hip Hop

Pop Rock/Synth-pop

1989, Cass, Comp, Mixed, Unofficial, Not On Label

Night And Day 2

LP, Comp, Unofficial, Groove Master Records

Old School Classics Vol. 2 & 3

12", Unofficial, Old School Classics, Old School Classics

The Best Of Chaka Khan

Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Atlantic Records (2),

Rare Funk & Disco 12

CD, Comp, Unofficial, The Collector Series (2)