The Hewett-Watley-Daniel lineup of Shalamar scored a total of five gold albums in the U.S.: Big Fun (1979) Three for Love (1980), which eventually went Platinum Friends (1982), which also went Platinum The Look (1983) and Heartbreak (1984). Daniel and Jackson co-choreographed Jackson's " Bad" and " Smooth Criminal" videos from the album Bad (1987). Jackson and Daniel met afterward, and Jackson took his then 12-year-old sister Janet to see Shalamar perform at Disneyland. Michael Jackson was a fan of Shalamar, particularly Daniel and his dance moves, after watching him on Soul Train. The band's record sales in the UK increased when Daniel demonstrated his body-popping dancing skills on BBC Television's music programme, Top of the Pops, which had premiered the moonwalk on television for the first time. The album, which crossed the genres of pop, disco, and soul, was also a big seller in the UK in 1982. In the UK, the group had a string of hits with songs such as "Take That to the Bank" (1978), "I Owe You One" (1980), and songs from the Friends (1982) album: " I Can Make You Feel Good" (1982), " A Night to Remember", " There It Is", and the title track "Friends". The "classic" lineup of Hewett, Watley and Daniel would be the most successful. The group was joined up with producer Leon Sylvers III in 1979, signed with SOLAR, and scored a US million seller with " The Second Time Around" (1979). After conflicts over lack of payment from Griffey and SOLAR (short for Sound of Los Angeles Records), Brown left the group. Gerald Brown took over the spot vacated by Mumford for the group's second album, Disco Gardens (1978), which featured the hit " Take That to the Bank".
Its success inspired Griffey and Don Cornelius to replace session singers with popular Soul Train dancers Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniel, to join original Shalamar lead singer Gary Mumford. The first hit credited to Shalamar was " Uptown Festival" (1977), which was recorded at Ike & Tina Turner's studio Bolic Sound in 1976.
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