| Uptown Festival | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Shalamar |
| Cover: | Uptownfestival.jpg |
| Studio: | Wally Heider Studios, The Sound Factory |
| Genre: | Disco, R&B |
| Length: | 38:30 |
| Label: | Soul Train Records |
| Producer: | Dick Griffey, Don Cornelius, Simon Soussan |
| Next Title: | Disco Gardens |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
Uptown Festival is the first album credited to American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1977 on the Soul Train label. The album was in fact recorded by session singers. It peaked at #22 on the US R&B chart and #48 on the Billboard Albums chart.
The title track, "Uptown Festival," was recorded at Ike & Tina Turner's Bolic Sound studio.[1] It's a medley of ten Motown classics sung over a 1970s disco beat. The single was a hit in both the US and the UK.[2]
Two singles were released from the album: