Kat Mandu - The Break

Mini Biography for 'Kat Mandu'

Kat Mandu's lead singer and co-writer Jimmy 'Bullet' Ray was born in Guyana, South America. As a child he was always a strong singer, guitarist and musician and studied music in New york. He toured in both Europe and America and across the Caribbean playing with different artists such as Sam & Dave, Ben E. King, Carla Thomas and Odyssey.

He started to perform and co-write under the name Kat Mandu in 1979 and released three albums and a number of singles throughout the 1980's. The Kat Mandu single 'The Break' is renowned through the world as a dance floor disco classic, and the single 'I Wanna Dance' went gold.

Links

Official Website Jimmy 'Bullet' Ray (Kat Mandu)

Uses of samples from 'Kat Mandu' Music

'The Break' was sampled by Tim Taylor and Thor 54 in 'Over the Hill'
'I wanna Dance' was sampled by Richard Sen & Cazbee in 'Catdance'

'Kat Mandu' Band Members / musicians

• Jimmy Ray - Lead Vocals
• Brenda Hill - vocals
• Carolyn Mitchell - vocals
• Vincent Faye - Bass
• Gene Leone - Congas, Tambourine
• Grant McAvoy - Drums
• Ronnie James - Guitar
• Miguel Fuentes - Percussion
• Don Renaldo - Strings, Horns
• Gail Kerri - Whistle
• Roger Walls - Trumpet
• Linda Niles - vocals
• Dutch Robinson - vocals
• Junior Byron - vocals
• Harold Fisher - Bass
• Eric Roberts - Drums / Percussion / vocals
• Mohammad Abdul Al Khabyyr - Trombone
• Orville Thompson - Flute, Saxophone
• Kathleen Dyson-Oliver - Guitar, Vocals
• Slim Williams - Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Kat Mandu Discography

Albums

• Kat Mandu - Marlin - 1979
• Get Crackin - Uniwave - 1980
• The Kat Is Back - Manhattan - Formula - 1982

Singles

• Don't Stop, Keep On - Unidisc - 1979
• The Break (El Rompimiento) - Columbia - 1979
• The Break / There's Only Been A Few - T.K. Disco / Unidisc - 1979
• Get Crackin / Time To Get Down - Uniwave - 1980
• I Wanna Dance - Unidisc / Formula Records / Brass Records / Barclay - 1981
• New World Break - Uniwave - 1981
• Super Lady - Manhattan / Formula - 1982
• The Kat Is Back (Let's Dance) - Rams Horn Records - 1983
• I Wanna Dance - Rams Horn Records - 1983
• We Can't Be Apart - Formula Records - 1983
• We Got Your Groove (Special Remix) - Rams Horn Records - 1984
• The Break '85 - Black Sun / Unidisc - 1985
• The Break (Remix) / Black Water Gold (Remix) - Sunnyview Records - 1986
• Theme From Dynasty / Power - Matra Records / Lovebeat International - 1986
• Underwater / Medley - Unidisc - 1987
• I Wanna Dance (Remix) - Unidisc - 1991
• The Break /If There's Love - Hot Classics - 1994

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