title: Uptown Festival
text: # Uptown Festival
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | Pitchfork | 4.2/10 |
  
  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. 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.
  
  ## Singles
  
  Two singles were released from the album:
  
  * "Uptown Festival (Part 1)" (US Hot 100 #25, US R&B #10, Australia #20, UK #30)
  * "Ooo Baby Baby" (US R&B #59)
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (1977) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | Australia (Kent Music Report) | 27 |
  