Get Up And Boogie

At age 14, Freddie released the four song EP Get Up and Boogie in 1979. He received two Juno Award nominations at the Juno Awards of 1980, for Single of the Year for "(Everybody) Get Up and Boogie", and for Most Promising Male Vocalist. In the same year, he won the Canadian Black Music Award for Best Album.

Freddie James: vocals
Tony Green: guitar
Denis Lepage: horns
Richard Baudet: horns
Disco Brass Ensemble: horns
Peter Dowse: bass
Derek Kendric: drums
Graham Chambers: drums
Miguel Fuentes: percussion, congas
Robby Goldfarb: keyboards
The Alpha Angels (Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Phil Hurtt): backing vocals
The Disco String Quartet (Eugene Nemish, Jean-Luc Morin, Louis Gaudriot, Mark Belanger): strings

Written, arranged, and produced by Tony Green
Produced for Tony Green Organization Records Ltd.
String and horn arrangements by Denis Lepage
Engineered by Claude Allard and Gene Leone
Recorded at Studio Marko, Montreal, Quebec and Alpha International Studios, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Mixed by Gene Leone, assisted by George Cucuzella and Tony Green at Alpha International Studios
Mastered at Sterling Sound Sound Inc., New York City, NY, USA

Art Direction by Basil Pao
Album design by Louise Spencer
Photography by Chris Callis

Album coordination by Bob Siegel and Ray Caviano