Light Of The World

Light Of The World - London Town (1985 remake)
They were originally a forerunner of the late 1970s/early 1980s British jazz-funk movement. The band's name is taken from the 1974 Kool and the Gang album, Light of Worlds. The band was formed by Breeze McKrieth, Kenny Wellington, Paul Williams , Jean Paul Maunick and David Baptiste.

These members also played with the band on their many performances in clubs throughout the UK before securing their first recording contract. Norman Walker (percussion) ,Earl Appleton (keyboards), Junior King (drums) &Roger Thomas (saxophone).

The following members joined the line-up in 1979 after the recording of the first album and with the band already signed to Ensign Records/Polygram, following the death of Chris Etienne when the band were in involved in a motorway crash. After auditions Nat Augustin and Ganiyu Bello, who had travelled from Manchester, joined the band. The band recorded a second album followed by a successful tour.

The band split up for the first time in 1981. Wellington, Baptiste and McKreith became Beggar & Co., and immediately hit the Top 20 with "Somebody Help Me Out". This was followed by work on the Spandau Ballet track "Chant No.1" which was reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart. Maunick, Hinds and Williams formed Incognito. Bello and Augustin continued briefly as Light Of
The World before recording solo material for EMI and Polydor. Peter Hinds was also a member of Atmosfear.

There was a brief Light Of The World reunion in 1982 just before Bello and Augustin embarked on their solo recordings. In 1985 Wellington and McKrieth reformed the band after working on some remixes with DJ, John Morales. This included a remix of the popular tracks "London Town" and "Time". Light Of The World reformed briefly again in 1990, recording for Chrysalis.