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MTV, Shake You Down, Billboard Charts & Boxing: Gregory Abbott Covers his Career – Music News

Exclusive Interview by “Bad” Brad Berkwitt

(Interview conducted in 2008)

“I really love boxing and have been a fan for a very long time!”–Gregory Abbott

In 1986 an album hit the record stores titled “Shake You Down” and the self titled track hit the musical airwaves as the first single.  The singer with the silky smooth ala Marvin Gaye type of voice was Gregory Abbott coming out of your Hi Fi speakers. Armed with amazing vocal chops and matinee idol looks, you had the feeling success was going to come his way.  Well, it did when Shake You Down, the single, hit the number one spot in 1987 on the Billboard charts and the album remained on the charts for some 27 weeks.

I can remember being stationed at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida, in 1987, and Shake You Down was played in all the nightclubs. In fact, many a lady hit the floor with their dates and danced to Gregory in the background. I can remember sharing the floor with a lady or two and enjoying the music as well.

Abbott would go on to have a successful singing and writing career over the next twenty-two years that brings him to a place today, that he talks about with a true passion and love for his craft.  For the RSR readers, you will also find a truly diehard boxing fan in Gregory who while talking with him, you could hear through the inflection in his voice a sound that only comes from a true boxing fan when they talk about our beloved sport.

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