Kenyatta - If We Only Had - Epsilon Records

B/W - Didn't Treat You Right Girl

Format: 7" Vinyl
 
Notes from Yann Vatiste:
 
About Kenyatta
There was very little information about Kenyatta, the band that recorded the well-known and in-demand funk killer track: Kick It Off.
In 2017, I started to research the band extensively, originally I believed Kenyatta was from Toledo, Ohio.
I found out that Leon Ngudu Chancler, (the famous drummer who played drums on Billie Jean for Michael Jackson) was the owner of the Ngudu Records label and he was also the owner of the Little John publishing company.
Ngudu sadly passed away in 2018, but I was able to find his daughter Doreen. She was so excited to hear that someone knew about this particular record. In fact, she found a copy of the actual 45s in her father's collection, but it was broken.
Unfortunately she had no information about the band.
I kept looking and started to focus on two of the songwriters, James Robinson and Keith Rose.
I quickly realised that these guys were actually from New York, Mount Vernon, to be precise.