Public record

Heatwave

Soul & R&B | Pare | since 1975

classic pop and rock
disco
funk
R&B
rnb
soul
Urban/R&B

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 11 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

2026

On record since

Releases

Show history

2026 · 1

Feb 15, 2026Terrace Theater· Long Beachheadliner

Photos, art and posters

Heatwave — LIARS — Release art · LIARS — release

Heatwave — PROMO 2023 — Release art · PROMO 2023 — release

Lineup

Ernest Berger
Derek Bramble
Roy Carter
Calvin Duke
Keith Harrison
Eric Johns
William Jones
Mario Mantese
J.D. Nicholas
Rod Temperton
Johnnie Wilder, Jr.
Keith Wilder

Releases

LIARS
Jan 15, 2024 · track · 1 track
PROMO 2023
Jan 29, 2023 · album · 1 track
GO
Gold
2020 · compilation
GO
Gold
2020
CH
Crazy Heat
2020
TM
The Mike Maurro Remixes Part 1
2017
TM
The Mike Maurro Remixes Part 2
2017
AA
Always and Forever: Love Songs and Smooth Grooves
2016 · compilation
A&
Always & Forever - Love Songs And Smooth Grooves
2016
S.
S.O.U.L.
2012
TG
The G.T.O. Singles Collection
2010 · compilation
TH
Too Hot To Handle + Central Heating
2010 · compilation
TH
Too Hot To Handle + Central Heating
2010
TG
The G.T.O. Singles Collection
2010
BO
Best Of Heatwave
2007 · compilation
BO
Best Of Heatwave
2007
TH
The Heatwave Collection
2004
GH
Greatest Hits
2001 · compilation
AA
Always and Forever: The Best of Heatwave
1996 · compilation
TB
The Best of Heatwave: Always and Forever
1996 · compilation
AA
Always and Forever
1992 · compilation
DH
Dance Hits
1992 · compilation
BN
Boogie Nights
1991 · compilation
GO
Gangsters of the Groove
1990 · compilation
FM
Funk Masters
1989 · compilation
HG
Heatwave’s Greatest Hits
1988 · compilation
TF
The Fire
1988 · album
TF
The Fire
1988 · album
MH
Maximum Heat
1983 · compilation
CU
Current
1982 · album
CA
Candles
1980 · album
GO
Gangsters of the Groove
1980 · single
TA
Turn Around
1980 · single
HP
Hot Property
1979 · album
CH
Central Heating
1978 · album
TG
The Groove Line / Always and Forever
1978 · single
TH
Too Hot to Handle
1976 · album

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 50+ plays, 2022-08-04–2026-07-03 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Afternoon Show' (Larry Mizell, Jr.) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Sunday Soul' (Stas THEE Boss) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Abbie) — KEXP

Artist background

Heatwave formed in 1975 — MusicBrainz
Heatwave disbanded in 1984 — MusicBrainz
Ernest Berger: member — MusicBrainz
Derek Bramble: member — MusicBrainz
Roy Carter: member — MusicBrainz
Calvin Duke: member — MusicBrainz
Keith Harrison: member — MusicBrainz
Eric Johns: member — MusicBrainz
William Jones: member — MusicBrainz
Mario Mantese: member — MusicBrainz
J.D. Nicholas: member — MusicBrainz
Rod Temperton: member — MusicBrainz
Johnnie Wilder, Jr.: member — MusicBrainz
Keith Wilder: member — MusicBrainz
Heatwave has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1976–2020 — MusicBrainz
HEATWAVE is based in Pare, Indonesia — HEATWAVE on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: LIARS (2024-01-15) — Bandcamp
Heatwave (band) formed in 1975 — Wikipedia
Heatwave (band) is from London, England [ 1 ] — Wikipedia
Heatwave (band) has 8 members: Napoleon Eugene Phillips, Elliot Levine, ELWarren Weatherspoon, Anthony Contee, Darryl Grady, Dijon Anderson, Grant Nicholas, Stephen Mitchell — Wikipedia
Heatwave (band) plays Funk — Wikipedia
Heatwave (band) plays R&B — Wikipedia
Heatwave (band) plays soul — Wikipedia
Heatwave has 435306 listeners on Last.fm — Heatwave on Last.fm
Heatwave has released 10 recordings between 2004 and 2020 — Heatwave on Discogs
Heatwave has 9 followers on Genius — Heatwave on Genius
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Band — Heatwave — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heatwave_(band) — Heatwave on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 279 — Heatwave — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/01jh2bw — Heatwave — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): London, England — Heatwave on TheAudioDB
Formed 1975 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Origin: London (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: funk — Wikidata
Members per Wikidata: Johnnie Wilder Jr. — Wikidata
Labels per Wikidata: GTO Records — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heatwave_(band) — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
Terrace Theater · Long Beach	1

By year: 2026 1

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-19
Sources: Bandcamp, Discogs, Genius, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, TheAudioDB, Twitch, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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