Nu Shooz, 1983

Here’s an ad from 1983 announcing an appearance by Nu Shooz at the Fat Little Rooster on 17th and Hawthorne – now The Barley Mill:

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A mere three years later the Portland duo’s hit song “I Can’t Wait” spent 15 weeks on the Top 40.

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4 thoughts on “Nu Shooz, 1983”

carywd

01/29/2009 at - Reply

i didn’t know they were from portland
great song, dumb video
1. schlockstar
  
  01/29/2009 at - Reply
  
  Yeah, I never really understood the video either. Just heard the song blaring at a Blazer’s game last night.
tim hinely

02/02/2009 at - Reply

hey , they were no quarterflash (or seafood mama) but who is?

i gotta go crank “harden my heart” right now……
Ducatisti

03/19/2009 at - Reply

Remember how local stations pushed “I can’t wait” so aggressively for months before the song hit national airplay? With twice and hour rotation the norm, by the time it made AT40, even my twentysomething pop brain was completely sick of it!