Freddie James has been played on NTS shows including Weekend Read w/ Jonah Rabb, with In Love For The First Time first played on 22 February 2018.

Freddie James (born April 26, 1964) is a Canadian dance and rhythm and blues musician, most noted for his 1979 disco hit "(Everybody) Get Up and Boogie".[1]

The son of singer Geraldine Hunt,[2] he was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Montreal, Quebec in childhood.[3]

At age 14, he released the four song EP Get Up and Boogie in 1979. He received two Juno Award nominations at the Juno Awards of 1980, for Single of the Year for "(Everybody)…