The Producers - What's He Got

From The Producers self-titled, 1981 debut album, which is now out of print, we believe.  "What's He Got" did not get a ton of airplay on MTV, but was played a bunch on HBO's Video Jukebox.  Now mostly forgotten, Video Jukebox started as a short series of videos played to fill time between movies on HBO in the late 1970s and early 1980s.  Eventually, HBO tuned Video Jukebox into a half hour show, and it ran on the network in this format from 1981-1986.

At any rate, "What's He Got" is a rare pop gem from the Atlanta-based quartet.  And yes, that is Wayne Famous on keyboards.

Note that The Producers "She Sheila" video is also on ERV.

The Producers - She Sheila

The Producers started as a Beatles cover band, but soon began performing original material and ended up as an early (if brief) MTV success story.  Their 1982 album You Make the Heat yielded this Top 50 hit, and the video went into heavy rotation on my favorite video music channel.  The band was even one of the headliners of the 82/83 MTV New Year's Eve concert.  Sadly, their label dropped them soon afterwards, although they still occasionally perform to this day.  By the way, there is another Producers video on ERV that is worth checking out, just above -- "What's He Got."

The Producers also deserve a special shout out for their supremely cool keyboard player, Wayne Famous.