Talk:Cameo (band)

Redlinks

This page is full of redlinks, somebody should make articles out of them! --SuperDude 21:26, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

WayneRay 20:15, 21 August 2005 (UTC)WayneRay removed red inks so when an actual article is written then the author can link them to the page.

I made several changes. I corrected the year for Word Up!, corrected some grammatical and typographical errors, and cleaned up the italic and quotation references. Infamous30 07:57, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Blackmon

A few years back, Blackmon appeared together with Mariah Carey in her Music Video, they were sitting in race cars (circa 2002).

Changes

I made some changes to include some facts and to clarify the timeline. I am not all that familiar to how Wikipedia works, so I need some help adding the names of band members. Elyrad 07:57, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

This reads like a fanpage

Lines like "Of course, nothing could top the phenomenon of the Word Up!" are very much NOT encyclopedic 198.6.46.11 (talk) 16:18, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

can someone reference the use of the hit single Word Up in a short running Pepsi ad...pretty please?

garrett```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.160.184.93 (talk) 21:28, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

In 1974, Cameo, who absolutely without a doubt were not a funk band, no matter what some wacko on City Data says.

where to begin.... Everingham.Curtis (talk) 13:32, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Rewrite?

• The tone of the History section needs work; and why is there a Presently and a Present action section? Erpert ^{Who is this guy? | Wanna talk about it?} 04:32, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Cameo's "Reign" never ended nor will it end as long as sorry assed acts like lady caca and black guy's fleas continue to exist! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.18.67.39 (talk) 17:51, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Opening/History disagreement

Then opening paragraph has "Cameo was initially a 14-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid being confused with Ohio Players another funk group in the 1970s.[1]" and the History section states "In 1974, Cameo started out with 10 members created by Larry Blackmon and called the New York City Players.". So was it 14 or 10? I went to the link on the first one and it doesn't say either way. Discordanian (talk) 20:09, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

@Discordanian: I changed the second number to 14 per []. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 05:22, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Merge proposal

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

To not merge, given article improvements since the proposal was made, demonstrating independent notability. Klbrain (talk) 12:50, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

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Atlanta Artists is intrinsically linked with the band, and given that much of the page discussed the bands history, it would seem best to merge it here. This would also be a good alternative to deletion, given that it has been unreferenced for years. Klbrain (talk) 10:24, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

• Support per WP:MERGEREASON. Also not enough notability to merit it's own article. Itzcuauhtli11 (talk) 20:17, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose. There were other musical artists that had albums released with Atlanta Artists, not just Cameo, such as Ca$hflow. Cielquiparle (talk) 10:12, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose, recent improvements have demonstrated that the label is independently notable. Chubbles (talk) 17:17, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose - Atlanta Artists article needs some improvement, but too many other artists were there to justify the assumption that it is identical to Cameo. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 18:32, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.