Change was a studio project, masterminded by Guadaloupean business man,Jacques Fred Petrus.Petrusemerged on the late-70s disco scene with several successful outfits such asMacho, RevancheandPeter Jacques Band,all recorded with Italian musicians and New York session singers. With the arrival of the 80s, Petrus and his musical partner Mauro Malavasi moved away from the pounding disco sound into a more soulful pop-R&B-oriented sound. Together with bassist Davide Romani and guitar playerPaolo Gianolio, they laid down a number of Chic-inspired grooves in Bologna, Italy, in December 1979, and took the tapes to New York to look out for suitable vocalists. They foundJocelyn Brown(at the time known asJocelyn Shaw), already a hot session singer and lead vocalist of disco group Inner Life, and equally in-demand singerLuther Vandross. Released in April 1980, The Glow of Love soared to the Top 10 on the Billboard Disco Charts, yielding the hit singles”A Lover’s Holiday/ The End”,”The Glow of Love/Searching”. It even became Billboard’s #1 Disco Album of 1980.