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Detroit-bred singer Oliver Cheatham, known for his R&B single “Get Down Saturday Night” has passed at the age of 65 according to Soultracks.com. Cheatham’s song is an immortal party classic from the ’80’s co-written by One Way’s Kevin McCord and was recently featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. He recorded two duets with Jocelyn Brown and a few other singles including “Bless The Ladies,” “S.O.S.” and “Celebrate Our Love” but “Get Down Saturday Night” is the song that put him in the feel good R&B canon. Daft Punk sampled “Get Down Saturday Night” for the song “Voyager” and Vito Lucente reworked the song into a house track as Room 5 calling it “Make Luv” and giving Cheatham his first number one slot on the UK singles chart in 2003.

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Oliver Cheatham’s “Get Down Saturday Night” was a culmination of all the work he did with 4 local bands in his native Detroit and members of One Way. Cheatham and keyboardist Kevin McCord co-wrote the song that was featured on his 1983 debut album for MCA. He followed “Get Down Saturday Night” with “Bless The Ladies” and another dance track “Make Up Your Mind.” Cheatham recorded a total of three albums in the ’80’s and five singles including “SOS,” “Wish On A Star” and “Be Thankful For What You Got.” The singer who currently lives in England released the independent album Stand For Love in 2004.