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Pexels Enjoy this week's Billboard soul chart , ranked from 30 to 1 as a Mixcloud Exclusive ! It is funny to see that Lovely Day by Bill Withers, which is considered a soul classic nowadays, just slowly went to the top of the charts in 1977.  Bill Withers was a slow starter musically anyway. His debut album Just As I Am came out in 1971, when he reached already his mid-thirties. At that time he installed toilets in airplanes as a daytime job. After being in the music business for more than 10 years, Withers became fed up with executives telling him what to do. His last charting LP was Watching You, Watching M e, released in spring 1985. He then kind of retired, although his music became more and more influential. Bill Withers passed away in 2020. Next up is a special episode of Sunshine Radio for all listeners!🌲😊 Tracklist: Rose Royce – Do Your Dance Brothers Johnso n – Runnin’ For Your Love Heatwave – Boogie Nights Gladys Knight & The Pips – Sorry Doesn’t Always Make ...

Unsplash The Smooth Operators (Martijn Soetens and I) play yacht rock songs that you must have heard at least once in your life! We present some real yacht rock classics and yacht rock songs that we think should have been classics. Enjoy! Yacht rock flourished on the radio in the late 1970s, when the video era was just a small dot on the horizon, nothing to be scared of yet. As I wrote earlier, the next decade flashy MTV stars kicked all the yacht rock artists out of office. Only good looking guys who could handle electronics, like Daryl Hall and John Oates were able to compete with British new wave and would survive in the 1980s. Next up is Mixcloud Exclusive , followed by a special episode of Sunshine Radio for all listeners!🌲😊 Tracklist: The Doobie Brothers – It Keeps You Runnin' (1976) Ned Doheny – Guess Who's Looking For Love Again (1979) Randy Crawford – Half Steppin' (1977) Bill Champlin – Fly With Me (1978) Seals & Crofts – Summer Breeze (1972) England ...

Pexels To recreate the early 1980s radio feeling, I chose to play yacht rock tracks and pop hits, mixed with original radio jingles and air checks from the era. Around the mid-eighties ordinary looking guys like Christoper Cross were completely wiped away by glamours pop stars who seemed to be made for MTV, such as Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran and Adam Ant. “The video killed the radio star thing was absolutely true in my case”, Christopher Cross says in the recent HBO documentary about yacht rock. In 1976 American singer and entertainer Donna Lynton moved to the Netherlands, because of her Dutch boyfriend and later husband Charlie. A year later she began to release a few singles, of which Theme From Charlie's Angels became an instant hit. Her version of Marty Balin’s hit Hearts sounds quite reminiscent of Toto’s Africa . Nowadays known as a yacht rock phenomenon, the band Pages was disbanded after their third self-titled album in 1981, due to disappointing record sales. Main membe...

Benedict George Enjoy the soul chart from 20 to 1 on the last day of November 1974, according to one of the leading American music magazines at the time, Record World ! In 1974 disco started to shine through the soul charts. For instance, disco pioneers like George McCrae, Hues Corporation and Barry White were in the R&B top 20 on the last day of November in 1974. Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas was not exactly disco nor soul, but some kind of novelty pop song. It was a worldwide hit for the singer who had not been very successful up to then. The track was meant to be the b-side of Gamblin’ Man and because of that the musicians tried to make Kung Fu Fighting as funny as possible with lots of shouts and silly flute parts. The record company soon realized that they had gold in their hands and turned it into the a-side. The single, which was inspired by then popular martial arts films, was such an enormous success that it overshadowed the rest of Douglas' career.  When you lis...

Pexels Enjoy this soundtrack to late evening pleasure: listening to music on a comfortable sofa with a cocktail in hand, after a long day of seaside fun. To quote Gny: “Just take it easy and smile” Tracklist: Claude Fontaine ‎– Concha Do Mar (2024) Jon Lucien – Love Everlasting (1973) Fania All Stars ‎– Ella Fue (She Was The One) (1978) Cal Tjader ‎– Cuchy Frito Man (1966) Leroy Hutson – It’s Different (1975) Weldon Irvine – Morning Sunrise (1979) Michael Franks – Down In Brazil (1977) Robespierre – Summer Nights (2024) Young Gun Silver Fox – Moonshine (2023) Citrus Sun – Down For The Third Time (2024) Flamingosis – A Mile High (2018) George Benson – Midnight Love Affair (1980) Gny – Just Take It Easy And Smile (2018) Oilix Ft. Screen Jazzmaster – Los Angeles To San Diego (2021) Teddy Pendergrass – Close The Door (1976) Sons Of Champlin – For A While (1976) Incarnations – Let Love Find You (2010) Dusty Springfield – The Look of Love (1966) LTJ Xperience – And I Love Hi...

C-Heads Magazine This week we will sail along the Dutch West Coast and play some AOR, yacht rock & polder pop from the Netherlands. A lot of Dutch bands and musicians were influenced by the late seventies/early eighties West Coast sound, like so many artists elsewhere. “Perfect sitting down dancing music”, according to Questlove in an upcoming HBO documentary about yacht rock. In 1974 successful Dutch band The Cats went to L.A to record Love In Your Eyes with the best West Coast musicians around in those days, like keyboard player/producer Michael Omartian (Christopher Cross). Be My Day from the album became a number one hit in the Netherlands and reached the 18th position on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. A year later they again went to L.A. and made an album with Jeff Porcaro, David Foster and Larry Carlton as first class musicians. Unfortunately, both West Coast albums did not bring them the international success that they wanted and they split soon afterwards, altho...