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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...

Pexels Enjoy this new show on Sunshine Radio ! 😊  The idea behind this cloudcast was to make an eighties radio mix with authentic air checks and jingles that really sound like that particular decade. I got inspiration when I worked with Martijn Soetens as The Smooth Operators on a similar project recently. Dutch producers and songwriters Bernard Oattes and Rob van Schaik used to call themselves The Limit and composed several great dance/pop tracks, for instance Love Take Over by Five Star and She's So Divine by Jan Akkerman. As a duo they released a full-length album in 1985, which contained their hit single Say Yeah with background vocals from Gwen Guthrie and David Sanborn on saxophone. For legal reasons they became Oattes Van Schaik, just before they released their album. Due to the confusion after their name change and the different titles of their album ( The Limit and Love Attaxx ), the sales were poor and the so-called "Dutch Hall & Oates" disappeared from...