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Pixabay Enjoy light-hearted soul, pop and (yacht) rock from the seventies on this new Sunshine Radio part! Again songs from the era mixed with original jingles and air checks.  The title of this cloudcast is partly inspired by a very violent scene in Quintin Tarantino’s movie Reservoir Dogs with a radio playing Stealers Wheel in the background (the radio show is called Super Sounds Of The Seventies ) and I included a sample from that scene as well. The funk band Street Feet released only one album and then teamed up with singer Sharon Robinson in 1977. At the time she was reluctant to use her own name on her album for tax shelter issues with her label. Since her middle name is Terea, as it was said, this became the project name as well. Later on Sharon Robison toured as background vocalist with Leonard Cohen and wrote songs for big names in the industry like Diana Ross, Patti Labelle, Brenda Russell and Michael Bolton.  In 1978 Dane Donohue, the lost prince of yacht rock, r...

Pexels Let’s start the new year with a celebration of the 50th part of Eddy’s Eighties Grooves ! 😊 The Zapp family group of brothers Roger, Lester, Larry, and Tony Troutman caused a stir in the early 1980s with Roger's innovative use of the so-called "talk box". More Bounce To The Ounce , Dance Floor and I Want To Be Your Man by Roger solo were big hits. Roger also played a significant part in Dr. Dre & 2Pac's hip hop classic California Love in 1996. The Zapp story ended in tragedy on April 25, 1999, when Roger was shot to death by Larry, who then turned the gun on himself, supposedly because of a money issue. Tracklist: Zapp – Heartbreaker (1983) Timex Social Club – Rumors (1986) Loose Ends – Mr. Bachelor (1988) Haywoode – Roses (1985) Point 3 FM – So Delicious (1987) Lakeside – Fantastic Voyage (1980) Shalamar – Make That Move (1980) California Executives Feat. Ronald Dudley – The Same For Me (1987) Unique – What I Got Is What You Need (1983) Chas J...

Burst Let’s end 2024 joyfully with a disco chart from December 1978! It is the Disco File Top 20 ranked from 20 to 1, according to one of the most popular American music magazines at the time, Record World . Peaches and Herb were known as the sweethearts of soul during the 1960s and had a string of hits, most notably Let’s Fall In Love in 1966. When the hits dried up, they decided to quit the music business. Herb Fame became a police officer, but after a few years he started to record again with Van McCoy and a newly recruited Peaches, Linda Greene. Their first record flopped, but when Herb called his old friend Freddie Perren to help them out, the duo hit the big time. Their first single with Perren, Shake Your Groove Thing , went gold and their follow-up single, Reunited , earned triple platinum status and was nominated for a Grammy Award. Peaches & Herb stopped working together in 1983, after their success had declined. Robin Thicke has already been convicted of copyright infr...

Unsplash Let’s celebrate Christmas on Sunshine Radio !🌲😊 Princess Freesia recently released the single Do You Like It , but a few years back Rudolph came out: "It's a playful and slightly naughty take on the renowned, risqué and raunchy reindeer that is Rudolph, or as Freesia likes to call him, "RUDEolph"!" (Bandcamp) Probably one of the most tragic pop stars that has ever lived is now forgotten Scottish singer Lena Zavaroni. In 1974, at only ten years of age, she was the youngest person in history to have an LP in the top ten of the UK albums chart. Later she starred in her own television series, made numerous TV guest star appearances, and performed on stage. When she got older, she found it difficult to continue her singing career and she lost fun in life. She started to develop anorexia nervosa and became very depressed. Her success at a very young age seemed to hit her back like a boomerang. Following an operation to cure her depression, Zavaroni died a...

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 ...