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Pexels Enjoy part 49 of this long lasting Eddy's 80s Grooves series ! One of the representatives of City Pop, Miki Matsubara was quite popular in Japan in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Around 2020 she was rediscovered, because Stay With Me became hugely successful on TikTok. Unfortunately, she did not experience that reappraisal herself, because she died of cancer in 2004. Four years prior she stopped all music activities and disappeared from the spotlight altogether. She burned all her cherished sheet music and records. In an e-mail sent to her cousin at the time, she wrote: "Please forget all the times in the past when I was singing and composing." Next up is a Mixcloud Exclusive for subscribers only, followed by a new Sunshine Radio show for everyone. Tracklist: Chaka Khan – What Cha' Gonna Do For Me (1981) Gary Taylor - Just What I Have In Mind (1983) New Horizons – Your Thing Is Your Thing (1983) Ronnie Jones – You And I (1982) Miki Matsubara – Stay Wit

Pexels Enjoy part 5 of the series sunny breeze from the West Coast : mostly light-hearted pop music influenced by the Californian vibe of the late seventies and early eighties. “Pacific waves take my mind away When the sun sets on the ocean” (California 1 / Con Funk Shun) Like most touring musicians, Al Stewart spent a lot of time in hotel rooms, so it was no surprise that there were two songs about hotels on his album Year Of The Cat : Midas Shadow and Broadway Hotel . About the latter, he told his biographer Neville Judd: "It's a song about trying to understand people who live in hotel rooms, people who are rich and can afford houses but prefer to live in a hotel room. That’s like living with no past, nothing tangible you can attach them to." Next up is part 49 of Eddy's Eighties Grooves ! Tracklist: Niko Bokos – Watchu Doin’ Tonight (2024) Carter & Chanel – Don’t Let Love Go (1981) Homi & Jarvis – Love’s Taken Over (1983) Erik Tagg – Fancy Meeting You

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye Enjoy this weekend's Billboard soul top 20 from 1974, counting down from 20 to 1! 😊 It is a special year to me, because 1974 was the year that I discovered pop music.  The Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart from exactly 50 years ago mainly contains a lot of classic (Motown) soul, with some early disco here and there. Only some lyrics are no longer acceptable in 2024. For instance, Bobby Womack mainly wants a woman to clean the house and prepare delicious food for him and Leon Haywood seems to justify domestic violence by stating that problems should be kept indoors. Ecstasy Pleasure & Pain, Spinners, Billy Paul and MFSB are the representatives of The Sound Of Philadelphia, or Philly Soul for short, the sound that would start the disco craze in years to come.  The sessions for Diana & Marvin , a duets album by then super stars Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, started in 1971 and took until the beginning of 1973. Diana Ross told in an early 1973 inter

Pexels Enjoy this super seventies show on Sunshine Radio ! 😊 Earl Young played the drums on the opening track by The Modulations. To promote their album Groove Machine - The Earl Young Drum Sessions , Ace Records wrote about him on their website: “His ‘four on the floor’ style essentially shaped the sound of dance music as it evolved through the middle of the decade and particularly during the peak years of Disco.” After becoming popular in the United States through touring and occasional airplay on hard rock radio, Scottish band Nazareth finally broke through to pop-chart success with a unique power ballad version of Love Hurts . This track was originally performed by the Everly Brothers, but never became a true hit until Nazareth recorded it in the mid-seventies with the intention of making it a single b-side. Eventually it became their landmark in pop history, thanks to the hard-hitting drum beat, the aching slide-guitar and above all the razor blade vocals from singer D

Unsplash Imagine yourself at a beach club late in the evening, enjoying some drinks at the bar, the atmosphere is relaxed, the guests are having a good time, while watching the sunset and listening to the Smooth Operators who play in the background. Tracklist: Party Jacket – Isabella (2023) Leisure ft. Muroki – Summer Season (2023) Nicholas Cangiano – Little By Little (2022) Flo Naegeli – In My Mind (2022) Say She She – Wrap Myself Up In Your Love (2022) Hush Moss – Many Hearts (2023) Oilly Wallace – Flowers Of Your Youth (2023) BowAsWell – Something Else (2023) Rainee Blake – One More Night (2023) Kids Return – Lost In Los Angeles (2022) Meeka Kates – Laredo (2022) SuperGOODThings – Hottie & The Yachty (2022) Charles Watson ‎Feat. Pearl Charles – Figure Skater (2022) Bad Colours – Maybe I Should Move To L.A. (2022) James Wyatt Crosby – Is There A Reason (2022) Dawn Patrol – Bring On The Good Times (2022) JIM – Don’t Let Me Down (2023)

Unsplash Part 2 of the series Reeling In The Years , enjoy this Mixcloud Exclusive ! Next up is a new episode of Sunshine Radio for all listeners.  Tracklist:   Fleetwood Mac – Heroes Are Hard To Find Mark Capanni ‎– I Believe In Miracles Barnaby Bye – Can’t Live This Way Carpenters – Jambalaya Main Ingredient – Summer Breeze Ace – How Long American Gypsy – Lady Eleanor Lonette McKee – The Way I Want To Touch You Bonnie Raitt – Got You On My Mind Minnie Riperton – It’s So Nice (To See Old Friends) Todd Rundgren – A Dream Goes On Forever Syreeta ‎– Spinnin' And Spinnin' Dave Mason – Misty Morning Stranger The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number Redbone – One More Time Mud – I Can’t Stand It Tony Joe White – I've Got A Thing About You Baby