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Unsplash Enjoy an easy way to wake up for Mixcloud subscribers only! The 70s soft rock covers on his album Some Guys sound, according to singer Jonathan Coulton himself, “exactly like the originals.” And I have to admit that they do! 😊 The original version of Arianne appeared on Johnny Mathis’ 1973 album Killing Me Softly With Her Song . Rod McKuen, who recorded the song for his album Sleep Warm two years later, once said that it originates from a French poem. Christian Roudey wrote the lyrics and music for the song, Martin Charnin made the English translation. “Arianne is April morning That comes rippling through my window She's the smell of coffee brewing On a quiet, rainy Sunday She's the purring of a kitten That has made my neck a pillow for his head…” Tracklist: Galdston & Thom – Savannah Sunny Sunday (1977) Brotherhood Of Man ‎– California Sunday Morning (1971) Johnny Mathis – Arianne (1973) Mystic Moods – The Morning After (1975) Jonathan ...

Unsplash Enjoy one hour of soulful eighties music! As I wrote before, Angela Bofill was initially a jazz-funk singer, but her biggest hit was a dance track, namely the title track of her 1983 Too Tough album. Other great songs on the album were Is This A Dream and I Can See It In Your Eyes , all produced by Narada Michael Walden. Her sound became even more electronic on her next album, which was supervised by electro funk duo The System, mostly known for their classic You’re In My System (covered by Robert Palmer). In the mid-eighties the musical landscape changed drastically and Angela Bofill had to struggle hard to keep her career going. Barry White started working in the music industry in the 1960s, but his commercial success came in the 1970s as one of the frontrunners of disco, creating Love’s Theme with his Love Unlimited Orchestra and solo songs like Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up , You're The First, The Last, My Everything and Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, ...

Unsplash It has never been as warm as in the past week in the Netherlands, so this is my answer to the heatwave… enjoy! Luckily Michael Jackson recorded Farewell My Summer Love when he was a teenager himself, otherwise the song would have sounded very creepy... It came out of recording sessions between January and October 1973. The recorded songs were reportedly lost by Motown, but rediscovered in 1984. To make the tracks more contemporary, Motown remixed them to put them on an album. The task of playing the updated sound was given to musicians Tony Peluso, Michael Lovesmith, Steve Barri and Mike Baird. The album reached number 46 on Billboard's pop album chart and number 9 on the UK albums chart and sold over three million copies worldwide. It was clear that Motown wanted to cash in on the success of Michael Jackson's best-selling album Thriller as they did 10 years earlier, when the record company suddenly released shelved recordings from Frankie Valli who re-appeared ...

Unsplash There are two tracks on this cloudcast from the excellent new compilation album Saint Etienne Present Songs For The Fountain Coffee Room . Also a song by Elvis Presley, who passed away 43 years ago this Sunday (August 16th 1977). The first time I play an Elvis song on Mellow Mellow FM Radio ! Bronx native Angela Bofill sang with Ricardo Morrero & the Group and the Dance Theater of Harlem chorus before her 1978 debut album Angie came out. With her strong, distinctive alto, she turned out to be an outstanding interpreter of jazzy soul ballads. Between 1978 and 1984, Bofill had consistent success on the R&B charts, with six albums making the Top 40, including two that made the Top Ten. During this period, seven of her singles reached the R&B Top 40 as well. Bofill's career cooled off after 1984, when she was dropped by her record company Arista in favour of Whitney Houston, who could enter the pop market as well. In 2006 and 2007 Angela Bofill suffered two ...

Taylor Simpson Slowing down is always the best advice in days of heat and humidity. Let’s go to the pool to sunbathe near the water, put up some sunscreen and listen to soft soulful music! Probably one of the most tragic pop stars that has ever lived is Scottish singer Lena Zavaroni. At only ten years of age, she was the youngest person in history to have an album, Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me) , in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart. Later she starred in her own television series, made numerous TV guest star appearances, and appeared on stage. In her teenage years, the singer suffered from anorexia nervosa and during this time she also developed clinical depression. She blamed this on the pressure placed upon her to fit into costumes, while at the same time "developing as a woman." Following an operation to cure her depression, Zavaroni died at the age of thirty-five from pneumonia on 1 October 1999. I once saw an interview with her in a BBC documentary and she clea...

Unsplash Enjoy this fictional soundtrack to a non-existing seventies movie! 😊Some of the tracks are actual songs from a soundtrack, but most of them certainly could have been. This cloudcast is an exclusive one for Mixcloud Select subscribers only. Tracklist: Aldorande – Summer Body (2020) Rice & Beans Orchestra – Love Is On My Mind (1977) Limoncello – Con Tu Amor (2020) Los Retros – New Humanity (2020) Nat Dove & The Devils – Zombie March (1977) B-Movie Orchestra – Sexy Girls (2012) Dianne Mower – The Secret Sign (1980) Marlena Shaw – Last Tango In Paris (1973) Love Unlimited Orchestra – Brazilian Love Song (1976) Norman Harris – In Good Faith (1980) Werner Baumgart's Big Band Baden-Baden – Long Island Sound (1980) Lani Hall – No Strings (1980) Silver Convention – San Francisco Hustle (1976) MFSB – Plenty Good Lovin’ (1976)