Eddy’s Eighties Grooves Part 34 Summer Nights

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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, Babe. After disco had reached its peak, Barry White slowly disappeared from the limelight, although he kept on making great records in the 1980s. Because of his distinctive bass-baritone voice, his spoken intros and the use of strings as often as he could, he eventually became a musical romantic icon.

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Tracklist:

Ullanda McCullough – I'll Just Die (1981)
Leslie Smith & Merry Clayton – Before The Night Is Over (1982)
Delegation ‎– Gonna Bring The House Down (1982)
Smokey Robinson – Just To See Her (1986)
Jerry Knight ‎– Overnight Sensation (1980)
The Jones Girls ‎– Let's Celebrate (Sittin' On Top Of The World) (1980)
Angela Bofill – Is This A Dream (1983)
Tavares – The Only One I Need To Love (1980)
Barry White ‎– Ghetto Letto (1981)
Linx – Intuition (1981)
Charms ‎– Givin' It Up (1983)
Con Funk Shun – If You're In Need Of Love (1981)
Seawind ‎– What Cha Doin’ (1980)
Luther Vandross ‎– It's Over Now (1985)