Funky Chillout - Heatwave Edition

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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 on the charts at the time.

In 1975 singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop made a name for himself, when he delivered two excellent songs on Art Garfunkel’s Breakaway album. Save It For A Rainy Day, which is on this cloudcast, was the first of two hit singles from his debut album, Careless that came out a year later. It features a guitar solo by Eric Clapton and Chaka Khan on backing vocals. It went to number 22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. His next single, On And On, almost reached the Top 10, peaking at number 11 in 1977. After 5 years of silence, he was back on the charts with It Might Be You, the theme song to the movie Tootsie, but he did not write the track. In 1985, Bishop's song Separate Lives was recorded as a duet by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin for the film White Nights and was nominated for an Academy Award. Stephen Bishop is still writing and recording until this day.

Next up is part 34 of Eddy's Eighties Grooves.

Tracklist:

Bryony Jarman-Pinto – Sun Kissed (2019)
Banda Do Sul Feat. Natascha – Night Fever (2011)
Nick & Samantha – Summer Breeze (2018)
Jhené Aiko – Summer 2020 (2020)
Sensuàl – Salve Soul (2008)
Gretchen Parlato – Weak (2009)
Nicola Conte – Mystery Of You (2011)
Black Mighty Wax Feat. Andy Rise – In The Summertime (2011)
Be Noir – Let The Sun Go Down With Me (2002)
Kendra Morris – Summertime (2018)
Maysa Leak – Higher Love (2008)
Marcela Mangabeira – What You Won’t Do For Love (2008)
Stephen Bishop – Save It For A Rainy Day (1976)
Michael Jackson ‎– Farewell My Summer Love (1984)