Mellow Mellow FM: 80s Smooth Jazz, Soul & Sophisti-Pop

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Let’s step into Martin McFly’s DeLorean and drive straight into the 1980s! 😊

British band ABC reinvented themselves several times in the 1980s. After making consecutively a bombastic pop, a rock and an electro pop album and prior to their move into house in 1989, the band released Alphabet City. Before the soul pop album saw the light of day, the only two remaining members, Martin Fry and Mark White, released the single When Smokey Sings in the summer of 1987. The song was a major success on the charts, reaching number 5 in the U.S. and number 11 in the U.K and the Netherlands. Their tribute to Motown legend Smokey Robinson would become their biggest hit ever. Singer and main composer Martin Fry still performs as ABC on retro festivals and occasionally releases new material.

Enjoy this eighties show on Mellow Mellow FM! Next up on Thursday is a new part of Smooth Sailing.

Tracklist:

George Benson – Give Me The Night (1980)
Billy Preston – I'd Like To Go Back Home Again (1981)
Kenny G Feat. Lenny Williams ‎– Don't Make Me Wait For Love (1986)
Twennynine With Lenny White – Slip Away (1980)
James Felix – Open Up (1980)
Photoglo – Don't Be Afraid To Love Somebody (1980)
Sam Green & Scherrie Payne – You Are (1989)
Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne – Love Power (1987)
Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio – Until The Morning Comes (1980)
DeBarge ‎– Who's Holding Donna Now (1983)
Go West – One Way Street (1985)
Sugarcane – What You Do To Me (1980)
Boy Meets Girl ‎– Waiting For A Star To Fall (1988)
Michael McDonald ‎– No Lookin' Back (1985)
ABC – When Smokey Sings (1987)
The Cars ‎– You Are The Girl (1987)
The DMX Affair ‎– One Time To Make It Right (1985)
Donna Summer – Dinner With Gershwin (1987)
Timecop1983 Feat. Josh Dally – One Night (2021)
Fox The Fox – Precious Little Diamond (1984)