Professor Eddy

It’s Eighties time again! The electro soul track by Midnight Star is from their 1984 album Planetary Invasion : "The chart success of this album is credited to the production work of Reggie Calloway, the nucleus of the group, who was concurrently producing and writing songs for the Deele and Klymaxx. He and his brother Zino would go on to write and produce number one hits for Natalie Cole, LeVert, Teddy Pendergrass and Gladys Knight.” (Allmusic) Next week we are going to set sail once more! 😊 Tracklist: The System ‎– You Are In My System (1982) Doctor's Cat ‎– Feel The Drive (1983) Bar-Kays ‎– She Talks To Me With Her Body [Club Mix] (1982) Janet Jackson ‎– Say You Do [Special Remixed Version] (1982) Shirley Lites – Heat You Up (Melt You Down) (1983) Pokey Cold – Let Me Love You (1987) Cornelius Oliphant ‎– It's Your Turn To Cry (1986) Wally Badarou – Chief Inspector (Vine Street) (1985) Fatback – Is This The Future? (1985) The S.O.S. Band ‎ – No One's Go...

Pixabay Although autumn has officially started, it’s still warm in the Netherlands. This gives me the opportunity to upload one last funky chillout hammock session. Enjoy! Without any doubt Isaac Hayes helped shaping the music of the 1960s and 1970s. After laying the fundamentals for the Memphis soul sound through his work with Stax-Volt Records as a producer and songwriter, Hayes began a highly successful solo career. When he released Theme From Shaft in 1971, he predated not only the disco movement, but also the evolution of rap. I chose to play a song from later in his career, Life's Mood II . Next up is part 41 of Eddy's 80s Grooves ! Tracklist: Carl Hudson & Galactic Gunslingers – It All Began Underwater [Soulpersona Mix] (2021) Four80East – Tikitango (2015) Motel Club – La Plage (2021) Till Brönner & Bob Jame s – On Vacation (2020) Weekend – Summerdays (1982) Isaac Hayes – Life's Mood II (1995) Dee Dee Sharp Gamble – See You Later (1980) Anvil Band – I’...

Unsplash These days summer fades out just like disco faded away in the late 1970s. Donna Summer’s farewell salute to disco turned out to be Bad Girl s. In 1979 it was her final disco hit: “The gist of the song came about when one of Summer's secretaries was mistakenly harassed by police who thought she was a Sunset Boulevard prostitute. When Summer played the track for label head Neil Bogart, he thought it was too rock & roll for her and thought the song was ideal for labelmate Cher.” (Allmusic) Dutch producers and songwriters Bernard Oattes and Rob van Schaik initially called themselves The Limit and composed several great dance/pop tracks, for instance Love Take Over by Five Star. As a duo they released a full-length album in 1985, which contained their hit single Say Yeah with Gwen Guthrie on vocals and David Sanborn on saxophone. The song peaked at #17 on the UK Singles Chart, #34 on the Dutch Pop Chart and at #7 on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart. For legal reasons t...

The words from her record company that accompany the new Geneva remix summarize this funky chillout session: “The perfect accompaniment to lazy late summer days, hanging poolside or running the playlist at the family backyard BBQ.” Tracklist: MFSB – Summertime And I’m Feeling Mellow (1976) Johnny Hammond – Can’t We Smile (1975) Marvin Gaye – Heavy Love Affair (1981) David Bendeth – Feel The Real (1979) Ramsey Lewis – Caribbean Blue (1980) Marshall Hain – Take My Number (1978) Hudson Ford – Shy Girl (1977) Kokomo – Anytime (1975) Spaceark – Our Love Will Last (1975) The Blackbyrds – Love So Fine (1975) Grover Washington Jr . – Loran’s Dance (1979) George Benson ‎– Breezin' (1976) Jiva – I Realized (2004) Aaliyah – (At Your Best) You Are Love (1994) Geneva – Smoke & Mirrors [Circle Research RMX] (2021) Erika De Casier – Someone To Chill With (2021) United Future Organization – Friends ... We'll Be [Jazzanova Mix] (1997) Kali Uchis – Body Language (2018) The Ju...

Jazz-funk favorites and soulful grooves for summer days, selected by The Smooth Operators (Professor Eddy and Martijn Soetens). Tracklist: Chocolate Milk – Time Machine (1975) Leon Ware – I Wanna Be Where You Are (1976) Natalie Cole – La Costa (1977) Society Of Soul – Between Hello And Goodbye (1978) Aldorande – Beauty Island (2019) Donald Byrd – Places And Spaces (1975) Yusef Lateef – Nubian Lady (1972) Dee Dee Bridgewater – Night Movies (1978) The Blackbyrds – Soft And Easy (1977) Earth, Wind & Fire – Fair But So Uncool (1974) Pete & Sheila Escovedo – Bolinas (1978) Kazumi Watanabe – Park Avenue (1978) Leon Huff – Tight Money (1980) Ronnie Laws – Saturday Evening (1977)

Unsplash Put on either your disco shoes or your country boots during this smooth sailing trip! 😊 This cloudcast is inspired by the new compilation album Country Funk Volume III 1975-1982 : “As the 1970s began to wane and the 1980s approached, the Country Funk pallet expanded to include disco beats, heavy Moog synth bass lines and more clavinet than you could shake a stick at.” In 1980 Amy Boersma, better known as Amy Holland, received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist after her debut self-titled album was released. The single from the LP,  How Do I Survive ,  went to #22 on the Billboard Hot 100. Some of the songs on the album were written by her husband Michael McDonald, such as Here In The Light and Show Me The Way Home .  The album is still a good example of a very successful country-pop cross-over. How Do I Survive and Strengthen My Love have become yacht rock classics. Gladys Knight & the Pips are featured in the very cool Disney+ documentary Summer Of...

  Enjoy this new episode of Mellow Mellow FM ! Some of the songs on this cloudcast can be referred to as “quiet storm”. The genre (named after a Smokey Robinson song) is a smooth R&B radio format that was pioneered in the mid-1970s by Melvin Lindsey, while he was an intern at the Washington, D.C. radio station WHUR-FM. It was popular as a programming niche, mostly among Afro-Americans in the suburbs. The popularity of quiet storm started to fade around the early 1990s. Ben Fong-Torres of Rolling Stone defined quiet storm as: "a blend of pop, jazz fusion, and R&B ballads—all elegant and easy-flowing, like a flute of Veuve Clicquot champagne.” Last week Don Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers passed away. After their successes in the 1950s and 1960s, they went their separate ways in the 1970s. When brother Phil had finished his Star Spangled Springer album in 1973, he sent a copy of it to the Hollies. He thought it would be fun if the British band did a cover of one his...