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After the burning of R&B records on Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, dance music disappeared for the greatest part from mainstream American radio, but it was still very popular in clubs and it was bigger than ever in Europe. Disco proved to be indestructible and it came back stronger and more soulful in the 1980s. Enjoy this new part of The Disco Years ! Tracklist: Earth, Wind & Fire – Let Me Talk Max 'N Specs – Don't Come Stoned And Don't Tell Trude! Michael Henderson – Wide Receiver Kurtis Blow – The Breaks Patrice Rushen – Haven’t You Heard George Benson – Love X Love Narada Michael Walden – I Shoulda Loved Ya The Whispers – And The Beat Goes On Eddy Grant – My Turn To Love You Randy Crawford – Same Old Story Patti Labelle – Release Hot Chocolate – Are You Getting Enough Of What Makes You Happy? Gladys Knight & The Pips – Landlord Leon Haywood – Don't Push It Don't Force It The Spinners – Working My W...

Billboard to promote Boz Scaggs' Middle Man album Some extra vitamin C from old school FM radio to get us through these cold days of winter! This is the 4th part of my new series Sunshine Radio : West Coast inspired music to warm you up😊 Enjoy! Irene Cara who died at the age of 63 last year, was best known for the title songs of the films Fame and Flashdanc e, huge hits in the eighties. At first she was hired to be a dancer in the movie Fame , until the filmmakers heard her sing. Cara won two Grammy Awards (including Best New Artist) for her performance, plus an Oscar for Best Soundtrack. The title song of the dance film Flashdance brought Cara another success in 1983. Flashdance... What A Feeling , which leans heavily on Giorgio Moroder's synthesizers, became a number 1 hit in the United States with Cara's vocals . What A Feeling also won several major music and film awards, including the Grammy for best song and an Oscar. The 1976 long lost self-titled Jaye P. Morgan...

Pexels We're taking it slow and easy on this new part of Smooth Sailing . Enjoy! Angela Bofill’s 1983 album Too Tough performed better on the charts than her previous album, Something About You . The title track became a credible dancefloor hit, peaking at number two on the Billboard Dance chart and at number five on the soul chart, although it stayed under the radar in the Netherlands.The remainder of the album has similar dance-pop songs and a few soulful ballads, like You Could Come Take Me Home , which is on this cloudcast. “This was arguably the best Bofill production done by Narada Michael Walden.” (Allmusic) Bayou Paradise by brothers Will and James Ragar (re-issue on BBE) is an ode to the beauty of Southern Louisiana: “The famous Sunshine bridge over wetlands as the sounds of migrating geese echo overhead on their journey down the Mississippi River flyway.“ (Bandcamp) Tracklist: The Sandpipers – It’s Too Late (1971) Marden Hill – Oh Constance (1988) Will & James Rag...

Paying tribute to the year when disco was at its height. In the 1980s it disappeared from the radio and went back to the clubs where it originally came from. During those years the record buying public discovered new kinds of music, like new wave and hip hop, while disco slowly transformed to house. Enjoy this new part of the Disco Years ! Tracklist: Deniece Williams – I Found Love Alma Faye – Don't Fall In Love Fat Larry's Band – Lookin' For Love Ronn Matlock – Let Me Dance Theo Vaness – As Long As It's Love Diana Ross – The Boss GQ – Disco Nights (Rock Freak) Linda Clifford – Hold Me Close Harvey Mason ‎– Groovin' You Yvonne Elliman – Love Pains Cashmere – Love's What I Want Carte Blanche – Get Up, Get On Your Feet Nytro – Orbit Of The Sun Roundtree – Get On Up (Get On Down) Sparkle – Disco Madness