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Pexels Enjoy this super seventies show on Sunshine Radio ! 😊 Earl Young played the drums on the opening track by The Modulations. To promote their album Groove Machine - The Earl Young Drum Sessions , Ace Records wrote about him on their website: “His ‘four on the floor’ style essentially shaped the sound of dance music as it evolved through the middle of the decade and particularly during the peak years of Disco.” After becoming popular in the United States through touring and occasional airplay on hard rock radio, Scottish band Nazareth finally broke through to pop-chart success with a unique power ballad version of Love Hurts . This track was originally performed by the Everly Brothers, but never became a true hit until Nazareth recorded it in the mid-seventies with the intention of making it a single b-side. Eventually it became their landmark in pop history, thanks to the hard-hitting drum beat, the aching slide-guitar and above all the razor blade vocals from singer D

Unsplash Imagine yourself at a beach club late in the evening, enjoying some drinks at the bar, the atmosphere is relaxed, the guests are having a good time, while watching the sunset and listening to the Smooth Operators who play in the background. Tracklist: Party Jacket – Isabella (2023) Leisure ft. Muroki – Summer Season (2023) Nicholas Cangiano – Little By Little (2022) Flo Naegeli – In My Mind (2022) Say She She – Wrap Myself Up In Your Love (2022) Hush Moss – Many Hearts (2023) Oilly Wallace – Flowers Of Your Youth (2023) BowAsWell – Something Else (2023) Rainee Blake – One More Night (2023) Kids Return – Lost In Los Angeles (2022) Meeka Kates – Laredo (2022) SuperGOODThings – Hottie & The Yachty (2022) Charles Watson ‎Feat. Pearl Charles – Figure Skater (2022) Bad Colours – Maybe I Should Move To L.A. (2022) James Wyatt Crosby – Is There A Reason (2022) Dawn Patrol – Bring On The Good Times (2022) JIM – Don’t Let Me Down (2023)

Unsplash Part 2 of the series Reeling In The Years , enjoy this Mixcloud Exclusive ! Next up is a new episode of Sunshine Radio for all listeners.  Tracklist:   Fleetwood Mac – Heroes Are Hard To Find Mark Capanni ‎– I Believe In Miracles Barnaby Bye – Can’t Live This Way Carpenters – Jambalaya Main Ingredient – Summer Breeze Ace – How Long American Gypsy – Lady Eleanor Lonette McKee – The Way I Want To Touch You Bonnie Raitt – Got You On My Mind Minnie Riperton – It’s So Nice (To See Old Friends) Todd Rundgren – A Dream Goes On Forever Syreeta ‎– Spinnin' And Spinnin' Dave Mason – Misty Morning Stranger The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number Redbone – One More Time Mud – I Can’t Stand It Tony Joe White – I've Got A Thing About You Baby

Pexels Enjoy this exclusive disco night created by the Smooth Operators ! The tracks by L'Impératrice, Françoise Hardy and Beckie Bell were recorded in France. The French have always been at the forefront of disco, ever since its beginning in the 1970s. Artists like Cerrone, Patrick Juvet and Sheila B. Devotion set the pace. And later on, dj’s like Martin Solveig, Dimitri From Paris and Bob Sinclar took over. Nowadays L'Impératrice are the new representatives of French disco. Next up is a Mixcloud Exclusive ! Tracklist: Game – Gotta Take Your Love (1982) Full Flava Feat. Beverlei Brown – After The Dance Is Through (2008) L'Impératrice – Me Da Igual (2024) Françoise Hardy – J’Écoute De La Musique Saoûle [Woody Braun Remix] (1978) Al Johnson & Jean Carn – I’m Back For More (1980) Tyra Levone – Keep Steppin' (2019) Taana Gardner – Heartbeat [Eddy’s “Hotstepper” Edit] (1981) Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long (1983) Soul II Soul – Back To Life (However Do You Wa

Unsplash Enjoy this new episode of Smooth Sailing ! The title and the content were inspired by the North West Coast, Matt Bird’s weekly show on Radio PVS . You surely have to listen to him each Saturday, if you can.   USA based singer Fonteyn (Suzanne May) spent her formative years pursuing musical theatre and acting in her home country England. Although she played in some movies and lived in L.A. for a while, it wasn’t until she started making music that she felt able to express herself authentically. About her songs she once told in an interview: “Nostalgic, dreamy and theatrical. I have always been captivated by Karen Carpenter’s voice, it makes me cry. I love Todd Rundgren, his Something/Anything? album has influenced me a lot, but also Carole King, Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, I could go on!” Next week the two dudes from the Smooth Operators will return! 😊 Tracklist: Rainee Blake – One More Night (2023) Craig Dove – I’ve Got To Tell The Lady (1978) Fonteyn – Jody (2024)

Enjoy the Cashbox Black Contemporary Top 20 that was dated exactly 44 years ago! I love that soulful disco sound of the early 1980s, when electronics did not dominate yet. Nowadays the opening track by Kenny Loggins (number 20) has been classified as “yacht rock” in stead of soul. Tracklist: Kenny Loggins Feat. Michael McDonald – This Is It Donna Summer – On The Radio Ronnie Laws – Every Generation Rufus & Chaka Khan – Do You Love What You Feel Twennynine Feat. Lenny White – Peanut Butter Tavares – Bad Times Slave – Just A Touch Of Love Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – You Are My Heaven Patrice Rushen – Haven’t You Heard Michael Jackson – Rock With You Vaughan Mason And Crew – Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll Parliament – Theme From The Black Hole Sister Sledge – Got To Love Somebody Brothers Johnson – Stomp! Narada Michael Walden – I Shoulda Loved Ya Spinners – Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl Shalamar – The Second Time Around Kool & The Gang – Too Hot

Unsplash The numbers went through the roof the last couple of months, so let’s celebrate 3 million plays on Mixcloud by playing some of my all-time favourites on Sunshine Radio ! 😊 One of the songs is Sundown . the classic from Gordon Lightfoot. And one of the comments on YouTube was this one: "Think of all the great songs we'd never have if Gordon's first wife hadn't been such a bitch!" Gordon Lightfoot also wrote the wonderful If You Could Read My Mind that became a disco hit for Viola Wills in 1980. The track by Dutch duo Lion is from the soundtrack to the incredibly good Netflix series One Day , especially when it comes to the music. The protagonists are Emma Morley (Ambika Mod) and Dexter Mayhew (Leo Woodall), who first cross paths on the night of their graduation from Edinburgh University. It’s an encounter which has consequences for the rest of their lives. The story shows us their wellbeing on every 15th of July for the next 15 years. Emma and Dexter sea