Professor Eddy

Washington March 1963 Enjoy these northern soul stompers and sixties sing-alongs! 😊  Northern soul is more or less the opposite of smooth soul. It is a subgenre and dance movement that surfaced in clubs in Northern England and the Midlands during the late 1960s and the early 1970s. It is basically lesser-known Motown-influenced music from the mid-sixties with a heavy beat and fast tempo (100 bpm and above). Although many of the lyrics of the late rock ‘n’ roll era sound quite innocent and were mostly about falling in love and getting married, there was certainly a dark side too. At the time no one seemed to care, but songs about schoolgirls were quite common, even when they were sung by 30-year olds, like Chuck Berry. In 1962 he was even sentenced to three years in prison, because he had transported a 14-year-old girl across state lines for the purpose of having sex. When the musical landscape changed in the mid-sixties, fore fronted by the Beatles, the lyrics of the pop hits chan...

Pexels Enjoy the most popular disco tracks ranked from 20 to 1, according to Billboard on this day 45 years ago as a Mixcloud Exclusive ! The track by Janice McClain is a remix from DJ legend Larry Levan. It is the norm now, but at the birth of modern dance music in the 1970s, DJs, producers and remixers were rarely the same person. Tim Lawrence writes in his book Love Saves The Day about Larry Levan that he was the first well-known DJ to become a remixer and producer: "Even at the early stage of his remixing career the Garage DJ had created such an important canon that even when he wasn't spinning. it was more than likely that somewhere else he was being spun." Tracklist:  Shalamar – The Second Time Around Theo Vaness – I Can’t Dance Without You Rufus & Chaka – Do You Love What You Feel THP – Good To Me Spinners – Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl Phyllis Hyman – You Know How To Love Me Sylvester – Can’t Stop Dancing Trussel – Love Injection Janice...

Elijah Hiett Close your eyes and imagine yourself on Highway 1 in a convertible with palm trees on one side and the ocean on the other 😊 The opening track by Rapallo is from their debut album Merger that came out last year. They are a Montreal-based duo that stands out with playful duet vocals and witty lyrics. According to Bandcamp, their music explores the weirder corners of yacht rock, synth funk, and experimental pop. Tracklist: Kikimora – You Don’t Know [Eddy's Edit] (2025) Rapallo – Play To Lose (2024) The Smoothies – Springtime Jubilee (2024) John Miles – Close Eyes, Count To Ten (1983) Twilight – Straight To My Heart (1981) Looking Glass – Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne (1973) Tom Huntington & Mike Baumann – Time (1981) Dee Dee Sharp –  I Love You Anyway (1980) Seals & Crofts – Hummingbird (1975) Paul Skyland – Give Me Your Love (1981) Gary Hyde – Waste Of Time (1974) Cream And Sugar – Between Us (1980) Byrne & Barnes – Love You Out Of Your Mind (1981) Sant...

Pexels Yesterday a lot of snow fell in my hometown of Groningen and this cold weather inspired me to create something warm 😊 Enjoy! In Heaven Magazine the enigmatic Cosmic Crooner tells about his upcoming second album: “Last summer was a beautiful time. I recorded a lot of material with legendary musicians in the dunes near The Hague. For those songs I was inspired by jazz and progressive soul by Curtis Mayfield, among others. But what I especially listened to and was captivated by was Brazilian music. That makes my new material feel like a big sultry summer evening.” Next week we are going from far away places back to California for a new part of Sunny Breeze From The West Coast ! Tracklist: Burt Bacharach – Touch (1981) Cosmic Crooner – Never Wear Your Own Merch (2024) Everything But The Girl – One Place (1991) Raffi Quijano – Baby Come Back (2008) Bellestar – Best Of My Love (2016) Sarah Menescal & Eve St. Jones – Break My Heart (2023) Mina Okabe – Maybe One Day (2024) Cl...

Pexels I like that upbeat, electronic eighties pop sound a lot and that’s what I wanted to catch in this new part of my imaginary station Sunshine Radio . I used some authentic jingles and air checks to recreate the feeling of the decade. The Calypso Drip FM intro is from an album about a fantasy station with the same name by retro wave artist Gryff. Enjoy! "I knew I wanted a project that reminded me of radio stations of decades past... especially the type you would have on GTA: Vice City. The accessibility and discovery of lost music to the new generation deeply resonates with me." (Gryff) Paris Is One Day Away by British band The Mood stalled at number 42 on the UK singles chart in 1982. Two places higher might have got them a slot on Top Of The Pops and might have catapulted these three good looking guys to world fame, but they did not have the same luck as Wham! Their Young Guns (Go For It) sold badly upon its initial release in November 1982, reaching just number 42 as...

Enjoy this week's Billboard soul chart from 1984, ranked from 20 to 1 as a Mixcloud Exclusive ! We are approaching the mid-'80s and almost all of the classic soul artists have disappeared from view, with the exception of one of the all-time greats, Patti Labelle. Her Philly soul ballad If Only You Knew is even at number 1 on the chart ! 😊 The list is dominated by a tight electronic sound. Some hip hop is also emerging with Twilight 22, still categorized as “electro” at the time. It was clear that some big changes in the musical landscape were going on. The track by Patti Labelle is from her LP I'm In Love Again that was released in November 1983. It received critical and commercial success after the album became LaBelle's first to chart the top 40 of the Billboard 200, peaking at number 40 and reaching number 4 on the R&B albums chart, her highest to date at the time. With sales of over 500,000 copies, I'm in Love Again was certified gold by the end of 198...