Billboard Disco Top 20 – February 23, 1980 (Mixcloud Exclusive)

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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 McClain – Smack Dab In The Middle [Larry Levan Remix]
Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover
Sabu – Rockin' Rollin' [ADN Edit]
La Flavour – Mandolay
Narada Michael Walden – I Shoulda Loved Ya
Patrice Rushen – Haven’t You Heard
Dan Hartman – Relight My Fire
Debbie Jacobs – High On Your Love
Bonnie Pointer – I Can’t Help Myself
Festival – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
Lipps, Inc. – Funkytown
The Whispers – And The Beat Goes On

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