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The American soul chart  from 15 to 1 exactly 40 years ago, according to Billboard . Enjoy! 😊 Freak-A-Ristic is an underrated, often forgotten, electro soul hit by Atlantic Starr that came out just before they began to shift more in the soft rock/adult contemporary vein. Released in 1985, from their LP As The Band Turns , the single  Freak-A-Ristic jumped into the R&B Top 10, peaking at #6 and even briefly made it into the Billboard Hot 100. The album also featured the R&B ballads Silver Shadow and Secret Lovers that turned out to be perfect cross-over hits.  When Wham! background singer Shirley (one half of Pepsi & Shirley) dated Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet for the first time, she found out she had no make-up on at the very last minute. She became a bit insecure, but luckily, she explained afterwards, Martin had put up make-up for two 😊 Everything She Wants by Wham! is on this chart, originally the b-side of Last Christmas . Next up is a new part...

Pexels Enjoy this eighties part of Sunshine Radio ! Again I used some authentic jingles and air checks to recreate the feeling of the decade. In the beginning of the 1980s a whole bunch of new kids on the block came around with a fresh, mostly electronic sound. They ruled the air waves for quite some time, but by the end of the decade all kinds of new genres popped up and new wave suddenly wasn’t so new anymore. The musical landscape completely changed with house, hip hop, Britpop and grunge, to name but a few. Only one electro pop band survived in the 1990s and kept on having hits in the US, UK and Europe: The Human League. Tracklist: Kissing The Pin k – One Step (1985) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Even The Losers (1980) Soft Cell – What (1982) Alan Gorrie – The Girl Upstairs (1985) The Mood – Passion In Dark Rooms (1982) Associates – Heart Of Glass (1988) China Crisis – King In A Catholic Style (Wake Up) (1985) Tears For Fears – Mad World (1982) Kim Wilde – Cambodia (1...

Jerry Butler A seventies follow-up to our first Soulful Sunday edition, uploaded by Martijn a few weeks ago. Enjoy! Tragically the career of singer Gwen McCrae who passed away earlier this year was overshadowed by her husband George's success. His million seller Rock Your Baby was originally meant for her to be recorded. On the other hand, she managed to pursue a solo career after their divorce and released a few so-called "rare groove classics": “Affectionately known as the "queen of the rare groove", McCrae had a 1975 soul smash with Rockin' Chair. Her catalogue - which also includes the dancefloor anthem All This Love That I'm Givin', as well as other tracks like 90% of Me Is You, Keep the Fire Burning and Funky Sensation - has been heavily sampled by artists including Lady Gaga, Cassius, Avicii, Madlib, Cypress Hill and Mobb Deep.” (BBC) Tracklist:  Jerry Butler – (I'm Just Thinking About) Cooling Out (1978) The Chargers – You Gotta Be A L...