Morris E. Day (born December 13, 1957)He became the lead singer of \\\” The Time\\\” releasing four albums with them. The band\\\’s first Warner Bros. album, 1981\\\’s The Time, was created almost entirely by Prince (who wrote and played on tracks he produced under the early pseudonym Jamie Starr), Morris Day pursued a solo career
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So Disco became a \\\”bad word\\\’ Radio stations went back to playing Top 40 and Rock and before you knew it Hip Hop took over.But did it go \\\” Undercover\\\” ? Did artists influenced by this music continue to produce \\\” Disco infused\\\” tracks? Do contemporary artists such as Daft Punk, Bruno Marrs,Justin Timberlake, DJ Cassidy,
Even one of the Beatles had to give it a try. Paul McCartney\\\’s attempt at this genre wasn\\\’t half bad. \\\” Goodnight Tonight\\\” released in 1979 is a catchy track driven by it\\\’s bass line that balances very well between the dance world and pop radio. Flamenco Guitar intro lets us know that this is
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The Wikipedia entry for the Track\\\” Miss You\\\” by The Rolling Stones ( 1978) lists it\\\’s genre as \\\” Disco\\\” . Yet other than it\\\’s 4 on the floor beat I must be missing something. An 8:36 version, called the \\\”Special Disco Version\\\”, was released as the Stone\\\’s first 12-inch single ( In Pink Vinyl).
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Top 40 Lists of Disco music are so very different in every city where they are compiled. Miami is unique because we embraced alot of the more energetic tracks like my #1 Romeo and Juliette which to my surprise doesn\\\’t even scratch the Top 10 of other lists I\\\’ve seen. I have seen some lists
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It\\\’s the holidays, everyone\\\’s over the house when suddenly somebody yells \\\” Put on some Christmas music !!\\\” Instead of the usual Elvis \\\” Blue Christmas \\\” or the Bing Crosby standards we usually hear around this time why don\\\’t you take them back ,way back to the 70s ,when even Christmas wasn\\\’t immune to
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Jermaine Jackson had some pretty big shoes to fill when he ventured off by himself . Bassist for one of the most famous musical families in the world (he was the fourth of ten children) He also produced and recorded duets with American singer Whitney Houston in her early years as a recording artist and
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The Bass line on Queen\\\’s 1980 single \\\” Another One Bites The Dust\\\” ( written by Queen\\\’s Bass player John Deacon) is clearly a variation of the one used in Chic\\\’s \\\” Good Times\\\” which was released a full year before.The percussion track and the hand claps were looped continuously repeating throughout the track.The vocals
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Blondie was mostly known as a punk/new wave band formed by Deborah Harry and Chris Stein in the early 70s. The release of their Parallel Lines LP in 1978 had many fans calling them a \\\”sellout\\\” as the hit single \\\” Heart of Glass\\\” was picked up by radio and classified as Disco, but was
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Born December 10, 1957 Paul Hardcastle is cosidered one of the early electronic music pioneers. He had some success on the underground dance scene in the early 80s before his mainstream hit \\\”19\\\” an anti-war track, about America\\\’s involvement in the Vietnam War and the effect it had on the soldiers who served using snippets
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