During the peak of the Disco craze most notably in 1978-1979 many FM radios around the country switched formats and began programming Disco as their primary format. Established Pop and Rock and Roll artists fighting for valuable space on the airwaves began producing Disco flavored tracks, some successfully other disastrously. In this series \\\” DISCO:
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Back in the Day it was a \\\”NO Brainer \\\”. New Years Eve you were going out to your favorite club,buying a bottle and ringing in the New Year with a bunch of friends. Over the years as our generation became older alot of us just settled for staying home and celebrating with the family,
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31 years we walked into a movie theater and saw a side of our city many of us did not want the world to see. Scarface starring Al Pacino and Directed by Brian De Palma was the story of a Cuban immigrant that comes to Miami with the goal of \\\” Taking the word and
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Born in California on December 12, 1957 Sheila Escovedo better known by her stage name Sheila E. was best known for her 1984 hit \\\”The Glamorous Life\\\” She is the niece of Coke Escovedo who was in Santana. She played percussion on Micheal Jackson\\\’s 1979 track \\\” Dont Stop Til You get Enough\\\” as well
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Disco Music has survived the test of time. The parodys, the satires,Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in 1979. Contemporary Dance music draws upon the structure created by the pioneers such as Alec R Costandinos, Cerrone,Giorgio Moroder, Boris Midney, John Davis, Paul Jabarra and others but it could not have survived without the support of
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When I first heard Dr.Buzzard\\\’s Original Savannah Band in 1976 I felt that I was being tricked into liking my parents or maybe even their parent\\\’s music. This strange mixture Forties big-band sounds with the disco flavors of the time confused many young DJs who didn\\\’t know if they should like it or give it
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While listening to some old unlabeled Cds I had in my car, I came across a track I had not heard in a while. I was surprised that in all the recent Disco nights and Concerts I had played at , I had totally overlooked this \\\” Gem\\\” . The Track was \\\” Night and
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I love Grace Jones. Saw her several times in the 70s at the South Florida Nightclub Limelight in Hollywood. Great show, Great tracks , \\\”Do or Die\\\”, \\\” I Need a Man\\\” \\\” Sorry\\\” her timeless rendition of \\\” La Vie En Rose\\\” Her own Unique style , her instantly recognizable voice as if commanding
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Roger Troutman ( Zapp) is smiling up in Heaven . So is Rick James and a couple other \\\”Funkmeisters\\\” that aren\\\’t with us anymore. The New Track by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars packs in all the elements of Funk and other 80s R&B styles you can handle in their latest track \\\” Uptown Funk\\\”
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A few years ago on our Disco program Open House Radio we had the pleasure of interviewing one of the early stars of Disco, Leroy Gomez. His project Santa Esmeralda with friends Nicolas Skorsky and Jean Manuel de Scarano, songwriters who had launched their own label was the collaboration that led to the worldwide hit
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