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Modern Talking ,

was a German dance pop duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. Genre-wise they were often classified under Europop. Modern Talking, who by sales are the most successful and popular group in Germany, have had a number of hit singles reaching the top-5 in many countries. Some of their most popular and widely known singles are “You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul“, “ Can Win If You Want“, “ Cheri Lady“, “Brother Louie“, “Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)” and “Geronimo’s Cadillac“. ….Read More

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Disco Delivery Sound ,

(Translated as “the sound to surrender to disk”) known simply as “DD Sound” is the pseudonym used by the Brothers La Bionda between 1977 and 1981 with whom they signed some of their products in style disco.

The choice of this name was parallel to their real last name was borrowed from the production of Barry WhiteWhich was used to sign such works as Love Unlimited Orchestra, Giving the market two brands that could move independently in the market without one of the two it would occupy a position too excessive risking saturation.

Several international success with this name products including stand: “1.2.3.4 … Gimme Some More”, “Disco Bass”, “Café”, “She’s not a disco lady”, “Hootchie Cootchie. ….Read More

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Le Pamlemousse ,

meaning “The Grapefruit” in French – was a faceless disco ensemble by producers Laurin Rinder & W. Michael Lewis. No actual group existed, all the vocals were done by interchangeable session singers, similar to Rinder & Lewis’ other brainchild El Coco. Debuting with the self-titled Le Pamplemousse album 1976, a string of successful 12″s followed, in particular “Le Spank” and “Get Your Boom Boom (Around The Room Room)” from their second album on which The Jones Girls contributed vocals, and “Monkey See, Monkey Do” and “Do You Have Any?”. The LPs were all packaged in erotic covers, centered around a juicy grapefruit. With the arrival of the 80s, disco’s popularity had dropped drastically, and their albums on to 1984’s final Put Your Love Where Your Mouth Is featuring some Gloria Gold were all poor sellers.

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The Weather Girls ,

are an American girl group that formed in 1982, best known for their single “It’s Raining Men”.

The original members were Martha Wash and Izora Armstead. They are best known for their 1982 #1 club and pop hit, “It’s Raining Men”. Although the group is considered a one hit wonder by the mainstream pop market, they were previously known as Two Tons O’ Fun, under which name they recorded three songs which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart: “Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven” (1980); “Just Us” (1980 and also made #29 on the US R&B chart); and the Hi-NRG song “I Got the Feeling” in 1981. They also backed Sylvester and Bob Seger (1986). After the success of “It’s Raining Men”, other hits with the original line-up included “Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man this Christmas)” (for which an accompanying music video was made) and “No One Can Love You More Than Me”.

The current members of the group are sisters Dynelle Rhodes and Ingrid Arthur, who are the daughters of Armstead, who died in 2004. They released a new Weather Girls album, Totally Wild, in late 2005. It scored an underground club hit with “Wild Thang”. Like the original Weather Girls, the duo has proven very successful with its gay male core audience. ….Read More

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Stars 45 – Stars On 45 Vol II ,

was the second album by the Dutch soundalike studio group Stars on 45, released on the CNR Records label in The Netherlands in August 1981. In the US the album was retitled Stars On Long Play II, released on Radio Records and credited to ‘Stars On’. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand the album was listed as Stars on 45 Volume 2 or Stars on 45 – The Album – Volume 2, credited to Starsound and issued on CBS Records. Just like the first Stars on 45 album Longplay Album – Volume II was also officially released in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc by state-owned label Melodiya, credited to Stars On 45 but under the title Discotheque Stars 2. ….Read More

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      Part I :

“Star Wars Main Title” (Williams)
“Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love)” (Creatore, Perreti, Weiss)
“Kung Fu Fighting” (Douglas, Hawke)
“Layla” (Clapton, Gordon) (song not included on the US release)
“All Right Now” (Fraser, Rodgers)
“Fire” (Springsteen)
“Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (Stewart, Appice)
“Ma Baker” (Farian, Reyam, Jay) (song not included on the US release)
“Y.M.C.A” (Belolo, Morali, Willis)
“The Good, the Bad and The Ugly” (Morricone)
“Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough” (Jackson) (song not included on the US release)
“Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)” (Mandel, Altman)
“The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)” (Crewe, Gaudio)
“Overture from Tommy” (Townshend)
“Get Off” (Driggs, Ledesma)
“Stars On 45″ (Eggermont, Duiser)
“Baker Street” (Rafferty)
“Bette Davis Eyes” (DeShannon, Weiss) (song not included on the US release)
“Eve of the War” (Wayne)

      Part II :

“Stars On 45 (2)” (Eggermont, Duiser)
“Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” (Whitfield)
“Dance to the Music” (Stone)
“Sugar Baby Love” (Bickerton, Waddington)
“Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” (Whitfield)
“Let’s Go to San Francisco” (Carter, Lewis)
“A Horse with No Name” (Bunnell)
“Monday, Monday” (Philips)
“San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)” (Philips)
“California Dreamin’” (Philips, Philips)
“Eve of Destruction” (Sloan)
“Stop! In the Name of Love”
“Cracklin’ Rosie” (Diamond)
“Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (Barry, Greenwich)
“A Lover’s Concerto” (Linzer, Randell)
“Reach Out I’ll Be There” (Holland, Dozier, Holland)
“The Sounds of Silence” (Simon)
“Stars On 45 (2)” (Eggermont, Duiser)
“Voulez-Vous”
“SOS” (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)
“Bang-A-Boomerang” (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)
“Money, Money, Money”
“Knowing Me, Knowing You” (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)
“Fernando” (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)
“The Winner Takes It All”
“Super Trouper”
“Stars on 45″ (Eggermont, Duiser)

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Roberta Kelly ,

is an African American singer born in 1949 in Los Angeles who scored three hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1976-78. Her biggest hit, “Trouble-Maker”, spent two weeks at #1 on that chart.

Prior to releases in the U.S. through composer Giorgio Moroder’s Oasis record label, Kelly recorded, during the 1970s, a single in Germany entitled “Kung Fu Is Back Again”, released on Atlantic and produced by songwriter/producer Pete Bellotte.

The ‘Trouble Maker’ album also included a cover version of “Love Power”, a 1967 hit for The Sandpebbles written by Teddy Vann, which was later made famous as a part of Luther Vandross’ repertoire. ….Read More

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Giorgio (Hansjoerg) Moroder ,

(on record sleeves often only Giorgio) (born on April 26, 1940 in Urtijëi (Ortisei), Italy) is a three-time Oscar-winning and three-time Grammy Award-winning Italian record producer, songwriter and performer. His work with synthesizers during the 1970s and 1980s had a significant influence on new wave, house, techno and electronic music in general. Particularly well known for his work with Donna Summer during the era of disco (including “I Feel Love” and Love to Love You Baby), Moroder is the founder of the former Musicland Studios in Munich, which was used as a recording studio for artists including Electric Light Orchestra, Led Zeppelin, Queen and Elton John. He also founded his own record label the Oasis Records which later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records.

In addition to his work with Donna Summer, Moroder also produced a number of electronic disco hits for The Three Degrees, two albums for Sparks, and a score of songs for a variety of others including Irene Cara, Madleen Kane, Melissa Manchester, Blondie, Japan, and France Joli. ….Read More

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France Joli ,

is a Canadian singer, born 1963, who is best known for the disco classic “Come to Me.”
A native of Montreal, Quebec, Joli grew up in the Montreal suburb of Dorion.

As early as age 4 she was performing for relatives by lip-synching to Barbra Streisand records handling a piece of skipping rope like a microphone. By 1974 she’d developed a natural vocal talent of her own along with a personal magnetism: these attributes were evidenced in appearances in television commercials and also Joli’s participation in amateur talent shows at one of which – in 1979 – she connected with dance music producer/songwriter Tony Green. ….Read More

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Eruption ,

was formed in 1974 in Britain. In 1975 they won the RCA Soul Search Contest, whilst their first single “Let Me Take You Back in Time” was released in 1976. Finding their success quickly drying out, lead singer Leslie Johnson left the group, and their backing singer Precious Wilson stepped forward to front the band. They went on the road in Germany where Frank Farian, the producer of Boney M., took notice of them. Farian signed the group with the Germany-based Hansa Records and the band supported Boney M. on tour.

After a minor hit single with “Party Party”, their cover of “I Can’t Stand the Rain” from their first album (December 1977) was a big hit, reaching number five in the UK Singles Chart, and number 18 in U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was followed by their second album titled Leave a Light launched towards the end of 1978. The first single of the album “I’ll Keep a Light in My Window” could not do as well as expected. Fortunately, the second single, “One Way Ticket” (cover of Neil Sedaka’s song), restored them at the top of the charts (a UK # 9 hit). The song is often mistaken for a Boney M. record. ….Read More

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Patrick Juvet ,

(born 21 August 1950, Montreux, Switzerland) is a former model turned singer-songwriter, who had a string of hit records in France. While his early career was focused on making pop records, he found international success as a disco music performer in the latter half of the 1970s.
In Saint-Tropez he met French music producer Eddie Barclay, who allowed him to record a first single in 1971. He wrote Le Lundi au soleil sung by Claude François.

He represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with “Je vais me marier, Marie,” before charting in the U.S. / UK with the disco tracks, “Où sont les femmes?” and “I Love America” later in the 1970s. During his recording career in the 1970s, Juvet collaborated with French composer and musician Jean-Michel Jarre and noted disco producers Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo, who also produced Village People and The Ritchie Family, among other acts. ….Read More

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Patrick Joseph Cowley ,

(October 19, 1950 – November 12, 1982) was a disco and Hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist. He recorded in a style that has drawn comparisons to that of Giorgio Moroder and is often credited with pioneering electronic dance music.
During a world tour with Sylvester in late 1981, Cowley complained of feeling increasingly unwell. Upon returning to the United States, he visited a doctor who diagnosed food poisoning. Weeks later, with his condition only worsening, doctors again failed to identify what was wrong with him. At this early stage in the history of the HIV and AIDS, misdiagnosis was common and so Cowley was discharged from the hospital (in 1982) after doctors could do nothing more for him.

After discharge, Cowley went on to complete two albums, his own Mind Warp and Sylvester’s All I Need, which was later retitled Do Ya Wanna Funk after its chart-topping hit. By the time of Mind Warp’s release, Cowley largely used a wheelchair and was unable to attend the launch event held at the Galleria Art Center in San Francisco. Subsequently Cowley began receiving in-home nursing care and died at his home, in San Francisco, on November 12, 1982. He was 32 years old, an early victim of AIDS (which was then still known as GRID). A couple of tracks were also completed for a planned Sarah Dash album that year, which was cut short by Cowley’s death. ….Read More

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Le Pamplemousse ,

meaning “The Grapefruit” in French – was a faceless disco ensemble by producers Laurin Rinder & W. Michael Lewis. No actual group existed, all the vocals were done by interchangeable session singers, similar to Rinder & Lewis’ other brainchild El Coco. Debuting with the self-titled Le Pamplemousse album 1976, a string of successful 12″s followed, in particular “Le Spank” and “Get Your Boom Boom (Around The Room Room)” from their second album on which The Jones Girls contributed vocals, and “Monkey See, Monkey Do” and “Do You Have Any?”. The LPs were all packaged in erotic covers, centered around a juicy grapefruit. With the arrival of the 80s, disco’s popularity had dropped drastically, and their albums on to 1984’s final Put Your Love Where Your Mouth Is featuring some Gloria Gold were all poor sellers.

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La Bionda ,

are a duo formed by brothers Sicilian Caramel and Michelangelo La Bionda, Are considered among the inventors of disco Italian
The two brothers have been active since 1970 as composers, artists, producers and publishers. In 1972 participate as authors A disc for the summer with the song “On Saturday to dance,” with the text written by Bruno Lauzi (referred to in this period were guitarists), played by Piero Focaccia.
In early Seventies recorded two acoustic album “Brothers Ltd. The Blonde” and “anything goes” (recorded in Apple Studios London) In 1975 also play acoustic guitars in the album Volume VIII of Fabrizio De André. ….Read More

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Disco Delivery Sound ,

known simply as “DD Sound” is the pseudonym used by the Brothers La Bionda between 1977 and 1981 with whom they signed some of their products in style disco.

The choice of this name was parallel to their real last name was borrowed from the production of Barry WhiteWhich was used to sign such works as Love Unlimited Orchestra, Giving the market two brands that could move independently in the market without one of the two it would occupy a position too excessive risking saturation.

Several international success with this name products including stand: “1.2.3.4 … Gimme Some More”, “Disco Bass”, “Café”, “She’s not a Disco Lady,” “Hootchie Cootchie”. ….Read More

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