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The Tremeloes ,

are an English rock and roll band, founded in 1958 in Dagenham, Essex. The Tremeloes are one of the longest surviving, still playing regularly more than 50 years after the group’s founding. They had fourteen UK and two U.S. Top 20 hit singles. They were the first south of England group to top the chart in the beat boom era. ….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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Edwin Starr ,

(January 21, 1942 – April 2, 2003) was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit “War”.
Starr was born Charles Edwin Hatcher in Nashville, Tennessee in 1942. He and his cousins (soul singers Roger and Willie Hatcher) moved to Cleveland, Ohio where they were raised. He has a wife named Annette Mary Hatcher and a son named Andr’e Hatcher and two grandchildren Alont’e Renfroe and Maryah Hatcher.

In 1957, Starr formed a doo-wop group, The Future Tones, and began his singing career. Starr lived in Detroit, Michigan in the 1960s and recorded at first for the small record label Ric-Tic, and later for the famed Motown after it absorbed Ric-Tic in 1968. ….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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Hugues Aufray ,

(born Hugues Jean Marie Auffray on 18 August 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French singer. He began his career singing in Spanish.

Aufray represented Luxembourg in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, performing “Dès que le printemps revient” and finishing fourth. His most famous songs are “Santiano”, “Céline”, “Stewball” and in Spanish, “Barco de Papel”.

Aufray is well known for his French adaptations of Bob Dylan’s songs.

He was born to Henry Auffray, an industrialist, and Amyelle de Caubios d’Andiran, a musician, second cousin of the French author François Mauriac (respectively by their maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother). His sister was actress Pascale Audret (1936–2000) and his niece is actress Julie Dreyfus. ….Read More

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The Carpenters ,

were a vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. Carpenters was the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as “The Carpenters”, the duo’s official name on authorized recordings and press materials is simply “Carpenters”, without the definite article. During a period in the 1970s when louder and wilder rock was in great demand, Richard and Karen produced a distinctively soft musical style that made them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. ….Read More

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Middle Of The Road ,

was a Scottish pop group who enjoyed great success across Europe in the early 1970s. Three of their singles sold over one million copies each, and received a gold disc. The tracks were “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep” (which went on to sell over 10 million), “Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum” and “Soley Soley”. By early 1972 alone the group had sold over five million records.
Lead singer Sally Carr (born Sarah Cecilia Carr, 28 March 1945, in Muirhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland), drummer Ken Andrew (born Kenneth Ballentyne Andrew, 28 August 1942, in Bearsden, Glasgow, Strathclyde), guitarist Ian McCredie (b. 15 July 1948, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde), and bassist his brother Eric McCredie (born 17 July 1945, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde died 6 October 2007) from Glasgow founded the band on April, 1st (”All Fools Day”) in 1970. They already played together under the name Part Four since 1967 and later in Latin American style under the name Los Caracas.

They moved to Italy in 1970 because they had not found success in the United Kingdom. There they met the Italian music producer Giacomo Tosti, who gave the band their distinctive sound and gave them their international break. ….Read More

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Eunice Kathleen Waymon ,

better known by her stage name Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), was a Grammy Award-nominated American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist.

Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is generally classified as a jazz musician. Simone originally aspired to become a classical pianist, but her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles besides her classical basis, such as jazz, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop music. Her vocal style is characterized by intense passion, a loose vibrato, and a slightly androgynous timbre, in part due to her unusually low vocal range which veered between the alto and tenor ranges (occasionally even reaching baritone lows). Also known as The High Priestess of Soul, she paid great attention to the musical expression of emotions. Within one album or concert she could fluctuate between exuberant happiness or tragic melancholy. These fluctuations also characterized her own personality and personal life, worsened by bipolar disorder with which she was diagnosed in the mid-1960s, but was kept secret until 2004 after her death. ….Read More

Nina Simone – Blue For You

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