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A much needed Black Music thread.
- Thread starter Insidious Von
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Contrary to popular opinion, disco didn't die in 1979. It just morphed. In North America post disco was coined 'Boogie" and it resided mostly in the club scenes of NYC and NJ. In Europe, disco remained quite popular in Germany and Italy. Italo-disco was heavily influenced by electronic synthesized sounds and was led by producers like Giorgio Moroder and Mauro Malovassi. The latter teamed up with Jacques-Fred Petrus and Davide Romani to form a band called Change in 1979. In 1980 they released their debut album titled 'The Glow of Love' which famously featured a 29 year old American singer looking for his breakthrough. That singer's name - Luther Vandross. He sang lead on two tracks 'The Glow of Love' and 'Searching'. That album went Gold and Luther went on to release his debut solo album 'Never Too Much' the next year thus catapulting him into stardom.
One of the earliest italo-disco tracks that also became internationally popular was Kano's 'I'm Ready' It got extensive play in North America because it also incorporated funk and r&b elements.
One of the earliest italo-disco tracks that also became internationally popular was Kano's 'I'm Ready' It got extensive play in North America because it also incorporated funk and r&b elements.
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Akila Besos
so deep in my vault, i had to use a roadmap to reach back to the surface......again. a white, skinny, pasty faced teen listening to this instead of The British Invasion and a year later buying a Stones album in which they covered this tune..................my kinda music, even after 55 years plus
Dare I mention that this was yet another great Phil Spector production?
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