70's, 80's 'Feel Good' Music

Wayne Piew · Apr 29, 2010

Love Don't Live Here Anymore --- Jimmy Nail
1985

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Wayne Piew · May 5, 2010

Souvenir ---OMD
1981

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Wayne Piew · May 9, 2010

Mothers Talk ---Tears for Fears
1984

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Wayne Piew · May 10, 2010

Cry is a song released by the British music duo Godley & Creme.
1985

Obviously 'Cry' being what the losing team felt like doing.

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postnew · May 13, 2010

Wayne Piew said:
Love Don't Live Here Anymore --- Jimmy Nail
1985

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"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" is a 1978 song written by Miles Gregory and originally recorded by Rose Royce. This version was produced by former Motown songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield for the Whitfield Records. Lead vocals were sung by Gwen Dickey. The song appeared on the 1978 album Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! and reached #32 on the Billboard Hot 100, higher than any of the numerous covers performed by other artists. This version also reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart.

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postnew · May 13, 2010

"Love to Love You Baby" is a song by American singer Donna Summer released in 1975. It became one of the first ever disco hits to also be released in an extended form.

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Donna Summer was still a complete unknown in her home country when she suggested the lyric "Love to Love You Baby" to Giorgio Moroder in 1975. He turned the lyric into a full disco song and asked Summer to record it. The full lyrics were somewhat explicit and at first Summer said she would only record it as a demo to give to someone else. However her erotic moans and groans impressed Moroder so much that he persuaded her to release it as her own song, and "Love to Love You" became a moderate hit in the Netherlands.

A tape of the song was sent to Casablanca Records president Neil Bogart in the U.S. and he played it at a party at his home. He was so impressed with the track that he continued to play it over and over all night. He later contacted Moroder and suggested that he make the track longer - possibly as long as twenty minutes. Again Summer had reservations, and was not even sure of all the lyrics, so imagined herself as an actress (namely Marilyn Monroe)[1] playing the part of someone in sexual ecstasy. The studio lights were dimmed so that Summer was more or less in complete darkness as she lay on the floor. The final recording lasted over sixteen minutes, and contained the sexiest "simulated" orgasms ever found on vinyl; according to the BBC, it contained 23 "orgasms".[1] It was also at this point that the song was renamed "Love to Love You Baby." The song took up the entire first side of the album of the same name, and was also released as a 12" single. Edited versions were also found on 7" vinyl, and the song became an international disco smash. Released in December 1975, it became Summer's first U.S. top 40 hit, spending two weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1976[2] and logged four weeks atop the Billboard U.S. disco chart, [3] as well number three on the soul singles chart[4] The song also charted highly on the British pop chart upon its January 1976 release in the U.K., where it reached #4[5] despite the BBC's refusal to promote it. Summer would be named "the first lady of love," which labeled her with a sexually-oriented, fantasy image from which she would struggle to free herself.

postnew · May 13, 2010

postnew said:
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"Hot Stuff" is a hit single released by American disco singer Donna Summer in 1979 as the first single release from her Bad Girls album through Casablanca Records. Up to that point, Summer had mainly been associated with disco songs but this song also showed significant rock influences including the guitar, which had never been used in a Donna Summer single before. In fact the very intricate solo was played by Ex Doobie Brother and Steely Dan guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter.

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"Hot Stuff" also win Summer the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, making not only the first African-American artist to achieve that feat, but also the first woman to ever win a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance. It is ranked #103 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[1] The songs also lists at #67 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time

postnew · May 13, 2010

"Bad Girls" is a critically acclaimed 1979 single released by American singer Donna Summer, co-written by Summer and the Brooklyn Dreams. The inspiration for her to write the song came after one of her assistants was offended by a police officer who thought she was a street prostitute. A rough version of the song had originally been written a couple of years before its release. Neil Bogart, upon hearing it, wanted Donna to give it to Cher for her upcoming album. Donna refused and put it away for a couple of years.

The song became a number-one hit on the Billboard pop, R&B and dance singles charts simultaneously becoming, alongside "Hot Stuff", her most successful single. The song helped the the album of the same name to reach the multi-platinum status in the United States. A 12" single of the song was released as a medley with "Hot Stuff". Although "Hot Stuff" was extended for the 12" single, "Bad Girls" remained in the 4:55 album version.

postnew · May 13, 2010

She Works Hard for the Money is the eleventh studio album by Donna Summer, released in 1983. This album became her biggest hit of the decade and produced a US top three single with the title track.

Summer had made her name as the biggest female star of the disco era during the 1970s. Having signed to Geffen Records in the early 1980s, she had gained some success during the post-disco era but had encountered problems in that Geffen had refused to release some of her material. The She Works Hard For The Money album was turned down by Geffen. PolyGram had taken over Casablanca Records, to which Summer was signed at the height of her fame the previous decade. She had left them after a dispute which was resolved by Summer giving PolyGram this album which Geffen rejected. PolyGram agreed to release the album on their Mercury label.

This project became Summer's most successful since the disco era. She Works Hard For The Money was more pop/dance oriented than her last couple of albums, but also contained some soulful ballads, including "Love Has a Mind of Its Own", a duet with gospel singer Matthew Ward. It also contained a reggae-styled song called "Unconditional Love" which featured vocals by young black British group Musical Youth. Lyrically, the album dealt with subjects such as social injustice ("Stop, Look and Listen"), Jesus Christ ("He's a Rebel") and missing children ("People, People"). Many fans saw the album as a "return to form" for Summer - she was once again presented as a strong, powerful woman very much in control. During the 1970s, Summer's management had worked hard to portray her as a powerful, sexual fantasy figure to the point where they had become too involved in her personal life (which led to a period of depression for Summer before becoming a born-again Christian and filing a lawsuit against her record label). Since the disco era, Summer had experimented with different genres including New Wave and rock, and some felt she had got a little "lost" in trying to find her musical place in the new decade. She Works Hard for the Money firmly established her place as a 1980s pop/dance diva.

postnew · May 13, 2010

"Reunited" was a hit song for R&B vocal duo Peaches & Herb. Released from their 1978 album, 2 Hot, the song was a huge crossover smash, topping both the pop and soul charts. It spent four weeks at number one on both the R&B singles chart and the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart[1] and sold over 2 million copies.

postnew · May 13, 2010

'Sexy Eyes' was the last major hit single for Dr. Hook.

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postnew · May 13, 2010

How 'Bout Us is a 1981 hit single recorded by R&B music group Champaign and composed by band keyboardist Dana Walden. Originally released on the band's debut album of the same name, "How 'Bout Us" (the song) peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and of the seven charting singles Champaign conceived, the song remains the group's most successful track.

postnew · May 13, 2010

"Try Again" is a 1983 song by the American R&B band Champaign. Released in March of that year as the only single from their album Modern Heart, this ballad peaked at position 23 on the U.S. pop charts the following month.

postnew · May 13, 2010

http://www.paulichampaign.com

Wayne Piew · May 13, 2010

Pass the Dutchie ---Musical Youth
1982

The song was a cover version of the song "Pass the Koutchie" by The Mighty Diamonds,
which deals with the recreational use of cannabis,
"koutchie" being slang for a cannabis pipe.

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Wayne Piew · May 13, 2010

Original version
Pass the Koutchie ---Mighty Diamonds
1981

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Wayne Piew · May 18, 2010

She's Always a Woman ---Billy Joel
1977

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Wayne Piew · May 18, 2010

Cover Version
She's Always a Woman -- Fyfe Dangerfield
2010

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Wayne Piew · May 19, 2010

Maybe I'm Amazed --- Paul McCartney
1970

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Wayne Piew · May 21, 2010

Chariots of Fire ---Vangelis
1982

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