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

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"Lost in Love" is a song recorded by the British/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply. The song was written by group member Graham Russell. The original version of the song appeared on the Life Support album in 1979 and was released as a single in Australia, reaching number 13 on the Kent Music Report. The song was remixed for the album of the same name in 1980 and this version was released as a single in the US, reaching number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song reportedly took Russell just 15 minutes to write and the single was made in a single afternoon. It was among the first he wrote after returning to Australia from touring with Rod Stewart, yet found little work upon his return. Despite being short of money, Russell went on a retreat to South Australia, where he felt the solitude would help him to write new material.
Air Supply's popularity in their native country during the mid to late 1970s had not been matched elsewhere. Russell travelled to England in 1979, and while there, discovered that the group's Australian record label Big Time Records had sold "Lost in Love" to Arista Records in the United States for distribution. Soon thereafter, their song became a hit on the music charts in the US.
Cashbox described it as "soft rock, with elegant acoustic guitar work, glistening harmonies, light rhythm and electric piano touches." Record World called it a "willowy ballad," saying that "the soft vocals and smooth flow are well-suited for soft -rock fans and A/C -pop."

Lost In Love - Air Supply​

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"Make It with You" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by American soft rock band Bread, of which Gates was a member. Gates and drummer Mike Botts are the only members of the group to appear on the recording, which was Bread's only No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The song first appeared on Bread's 1970 album, On the Waters. Released as a single that June, it was the group's first top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and spent the week of August 22, 1970, at No.1; it also reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. Billboard ranked "Make It with You" as the No. 13 song of 1970, and it was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over one million copies.
Record World called it "well-constructed soft rock music.

Bread - Make it with you​

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"You Give Love a Bad Name" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi, released as the first single from their 1986 album Slippery When Wet. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child about a woman who has jilted her lover, the song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 29, 1986, and became the band's first number-one hit. In 2007, the song re-entered the charts at No. 29 after Blake Lewis performed it on American Idol. Despite the lyrics of the chorus, the song should not be confused with "Shot Through the Heart", an unrelated song from Bon Jovi's 1984 self-titled debut album.

Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name​

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Jessica Jay is the name of a Euro House / Bubblegum Dance Pop project from Italy, created by the SAIFAM Group, and marketed mostly in Asia, where she is most well-known.
The Jessica Jay project has been around since 1994 when she released the debut single "Broken Hearted Woman". Since then, various studio vocalists have been attached to this project (typical of SAIFAM dance acts), including Dora Carofiglio, Melody Castellari and Monica Stucchi, though she has been headlined by model Laura Faggiotto who joined the project around 1997.
Jessica Jay's most well-known songs are "Broken Hearted Woman" released in 1994, "Chilly Cha Cha" (1998), and the bubblegum dance single "My Macho" released in 2000. Jessica Jay is also well-known for her English dance-covers of popular Thai, Chinese and Taiwanese songs, hence her popularity in Asian countries.
Jessica Jay is the name of a Euro House / Bubblegum Dance Pop project from Italy, created by the SAIFAM Group, and marketed mostly in Asia, where she is most well-known.
The Jessica Jay project has been around since 1994 when she released the debut single "Broken Hearted Woman". Since then, various studio vocalists have been attached to this project (typical of SAIFAM dance acts), including Dora Carofiglio, Melody Castellari and Monica Stucchi, though she has been headlined by model Laura Faggiotto who joined the project around 1997.
Jessica Jay's most well-known songs are "Broken Hearted Woman" released in 1994, "Chilly Cha Cha" (1998), and the bubblegum dance single "My Macho" released in 2000. Jessica Jay is also well-known for her English dance-covers of popular Thai, Chinese and Taiwanese songs, hence her popularity in Asian countries.
The following biography is likely of the model who headlined the Jessica Jay project (Laura Faggiotto). Faggiotto, often seen with platinum blonde hair, is known to be attached to other bubblegum dance projects, and was featured on the cover of the Barbie Young single "Tarzan & Jane" (1999).
From early childhood, [Jessica Jay] felt a wild passion for music, especially for singing. When she was 17, she began to sing in clubs in her area, always backed by different bands. She perfected her vocal technique and began working as a part-time vocal back-up. At that time she made her first records, achieving great success throughout Europe.
She loves listening to all type of "soft" music from funky and pop to jazz. Her favorite singers are: Aretha Franklin, Anita Baker, Liza Minelli, Barbra Streisand, Natalie Cole and Al Jarreau. She also likes group such as Incognito, U2 and Tears for Fears.
She was a young singer, yet already released two albums. Her first album, "Broken Hearted Woman" has been released under VMP label. The second album was released in November 1998 and was called "Chilly Cha Cha".

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Jessica Jay - Chilly Cha Cha​

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"Daddy Cool" is a song produced and co-written by Frank Farian who had founded the group Boney M. to visually perform to his songs on TV and while touring discos. Farian also provided the male voice parts on the record. The song was included on their debut album Take the Heat off Me. It was a 1976 hit and a staple of disco music and became Boney M.'s first hit in the United Kingdom.
The second Boney M. single, it was released in 1976 and made no major impact at first. After a presentation on the German Musikladen TV show in September that year, the single became a hit, topping several European charts. It reached number six in the UK charts and number 65 in the United States Billboard Hot 100. The single also topped the German charts and reached the Top 20 in Canada. It proved to be the band's major European breakthrough.
"Daddy Cool" was a novelty gimmick record with an unusual, percussive intro by producer Frank Farian doing rhythmic tic-tic-tics and playing on his teeth with a pencil. Farian also sang all male voice parts (Bobby Farrell always danced to full playback). His characteristic deep voice sings: "She's crazy like a fool..." and is answered by the multilayered voices of Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett: "...wild about Daddy Cool". This line has been misheard by listeners as "...what about Daddy Cool", so much so that the band started singing it that way during live performances.The bass riff kicks in and builds to the instrumental theme followed by the repetitive, nursery rhyme-like verse and chorus twice.
The song breaks down into a spoken passage by Farian before it goes back into the bass riff and repeats the verse and chorus for the last time. With its slightly hypnotic, repetitive bassline and strings and likewise repetitive, bright female vocals, the track is highly typical of mid-1970s "Munich disco".
Originally, Hansa Records wanted Boney M.'s cover of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" as the A-side of the single but Farian - seeing that his own song was the clear winner when testing both tracks in his discothèque in St. Ingbert – managed to persuade the record company to have it his way. In the US, Hungary and Japan (where the single wasn't released until November), the single was backed by the album track "Lovin' or Leavin'". In East Germany the record was released in 1977, backed by their next hit "Sunny".

Boney M. - Daddy Cool​

BONEY M. – Sunny​

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Ace of Base is a Swedish pop group formed in 1987, originally consisting of siblings Jonas, Linn, and Jenny Berggren, with Ulf Ekberg.
"All That She Wants" is a song by Swedish group Ace of Base. It was released in Scandinavia in August 1992, by Mega Records, as the second single from the group's first studio album, Happy Nation (1992), and in the following year, it was released as the first single from the 1993 album The Sign in North America. Produced by Denniz Pop with group members Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg, the drum beat was inspired by the Kayo song "Another Mother". Berggren and Ekberg also wrote the lyrics.
"All That She Wants" is a reggae-pop song that describes a sexually promiscuous woman, with the word "baby" being synonymous with "boyfriend". The song was first recorded in 1991, but went through many revisions before it was officially released.
The song was a commercial success, reaching the top of the charts in many countries, including Denmark, Germany, the UK and Australia. It spent 13 weeks at the top of the Danish singles chart. The single was certified platinum in the United States, where it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and was one of the best-selling singles of that year. Its music video was directed by Matt Broadley and filmed in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ace Of Base - All That She Wants​

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