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Sunday, October 2, 2011

MECO MONARDO

Producer and studio musician Meco marked a confluence of the two major pop culture concerns of the late 70s , shooting to fame on the heels of a record- breaking rendition of the Star Wars- themed disco music charts . Born in Meco Monardo Johnsonburg , PA in 1939 , he took up the trombone at the age of nine, and later earned a scholarship to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester , NY .Hay Meco formed a jazz trio with fellow students Chuck Mangione and Ron Carter , then enlisted with the Western Army Point Army Band . From 1965 to 1974, he worked as a studio player Meco , andalso obtained a series of organizing concerts , most notably in Tommy James " Blue CrystalPersuasion . " He additionally arranged and performed the music for a series of commercials for television

Meco breakthrough came in 1974 when he co-produced Gloria Gaynor's smash hit " Never Can Say Goodbye, " followed by Carol Douglas's masterpiece " Doctor's Orders . " In 1977 , Meco saw George Lucas's Star Wars film on On the day of its release , and it quickly became an obsession , seeing the picture numerous times , while admiring score producer John Williams , he felt the music lacked commercial possibilities , and very soon contacted Casablanca Records boss Neil Bogart about the possibility. of a disco version . Working with veteran Broadway arranger Harold Wheeler , Meco recorded Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk ; soon the first single , "Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band", reached number one . Despite similar recorded music inspired by movies like The Wizard of Oz and Close Encounters of the Third Kind , Meco remained more closely related to Star Wars , evenrecording a highly successful Christmas album based on the film , he He retired from music in 1985 ,later working as a commodity broker in Florida.

LISTEN TO THE SONG:
http://www.mixcloud.com/tavasci3/meco-star-wars-theme-cantina-band/

published by Tavasci3 in 17:50

Friday, september 30, 2011

Freddie James - Everybody Get Up And Boogie (1979)

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Freddie James (Frederick Alan Millgan his real name)
Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1965. Freddie came from a musical family. His great-grandmother had been a singer in Missouri. His grandfather made extra money by forming a hustle band, and of course his mother is Geraldine Hunt.
Freddie learned to sing from the heart by listening to his family sing in church choirs on the South Side of Chicago.
The first single from their debut album was "Get Up and Boogie," not to be confused with the band's classic SILVER CONVENTION of a few years earlier. The song ran through the charts and established Freddie James as a star. of the disk movement.
The song was so successful that the second 12 "single," Hollywood ", was released promotionally as well as a third," Crazy Disco Music "for the Top Ten charts.
All the songs had a theme in common, the theme was high-energy music and simplistic lyrics. The album only contained four songs with "Boy Dance Little Blue" which was the least known.

LISTEN TO THE SONG:
http://www.mixcloud.com/tavasci3/freddie-james-everybody-get-up-and-boogie-1979/

published by Tavasci3 in 10:25

Diva Gray and Oyster - St Tropez 1979

Diva Gray (Deborah Gray her real name) vocalist and showgirl who began her professional career with Harry Belafonte along with Vivian Cherry, Gwen Guthrie and Lani Groves participated in numerous projects. This was leveraged by Kenny Lehman for the Chic project . I also work forJacques Fred Petrus (Peter Jacques Band) as a backup singer, this project attracted the attention ofColumbia executives and led to the Oyster Project . This produced a solo LP , Diva Gray and Oyster, of which his song St. Tropez was a hit on all discotheques.

LISTEN TO THE SONG:
http://www.mixcloud.com/tavasci3/diva-gray-and-oyster-st-tropez-1979/

published by Tavasci3 in 9:44

Theo Vaness - Sentimentally it's you (1979)

The Vaness (Hendrikus Theodorus Van Is His Real Name) Dutch disco singer , best known for his song "As long as it's love" ( a gay anthem on the dance floor in 1979). On the same album , all the other songs are great disco songs - especially listening to "Sentimentally it's you" which is clear from this album titled "BAD BOY".

LISTEN TO THE SONG:
http://www.mixcloud.com/tavasci3/theo-vaness-bad-bad-boy-1979/

published by Tavasci3 in 9:16

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Five Letters - Got Got Money (1979)

This group was made up of:
Claude Vallois , Denis DesrouvresAlthough the information of the group is very scarce on the web, not so their music, and here I leave you some of them from 1979.LISTEN TO THE SONG:http://www.mixcloud.com/tavasci3/five-letters-got-got-money/

published by Tavasci3 in 19:50

First Choice - Hold Your Horses (1979)

Part of the Philadelphia sound of the mid-70s , this all- female vocal group's biggest hit was " Armed And Extremely Dangerous This group was made up of Rochelle Fleming (February 11, 1950,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA) , Joyce Jones ( born July 30 , 1949) and Annette Guest ( born November 19, 1954, Chester , Pennsylvania , USA) were originally known as the Debronettes . A local DJ , Georgie Woods, introduced the trio of MFSB guitarist Norman Harris to produce their first single , " This Is The House Where Love Died " . Although it was little sold , It is also produced byHarris , the song was a success for the first time in the United Kingdom, where it reached the Top 20in Bell. US hit followed and later singles , " Smarty Pants " and " The Player " , sold just as well. While producer Harris was associated with numerous hits during the album boom of the '70s, the only tableentry after First Choice ' Dr. Debbie Martine ' and in 1984 the group First Choice split. In 1987,Fleming re formed the group with his cousin Laconya Fleming and Lawrence Cottel to record 'El amorpica ' ( Prelude ) . In the same year a new edition of the 1977 track "Que no lo separe el hombre " was a hit dance floor at the UK .

Here I leave something very well known about them and that they dance a lot in the discotheques.

LISTEN TO THE SONG:

http://www.mixcloud.com/tavasci3/first-choice-hold-your-horses-1979/

published by Tavasci3 in 19:35

Eve John - Mutual Physical Attraction (1980)

A SONG FROM 1980 THAT WASN'T PLAYED ON THE RADIO BUT ON THE RADIO, AT LEAST I DID GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IT IN THAT THEN I WAS AS A DJ ON CRAZY HORSE DISCO DE TORREON COAHUILA, BY THE WAY THIS DISC STILL WORKS .

LISTEN TO THE SONG:
http://www.mixcloud.com/tavasci3/eve-john-mutual-physical-attraction-1980/

published by Tavasci3 in 19:17

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