Back to the 1970s

  This record has been sitting around waiting to be posted forever. Okay, maybe not forever, but at least 6 months. This, I think, is the last in the long line of records from the infamous new wave/power pop purchase of '08. For you long time readers you'll remember back in the spring and early summer when I was posting all kinds of new wave and power pop records from the late 70's early 80's. They were all bought at the same time at a thrift store and I was so excited I quickly digitized them all and began posting them. Somehow this one has been sitting around and I never posted it. Maybe because it isn't the strongest of the records. That doesn't mean it stinks, but it isn't as solid as the others. I certainly wasn't as excited about it. If I had been it wouldn't have taken this long to post. This record caught my eye not only because it was part of that big purchase or what had to be someone's record collection, but also because I knew Cindy...

Tracklist  A1 Hot Shot 8:40  A2 God Knows I'm Just A Woman 4:25 Piano – Karen Young  A3 Beau 4:03  B1 Bring On The Boys 5:40  B2 Where Is He 6:00  B3 Baby You Ain't Nothing Without Me 6:50 Credits Backing Vocals – Brian Phipps, Karen Dempsey, Karen Hawkins, Karla Garrison, Lorenzo Wright, Sonia Lonon, Steve West, Willie Mae Kidd "Sasha"* Bass – Vince Fay Cello – Larry Gold, Paul Eves Clarinet, Saxophone – Larry McKenns*, Mike Pedicin*, Ron Kerber Congas, Drums – Daryl Burgee Jacket, Logo – Peter Davis Engineer – Andy Kahn, Kurt Borusiewicz, Larry Bynch, Lorenzo Wright, Wally Hayman, Walter Kahn Executive Producer – Walter Kahn Guitar – Lorenzo Wright Handclaps – Andy Kahn, Chris Tortu, Darryl Adderley, Karen Young, Kurt Borusiewicz, Robert P. Brown*, Sonia Lonon, Troy Dougherty, Willie Mae Kidd Maracas – Troy Dougherty Mastered By – David Moyssiadis* Mixed By [Assistant] – Billy Kennedy, Frank Sestito, Troy Dougherty, Valeria Luzi, Wayne Gettman* Percu...

The cover art features 2 well known "Female Models" (Un-credited) [Model Featured On Left Side Of Cover] Valentine Monnier‬ [Model Featured On Right Side Of Cover] Alva Chinn Chic  is an American musical group, formed in 1976 by guitarist  Nile Rodgers  , and bassist  Bernard Edwards  , the most successful and influential team of songwriters and producers of the disco music era.   Edwards and Rodgers  composed, arranged, performed, and produced highly influential disco and R&B records for established artists such as  Sheila and B. Devotion, Diana Ross, and Debbie Harry.  Nile Rodgers  began his career as a studio musician and playing in the band  of New York's  famous  Apollo Theater  for artists such as  Aretha Franklin, Ben E. King, Nancy Wilson, Parliament, and Funkadelic  .  In 1970 he met the bassist  Bernard Edwards  and formed a rock band called  The Boys  with which ...

"Everybody Dance" is the second single from the first album Chic by the band of the same name. It features Norma Jean Wright on lead vocals. Luther Vandross appears on background vocals. It was later heavily sampled by British pop group Steps on their UK number 1 "Stomp" in 2000 and by the Manic Street Preachers on their single "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" in 2010. In 2011, the British singer Kimberley Walsh, recorded a cover of the song for the film Horrid Henry.The song is featured in the Grand Theft Auto IV expansion pack The Ballad of Gay Tony on the radio station K109.

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  January 13, 1979 - 42 Years Ago Today: Donna Summer had the Hot Shot Debut at No. 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with her single, "Heaven Knows." The single was written by Summer with Pete Bellotte and Giorgio Moroder and was billed as Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams and was the follow-up to her first No. 1 single, "MacArthur Park," and peaked at No. 4 on March 17, 1979. It was her third of eight consecutive Top Tens on the Billboard Hot 100 and her 5th of 14 Top Tens in total. It was her fifth of 11 Gold certified singles which also included three Platinum certifications. "Heaven Knows," was part of the "MacArthur Park Suite" medley on Side 4 of her No. 1 double-album opus, "Live And More," which also became the first of three record-breaking consecutive No. 1 double albums. It was followed by 1979's "Bad Girls," and 1979's "On The Radio: Greatest Hits-Volumes I & II." "MacArthur Park Suite...

  March 20, 1976 - 45 Years Ago Today: Diana Ross had the Hot Shot Debut at No. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with her single, "I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love)." The Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer-penned song was the second of three Hot 100 singles released from her self-titled album which was the second time in her solo career and second time in six years that two of her albums were self-titled. "I Thought It Took A Little Time," peaked at a disappointing No. 47 after the enormous leadoff single, "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)," went to No. 1 just eight weeks prior and also enjoyed a single week at No. 1 on the Billboard AC Chart. "I Thought it Took a Little Time," was on its way to another smash hit when its pop chart life was cut short due to having to rush the release of "Love Hangover" to obliterate a competing version by the 5th Dimension. "I Thought it Took a Little Tim...