Turn the Beat Around

7 Apr 2018

Playlist, Friday 6 April 2018

Uncategorized

9PM

SAVIN’ IT Freda Payne 1979
IT MUST BE LOVE Alton McClain & Destiny 1979
SLAVE TO LOVE Bryan Ferry 1985
SUGAR WALLS (Dance Mix) Sheena Easton 1984
WORD UP Cameo 1987
YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE (John Morales Remix) Candi Staton 1977/2011
I WAS MADE FOR DANCING (Extended Disco Version) Leif Garrett 1979
IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 1977
YOU ARE Lionel Richie 1983
UPSIDE DOWN (BOY U TURN ME) (LNTG Edit) Diana Ross 1980/2013

10PM

YOU THINK YOUR A MAN (Remix) Divine 1984
MORE THAN PHYSICAL (7″ Mix) Bananarama 1987
FLASHBACK Imagination 1981
YOU SAVED MY DAY (Joey Negro Tell The World Mix) Cheryl Lynn 1978/2016
SAME OLD SCENE Roxy Music 1980
NOTHING CAN COME BETWEEN US (DJ ‘S’ Bootleg Extended RnB Remix) Sade 1988
NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE (Shep Pettibone 12″ Mix) Communards 1987
CROSS MY HEART (Dance Mix) Eighth Wonder 1988
RASPBERRY BERET (New Mix) Prince 1985
HE’S THE GREATEST DANCER (12″ Version) Sister Sledge 1978
CUBA Gibson Brothers 1978

Imagination hailed out of the UK and scored a number of hit singles in the early 80s. Produced by Jolley & Swain, who were also working with Spandau Ballet and Bananarama at the same time, Flashback became a UK hit single in 1981.

Not well received in Australia but a top 10 hit in the USA, even though it managed to get banned on MTV for it’s taboo subject matter. Sugar Walls was written by Prince for Sheena Easton and a became a hit 1984. Hint, she ain’t singing about a gingerbread house.