Turn the Beat Around

19 May 2018

Playlist, Friday 18 May 2018

Music

DISCO DIVA’S OF THE 1970s

9PM

MACARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 1978
YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME (Dimitri From Paris Remix) Phyllis Hyman 1979/2018
BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE A Taste Of Honey 1978
CHANCE Candi Staton 1979
STICK TOGETHER Minnie Riperton 1977
GOT TO BE REAL Cheryl Lynn 1978
SUNNY Boney M 1976
GIVE ME A BREAK The Ritchie Family 1980
RED LIGHT Three Degrees 1979
I’M CAUGHT UP (IN A ONE NIGHT LOVE AFFAIR) Inner Life 1979
ANY LOVE Rufus & Chaka Khan 1979

10PM

LOVE SENSATION (Shep Pettibone 12″ Mix) Loleatta Holloway 1980
THIS TIME BABY Jackie Moore 1979
STANDING RIGHT HERE (A Tom Moulton Mix) Melba Moore 1977
NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE (A Tom Moulton Mix) Gloria Gaynor 1975
I’M HERE AGAIN Thelma Houston 1977
YOU Marcia Hines 1977
I NEED A MAN (Disco Version) Grace Jones 1975
IF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE ME NOW Linda Clifford 1979
THE BOSS Diana Ross 1979

You Know How To Love Me was produced by Reggie Lucas who also produced Madonna’s Borderline. The song is one of the most loved songs of the disco era and has been remixed by some of the biggest names in the music industry including Joey Negro and Dimitri From Paris. Phyllis Hyman died in 1995.

Real name LaDonna Adrian Gaines is better know as the undisputed queen of disco, Donna Summer. Sadly, Donna lost her fight against cancer on 17 May 2012 but her music continues to inspire 6 years on with the recent opening a musical on Broadway based on her life. MacArthur Park, although a cover, is one of her best known songs. It was released in 1978 and became a US No 1 single that year.