Patti Labelle – Get Ready (Looking For Love) (Back To The Music Box edit)
I still can’t believe its January. It’s a long month alright. If you’re feeling the mid-month or mid-week blues, then blast them away with the winning combination of Patti Labelle and Ron Hardy! Lifted from Ms. Labelle’s 1980 album Released, ‘Get Ready (Looking For Love)’ was one of Chicago house [...]
Single of the Day – Charanga ’76 – Good Times (Como Vamos A Gozar)
Feeling disappointed and disheartened by the lacklustre start to the World Cup? Fear not dear readers, as this fun-filled cover of a Chic classic will get your World Cup lovin’ mojo back! Charanga 76’s spaced-out Latin tribute to Nile Rodgers & crew’s finest track was released in 1979 and has [...]
Single Of The Day – Change – Let’s Go Together
Classic bit of smooth 80s disco from Jacques Fred Petrus’ Change. Often derided as Chic copycats, Change in fact made some very good records (‘Paradise’, ‘Change Of Heart’. This was the last single they released as Petrus died in 1986 and was later sampled by Jazzy M for his his hit [...]
Single of the Day – Carly Simon – Why
Ahhh, the summer. There’s nothing like the summer with a bit of Carly Simon. What’s Carly Simon got to do with the summer? I hear you ask. Well, my friends this timeless ‘Balearic’ classic will tell you ‘why’ (arf!). Produced by the mighty Chic in 1982 for the flop movie ‘Soup [...]