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Donna Summer_Love to Love You Baby

Published on 2012-05-17 14:05:50

Love to Love You Baby is the second album by Donna Summer, and her first to be released internationally and in the United States. Her previous album Lady of the Night was released only in the Netherlands. Love to Love You Baby was released in the US on August 27, 1975. 1 Love To Love You Baby 2 Full Of Emptiness 3 Need- A- Man Blues 4 Whispering Waves 5 Pandora's Box > read more

The Isley Brothers_Summer Breeze_

Published on 2012-04-30 02:02:00

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A Taste of Honey - Ladies Of The Eighties_1982

Published on 2012-04-14 11:45:43

1 Sayonara 2 We've Got The Groove 3 I'll Try Something New 4 We've Got The Groove 5 Lie's 6 Diamond Real 7 Never Go Wrong 8 We've Got The Groove (Reprise) 9 Midnight Snack 10 Leavin' Tomorrow > read more

Real Thing_4 From 8_1977

Published on 2012-04-10 04:16:06

1 Love's Such A Wonderful Thing2 Lovin' You Is Like A Dream3 Kathy4 Down To The Way You Feel5 Plastic Man6 Lightning Strikes Again7 I Wish You Well8 Liverpool 8 > read more

Chris Jasper_Superbad_1987

Published on 2012-04-10 04:08:48

Chris Jasper (born Christopher H. Jasper, December 30, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former member of both the Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley. He is also a successful solo artist and record producer, recording a number of his own solo albums, and producing artists, for his New York based record label, Gold City Records. His keyboard and Moog synthesizer work was a primary ingredient of the Isley Brothers sound of the 1970s and 1980s.1 Superbad2 Givin' My All 3 One Time Love4 Earthquak [..] > read more

Olympic Runners_Dancealot_1978

Published on 2012-03-24 04:10:34

The Olympic Runners were a 1970s British funk band, put together by record producer Mike Vernon who also played percussion, and fronted by singer George Chandler. They also included multi-instrumentalist Pete Wingfield, and had a number of hit singles in both the US and UK.1 Sir Dancealot2 Wooden Head3 When You're Dancing4 God Bless You5 The Bitch6 Energy Beam7 Get It While You Can8 Onya > read more

Ritchie Family - Life Is Music _ 1977

Published on 2012-03-24 03:31:27

1 Life Is Music2 Lady Luck3 Long Distance Romance4 Liberty5 Super Lover6 Disco Blues > read more

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye _ 1973

Published on 2012-03-12 06:06:46

1 You Are Everything 2 Love Twins3 Don't Knock My Love4 You're a Special Part of Me 5 Pledging My Love 6 Just Say, Just Say7 Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)8 I'm Falling in Love With You9 My Mistake (Was to Love You)10 Include Me in Your Life > read more

Al Green - Back Up Train_1967

Published on 2012-03-12 05:55:54

Back Up Train is Al Green's debut album, released by Hot Line Records, a label formed by Palmer James and Curtis Rodgers, high school friends of Al Green's. This album was released prior to signing with Hi Records and still lists his name as "Greene".1 Back Up Train 2 Hot Wire 3 Stop And Check Myself 4 Let Me Help You 5 I'm Reachin' Out 6 Don't Hurt Me No More 7 Don't Leave Me 8 What's It All Abou9 I'll Be Good To You 10 Guilty 11 That's All It Takes (Lady) 12 Get Yourself Together > read more

Chich_C'est Chic_1978

Published on 2012-02-13 11:11:34

1 Chic Cheer2 Le Freak3 Savoir Faire4 Happy Man5 I Want Your Love6 At Last I Am Free7 Sometimes You Win8 Funny Bone > read more

Sister Sledge _ We Are Family_1979

Published on 2012-02-13 10:38:12

"We Are Family" is a 1979 dance hit song by Sister Sledge, composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. Rodgers and Edwards offered the song to Atlantic Records; The song was used as the 1979 theme song for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who won baseball's World Series that year. The song was also played during the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.1 He’s the Greatest Dance2 Lost in Music3 Somebody Loves ME4 Thinking of You5 We are Family6. Easier to Love7 You’re a Friend to Me8 One Mo [..] > read more

Miriam Makeba_Mama Africa

Published on 2012-02-03 13:36:44

Miriam Makeba aka Mama Africa (Johannesburg, 4 March 1932 - Castel Volturno(Italy), 9 November 2008) was a South African singer of jazz and world music. It is also known for his political involvement against apartheid and for having been delegated to the United Nations.The Grammy Award winning artist is often referred to as Mama Afrika1 Tula Ndivile 2 Laku Tshoni 'Ilanga 3 Ntyilo Ntyilo 4 Holilili 5 Irlando 6 Intandane 7 Live Humble 8 Sindiza Ngecadillacs 9 Phansi Kwalomhlaba 10 Hush 1 [..] > read more

George Benson Beyond The Blue Horizon 1971

Published on 2012-02-03 12:25:00

George Benson (born March 22, 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)is an American musician, whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist. He is however, better known to the public at large as a Pop and R&B singer, famous for such hits as "Give Me the Night", "Lady Love Me (One More Time)", "Turn Your Love Around", "Inside Love(So Personal)", "In Your Eyes", and "This Masquerade", among others. 1 So What2 Gentle Rain 3 All Clear4 Ode to a Kudu5 Somewhere in the East6 All [..] > read more

The Sound Of Philadelphia_Greatest Hits_V.A.

Published on 2012-01-21 09:30:01

1 Love Train - The O'Jays 2 Back Stabbers - The O'Jays 3 If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes4 The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes 5 The Sound of Philadelphia - MFSB 6 Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul7 When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees 8 Do It Any Way You Wanna - People's Choice9 I'll Always Love My Mama - The Intruders 10 Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays 11 You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls 12 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadd [..] > read more

The Brothers Johnson_Right On Time _1977

Published on 2012-01-21 09:19:59

The Brothers Johnson is a band consisting of American musicians, and brothers, George aka 'Lightnin' Licks' and Louis Jagger Johnson aka 'Thunder Thumbs'.1 Runnin' For Your Lovin'2 Free Yourself, Be Yourself 3 "Q" 4 Right On Time5 Strawberry Letter 23 6 Brother Man7 Never Leave You Lonely8 Love Is > read more

Graham Central Station_Graham Central Station_1974

Published on 2012-01-15 10:00:02

Graham Central Station was a funk band named after founder Larry Graham (formerly of Sly & the Family Stone). The name is a pun on New York City's Grand Central Station.1 We've Been Waiting 2 It Ain't No Fun To Me 3 Hair 4 We Be's Gettin' Down 5 Tell Me What It Is 6 Can You Handle It 7 People 8 Why? 9 Ghetto > read more

Curtis Mayfield_Sweet Exorcist_1974

Published on 2012-01-10 13:48:34

Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, rhythm and blues, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly. From these works and others, he is highly regarded as a pioneer of funk and of politically conscious African-American music.He was also a multi-instrumentalist who played the guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, and drums.Sweet Exorcist [..] > read more

Archie Bell & The Drells_Hard Not To Like It_1977

Published on 2012-01-10 13:40:49

1 Glad You Could Make It2 Disco Showdown 3 Disco Fever4 On The Radio 4 It's Hard Not To Like You 5 There's No Other Like You 6 Real Good Feeling 7 I've Been Missing You > read more

Eagles The Long Run 1979

Published on 2011-06-30 05:08:01

The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California during the early 1970s. The group chose the name Eagles as a nod to The Byrds (Leadon had been in Dillard And Clark with former Byrds singer Gene Clark and in The Flying Burrito B > read more

Laurent Voulzy _ Rockollection _ 1977

Published on 2011-06-30 05:06:02

Laurent Voulzy (born Lucien Voulzy on December 18, 1948 in Paris, France) is a French singer and composer.Laurent Voulzy had an international hit with the song Rockollection.Sometimes it is compared to Paul McCartney, is an absolute fan of the Beatle > read more

Teddy Pendergrass_Teddy Pendergrass_1977 _1st LP

Published on 2011-06-26 05:52:48

Teddy Pendergrass is the title of the first solo album of R & B-soul singer Teddy Pendergrass U.S. (1950 - 2010), from which was published in 1977 on Philadelphia International Records label. The album, produced by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, John White > read more

Chic Corea Tap Step 1981

Published on 2011-06-26 05:43:01

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (born June 12, 1941)[2] is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the el > read more

Abba _ Abba _ 1975

Published on 2011-06-20 07:05:00

ABBA is the third album by Swedish group ABBA, released in 1975.After the enormous popularity of the Eurovision success arising from withdrawing with Waterloo, ABBA experienced a still greater fame with this album, from which they were extracted fou > read more

Ray Parker Jr. & The Raydio_Two places at the same time - 1980

Published on 2011-06-20 07:00:10

Two Places at the Same Time is the group's third album of Ray Parker Jr. And Raydio,released by Arista Records in 1980.The success of You Can not Change That brings the star of Ray Parker Jr. at levels so high that the production even decide to alte > read more

Rufus & Chaka Khan - Rufusized - 1974

Published on 2011-06-17 04:08:23

Rufusized is the third studio album by funk band Rufus (billed as 'Rufus featuring Chaka Khan') on the ABC Records label in 1974, their second album release that year. Rufusized reached #2 on Billboard's R&B Album chart and also #7 on Pop. The album > read more

Mandingo - The Primeval Rhythm Of Life 1973

Published on 2011-06-17 04:08:05

An innovative mix of Afro, Funyk, electronic music and this was the first album of Mandingo1 Mandingo 2 Black Rite 3 Medicine Man 4 Jungle Wedding 5 Chant Of The Virgins 6 Sacrifice 7 Tiger In The Night 8 Black Fire 9 Moon Goddess 10 Pagan Ritual > read more

The Floaters_Float On_1977

Published on 2011-06-13 03:55:00

The Floaters were an African American, R&B vocal group, from the Sojourner Truth housing projects in Detroit, Michigan, that formed in 1976.James Mitchell apparently came up with the idea and tune for their one major hit, "Float On", in a dream. The > read more

Disco Stars V.A. 1978

Published on 2011-06-13 03:34:00

1 star wars theme - meco2 uptown top ranking - althia & donna3 put your love in me - hot chocolate4 love of my life - the doodleys5 from here to eternity - giorgio moroder6 i will - ruby winters7 dance dance dance - chic8 keep it up - olympic runners > read more

Barry White - I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing - 1979

Published on 2011-06-07 22:02:51

I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing is the self-produced ninth album by American R&B singer Barry White, released in 1979 on the 20th Century label.1 I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing 2 Girl, What's Your Name3 Once upon a Time 4 Oh Me, Oh My 5 I Can't Leav > read more

The Original Sound Of 1970'S Funky Africa

Published on 2011-06-07 21:55:00

Afrobeat is a combination of traditional Yoruba music, jazz, highlife, funk and chanted vocals,fused with percussion and vocal styles, popularised in Africa in the 1970s. Its main creator was the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kut > read more

Commodores_Live_1977

Published on 2011-06-02 02:41:00

The Commodores is an American funk / soul band the years 1970 and 1980. The members of the group met as freshmen at Tuskegee Institute, mostly (now Tuskegee University) in 1968 and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public e > read more

Isaac Hayes_Truck Turner_1974

Published on 2011-06-02 01:39:00

Truck Turner is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto, and directed by Jonathan Kaplan. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin, Jerry Wilkes and Oscar Williams. Isaac Hayes also scored the music for the soundtrack.1 > read more

Ashford & Simpson - The best

Published on 2011-05-24 03:04:00

Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield County, South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The Bronx, New York) are a husband and wife songwriting/production team and recording artists.They met at Harlem's White Rock Baptis > read more

Funkadelic Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow 1970

Published on 2011-05-24 02:58:00

Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow is the second studio album by American funk band Funkadelic, released in July 1970. The inspiration for this album was, according to George Clinton, an attempt to "see if we can cut a whole album while we're > read more

Chuck Mangione_ Greatest Hits

Published on 2011-05-17 17:10:01

Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione (play /mændʒiˈoʊni/; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player and composer who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-pop single, "Feels So Good." Mangione has released more than thirty > read more

Barry White - The Man - 1978

Published on 2011-05-17 17:08:00

The Man is the self-produced eighth album by American R&B singer Barry White, released in 1978 on the 20th Century label. The album became White's sixth R&B chart topper and peaked at #36 on the pop chart. Lead single "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" > read more

The Best Disco Ever

Published on 2011-05-15 01:31:06

1. The Piointer Sisters - I'm So Excited2. Village People - Y.M.C.A.3. The Rubbetes - Sugar Baby Love4. KC & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It)5. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive6. Earth, Wind & Fire - September7. Quincy Jones - Ai No Corri > read more

Saturday Night Fever_1977_O.S.T

Published on 2011-05-08 12:40:00

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track was the album that contains the soundtrack of the film Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta. The album was released December 10, 1977, to launch the film, which was released a week later. Immedi > read more

Happy Days O.S.T

Published on 2011-05-08 12:35:00

Happy Days is a sit-com television popularity and success of U.S. broadcast premiere in the United States from 1974 to 1984. The series presents an idealized vision of American life in the late fifties and sixties.The series, set in Milwaukee, is foc > read more

Isaac Hayes And Dionne Warwick_A Man And A Woman(Live)_1977

Published on 2011-05-04 10:39:01

In this double-LP live tracks were cut but not split into 4 parts as two sides of vinyl.LP 1/2UnityI Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself My Love Medley By The Time I Get To Phoenix / I Say A Little PrayerLP 2/2Then Came You Feelings / My Eyes Ador > read more

The Greatest Hits Of Dionne Warwick Vol. 1_1972

Published on 2011-05-04 10:36:01

1 Walk On By2 Don't Make Me Over3 Make The Music Play 4 One Hand, One Heart / With These Hands5 You Can Have Him6 Baubles, Bangles And Beads7 Trains & Boats & Planes8 Gettin' Ready For The Heartbreak9 A House Is Not A Home10 Unchained Melody11 Her > read more

Summer In The City V.A._1978

Published on 2011-04-30 11:14:00

1 the mamas & the papas - california dreamin'2 eric burdon - house of the rising sun3 herman's hermits - no milk today4 lous armstrong - what a wonderful day5 the foundations - baby,no that i have found you6 tommy roe - sheila7 tommy james & the shon > read more

Stylistics - Greatest Hits

Published on 2011-04-30 04:58:01

1. Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)2. You Make Me Feel Brand New3. Let's Put It All Together4. You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)5. Rockin' Roll Baby6. Sing Baby Sing7. Na Na Is The Saddest Word8. 7000 Dollars And You9. Star On A > read more

Boney M. _ The Collection

Published on 2011-04-26 12:32:01

The Seventies:1 Ma Baker2 Sunny3 Rivers Of Babylon4 Let It All Be Music5 Love For Sale6 Rasputin7 Ribbons Of Blue8 A Woman Can Change A Man9 Bye Bye Bluebird10 Bahama Mama11 New York City12 Brown Girl In The Ring13 Take The Heat Off Me14. No Woman No > read more

James Brown - Black Caesar - 1973

Published on 2011-04-26 12:31:35

Black Caesar is a soundtrack album recorded by James Brown for the film of the same name and released in 1973. The album also features The J.B.'s and Lyn Collins.1. Down And Out In New York City 2. Blind Man Can See It3. Sportin' Life4. Dirty Harri5. > read more

Grover Washington Jr. Soul Box 1973

Published on 2011-04-19 17:22:00

Grover Washington, Jr. (December 12, 1943 - December 17, 1999),was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many > read more

War - The World Is A Ghetto 1972

Published on 2011-04-19 17:19:28

The World Is a Ghetto is an album released by the band War in late 1972 on United Artists Records. In 2003, the album was ranked number 449 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Singles from the album include "The W > read more

Blaxploitation, Vol. 1 V.A.

Published on 2011-04-14 18:05:51

1. Ghetto - Donny Hathaway2. Inner City Blues - Grover Jr.Washington 3. Woman Of The Ghetto - Marlena Shaw 4. Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield 5. Home Is Where The Hatred Is - 'Little' Esther Phillips 6. Stone To The Bone - James Brown 7. Expansions - Sm > read more

Afro Cuban Band _ Rhythm of life (Michael Zager Production)_1978

Published on 2011-04-14 17:39:00

Michael Zager (born 3 January 1943, Passaic, New Jersey) has produced, composed, and/or arranged original music in a wide range of musical idioms, including commercials, albums, network television, and as a source for theme music for films.Zager has > read more

Kay Gee’s_Kilowatt_1978

Published on 2011-04-09 18:22:57

The Kay-Gees were a funk and disco group of the 1970s, proteges of Kool & the Gang1 Kay Gee’s Theme Song2 Cheek To Cheek3 Fat Daddy4 Tango Hustle5 Celestial Vibration6 Kilowatt7 Kilowatt _ Invasion8 Space Disco9 Good Feel10 Kilowatt (12″ Mix)11 K > read more

Motown _ The Last Dance_ V.A._1980

Published on 2011-04-09 18:15:01

Motown_The Last Dance (1980 UK Motown label 20-track vinyl compilation LP featuring a selection of 'great smoochers' including tracks by Commodores, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Jimmy Ruffin and Smokey Robinson,1. Commodores - Three Times > read more

Curtis Mayfield _ Curtis/Live!_1971

Published on 2011-04-04 18:09:16

Curtis/Live! is Curtis Mayfield’s first live album, after leaving The Impressions. Originally released in May 1971 as a double LP on Mayfield's Curtom label (distributed through Neil Bogart's Buddah Records), the album's twelve tracks (track listin > read more

Joe Bataan - Riot_1968

Published on 2011-04-04 18:09:15

Joe Bataan (also spelled Bataán)born 1942 in Spanish Harlem, New York City) is an African American and Filipino]-American Latin R&B musician from New York. He was born Bataan Nitollano and grew up in the 103rd St. and Lexington Ave. part of East Har > read more

Carlos Santana Abraxas 1970

Published on 2011-03-31 04:38:20

Abraxas is the second studio album by the latin band Santana. Consolidating their live success at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, and the interest generated by their first album the band took some time to issue a follow-up. Released in September, 197 > read more

Barry Manilow One Voice 1979

Published on 2011-03-31 04:30:01

One Voice is the sixth studio album by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow. The album was recorded at United Western Studios and Allen Zentz Recording in Hollywood. The album was a signature of a minor decline in Manilow's success. It reached double > read more

Electric Light Orchestra_Discovery_1979

Published on 2011-03-25 04:37:01

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) were a British rock group from Birmingham, who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop > read more

War _ Galaxy 1977

Published on 2011-03-25 04:30:01

War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused > read more

Funky Jukebox V.2.2

Published on 2011-03-21 05:08:30

Fresh music for your dance parties1 12 North 12th _ Salsoul Orchestra2 A Lover's Holiday _ Change3 A Night To Remember _ Shalamar4 Ain't No Stopping Us Now _ Risco Connection5 Ali Shuffle _ Alvin Cash 6 American Generation _ Ritchie Family7 Baby Don' > read more

Funky Jukebox V.1.1_Part 1

Published on 2011-03-17 06:35:01

1 Bad Girl _ Donna Summer 2 Got To Be Real _ Cheril Lynn 3 Le Freak _ Chic 4 Long Train Runnin' _ The Dobbie Brothers 5 Loves Theme _ Barry White 6 Why Can'We Live Togheter _ Timmy Thomas 7 You And I _ Delegation 8 Boogie Wonderland _ Earth Wind &am > read more

Fatback Band - Night Fever - 1976

Published on 2011-03-14 04:25:00

1. Night Fever 2. A Little Funky Dance3. If That's The Way You Want It 4. The Joint (You And Me) 5. Disco Crazy 6. The Booty 7. No More Room For Dancing 8. December 1963 > read more

Carlito's Way - Soundtrack

Published on 2011-03-14 04:20:01

Carlito's Way is a 1993 film directed by Brian De Palma, starring Al Pacino and Sean Penn. The film is based on the novels Carlito's Way and After Hours, in particular, written by Judge Edwin Torres, but it was decided to use the title of the first n > read more

Silver Convention_Love in a sleepers_1978

Published on 2011-03-07 11:24:21

Love In A SleeperMission To Venus Take Me, Shake Me, Wake Me Get It Up Acuestate Conmigo Spend The Night With Me City In The SunBreakfast In Bed > read more

Four Tops _ Early Classic

Published on 2011-03-07 11:24:18

This is the classic Temptations era from 1964 to 1968, with 1968 being unrepresented. "(You're My) Dream Come True" is the sole exception, with the release date of 1962. For the Temptations-challenged, their classic era began and ended with David Ruf > read more

The Graduate_ Il Laureato_O.S.T_(1967)

Published on 2011-03-01 10:31:05

The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols.It is based on the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The screenplay was by Buck Henry, who makes a cameo ap > read more

Sly & the Family Stone_Back on the Right Track_1979

Published on 2011-03-01 10:30:01

Back on the Right Track is the ninth album by Sly & the Family Stone, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1979. The album was, as its title alludes to, an overt comeback attempt for Sly Stone. However, the album and its singles, "Remember Who You Are > read more

Isaac Hayes_Hot Buttered Soul_1969

Published on 2011-02-23 17:52:37

Hot Buttered Soul was Isaac Hayes' second studio album. Released in 1969, it is recognized as a landmark in soul music.The album almost never came to be. Hayes' solo debut, Presenting Isaac Hayes, had been a poor seller for Stax Records, and Hayes wa > read more

Roberta Kelly - Zodiac Lady 1977

Published on 2011-02-23 17:35:01

Prior to releases in the U.S. through composer Giorgio Moroder's Oasis record label, during the 1970s, Kelly recorded a single in Germany entitled "Kung Fu Is Back Again", released on Atlantic and produced by songwriter/producer Pete Bellotte.After t > read more

Brass Construction - Brass Construction 1975

Published on 2011-02-18 18:30:00

Brass Construction I is an album by the funk band Brass Construction. It was released in 1975. "Movin'" reached #1 in the Hot Dance Club Play chart, in 1976.1 Movin' 2 Peekin' 3 Changin' 4 Love 5 Talkin' 6 Dance > read more

Billy Cobham _ A Funky Thide of Sings _ 1975

Published on 2011-02-18 17:36:46

A Funky Thide of Sings is a 1975 studio album by Billy Cobham.William C. Cobham (born May 16, 1944 in Panama), is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader, who has called Switzerland home since the late 1970s. Coming to prominence > read more

Joe Jackson - Night And Day_1982

Published on 2011-02-14 04:50:23

Night and Day is Joe Jackson's fifth album, released in June 1982.The title is from a Cole Porter song, and the album reflects a transition to a more sophisticated level of songwriting. Night and Day paid tribute to the wit and style of Cole Porter ( > read more

Joe Jackson_ Body and Soul_ 1984

Published on 2011-02-14 04:48:47

Body and Soul is an album by Joe Jackson, released in March 1984. Joe Jackson (born David Ian Jackson, 11 August 1954, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy Award nominat > read more

Marvin Gaye__I Heard it through the grapevine_1968

Published on 2011-02-11 03:32:20

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a landmark song in the history of Motown Records. Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1966, the single was first recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. Released on September 25, 1967 as Soul 35 > read more

Lipps. Inc. - Mouth To Mouth_1979

Published on 2011-02-11 03:14:47

Mouth to Mouth is the first album by Disco act Lipps Inc. It was released in early 1980 on Casablanca Records. The album was arranged, produced and mostly written (track 4 was written by Sandy Atlas & Steven Greenberg) by Steven Greenberg himself, wh > read more

Best.Of.Disco. V.A

Published on 2011-02-06 13:51:00

1 anita ward - ring my bell2 boys town gang - can't take my eyes off you3 michael zager band - let's all chant 4 koxo - step by step5 ottawan - d.i.s.c.o6 amii stewart - knock on wood7 musique - keep on jumpin8 cerrone - give me love9 john davis an > read more

Bootsy's Rubber Band - Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby ! - 1977

Published on 2011-02-03 11:55:40

Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! is a funk album by Bootsy's Rubber Band, released on January 14, 1977. It reached number one on Billboard magazine's Top R&B/Soul albums chart, the first P-Funk release to achieve this goal. The album was produced by > read more

Harlem Hustle V.A

Published on 2011-01-29 17:25:39

Blaxploitation films appeared in the early '70s, in the wake of Melvin Van Peebles' groundbreaking independent film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Van Peebles' angry masterpiece was a serious, even dangerous work that established that raw, indepe > read more

Barry White_Rhapsody In White_1974

Published on 2011-01-25 05:36:23

Rhapsody in White was a huge success for The Love Unlimited Orchestra that rode along in the charts with Barry White's single at the time of "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More". Also on the album is "Love´s Theme", the #1 signature song of t > read more

The Warriors _O.S.T_1979

Published on 2011-01-21 10:05:00

The Warriors is a 1979 American cult action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name. Like the novel, the film borrows elements from the Anabasis by Xenophon. In 2010, Tony Scott announced a remake o > read more

Rufus & Chaka Khan - Rags To Rufus - 1974

Published on 2011-01-19 12:07:01

Rags To Rufus is the gold-selling second studio album by funk band Rufus, released on the ABC Records label in 1974. It reached #4 on both the Pop and Black Albums charts. It is notable for the hit singles "Tell Me Something Good" (US Pop #3, US R&B > read more

Wattstax_The living word_1973

Published on 2011-01-15 05:37:15

Wattstax is a 1973 documentary film by Mel Stuart that focused on the 1972 Wattstax music festival and the African American community of Watts in Los Angeles, California. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Documentary Film in 19 > read more

James Brown_Live at the Apollo_ 1963

Published on 2011-01-11 13:40:00

One of the most important and influential figures in all of popular music, James Brown left a legacy that has shaped music in more ways than are imaginable. Though often nicknamed "The Godfather of Soul" (among many other nicknames), it is for his in > read more

What Is Funk ! _ 12 Funky Classics_V.A.

Published on 2011-01-09 01:12:00

1 What is funk Rare Gems Odyssey2 Get the funk out ma face The Brothers Johnson3 Take your time (do it right) Sos Band4 Don't stop the music Yarborough & Peoples5 Spirit of the Boogie Kool & The Gang6 Do it ('til you're satisfied) B.T. Express7 Expre > read more

George Benson - Weekend in L.A._ 1977

Published on 2011-01-07 04:22:28

WEEKEND IN L.A. is definitely one of Benson's pop albums,he pretty much sticks to vocals on "Down Here on the Ground," for example, not touching his guitar until the final 30 seconds of the tune. Where he does play, he plays well, reprising "Ode to a > read more

Hamilton Bohannon - Insides Out - 1975

Published on 2011-01-05 04:30:01

Hamilton Bohannon (born Hamilton Frederick Bohannon, March 7, 1942, Newnan, Georgia) is an American percussionist, band leader and record producer, who was one of the leading figures in 1970s disco music.1 Foot-Stompin Music2 East Coast Groove3 Disco > read more

Instant Funk - Get Down With The Philly Down - 1976

Published on 2011-01-02 10:21:29

Instant Funk came out of New Jersey consisting of Raymond Earl, Scotty Miller and guitarist Kim Miller. The group was then called The Music Machine and they were very successful as a back-up band for The Manhattans, Bunny Sigler and also the TNJs. Th > read more

Merry Christmas From Motown

Published on 2010-12-31 05:17:48

1. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Temptations2. White Christmas - Diana Ross & The Supremes3. Give Love On Christmas Day - Jackson 54. Christmas Everyday - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles5. One Little Christmas Tree - Stevie Wonder6. Ave Maria - > read more