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Well you know how I feel about Italo Disco and Hi Nrg and Euro Disco and such. That's why I started this blog. But years before the disco Maxi single was revolutionizing the club music scene. So why not honor it by wearing a few of these cool disco single images across your chest?
Here I am at the gym yesterday looking quite fetch in mine. I probably should have ordered it in black though, it's more thinning, LOL.
Danish group Laid Back from Copenhagen were formed in 1979 and had many releases.
But really it was all about the double A side single from 1983. Sunshine Reggae which was a perfect light summer anthem that year. It made it to #3 in Italy, #1 in Germany and Austria and did quite well in other countries too.
But to me it was all about White Horse their electro masterpiece which couldn't have been more different then Sunshine Reggae. The edits were masterfully done by my buddy Bobby Shaw who is a legend in the New York dance music field. He's worked for many labels and knows everyone. His ability at hit picking once showed itself in a very interesting way. He won a Porsche from Billboard magazine for his predicting abilities in a competition!
And if you were in any cool club in 1983 you were shaking your tail to White Horse. In fact Sire picked up the record and it even made it to #1 on the U.S. dance charts and even #5 on the R and B charts certainly quite a feat for a pair of white Danish men! My zip includes the original of both hits and all sorts of remixes. Some better then others.
By the way though a solid dance record White Horse actually had a strong message. It was about not fucking around with heroin. Which in Europe in the early 80's was definitely a chronic problem.
In 1985 they had another dance hit in the U.S. with One Life which peaked at #10 but that was their last appearnace on the U.S. charts.
They tried to make her happen. Wasn't she financed by her millionaire husband from the Upper East Side?
But really she only had minor hits even if she had a high profile single with a Jackson.
She even got to work with Jacques Morali, Clivilles & Cole and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis but to no avail. PIA ZIP
Her first singles to chart were actually on the country charts in the late 70's, early 80's.
Her biggest success, The Clapping Song just barely cracked the Top 40 peaking at #36 in 1982 but a few songs fared a bit better on the dance charts. Particularly her last release from 1990 Heartbeat of Love which peaked at #17 on the U.S. dance charts in 1990.
