Disco Ladies

Cindy tried to make it big in the United States and worldwide to make that song a disco-flavored pop hit, entitled, "Too Close to Home" , but her song, co-written by herself and her friend Mark Doyle didn't have enough promotion. Then it died too soon since it got eaten up by an indecent song, entitled, "An Englishman in New York" , mistakenly by Godley & Creme . That's why she felt upset and disappointed when she never wanted to have her song receive more airplay rather than less. Her decent song should have been played at the discotheque instead of an indecent song, mistakenly done by Poussez , entitled, "Come On and Do It with Me" with too much moaning, groaning and cursing that ruined all the wholesomeness.  Sorry that Miss Bullens would have hit the big time. Her song "Too Close to Home" should have been played more and more often on pop radio stations due to the color of her white skin. Her song should have been the winne

released February 1, 1998  Produced by Jim Morgan & Terri Forte  Executive Producer: Debra Forte  Mixed By – Queen Village Recordings Studios  Recorded By – Queen Village Recordings Studios (tracks: 1) Rhythm Arrangements By – John Luongo  String & Horn Arrangements By – David Van DePitte  Backing Vocals – Laurie Maitland, Peter Bice, Timothy Foster  Bass – Dennis Belfield  Drums - Paul Leim  Electric Piano – Joel Bryant, Robbie Buchanan  Glockenspiel – Vincent Montana, Jr.  Gutars – Paul Jackson Jr.  Handclaps – Cathi Leveille, Colleen Heather, Eric Lipman, Frank Simon, Jane Sofman, Janice Kahn, Laurie Maitland, Marina Ebbert, Pam Sindaco, Robert P. Brown, Sonia Lonon, Wally Hayman  Lead Vocals – Laurie Maitland  Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa  Piano – Laurie Maitland  Written-By – Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel, Ellen Weston, Laurie Maitland Here is the story: This was the theme, performed by pop singer Cyndi Grecco and her sound-alike Beach Boys sunshine-pop harmonious male

  If you are of a certain generation, you know this song and this singer. As far as I know she never had another top-ten hit, but in Spring-Summer 1976 this song was everywhere. In 1994 Gloria Estefan recorded a cover, but the original will never be...er...beat.  Unfortunatley, Vicki Sue Robinson died of cancer on April 27, 2000. She was only 45 years old. RIP Here she is performing live (not lip-syching!) with her band on The Midnight Special from 1976. Check out the boas and the lady guitarist! :-) Enjoy... 

The Manhattan Transfer chose the theme from a late night cult TV show and built it into a #4 disco hit that peaked in early 1980. The musical marriage of an iconic TV thriller theme with the disco beat was a hit in the post disco era, peaking at #30 pop and #4 disco/dance in early 1980. The first part "Twilight Zone" utilized the hypnotic theme created by Bernard Herrmann and segued neatly into the new "Twilight Tone" along with lyrics that that played with your mind like "Hearin' the Twilight Tone" which could be easily mistaken for "Here in the Twilight Zone" a catch phrase made famous by host Rod Serling.  The Transfer got its start in 1969 Manhattan as an a capella jazz-fusion quintet with founding members Tim Hauser, Erin Dickins, Marty Nelson, Pat Rosalia and Gene Pistilli. By 1973, the group was composed of Hauser, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel and Laurel Masse. In 1975 they had a #22 pop with with their version of "Operator", a co