Disco Ladies

On this day in 1981 {January 18th} "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Patrice Rushen peaked at #2 {for 4 weeks} on Billboard's Disco Top 100 chart, for the four weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for those four weeks was "You're Too Late" by Fantasy... "Never Gonna Give You Up" was the second of three consecutive #2 records by Patrice on the Disco Top 100 chart... Between 1980 and 1987 the Los Angeles native had eight records on the Disco Top 100 chart, five made the Top 10... Besides "Never Gonna Give Up Up", her four other Top 10 records were "Haven't You Heard" {#5 in 1980}, "Look Up" {#2 in 1980, "Forget Me Nots" {#2 in 1982}, and "Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)" {#10 in 1984}... Patrice Louise Rushen celebrated her 66th birthday four months ago on September 30th, 2020... R.I.P. to Don Corneius {1936 - 2012}... And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the ...

  Haven't You Heard?" by Patrice Rushen. A great dance-y disco ditty  remixed by the Paradise Garage's Larry Levan. Patrice Rushen — "Haven't You Heard? (Larry Levan Mix)" “Haven’t You Heard”  is a song by  Patrice Rushen . It became her first international hit in 1980. The song reached #42 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #7 R&B. It also reached #62 in the UK. “Haven’t You Heard” has been sampled in many songs, the most notable of which include “Groove Thang” by Zhané (U.S. #17, 1994) and the award-winning hit “Looking for You” by Kirk Franklin (U.S. #61, 2005). Musicians Bass: Freddie Washington Drums: Melvin Webb Guitar: Wali Ali Piano: Patrice Rushen Percussion: Patrice Rushen Girl-group Background Vocals: Josie James, Lynn Davis, Patrice Rushen Produced By Patrice Rushen, Reggie Andrews, Charles Mims Jr Songwriters: Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims Jr, Freddie Washington & Sheree Brown Charts US:#42 UK:#62