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Cindy Bullens - Too Close to Home (1979)

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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...

Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy (1979)

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Danielle - Let's Have a Party Tonight (1980)

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Donna Summer - Bad Girls (1979)

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  " Bad Girls " is a song by American singer  Donna Summer  from her 1979 seventh  studio album  of the  same name , released as the second  single  from the  Bad Girls  album on June 23, 1979, through  Casablanca Records . The song was produced by Summer's regular collaborators  Giorgio Moroder  and  Pete Bellotte , and co-written by Summer and the  Brooklyn Dreams . "Bad Girls" became a worldwide success, peaking within the top-ten in seven countries, including Spain and New Zealand. In the United States, it spent five weeks at number-one on the  Billboard   Hot 100 , from the weeks of July 14, 1979 to August 11, 1979; and sold over two million copies, simultaneously becoming, alongside " Hot Stuff ", her most successful single. The single, which was the second-biggest song of 1979, also helped the  Bad Girls  album to reach the multi-platinum status in the US. Summer placed three songs in t...

Madleen Kane — "Cherchez Pas"

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I Came Here to Dance Madleen Kane is just that Swedish model-turned-disco-diva that we all know.  This track comes from Trema, one of the most successful independent French record labels during the 70s.  It was released in 1980 and definitely contains traces of that 80s dance vibe that we've all come to know and love on and off the dancefloor.  There's also some cool horns, catchy multilingual vocals and some rad hair-metal-esque guitar riffs. Enjoy.

Laurie Maitland - We're Gonna Make Our Dreams Come True (1998) - disco cover version of the Laverne & Shirley tune

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This is the soulful, inspiring disco cover version of the Laverne & Shirley tune, written by the late  Norman Gimbel   and Charles Fox   with added music and lyrics by Laurie herself and Ellen Weston . The beginning of this version starts off with the slow piano ballad intro, then it picks up the speed to a fast disco tempo with joyous handclaps and rhythmic percussion in the style of Donna Summer   from the Casablanca Record & Filmworks years since the late '70s.  

France Joli - Gonna Get Over You (1981)

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  Mayra Morales-Laurent commented on YouTube and said: Who's listening during these trying times!? Best flashbacks ever! Great lyrics, beats, & just good music! Clean tunes - no vulgarity! Missing the good ole days! Be safe everyone!!!💞🙏🏽 mitchw2001 commented  3 years ago  on YouTube and said: How can someone press the dislike button. This is a classic. Much better than the stupid autotuned enhanced junk been done today.

Song Of The Day - "This Is The Right Time" by Lisa Stansfield

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  Stansfield first appeared on Coldcut's dance floor classic "People Hold On" and followed it with her 1989 debut album, “Affection.” She wrote and scored several sophisticated Barry White-inspired disco hits off of the record and then seemingly disappeared. In reality, she did release several follow-up albums but failed to reach the heights of her debut.