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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...

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...