70's, 80's 'Feel Good' Music

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Designer Music is the third album by Lipps, Inc., and the last featuring Cynthia Johnson on lead vocals. It was released in 1981 on Casablanca Records.

Designer Music - Lipps., Inc

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"Funkytown" is a song by the band Lipps Inc., with Cynthia Johnson as lead singer. It appears on their 1979 debut album, Mouth to Mouth, and was released as a single in March 1980. Written by Steven Greenberg, the song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy".
It was written while the band lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota with dreams of moving to New York. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980 and spent four weeks at no. 1, beginning May 31. It also hit no. 1 on the Dance chart[4] in the spring of 1980.
The single held a unique record for reaching number one in 28 countries, more than any other single release until Madonna's "Hung Up" hit number one in 41 countries in 2005. It reached the top spot in the United States, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, The Netherlands, and Australia, among many others. It also reached no. 2 in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and on the US R&B chart. "Funkytown" is often considered to be one of the last massive hits of the disco genre. The song was Lipps Inc's only US Top 40 hit.
In 1986, "Funkytown" was covered by Australian band Pseudo Echo, who gave the song a different sound, less of early 1980s electronica and more of a late 1980s rock-infused dance sound, including a guitar solo in the middle. Pseudo Echo's version spent seven weeks at no. 1 in Australia (Lipps Inc.'s was at no. 1 for only two weeks in Australia), and was also a no. 6 US hit in July of the following year, and in August a no. 1 hit in Canada. Despite Pseudo Echo's rock-like arrangement, on the 12" single issue of this version, the song is labelled as "Funkytown (Dance Mix)". Mirroring Lipps Inc's experience, Pseudo Echo's version was that group's only US Top 40 hit. This version by "Funky Town" by Pseudo Echo was played in the 1987 sequel comedy film Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise.

Lipps, inc. - Funkytown

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I Found Love (Now That I Found You)" is a 1977 disco single by Love & Kisses, a studio group formed by Alec Costandinos. Along with the track "Accidental Lover", "I Found Love (Now That I Found You)", from Love & Kisses self-titled debut album, hit number one on the disco/dance chart for three weeks in July 1977.

Love And Kisses - I've Found Love

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Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly / Get Up & Boogie

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"She's a Lady" is a million-selling gold-certified hit song written by Paul Anka and performed by Tom Jones, and released at the beginning of 1971. In the United States, it is Jones' highest-charting single to date. It hit #1 in Cash Box magazine and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was also a Top Ten hit on the US Billboard Easy Listening chart.
In Canada, the single reached #1 on the RPM 100 national singles chart.
Paul Anka's recording of the song was released on his album Paul Anka '70s (RCA 4309, 1970) The song was re-released in 2013 on Paul Anka's " Duets" CD featuring a new rendition featuring Paul Anka & Tom Jones.

Sh℮' s a Լady - Ƭom Jon℮s

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Slow Ӈand - Point℮r Sist℮rs

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Manic Monday - Bangles

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The Bangles - Eternal Flame

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Kiss - I Was Made For Loving You

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Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life

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Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen

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Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell

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ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me

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[Blazars]

You dont have to be a star.

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[bart12]

Wow.. all the songs I grow up with.. Thanks for the memory!

 

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Joe Cocker, Iconic Rock Singer, Dead at 70
December 22, 2014
Singer-songwriter Joe Cocker, known for his distinct, bluesy voice and his heartfelt renditions of Beatles classics, died in his Colorado home on Monday following a battle with lung cancer. One of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers, Cocker was 70. The British singer's agent, Barrie Marshall, confirmed the death to the BBC, adding that Cocker was "simply unique" and "it will be impossible to fill the space he leaves in our hearts."

"John Robert Cocker, known to family, friends, his community and fans around the world as Joe Cocker, passed away on December 22nd, 2014 after a hard fought battle with small cell lung cancer," Sony Music wrote in a statement, via iTV. "Joe Cocker was born 5/20/1944 in Sheffield, England where he lived until his early 20s. In 2007 he was awarded the OBE by the Queen of England. His international success as a blues/rock singer began in 1964 and continues till this day. Joe created nearly 40 albums and toured extensively around the globe."

"Goodbye and God bless to Joe Cocker from one of his friends, peace and love," Ringo Starr tweeted. Cocker's rendition of the Starr-sung Beatles classic "With a Little Help From My Friends" – later immortalized as the theme song from The Wonder Years – became one of his most enduring hits, along with covers of the Beatles' "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" and Billy Preston's "You Are So Beautiful." Cocker also scored a Number One hit in 1982 for his An Officer and a Gentleman duet with Jennifer Warnes, "Up Where We Belong," which went on to win a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal as well as the Best Original Song at both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes.

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[punkwolf9]

nice to listen and remember to the distant past

 

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"Funkytown" is a song by the band Lipps Inc., with Cynthia Johnson as lead singer. It appears on their 1979 debut album, Mouth to Mouth, and was released as a single in March 1980. Written by Steven Greenberg, the song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy".
It was written while the band lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota with dreams of moving to New York. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980 and spent four weeks at no. 1, beginning May 31. It also hit no. 1 on the Dance chart[4] in the spring of 1980.
The single held a unique record for reaching number one in 28 countries, more than any other single release until Madonna's "Hung Up" hit number one in 41 countries in 2005. It reached the top spot in the United States, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, The Netherlands, and Australia, among many others. It also reached no. 2 in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and on the US R&B chart. "Funkytown" is often considered to be one of the last massive hits of the disco genre. The song was Lipps Inc's only US Top 40 hit.
In 1986, "Funkytown" was covered by Australian band Pseudo Echo, who gave the song a different sound, less of early 1980s electronica and more of a late 1980s rock-infused dance sound, including a guitar solo in the middle. Pseudo Echo's version spent seven weeks at no. 1 in Australia (Lipps Inc.'s was at no. 1 for only two weeks in Australia), and was also a no. 6 US hit in July of the following year, and in August a no. 1 hit in Canada. Despite Pseudo Echo's rock-like arrangement, on the 12" single issue of this version, the song is labelled as "Funkytown (Dance Mix)". Mirroring Lipps Inc's experience, Pseudo Echo's version was that group's only US Top 40 hit. This version by "Funky Town" by Pseudo Echo was played in the 1987 sequel comedy film Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise.

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Funkytown - Pseudo Echo

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Leif Garrett - I was made for dancing'

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