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Lisa Fischer

American vocalist Lisa Fischer was initially heard being a background singer in early-’80s releases by Kleeer and D Teach. The indigenous of NY City’s Brooklyn borough debuted being a lead vocalist beneath the name Xēna with 1983’s “Over the Upside,” a vintage freestyle single. Through the entire remainder from the …

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Liquid Liquid

The minimalistic funk of New York’s Water Water consisted almost entirely of percussion grooves having a smattering of bass, plus congas, marimba, and the casual vocal thrown in. The quartet contains Scott Hartley (drums, percussion, speaking drum), Richard McGuire (bass, percussion, piano, acoustic guitar), Salvatore Principato (percussion, vocals), and Dennis …

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Leroy Burgess

Turn through any old stack of underground disco and boogie vinyl fabric released between your later ’70s and mid-’80s. If the name Leroy Burgess isn’t in the credits of at least one from the initial 50 you check, contemplate it a fluke. Even though Burgess released a grand total of …

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Was (Not Was)

Was (Not Was) play modern R&B dance music, with lyrics that add the satiric towards the bizarre. The group is normally led by Detroit natives David Weiss (David Was), who has flute and writes those lyrics, and Don Fagenson (Don Was), who has bass and writes music, however the group …

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David Mancuso

The origins of disco (and clubland generally) lie in the first ’70s and David Mancuso’s Greenwich Community apartment, where he sponsored weekly after-hours get-togethers for a lot of the city’s party population. The Loft’s audio system was equally as good as most legal night clubs, and Mancuso performed an array …

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Cerrone

Marc Cerrone was perhaps one of the most influential disco makers in Europe through the 1970s and early ’80s, eclipsed just by Giorgio Moroder. Created in Paris in 1952, he analyzed music as a kid and received his 1st post as the orchestra innovator at a Parisian golf club at …

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Divine

Move queen and cult-movie superstar Divine, given birth to Harris Glenn Milstead, attained immortality using the outrageously raunchy cult common Green Flamingos, but can forever be appreciated in homosexual discos for the string of campy and fun dance strikes. In 1979, Divine released the “Blessed to become Cheap” one on …

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Frankie Knuckles

The person many call the godfather of home, Frankie Knuckles began DJing in NY in the first ’70s while still an adolescent, years prior to the disco boom which became the first flowering of contemporary dance music. A decade afterwards he is at Chicago, piecing together megamixes of outdated disco …

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Shalamar

Shalamar was the creation of Dick Griffey, the reservation agent for the tv screen R&B program Spirit Train, and Uk R&B maker Simon Soussan. The group’s 1st solitary, the 1977 Motown medley “Uptown Event,” presented a bevy of faceless studio room music artists; once it became popular, Griffey made a …

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Evelyn “Champagne” King

R&B vocalist Evelyn “Champagne” Ruler came to popularity through the disco period and remained prominent through a lot of the ’80s with over two dozen charting singles. Created July 1, 1960, in the Bronx, she acquired a showbiz lineage. Her uncle was professional/vocalist/dancer Avon Longer, who first performed Sportin’ Lifestyle …

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