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This funky sextet revolved around a nucleus of brothers Billy, Mike and Kenneth Young from West Virginia, USA. After shifting to East Orange, NJ, in 1970 they produced the Teen Movement with Pal ‘Hank’ Hankerson, an ex-member of Aurra (bass/keyboards/electric guitar) and Dave Reyes (drums). The group transformed their name …

b. 1946, Sheffield, Britain. After employed in a record store as an adolescent, Young became thinking about the neighborhood group picture and became a member of the Counterbeats in 1964. From the past due 60s she experienced branched out like a soloist and pursuing an appearance in a north club …

Fonda Rae attained the tail-end from the ’70s to power several enduring post-disco golf club singles with her flirty, lovely, yet tough vocals. The indigenous New Yorker debuted for the self-titled recording by Don Armando’s 2nd Ave. Rhumba Music group, an August Darnell task which she was showcased throughout, including …

R&B trio Initial Choice — Rochelle Fleming, Joyce Jones, and Annette Visitor — were originally referred to as the Debonettes and performed around Philadelphia. Radio DJ Georgie Woods released the group to Philly spirit guitarist/songwriter/maker Norman Harris, who created Initial Choice’s debut solitary, “This is actually the Home Where Love …

Neglected by many due to his early death and insufficient recordings, Larry Levan is among the seminal brands in dance music, a legendary inspiration through the 1970s and ’80s. Inspired by David Mancuso’s Loft celebrations, which presaged disco by a lot more than five years, Levan got his cue and …

Vocalist Taana Gardner was among the leading lighting of Western world End Records, a fresh York label that released a number of the finest & most influential disco and post-disco recordings from the past due ’70s and early ’80s. The Newark, New Jersey-born Gardner understood that she wished to work …