The Brief: I turned 16 years old in May of 1981, finally able to drive and go places on my own. The summer before, Prince released the LP ‘Dirty Mind’ and one of the tracks on that album was entitled “Uptown”. Now, I really can’t say if that is what gave us the phrase but, [...]
The A Side: Oh Yeah (Dance Mix) 6:25 The B Side: Oh Yeah 3:05 Oh Yeah (Indian Summer Music) 5:30 The Brief: If you are a fan of the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, certainly one visual image you get when hearing this song is of a bedraggled and disheartened Ed Rooney getting on [...]
The A Side: Don’t Get Stopped In Beverly Hills (Special Mix) 7:37 The B Side: Don’t Get Stopped In Beverly Hills (Instrumental) 7:37 Don’t Get Stopped In Beverly Hills (Dub Version) 7:40 The Brief: We continue our string of soundtrack songs by the group Shalamar. Today’s post is the song “Don’t Get Stopped In Beverly Hills” [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1984, Louil Silas Jr, MCA Records, R&B, Soundtrack 
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The A Side: Dancing In The Sheets (Special Version Mixed by John “Jellybean” Benitez) 6:17 The B Side: Dancing In The Sheets (Instrumental) 5:00 The Brief: When Shalamar first came to prominence, the group consisted of Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel and Howard Hewett. The group ran up a string of R&B and pop hits from [...]
Posted in FWV, Shalamar Tags: 12 Inch, 1984, Columbia Records, Jellybean Benitez, R&B, Soundtrack 9 Comments »
The A Side: Deadline U.S.A. (Mixed by John “Jellybean” Benitez) 5:58 Deadline U.S.A. (Dub Version) 4:50 The B Side: Giorgio Moroder – Knock Me On My Feet 3:02 The Brief: To all freedom loving people everywhere, join me in wishing happy Independence Day to the United States of America. For everyone celebrating today, here’s wishing [...]
Posted in FWV, Shalamar Tags: 12 Inch, 1984, Jellybean Benitez, MCA Records, R&B, Soundtrack 4 Comments »
The A Side: Melody Cool (Extended LP Mix) 4:42 Melody Cool (Extended Remix) 6:06 The B Side: Melody Cool (Deep House Vocal) 6:22 Melody Cool (Mellow Dub Mix) 4:33 Time Waits For No One (Edit) 4:18 The Brief: It was two? TWO! years ago today that the first post was put online at blog.djrichiep.com. Since that [...]
Posted in FWV, Mavis Staples Tags: 12 Inch, 1990, David Bianco, Junior Vasquez, Keith Cohen, MPLS, Paisley Park Records, R&B, Soundtrack 9 Comments »
The A Side: Soup For One (Theme Song From The Movie “Soup For One”) 7:58 The B Side: Burn Hard 5:12 The Brief: I don’t really have to tell readers of this blog about Chic’s accomplishments in the late 70’s during the heyday of disco. But, let’s do a little exercise in name dropping… The [...]
The A Side: Revenge – They’re So Incredible (Special Version) 5:36 The B Side: Ya Ya – Don’t Talk 4:01 The Brief: The Tri-Lambs elaborate, computer-driven musical production “They’re So Incredible” clinched victory for the nerds in the final event of the Greek Games in the 1984 movie Revenge Of The Nerds. Today’s 12” release [...]
The A Side: Chaka Khan – (Krush Groove) Can’t Stop The Street 5:10 LL Cool J – I Can’t Live Without My Radio 4:25 Kurtis Blow – If I Ruled the World 6:19 Fat Boys – All You Can Eat 3:27 Debbie Harry – Feel the Spin 4:01 The B Side: Sheila E. – Holly [...]
Posted in Beastie Boys, Chaka Khan, Debbie Harry, Fat Boys, Force MDs, FWV, Gap Band, Krush Groove Soundtrack, Kurtis Blow, LL Cool J, Sheila E Tags: 1985, LP, Pop, R&B, Rap, Soundtrack, Warner Brothers Records 6 Comments »
The A Side: Super Hero (InDaSoul Mix) 4:00 Super Hero (Silk’s House Mix) 4:38 Super Hero (Hero Slow Motion Mix) 4:53 The B Side: Super Hero (Denair Old Skool Mix) 4:12 Super Hero (New Power Hero Mix) 7:15 Super Hero (Silk’s Deep House Mix) 4:37 The Brief: Today we take a look at the 1994 [...]
Posted in FWV, New Power Generation Tags: 12 Inch, 1994, Chronic Freeze, Denair, Epic Records, InDaSoul, Kirk Johnson, MPLS, Promo, R&B, Ray Hahnfeldt, Soundtrack, Steve "Silk" Hurley 5 Comments »
The A Side: Better Way (Extended Dance Version) 7:25 The B Side: Better Way (Radio Edit) 5:39 Better Way (Instrumental) 7:23 Better Way (Bonus Beats) 4:57 The Brief: Andre Cymone wrote and produced two tracks on 1987’s ‘Beverly Hills Cop II Motion Picture Soundtrack’. One of those was James Ingram’s “Better Way” which enjoyed only [...]
Posted in FWV, James Ingram Tags: 12 Inch, 1987, Louil Silas Jr, MCA Records, R&B, Soundtrack 4 Comments »
The A Side: Private Joy (Extended Version) 5:30 The B Side: Private Joy (Instrumental) 5:44 Private Joy (Bonus Beats plus Bass) 4:28 The Brief: Floridian Cheyne Pride recorded this cover song of Prince’s “Private Joy” for the Weird Science movie soundtrack in 1985. Cheyne was just a teen at the time of this recording. The [...]
Posted in Cheyne, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1985, Louil Silas Jr, MCA Records, R&B, Soundtrack 2 Comments »
The A Side: Thief Of Hearts (Dance Mix) 6:12 The B Side: Thief Of Hearts (Instrumental) 4:32 Thief Of Hearts (Short Version) 4:00 The Brief: Melissa Manchester released her first album in 1973 and has remained a popular adult contemporary artist to this day. In 1984, she contributed the title song to the soundtrack of [...]
Posted in FWV, Melissa Manchester Tags: 12 Inch, 1984, Casablanca Records, Jellybean Benitez, Pop, Promo, Soundtrack 1 Comment »
Next Love 7″: A Next Love 3:46 B Picking Up The Pieces 3:28 Label: Columbia Records Catalog#: 38-04537 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1984 Next Love 12″: A Next Love (Extended Dance Remix) 7:07 B Next Love (Instrumental) 4:51 Label: Columbia Records Catalog#: 44-05043 Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 1/3 RPM Country: US Released: 1984 The Brief: “Next Love” was the follow up to Deniece [...]
Posted in Deniece Williams, FWV Tags: 12 Inch, 1984, 7 Inch, Columbia Records, Jellybean Benitez, Michael Hutchinson, R&B, Soundtrack 9 Comments »
Side A: Irene Cara – The Dream Shalamar – Deadline U.S.A. Peabo Bryson – D.C. Cab Champaign – Knock Me On My Feet Karen Kamon – Squeeze Play Side B: Leon Sylvers – World Champion DeBarge – Single Heart Stephanie Mills – Party Me Tonight Gary U.S. Bonds – One More Time Around The Block [...]
Posted in Champaign, D.C. Cab Soundtrack, DeBarge, FWV, Gary U.S. Bonds, Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara, Karen Kamon, Leon Sylvers, Peabo Bryson, Shalamar, Stephanie Mills Tags: 12 Inch, 1983, LP, MCA Records, Pop, R&B, Soundtrack 3 Comments »
Side A: D.C. Cab (Remixed Version) 5:36 Side B: D.C. Cab (Dub Version) 5:02 The Brief: I’m back… miss me? The title track from the movie of the same name was released as a single for Peabo Bryson in 1984. It first charted on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart on 2/11/84. It reached a [...]