Betty Wright is not that famous for her disco, but more so for providing hip hopers and r&b'ers with a lot of sample-friendly material. Snoop, Beyoncé, etc. And, of course she gets 35% royalties of Color Me Badd's 'I Wanna Sex You Up', because that song is built on one of her songs and contains samples with her voice...all without her permission.
She's performed with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, and while she gets lotsa props for all her soul and r&b and funk and whatnot, I'm in love with her disco.
Here's a Disconet remix of one of the good discoblasters she released in 1986. It's not so different from the original version, but a bit more rolling and danceable.
Betty Wright - Sinderella (Disconet Disco mix)
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Roberta Kelly worked a lot with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, releasing records produced by Bellotte, and then on Moroder's label, Oasis, produced by both of the dudes.
The song I'm posting is from the 1977 album 'Zodiac Lady' which she had some problems getting released in the US. But that didn't matter, because Italian releases of the same album got all over the place and made the album a hit.
I love this song. It's so warm and nice, bouncy living room disco to listen to on your leather couch.
Roberta Kelly - Zodiacs
Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes released a lot of excellent disco in the late 70s. The groups main singer was (is) Jocelyn Brown, who, before turning to disco (and later, house), sang with John Lennon and Gene Pitney, to name a few.
Over the years she's been a part of so many groups and projects that it's kinda hard to believe. Are you ready?
Inner City, Right Said Fred, Lou Reed, Roberta Flack, Mick Jagger, Culture Club, Bette Midler, Salsoul Orchestra, Kym Mazelle, Mad Professor, Incognito, Billy Idol, Diana Ross, Stacey Q, and, everyone's favorite, Dj Bobo.
That list makes my choice of song rather weird as it doesn't show her voice at all, but I bet you have heard most of her other stuff. I just love this song. Muppety style fun and crowd and everything. I'll post some other Jocelyn stuff later instead, ok?
Disco Tex and His Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancing
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It's also worth to mention that the Roberta Kelly album was arranged by Þórir Baldursson.
p.s. I think you should skrifa á íslensku. Þú ert góður penni á ensku og íslensku en það eru bara svo fá tónlistarblogg á íslensku og billjón á úglensku. Eða þú gætir skrifað aðra hverja færslu á íslensku.
p.p.s. Ekki það að það komi mér eitthvað við hvernig þú hefur bloggið þitt en þetta eru bara svona pælingar.
Written 04.10.07 10:39
Takk fyrir infóið.
Og já, sko, ég fæ fjórum sinnum fleiri heimsóknir að utan, plús ímeil frá liði sem þorir ekki að kommenta, og af þeim fáu sem kommenta hér hvortsemer þá eru þeir eiginlega flestir útlendingar...
Þannig að mér sýnist miklu fleiri útlendingar skoða síðuna, þúveist? Og Íslendingar kunna alveg ensku.
En mér er í rauninni alveg sama. Bara þeir sem eru fleiri og kommenta meira...
Written 04.10.07 11:25
it's quality every post!
Written 09.10.07 07:26
Thanks Todd.
Written 10.10.07 04:51
Samt svo fínt að hafa Mysterious Icelandic ...
Svipað að grafa þitt blogg upp, verandi erlendur, og reyna að ráða í furðulega útlendinginn sem er, ha?, með góðan tónlistarsmekk í alvöru - og ef maður fyndi japanskt mp3blob með ég veit ekki hverju, skildi ekki neitt, en stöffið væri alltsaman myljandi gott.
Disco Tex er fantahræðilegt, gújah, æðislegt stöff. Tanx!
Written 16.11.07 16:34