Reggae Intro: Jamaican Dance & Disco
Submitted by dmille on Tue, 04/12/2005 - 12:34
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- 1 Broken Bones - Love Inc
- 2 Electric Boogie - Marcia Griffiths
- 3 Flip - Jesse Green
- 4 Follow Da Leader - Nigel And Marvin
- 5 Got To Have Your Love - Mantronix
- 6 I Can't Stand The Rain - Eruption
- 7 Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
- 8 Nice And Slow - Jesse Green
- 9 Nipple To The Bottle - Grace Jones
- 10 One Way Ticket - Eruption
- 11 Pull Up To The Bumper - Grace Jones
- 12 Should Have Known Better - TC Curtis
- 13 Slave To The Rhythm - Grace Jones
- 14 Take Your Time - Mantronix
- 15 Turn It Around - Alena
- 16 You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
- 17 You're A Superstar - Love Inc
Many people talk about Heavy D, Shinehead, DJ Kool Herc and the NY-Kingston hip-hop connection. BUT how often is Jamaica discussed as a source of many top disco/dance superstars?
Carl Douglas is Jamaican? Who knew? I didn't! Errol Brown, the lead singer and chief songwriter of Hot Chocolate is from "the island"? I knew about Grace Jones, but not about Jesse Green or Curtis Mantronix.
When I first heard "Electric Boogie", I never connected Marcia Griffiths with THAT Marcia Griffiths of the I-Threes. It was only when I learned Neville (Bunny Wailer) Livingstone had written the song that I figure it out.
Nigel & Marvin are from Trinidad, but it's close enuff.