Forgotten One-Shot Divas

[NickNack]

On 2002-03-28 13:39, markydefad wrote:

Also, since I'm not at home, I can't remember the titles of the Rozalin Woods & Ren Woods club hits. Anyone?

Rozalin Woods - Whatcha' Gonna Do About It/Flashback/Go Shake Yourself



Another Artist: Sandy Mercer - "You Are My Love"





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Nicky

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[The Lord of Flatbush]

On 2002-03-27 09:50, sammyperez wrote:

As far as Brandi Wells - Watch Out, you can listen to that song on my mix which is featured on this weeks Dance Groove Radio Show. In this mix I also feature a couple more for your list:



Linda Taylor - You and me just started

Vicky 'D' - This beat is mine



Also would like to mention:



Karen Young - Hot shot

Barbara Harris - I found a new man

Sylvia - Pillow Talk



to name a few off the top of my head.



Check out the show,



Sam "ALL JAM"

Sylvia also made "Automatic Lover" as her first, uptempo disco song. If anyone remember that song, holler back. Vicki "D" on Sam Records, This beat is mine was such a great song. Linda Taylor - You and me just started was an import single before Prelude Records signed her. Karen Young - Hot Shot was her #1 hit, unfortunate that others didn't follow her {RIP}. Barbara Harris - In September of 1965 a record was released on the DynaVoice label that was to become an international, all-time classic. "A LOVERS CONCERTO" by "THE TOYS" entered the charts and in just ten short weeks surpassed luminaries the likes of "THE BEATLES, THE SUPREMES, ELVIS PRESLEY, THE ROLLING STONES, THE FOUR TOPS, STEVIE WONDER" etc.. The song reached NUMBER ONE and stayed there for six weeks, becoming a million seller. The voice singing lead, was that of Ms. Barbara Harris.

[The Lord of Flatbush]

On 2002-03-28 13:39, markydefad wrote:

Yeah, I realize Scherrie Payne was a latter-day Supreme and was also one of the replacement Supremes Miss Ross rounded-up for her ill-advised Return To Love Tour.



Some more names come to mind that had a BIG song and never did much thereafter:



BARBARA LAW - "Take All Of Me"

SUZI LANE - "Harmony/Ooh La La"

LORRAINE JOHNSON - "Feed The Flame/I'm Learning To Dance All Over Again"

ULLANDA McCULLOUGH - "Want Ads"

RUTH WATERS - "Never Gonna Be The Same"

NORMA JEAN (WRIGHT) - "High Society/Saturday"

PENNY McLEAN - "Lady Bump"

TAMIKO JONES - "Can't Live Without Your Love/Let It Flow"

ALMA FAYE - "It's Over Now"

CYNTHIA MANLEY - "Back In My Arms Again" /Boystown Gang: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Remember Me"

RORY BLOCK - "You're The One"



Also, since I'm not at home, I can't remember the titles of the Rozalin Woods & Ren Woods club hits. Anyone?

Lorraine Johnson did background work on Saturday Night Band's project {Boogie with Me} and Alma Faye had a hit "Don't Fall In Love" on the other side of the 12" Single "It's Over."



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[sirius]

Penny McLean: She released 3 Albums...

1)LADY BUMP(1975)

2)PENNY(1977)

3)MIDNIGHT EXPLOSION

By the way she sang with Silver Convention.

Nowadays she´s on the esoterical trip and

writes books about Guardian Angels. She is

very succesful in the esoteric scene in

Europe.



ROBERTA KELLY released also several Albums

1)TROUBLE MAKER(1976)

2)ZODIACS(1977)

3)GETTIN´THE SPIRIT(1978)

Then in 80ies she released an Album in Italo

Disco-Style, but not very succesful.

But I wouldn´t say that both are One-Shot-

Divas.

What about JEREE PALMER, BONNIE OLIVER, EMILY

WOODS, ROZALIN WOODS, CYNTHIA WOODARD ?

Cosmic Love & Kisses From SIRIUS & DARKTUNES

[Boodikka]

My fellow Brooklynite The Lord Of Flatbush is good with the trivia; the Goddess salutes you.

Here's a bit more: Sylvia, of "Pillow Talk" fame and founder of Sugar Hill Records ("It's Good To Be The Queen") is the same Sylvia from Mickey and Sylvia of "Love Is Strange" fame.

[markydefad]

Hey Guys & Gals,



Thanks for all the input. Of course, some of the artists we've mentioned recorded more than one record, but usually they only had one or two that most people remember.



I wouldn't consider Roberta Kelly or Pattie Brooks in this league. Both had a handful of Big Club songs and several LP's.



What about?:



ANN JOY: "Love Now, Hurt Later" ( very good cover of the Giorgio & Chris tune)



LINDA G. THOMPSON: "Flight To Fantasy" (a kicking Hi-NRG record that I remember from Trocadero) and YES, I KNOW that Linda, along with Penny McLean & another chick, was a part of Silver Convention.



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Markydefad

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[BrunoRepublic]

On 2002-03-28 20:46, The Lord of Flatbush wrote:



Sylvia also made "Automatic Lover" as her first, uptempo disco song. If anyone remember that song, holler back.

I've got the 12". I bought it hoping it would be a less-cheesy version of the flawed-but-brilliant Dee D. Jackson track. But it's infinitely worse. If you were to ask me what I thought was the worst disco track ever, this would get my vote!

[maarten]

I just thought of another one, and it is a really nice one, too:



Delia Renee - You're gonna want me back

[sirius]

The chicks of SILVER CONVENTION:

The first three were unkown...but officially

there was RAMONA WULF(LP/"Natural Woman"/76),

LINDA G.THOMPSON & PENNY McLEAN.

Then Linda left and instead of her there

was RHONDA HEATH.

About Linda: I remember several 7"es like

"Ooh What A Night", "Come Softly", "Put A

Little Love In Your Heart".

About Rhonda: There was a 7" called "It

hurts so good"(very nice track from 79).

About Silver Convention:

1)"SILVER CONVENTION"(with "Fly Robin Fly"

and "Save Me"/1975)

2)"GET UP AND BOOGIE"(1975)

3)"MADHOUSE"(1976/my favorite of them!)

4)"VOODOO NIGHTS"(LP/1977)

5)"LOVE IN A SLEEPER"(1978/LP)

Then there are strange issues on 7" like:

1)SILVER STARS(Medley of their hits)

2)THE BOYS FROM LIVERPOOL(terrible Beatles-

medley!)

3)CAFE AU LAIT(the last single of Silver

Convention/1979)

Cosmic Love & Kisses From SIRIUS & DARKTUNES

[Disco77]

How about Noel - Dancing is Dangerous? I know that she was somehow connected with Sparks but she quickly (and maybe deservedly) disappeared.



Is Alma Faye the same person as Alma Faye Brooks of 'Stop I don't Need No Sympathy' semi-fame?



Taka Boom was who's sister? And what was her hit?



Who was the singer behind Sex O'Clock USA?

[markydefad]

Hey Disco77,



I definitely agree that Noel should be on our list. I really like the Noel stuff, however. I think Sparks were heavily influenced from working with the Master, Mr. Moroder, and created some great dance tracks for Noel: "Dancing Is Dangerous" and "The Night They Invented Love" were both big at Trocadero in SF. I think we have now established that Noel was NOT one of the Mael Brothers (Sparks) in drag, right?



I saw a picture disc of her LP at Amoeba and I wish I had picked it up. Now, I remember, a track on it titled "Is There More To Life Than Dancing?"--wasn't this covered by someone else--Midnight Powers or something on that black double LP from Canada with the Elton Motello "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" and "Spin It" by Sunbelt? That's what I'm remembering.



As for Taka Boom, she is Chaka Khan's sister and sang the lead on the GREAT "You + Me" for Norman Whitfield's Undisputed Truth and had a few hits on her own: "Night Dancin'" and "Red Hot", I think.



If I typed this stuff at home where I have my records, this stuff would be so much easier than trying to remember it , while I'm at work. duh..................



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[Boodikka]

I think that Midnight Powers song is "Dance (It's My Life)" from that double LP in 1981, Another great forgotten song from that album is "Show Me Yours" by Corruption.

[markydefad]

Boodi,



you're probably right. Then, who did "Is there more to life than dancin/is there more to life" (deep-voiced male vocal)? I can just hear this tune in my head. Was it one of those bootleg mixes from the early '80's? I think I have it, but was the source recording the Noel track?

[markydefad]

I think I remember the "Is There More To Life Than Dancing" thing from a white label bootleg mix 12" I have from the early 1980's.



I have to pull it out and listen again.



Another forgotten Diva might be Vivian Vee. Now I only remember "Remember/Give Me A Break" and I have another 12" titled "Destiny"; I think she was a bigger star in Europe. Anybody?



Oh, and Denise McCann from Canada with "Tatoo Man" and "I Have A Destiny".

[Jeff H]

Marky--Vivian Vee also had a hit in the mid-'80s with an awesome hi-NRG tune called "Heartbeat (1-2-3)." I'm pretty sure it was an import, so maybe she was bigger in Europe than the U.S.