Top Ten SOLAR favorites?

[ngroove]

SOLAR RECORDS - the Sound of Los Angeles Records - the "Galaxy of Stars", especially of the mid 70s-late 80s.

In no particular order:

1. Shalamar - A Night to Remember
2. Shalamar - Make that Move
3. Shalamar - Right in the Socket
4. Shalamar - Friends
5. Dynasty - I've Just Begun to Love You
6. Dynasty - Groove Patrol
7. Dynasty - Check It Out
8. Carrie Lucas - Show Me Where You're Coming From
9. Carrie Lucas - Fashion
10. Deele - Body Talk

[drh]

No. 6 is "Groove Control" not "Groove Patrol" an it's one of my top ten Solar-Dance-Tunes too

More:

In the Raw/Whispers

And the beat goes on/Whispers

I can make it better/Whispers

A night to remember/Shalamar

Make that move/Shalamar

I owe you one/Shalamar

Take that to the bank/Shalamar (was that on Solar?)

Life in the fast lane/Dynasty

Fantastic Voyage/Lakeside

[drlove]

Assuming we can include the Soul Train Records and Constellation Records imprints (just as Motown had its Tamla and Gordy subsidiaries), I'd submit:

1. The Second Time Around (Shalamar)
2. And The Beat Goes On (Whispers)
3. I've Just Begun To Love You (Dynasty)
4. I Gotta Keep Dancin' (Carrie Lucas)
5. I Wanna Be Rich (Calloway)
6. Uptown Festival (Shalamar)
7. Fantastic Voyage (Lakeside)
8. It's A Love Thing (Whispers)
9. No Parking On the Dance Floor (Midnight Star)
10. The Men All Pause (Klymaxx)

[SandraDee]

1. Take That To The Bank - Shalamar
2. Wild Girls - Klymaxx
3. I Gotta Keep Dancin' - Carrie Lucas
4. Satisfied - Dynasty
5. In The Raw - Whispers
6. Right In The Socket - Shalamar
7. Dance With Me - Carrie Lucas
8. Friends - Shalamar
9. I Don't Want To Be A Freak - Dynasty
10. & The Beat Goes On - Whispers

[markydefad]

hmmm--I seem kinda stuck in a groove with the same groups--
but perusing the titles on my Solar 6 CD set --72 classic dance tracks
....from memory, these are my faves:

01) THE SECOND TIME AROUND - Shalamar
02) AND THE BEAT GOES ON - The Whispers
03) ROCK STEADY - The Whispers
04) I DON'T WANNA BE A FREAK (But I Can't Help Myself) - Dynasty
05) I GOTTA KEEP DANCING - Carrie Lucas
06) IT'S A LOVE THING - The Whispers
07) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK - Shalamar
08) RIGHT IN THE SOCKET - Shalamar
09) DANCE WITH YOU - Carrie Lucas
10) {tie} A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - Shalamar
10) {tie} THE MEN ALL PAUSE - Klymaxx

[DonaldCleveland]

Shalamar- Take That To The Bank
Lakeside- Something About That Woman
Whispers- Keep On Lovin Me
Bill Wolfer (w/Finis Henderson)- Call Me (yes, the same song they did on Finis' Motown album)
The Deele- Two Occasions (It's a ballad. But for all you 80's TV watchers does anybody remember how effective "Body Talk" by the Deele was in the opening of the first episode of Miami Vice?)
Dynasty- I've Just Begun To Love You
Lakeside- Your Wish Is My Command
Carrie Lucas- Show Me Where You're Coming From
Midnight Star- Curious
Cat Miller- Be For Real (yes, another ballad/stepper- but what a cool song and a well produced vocal too)

[boogienights]

1-DANCE WITH YOU-Carrie Lucas
2.IN THE RAW:Whispers
3.USE IT OR LOSE IT:Carrie Lucas
4.CAN'T DO WITHOUT YOUR LOVE:Whispers
5.I DONT WANT TO BE A FREAK:Dynasty
6.GOTTA KEEP DANCIN:Carrie Lucas
7.RIGHT IN THE SOCKET:Shalamar
8.TAKE THAT TO THE BANK:Shalamar
9.I CAN MAKE IT BETTER:Whispers
10.DANNCELAND:Carrie Lucas

[Returnoid]

In no order


Dynasty – Adventures in the Land of Music
Lakeside – Turn the Music Up
Midnight Star – Curious
Midnight Star – Night Rider
Shalamar – A Night To Remember
The Whispers – Keep on Loving Me
The Whispers – And the beat goes on
The Whispers – It’s a love thing
Carrie Lucas – Dance With You
The Deele – Shoot’em Up Movies

[Cory Ander]

"Wet My Whistle" and "Playmates", Midnight Star. "Your Piece of the Rock" and "I Don't Want to be a Freak (but I can't help myself!)" Dynasty. "Some Kinda Lover" Whispers. "Uptown Festival", "Right in the Socket" and "A Night to Remember", Shalamar. "Shoot 'Em Up Movies", the Deele. "It's No Crime" and "Tender Lover", Babyface

[whitesockedfunk]

In no particular order:

Dynasty - I've Just Begun To Love You
Dynasty - Love In The Fast Lane
Dynasty - Do Me Right
Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good
Shalamar - For The Lover In You
Carrie Lucas - Show Me Where You're Coming From
Carrie Lucas - Career Girl
Midnight Starr - Operator
Midnight Starr - No Parking On The Dancefloor
The Whispers - In The Raw

I love the Solar sound!

[paul]

And mine are:

1. Dance With You - Carrie Lucas



2. Take That To The Bank - Shalamar

3. No Parking On The Dancefloor - Midnight Starr

4. And The Beat Goes On - The Whispers

5. In The Socket - Shalamar

6. Here I Am - Dynasty

7. Imagination - The Whispers

8. It's A Love Thing - The Whispers

9. Do Me Right - Dynasty

10. I Gotta Keep Dancing - Carrie Lucas

[remicks]

******

in order:

1) - I GOTTA KEEP DANCIN' / KEEP SMILIN' - Carrie Lucas

2) - DEAD GIVEAWAY - Shalamar


3) - SECOND TIME AROUND - Shalamar
4) - TAKE THAT TO THE BANK - Shalamar
5) - BEAUTIFUL NIGHT - Shalamar
6) - NIGHT TO REMEMBER -Shalamar
7) - AND THE BEAT GOES ON - Whispers
8) - MAKE THAT MOVE - Shalamar
9) - UPTOWN FESTIVAL - Shalamar
10) - DANCE WITH YOU - Carrie Lucas
10) - {tie} - SIMON'S THEME - Shalamar

*****

[Zef]

Shalamar-Second time around
Shalamar-Right in the socket
Dynasty-Here I am
Dynasty-I've just begun to love you
Collage-Get in touch with me
Shalamar-Sweeter as the days go by
Carrie Lucas-Dance with you
Whispers-Its a love thing
Whispers-I can make it better
Shalamar-Make that move