Empress
Dyin' To Be Dancin' (12")
Prelude Records (US) 1981 / PRL D 607
12" Disco single 33 ⅓ rpm vinyl
Genre: Dance
Producer(s) : William Anderson and Raymond Reid
Side A
Dyin' To Be Dancin' (6:18)
Side B
Dyin' To Be Dancin' (Instrumental 4:50)
"Dyin' To Be Dancin'" by Empress showcased Prelude Records bold move to the newer urban sound coming out of New York at the turn of the 1980's. An undeniable Disco classic.
Submitted by DiscoMusic.com (3705)
This Record Needs Your Comment!
Leave a reply »
-
Mar 13, 2008 | 5:16 pmThis is a DISCO CLASSIC, yet only the die-hards know of it! Never a radio hit, not even too successful a** a seller. Not the anticipated revenue that was expected. But we deejays ate this up. On my scale from 1-10 it gets a 9.
-
Jan 31, 2007 | 7:24 pm
KoolChris, you might try the LP, which as I call didn't mix-down that vocal. It also has a short counterpoint chorus going into the bridge; some hated that, I liked it.
-
Jan 31, 2007 | 4:42 pm
Greeeeaaaaaat track. Beautiful desperate-sounding voice. The only downer is the way the record was mixed, muffling the vocals.
-
Feb 20, 2006 | 3:05 pm
Note that "Empress" didn't sing the "urban coloratura" lead on this record, but actually a singer named Heidi Dudley. No matter: it is a sexy, sultry, insinuating tease, well suited for a sudden drop in the morning by advenrurous DJs who know a horny crowd when they see it.
Whatever happened to these talented kids who turned up for one or two hits on Prelude and West End (and to a lesser degree Salsoul, which relied on and did a much better job developing professional talent)?
-
Nov 05, 2005 | 2:14 am
Never gonna get enough, get enough, get enough....
Excellent!!!
This song is so good, the only thing that brings it down from 10 to 9 is the the horns from around 1:06 to 1:08 in this YouTube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIlApqvC_uE
Can't believe the did that part several places in the song when the rest is a classic.