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Beginning early in the 1980s, a dance music revolution swept across Europe and Britain, merging rock, new wave, disco and worldbeat sounds. The resulting explosion of high-energy, increasingly electronic dance-pop caused a sensation worldwide.
In this book of original interviews, 32 of the era's most celebrated artists, producers and industry professionals discuss their lives and careers: Thomas Anders (Modern Talking's "You're My Heart, You're My Soul"), Pete Burns (Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"), Desireless ("Voyage Voyage"), Phil Harding (PWL Mixmaster), Junior ("Mama Used to Say"), Leee John (Imagination's "Just an Illusion"), Liz Mitchell (Boney M.'s 1988 "Megamix"), Fab Morvan (Milli Vanilli's "Girl You Know It's True"), Taco ("Putting On the Ritz"), Jennifer Rush ("The Power of Love"), Sabrina ("Boys"), Spagna ("Call Me"), Amii Stewart ("Knock on Wood"), Yazz ("The Only Way Is Up") and many more.
Includes special commentary by Academy Award winner Mel Brooks and Audrey Landers, star of Dallas.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments delete deletevi
Foreword by Mel Brooks delete
Foreword by Audrey Landers delete�BR>
Preface delete�BR>
Thomas Anders, Modern Talking
Jo Bogaert, Technotronic
Pete Burns, Dead or Alive
Phil Creswick, Big Fun
Hazell Dean
Manfred Esser, Photographer
Yasmin Evans, aka Yazz
Claudie Fritsch, aka Desireless
Junior Giscombe, aka Junior
Jaki Graham
Phil Harding, PWL Mixmaster
Klaus Hirschburger, Songwriter
Tom Hooker
Leee John, Imagination
Carmelo La Bionda, Producer, Composer
Caroline Loeb
Paul Mazzolini, aka Gazebo
Liz Mitchell, Boney M.
Fab Morvan, Milli Vanilli
Romano Musumarra, Producer, Composer
Taco Ockerse, aka Taco
Linda Jo Rizzo
Jack Robinson, Songwriter
Fabio Roscioli, aka Ryan Paris
Jennifer Rush
Sabrina Salerno, aka Sabrina
Ivana Spagna, aka Spagna
Amii Stewart
Ric Tess Teiges, aka Fancy
Harriette Weels, MaiTai
Appendix: The Record Shop-Noteworthy Tracks delete�5
Index delete�1
About the author
James Arena is a New York-based author, host and commentator who has been featured on MSNBC, Fox, SiriusXM and other networks. He is the author of the pop culture books
Fright Night on Channel 9,
First Ladies of Disco and
Legends of Disco and a recipient of a G.E.M.A. Foundation/City of Philadelphia award for preserving dance music history.
Summary
"Beginning early in the 1980s, a dance music revolution swept across Europe and Britain, merging rock, new wave, disco and worldbeat sounds. The resulting explosion of high-energy, increasingly electronic dance-pop caused a sensation worldwide. In this book of original interviews, 32 of the era's most celebrated artists, producers and industry professionals discuss their lives and careers"--
