Where'd you find this?

Moonbeam said:

Google

good times! ...*sigh*

theAudience said:

Sounds like a mix between Thriller and Ladies Night.

ScarletScandal said:

it really does

As much as I admire and appreciate these old lists (because they ARE a testament to popular music at that time) and (believe me) me that was the BEST time in music...THIS is what I remember most about Jet Magazine! And, yes, I bought it at the grocery store every week!

dannyd5050 said:

U don't anymore? Jet hasn't changed that much over the years.

ScarletScandal said:

I never noticed it until you mentioned it. I love this song. Leon Haywood was a funk genius to me. Anybody that can write this song and "She's A Bad Mama Jama" is a genius.

There were some wonderful jams out during that time! This was the era that I switched completely over to R&B radio. I was a disco lover and the pop stations had killed disco off. If you notice, a lot of those songs kinda have a leftover disco feel to them. That's what made me switch over to R&B radio and first get into funk.

vainandy said:

A lot of those songs came out in 1979. The Whispers, MJ, Jermaine Jackson, Teddy Pendergrass all were from albums released in 79. So that is definitely the end of the Disco era. It's funny that Donna had her biggest album in 79.
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Yeah, those came out in 1979 except for Jermaine Jackson's which was 1980 (although it was probably recorded in 1979). Vaughan Mason and Crew which is on the list was 1980 also and had a very disco feel to it. I think The Brothers Johnson did "Stomp" in 1980 also and Lipps, Inc. which was straight up disco was released in 1980. Disco's influence was definately still lingering which is what attracted me to R&B radio over pop radio which had almost completely gone to rock, new wave, and adult contemporary and most disco was hated on pop radio during that time (the "disco sucks" era).

As for Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" album, I remember getting that album for a Christmas present in 1979 and the album was still going on strong in full force when I got it. The disco record burning incident in the baseball field had happened earlier that summer. Just goes to show that disco wasn't as hated with all people as so many folks would like folks to think. Disco still lingered on pop radio for a few months after that incident, it didn't just end abruptly. It took a while for the racists to fully get the news that "disco sucks" and stop buying records by black artists that they had previously bought.
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daPrettyman said:

No I don't anymore. Jet hasn't changed over the years but music has. Back when it was mostly R&B I bought, Jet, Black Beat, and Right On!. When rap starting taking over I pretty muched stopped. Not that I didn't like rap back then but it just wasn't the same...to me anyways.

bboy87 said:

I remember every one of those songs R&B was in great shape as the 80s began.

dannyd5050 said:

I can't believe all this was 30 years ago. It seems like only yesterday I was jamming to the likes of MJ OFF The Wall and The Gap band's Opps Upside Your Head. That's why MJ death hurt me so much he was part of that delicious period of growing up and black music in general was out of this world.

vainandy said:

I wouldn't even call today's garbage R&B. Back in the day, cats could actually sing, write songs and play instruments.

Computer Games,1999 and What time is it were all released in 1982.
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vainandy said:

Disco never died, IMO. It just evolved into other forms.

DesireeNevermind said:

That Kashif album is one of the best R&B albums of the decade

uPtoWnNY said:

That's correct...disco evolved into other forms like freestyle,synth pop,electrofunk,etc.In many cases,they simply started calling it "dance music" instead of disco.

SoulAlive said:

In my neighborhood, we stopped using 'disco' @ 1982 and called it 'dance' instead.

uPtoWnNY said:

I think we still called 12" singles "Disco Versions" until about 83 or so

May 23, 1983

bboy87 said:

I pretty much like all of those songs! except for maybe "Style" by Cameo (it sounds too much like their previous hit "Be Yourself") and I wasn't in love with the Nona Hendryx song.

"I Just Gotta Have You" by Kashif In the summer of '83,I wore out his first album!!

Today's shit is R&B.....Rhythmless Bullshit.

"Bottoms Up" by the Chi-Lites

Here's a pretty old one


February 2, 1972

August 10, 1978

bboy87 said:

Oh man,I remember the summer of '78 as if it were yesterday

"Stuff Like That" It was almost ridiculous how many cool jams we had back then.

SoulAlive said:

how cool is this picture?

bboy87 said:

Michael later appeared on Minnie's last album 'Love Lives Forever',which was released after her death.