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Disco Dessert 7/26/20 - "Found A Cure" from Ashford and Simpson...

" Found A Cure " was a big club and radio hit for the married soul legends Ashford & Simpson. Appearing on their album Stay Free , the song ...

Tonight's Disco Dessert is serving up some (much needed) medicinal grooves with Ashford & Simpson and their #1 disco hit from 1978 "Found A Cure" #disco #souldisco #funkdisco #numberones #classicdisco

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Songoftheday 7/26/20 - I used to think that I could not go on and life was nothing but an awful song...

" I Believe I Could Fly " - R. Kelly from the albums Space Jam (Original Soundtrack) (1996) and R. (1998) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2 (fou...

Yeah, I knew we'd eventually have to get to this. Peter Pan song is so so much different in context now.

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Disco Dessert 7/25/20 - "Hot Shot" from Karen Young...

" Hot Shot " was a club hit for Philadelphia native Karen Young. Appearing on her sole studio album Hot Shot , the song was written and prod...

Tonight's Disco Dessert is serving up some scorching grooves with Philadelphia native Karen Young and her #1 club hit from 1978, "Hot Shot" #disco #classicdisco #latindisco #numberones #campdisco

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Songoftheday 7/25/20 - You and me we used to be together every day together always, I really feel that I'm losin' my best friend...

" Don't Speak " - No Doubt from the album Tragic Kingdom (1995) Billboard Hot 100 peak: ineligible to chart Billboard Hot 100 Airplay pea...

the song that helped goad Billboard magazine to eventually change its rules, "Don't Speak" was the biggest radio hit of 1996 without ever appearing on their pop chart. #chartnerd

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Disco Dessert 7/24/20 - "A Little Lovin' (Keeps The Doctor Away)" from the Raes...

"A Little Lovin' (Keeps The Doctor Away)" was a club hit for the British husband and wife duo the Raes. Appearing on their second album Danc...

Tonight's Disco Dessert is serving up some medicinal grooves with married couple the Raes and their 1978 top-5 club hit "A Little Lovin (Keeps The Doctor Away)" #disco #classicdisco #campdisco

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twostepcub's music chart for July 24, 2020....

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Dua Lipa remains at #1 for a second week, while Lady...

my top 100 "hit" tunes from the week are up at the bloggie, with new music videos from Tim McGraw, Shinedown, Martin Garrix, Kane Brown, Tom Walker, and a remake of a song from King Harvest from the 1970s. And all Spotify playlisted for your worktime listening. Cheers. #chartnerd

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Songoftheday 7/24/20 - I'm gonna keep it real how you make me feel, boy you give me chills baby...

" Steelo " - 702 with Missy Elliott from the album No Doubt (1996) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #32 (two weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 6 Today's ...

Las Vegas R&B trio 702 score the first top-40 pop hit of their own with this song that I forgot how good it is. With added Missy Elliot.

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(via Twostepcublog: Disco Dessert 7/23/20 - "I Don't Know What I'd Do (If You Ever Left Me)" from Sweet Cream....)

Today's Disco Dessert is serving up some milky grooves with Detroit's own Sweet Cream and their top ten disco hit from 1978, "I Don't Know What I'd Do (If You Ever Left Me)" #disco #souldisco #motowndisco #funkdisco

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Songoftheday 7/23/20 - Warm sun feed me up and I'm leery loaded up, loathing for a change and I slip some boil away...

" Swallowed " - Bush from the album Razorblade Suitcase (1996) Billboard Hot 100 peak: inelig...

the sole Grammy nomination for the British rock band Bush came for this, the lead single for their second album Razorblade Suitcase 24 years ago #chartnerd

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Disco Dessert 7/22/20 - "Share The Night" from World Premiere...

" Share The Night " was a club hit for the Brooklyn-based band World Premiere. Released as a one-off single in 1983, the song was written a...

Tonight's Disco Dessert is serving up some generous grooves with Brooklyn band World Premiere and their 1984 post-disco club hit "Share The Night" #disco #funkdisco #souldisco #postdisco #deepcuts

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Songoftheday 7/22/20 - Yeah I Momma Miss Ivana usually rock the Prada, sometimes Gabbana, stick you for your cream and your riches...

" No Time " - Lil' Kim featuring Puff Daddy from the album Hard Core (1996) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #18 (three weeks) Weeks in the To...

Today's SOTD was the first featured credit for Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, with female rapper/Biggie Smalls' girlfriend Lil' Kim #chartnerd

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Songoftheday 7/21/20 - Reluctantly crouched at the starting line, engines pumping and thumping in time...

" The Distance " - Cake from the album Fashion Nugget (1996) Billboard Hot 100 peak: ineligible to chart Billboard Hot 100 Airplay p...

California slack-funk-rockers Cake treat themselves to their first hit with this little semi-motivational ditty from 1996 #chartnerd

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Disco Dessert 7/20/20 - "It's Good For The Soul" from the Salsoul Orcherstra...

" It's Good For The Soul " was a DJ favorite from the Salsoul Orchestra. Appearing on the act's second album Nice 'N' Naasty , the song wa...

Tonight's Disco Dessert is serving up a foursome of cuts from the Salsoul Orchestra's Nice & Naasty album from 1976 a top-3 club success #disco #instrumentaldisco #orchestradisco #funkdisco #souldisco

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Robbed hit of the week 7/20/20 - The Wonders' "That Thing You Do!"...

" That Thing You Do! " - The Wonders from the album That Thing You Do! (Original Soundtrack) (1996) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #41 (three...

the second time in a decade a fictional band hit the charts, this time spending three weeks under the top-40 at #41 from a quite good movie.

Fun fact: Howie Long played Tom Hanks' boyfriend in the directors cut of "That Thing You Do".

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Songoftheday 7/20/20 - They tell me that temptation is very hard to resist, you tell me that you want me I tried to hide my feelings d-o-g's ain't supposed to feel like this...

" Never Leave Me Alone " - Nate Dogg featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg from the album G-Funk Classics - Vol. 1 & 2 (1998) Billboard Hot 100 p...

Snoop's cuz Nate Dogg lands his second pop hit two years after the first with a little help from Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (and Snoop) #chartnerd

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Disco Dessert 7/19/20 - "Turn The Beat Around" from Vicki Sue Robinson...

" Turn The Beat Around " was a big club and radio hit for singer Vicki Sue Robinson. Appearing on her debut album Never Gonna Let You Go ,...

Tonight's Disco Dessert is serving some circular grooves with the late great Vicki Sue Robinson and her #1 club hit from 1976, "Turn The Beat Around" #disco #classicdisco #numberones #syncopatedrhythm

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Songoftheday 7/19/20 - This time it's different it's all because of you, it's better than it's ever been 'cause we can talk it through...

" I Finally Found Someone " - Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams from the album The Mirror Has Two Faces (Original Soundtrack) (1996) Bill...

Honestly one of the oddest pairings in the 1990s produced the final top ten pop hit for both Barbra and Bryan #chartnerd