Aruba Bar & Restaurant presents: TRUE FAITH

Jose Feliciano - "I'm never gonna change"

José Montserrate Feliciano García (born September 10, 1945) is a Puerto Rican singer and guitarist. He was left permanently blind at birth due to congenital glaucoma. Feliciano overcame the effects of this impairment to score many international hits Feliciano was born in Lares, Puerto Rico, one of eleven children. He was first exposed to music at age three. At five, his family moved to Spanish Harlem, New York City and, at age nine, he played on the Teatro Puerto Rico. He started his musical life playing accordion until his grandfather gave him a guitar. He reputedly sat by himself in his room for up to 14 hours a day to listen to 1950s rock albums, classical guitarists like Andrés Segovia, and jazz players like Wes Montgomery. He later had classical lessons with Harold Morris who earlier had been a student with Segovia.

At 17, he quit school to play in clubs, having his first professional, contracted performance in Detroit. In 1989, I'M NEVER GONNA CHANGE was released.

JOSE FELICIANO - I'M NEVER GONNA CHANGE (12")

Viola Wills - "If you could read my mind"

"If You Could Read My Mind" is a song by Gordon Lightfoot. It was his first recording to appear on the American music charts, reaching #5 on the Billboard chart in January 1971. Lightfoot has cited his divorce for inspiring the lyrics. This song first appeared on the Lightfoot's 1970 album Sit Down Young Stranger. The success of the single led Lightfoot's label, Reprise Records, to retitle the album after the song. The song reached #1 on Billboard's Easy Listening charts. The song has been covered by many artists, including Don McLean, Kalan Porter, Olivia Newton-John, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Cash, Liza Minnelli, Glen Campbell, Gene Clark, Viola Wills and the house music collective Stars on 54.

VIOLA WILLS - IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND (Disconet

Right said Fred - "Don't talk just kiss"

Don't Talk Just Kiss" is the second single by Right Said Fred off their album Up. The song featured R&B & dance singer Jocelyn Brown. The song reached #3 in the UK in December 1991. The single was released in the USA on February 27, 1992.

RIGHT SAID FRED - DON'T TALK JUST KISS (Dick's Mix)

Atlantic Starr - "Circles"

Atlantic Starr were a 1980s R&B band. Among their hits were "Always" and "Secret Lovers". The group was started in 1976 in White Plains, New York by Duke Jones, drummer Porter Carroll Jr., bassist Clifford Archer, percussionist and flautist Joseph Phillips, and three brothers: David Lewis (vocals and guitar), Wayne Lewis (keyboards and vocals), and Johnathan Lewis (percussion and trombone). Other members of the band were lead singer Sharon Bryant (who was later replaced by Barbara Weathers), trumpeter William Sudderth, and saxophonist Damon Rentie (who was replaced by Koran Daniels).

Brilliance is the fourth studio album by Atlantic Starr. This album featured hit singles "Love Me Down" and "Circles."

ATLANTIC STARR - CIRCLES (12")

Duran Duran - "Girls on Film"

Girls on Film" is the third single by Duran Duran, released on 13 July 1981. The single became Duran Duran's Top 10 breakthrough in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #5 on 25 July. Its success was particularly gratifying for the band, who had personally selected it for release following the failure of its predecessor, "Careless Memories", which had been chosen by their record company, EMI. Its popularity provided a major boost to sales of the band's eponymous debut album, Duran Duran, which had been released a month earlier. The song did not chart in the U.S. on its initial release, but it became popular and widely known after receiving heavy airplay on MTV when the Duran Duran album was re-issued in 1983. It is regarded one of the band's signature songs.

DURAN DURAN - GIRLS ON FILM (Hot Tracks)

Black Box - "Strike it up"

Black Box (later Blackbox) was an Italo-house music group popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They are arguably best known for their hit song "Ride on Time". The members of the group included a trio made up of a club DJ (Daniele Davoli), a classically trained clarinet teacher (Valerio Semplici) and a keyboard and electronic music "wiz" (Mirko Limoni.) The three had previously joined to form a group called Groove Groove Melody, producing dance music under names such as Starlight and Wood Allen. They went on to record music under many other aliases.

BLACK BOX - STRIKE IT UP

Nu Shooz - "I can't wait"

"I Can't Wait" is a 1986 hit song by Nu Shooz from the album Poolside. The song was originally recorded the previous year and became a popular radio track in and around the band's hometown of Portland, Oregon. It is noted for its instantly-recognizable bassline and for its catchy "uh-uh uh uh uh uh uh-uh!" sample chorus. In the United States, the song reached #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart in late March of 1986, remaining atop the chart for two weeks. Soon afterwards the song appeared on the Hot 100 chart, where it climbed to #3 in mid-June of that year; it remained in the Top 40 for 15 weeks. In the United Kingdom the song reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song's American chart run coincided with that of a Stevie Nicks song also titled "I Can't Wait" (a rare incidence of two different songs with the same title charting at the same time). The extended "Long Dutch Mix" contains more samples (such as "c'mon!" from Madonna's "Into the Groove"), and takes the pitchshifting of the chorus even further, creating an eventual "pitchdown" at the ending. A rap cover of the song, "I Can't Wait (To Rock The Mike)" by Spyder-D was released shortly theareafter. The song was covered in 2002 by British R&B group Ladies First and reached #19 on the UK chart. In 2007 the music was replayed in a remix for Paula DeAnda's single "Easy", featuring a rap appearance by Bow Wow, this song was produced by a production team by the name of The Flyntstones. The song was also mashed up with Snoop Dog's Drop It Like It's Hot by dj BC in a song called "Snoop's Nu Shooz. "In 1996, Vanessa Williams used an interpolation of "I Can't Wait" in her hit "Happiness."

NU SHOOZ - I CAN'T WAIT

Kym Sims - "Too Blind to see it"

Kym Sims in an American singer born 1966, whose biggest success came outside her home market. Kym began her career as an advertising jingle singer before breaking through into the dance music market. Working with 4-time Grammy Award-nominated producer Steve Hurley (aka Steve "Silk" Hurley) her dance anthem "Too Blind to See It" spent 12 weeks on the UK pop chart over the festive period of 1991/1992. Another song that Sims is well known for is her 1992 hit single "Take My Advice" which hit number 13 in the UK. It was a huge club hit. The same year a modest hit came with, 'A Little Bit More', number 30. An album was released entitled (like the single of the same name) "Too Blind To See It". The album just about scraped the UK Top 40 peaking at number 39. The entire album was produced by Steve Hurley with co-production credits shared with producer/remixer E-Smoove (aka Eric Miller) and Grammy Award-winning producer/remixer Maurice Joshua.

In 1995 she released the single "I Must Be Free. In 1996, she released another single 'We Gotta Love', which was the last single of hers to be released physically on CD or Vinyl. In 2000 she released a single through MP3.com called "Just Can't Get Enough".

KYM SIMS - TOO BLIND TO SEE IT (Hurley's House Mix)

Gary Low - "I Want You"

Gary Low is the sobriquet of a very famous singer in the 80's named Luis Romero. His two greatest hits you are in danger & schoolgirl was esuchan even today. Born in Terrassa, Spain and managed to intruducirse music aspect ruled that the Italian season with a theme called "I want you"; one year later would become more famous with his version of the popular theme Collegiality.

This is dedicated to all the Staff of DECADES METROWALK especially to Kuya Mon who helped me in finding my car (na hindi naman nawala).

GARY LOW - I WANT YOU (Ext. Version)

Jane Wiedlin - "Blue Kiss"

"Blue Kiss" is a song written by Jane Wiedlin and Randell Kirsch and performed by Jane Wiedlin, the rhythm guitar player of the all-female rock band The Go-Go's. It was the lead single from her self-titled debut album Jane Wiedlin. An extended 12-inch single was also released, featuring an instrumental version of "Blue Kiss", along with two extended dance versions, one of which was remixed by famed Madonna collaborator William Orbit. "Blue Kiss" can be heard during the frat house party scene in the film Night of the Creeps (1988), and was used during the date montage scene in the Sci-Fi indie film The iDol (2007). There were two versions of a video produced for this song - one was not released, the other features Jane playing her guitar and singing in the back of a truck traveling a backroad.

JANE WIEDLIN - BLUE KISS (V Mix)

A-HA - "Cry Wolf"

"Cry Wolf" is a song by Norwegian band A-ha. It was the second single from their 1986 Scoundrel Days album. The lyrics "Night I left the city I dreamt of a Wolf..." are credited to Lauren Savoy whom Pål later married. It was the most successful single from the Scoundrel Days album in the U.S., where it peaked at #14 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts and went to #50 on the Hot 100. While it would be their last entry on that chart, the band would continue to have major pop hits from each album release throughout the rest of the world through to the present day. The single went Top 40 nearly everywhere else it was released, including Top 5 chartings in the UK, Poland and Ireland, going #2 in Norway and to the top spot in Japan. World Sales: 2.400.000 copies.

A-HA - CRY WOLF (12"

Pat & Mick - "I haven't stopped Dancing yet"

Pat and Mick were a British vocal duo consisting of popular radio personalities Pat Sharp and Mick Brown. The royalties from their record sales were donated to Capital FM's Help A London Child charity. The pair were often portrayed as unintelligent in media coverage, but this served to boost record sales, providing money for the charity in the process. With their last single released in 1993, and Pat Sharp no longer at Capital Radio, they have no immediate plans to collaborate on future charity singles.

Top 40 Singles
* 1988: Let's All Chant / On The Night (UK #11, credited to Mick And Pat)
* 1989: I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet (UK #9)
* 1990: Use It Up & Wear It Out (UK #22)

The duo also had 2 lesser hits after 1990. These were 1991's "Gimme Some" (UK #53) and 1993's "Hot Hot Hot" (UK #47).

PAT & MICK - I HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET

Something different

Ever since I started this blogging thing, my purpose was to promote & share 80's & 90's music just like from other music blogs. However, it came to a point that while I love sharing and listening to through these mixes, I just thought it would also be nice to post my own mix sets and hear how others would interpret it. Next week, am going to try somethin' different. For the first time, I will be uploading my own MIX SET. If you're into 80's/90's mixes, you should give this set a try and you won't regret it.

Robert Palmer - "Addicted to Love"

"Addicted to Love" is a song by Robert Palmer. It is the third song on the Riptide album. The most commonly heard version runs around four minutes, but the full album version runs a little over six minutes. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #5 on the UK Singles Chart, and has now become known as his trademark song, thanks, in part, to a highly popular video. The song is unusual in that the intro drum solo is in the 7/4 time signature, while the remainder is in a more conventional (at least for pop music) 4/4 time signature. It was originally intended to be a duet with Chaka Khan. However, her record company at the time wouldn't grant her a release to work on Palmer's label, Island Records. Chaka Khan is still credited for the vocal arrangements in the album liner notes. The guitar part on the song is played by Andy Taylor, then a member of Duran Duran. Palmer met Taylor when they were both members of supergroup The Power Station.

ROBERT PALMER - ADDICTED TO LOVE (12")

U2 - "New Year's Day"

"New Year's Day" is the third song and lead single from U2's 1983 album, War. The song is driven by Adam Clayton's distinctive bassline and The Edge's keyboard. It was the band's first hit single, breaking the top ten in the UK, peaking at #10 on the singles chart, and charting on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in their career. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed the single at number 427 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

U2 - NEW YEAR'S DAY (US Remix)

Marky Mark & Funky Bunch - "Good Vibrations"

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was a hip-hop group led by Mark Wahlberg. Members included Scott Ross (alias Scottie Gee), Hector Barros (alias Hector the Bootie Inspector), Duffy Culligan (alias Duffle), Terry Yancey (alias DJ-T) and Anthony Thomas (alias Ashey Ace). The group's best known song is "Good Vibrations". "Good Vibrations" made it to number one on the American music charts in 1991. Although their music career was only minimally successful in the United Kingdom, they won "Best Dance Act" at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party in December 1992. Marky Mark was also featured on the single "You Know How We Do It" by Pandemonium on the Surf Ninjas soundtrack.

MARKY MARK & FUNKY BUNCH - GOOD VIBRATIONS

Freda Payne - "Band of Gold"

Powered by a rumbling, pounding rhythm section and an unforgettable chorus, Freda Payne’s “Band Of Gold” was released in 1969 and went on to dominate 1970’s pop charts on both sides of the Atlantic. In the UK, it spent an amazing six weeks at #1. In the USA, it sold a million copies, earning Freda Payne her first gold record.

FREDA PAYNE - BAND OF GOLD (Almighty 12" Pop'd Up Mix)

Phil Fearon & Galaxy - "Dancing Tight"

Rather like the RAH Band, GALAXY was not a true group of musicians but a front for an individual producing all the music in a studio environment, with two female backing singers to supplement the recording sound (Julie Gore & Dorothy Galdes). Galaxy's best known hits were "Dancing Tight", "What Do I Do" and "Everybody's Laughing", which were all up-beat commercial pop songs, hitting the Top Ten of the UK Singles Chart. Before forming Galaxy, Fearon was a member of the band Kandidate. Galaxy's records were distinctly early 1980s in style, with prominent use of keyboards and synthesizers. Galaxy's popularity waned in the mid '80s, with the trend moving towards acid house, though the later single, a cover version of "Ain't Nothing but a Houseparty" was an early example of this genre. In 1987 Fearon founded and managed a record label called 'Production House Records' with Laurie Jago & Raj Malkani, moving away from performing to producing other acts.

PHIL FEARON & GALAXY - DANCING TIGHT (12" Remix)

Paula Abdul - "Promise of a New Day"

"The Promise of a New Day" is the second single (and lead-off track) from American artist Paula Abdul's album Spellbound. The single was released to radio while the surprise-hit "Rush Rush" was still at the top of radio airplay and the pop charts in order to keep the momentum going. The song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 14, 1991, becoming Abdul's sixth chart-topping single, and her last #1 hit to date.

PAULA ABDUL - PROMISE OF A NEW DAY

Pet Shop Boys - "Where the Streets have no Name"

Pet Shop Boys are a popular English dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals. The duo achieved most of their success near the end of the popularity of the new wave dance music era, receiving their initial sound and presentation from other acts of the period (especially the new romantics) such as Depeche Mode, Roxy Music, Midge Ure, Visage, Thompson Twins, New Order, and Ultravox, mixing in a bit of R & B as well.

PET SHOP BOYS - WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME (Ext. Dance Mix)

Right said Fred - "I'm too Sexy"

Right Said Fred is the name of a British pop band, which was founded in 1989 by brothers Richard Fairbrass and Fred Fairbrass from East Grinstead, as well as their close friend Mark Hollins. The group is named after a novelty song of the same name which was a hit for Bernard Cribbins in 1962. In 1991 released their single, "I'm Too Sexy", which was released by the Gut Reaction firm on an especially-created record label called Tug. The song, a tongue-in-cheek dance song sung from the point of view of a vain male fashion model, became a huge hit in the United Kingdom, spending six weeks at number two behind Bryan Adams' blockbuster "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You". The song also went to number one on the charts in the United States and went on to become a hit around the world. The song's instrumental break is based on the chorus of the 1974 instrumental hit "Dance with the Devil" by Cozy Powell which itself is based on "Third Stone from the Sun" by Jimi Hendrix.

RIGHT SAID FRED - I'M TOO SEXY (Betty's Mix)

The B-52's - "Roam"

The B-52's are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The band's name comes from a particular beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the airplane of the same name. During their early years, wigs of that style were often worn by the band's female singers Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson.[1] The correct name for the band has long been "The B-52's", but in 2008 they dropped the apostrophe, with their official website and Funplex album and single covers reading "The B-52s". However, the file tags on the digital releases of both of these retain the apostrophe. Both spellings could now be considered correct. Love Shack came next. With its party vibe and colorful music video (featuring a cameo by a then-unknown RuPaul), "Love Shack" not only became their first song to hit the U.S. top 40, but it went on to peak at number three.[13] That peak was matched in early 1990 when "Roam" also hit number three.[14] In Australia, the country that had most embraced the band a decade earlier, "Love Shack" stayed at number one for eight weeks.

THE B-52's - ROAM (Extended Version)

Simple Minds - "Sanctify yourself"

Once Upon a Time is the eighth album by Simple Minds, released in 1985. Due to the popularity of the Keith Forsey-penned "Don't You (Forget About Me)" on The Breakfast Club soundtrack, interest in Simple Minds was at an all-time high by the time this album came out. Some say it was to spite the song's success, but the band decided to leave the career-defining cut off the album, and instead let singles like "Alive and Kicking" (UK #7, US #3), "All the Things She Said" (UK #9), "Sanctify Yourself" (UK #10), and "Ghost Dancing" (UK #13) speak for themselves. It was a ploy that seemed to pay off as the album topped the UK charts, and peaked on the US charts at number 10. Virgin reissued the album on a remastered CD in 2002 (cardboard vinyl replica edition) and early 2003 (jewel-case). The remastered edition is noticeably louder in the low-end. Virgin reissued the album on SACD in 2003.

SIMPLE MINDS - SANCTIFY YOURSELF (12")

Brother beyond - "Be my Twin"

Brother Beyond was a British boy band / pop group, that saw some mainstream success in the late 1980s. Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman known as Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) auctioned off their services to charity, and Brother Beyond and label EMI won the auction. The first song to be released from this session was "The Harder I Try", a Number 2 hit, that was only kept off the top by the million-seller "A Groovy Kind of Love", by Phil Collins, in July 1988. The 12" version of the latter topped the Hi-NRG charts, in October 1988, where it stayed until it was knocked off by the Samantha Fox cover of "I Only Wanna Be with You", again produced by SAW. Their final significant hits were two remixed versions of album-tracks: "Be My Twin", which got to Number 14, and "Can You Keep a Secret?", hitting Number 22. All these singles were taken from the two different editions of their first album Get Even.

BY THE WAY THIS ONE GOES OUT TO MY BESTFRIEND & KUMPARE DJ JASON of DECADES METROWALK

BROTHER BEYOND - BE MY TWIN

Culture Club - "Miss me blind / It's a Miracle"

Miss Me Blind" is a song by the 1980s pop band CULTURE CLUB. The song was released on the band's second album Colour by Numbers and charted in 1984 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #5. The single was released in U.S.A, Canada (where it also reached number 5), Brazil, Australia and Japan. The song also includes a reference to the title of one of Culture Club's previous album. Lead singer Boy George states in the song "But you know, I'm never really sure, If you're just kissing to be clever", the name of Culture Club's debut album. The song was never released in UK as a single, even if it was a fans' favourite. In most countries (like Japan, Canada and USA), its B-Side was the ballad "Colour by Numbers". In Mexico, the B-Side was "Victims". In Brazil, the B-Side was "Boy Boy (I'm The Boy)". A very popular 12" was issued, gaining big success in American clubs especially. The popular extended 12" version contained extracts of the other Culture Club hit of the spring, "It's a Miracle"

CULTURE CLUB - MISS ME BLIND / IT'S A MIRACLE (US Dance Remix)

Pretty Poison, C.C.C.P., & Red Flag Package

PRETTY POISON is an electronic dance music group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Group members are Jade Starling - Lead vocalist; Whey Cooler - keyboardist/guitarist; Kaya Pryor - Percussionist/keyboardist; Mike Capozzoli - Bassist; Bobby Corea - Drummer; Lou Franco - Guitar (performance). They charted for the first time in 1984 with the song "Nighttime", which hit number fourteen on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. In 1987 their song "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" was featured in the Jon Cryer movie Hiding Out, and with heavy MTV exposure, became a top ten U.S. Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at number eight. The song also went to number one on the dance chart. The B-side contained a shorter "Spanish Mix" vocal. A re-recorded version of "Nighttime" became their second Hot 100 hit, climbing to number thirty-six. Pretty Poison had several more dance chart entries, the most recent being a new version of "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" which hit number forty-three in 1998.

PRETTY POISON - CATCH ME I'M FALLING

C.C.C.P. was a German high-energy techno and rock band, led by Rasputin Stoy. They were best known for their 1986 instrumental American-Soviets, released by Clockwork Germany. This six-minute song themed on the Cold War became a major hit at dance clubs and in the US-Billboard Charts, German Top 75 and many more european charts. The following single releases (Made in Russia, Orient Express) was released by BMG Europe and BMG Pacific. Boths titles was no. 1 and no.2 in the official charts in the same week (Hong Kong, BeNeLux,France and Spain).

C.C.C.P. - AMERICAN SOVIETS (Original Version)

RED FLAG is a synthpop band founded in 1984 in San Diego by brothers Chris Reynolds and Mark Reynolds (vocals). Considered to be one of the most successful and widely known synthpop bands hailing from the United States, RED FLAG has proven to be one of the most enduring, most prolific, stylistically varied and most influential electronic bands from America.

RED FLAG - RUSSIAN RADIO (Glasnost Club Mix)

ENJOY!

Just woke up!

For starters, way back 1990 from the group "Breathe", Say a Prayer

BREATHE SAY A PRAYER (Oh Mercy! House 12")

ENJOY!