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)