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What’s on YOUR mind? No, really…

Your favorite podcast about underrated club anthems has awaken from its deep slumber to present the first episode of its third season, dedicated to legends @InSoc and the story behind their 1988 hit “What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)”.

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Be sure to find this episode SEPTEMBER 10th on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer and wherever you get your podcast!

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What’s on YOUR mind? No, really…

Your favorite podcast about underrated club anthems has awaken from its deep slumber to present the first episode of its third season, dedicated to legends @InSoc and the story behind their 1988 hit “What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)”.

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InSoc’s own Paul Robb joins us to share his memories of how his band came together, the different musical influences that led to it, their role in the Minneapolis music scene, and how a 10-minute instrumental was transformed into their most remembered song.

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What was your favorite moment from our CHOONS episode with Carrie?

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Mark your calendars! 🗓️

@carriemcmusic’s self-titled album with @motown will make its digital premiere on July 28th.

It’ll mark the first time the LP will be widely available since its original release back in 1987, when it spawned the club CHOON “Uh Uh, No No Casual Sex.”

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RIP to the “Queen of Rock & Roll.”

We didn’t need another hero because we already had you.

#tina

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We want YOU to help us curate the third season of CHOONS! 💚

Click on the link in the bio and answer a quick Google survey so we can learn more about what you like and don’t like from our show.

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Today we lost a great one.

@bobbycaldwell, the fedora-clad crooner behind scorching R&B classics like “What You Won’t Do For Love” and “My Flame” passed away today after a long health battle, as announced by his wife Mary on Twitter.

He was 71.

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@craigspoplife @ChadMHesting Those three are certified bangers

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Our top episode of 2022 got the story exactly right, and we’re not the ones saying it. Just ask Valerie and John from @NuShoozMusic!

Stream the story of their 1986 global hit “I Can’t Wait” wherever you get your podcast!

Link in bio ✨

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Got your “Boogie Shoes” ready for tomorrow? 👞 👞

Nothing like @kcandsunshineb to lift the spirits. This 1975 track from their self titled second LP made its way into the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack, reaching number 35 on @billboard when it was released as a single.

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“Saturday Night Fever” turned a West End and Broadway legend into a Disco diva 💃

Hawaiian singer Yvonne Elliman had a long career before she topped the charts in 1978 with a cover of the @beegees’ “If I Can’t Have You,” the fourth no. 1 off the movie soundtrack.

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The house that built the ‘Fever’

This is the Château d'Hérouville, a French residence built in 1740 painted by Vincent Van Gogh and a former home of Frédéric Chopin.

It was at the Château where @BeeGees wrote the songs that ended up on the soundtrack to “Saturday Night Fever.”

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After 45 years, we’ve still got that ‘night fever’. 🪩

Our very special episode “People Getting Loose: The Music of Saturday Night Fever” is out NOW on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Deezer, and wherever you get your podcast.

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We’re saddened to hear about the passing of one of the greatest producers and songwriters that ever was, and a co-architect of the Philly Soul sound: the legendary Thom Bell.

Bell was 79.

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Did you know that @IAMOBRYAN made two versions of the “Lovelite” video?

There's both a clean one and a “Rated R” version intended for broadcast on the fledgling Playboy Channel. The singer feels the racy clip sent the wrong idea about the kind of performer he was at that time.

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“Doin’ Alright” showcases a mix of styles and genres that fit just right with @IAMOBRYAN's vocals, from punchy R&B to orchestrated arrangements and quiet storm exercises. To this day, he considers his first album to be a classic.

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Did @soultrain’s Don Cornelius pass on working with Whitney Houston?

@IAMOBRYAN revealed Cornelius didn’t always get it right, referring to a time when he didn’t see the potential of him collaborating with a relatively unknown Whitney in 1983.

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IT’S SATURDAY! ☀️ and you know what that meant back in the day… it was @soultrain time!

@IAMOBRYAN's “Soul Train’s A Comin’” became the intro theme for “the hippest trip in America” between the years of 1983 and 1987.

Is this your favorite Soul Train intro theme?

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Upon meeting a young @IAMOBRYAN, @SoulTrain creator Don Cornelius took him under his wing, forming a strong friendship that lasted until Cornelius’ death in 2012.

“He was so down to earth, and so regular,” O’Bryan recalls about the legend.