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[youtube id=”TcJWhoK5uto”] “100 Percent” was written and performed by dance music legend Leroy Burgess and Sonny Davenport under the name Aleem in 1985. Dutch producer Midas Hutch, has remade the song with the addition of the talkbox. His video for “100 Percent” is a series of ’80’s movie clips includingContinue Reading

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[youtube id=”XRj0V9Q9D9A”] Fonda Rae started making dance music in the late ’70’s with Don Armada’s Second Avenue Rhumba Band when she sang on the “Deputy Of Love” single. Rae then worked with a variety of dance acts including Kid Creole and The Coconuts, Wish and Fantasy as the lead voiceContinue Reading

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[youtube]clwd4hSHSjM[/youtube] Stuart Bascombe, Russell Patterson and Leroy Burgess became Black Ivory in the late ’60’s after original members Lawrence Newkirk, Vito Ramirez and Michael Harris left the group. The New Yorkers were signed quickly to Perception/Today Records where Patrick Adams was offered an A&R job after bringing the group toContinue Reading

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