RIP Loleatta Holloway QUEEN OF DISCO

THE QUEEN of disco music died last night in Chicago, aged 64, after battling a short illness. You may not know the name but you will DEFINITELY know the voice. This Diva RULED disco music in the late 70s and early 80s, and got sampled to smithereens on Black Box's "Ride On Time". She made some of the most diva-tastic records EVER and IMO the only people who could touch her were Donna Summer and Sylvester. RIP Lolo you will be missed!! xxx



EPIC diva action from 3:10 on this one:





And SERIOUSLY if I don't see drag queen tributes pouring in today for this Goddess I will be VERY PISSED OFF >:-(

Luke Howard on Beats in Space

Our friend the lovely Luke Howard from the legendary Horse Meat Disco was on the equally legendary Beats in Space hosted by the equally lovely Tim Sweeney last night. Phew, what a mouthful. Anyway, Luke played a great set of downtempo disco, and was joined on the show by Manchester's cosmic guru Balearic Mike. Check it out!


http://www.beatsinspace.net/playlists/534

To hear more of Luke's mixes (aside from the ones we've previously posted) visit his soundcloud page.

R.I.P. Harvey Fuqua

The legendary disco/soul/R&B producer/performer Harvey Fuqua has died. He was a member of the Moonglows, who scored some hits in the 1950s, and he had worked closely with Motown artists (Marvin Gaye in particular) - but what really merits a mention here is the fact that it was he who helped propel Sylvester to international fame. He produced some of his biggest hits, like "Mighty Real" and "Dance (Disco Heat)", and also had a large hand in the work of Sylvester's backing singers Two Tons O' Fun (Martha Wash and Izadora Armstead, who changed their name to The Weather Girls and scored a hit with "It's Raining Men"). Some of his production work from the late 70s and early 80s is great, and both "Dance (Disco Heat)" and "Do You Wanna Boogie Hunh?" by Two Tons O' Fun are on the Discopia mix I posted a few entries ago. Here's some more of the great man's work: