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CellarDweller:
And now! Let's start the new year off with a new "remake contest"!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
The winner of the first one (What Hurts The Most) was Rascal Flatts. No surprise there! However, what did surprise me was the voting was very close! Only 2 votes seperated Rascal Flatts and Cascada!
This next session is the battle of the girl groups!
The Supremes
Though Smokey Robinson & the Miracles had dealt with the subject of children born out of wedlock on an early, non-charting single titled "Bad Girl," the theme wouldn't prove to be successful until years later when Diana Ross & the Supremes would address the subject on "Love Child." Not only did it set some kind of precedent through its subject matter, it also was the group's first number one hit not written by the songwriting/production trio of Holland-Dozier-Holland.
The writers decided to forego any romantic themes in favor of a socially conscious story line. "Love Child" settled at number two R&B for three weeks and number one pop for two weeks in the fall of 1968.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax6FA340D7A[/youtube]
Sweet Sensation
From the years of 1985 to 1995, dance music was dominated by a genre called "freestyle". Freestyle was a form of dance music that melded disco with latin sounds like merangue and salsa. Numerous girl groups like The Cover Girls, Exposé, Company B. all put hit singles in the charts. One of those girl groups was Sweet Sensation, who managed to get 6 hits on the charts, 4 of them in the Top 20.
With the amount of teen pregnancies on the rise in the late 80s and early 90s, Sweet Sensation expressed an interest of doing a remake of The Supreme's classic hit, "Love Child" in 1990. It got to #6 on the dance single sales chart, and #14 on the Hot 100 chart.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn6tyA8mi0M[/youtube]
So, which version do you like better? Vote in the poll, and let us know!
Shasta542:
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First of all, let me say --- that was an impressive post, Chuck!!
How was your NYE party? Ya gonna tell us about it?
Now, I'll be back in a jiffy to listen and vote!!
Happy first day of the year, Chuck!!!
Dagi:
Hope you have a wonderful first day of the new year, Chuck!
Shasta542:
Sweet Sensation version was good (geez-I wish I had a bit of their energy today), but no one beats Miss Ross and the Supremes on that one! My vote goes to them. :)
Brokeback_Dev:
Happy 2008 Chuck.
I voted for Diana Ross and the Supremes
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