HERE COMES THAT SOUND AGAIN
Created on 20/01/2012Latest update on 20/01/2012
Artist: Love De-Luxe
Author: Alan Hawkshaw
Label: WB
Year: 1979
With Hawkshaw's Discophenia. Vocal: Vicki Brown & Jo Ann Stone; n°1 dance hit US.
Covers:
- 1979:
Sugarhill Gang [clearly (Les Hurdle's) bass part in the intro of Rapper's Delight, which of course borrows Chic's Good Times throughout the rest; the very first rap hit US, n°3 UK, n°1 NL, n°2 B]
Alan Hawkshaw was Hammond player with The Mohawks (The Champ - '68), again with bassist Les Hurdle. The Champ, borrowing from Tramp as by Otis & Carla (see there), must rank among the most sampled tracks in British chart history: in Eric B Is President (Eric B & Rakim), Step Into A World (KRS-One), The Big Payback (EPMD), Here Comes The Hotstepper (Ini Kamoze), Friday (Ice Cube), Keepin' The Faith (De La Soul), Gonna Breakthrough (Mary J. Blige)...
