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My biggest ever hit, made in 1984 for Record
Shack Records, which sold seven million
worldwide. How they ever went bust after that
is a mystery, but I stepped in and rescued
the whole catalogue from the liquidator.
Twenty three years later it still sounds
amazing, and isn't it about time for a remake
???
I discovered Evelyn while holding auditions
in 1975 in Chicago, arranged by Danny Leake,
who I'd met the year before, in England, with
his group, 100% Pure Poison. In February
1976, Evelyn's first record, "Weak Spot" and
a song by a young Chicago postman, L.J.
Johnson, both charted in the same week, and
both acts were flown over to appear on Top Of
The Pops, both on the same show. The entire
music business was flummoxed as to how two
completely unknown young black singers from
Chicago, who had never even recorded before,
both had hits on entirely different labels in
the same week as each other. It was a further
eight years before Evelyn went on to record
her classic, the seven million selling "High
Energy", and I wish I could have a few more
of those.
Tags : High-Energy Disco Eurobeat Eighties Gay-Classic |
