Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop : 32 International Music Legends Discuss Their Careers

Beginning early in the 1980s, a dance music revolution swept across Europe and Britain, merging rock, new wave, disco and worldbeat sounds. The resulting explosion of high-energy, increasingly electronic dance-pop caused a sensation worldwide. In this book of original interviews, 32 of the era's most celebrated artists, producers and industry professionals discuss their lives and careers: Thomas Anders (Modern Talking's "You're My Heart, You're My Soul"), Pete Burns (Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"), Desireless ("Voyage Voyage"), Phil Harding (PWL Mixmaster), Junior ("Mama Used to Say"), Leee John (Imagination's "Just an Illusion"), Liz Mitchell (Boney M.'s 1988 "Megamix"), Fab Morvan (Milli Vanilli's "Girl You Know It's True"), Taco ("Putting On the Ritz"), Jennifer Rush ("The Power of Love"), Sabrina ("Boys"), Spagna ("Call Me"), Amii Stewart ("Knock on Wood"), Yazz ("The Only Way Is Up") and many more. Includes special commentary by Academy Award winner Mel Brooks and Audrey Landers, star of Dallas . Cover Acknowledgments Table of Contents Foreword by Mel Brooks Foreword by Audrey Landers Preface Thomas Anders, Modern Talking Jo Bogaert, Technotronic Pete Burns, Dead or Alive Phil Creswick, Big Fun Hazell Dean Manfred Esser, Photographer Yasmin Evans, aka Yazz Claudie Fritsch, aka Desireless Junior Giscombe, aka Junior Jaki Graham Phil Harding, PWL Mixmaster Klaus Hirschburger, Songwriter Tom Hooker Leee John, Imagination Carmelo La Bionda, Producer, Composer Caroline Loeb Paul Mazzolini, aka Gazebo Liz Mitchell, Boney M. Fab Morvan, Milli Vanilli Romano Musumarra, Producer, Composer Taco Ockerse, aka Taco Linda Jo Rizzo Jack Robinson, Songwriter Fabio Roscioli, aka Ryan Paris Jennifer Rush Sabrina Salerno, aka Sabrina Ivana Spagna, aka Spagna Amii Stewart Ric Tess Teiges, aka Fancy Harriette Weels, MaiTai Appendix: The Record Shop—Noteworthy Tracks Index