SATURDAY'S SINGLES : SHOCKING BLUE and C + C MUSIC FACTORY

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Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. First up, turning on our table is a song that was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on this date in 1970. "Venus" by Dutch rock band, Shocking Blue was originally released July 1969 on the Pink Elephant label and produced by Robbie van Leeuwen and Jerry Ross. In addition to clenching the top spot on the Hot 100, it also hit #1 in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the Cash Box, and the Record World charts. It has been certified Gold in the US and it's B-side is "Hot Sand". Our copy was released on Colossus Records.

Mariska Veres vocals
Robbie van Leeuwen - guitar, backing vocals
Klaasje van der Wal - bass guitar
Cor van der Beek - drums

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Flash forward 31 years later and the #1 song is "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by  C+C Music Factory featuring Martha Wash and Freedom Williams. The Columbia Records single reached #1 on the Hot 100, Austria, Canada Dance singles, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, UK Dance, Hot Dance Club Play,  Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales, and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. Our copy is on cassette single and features  (The Slammin' Vocal Club Mix) Remix on the flip side. 

Deborah Cooper, Zelma Davis, Martha Wash, Freedom Williams, David Cole, Karen Bernod, Craig Derry, Yolanda Lee, Duran Ramos, Norma Jean Wright – lead and backing vocals
Robert Clivillés – keyboards, synthesizers, keyboard & synth programming, percussion, drum programming, backing vocals
David Cole – keyboards, backing vocals
Ricky Crespo – keyboards
Alan Friedman – keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion
Hugh McCracken – harmonica
Paul Pesco – guitars

Arranged and produced by David Cole, Robert Clivillés, Freedom Williams and Larry Yasgar
Recorded and engineered by Rodney Ascue, Alec Head, Acar S. Key and Tony Maserati
Assistant engineers: Paul Berry, Bruce Calder, John Parthum, Steve Wellner
Mixed by Acar S. Key and Bob Rosa

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