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Legends of the Dance Floor: A Piece of Paradise

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Duration:
1 hour
First broadcast:
Monday 18 July 2011

Eddie Gordon celebrates the influence of the Paradise Garage nightclub, which operated from 1976 to 1987 in Manhatten New York and was the base for DJ Larry Levan.

The series considers how the combined force of the club and DJ Larry Levan changed the music business and provided the inspiration for many of today's global nightclub brands. It includes interviews with Michael Linder, Vince Aletti, Nicky Siano, Judy Weinstein and Tom Moulton, five voices who saw the beginning from the floor up, created change and rode with the wave through the disco daze.

It first broadcast on 6 Music in July 2011.

Music Played

25 items
  • Image for Stevie Wonder

    Stevie Wonder Living For The City

    Universal
  • Image for Edwin Starr

    Edwin Starr War

    Dancing In The Street (Various Artis, Universal Music Tv
  • Image for Barry De Vorzon

    Barry De Vorzon The Warriors Theme

  • Image for Miroslav Vitouš

    Miroslav Vitouš New York City

  • Image for Booker T. & The MG’s

    Booker T. & The MG’s Melting Pot

  • Image for Billy Paul

    Billy Paul War of The Gods

  • Image for WAR

    WAR World Is A Ghetto

  • Image for MFSB

    MFSB Love Is The Message

  • Image for Eddie Kendricks

    Eddie Kendricks Girl You Need A Change Of Mind

  • Image for Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

    Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes The Love I Lost

    Midnight Soul (Various Artists), Music Club
  • Image for Loleatta Holloway

    Loleatta Holloway Hit & Run

  • Image for Love Unlimited Orchestra

    Love Unlimited Orchestra Love's Theme

    Barry White - The Collection, Mercury
  • Image for Barrabás

    Barrabás Woman

  • Image for John Davis and the Monster Orchestra

    John Davis and the Monster Orchestra Up Jumped The Devil

  • Image for Odyssey

    Odyssey Native New Yorker

    Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie, Disky
  • Image for Diana Ross

    Diana Ross Love Hangover

    Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown, Polygram Tv
  • Image for Rare Pleasure

    Rare Pleasure Let Me Down Easy

  • Image for The Trammps

    The Trammps Tom's Song

  • Image for Jakki

    Jakki You Are A Star

  • Image for Gladys Knight

    Gladys Knight Make This A happy Home

  • Image for Eddie Kendricks

    Eddie Kendricks Date With The Rain

  • Image for The Carstairs

    The Carstairs It Really Hurts Me Girl

  • Image for Don Downing

    Don Downing Dream World

  • Image for People's Choice

    People's Choice Do It Anyway You Wanna

    Night Moves (Various Artists), Double Gold
  • Image for The Trammps

    The Trammps Disco Inferno

    More Monty (Various Artists), Rca Victor

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