Daisy Chain - No Time to Stop Believing in Love (1984)
This reached #97 in the UK
Not quite sure where this group hails from, but it was their only enter into the UK chart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEbyP6NrVEo


Goldie Alexander - Knocking Down Love (1982)
An entry from Canada.  It never made it out of the dance charts
Check out that SAX work.  Glenn Frey watch out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WSTA6R0-80


Robey - One Night in Bangkok (1985)
Another entry from Canada.  This only reached #77 in the US, but was Top 10 on the Billboard Dance chart
Louise Robey is perhaps better known for her role on the syndicated 'Friday the 13th: The Series' that ran for 3 seasons in the late 80s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIoSlM1np1M


Peter Godwin - Images of Heaven (1983)
This one peaked at #5  on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart (aka it reached US #105).  He is from the UK, but had no hits there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdHOyrS72jg

Two that threatened to break out from clubland in the latter half of 1983, but sadly ran out of steam...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvPV9rLKxSw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y878wGYJ9Aw

(Reached the dizzy heights of #64 and #75 respectively, if that sort of thing turns you on!)

Those are quite excellent but the group Dayton had more hits than The Sound of Music.

Those are quite excellent but the group Dayton had more hits than The Sound of Music.


In the dance chart quite possibly...but this was the only occasion they graced the 'mainstream' chart in Britain...

Dayton had a few club hits, the biggest being 'Hot Fun in the Summertime'
I have a british compilation CD called 1984 that has 'The Sound of Music' on it

  This - Amplifier

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKEqGcES4Xw

  This - Behind the Wall of Sleep

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNZbP3ZVem4

In the dance chart quite possibly...but this was the only occasion they graced the 'mainstream' chart in Britain...


I think it was more in the United States.

Dayton had a few club hits, the biggest being 'Hot Fun in the Summertime'
I have a british compilation CD called 1984 that has 'The Sound of Music' on it


1982 "Hot Fun In The Summertime" 3 Hot Fun
1982 "Krackity Krack" 9 Hot Fun
1983 "It Must Be Love" 54 Feel the Music
1985 "This Time" 81 This Time


They also had "Out Tonight" in 1982.

Two that threatened to break out from clubland in the latter half of 1983, but sadly ran out of steam...

(Reached the dizzy heights of #64 and #75 respectively, if that sort of thing turns you on!)




In the dance chart quite possibly...but this was the only occasion they graced the 'mainstream' chart in Britain...


"The Sound Of Music" reached #17 in the Dutch Top 40. I'd call that a hit.

Goldie Alexander - Knocking Down Love (1982)
An entry from Canada.  It never made it out of the dance charts
Check out that SAX work.  Glenn Frey watch out!


Oddly enough, I know Goldie Alexander - but not from this track. "Show You My Love" got stuck in bubbling under section, at #49.

Oh wait - "Knocking Down Love" made the Dance Charts! :D ...Well, only for one week (at #39).

The Sparkles "Trying To Get Over" (1981)

Oddly enough, I know Goldie Alexander - but not from this track. "Show You My Love" got stuck in bubbling under section, at #49.

Oh wait - "Knocking Down Love" made the Dance Charts! :D ...Well, only for one week (at #39).



He also had "I Just Wanna Spend My Life With You" in 1983.

Peter Godwin - Images of Heaven (1983)
This one peaked at #5  on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart (aka it reached US #105).  He is from the UK, but had no hits there


Pretty obscure, yes. But not as obscure as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63davSGjNy0

Peter Godwin's biggest hit in The Netherlands. It peaked at #58. I don't think it charted in US or UK.

Oddly enough, I know Goldie Alexander - but not from this track. "Show You My Love" got stuck in bubbling under section, at #49.

Oh wait - "Knocking Down Love" made the Dance Charts! :D ...Well, only for one week (at #39).


That is excellent news.  Seems like all the Canadian dance acts that don't have mainstream success in Canada, do find their place in Europe:  Voggue, Lime, Carol Jiani, Trans X and now Goldie Alexander

"The Sound Of Music" reached #17 in the Dutch Top 40. I'd call that a hit.


In which case, I'd imagine that you'd probably have heard of this one then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxRqsLTYdhE

Had all the makings of a medium-sized hit, but did nothing here...'Say Yeah' was their only success!

And what do you make of this...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Na-63iXLI

For reasons as obscure as the names of the singers this song reached #12 in Dutch Top 40 in 1982.
I'm betting no one outside Holland has ever heard this track. :D

In which case, I'd imagine that you'd probably have heard of this one then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxRqsLTYdhE

Had all the makings of a medium-sized hit, but did nothing here...'Say Yeah' was their only success!



Can't say that I've ever heard (of) this track... :-\\ In Holland too their success was limited (no pun intended) to one hit single.

Can't say that I've ever heard (of) this track... :-\\ In Holland too their success was limited (no pun intended) to one hit single.


Surprising, that...I vividly remember it being played here a lot!

For some reason I was suddenly reminded of this one:

Stone - Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6ySK11MzfI

It peaked at #26 in Holland in 1982. Not sure how it did elsewhere. And not sure if it classifies as "Dance" either. :-\\

Just FTR: that World Premiere song peaked at #1 in Dutch Dance charts. It didn't make mainstream Top 40 (or bubbling under section).


I was just checking out the Dutch Dance Top 30 for the 1980's. Man, that's RIDDLED with obscure tracks! ;D

I'll throw one more in, just because I can and there's no one else around...

Cerrone - Freak Connection

Cerrone is best known for "Love In C Minor" and "Je Suis Music", but he recorded plenty of other decent tracks - like this one.
It spent one week at #34 in the Dutch Dance Top 30.  ...Yes, #34. No kidding. ::)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A08bERmLfWM

Early 1985 (and doesn't it sound like it?  :P)

This did pretty well in the Hi-HRG clubs, but didn't cross over...

It's a souped-up cover of an LP track by The Nolans, of all people!  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbwW_3Xu9Ds&feature=related

Some good ones here.  I know that Cerrone track quite well. 


Early 1985 (and doesn't it sound like it?  :P)

This did pretty well in the Hi-HRG clubs, but didn't cross over...

It's a souped-up cover of an LP track by The Nolans, of all people!  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbwW_3Xu9Ds&feature=related



That's not half bad, though any cover of a Nolans track is an improvement lol



Here's one that, depending on your taste, is either good or bad.

It's a 1983 cover of Survivor's 'Eye of the Tiger' by a very obscure group called Nightnawk.  I know not much of this other than it was a single (I have the 12" on vinyl) and that Nighthawk are Canadian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nAdlvSXeVs

I'll throw one more in, just because I can and there's no one else around...

Cerrone - Freak Connection

Cerrone is best known for "Love In C Minor" and "Je Suis Music", but he recorded plenty of other decent tracks - like this one.
It spent one week at #34 in the Dutch Dance Top 30.  ...Yes, #34. No kidding. ::)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A08bERmLfWM


Cerrone's great and so is this track.  Thanks for posting

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Doesn't get much more obscure than the Dave Howard Singers performing Yon Yonson (1987).  And now I hand the earworm off to you.  Please, please, make it stop!

Not sure how obscure these songs are, but I think they are relatively unknown:


Kimiko Kasai - I Felt You Glancin' (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqqhZOqMCYk



Premiere Classe - Poupee Flash (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_VDs2ZzXxQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lYaF-SfbfQ

Two Minds Crack - Cry Cry Cry {1986}




Dan

That is excellent news.  Seems like all the Canadian dance acts that don't have mainstream success in Canada, do find their place in Europe:  Voggue, Lime, Carol Jiani, Trans X and now Goldie Alexander


But some of them did not reach the U.S. they were pretty popular in other countries.

In which case, I'd imagine that you'd probably have heard of this one then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxRqsLTYdhE

Had all the makings of a medium-sized hit, but did nothing here...'Say Yeah' was their only success!



Yep I remember that one but they had a few other hits,they failed to reach the charts in the mid 80's so they split.

Can't say that I've ever heard (of) this track... :-\\ In Holland too their success was limited (no pun intended) to one hit single.


They were basically a Canadian group.At first I thought the guy who sang was black and it turns out he was white. :o

For some reason I was suddenly reminded of this one:

Stone - Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6ySK11MzfI

It peaked at #26 in Holland in 1982. Not sure how it did elsewhere. And not sure if it classifies as "Dance" either. :-\\


Stone was another group that had a one or 2 hits then fled.

Some good ones here.  I know that Cerrone track quite well. 

That's not half bad, though any cover of a Nolans track is an improvement lol



Here's one that, depending on your taste, is either good or bad.

It's a 1983 cover of Survivor's 'Eye of the Tiger' by a very obscure group called Nightnawk.  I know not much of this other than it was a single (I have the 12" on vinyl) and that Nighthawk are Canadian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nAdlvSXeVs


This version is very funky,has Survivor listened to this version yet?  ???

Yep I remember that one but they had a few other hits,they failed to reach the charts in the mid 80's so they split.


That would very much surprise me.


They were basically a Canadian group.At first I thought the guy who sang was black and it turns out he was white. :o


No Howard - they were Dutch. And trust me, I know what I'm talking about.

They are indeed not from Canada, cause if they were, I would definately know about that.

That would very much surprise me.

No Howard - they were Dutch. And trust me, I know what I'm talking about.


Sorry I assumed they were Canadian,my bad.

There was a group in 1983 that had the same song as The Limit,They're called Forrest with "She's So Divine".

This version is very funky,has Survivor listened to this version yet?  ???


I'm sure they have, as Nighthawk would have needed permission from the writers of the song (Survivor members Jim Peterik and  Frankie Sullivan) to do a cover. 



There was a group in 1983 that had the same song as The Limit,They're called Forrest with "She's So Divine".


Forrest was not a group, but a Dutch based American singer named Forrest Thomas.  He was perhaps best known for his 1983 covers of the Detroit Emeralds song 'Feel the Need in Me' and the Hues Corporation song 'Rock the Boat'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY34h4npvi4

Here's one that's often said to have one of the best synthesizer riffs of the 80s.  I may have to agree on that ...

Rational Youth - Saturdays in Silesia (1982).  It never charted in the mainstream in Canada, but I did read once where it was popular in European clubs. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SE47uJlPPY

I'm sure they have, as Nighthawk would have needed permission from the writers of the song (Survivor members Jim Peterik and  Frankie Sullivan) to do a cover. 


Forrest was not a group, but a Dutch based American singer named Forrest Thomas.  He was perhaps best known for his 1983 covers of the Detroit Emeralds song 'Feel the Need in Me' and the Hues Corporation song 'Rock the Boat'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY34h4npvi4


My bad,I thought Forrest was a group,He had a lot of hits but mostly they were remakes,some of them were good.

How about The Walkers "Sky's The Limit" in 1983? ???