Dance Divas: 1988-1998
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Sampling technology created new opportunities for producers but raised questions of authenticity and authorship in the industry. Some of the biggest dance music hits of the early '90s used uncredited vocals belonging to Loleatta Holloway, Jocelyn Brown and Martha Wash. After the Paradise Garage closed, New Jersey’s Zanzibar club became the breaking ground for dance music in the New York area. Abbie Adams had a record store around the corner which became Movin’ Records, introducing the world to the ‘Jersey Sound’. We also meet legendary talent scout Gladys Pizarro who co-founded Strictly Rhythm.
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| 0:00.0 | From the BBC World Service. |
| 0:02.0 | She said he was hecker. |
| 0:03.0 | So many millions of dollars. |
| 0:05.0 | It's got to be North Korea. How in the world did this happen? |
| 0:07.0 | The Lazarus Hiest, episode one is available now. |
| 0:10.0 | One, two, three. |
| 0:12.0 | Hi. Tell me 2, 3. Hi. |
| 0:13.0 | Tell me what you want and nothing more. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Martha Wash. |
| 0:20.0 | Here on the BBC World Service. have we got a show for you. |
| 0:28.0 | People like to call me the Queen of Clubland |
| 0:31.0 | because my vocals are featured on 12 number one dance chart hits. |
| 0:35.0 | This is the second episode of Dance Divas. |
| 0:41.0 | Our series following a group of pioneering women |
| 0:44.4 | DJ's producers and vocalists from the New York underground dance scene. |
| 0:55.0 | Cast your minds back to the mid 80s. As new digital technology developed, |
| 1:01.0 | disco evolved into a more stripped back kind of dance music. |
| 1:05.0 | Local scenes created their own sound, |
| 1:09.0 | such as Chicago House and Detroit Technics, which both became huge in Europe. |
| 1:17.0 | With new technology came real cutting edge creativity. |
| 1:22.0 | But all... came real cutting edge creativity but also raised troubling questions about |
| 1:28.3 | authenticity and authorship. In New York City, Gail Sky King was one of the few women to work in music production. |
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