#dino fekaris

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Release: March 1, 1979

Lyrics:

I was a fool to ever leave your side

Me minus you is such a lonely ride

The breakup we had has made me lonesome and sad

I realize I love you 'cause I want you bad, hey, hey

I spent the evening with the radio

Regret the moment that I let you go

Our quarrel was such a way of learnin' so much

I know now that I love you 'cause I need your touch, hey, hey

Reunited, and it feels so good

Reunited 'cause we understood

There's one perfect fit

And, sugar, this one is it

We both are so excited 'cause we're reunited, hey, hey

I sat here starin' at the same old wall

Came back to life just when I got your call

I wished I could climb right through the telephone line

And give you what you want so you will still be mine, hey, hey

I can't go cheatin', honey, I can't play

I found it very hard to stay away

As we reminisce on precious moments like this

I'm glad we're back together 'cause I missed your kiss, hey, hey

Reunited, and it feels so good

Reunited 'cause we understood

There's one perfect fit

And, sugar, this one is it

We both are so excited 'cause we're reunited, hey, hey

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Baby

Lover, lover, this is solid love

And you're exactly what I'm dreamin' of

All through the day

And all through the night

I'll give you all the love I have with all my might, hey, hey

Songwriter:

Reunited, and it feels so good

Reunited 'cause we understood

There's one perfect fit

And, sugar, this one is it

We both are so excited 'cause we're reunited, hey, hey

Dino Fekaris / Frederick J. Perren

SongFacts:

“Reunited” is a hit by R&B vocal duo Peaches & Herb. As the second single from their album “2 Hot” (1978), the song was a huge crossover hit and topped both the pop and soul charts. It spent four weeks at number one on both the R&B singles chart and the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1979, selling over two million copies. Billboard ranked it the No. 5 song of 1979. In Canada, “Reunited” also reached number one and was the No. 9 song of the year.

The song was written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren. It was a sequel to the duo's 1968 hit "(We'll Be) United", performed with the original peaks, which were themselves a cover of The Intruders' original 1966 hit.

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Hoe met een liefdeslied de val van de Berlijnse muur werd gevierd

“Reunited” van Peaches & Herb is een klassiek liefdeslied. Het nummer werd geschreven door Dino Fekaris en Freddie Perren, die ook verantwoordelijk waren voor andere populaire nummers uit die tijd, waaronder “I Will Survive” van Gloria Gaynor. “Reunited” was een vervolg op het in 1968 verschenen “(We’ll be) United” van hetzelfde zangduo.- Volgens Fekaris werd het nummer geïnspireerd door zijn…

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Happy Friday All! It's almost that time to bring in a NEW YEAR! I can’t believe that we have made it through an entire year of living and the New Year is approaching! This past year has been an interesting year and it has truly been a pleasure and privilege to be the back and foreground for so many amazing and fun-filled events. Today’s Friday Fidelity Mix is a set that I performed for Dupont Underground ~ Disco Night! I appreciate all of the support and encouragement you have provided and I close this year out with this mix! Please EnJOY! DJ Suspence

Here is a Link to the Disco: https://www.mixcloud.com/tyronespencer96/house-of-disco/

Here is the TrackList:

1. Life Is A Dancefloor (Club Mix) ~~~ The Shapeshifters, Kimberly Davis

2. The Greatest Dancer ~~~ Sister Sledge

3. Dancin' ~~~ Peter Brown

4. Dance Dance (Nudisco Clubmix) ~~~ Block & Crown, Culum Frea

5. Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) ~~~ Chic

6. Boogie Wonderland (Dj ''S'' Rework) ~~~ Earth Wind & Fire With The Emotions

7. Boogie Oogie Oogie (Extended Rework House Edit) ~~~ A Taste of Honey

8. Boogie Oogie Oogie (Digital Visions Re-Edit) ~~~ Taste of Honey

9. Fly Robin Fly (Maxi Extended Rework Lost Temple Dub Edit) ~~~ Silver Convention

10. Funkytown (Original Boosted Extended Mix) ~~~ Lipps Inc.

11. Heart Of Glass (Oliver & Thee Mike B Remix) ~~~ Blondie

12. I Want Your Love (DJOK Extended Mastercut Remix) ~~~ Chic

13. Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Solidisco Remix) ~~~ S.O.S Band

14. I Love Music (Joey Negro Sweet Music Mix) ~~~ The OJays

15. Take Your Time (Do It Right) [Professor LaCroix Re-Edit] ~~~ SOS Band

16. Love Train (Dacyr VDJ Remix) ~~~ The OJays

17. Love Hangover - Almighty Mix ~~~ Diana Ross

18. I Need Somebody Tonight (Joey Negro Zone Mix) [feat. Thelma Houston] ~~~ Sessomatto & Thelma Houston

19. Bad Girls - Sonic Boolteg Remix ~~~ Donna Summer

20. Bad Girls - BSB Remix ~~~ Donna Summer

21. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy (Extended Rework A Djok! Special 12 Inch Club Remix) ~~~ Rod Stewart

22. Stayin Alive (Albina Mango Club Remix) ~~~ Bee Gees

23. Love Hangover (Micky More & Andy Tee Classic Disco Blend) ~~~ Joey Negro, Micky More, Andy Tee

24. About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix) ~~~ Lizzo

25. Stomp (DJ S Bootleg Extended Dance Re-Mix) ~~~ Brothers Johnson

26. Good Times (2K21 by Marco Fratty & Marco Flash Remix) ~~~ Sister Sledge

27. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Kenny Summit, Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper's Unreleased Anthem) ~~~ Lou Rawls

28. Dancing Queen (Love To Infinity Radio Mix) ~~~ Abba

29. YMCA (MacDoctor MV Remix) ~~~ Village People

30. Car Wash (Digital Visions Re-Edit) ~~~ Rose Royce

31. Best Of My Love ~~~ The Emotions

32. Disco Inferno (Dj S Bootleg Remix) ~~~ Trammps, L. Green, R. Kersey

33. Fantastic Voyage (Original 12 Disco Mix) ~~~ Lakeside

34. I Feel Love (Masters At Work 86th St Mix) ~~~ Donna Summer

35. Hot Stuff [Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper As Directors Cut Signature Mix] ~~~ Donna Summer

36. The Hustle (Maxi Extended Rework House Edit) ~~~ Van McCoy

37. Le Freak (DFP Remix - BPs Mixable Cut) ~~~ Chic

38. Love To Love You, Baby (Wen!nings Dance Mix) ~~~ Donna Summer

39. You Should Be Dancing (Extended Rework House Remix) ~~~ Bee Gees

40. Stayin' Alive ~~~ Bee Gees

41. Cuff It (Rightside Mark Di Meo Remix) ~~~ Beyoncé

42. Mary J. Blige Vs Doctor Love (Original Mix) ~~~ Mary J Blidge

43. The Boss Feat. Azumi Takahashi (Michele Chiavarini Remix) ~~~ Namy

44. Its Raining Men ~~~ The Weather Girls

45. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Michael Gray Remix) ~~~ Sylvester, Michael Gray

46. Copacabana (Maxi Extended Rework A Pied Piper Disco Mix Edit) ~~~ Barry Manilow

47. I Will Survive ~~~ Gloria Gaynor, Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris

48. Im Every Woman (Disco Purrfection Version) ~~~ Chaka Khan

49. Ain't No Stopping Us Now ~~~ Samir Maslo

50. Love To Love You, Baby (Wen!nings Dance Mix) ~~~ Donna Summer

51. Get Off (Digital Visions Re-Edit) ~~~ Foxy

52. Upside Down (Almighty Anthem Mix) ~~~ Diana Ross

53. We Are Family ~~~ Sister Sledge

54. DNA - Karizma Dub ~~~ Kendrick Lamar

Looking Forward to seeing YOU in 2024!

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I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor cover) by Cake - Video by Mark Kohr

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♫ I Will Survive ♫ (Redux)

♫ I Will Survive ♫ (Redux)

Doggone it!  Every time a song pops into my head and I think, “OHO!  That’s one I haven’t featured on my music posts yet!”,  I find that indeed, I have featured it, often more than once.  I’m beginning to think perhaps my repertoire is too limited … I KNOW there are more songs I love but haven’t played here before!  Anyway, tonight this one is stuck in my head, I haven’t played it for two years,…

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1,666.) Fri Jun. 25, 2021

The Song of the Day is: Gloria Gaynor - “I Will Survive”(1978) #SongoftheDay #music #parenting #gloriagaynor #disco @gloriagaynor #Pride2021 #journal #HearTodayGrownTomorrow Support the Blog - Click Below

The Song of the Day is: Gloria Gaynor – “I Will Survive” From the album Love Tracks (1978) At first I was afraid, I was petrifiedKept thinking I could never live without you by my sideBut then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrongAnd I grew strongAnd I learned how to get alongAnd so you’re backFrom outer spaceI just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your faceI…

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Gloria Gaynor – “I Will Survive” Song written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris

[henry-the-viiis-lawyer]

In honor of tonight, here's a Grammy history fact: The only ever Grammy for Best Disco Recording was awarded in 1980 at the 22nd Grammy Awards to disco legend Gloria Gaynor and producers Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren for the hit "I Will Survive." The Academy discontinued the category before the ceremony the following year.

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ANOHNI: I WILL SURVIVE

Legyen akkor ez 2020 hivatalos dala?

In June, Facebook offered me 200,000$ to license an old live version of me singing “I Will Survive” for an advertisement that represented Facebook as an advocate for small businesses. Although I really could have used the money, I said no because I didn't want to be complicit in Facebook’s hosting of fake news which might enable the re-election of Donald Trump. They wrote back saying that they were placating other participants' concerns by making donations to their charities of choice, in addition to paying them.  I woke up the next morning and realized this isn't even advertising; this is politics, and i don't even know how deep this water is. This company Droga5 worked with Obama and Google and others. I had to walk away. 

 A month later I saw the ad. Facebook had hired another singer to emulate my version of the song. 

It was a nauseating feeling. 

We all know that Facebook, Google, Twitter, Amazon and others now seem to be destroying our lives, our minds, our jobs, our cultures, and our societies' ability to govern themselves. 

We as artists were the first ones to be led to the stall to begin feeding, and being drained by,  companies including Apple and Facebook. 

And now as artists, we must be the first to leave.  We must show that it is possible to live without Instagram, without Facebook, without Google and Amazon. We must endeavor to rebuild our lives and our communities, our private conversations, in ways that don't rely on manipulative infrastructures and interfaces provided by the world’s richest and most malevolent corporations. 

After the Facebook debacle, i felt compelled to complete my studio version of “I Will Survive”. It was the first song I ever sang in nightclubs in NYC when I was 20 years old. I sang it hundreds of times. In those days I sang it thinking of Marsha P. Johnson and the underground queer community struggling to survive in the face of AIDS. Now it seems to me like an anthem for the future of life on earth. 

Obviously, Youtube is owned by Google. I haven't closed all my accounts. But I want to talk to you about this; I want to be a part of this conversation. 

ANOHNI 

October 30th 2020 

I Will Survive (Perren, Frederick J.; Fekaris, Dino) p.Universal Music Publishing Group 

voice and piano ANOHNI guitars by Oren Bloedow strings by Max Moston mixed by Alex Silva 

video featuring Anohni and Chloe Dzubilo, 1992/94 Performance and Video c. Rebis Music 2020

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SUMMARY The story centers on Diana “Sugar” Hill (Bey), a photographer in Houston whose boyfriend, nightclub owner Langston (Larry D. Johnson), has been killed by mob boss Morgan (Robert Quarry) and his men when he refused to sell the club to Morgan. Sugar seeks the help of a former voodoo queen named Mama Maitresse (Zara Cully) to take revenge on Morgan and his thugs. Mama summons the voodoo lord of the dead, Baron Samedi (Don Pedro Colley), who enlists his army of zombies to destroy the men who killed Langston and now want the club. Investigating the killings is Sugar’s former boyfriend, police Lt. Valentine (Richard Lawson).

DEVELOPMENT/PRODUCTION The film, budgeted at $350,000, was shot on location in Houston at such locations as the Heights branch of the Houston Public Library (a historical landmark), used in the film as a “Voodoo Institute”. Sugar Hill was the last film Quarry did for AIP, after a run that included the Count Yorga movies. Also appearing in the film was Cully, who played Mama Jefferson on the TV show The Jeffersons. Charles P. Robinson, known for his role as Mac Robinson on NBC’s Night Court, portrayed the character of Fabulous. Hank Edds created the makeup effects for the zombies in the film.

Actress Marki Bey “researched her part among various voodoo cults in and around the L.A. environs; thereby acquiring the proper authoritative menace to make her role as a voodoo high priestess believable.”

Rumor has it that the afro-style hairdo worn by the character Diana Hill during the zombie attack sequences was because Marki Bey didn’t look “black enough” while wearing her hair flat and relaxed.

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Actor Don Pedro Colley also did extensive research in the voodoo practices from Haiti for his role as Baron Samedi. According to Colley, “This character was based more or less on the actual voodoo character that comes from Haiti…Papa Legre, who is all powerful, all omnipotent. Throughout the voodoo culture Papa Legre is the one single heavyweight dude.”

I’m supposed to be playing a voodoo god rising from the grave with an army of zombies. So I said, “Well, let me go back into my old theater bag of tricks here and do what I’m supposed to do. Let me do a lot of research.’ So I got several books from the library. One was written by two anthropologists that had studied voodoo religions around the world and another was written by a practitioner of voodoo from Haiti. This character was based more or less on the actual voodoo character that comes from Haiti. The Haitian characters name is Papa Legre, who is all powerful, all omnipotent. Throughout the voodoo culture Papa Legre is the one single heavyweight dude. My character’s name was Baron Samedi. It went through how the rituals of voodoo work. For those who believe in it, things can actually happen, good or bad. A woman hates her old man so she goes through a voodoo priestess who puts a hex on him and he ends up dying of a horrible disease or a heart attack or a car crash. By filling a glass with alcohol and burning chicken feathers and spiders and lighting incense and doing chants on a daily basis. The two scientists related voodoo rituals to others rituals that take place in other religions, such as the Catholic religion, the burning of the incense, the drinking of the blood, the wafer, the bread of God. These are rituals that are really taken right out of voodoo rituals. And relating the singing from the Baptist or Episcopalian or Presbyterian religions, even the Muslims and the Sikhs, all of the rituals all had a basis in the early African voodoo tribal religion that came west from the tribes of Africa when the slaves were brought. So I said, ‘I’ve now got all this information. I’m going to make Baron Samedi scary, boy is he going to be scary.””

Robert Quarry reflects on making “Sugar Hill”. The producer and the director Paul Maslansky were both white, and, of course, it was an all-black movie. They had a black actor set for the part, but they got rid of him, and Sam sent me in to take the part. So I walked in as ‘Mr. Whitey’ to play the head of the Mafia in Houston, which is where they shot it. I didn’t give a shit. They paid me. And during the shoot, my rich white friends in Houston wouldn’t call me because they thought I’d bring somebody black to lunch with me. The racism was that subtle. And, of course, they hired so many blacks for the movie, and here I was saying things like ‘nigger’ and ‘jig’ and ‘jungle bunny.’ The extras who weren’t actors were going to kill me because they thought I was a big racist. But I won them over eventually. And we all laughed so hard. I’d tell them all on the set, ‘Okay, easy fellas, get ready because I’m going to say the ‘n’ word again.” One of the locations was this mansion that looked like it had been abandoned for a hundred years. It even had an elevator in it. It had been abandoned for ten or fifteen years. The place was full of cobwebs and dust, it was really quite neat. The only thing I objected to is, here I am starring in this movie and I’m being treated like a peon. Here they are paying me 750 dollars a week and I’m starring in this bloody mess. Union law states that when the performers travel, they travel first class and they stay in a first class hotel and when they work on the set they have a first class dressing room. In Houston, I didn’t have any dressing room. It was like 95% humidity. It was 95 degrees every day. They were talking about having me stand behind a car in the street to change clothes. Forget it! So I went out and rented a forty foot motor home and I drove it to the set and the producer went bugo, he went off – ‘You can’t do that! You can’t drive that here! We have to put a union driver on that. We have to pay the union drivers a thousand a week and…’ And I said, ‘Wait a minute. Are you telling me that a driver of my motor home makes more money a week than I do and I’m starring in this piece of shit!?” I said, ‘I’m going to keep this until you provide me with a dressing room and in the mean time I’m calling the union and letting them know exactly what you people are doing down here.’ That’s what they did at American International. They exploited everybody.

The performers playing the zombies in Sugar Hill wore ping pong balls cut in half over their eyes, creating the cartoonish, yet eerie effect. Other sources say the eyes were created with broken-off spoon halves.

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SCORE/SOUNDTRACK

Supernatural Voodoo Woman Written by Dino Fekaris & Nick Zesses Sung by The Originals

CAST/CREW Directed Paul Maslansky

Produced Elliot Schick

Written Tim Kelly

Marki Bey as Diana Hill Robert Quarry as Morgan Don Pedro Colley as Baron Samedi Betty Anne Rees as Celeste Richard Lawson as Valentine Zara Cully as Mama Maitresse Charles P. Robinson as Fabulous Larry D. Johnson as Langston Rick Hagood as Tank Watson Ed Geldart as O’Brien Albert J. Baker as George Raymond E. Simpson, III as King Thomas C. Carroll as Baker Big Walter Price as Preacher

CREDITS/REFERENCES/SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Fangoria#64 Psychotronic Video#31 Psychotronic Video#33 TCM

Sugar Hill (1974) Retrospective SUMMARY The story centers on Diana "Sugar" Hill (Bey), a photographer in Houston whose boyfriend, nightclub owner Langston (Larry D.

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: September 19, 2008

Lyrics:

Ooh-oh, yeah, ooh-ooh

I never needed you to be strong

I never needed you for pointing out my wrongs

I never needed pain, I never needed strain

My love for you is strong enough, you should have known

I never needed you for judgments

I never needed you to question what I spent

I never ask for help, I take care of myself

I don't know why you think you got a hold on me

And it's a little late for conversations

There isn't anything for you to say

And my eyes hurt, hands shiver

So look at me and listen to me because

I don't want to stay another minute

I don't want you to say a single word

Hush hush, hush hush

There is no other way, I get the final say because

I don't want to do this any longer

I don't want you, there's nothing left to say

Hush hush, hush hush

I've already spoken, our love is broken

Baby, hush hush

I never needed your corrections

On everything from how I act to what I say

I never needed words, I never needed hurts

I never needed you to be there everyday

I'm sorry for the way I let go

Of everything I wanted when you came along

But I am never beaten, broken not defeated

I know next to you is not where I belong

And it's a little late for explanations

There isn't anything that you can do

And my eyes hurt, hands shiver

So you will listen when I say, baby

I don't want to stay another minute

I don't want you to say a single word

Hush hush, hush hush

There is no other way, I get the final say because

I don't want to do this any longer

I don't want you, there's nothing left to say

Hush hush, hush hush

I've already spoken, our love is broken

Baby, hush hush

First, I was afraid, I was petrified

Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side

But I spent, oh, so many nights thinking how you did me wrong

But I grew strong, I learned how to carry on

Hush hush, hush hush

I've already spoken, our love is broken, baby

Oh no, now I, I will survive

Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive

I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give

But I will survive, I will survive, hey, hey

Hush hush, hush hush

There is no other way, I get the final say

Songwriter:

I don't want to do this any longer

I don't want you, there's nothing left to say

Hush hush, hush hush

I've already spoken, our love is broken

Baby, hush hush

Frederick J. Perren / Dino Fekaris / Andreas Romdhane / Josef Svedlund / Ina Wroldsen / Nicole Scherzinger

SongFacts:

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Peaches & Herb Shake Your Groove Thing 1978 December 16, 1978 - 41 Years Ago Today: Peaches and Herb debuted at No. 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with their single, "Shake Your Groove Thing." The original duo consisted of Francine "Peaches" Barker and Herb Fame. Between 1968-69, Marlene Mack filled in for Barker. The duo re-formed in 1977 with Linda "Peaches" Green and went to No. 5 on March 17, 1979 with this single and No. 1 for 4 weeks with their ballad, "Reunited." "Shake Your Groove Thing" also peaked at No. 2 for 4 weeks on the Billboard Disco Top 100 but prevented from the No. 1 position which was occupied by Donna Summer's 5-week reign with "MacArthur Park Suite." "Shake Your Groove Thing" was written by Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren.

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Engres Whitewood playlist

Moonlight - Ludwig van Beethoven, remixed by The Piano Guys, remixed by Braxtex

I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor, remixed by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris

Machine Dreams - Two Steps from Hell

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Lecture 15: Disco diva Gloria Gaynor performs her beloved disco hit “I Will Survive” (1978 – co-written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris) on live television in 1979. Gaynor was a moderately successful singer in 1978 when she released her album Love Tracks.  It contained the song “I Will Survive” which was a smash hit, charting at #1 in the Billboard Hot 100. It would also resonate with the feminist and LGBTQ+ movements and become something of an anthem. In 1979, author Andrew Kopkind wrote about “I Will Survive” and other disco hits:

“Disco became the theme music of gay culture in the Seventies (not only in America but in Europe and Latin America as well). Of course, the straight audience now far outnumbers the gay one, but the music still has a special meaning for gays: if Sixties freaks could say that rock was ‘our music,’ gays now say the same for disco. It is the background music for the activities and institutions of the burgeoning urban gay culture — for the shops, the bars, the restaurants, and the offices where gays go about their business.”

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♫ I Will Survive ♫ (Redux)

I just played this last August, and normally wouldn’t be playing it again so soon, but … yesterday dear friend Ellen made a good point when she said …

“There is one song which is and has been constantly buzzing through my mind the past month or so, for reasons that need not be mentioned. Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”, that you have posted in the past but is indeed worthy of revisiting!”

I can…

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«You think I'd crumble? You think I'd lay down and die?»

Song: I Will Survive

Lyrics by: Dino Fekaris, Frederick J. Perren

Artist: Gloria Gaynor