Known as the “Queen of Disco,” Summer was born LaDonna Adrian Gaines in Boston, Mass., in 1948, as one of seven children. She was raised on Gospel music

The five-time Grammy winner rose to fame in the 1970s, scoring hits with “Last Dance,” “Hot Stuff” and “Bad Girls.” She co-wrote the single “Love to Love You Baby” in 1975, and went on to co-write several other hits, including “She Works Hard For Her Money.”

“Love to Love You Baby” was her U.S. chart debut and the first of 19 No. 1 dance hits between 1975 and 2008 – second only to Madonna.

During the disco era, she burned up the charts: She was the only artist to have three consecutive double-LPs hit No. 1, “Live and More,” “Bad Girls” and “On the Radio.” She was also the first female artist with four No. 1 singles in a 13-month period, according to the Rock Hall of Fame, where she was a nominee this year.

Summer released a number of albums that have reached gold or platinum status, including the multiplatinum “Bad Girls” and “On the Radio, Volume I & II.” Her No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits include “Hot Stuff” and “MacArthur Park.”

Summer also appeared in the 1978 film, “Thank God It’s Friday,” which took home the best original song Oscar for “Last Dance.”

The singer came to prominence just as disco was burgeoning, and came to define the era with a string of No. 1 hits and her beauty queen looks.

But unlike some other stars of disco who faded as the music became less popular, she was able to grow beyond it and later segued to a pop-rock sound. She had one of her biggest hits in the 1980s with “She Works Hard For The Money,” which became another anthem, this time for women’s rights.

Summer’s last album, “Crayons,” came out in 2008. She also performed on “American Idol” that year with its top female contestants. In 2010, Summer appeared on “America’s Got Talent.”

  Compilated and Mixed by SpaceAnthony & SpaceCsoky

   Intro by SpaceAnthony & Spacecsoky
01. Cyber Space – Sonar Exploration Megamix 2012
02. Proxyon – Space Force (The Instrumental Space Dub)
03. Synth Void – Escape From The Galaxy
04. Cj. Rise – Space Disco
05. LaserDance – Technoid (radio_version)
06. Koto – Parma Cosi
07. Synthesis – Sunbeam (Classic version)
08. Rygar – Star Tracks (Remix 2012)
09. Italo4ever & Baby’s Gang – America (robotic version)
10. Marcel De Van – Back To The Future (Vocoder Mix)
11. Ryan Paris – Parisienne Girl (Remix By Vanello )
12. Vanello – Stars Dreamers
13. Macrocosm – Virtual Voltage
14. SZMC – Darkness In The Space
15. Rygar – Captain Of The Universe
16. Galactic Warriors – First Contact

Zaterdag 26 mei is het zover; dan kun je genieten van de beste italo classics, de hele avond gebracht door DJ Zwaardski. Ja, je leest het goed. Anderhalf jaar geleden is hij gestopt met draaien, maar kan sommige feestjes niet los laten. Daarom, op verzoek, zal hij op zijn bekende wijze de italo’s laten knallen!

De zaal gaat open om 20.30 en, zoals het de bekende italo-feesten vergaat, is de toegang gratis. Bij de in/uitgang mag je zelf je bijdrage bepalen aan het evenement. Je dient jezelf wel aan te melden van te voren. Wat moet je doen? Stuur een mail naar info@zwaardski-events.nl en geef de namen door met wie je allemaal naar het feest komt.

1) Norman – Let’s go to the beach
2) Michael Fortunati – Into the night
3) Marx & Spencer – Stay
4) Marce – I want you
5) Aer Deco – The secret divine
6) Tommy – One night
7) Pier Angelo – Shake your body oophh
8) Silence – The beast in me
9) Style Price – Delta plane
10) Sky Creakers – You should be dancing
11) Felli – Diamond in the night
12) Kirlian Camera – Edges
13) Angie St. Philip – Light up my heart
14) Joy Peters - One night in love

Enjoy!

Last week we did some mixwork in one of our studio’s,  friday you can hear the result in the weekend kick-off show.We present you the latest album of Felli in the mix.  Broadcasttime also for the Joy Peters Megamix from the brand new album Back to Joy. Linda Jo Rizzo new Heartflash 2012 mixes and more new stuff will be played. So tune in this friday at six for the greatest italoshow on the planet.

00:00 > HEARTBEAT OF SPACESYNTH INTRO (by SpaceAnthony & SpaceCsoky)
01:00 > SYNTHESIS – Wind At Mars
03:48 > KOTO – Time
05:42 > RYGAR – Secret Messages
08:47 > LASERDANCE – Escape From The Forbidden City
12:00 > JSC – Invert Voices
14:35 > EUGENE IKONNIKOV – Tonight’s The Night
18:10 > DEEJAY STELLA – Dance Of The Night
20:10 > MR.B – Ibiza Goodbye
22:44 > PSYCHIC INTERFACE – Dancin’ In The Night
26:55 > ERNESTO – Endless Time
31:15 > RYAN PARIS / VANELLO – Parisienne Girl
35:33 > RINGO – Imagination
39:18 > LASERCAT feat ANTONI MAIOVVI – Lose Control
42:10 > GALACTIC WARRIORS – Memories
45:18 > RYGAR – Captain Of The Universe
49:26 > MICHIEL VAN DER KUY – Beach Love
51:38 > SPIRAL HANDS ON TV THEMES – Airwolf
54:00 > TRANS-X – XXX
57:05 > PROTONIC STORM – Epsilon Warriors

1) Mary Linn – Sole mio
2) Andy Romano – Don’t run away
3) Marc Fruttero – Disco Silvia
4) Andy Romano – Robot matador
5) Riccardo Campa – Casanova
6) Felli – Shadows of the night
7) Tiziana Rivale – Daily dream
8) Marc Fruttero – Nineteen eighties song
9) Tiziana Rivale – Ash
10) Fred Ventura – Open your eyes
11) Clay Pedrini – Ocean i Venti Mix
12) Peter Aresti – Latina angel
13) Andy Romano – Run for love

Enjoy!