[Disco Beat(les)] -- In March of 1981, radio stations had several classic Beatles tracks back in rotation. But it wasn't the Beatles' own recordings that were played. No, it was a Dutch novelty act, Stars on 45, who specialized in soundalikes, that were actually in rotation. Stars on 45's schtick was to re-record hit songs as faithfully as they could, but then merge them with a common tempo over a drum track. In this way, they merged disco and classic Beatles for a 15+ minute track that could only be called ... "Medley: Intro 'Venus' / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I'll Be Back / Drive My Car / Do You Want to Know a Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going to Lose That Girl / Stars on 45." Yeah, it's kind of a mouthful, bu it was popular. I don't have chart stats for the US, but this record did peak at #1 on both the Kent Music Report (Australia) and the UK Albums Chart. Plus, it was a hit in dance clubs worldwide. Do you remember Stars on 45?
Flashback: Stars on 45's Beatles Medley
That's all till next week. Dedicated 80s-philes can find more flashbacks in the Prophet or Madman archives or via Bookended's 80s Flashback tag. As always, your comments are welcome on today's, or any other, flashback post. And if you like what I'm doing here, please share the link with your friends. If, however, you don't like the flashback, feel free to share it with your enemies.
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