The club version of Honey To A Bee by Tina B
Tina B worked at the center of New York’s early-80s dance machine, recording with producer Arthur Baker across the years when electro was becoming freestyle. “Honey to a Bee,” released on Elektra in the mid-1980s, became her signature, with the Latin Rascals’ mix work on the 12″ connecting her record directly to freestyle’s edit culture. Read the full Tina B biography.
The official video for I’ll Be Loving You by Collage About Collage Collage was a Philadelphia freestyle act built by producer Adam Marano, who launched it after closing his first project, T.P.E. “I’ll Be Loving You” became the group’s signature, reaching #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1994 and proving freestyle could still chart…
The radio version of Then Came You by T.P.E. About T.P.E. T.P.E. stood for The Philadelphia Experiment, a project created in 1991 by Philadelphia producer Adam Marano, who was its only permanent member. Micmac Records released “Then Came You,” written by Amy Friedman, and the single reached #91 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the…
Club version of Try Yazz by Two Without Hats About Two Without Hats Two Without Hats recorded “Try Yazz” for Micmac Records, catalog number MIC-516, and the single became one of the label’s signature club records of the late 1980s, its title playing on the era’s fascination with jazzing up freestyle’s edit culture. Read the…
The 12″ version of Love Letter by Giggles Maria “Giggles” Respeto Giggles, born Maria Respeto, was a freestyle singer from East Harlem, New York, who rose to fame in the late 1980s. She made her mark with tracks like “Love Letter,” “What Comes Around Goes Around” and the album “He Loves Me… He Loves Me…
The 12″ version of Please Don’t Go by Nayobe About Nayobe Nayobe Gomez, Brooklyn-born and of Cuban descent, was singing at the very start of freestyle. “Please Don’t Go,” released in 1985, stands among Fever Records’ first singles and among the earliest records the genre can claim, cut when she was still a teenager. Read…
The 12″ version of You’ll Never Find Another Love by & More About & More & More recorded “You’ll Never Find Another Love” for Micmac Records, catalog number MIC-505, which places the act on the label’s founding roster: the single was Micmac’s fifth release ever, arriving in the label’s first run alongside Cynthia, Johnny O,…