The radio version of What Comes Around Goes Around by Giggles
Read a biography of Maria “Giggles” Respeto
Giggles was born Maria Respeto in Santurce, Puerto Rico, and moved to New York at eleven. She studied performing arts at Lehman College in the Bronx, and Cutting Records released “Love Letter” in the late 1980s, the single that made her a fixture of the New York club scene. Read the full Giggles biography.
The official video for Without You by George Lamond About George Lamond George Lamond was born George Garcia in Washington, D.C., and raised in New York. “Bad of the Heart” first appeared on the small New York independent Ligosa before Columbia signed him and took the single national in 1990, where it reached the Top…
The 12″ version of Unexpected Lovers by Lime About Lime Before freestyle crystallized as a genre, Lime was already perfecting the formula—infectious hooks, pulsing synthesizers, and vocals built for maximum dancefloor impact. The Canadian duo helped define the Hi-NRG sound that would influence dance music on both sides of the Atlantic throughout the 1980s. Read…
The official video of Yo No Se by Pajama Party Note: This actually listed officially on Spotify as “You” instead of “Yo”. About Pajama Party Pajama Party was a New York vocal trio assembled in the late 1980s, part of the wave of girl groups that Atlantic Records signed as freestyle crossed toward pop. “Yo…
The radio version of Good Things Come To Those Who Wait 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…
The official video for I Want You by Shana About Shana Shana came out of South Florida, and “I Want You,” released on Miami’s Vision Records in 1989, became one of late-80s freestyle’s crossover moments, reaching the Billboard Hot 100 while ruling the genre’s club and radio base. Read the full Shana biography.
The 12″ version of Play At Your Own Risk by Planet Patrol About Planet Patrol Planet Patrol was assembled in the studio by Arthur Baker and John Robie, the production team fresh off inventing the “Planet Rock” sound with Afrika Bambaataa. “Play at Your Own Risk,” released on Tommy Boy in 1982, put doo-wop-schooled group…