Tuesday, November 19, 2019

A Star Chaser


Sheila + B. Devotion : Spacer

[Purchase]

On November 19, 1979 Sheila and B Devotion entered the U.K. singles charts with "Spacer", a Top 10 hit throughout Europe that would sell 5 million copies thanks in large part to  the can't miss production of Chic's Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. The duo would spend most of December producing Diana Ross' biggest selling album of her career, Diana, which would feature "Upside Down" and "I'm Coming Out".

Sheila was a popular ye-ye singer in the 1960's who scored a European Top 10 hit with the disco tune "Love Me Baby", sung in English and performed without shame years before Madonna would do the same. Her voice is of the generic breathless variety but that's hardly the point. Chic is going to outer space!


"Spacer" was ranked at number eight among the top "Tracks of the Year" for 1979 by NME.


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