"Let's Dance" was a hit for r&b funk group
9th Creation in 1979. It made it to the ''
Billboard'', ''
Cash Box'' and ''
Record World'' charts.
Background
"Let's Dance" bw "Shucks, You're Fine" was released on
Hilltak PW 7901 in 1979.
Along with "Steppin'" by
The Gap Band
The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. The band consisted of three brothers: Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, along with other members; it was named after streets (Greenwood, Archer, and ...
, "The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)" by
Sly & the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco. Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. Its core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi- ...
and "Half a Love" by
Aretha Franklin etc., it was a recommended song in Billboard's Top Single Picks for the week ending November 24, 1979. In December, 1979, it was "programmers Pick by J.J. Jefferies of
KSOL
KSOL (98.9 FM "Que Buena 98.9 y 99.1") is a Spanish language radio station in San Francisco, California. KSQL (99.1 FM) simulcasts the station in Santa Cruz. KSOL and KSQL program a format consisting of regional Mexican music and talk shows. ...
in San Francisco.
The record peaked spent a total of ten weeks in the ''Billboard'' Hot Soul Singles chart, peaking at #45 on December 15, 1979. It also spent eleven weeks in the ''Cash Box'' Top 100 chart, peaking at #53 on December 12th., and it peaked at #47 on January 19th, 1980, having spent a total of seven weeks in the ''Record World'' Black Oriented Singles chart.
Decades later, Jerome Deradji arranged an interview between Fitzroy of the ''Soul Survivors'' magazine and A. D. Burrise in 2018. Burrise was explaining that "Let's Dance" was like George Duke funk and also cited Duke as an influence for him to write the song.
[''The Soul Survivors Magazine'', Issue 79, 1st December 2018 - 31st January 2019 ]
''Fitzroy Speaks With A. D. Burrise''
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Charts
References
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1979 singles
Hilltak Records singles