Boys Town Gang - Citizendia

The Boys Town Gang were a disco and hi-NRG band. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Hi-NRG (High Energy is a type of high-speed Electronic dance music which was popular in Nightclubs in the late 1970s and 1980s Their popularity peaked in the 1980s, when the group reached number 5 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart with the single Cruisin' the Streets and number 4 in Britain and number 1 in the Netherlands with their cover of Can't Take My Eyes Off You. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco Cruisin' the Streets is a Disco song released in 1981 by the Boys Town Gang. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, was a 1967 single by Frankie Valli.

History

In 1980 DJ Bill Motley saw an opportunity to form a group that catered to San Francisco's large gay clientele. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) In his search to form a group he auditioned hundreds of vocalists, both male and female. It was local cabaret singer Cynthia Manley who captured the lead spot.

The idea was originally for one 12" single, two tracks of high energy music. Motley, a huge Diana Ross fan, picked two Ashford & Simpson songs to form a medley for the A-side. Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire And for the B-side he wrote a disco drama in four acts. A label was founded to release the two songs.

When "Remember Me/Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was released America was coming off of the "death to disco" trip. Clubgoers, especially the gay ones, had not stopped dancing; it was just that the high energy music of 1978 and 1979 was not being produced or released by late 1980 or early 1981. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Immediately the song took off, Manley's gruff vocals propelled the song into the top of the club charts. The B-side was marginally popular, depending on where the people partied. An English Noun The English noun people has two distinct fields of application as a countable noun, a group of Humans The four-act explicit "Cruisin' The Streets" was a snapshot of Castro and Market Streets at sundown.

Line-up

Cynthia Manley & Jackson Moore[Lead Vocals]

Robin Charin, Don Wood, Phill Manganello, Tom Morley and Keith Stewart [Back-up Vocals] (Before release album Disc Charge)

Jackson Moore [Lead Vocals] Tom Morley and Bruce Carleton [Back-up Vocals] (From album Disc Charge on)

History

Line-up

See also