Stars On 45
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Biography
[Edit]The story of Starsound, who started the medley craze in 1981, began two years earlier in a disco in Montreal, where one of the resident DJs was Michel Gendreau. Into his club walked Michel Ali, who had with him a tape created from a bootleg white-label recording originating in Holland of a medley of Beatles songs called "Lets Do It in the 80s Great Hits" and credited to an unknown group named Passion. The record used excerpts from the original Beatles records as well as snippets from the Archies' "Sugar Sugar," Shocking Blue's "Venus," and the introduction to the Buggles' major hit "Video Killed the Radio Star." The bootleg was poor quality, the tape contained more noise than music, and it was badly produced, but Gendreau believed it was a good idea, although he was reluctant to play it at peak time. This was the very late '70s and disco had been king of the dancefloor for several years, with new tracks created by the Bee Gees, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, and a host of new producers with new groups and singers. The last thing the disco-going clientele wanted was a series of Beatles and other 1960s material.
Ali began working with sound engineer Paul Richer to create a cleaner version of "Let's Do It in the 80s Great Hits," and in order to satisfy Gendreau's fears about oldies, they added some recent hits, including "Funky Town" by Lipps, Inc. and "Working My Way Back to You" by the Detroit Spinners. By starting with current hits, then introducing the Beatles tracks, the dancefloor would not empty as was feared, but the dancing would continue as the 1960s hits were set to the same definable beat as the current hits. One of the 1960s hits used was "Venus" by Shocking Blue, the copyright of which was owned by a Dutch record company, Red Bullet Records, and when this was brought to the attention of its manager back in Holland, Freddy Haayen, who, although incensed that his track was part of the medley, realized the potential commercial viability of the medley idea and instead of contacting his lawyers, he contacted record producer Jaap Eggermont, formerly of the band Golden Earring, and asked him whether it would be possible to create a legal version. Eggermont knew enough about copyright to realize that it would be a futile exercise to approach the original rights holders, so he brought together a group of session singers to re-record the vocals as close as possible to the originals, using Bas Muys from the Dutch group Smyle as the voice of John Lennon, Hans Vermeulen from Sandy Coast as George Harrison, and Okkie Huysdens as Paul McCartney. The tracks that had been used on "Let's Do It in the 80s Great Hits" and the recut version — "Sugar Sugar," "Venus," "Funky Town," and "Video Killed the Radio Star" — were also retained, and a linking piece was written to introduce the song with the tag line "The Stars on 45 keep on turning in your mind," sung by Jody Pijper to a pumping disco beat that continued throughout the medley.
It was originally released on a 12" single only and ran for 16 minutes. When radio stations across Europe began editing it themselves for suitable daytime play, Eggermont took the "Stars on 45" introduction and added just the first verses of "Venus" and "Sugar Sugar" and a further three minutes of the Beatles medley, releasing a 7" single that swept the world and began a craze that lasted throughout the whole of the early '80s. Depending on the territory, the group was either known as Starsound (as in Europe) or Stars on 45 (in the U.S.A.), and the title of the single that finally went on general sale was the longest ever title to reach the charts, as the individual song publishers insisted on their track forming part of the title, which became officially &"Intro Venus/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/You're Going to Lose That Girl/Stars on 45," although it was often shortened simply to "Stars on 45." The single was a great success, peaking at number two in the U.K. (with most of the sales on the 12" format) and going all the way to number one, sandwiched by two separate runs of Kim Carnes' biggest-selling hit of the year, "Bette Davis Eyes," in the U.S.A.
It was inevitable that this success would be followed by an expanded album project, and less than a month after the single had been released, a long-player was ready that included an expanded Beatles section with the songs "Ticket to Ride," "Eleanor Rigby," "And Your Bird Can Sing," "Get Back," "Eight Days a Week," "It Won't Be Long," "Day Tripper," "Good Day Sunshine," "Here Comes the Sun," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Taxman," "A Hard Day's Night," "Things We Said Today," "If I Fell," "Please Please Me," "From Me to You," and "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and many of the 1960s oldies from the original bootleg, "Sherry" (Four Seasons), "Cathy's Clown" (Everly Brothers), "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Neil Sedaka), "Only the Lonely" (Roy Orbison), "Silly Love Songs" (Wings), "Jimmy Mack" (Martha Reeves), "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" (Fortunes), and "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" (Brian Hyland). Although the album stopped at number nine in the U.S.A., it did even better than the single in the U.K., going all the way to number one for five weeks in May and June and ended the year as the tenth best-selling album of 1981.
The next project, centered around the hits of ABBA, using the voice of Claudia Hoogendoorn as both the ABBA female singers Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. In the U.S.A., a second medley had already been released featuring more Beatles excerpts, but the novelty was already wearing off and despite the success of the first medley, the second one stalled at number 67. In Britain, however, the medley craze was just beginning and "Stars on 45, Vol. 2" followed the first volume to the runner-up position. A second album was released, titled the same as the single, and expanded with 17 excerpts of pop hits from the 1960s and 1970s, ranging from soul tracks ("Papa Was a Rolling Stone," "Dance to the Music," "Reach Out I'll Be There") to fun pop hits ("Sugar Baby Love," "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," "California Dreaming"). It also featured a Supremes medley and an assortment of instrumental intros including the "Star Wars Main Title Theme," "Kung Fu Fighting," "Layla," "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy," "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough," "Baker Street," and "The Eve of the War."
By the autumn of 1981, a bandwagon had well and truly been developed and many groups were releasing their own medleys of their former hits, including the Beach Boys, the Hollies, and even the Beatles themselves under the title "The Beatles Movie Medley" (using the original vocals this time). Lobo hit the charts with a Harry Belafonte Caribbean medley, Startrax covered the Bee Gees, Gidea Park did the Beach Boys, and the Four Seasons and Tight Fit hit with "Back to the 60s," a medley similar to the original bootleg that started it all. Even the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra got in on the act with "Hooked on Classics," a medley of famous classical pieces. Starsound themselves used Tony Sherman as a Stevie Wonder soundalike on "Stars on Stevie," Peter Vermeij as Mick Jagger on "The Greatest Rock n Roll Band in the World," Peter Douglas as Frank Sinatra on "Stars on Frankie," and even Patricia Paay, Yvonne Keeley, Sylvana van Veen, and Ingrid Ferdinandusse as the Andrews Sisters, although the latter two did not actually perform any of the singing.
A third album featuring the Rolling Stones and Stevie Wonder medleys was released in the spring of 1982, but by then it was all over and the album peaked at a miserable number 94 for just one week. The medley was being parodied by artists such as Chas & Dave with their selection of old-time music hall and London songs, "Stars Over 45," Ivor Biggun with "Bras on 45," and Weird Al Yankovic with his medley "Polkas on 45." The session musicians all went their separate ways and Starsound or Stars on 45 was left as just a memory of a craze of medleys that swept the world in 1981. The first two can still be heard at clubs, more than a quarter of a century later, particularly the cheesy type where a DJ needs a medley to liven up the dancefloor, and Starsound has managed to retain its credibility for longer than Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers, who revived the medley format eight years later to even greater but short-lived effect.
Title: Stars On 45 - Single
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Au-delà des mélodies / Au-dela des melodies
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Pop
Title: More Stars (Original Single Edit) - Single
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco
Title: The Superstars (CNR Spain) (Maxi-Single)
Artist: Stars On 45
Title: Signal Flowing (Darroo vs. Starsound) - Single
Artist: Stars On 45, Darroo
Genre: Trance, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Can You Feel It - Single
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: Electronica, House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Cotton Eyed Joe (Extended Dance Version) - Single
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: The End of the Signal - Single
Artist: Stars On 45, Castaway
Genre: Trance, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Survive (feat. Nathan Thomas) - Single
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: The Greatest Rock'n Roll Band In the World (Original Single Edit) - Single
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco
Title: Stars On 45 Tonight 20.00 Hrs - Star Sisters
Artist: Stars On 45
Title: Cotton Eye Joe (Extended Dance Version) - Single
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Global DeeJays (DJ Tributes)
Artist: Stars On 45, Various DeeJays
Title: The Very Best of Stars On 45
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Stars On Stevie (Original Single Edit) - Single
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco
Title: Ascension (Castaway Presents) - Single
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: Trance, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: The Star Sisters - Single (Proudly Predents..) (feat. The Star Sisters)
Artist: Stars On 45
Genre: Pop
Title: Trance 202 (Darroo & Starsound Meets Wendell) - Single
Artist: Stars On 45, Wendell, Darroo
Genre: Trance, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Tonight 20:00 Hrs. (Stars on 45 Presents) [Remix 2007]
Artist: Stars On 45, The Star Sisters
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: Sensation Celebrate Life Russia 2011
Genre: House
Title: Italo Disco Hits Vol 68
Genre: Italo Disco
Title: Fiesta Mix: 39 Latin Dance Hits! (CD3)
Genre: Latin
Title: Forever Hits 4 (Kiss On Fire)
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Het Beste Uit De Top 500 Van Het Foute Uur (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Het Beste Uit De Top 500 Van Het Foute Uur Van (CD5)
Genre: Pop
Title: K-Boom Hits 380
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop
Title: Super Dance Party 29-30 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor
Title: 100% Adrenaline Only Dance Music (CD2)
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, World Music
Title: Ü30 - The Party Generation (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: RTL Ultimative Chart Show (CD9)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop
Title: Waar Zijn De Eighties (CD3)
Title: New Year Party 2014 (CD2)
Genre: Club/Dance, Disco, Pop
Title: The Best Hits Of 70's
Title: New Year Party 2014 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Pop
Title: 80's Night Ultimate DJ Collection (CD14)
Genre: Rock
Title: 80s Mind Falling (CD2)
Genre: Alternative
Title: Foreing Disco 80 (CD10)
Genre: Blues
Title: Happy New Year 2013 2014 (CD1)
Genre: House, Club/Dance
Title: Greatest Hits Of The 90s (CD8)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Reggae, Pop
Title: Disco Best Dance 80 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Club/Dance
Title: EMPO Presenta La Bomba - Vol. 1
Genre: Electronica
Title: 90s Top Hits (CD5)
Genre: Pop
Title: New Year Party 2014 (CD2)
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance
Title: I Love Dance 2011 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor
Title: The World Of Disco Fever Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Blues, Disco, Italo Disco
Title: The 70s
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: Pub - Eurobeats DJMIXCHILE PART 2 (CD5)
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, DJ/Remixes
Title: Coleccion De Musica Disco De Los Años 80 Volumen 127
Genre: Disco
Title: Essential 80's Disco
Genre: Disco
Title: The Ultimate 80s MAXI-DANCE Compilation (CD3)
Genre: Dancefloor
Title: Czech Dance Charts Summer 2011 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop
Title: The Best Disco 80 ’s (2014 Edition) (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco
Title: I Love Disco - Grand Prix 70's (CD2)
Genre: Hard NRG, Disco, Italo Disco, Eurodisco
Title: Xcellence Of Music - House Edition, Vol. 4
Genre: House, Progressive House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Summer Club Beats Vol. 226
Genre: House, Electro House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Hot Dance Retro Vol. 12 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Best Of Retro Dance (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Club Sounds, Volume 57
Genre: House, Trance, Club/Dance
Title: Die Hit-Giganten - Cabrio Hits (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Die Hit-Giganten- Cabrio Hits (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Alle 40 Goed Nederpop (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Fetenhits: 80s Best Of (CD1)
Genre: Post Disco, Soul, Blues, New Wave, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Greatest Hits Collection 90s Vol. 8
Genre: Electronica, Euro House, Hip Hop/R&B, Dancefloor, Disco, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: Deep House Series 8 (CD2)
Genre: Deep House
Title: Clubbing Anthems, Vol. 2
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: 90s Contact Dancing (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, New Wave, Dancefloor, Reggae, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: House Mode Four
Genre: House, Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Essential Disco 80's
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Future House Club, Vol. 1
Genre: House, Funk, Progressive
Title: Nonstop Pure House Music, Vol. 2
Genre: House
Title: Beach House # 001
Genre: Club/Dance, Funk, Progressive
Title: White Island Grooves: Club Edition 2016
Genre: House
Featuring albums
Title: Xcellence of Music - House Edition, Vol. 4
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Please Do Not Disturb, I'm Listening House Music #001
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: House Music All Night Long, Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: A Collection of Emotional Piano For a Comfortable Sleep
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: New Age
Title: Sensibility New Age Piano with the joy of longing filled with love
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: New Age
Title: A Clear Piano Collection That Shares Emotions For Infants
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: New Age
Title: Piano Music Collection For Concentration of Study Time
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: New Age