
| DATE: |
October 6, 2004 |
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Immediate |
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| CONTACT: |
JoAnne Ruscio (609) 777-3993
e-mail - jruscio@njn.org |
Get Down Tonight – The Disco Explosion
On NJN Public Television
Saturday, October 23, 2004, at 7 pm
STATEWIDE – NJN Public Television presents the exclusive broadcast premiere of Get Down Tonight – The Disco Explosion on Saturday, October 23 at 7 pm with an encore performance at 9:30 pm. The program was taped at the historic Asbury Park Convention Hall this past summer. KC and The Sunshine Band hosts a historic reunion of the superstars of the 1970s disco and dance era. This special production by TJL Productions and NJN features a mix of new live performances and classic archival clips from the disco days, including vintage performances from The Bee Gees and Donna Summer. Live highlights include: Leo Sayer returning to America for the first time in 30 years to sing You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, A Taste of Honey reuniting for the first time in two decades to groove with Boogie Oogie Oogie, Wild Cherry returning to the stage for the first time in three decades to Play That Funky Music, and Martha Wash of The Weather Girls belting out It’s Raining Men.
The song list includes the following, but is subject to change:
• Get Down Tonight – KC and The Sunshine Band
• That’s the Way I Like It – KC and The Sunshine Band
• Boogie Oogie Oogie – A Taste of Honey
• YMCA – Village People
• Disco Inferno – The Trammps
• Le Freak – First Ladies of Chic
• You Make Me Feel Like Dancing – Leo Sayer
• Rock The Boat – Hues Corporation
• Oh What A Night – Frankie Valli
• I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
• More Than a Woman – Tavares
• Shake Your Groove Thing – Peaches and Herb
• Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
• Flashdance . . . What A Feeling – Irene Cara
• If I Can't Have You – Yvonne Elliman
• Ring My Bell – Anita Ward
• Boogie Nights – Heatwave
• It's Raining Men – Martha Wash
• Last Dance – Donna Summer
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