SOLID GOLD!!!!

by Rev. Cecil B. Demented Sat Sep 08, 2012 1:59 pm

1980 SAW THE DEBUT OF ONE OF THE BEST T.V SHOWS OF THE DECADE. ORIGINALLY HOSTED BY DIONNE WARWICK,SOLID GOLD HIT THE AIRWAVES ON SEPTEMBER 13TH,1980. THE SHOW FEATURED ARTISTS WHO WERE EITHER NEW, OR HAD A HIT SINGLE OR ALBUM TO PROMOTE. wHILE MOST PERFORMANCES ON SOLID GOLD WERE LYP-SYNCHED, SOME WERE DONE LIVE, OR, AT LEAST THE VOCALS WERE. ALSO FEATURED WAS A WEEKLY TOP 10 COUNTDOWN, WHICH WAS BASED ON THE " RADIO AND RECORDS "MAGAZINE'S CHART LIST, WHICH TRACKED ONLY RADIO AIRPLAY, AS OPPOSED TO SALES. ALONG WITH THE COUNTDOWN, WE WERE TREATED WEEKLY TO OUTRAGEOUS AND FIERY DANCE ROUTINES BY THE FAMOUS SOLID GOLD DANCERS. LATER, THE SHOW WOULD ADD THE YEAR TO IT'S TITLE, THEN WOULD BECOME,"SOLID GOLD:IN CONCERT" TO SHOW MORE LIVE PERFORMANCES.
IN THE SUMMER OF 1984, THEY ADDED A DAILY SHOW," SOLID GOLD HITS" . A 30 MINUTE SHOW HIGH-LIGHTING THE TOP 10, AND HOSTED BY ACTOR AND " EIGHT IS ENOUGH" ALUMNI, GRANT GOODEVE. NOW, AS FOR HOSTS, SOLID GOLD WENT THROUGH PLENTY OF THEM. STARTING WITH DIONNE WARWICK,WHO HOSTED FROM 1980 TO 1981, THEN AGAIN FROM '85 TO '86. aFTER THE FIRST SEASON, DIONNE LEFT, AND SINGER MARILYN MCCOO WAS BROUGHT IN, ALONG WITH SINGER AND BEE GEE BROTHER ANDY GIBB. GIBB ONLT STAYED FOR ONE SEASON, AND WAS REPLACED WITH REX SMITH FOR THE '82/'83 SEASONJ. OTHER HOSTS INCLUDED D.J. RICK DEES,AND THE LAST TWO SEASONS SAW MTV V.J. NINA BLACKWOOD,AND UP AND COMER ARSENIO HALL. THE SHOW ENDED ON JULY,23 1988. YET , THE LAST APPEARANCE OF THE SOLID GOLD DANCERS WAS NOT ON THE SHOW. THEY PLAYED IN THE 1988 HIT FILM, "SCROOGED", STARRING BILL MURRAY. ON JANUARY 4,2011, 3 OF THE SOLID GOLD DANCERS APPEARED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 23 YEARS, COMPETING ON T.V.'S "LIVE TO DANCE", WHERE THEY MADE IT THROUGH TO THE SECOND ROUND. farao

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