Let The Music Play
Let The Music Play is a famous Latin Freestyle record sung by Washington, DC area singer Shannon in 1983. The record was produced by Chris Barbosa who was a Latino from New York. He redefined the Electro Funk sound by adding Latin American rhythms and a heavy syncopated drum sound isolating it from sounding like Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock" and Freeez's "IOU." This made "Let The Music Play" the first freestyle record in Dance Music history. Perhaps more importantly, "Let the Music Play" helped to usher in the dance pop era. At the end of the 70s, new wave and softer music stopped dance music from being played on mainstream radio stations. "Let the Music Play" and Madonna's song "Holiday" are considered to be the two songs that opened the door for such other acts as Jody Watley, George Michael and many others.
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