Blog: Revenge of Rob Gordon

Many people cite 1983’s “Let the Music Play” by Shannon as being Latin Freestyle’s debut hit. By the early 1980s, the backlash against disco had driven dance music off mainstream radio stations in the US. The rhythmic ingenuity of “Let the Music Play,” with its drum-machine pattern produced by a filtered Roland TR-808 , allowed it to hit #8 on the US Singles Chart and #1 on the US Dance chart in November 1983, ushering in the dance-pop era. “Let the Music Play” was Shannon’s only US Top 40. It was ranked 43rd on the [...]

• Shannon - Let The Music Play