BB & Q Band - On the beat (80's music) 1981

#80s #disco
B. B. & Q. Band (which stands for the Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens Band), was an Italian-American post-disco band, which formed in 1979 and disbanded in 1987.
The B. B. & Q. Band was a studio concept created in 1979 by the businessman Jacques Fred Petrus. After the success with Change in 1980, and also with Macho and the Peter Jacques band in the late 1970s, Petrus and his close co-worker Italian Mauro Malavasi decided to launch a new project, named after the three boroughs in New York City that the band members came from. Fred Petrus pulled several musicians together of which New York session bassist Paris Ford (credited as Peewee Ford) and his musicians became the band.
BB & Q. Band (wat staat voor Brooklyn, Bronx en Queens Band), was een Italiaans-Amerikaanse post-discoband, opgericht in 1979 en ontbonden in 1987.
De BB & Q. Band was een studioconcept gecreëerd in 1979 door zakenman Jacques Fred Petrus. Na het succes met Change in 1980, en ook met Macho en de Peter Jacques-band eind jaren zeventig, besloten Petrus en zijn naaste medewerker de Italiaan Mauro Malavasi een nieuw project te lanceren, genoemd naar de drie stadsdelen in New York City die de bandleden vandaan kwamen. Fred Petrus bracht verschillende muzikanten samen waarvan de New Yorkse sessiebassist Paris Ford (gecrediteerd als Peewee Ford) en zijn muzikanten de band werden.
Lyrics:
How's about your company this evenin'?
(Won't you say that you are free?)
Take you out to somewhere really special
(Oh, won't you come along with me?)
From what I've heard them say
The music that they play
Is nothin' like you've ever heard before
Once you get to dancin' you can stop your feet
'Cause the rhythm keeps in time
What do you say now?
Are you ready or not
It's only up the street
Everybody's dancin'
And everybody's on the beat
I'm a-beggin' you now
It's where we both could be
Everybody's dancin'
And everybody's on the beat
Are you ready or not
It's only up the street
Everybody's dancin'
And everybody's on the beat
Say that you'll accept this invitation
(Oh, won't you say you'll come along?)
Music can give lovers inspiration
(It's just a place where we could go)
Ain't nobody's got a care
'Cause there's music in the air
It's nothin' like you've ever seen before
People dancin' all night long
Won't you say you've got the time
You wanna go there?
Are you ready or not
It's only up the street
Everybody's dancin'
And everybody's on the beat
Are you ready or not
It's where we both could be
Everybody's dancin'
And everybody's on the beat
What you say
You and I should go together
(What you say) It's for everyone to see
What you say
Do you want to come along with me?
Ahh
Are you ready or not?
I'm-a beggin' you now
Are you ready or not?
It's only up the street
I'm-a beggin' you now
It's where we both could be
How's about your company this evening?
(Oh, would you say that you are free?)
Take you out somewhere really special
(Oh, won't you come along with me?)
From what I've heard them say
The music that they play
Is nothing like you ever heard before
Once you get through dancin'
You can't stop your feet
'Cause the rhythm keeps in time
What you say now?
Are you ready or not
It's only up the street
Everybody's dancin' and everybody's on the beat
I'm-a beggin' you now
It's where we both can be
Everybody's dancin' and everybody's on the beat
Are you ready or not
It's only up the street
Everybody's dancin' and everybody's on
Are you ready or not
It's only up the street
Everybody's dancin' and everybody's on the beat
I'm-a beggin' you now
It's where we both could be
Everybody's dancin' and everybody's on the beat
Are you ready or not
It's only up the street
Everybody's dancin' and everybody's on the beat
I'm-a beggin' you now
It's where we both could be
Everybody's dancin' and everybody's on the beat

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Nice toon😊😊😊

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Anyone who - like I, Okwudili John Nwako - is an insider, would rate this piece, or at least BB&'s original version of "On The Beat" among the 5 best dance tracks ever.