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8th December 1979, with Morgan Khan

8th December 1979, with Morgan Khan

Update: 2025-04-23
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Morgan Khan joins Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson for a countdown of the biggest dance tracks of December 1979. As the disco backlash was taking hold in the USA, British dancefloors were experiencing a shift in styles, as dance music started to prepare itself tor the 1980s. Already a key figure in the UK music industry, well ahead of his success with the Street Sounds compilations that cemented his reputation, Morgan provides us with a unique first hand account of the era.

To accompany this episode, you can listen to this entire Top 20 in full, or alternatively as a shorter medley of snippets.

Further listening: other tracks mentioned in this episode; Street Sounds Radio.

Further reading: James Hamilton's Disco Pages 1975-1982; Greg Wilson interviews Morgan Khan.

Mike also hosts the podcast Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?


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8th December 1979, with Morgan Khan

8th December 1979, with Morgan Khan