"Let's Dance" was a hit for R&B funk group 9th Creation in 1979. It made it to the Billboard, Cash Box and Record World charts.
Background "Let's Dance" bw "Shucks, You're Fine" was released on Hilltak PW 7901 in 1979.Music Metason - ArtistInfo, The 9th Creation, Let's Dance / Shucks, You're Fine Along with "Steppin'" by The Gap Band, "The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)" by Sly & the Family Stone and "Half a Love" by Aretha Franklin etc., it was a recommended song in Billboard's Top Single Picks for the week ending November 24, 1979.Billboard, November 24, 1979 - Page 68 Billboard's Top Single Picks For Week Ending 11/24/79, recommended In December, 1979, it was "programmers Pick by J.J. Jefferies of KSOL in San Francisco.Cash Box, December 8, 1979 - Page 33 BLACK CONTEMPORARY, PROGRAMMERS PICKS
The record peaked spent a total of ten weeks in the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, peaking at #45 on December 15, 1979.Billboard, December 15, 1979 - Page 22A Billboard Hot Soul Singles It also spent eleven weeks in the Cash Box Top 100 chart, peaking at #53 on December 12th.,Cash Box, December 29, 1979 - Page 92 CASH BOX TOP 100Cash Box, January 26, 1980 - Page 26 CASH BOX TOP 100Cash Box, February 2, 1980 - Page 35 CASH BOX TOP 100 and it peaked at #47 on January 19th, 1980, having spent a total of seven weeks in the Record World Black Oriented Singles chart.Record World, January 12, 1980 - Page 32 Record World Black Oriented SinglesRecord World, January 19, 1980 - Page 64 Record World Black Oriented SinglesRecord World, January 26, 1980 - Page 40 Record World Black Oriented Singles
Decades later, Jerome Deradji arranged an interview between Fitzroy of the Soul Survivors magazine and A. D. Burrise in 2018. Burrise was explaining that "Let's Dance" was like George Duke funk and also cited Duke as an influence for him to write the song.The Soul Survivors Magazine, Issue 79, 1st December 2018 - 31st January 2019 - Fitzroy Speaks With A. D. Burrise
Charts Chart (1979) Peakposition US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)Billboard, December 15, 1979 - Page 22A Billboard Hot Soul Singles 45 US Top 100 (Cash Box)Cash Box, December 29, 1979 - Page 92 CASH BOX TOP 100Cash Box, January 26, 1980 - Page 26 CASH BOX TOP 100Cash Box, February 2, 1980 - Page 35 CASH BOX TOP 100 53 US Black Oriented Singles (Record World)Record World, January 12, 1980 - Page 32 Record World Black Oriented SinglesRecord World, January 19, 1980 - Page 64 Record World Black Oriented SinglesRecord World, January 26, 1980 - Page 40 Record World Black Oriented Singles47
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