Alicia Bridges ~ I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) 1978 Disco Purrfection Version

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The sassy personality Alicia Bridges conveyed in her signature hit, "I Love The Nightlife (Disco Round)" was underlined by her pronunciation of the word "ak-SHUN" which drove her disco hit to a lofty #5 pop hit on the Hot100 and #2 for two weeks on the Hot Disco chart.

The striking image of Alicia Bridges posing in an urban jungle in a white dress with her spiky blond hair framing her strong features complimented the happily aggressive lyrics of her kiss off song "I Love The Nightlife". Women's Lib was a big thing then (and still is), so songs of female empowerment were rampant in disco, but no one did it better than Alicia did in 1978.

She was born July 15, 1953 in Lawndale, North Carolina. She first worked as a bank teller, then as a salesperson for Sears but she kept up her singing career by joining Zachary Ridge, a hard rock band that reportedly played at strip joints.

She released two one off singles for two different labels in 1973, "Just A Little Lovin (Just A Little Fun) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USMJ1VSHP-Y and "Love Me Till The Morning" https://youtu.be/g8mb97C6qFw. She wrote and performed both, but neither made much of a stir. I think you might enjoy hearing her voice...one is country and the other is R&B check them out!

Her "I Love The Nightlife (Disco Round)" became her sole pop hit, peaking at #5 on the day before Christmas Eve, 1978. Did you know she wrote the song with friend Susan Hutcheson? Steve Buckingham (no relation to Lindsey Buckingham ex of Fleetwood Mac) was a country music producer extraordinaire of Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Rosanne Cash whose studio skills polished Alicia's song into a dancefloor stiletto workout. This got a lot of women on the floor, even if their boyfriends didn't want to dance, then the girls got up and danced together.

Alicia's immediate follow up single "Body Heat", peaked at #86 and then a second album "Play It As It Lays" was released in 1979 to a dwindling audience.

Her greatest song was included in the soundtrack of the charming 1994 hit film "Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert" and boosted interest in "Love The Nightlife" when it was reissued along with a couple of contemporary dance remixes in 1994 on a special pink vinyl release.

Two more LP's from 1984 and then 2007 both failed to attract a mass audience but Alicia is still kicking it! Visit her website here http://www.aliciabridges.com/artist.html