Convertion - Let's Do It

[TheGrownasswoman]

CLASSIC HITS ALL DAY !! PARADISE GARAGE ,,

[ldmckenzie2011]

we went wild! when this played at the PG! Nothing but Paradise!

[BlaqAlkemy]

Don't forget "Fine Young Tender" & "Confusion". LOVE IT!!!

[daryllharris]

this still is the shitttt! leroy burgess vocals just slay everything they grace. pure enhancement. the arrangement on this song picks me & slamms me on concrete. so superb, so overwhelmingly clever & sophisticated... one of my all time underground classics

[MrKevin619ism]

@daryllharris Leroy is the man. I mess with him from day 1. Black Ivory, Aleem, Caprice all the rest. Feel good music 4 sure!

[daryllharris]

@MrKevin619ism

INDEED!!! LEROY IS THE MAN. & i have always loved his music whether poduction or singing. "hooked on your love" & 'Summertime" r 2 of my all time fav ja,s of his as well. but the many levels of orchestration in let's do it, jus rock on; the piano cords, the string arrangment, the basslines subliminal drive, the back ground arrangement argh!!!remind me a complex roy ayers production, so much going on yet feels so concise, smooth, & belowing out thick intensity. EAR INTOXICATION!

[AFairyTaleHigh]

great memories!! NY club scene!!

[charmalique]

I've been looking for this song forever. That was the jam back then. Thanks for posting it.

[MrHoneybee77]

This was the sh**!!!!!!!!!

[Discovios]

Brilliant!!!

[kdemonde]

@TheLlodybab Thats right! 107.5 N.Y.C! Frankie Crocker, Lamarr Renay, Ken Webb, Van Jay. Vaughn Harper!

[Kaprice24]

I wish music could still be like this today.

[pluggedin2u]

This shit still sends chills up and down my spine

Even after 30 years Leroy Burgess was on fire. Listen to what he did with the Fantastic Aleems for one. This is sheer musical ectasy which never gets old.

[kmason685]

@pluggedin2u I thought I was the only one who got chills up and down her spine when she heard this song. There is no other song like this.

[pluggedin2u]

@kmason685 Yeah a floor rusher for sure.

[eXPerienceyeah]

Play Next FTW :)

[dadodgerful]

Ive been looking for this song for years now !!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

[dadodgerful]

da shitz



[lifeisthedash]

This song is the shit. Good Good Good Vibes. #Urban

[1shoegal8]

Larry has never been replaced...Paradise Garage lives on forever!

[MKLeluma]

Can't believe it took me more than 15 yrs to get to this song....It reminds me of my days at school....Yeah, I like it

[evettemcmillan1]

What you know about that nothing but the EAST coast DJ Scott LaRant no question

[evettemcmillan1]

What you know about that nothing but the EAST coast DJ Scott LaRant

[tellis1]

man ive been looking for this for years i couldnt remember the name of the group untill i looked on an 80s web site i love this song brings me back  doncha like it

[tellis1]

ive been looking for this for years finaly man i love this song

[MyCassie1986]

Wow, he was in Black Ivory? I love this song alot of people dont know it! they dont know what they are missing!!!

[Sahira1963]

Classic...

[visionkingdom]

ALL MAN DIS WAS A DANCE CLASSIC IN A HALF RITE HERE.JERSEY N NYC WAS POPIN WEN DIS OUT NO DOUBT.BUT BALTIMORE DISCOS BAC DEN WAS CRAZY."ODELLS",PLADOS ON MILTON AVE.,GIOVANNCIIS,GATSBYS,RHTYM SKATE.I CAN GO ON MAN.

[lee2lee30]

my old school club bangers.

[buggeazy102]

come join my facebook page "THE BEST IN CLASSIC MUSIC"

[2tonsolid]

he also wrote weekend. people! check out his work with cassius. i used drop all the cuts he wrote off that album.

same album with jocelyn brown i´m a woman.

[chrism61362]

You had to be from New York or Baltimore in the clubs back in the 1980s.

[1966CARTER]

Now this brings me back to the days of music I have been trying to find this jam forever I kept getting the title wrong

Thank You for posting :)

[ArsenalMoneyrecs]

Strictly Jersey or the City. New York that is. @gfine you know your music.

[msytr123]

 THIS IS THE HIT

[AugustusRules2]

Just Google Leroy Burgess! You'll be overwhelmed and astonished at the body of work that he has written and produced!

[1964tutu]

if you don't know who leroy burgess is then you are not old school 1964tutu

[MsBklyn4eva]

bROOKLYN BABY 1980'S....Let's do it...We did in BROOKLYN.......

[musicgerl]

That's my mom singing background.

Thanks for posting! Very cool! : )

[pluggedin2u]

MONSTER JAM! EVERY ABLE AND DISABLE BODY TO THE DANCEFLOOR. THIS WAS THE BOMB ASS JAM BACK IN THE DAY. IT STILL GIVES ME CHILLS WHEN I HEAR IT. I'M OVER 50 AND IT STILL MAKES ME WANT TO JACK MY BODY. NYC!

[gfine2000]

Leroy Burgess produced several people and bands such as Black Ivory, Caprice (who performed "100 Percent), Logg, Fonda Rae (Over Like A Fat Rat), Intrigue and others. He also wrote the song "Big Time" for Rick James, alot of people don't know that.

[Katootie99]

Love this Song! Brings back many memories

[usaspcpl]

Haha "Friday Night Audio" on WKKC, back in the days. CHI Town stand up!

[marcovangalen1]

Huh Leroy Burgess, he was one of the famous Dj,s of NY ! He worked with John Ceglia !

[musicmsl]

Wow...the kids used to crowd the floor on this one at the Garage and the The Clubhouse in DC back in the day....wow...Levan used to work this one like a 9 to 5! Thanks for the post.....took me all the way back...I can almost taste the spiked punch!

[MindScratch]

Amazing, amazing track. It doesn't get much better than this tackle.

Love it.

[jmadtoyou]

Love this!

[Harlemheat69]

Though I was a young'un when this came out, this was one of those mesmerzing joints that you'd never forget. It was smooth, the beat was good and the bridge was infectious. Classic Sh** right here! I am glad that I found this!!!!!!

[Multi1628]

PROPS TO LARRY LEVAN, & ESPECIALLY ONE OF THE WRITERS OF THIS TRACK, & MIXMASTER LARRY BURGESS, & YOU FOR POSTING THIS CLASSIC R&B/HOUSE/DISCO/DANCE/SOUL RECORD AS WELL! I HAVE THIS AS 7" SAM 5017 - VANGUARD LABEL TOO? SEE ALSO DENROY MORGAN'S "I'LL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU" & ALEEM "RELEASE YOURSELF" AND BURGESS WAS PART OF BLACK IVORY, AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN ALL OVER THE DANCE MAP - THANKS AGAIN! DAVEDJ

[cmonwillya]

@Multi1628 I second that!! BIGUPS!!! Larry Levan...He hurt us to this in Paradise many times!!

[2tonsolid]

@Multi1628

also, check out leroy´s work with cassius.

[Multi1628]

@2tonsolid Feature Cassius in sets as well - great admirer of the duo's work - thx - ***DAVE♫♫♫♫DJ***

[brooklynqueen1951]

Leroy is a personal friend of mine and he is an awesome person on stage and off***

[dovejoey]

@brooklynqueen1951

I ´ve never had the pleasure of meeting him but I think you´re right since he must be as amazing person as his music evokes ..

his sound is unique and still as deep and soulful as it was .. great music for the spiriti and the dancefloor

[dovejoey]

just received it today and I´ll rock it tomorrow we´ll see the crowd´s feedback ...

10/10 another killer Mr Burguess & co track

[JohnnieFreeze]

Always loved this..Im from NY and this has to be the most nostalgic song in U.S. history lol

[bandan83]

love the syntoms!!!!

[TheGround11]

never forget don't you like...let do it!!

[chameleon747]

WOW!

[RichardKoenigsberg]

The climax of the sexual revolution. By this time there was "nothing to it."

[hardcorehouse]

@RichardKoenigsberg Absolutely right. Along with all the other things happenin in an out of control NYC you have the peak of the sexual revolution in full effect.

[port2344chester]

N.Y.C.....roller skates, Paradise Garage, Loft, Central Park, boom boxes throughout the city....cookouts, stickball, hide & go get it..YES IN A NATIVE NEW YORKER & i would not trade that time in life/music 4 nothing. This joint got all up on the floor...all ages 2yrs old thru 99yrs of age.. a true NEW YORK CITY CLASSIC.

[thegroove2000]

If you cant dance to this music or any boogie related joints then i think you deserve to have your eardrums removed, TIMELESS GROOVES ...cheers mr burgess and co.

[2009Denisem]

Oh Oh Oh Classic... The fabulous 70's!!! How great were they? U had to be there,

Convention & Let's do it! were very there too...NYC night clubs rocked big time when the DJ played this jam! crowd went wild.. OMG those were the days and this IS the music!

Great memories, music, people and the BEST of times!

Thank you @uckaldalma for sharing!

Thank you @heyroz27 for posting this gem! Hell yeah! I like it!

[THRILLAKILLA187]

@2009Denisem Wow thx for this gem share :-)!Thank you @heyroz27 for posting this gem! Hell yeah! I like it!

[2009Denisem]

@THRILLAKILLA187 :-)

[Iridium242]

For some reason this song popped into my head idea but I could not remember the group that did it. Thanks for posting it :) Great old song.

[hardcorehouse]

Another NYC//Philly production..this part of the world was THE incubator for most of today's popular dance musics.

[DatSoulBoss]

Leroy Burgess was & still is the lead singer of Black ivory who gave us classic Soul jams in the 70s such as Don't Turn Around, You & I & Time Is Love. He also produced the Disco classic Mainline for Black Ivory. Leroy is also behind the club classic Release Yourself by The Aleems. Leroy is behind a whole lot of classics & this Summer, Black Ivory celebrated their 40th year performing & has ALL THREE ORIGINAL MEMBERS!

[ClaNeshRotation]

SUPER

[kev168jhsn]

Bentley's live saturday nite!!

[merkury06]

I used to spin this at the block parties on the Southside back in da day!

[nate3715]

Don't cha like it, don't cha like it, ahhhhhhhhh, NYC in this era was true club!

[brothersmooth61]

wow



[kevn7us]

love it!!!!! hangin till 5: 00 in the mornin while still in highschool. no one shot!

[duerxxx16]

Been looking for this jam for years! Thank you 4 posting it....

This was the jam!

[bluebossa5]

one of my all time favorites too

[RayPFP]

Hollis Queens in the house

[stewbie59]

AWESOME CUT! Frankie played this on New Years in 1981!

[JackieMWiliams]

This song reminds me of Frankie Knockles. When he would spin this song there would be a point in the song that we would have eye contact and agree that we both liked it!

[thatseventiesguy]

One of my all time favourites.

[allperes]

what's the name of the instrument that comes at 0:21? I love that sound!

[limetwig2007]

@allperes Assuming you don't mean the instrument called the "piano" :) I'm guessing you're talking about the Vibraslap. Classic Latin percussion sound, read more on wikipedia.

[ronray13]

Goot one jay jay yillin!!!!!!!

[SPECTRE1961]

IT's PURE JUICE !

[kingofyou10]

great...........!!!!!!!

[sekouche]

THIS IS THE JOINT, I was clubing when this was out, this was the time without power windows and you could get music thur 8-track tapes. This is real talent and a real love of the music

[kingofyou10]

Hell yeah!!! this tune is the joint...jeje its a long time huh? ..peace out

[xXsamurai36methodsXx]

House music sample....i shall Daft punk the shyt out of this sample....

great upload much respect

[Martijnnaber]

What do you mean with Daft Punk?

[xXsamurai36methodsXx]

Daft Punk...umm idk how to explain them...you tube them ^^ youll here what i mean

[Martijnnaber]

I know Daft Punk. I've been a fan of them for over 3 years. I thought that you meant a sample for one of their songs. Man. I gotta know the High-Life Sample =[

[scutte2000]

This reminds of "Blairs Disco 2000 "1981 the Bennettsville Crew . Thanks for posting.

[Rikstyle93]

cool

[trkk01]

ah yes nyc was the place back then sorry folks you probably heard this song elsewhere but nyc & nj you had to be there.

[sekouche]

SOOO TRUE.....

[DarkPhoenixFire1963]

This takes me all the way back to my varsity basketball days when I was a senior at George Westinghouse High back in Brooklyn...(man, I feel old!!!!)

[DX1257]

Totally forgot about this jam. WOW!!! Takes me back!

[CYRAPHYM]

LOVE IT!...1928 cole porter song?

[richiecathrew]

Chooon Mega Chooon! Burgess and Carmichael, what a combo, made in groove heaven.

[sewitt60]

Not heard this in years. Leroy Burgess, top, top man!

[mecorn56]

what year this come out? anyboby know?

[HEATWAVE79]

1980

[mecorn56]

Thanks HEATWAVE79!!!

[HEATWAVE79]

your welcome

[2young2old]

i think '80 or '81

[DramaticSoul77]

77 was a very good year.

[firdaws1977]

5*****

[lstaley315]

OMG this is the fu@@in jam, 98.7 Kiss back in the day baby BX stand up!

[sastal]

Mixed by Shep and Tony, baby! "Don't you like it?" Sure do...

[CookyMonzta]

@lstaley315 I remember this well, my freshman year in HS, late-1980. But 98.7 'Kiss' FM was still 99.1 WXLO back then.  The very next summer they moved down the dial and changed their call letters.

[chinyere89]

The jam of all JAMZZZZZ...

[nydjoldskol]

Dis mad crazy. thanks

[daftcombo]

HEAT!!

[katgrrrl]

Okay...who's this Leroy Burgess and does he have a fan club? This was/is my joint! Thank you for posting!

[heyroz27]

Hi!Thanks for the comment. He used to be in a 70's soul group called Black Ivory. He also branch out in some other groups in the 80's.

He has a webpage and a myspace page I believe.

[katgrrrl]

Thanks, heyroz. I will be checkin' that out.

[CookyMonzta]

@katgrrrl Have you hears Aleem's 1984 club hit "Release Yourself"? Leroy Burgess was the vocalist on that song.

[bigslick45]

Yep..A VERY HOT TRACK! MEMORIES INDEED. FOLKS GOING OUT & DANCING.

THANKS 4 THE POST

[MSINFO4U]

ahhhh dayummm i was going to bed until i heard this song, not i am going be up jamming to this all night.

[qweets417]

Memories is not the word.The back up singers make this so special. I remember this high school girl use to make an special effort sing this song every time i'd visit her cousin next door. Glad i never folded..we are still good friend to this day.

[superhead123]

Leroy burgess is a genius.

[jgannon]

Damn brings back crazy memories!!! Bentley's Red Parrot Paradise Garage and My Favorite Zansabar in the Abraham motel. Black Beuties in the house for a dime.!!! 4 those in the know .

[ThirdRail7]

WKTU with Paco!! C'mon! Let's Do It!! Too bad most of this stuff is out of print.

Great post. Thanks.

[Risse227]

Oh my goodness!!!!! I've been looking for this jam for years. I couldn't remember the name of the group. This was definitely a favorite jam in Brooklyn especially at house parties.

[Funkadelic08]

I wish you all could know how we used to lose it when this came on!!! I only wish that I could play it in a club so you could feel this joint! N.Y.C./NJ all day! It's sooo not how it used to be! We need a Democrat !

[robertchristi40]

First time hearing this one.Wow...great cut!

[tkeitt43]

When this song hit the air n the 80's I didn't know that Leroy Burgess was sing this hit..This was a big hit with me & still is....Thanks 4 posting this great hit Heyroz27............

[kevin1051]

I had larrys unreleased remix of this. This song means as much to me as the national athemn means to vets.Peace

brett

[alldativ]

you mean the onthe one with the little keyboard riff mixed in the intro? I only heard larry play that twice, been looking for that and his New Birth Deeper remix ever since.

[kmeluso]

Excellent song

[sperry22ut]

Many moons ago, I had a very poor 3 minute recording of this on a screwed up Agfa tape. ( taped from a pirate radio - the interference was terrible ) These 3 minutes were played to death all the same. Finally got hold of a 12 inch bootleg copy some years later( CD's since) - but am still irrationally and laughably attached to that very worn out poor cassette recording. Fun days.

Check out Leroy's involvement with Black Ivory and Logg.

[heyroz27]

awe! thanks for sharing your wonderful memory of this song. That's was interesting to hear.

[CT164]

I finally found this song on Itunes, I was so happy after hearing this song while growing up in Kiss Fm's mixes.

[2young2old]

yea i taped it from kissfm this summer and played it to death, to the point where its almost destroyed lol.

[RonJ2583]

I am only 24 years old and love disco music and I think that the late 70s and early 80s had the best music ever. The music during that time was the best music to dance to. I first had that song on the radio in New York in 2002 so they still play it on the radio in New York occasionally. I live in Naples Florida now though where this music isn't popular.

[RonJ2583]

I am so glad to find this song on here. It is really nice to find songs that most people don't know about.

[ssammysam]

sends shivers down my spine.....listening to LWR and kiss FM in the 80's !!!!

the freshest music in town!!

Madhatters in Hackney !!

[jaama2shy]

i first this cut at club zanibar in newark hj the ulimate disco trip

[24Adrian24]

nice...i have been looking for this one for a very long time...Good look on this...

[BFunkphenomenon]

Great Jam, excellent skate groove

[pjpj311]

Sing it Leroy!!!

[coolvincenzo]

been looking for this song for years one of my all time favorite party songs. reminds me of the roller skating days.

[barneslx]

This was the jam back in the day! I love this song. Thank you for posting.

[heyroz27]

ur welcome :0)

[3811iberis]

I had never heard this song until 2004, and I did find out that it was released in 1980. Never was played on the radio where I lived back then, and I don't remember hearing it at any parties because I would've surely remembered this very soulful track without a doubt. Thankfully I did discover it and its been one of my favorite tracks ever since, better late than never.

[moorlock2003]

If you lived in New York you would have heard

this occasionally on the radio; more of an underground club hit for the Hustle dance crowd.

[24Adrian24]

Most def was in rotation on Bls, Ktu and Xlo...dope cut

[pjpj311]

Takes me back to when parties were parties in the early house era. Thanks for posting.

[ccd9415]

Thanx for posting!! Great song.