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The Serious Moonlight Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the English musician David Bowie, launched in May 1983 in support of his album Let's Dance (1983). The tour opened at the Vorst Forest Nationaal, Brussels, on 18 May 1983 and ended in the Hong Kong Coliseum on 8 December 1983; 15 countries visited, 96 performances, [1] and over 2.6 million tickets sold. [2]
"Let's Dance" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, originally included as the title track of his 1983 album of the same name. Co-produced by Nile Rodgers of Chic , it was recorded in late 1982 at the Power Station in New York City.
Let's Dance is the fifteenth studio album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released on 14 April 1983 through EMI America Records.Co-produced by Bowie and Nile Rodgers, the album was recorded in December 1982 at the Power Station in New York City.
Let's Dance (1983) included some touring members, including Carmine Rojas, Tony Thompson, Stan Harrison, Steve Elson, George and Frank Simms, and also guest lead guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, bassist Bernard Edwards, percussionists Omar Hakim and Sammy Figueroa, keyboardist Robert Sabino, saxophonist Robert Aaron, trumpeter Mac Gollehon and ...
"Let's Dance" was adapted from the piece Invitation to the Dance by Carl Maria von Weber, and given the name of the radio program Benny Goodman performed on from 1934-1935, Let's Dance. Goodman used "Let's Dance" as an opening for almost all of his performances, eventually becoming his official theme song. [ 1 ]
"Modern Love" was released on 14 April 1983 as the opening track of Let's Dance. [11] It was later released on 12 September 1983 by EMI America on seven-inch vinyl (as EA 158, featuring the shortened single version), and on twelve-inch vinyl (as 12EA 158, featuring the full length song) as the third single of the album, [12] with a live version, recorded in Montreal in July 1983, [7] as its B ...
However, because of the expense involved in sustaining Let's Dance, Nabisco decided not to renew the series for another season. George Spink, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times, described the crucial role of Let's Dance in launching Goodman as the "King of Swing": Willard Alexander, who died in 1984, was the band's booking agent in 1935.
On January 11, 2016, following the death of David Bowie, EL VY performed a cover of Bowie's "Let's Dance" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, collaborating with Colbert's house band, Jon Batiste & Stay Human. [5] In October 2016, EL VY contributed a song and videogame [6] to Dave Eggers' 30 Days, 50 Songs project, entitled "Are These My Jets ...