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German singer Gitta Walther has many pseudonyms. Gitta MacKay, Jackie Robinson and Simone are just some of the many names she’s used in her long career. She was born in the former East Germany (DDR), but moved to West Germany in the 1960s to start a singing career with a mandatory promise to return to the communist country afterwards. She never returned so she became officially a defector, and was not allowed to return to East Germany until the 1980s. In the end of 1975, She signed with Ariola Records and began recording a solo album with producers Fritz Muschler & Paul Birmingham. The music of the album was about to mix pop, rock, disco and r’n'b. The first single release was “Moving like a superstar”, a basic funky uptempo disco track with some strings and a disco breakdown in the middle. Since it was an international release, Ariola gave her a new artist name, Jackie Robinson. The single was a big disco hit, it was even in the US Billboard top 10, reaching no. 7 in 1976. The album I’m different was soon released in Spring 1976 and a second single “Pussyfooter” was released. This midtempo funky disco track later became popular among bboys because of it’s catchy break with hypnotic pussyfooter-vocals. It was also included in notorious Ultimate breaks & beats compilations. Songs in this album are mostly disco oriented but the mentioned hints of pop, rock and r’n'b are there also. “Get up Jones” is a mellow laid back disco funk take with a lot of strings that reminds me of the late 1970s blaxploitation movies. “Hey Fernando” is also a midtempo track, but more latin funk oriented disco with some nice percussion work , some electric guitars and even a break in the end. Nice version of the Rolling Stones‘ hit “Sympathy for the devil” starts with an orchestral intro and suddenly turns into an uptempo breakbeat song with a strong rock feel in it. Not too common album but pops up every now and then with a good price.
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TRACK LISTING
1 Get Up Jones 4:17
2 Stone The Crows 3:02
3 Moving Like A Superstar 3:30
4 Mother 4:08
5 Pussyfooter 3:35
6 Let Me Be 3:04
7 Sympathy For The Devil 3:52
8 Hey Fernando 3:28
9 Tell Me Why 3:25
10 Johnny Guitar 3:31
11 To Love Somebody 3:41
12 Never See The Fall 3:35
13 Try It 3:44
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