Gwen Guthrie Should Have Been You: most famously known for her 1986 anthem Ain’t Nothin Going On But The Rent the 1982 classic produced and written by Surface’s David Thompson was a dance floor smash. Down the line she would emerge as one of the best dance floor divas around scoring massive dance hits with the song Padlock and 7th Heaven as well as Peanut Butter all remixed by the Legendary Larry Levan. Prior to that she had been a background singer for everyone from Aretha to Stevie Wonder. She also co wrote ben E Kings masterful top 5 1975 smash Supernatural Thing. Her work with Sky and Robbie and her popularity with The Paradise Garage dance movement had her hailed as the 1st Lady Of Paradise Garage. She was also one of the first artists to co front the AIDS epidemic with her 88 song Can”t love You Tonight. Gwen sadly passed from cancer in 1999 at the tender age of 48. She was truly one of my favorite dance music artists of all time. Come hear this and lots of rare dance soul and funk 45/ Saturday with me and @houseshoes go in at our secret weho locale. Hit me for the list! #NewarksFinest #DanceFloorQueen #LarryLevanWasGod #ParadiseGarage #SuperDiscoBreakin’ (at Los Angeles, California)
