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11572237 | Play | Heartbeat | 09:54 Tools | |
11572238 | Play | Heartbeat (Club Version) | 09:54 Tools | |
11572240 | Play | Work That Body | 07:29 Tools | |
11572241 | Play | Heartbeat - Club Mix | 09:47 Tools | |
11572242 | Play | When You Touch Me | 07:02 Tools | |
11572236 | Play | Heartbeat - Araabmuzik Remix | 03:26 Tools | |
11572251 | Play | No Frills | 06:21 Tools | |
11572254 | Play | Work That Body (Club Version) | 07:47 Tools | |
11572243 | Play | Heartbeat - Club Version | 09:56 Tools | |
11572246 | Play | Paradise Express | 06:17 Tools | |
11572250 | Play | No Frills (Club Version) | 06:28 Tools | |
11572256 | Play | When You Touch Me (Vocal) | 10:39 Tools | |
11572252 | Play | Heartbeat (Club Mix) | 09:45 Tools | |
11572249 | Play | Heartbeat - Party Mix | 06:30 Tools | |
11572264 | Play | When You Touch Me (MAW Re-Edit) | 13:44 Tools | |
11572267 | Play | Heartbeat (Larry Levan remix) | 09:54 Tools | |
11572255 | Play | Heartbeat (Party Version) | 04:20 Tools | |
11572244 | Play | No Frills - Club Version | 06:25 Tools | |
11572239 | Play | Heartbeat (Araabmuzik Remix) | 03:24 Tools | |
11572260 | Play | Heartbeat [Club Version] | 09:56 Tools | |
11572253 | Play | We Got to Work It Out | 05:45 Tools | |
11572245 | Play | Heartbeat - Club Version Remastered | 09:51 Tools | |
11572248 | Play | Work That Body - Club Version | 07:47 Tools | |
11572247 | Play | When You Touch Me - Vocal | 10:39 Tools | |
11572263 | Play | Heartbeat (Club Version) (Remastered) | 09:48 Tools | |
11572258 | Play | Heartbeat (Party Mix) | 06:28 Tools | |
11572257 | Play | Just Be a Friend | 08:21 Tools | |
11572271 | Play | Heartbeat - Club Version Remastered | 09:51 Tools | |
11572275 | Play | When You Touch Me - West End Records | 10:43 Tools | |
11572339 | Play | Paradise Express (Gomi's Tribute Vocal Mix) | 08:46 Tools | |
77034186 | Play | Heartbeat - Club Version; 2016 - Remaster | 06:35 Tools | |
11572259 | Play | When You Touch me - MAW Re-Edit | 08:49 Tools | |
11572329 | Play | Heartbeat Used For "buddy (Remix)" | 03:01 Tools | |
11572284 | Play | When You Touch Me - Original 12" Vocal | 10:41 Tools | |
11572292 | Play | Heartbeat (Full Larry Levan 12 Inch Version) | 09:57 Tools | |
11572293 | Play | No Frills Used For "bitties In | 00:34 Tools | |
11572262 | Play | Work That Body (Part 1) | 07:31 Tools | |
11572261 | Play | When you touch me (Larry Levan Mix) | 10:37 Tools | |
11572265 | Play | Kind of Life (Kind of Love) | 08:45 Tools | |
11572269 | Play | Heartbeat (Larry Levan 12" Mix) | 09:56 Tools | |
52813858 | Play | Heartbeat (A Touch of Class' Class-ic Vocal Mix) | 09:56 Tools | |
11572268 | Play | When You Touch Me (Original 12" Vocal) | 10:41 Tools | |
11572281 | Play | Heartbeat (Inikamoze - Here Comes The Hot Stepper) | 04:20 Tools | |
11572278 | Play | Heartbeat (Ini Kamoze - Here comes the hotstepper) | 04:45 Tools | |
11572272 | Play | When You Touch Me (Larry Levan Remix) | 10:40 Tools | |
11572286 | Play | Heartbeat [Party Version] | 04:20 Tools | |
11572270 | Play | Work That Body (Larry Levan 12" Mix) | 07:47 Tools | |
11572350 | Play | When You Touch Me (Original 12" Instrumental) | 11:03 Tools | |
11572294 | Play | No Frills (Larry Levan 12" Mix) | 06:28 Tools | |
11572295 | Play | Heartbeat (Larry Levan Mix) | 09:57 Tools | |
11572287 | Play | Ride On the Rhythm (MAW Remix) | 06:35 Tools | |
11572277 | Play | Heartbeat(party Version) | 04:20 Tools | |
11572299 | Play | When You Touch Me (Larry Levan 12" Mix) | 10:39 Tools | |
52813859 | Play | No Frills Used For "bitties In The BK Lounge" | 10:39 Tools | |
11572302 | Play | Work That Body (Angel Moraes' Workin' Mix) | 06:53 Tools | |
52813861 | Play | Paradise Express (Gomi's Tribute Dub) | 06:53 Tools | |
52813860 | Play | "Heartbeat" (Club Mix) | 06:53 Tools | |
87320632 | Play | When You Touch Me - MAW Full Edit; 2016 - Remaster | 00:00 Tools | |
87320633 | Play | Work That Body - MAW Remix; 2016 - Remaster | 10:40 Tools | |
11572282 | Play | No Frills (Larry Levan Remix) | 06:28 Tools | |
52813862 | Play | Paradise Express (Gomi's Tribute Radio Edit) | 06:28 Tools | |
11572274 | Play | Heartbeat (Club Version) (Mixed by Larry Levan) | 09:53 Tools | |
11572333 | Play | Heartbeat (full Larry Levan 12 Inch Version). | 09:57 Tools | |
52813865 | Play | Work That Body (Larry Levan Mix) | 06:35 Tools | |
52813879 | Play | 'Heartbeat (club version) | 00:00 Tools | |
52813863 | Play | T. Gardner / Billy Nichols Loop | 09:53 Tools | |
52813925 | Play | When You Touch Me (Original 12’’ Vocal) | 09:57 Tools | |
11572285 | Play | Taana Gardner - Work That Body | 04:02 Tools | |
11572343 | Play | Paradise Express (Gomi's Tribute Beats) | 03:10 Tools | |
52813872 | Play | Heartbeat (12' Club Version) | 03:17 Tools | |
52813864 | Play | Heartbeat (Larry Levan's Club Version) | 03:10 Tools | |
11572298 | Play | 07 - Taana Gardner - When You Touch Me | 00:00 Tools | |
11572353 | Play | No Frills (Larry Levan mix) | 00:00 Tools | |
11572352 | Play | Ride On The Rhythm [MAW Remix] | 06:35 Tools | |
52813866 | Play | no frills (skit) | 06:35 Tools | |
52813867 | Play | Work that body (dub mix) | 03:35 Tools | |
11572346 | Play | Work That Body [Club Version] | 03:35 Tools | |
52813871 | Play | When You Touch Me (12" Vocal) | 03:17 Tools | |
52813868 | Play | Here Comes the Hot Stepper) - Heartbeat(party Version) | 03:35 Tools | |
11572276 | Play | When You Touch Me (Vocal Mix) | 10:43 Tools | |
11572290 | Play | When You Touch Me - Original 12" Instrumental | 11:04 Tools | |
52813869 | Play | When You Touch | 03:35 Tools | |
52813870 | Play | When You Touch Me (Larry Levan Remix) Nap(1) | 03:35 Tools | |
11572351 | Play | No Frills [Club Version] | 03:17 Tools | |
52813876 | Play | Heartbeat (12" Club Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
87320636 | Play | Heartbeat (Club Version) [2016 - Remaster] | 10:39 Tools | |
87320634 | Play | Work That Body - 2012 - Remaster | 00:43 Tools | |
52813875 | Play | Heatbeat | 00:00 Tools | |
52813874 | Play | No Frills (snippet) ['Bitties In The BK Lounge'] | 03:17 Tools | |
11572273 | Play | Heartbeat (The Extended Mix) | 00:00 Tools | |
52813873 | Play | Taana Gardner - Heartbeat | 03:17 Tools | |
11572283 | Play | What Can I Do for You | 04:05 Tools | |
52813877 | Play | Heartbeat - A Touch Of Class' Class-ic Vocal Mix | 00:00 Tools | |
11572332 | Play | Heartbeat (aka Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper) | 04:45 Tools | |
52813878 | Play | When You Touch Me (Masters At Work Remix) | 00:00 Tools | |
11572300 | Play | Heartbeat [Larry Levan's Club Version] | 06:21 Tools | |
11572296 | Play | Heartbeat [ aka Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper ] | 00:00 Tools | |
11572355 | Play | When You Touch Me (Alkalino Edit) | 07:01 Tools | |
52813888 | Play | Work That Body (Special New Mix) | 00:00 Tools | |
52813880 | Play | When You Touch Me [Vocal Version] | 04:05 Tools | |
11572359 | Play | Heartbeat (Disco Felino Edit) | 06:06 Tools | |
77034190 | Play | I'm Comin' - Extended Dub | 09:56 Tools | |
52813881 | Play | Heartbeat (Masters at Work Mix) | 04:05 Tools | |
11572309 | Play | When You Touch Me (Instrumental) | 11:03 Tools | |
89312904 | Play | When You Touch Me - Larry Levan Mix; 2012 - Remaster | 11:03 Tools | |
52813882 | Play | Heartbeat [Aka Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper] | 04:05 Tools | |
52813883 | Play | When you touch me (Larry Levan | 04:05 Tools | |
77034188 | Play | Heartbeat [12 inch version] | 11:04 Tools | |
11572319 | Play | Heartbeat (Club Version) [EXTRA] | 05:22 Tools | |
11572318 | Play | When you touch me [Levan Remix] | 10:40 Tools | |
52813886 | Play | Paradise Express (Larry Levan Mix) | 00:00 Tools | |
52813885 | Play | No Frills (Original 12" Larry Levan Club Version) | 10:40 Tools | |
77034187 | Play | I'm Comin' - Blazin' Mix | 09:56 Tools | |
11572310 | Play | Heartbeat (Club Version) (1981) | 00:00 Tools | |
52813887 | Play | Heartbeat (Original 12" Party Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
89312905 | Play | Heartbeat (12'' Club Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
52813900 | Play | Heartbeat (Club Version) [Larry Levan Mix] | 04:20 Tools | |
11572280 | Play | I'm Comin' - Radio Mix | 04:02 Tools | |
11572314 | Play | Heartbeat - Taana Gardner | 09:56 Tools | |
52813889 | Play | Work That Body (Original 12" Version) | 09:56 Tools | |
52813891 | Play | Heartbeat (Original Single Version) | 09:56 Tools | |
52813890 | Play | Heartbeat - (Inikamoze - Here Comes the Hot Stepper) | 09:56 Tools | |
52813892 | Play | "Heartbeat" (Party Mix) | 07:01 Tools | |
11572320 | Play | Heartbeat (Larry Levan Party Mix) | 06:22 Tools | |
52813898 | Play | Heartbeat <7" Version> | 11:03 Tools | |
11572303 | Play | Work That Body (Masters At Work mix) | 07:34 Tools | |
87320637 | Play | When You Touch Me (Original 12'' Vocal) | 09:56 Tools | |
52813903 | Play | No Frills (Original 12" Party Version) | 04:20 Tools | |
87320640 | Play | Heartbeat [12" version] | 09:57 Tools | |
52813893 | Play | Paradise Express - Gomi's Tribute Vocal Mix | 07:34 Tools | |
11572279 | Play | Billy Nichols Loop | 00:43 Tools | |
89312906 | Play | No Frills [Party Version] | 00:43 Tools | |
52813894 | Play | When You Touch Me - Vocal Mix | 00:43 Tools | |
77034191 | Play | I'm Comin' - Remix | 09:57 Tools | |
52813895 | Play | Heart Beat | 00:43 Tools | |
77034193 | Play | Work That Body (Alkalino re-edit) | 09:57 Tools | |
52813896 | Play | That's The Word (Unreleased 12" Club Version) | 11:03 Tools | |
52813897 | Play | Heartbeat [Levan Remix] | 11:03 Tools | |
52813899 | Play | Taana Gardner- Heartbeat | 11:03 Tools | |
11572305 | Play | Heartbeat(Party version)(IniKamoze-HereComesTheHotstepper) | 04:20 Tools | |
52813901 | Play | Heartbeat (Original Mix) | 04:20 Tools | |
52813906 | Play | heartbeat (1981) | 10:39 Tools | |
52813913 | Play | No Frills <Party Version> | 11:04 Tools | |
89312907 | Play | Work That Body (MAW Remix) [2016 - Remaster] | 11:04 Tools | |
52813902 | Play | Heartbeat (Larry Levan 12'' Extended Mix) | 04:20 Tools | |
87320639 | Play | No Frills (Party Version) | 09:57 Tools | |
87320635 | Play | Heartbeat [Club vers] | 10:39 Tools | |
11572358 | Play | Heartbeat (Larry Levan 12'') | 09:57 Tools | |
52813904 | Play | No Frills (snippet) | 04:20 Tools | |
52813905 | Play | Work That Body - Angel Moraes' Workin' Mix | 04:20 Tools | |
11572266 | Play | When You Touch Me - Larry Levan Mix | 10:39 Tools | |
52813907 | Play | Heartbeat (Larry Levan Club Mix) | 10:39 Tools | |
52813908 | Play | Heartbeat (Larry Levan 12'' Mix) | 10:39 Tools | |
89312908 | Play | Heartbeat [7' Version] | 10:39 Tools | |
87320641 | Play | When You Touch Me (MAW Full Edit) [2016 - Remaster] | 09:57 Tools | |
52813911 | Play | Heartbeat (Full Larry Levan 12 | 10:39 Tools | |
77034189 | Play | Heartbeat (extended cut) | 10:39 Tools | |
52813910 | Play | When You Touch Me (Masters at Work Mix) | 10:39 Tools | |
52813912 | Play | Heartbeat (Club Version) (Remastered) (Club Version Remastered) | 11:04 Tools | |
87320643 | Play | Work That Body, Part 1 | 09:57 Tools | |
52813914 | Play | heartbreak | 11:04 Tools | |
77034192 | Play | I'm Comin' - Bangin' Mix | 09:57 Tools | |
87320642 | Play | Work That Body (12'' Larry Levan Mix) | 09:57 Tools | |
52813915 | Play | Heartbeat / Trana Gardner | 11:04 Tools | |
52813916 | Play | Le moment Old-School #09 : Taana Gardner - When You Touch Me | 04:02 Tools | |
89312909 | Play | Heartbeat (club ver.) | 04:02 Tools | |
87320638 | Play | Heartbeat [Lil Wayne - 'Trippy'] | 09:56 Tools | |
11572288 | Play | 01 Heartbeat (Club Version) | 09:56 Tools | |
52813917 | Play | No Frills [used for Bitties In The Back Lounge] | 09:56 Tools | |
52813918 | Play | When You Touch Me (Original 12 Inch Vocal) | 09:56 Tools | |
52813919 | Play | When You Touch me (MAW Re Edit) | 09:56 Tools | |
52813920 | Play | When You Touch Me (Edit) | 09:56 Tools | |
52813921 | Play | 03 No Frills (Club Version) | 09:57 Tools | |
89312910 | Play | Heartbeat (12” Party Version) | 09:57 Tools | |
52813922 | Play | Heartbeat - The Whispers | 09:57 Tools | |
52813923 | Play | Heartbeat (Aka: Here Comes The Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze) | 09:57 Tools | |
52813924 | Play | Taana Gardner - When You Touch Me (Vocal Mix) | 09:57 Tools | |
52813926 | Play | Work That Body 2000 | 09:57 Tools | |
52813927 | Play | Heartbeat (Party Version) (Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hot Stepper) | 09:57 Tools |
Vocalist Taana Gardner was one of the leading lights of West End Records, a New York label that released some of the finest and most influential disco during the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. At a very young age, the Newark, NJ-born Gardner knew that she wanted to act and sing. Her grandmother, a former opera singer, began giving her vocal lessons at the age of five. Before she hit her teens, she was already a playwright; her work was featured at the Lincoln Center and also at the Apollo. Despite having such an accomplished background at such an early age, it was something of a fluke that she became involved with the disco scene. Producer and songwriter Kenton Nix had a song, "Work That Body," that needed vocals. An early instrumental version of the track had been auditioned and approved by the beyond legendary Paradise Garage DJ Larry Levan, and Levan immediately introduced Nix to West End (and part Paradise Garage) owner Mel Cheren. Cheren set Nix up, but the singer who was slated to record the vocals fell ill on the day they were supposed to be laid down. Nix's brother, who worked for Gardner's father, called up the Gardner household that day —Thanksgiving Day, 1978 — and invited Taana down. Taana accepted, recorded her vocals, and also gained another gig that same day when members of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band overheard her voice and asked her to sing on the record they were working on. (This record actually turned out to be Spooks in Space by the Aural Exciters, released on Ze). "Work That Body," remixed by Levan, was an instant hit at the Paradise Garage, sparking a succession of West End classics helmed by Nix, sung by Gardner, and tweaked for maximum dancefloor effect by Levan. "We Can Work It Out," "When You Touch Me," "Just Be a Friend," and "Paradise Express" came later in 1979, and the massive "Heartbeat" (the basis of Ini Kamoze's ubiquitous 1995 summer hit "Here Comes the Hotstepper," not to mention a source for several rap producers throughout the years) and "No Frills" both followed in 1981. Gardner took a step back from the limelight for several years to devote time to her children. 1985 saw the release of another Nix production, "Over You," for the YES label. She released a production of her own around the same time for Next Plateau ("You Can't Keep Coming In and Out of My Life"), and a cover of LaBelle's "What Can I Do for You?" appeared on Elegal in 1992. In 1998, she teamed up again with Nix and West End for "I'm Comin'." Four years later, West End issued the Anthology of a Diva compilation. Gardner has also leant her skills to several acts, including Kool & the Gang, Peabo Bryson, Edwin Starr, and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.