Grace Jones pulls up to the bumper

1981: Number 7 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicA regular with Andy Warhol on the Studio 54 scene, Grace Jones had successfully made the transition from model to singer with her first three albums produced under the tutelage of disco producer Tom Moulton (Never Can Say Goodbye, Disco Inferno). For her next move, she decamped to the Bahamas to record a trio of albums at Island's Compass Point Studios that would define her career: Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and ...

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