SoulTracks Looks Back: The Manhattans slow it down on “We Never Danced To A Love Song”

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Back in 1977, there was one song that was ending every high school dance or blue-lights-in-the-basement party. It was this great, underrated hit by The Manhattans called “We Never Danced To A Love Song.” During the height of the disco era, when everyone was going for four-on-the-floor dance tunes, Gerald Alston and company slowed it down just right for lovers.

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