Remembering the trailblazer who helped kick house music into the mainstream
Top Of The Pops played host to many unforgettable TV moments during its peak years.One such culture-shifting performance hit screens on September 4, 1986.
A house record credited to Farley “Jackmaster” Funk had broken the UK top 40. Funk and vocalist Darryl Pandy were invited to appear on the show.Pandy, in a glittering, blue top, proceeded to belt out “Love Can’t Turn Around” with gusto.
His mesmerizing performance built to a climax that found him kicking his shoes off and falling to the floor.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.“Love Can’t Turn Around” rocketed up to number ten in the UK charts.
Its success in the UK turned a Chicago House floor-filler into an international hit.In Spin magazine, writer Barry Walters eloquently caught the essence of Pandy.“Darryl Pandy is an enormous man, a Refrigerator Perry gone disco diva.
