New York Groove

Funky Town.

No, it's New York Groove by Ace Frehley.

Literally-

Sing it.

I'm back.

Oh.

Back in the New York Groove.

Wow.

And it's known as the best song from the four Kiss solo albums.

And it's Ace Frehley's New York Groove, originally recorded by a glam rock band called Hello.

Hello.

Nice.

You ready? Yeah, let's do it.

All right.

Let's hear New York Groove.

Yes.

Enter British singer-songwriter and producer Russ Ballard, formerly the guitarist for the rock band Argent.

Ballard had built an industry reputation writing hits for other artists, including New York Groove for Ace Frehley and I Know There's Something Going On for Frida of ABBA fame, which we heard in episode 46.

Ballard had previously written a track called I Don't Believe in Miracles for their 1980 album Alibi, but it was his next submission that had real promise.

Ballard wrote and produced You Can Do Magic specifically for the duo.

Here's a deep cut.

It's called New York Groove.

Oh, New York Groove.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah.