This episode is an 80's Dance entry in the Diva Hall of Fame series from 2018, celebrating Shannon's role in pioneering freestyle and dance-pop. The mix traces her peak-era hits and later club resurgences, opening with classic singles like Let the Music Play and Give Me Tonight and moving into the 90s house, trance, and circuit treatments that revived her profile.

Highlights include Ultimix and Hot Tracks versions of her breakthrough material alongside later club reworks: Give Me Tonight (Hex Hector 2000 A.D. Club Mix), Let The Music Play 2009 (Chris Cox & Trent Cantrelle Remix), and collaborative club cuts with Todd Terry and Sash!. The set favors dancefloor-ready edits — from E-Smoove and Murk to Lange and Plasmic Honey — showing how Shannon's songs adapted to evolving club styles while underscoring her lasting influence on freestyle and modern dance remixes.

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Dance Hi‑NRG tribute from the Diva Hall of Fame series, 2018 — a focused celebration of Dead or Alive and their club-era classics. This episode honors the Liverpool band’s peak work and cultural impact, spotlighting key singles and the producers and remixers who kept them alive on dance floors.

Expect a set built around definitive mixes: Razormaid and Hot Tracks versions of “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record),” “Brand New Lover,” “Something in My House,” and “Lover Come Back to Me,” alongside extended club edits like the 12" US Wipe Out Mix of “My Heart Goes Bang.” The notes trace the band’s run with Stock Aitken Waterman, Pete Burns’s vocal persona, and Dead or Alive’s role in bringing Hi‑NRG synth pop into mainstream charts. This is a concise, DJ‑friendly tribute for listeners who remember the era and newcomers curious about the sound that shaped dance floors in the mid‑1980s.

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This episode is a Dance-focused entry in the Diva Hall of Fame from 2018 celebrating Bananarama and their enduring pop-dance catalog. Party Favorz rounds up classic hits and club mixes spanning the group's peak eighties era through selections from 1990's Pop Life, highlighting the songwriting trio Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, and Keren Woodward and the later contribution of Jacquie O'Sullivan.

The mix leans into the production style that fueled Bananarama's chart success, with heavy nods to Stock, Aitken & Waterman–era polish. Expect club-friendly versions of staples like Venus, Cruel Summer, I Heard a Rumor, Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye), and Shy Boy, plus extended and remix treatments that translate their pop singles for the dancefloor. It's a concise celebration of one of the most chart-prolific all-female groups in pop history, sequenced for both nostalgia and club play.

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Freestyle, dance, and pop meet in this 2018 entry to the Diva Hall of Fame honoring Exposé. This episode collects extended and club-ready versions that showcase the group's late‑80s chart run and signature harmonies.

Highlights include Ultimix treatments of “Tell Me Why,” “Come Go With Me,” and “Point of No Return,” plus the 12" version of the #1 ballad “Seasons Change.” You’ll also hear Select Mix and L.A. Mix variants alongside the Hot Tracks remix of “I Specialize In Love,” giving a good balance of radio hits and club extensions that made Exposé a freestyle staple.

Formed around Jeanette Jurado, Ann Curless, and Gioia Bruno, Exposé scored multiple top‑ten singles from their debut and kept a presence into the early 90s. This selection was inspired by a fan recommendation after a recent concert and aims to celebrate the group’s influence on dance radio and the freestyle scene.

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This episode is an 80’s dance megamix — Back 2 the 80’s Volume 2 — built as a two-hour celebration of classic club hits from the era. Originally intended as part of a longer set, this 2018 mix stitches together Ultimix and Hot Tracks versions, remixes, and club edits to keep the floor energy moving from start to finish. It’s a curator’s run-through of the period rather than a deepest-dive anthology, made for listeners who want nonstop, familiar dancefloor moments.

Highlights include Chaka Khan, Donna Summer, Janet Jackson, Sylvester, Kylie Minogue and Gwen Guthrie, with Ben Liebrand and other remix touches cropping up across the sequence. The host notes a duplicate placement of Gwen Guthrie’s “Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But The Rent” and leaves it in as a wink; the full mix runs about 2:05:50. If you like tightly sequenced 80s club edits and recognisable sing-along hooks, this set delivers a nonstop, party-ready playlist.

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This 2018 80's Dance set — Back 2 the 80's Volume 1 — is a two-part megamix of commercial dance classics assembled for seamless club-style listening. Party Favorz moves a decade up from disco into the synth-and-drum‑machine era, highlighting the snare-driven timing and DJ-friendly edits that made 80s mixes so transitionable in live settings.

The mix leans on popular unauthorized service remixes from Ultimix, Hot Tracks and Razormaid to smooth transitions between tracks. Highlights include Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Duran Duran, Rick Astley, and Neneh Cherry, with selections like "Straight Up," "Pleasure Principle," and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" presented in extended remix form. The producer also notes a tricky edit on Aretha Franklin's "Freeway of Love," which required manual timing work to fit the mix, but the final two-hour-plus result aims to capture that Reagan‑era dance floor energy without losing flow.

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This Diva Hall of Fame mix celebrates Debbie Harry and Blondie with a focus on dancefloor-ready remixes, assembled in 2018 to trace the singer and band’s influence on house, dance, and club floors. The set pulls official remixes, later releases, and a few bootlegs to map how hits like Heart Of Glass, Call Me, Atomic and Rapture translated from New Wave and punk roots into disco and club anthems. Highlights include club reworks from Shep Pettibone, Giorgio Moroder, Armand Van Helden and Eric Kupper alongside extended mixes and rarities that emphasize the group’s versatility. The sequence balances classic singles, solo Debbie Harry moments, and modern club reinterpretations—showing why she became a Studio 54 icon and a lasting muse for queer and club communities. It’s a selective, dance-focused tribute that inducts Debbie Harry into Party Favorz’s Diva Hall of Fame with affection and context rather than nostalgia alone.

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House music, Diva Hall of Fame series, 2017 — this Thank You Mix revisits Whitney Houston’s biggest dancefloor moments as a year-end tribute and a note of gratitude to the Party Favorz community. The set was crafted to celebrate her timeless voice while favoring classic remixes over newer, less inspired reworks, resulting in a focused, 1 hour 40 minute journey built for clubs and nostalgia alike.

Highlights include powerful reworks from Hex Hector, Thunderpuss, Barry Harris, Jonathan Peters, and Tony Moran, and the mix nods to notable collaborations such as the Deborah Cox duet on “Same Script, Different Cast.” The compiler replaced several tentative new remixes with proven club versions — from “I Will Always Love You” to “Greatest Love Of All” — aiming to preserve Whitney’s emotional core while keeping the floor moving.

Recorded and edited at the end of 2017 as a thank-you for supporters, this compilation balances reverence and dancefloor utility. If you prefer a different take, the original 2009 Whitney tribute remains available, but this edition offers a streamlined, technically polished update for welcoming 2018.

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Diva Hall of Fame tribute mix honoring synth-pop duo Erasure, 2017. This hour-and-a-half set gathers extended mixes and club edits that celebrate Vince Clarke and Andy Bell’s early brilliance and their impact on queer dance culture. It’s a personal, music-first homage assembled to highlight the emotional core of Erasure’s catalog.

Expect a focus on classic moments—“Victim of Love,” “Star,” “Oh L’Amour,” “A Little Respect,” “Blue Savannah,” and “Chorus”—delivered in remix forms that emphasize the duo’s pop melodicism and Clarkean synth craft. The host frames the mix with memories of discovering Erasure in the mid‑80s and how those songs became touchstones for friendship, romance, and self-discovery.

Carefully sequenced and affectionately annotated, the mix draws largely from Pop! The First 20 Hits and related rarities. It’s both a dancefloor tribute and a quiet retrospective, meant for longtime fans and anyone wanting a focused primer on Erasure’s early dance legacy.

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This episode is an 80s alternative dance megamix titled Pure Energy, a BackSpin collection that leans into synth-pop, industrial-tinged club cuts, and nostalgia. Recorded for 2017 listeners, the mix revisits the decade’s darker electronic edges while still serving up dancefloor-friendly versions of familiar hits.

Highlights include extended and Razormaid-style mixes from Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Dead or Alive, and New Order, with Information Society’s “What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)” and Patrick Cowley’s “Megatron Man” anchoring the set. The host reflects on how industrial and punk-influenced electronic tracks delivered a stripped-down, angry poetry that still resonates, and previews a possible shift toward deeper, more politically pointed selections in future mixes.

Run time is 1:23:23 and the set mixes commercial synth-pop with tougher underground textures, offering both singalong moments and harsher, club-oriented cuts for listeners who remember — or are discovering — 80s alternative dance.

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