{"id":153,"date":"2018-11-15T06:38:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T06:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/?p=153"},"modified":"2020-04-05T04:53:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T04:53:10","slug":"toni-basil-street-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/toni-basil-street-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"Toni Basil &#8211; Street Beat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1980 when\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ToniBasil?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&amp;eid=ARDzAhy_03iq-HmMYmc1l6QZxBwC2ht9GwFlb_NwM8qIOGo-jTb19VwkdyBHheznPegfWdXJ50ztAob1&amp;fref=mentions\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=100000448381904&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARDzAhy_03iq-HmMYmc1l6QZxBwC2ht9GwFlb_NwM8qIOGo-jTb19VwkdyBHheznPegfWdXJ50ztAob1%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Toni Basil<\/a>\u00a0got her gold record for \u2018Mickey,\u201d I threw her a party. We were pretty inseparable and if anyone deserved accolades it was Toni, also a groundbreaking, award-winning dancer and choreographer. Check out this vid of \u2018Street Beat,\u201d my favorite song we wrote together along with\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bruce_Roberts_(singer)\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=1027068768&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARDLvtRwG5UInqizwAJTtEmf3SBOtuZmbtPuWH4WYQzv_smStFEp0N5PU82Dnk5SmZOQSRkoDLr4DHGc%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Bruce Roberts<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aXPu19VpKwM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"asynclazy\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/aXPu19VpKwM<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/tbt?source=feed_text&amp;epa=HASHTAG\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:104,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">TBT<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Toni-basil.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Toni-basil-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"Toni basil\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Toni-basil-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Toni-basil.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1980 when\u00a0Toni Basil\u00a0got her gold record for \u2018Mickey,\u201d I threw her a party. 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