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The best obscure Disco songs

Obscure is a relative term, I know. This is not the thread for mega disco hits that everyone knows -- no Last Dance, I Will Survive, Stayin' Alive, Le Freak etc. Instead, post somewhat lesser known disco gems that don't get played at every wedding or disco FM station.

I just discovered this gorgeous song in the first episode of the Netflix British drama 'River'. It's use so effectively in this show that it's hard for me to separate it from the emotional weight of that episode, but, it's still wonderful. What a great voice. I'd never even heard of Tina Charles until now.

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by Anonymousreply 433October 11, 2018 2:19 AM

I like this one,real dancey with strings and horns.

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by Anonymousreply 1February 9, 2017 8:08 AM

Does Ethel Merman's Disco album count?

by Anonymousreply 2February 9, 2017 8:15 AM

Heyyyy! This is what's up. Until trolls descend.

Do the songs have to be specifically from the disco era per se? Sorry I still don't know how to provide a link yet. But I'm opinionated, does this count? :-)

by Anonymousreply 3February 9, 2017 8:24 AM

R1 - Love it!

R3 - well, preferably, yes, from the 70s or early 80s, but if you have something else that's very "disco" from another period, post it.

by Anonymousreply 4February 9, 2017 8:27 AM

If I Can't Have You by Yvonne Elliman. I like it!

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by Anonymousreply 5February 9, 2017 8:29 AM

I predict your awesome thread is going to be VERY active and successful OP.

I LOVE R5. Takes me back. R1 was okay.

Thanks OP/R4 - I have a song stuck in my head from the 90's. Kind of obscure dance diva-ish. By Sonique. Higher ? idk

by Anonymousreply 6February 9, 2017 8:37 AM

Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard

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by Anonymousreply 7February 9, 2017 8:37 AM

Come to Me

by Anonymousreply 8February 9, 2017 8:41 AM

Come to me is a fire island tune

~F. Jolie

by Anonymousreply 9February 9, 2017 8:44 AM

Mainline by Black Ivory

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by Anonymousreply 10February 9, 2017 8:48 AM

I Don't Know What I Do (If You Ever Left Me) by Sweet Cream. It's so obsure, this 70s disco tune has never been released on CD/download.

by Anonymousreply 11February 9, 2017 8:49 AM

Seconds - Salsoul Orchestra featuring Loleatta Holloway. The Shep Pettibone remix.

by Anonymousreply 12February 9, 2017 8:50 AM

There was a remix of this that came out in 2003, which is how I initially heard it. I like the 1978 version the best though.

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by Anonymousreply 13February 9, 2017 8:51 AM

According to my mom this was the greatest hit of the summer of '86 in Yugoslav discotheques, though I doubt it was ever popular in the US (I believe real disco was long dead by then, but Italo disco kept on going well into the 90's).

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by Anonymousreply 14February 9, 2017 9:10 AM

Hippy Chick -- Soho

Piece of My Heart -- Tara Kemp

Firecracker -- Mass Production

by Anonymousreply 15February 9, 2017 9:19 AM

Lost in music

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by Anonymousreply 16February 9, 2017 9:55 AM

Native New Yorker by Odyssey I think

by Anonymousreply 17February 9, 2017 11:33 AM

Love me some Pam Todd

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by Anonymousreply 18February 28, 2017 1:11 AM

Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love

I also second R7's recommendation of Patrice Rushen's Haven't You Heard.

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by Anonymousreply 19February 28, 2017 1:31 AM

I Don't Know If It's Right - Evelyn "Champagne" King

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by Anonymousreply 20February 28, 2017 1:33 AM

This Is It - Melba Moore

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by Anonymousreply 21February 28, 2017 1:35 AM

Risky changes...

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by Anonymousreply 22February 28, 2017 1:37 AM

Dreamin' - Loleatta Holloway

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by Anonymousreply 23February 28, 2017 1:38 AM

Ain't That Enough

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by Anonymousreply 24February 28, 2017 1:38 AM

Do or Die - Grace Jones

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by Anonymousreply 25February 28, 2017 1:39 AM

From Here to Eternity - Giorgio Moroder

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by Anonymousreply 26February 28, 2017 1:39 AM

IOU - Freeez

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by Anonymousreply 27February 28, 2017 1:40 AM

Night to Remember - Shalamar

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by Anonymousreply 28February 28, 2017 1:41 AM

Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough and Peoples

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by Anonymousreply 29February 28, 2017 1:43 AM

Wear It Out - Stargard

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by Anonymousreply 30February 28, 2017 1:44 AM

Fill my Life with Love. St. Tropez

by Anonymousreply 31February 28, 2017 1:44 AM

I Know You, I Live You - Chaka Khan

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by Anonymousreply 32February 28, 2017 1:45 AM

Oops

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by Anonymousreply 33February 28, 2017 1:46 AM

God Don't Like Ugly

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by Anonymousreply 34February 28, 2017 1:47 AM

Over and Over - Sylvester

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by Anonymousreply 35February 28, 2017 1:48 AM

Stay Free - Ashford and Simpson

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by Anonymousreply 36February 28, 2017 1:49 AM

You Can Get Over - Stephanie Mills

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by Anonymousreply 37February 28, 2017 1:51 AM

Miss Ross

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by Anonymousreply 38February 28, 2017 1:52 AM

I can only imagine how fun this would have been to hear in a packed club at 3 AM.

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by Anonymousreply 39February 28, 2017 1:55 AM

Hang Together - Odyssey

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by Anonymousreply 40February 28, 2017 1:55 AM

The Three Degrees - The Runner

by Anonymousreply 41February 28, 2017 1:55 AM

Loleatta Holloway - Catch Me on the Rebound

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by Anonymousreply 42February 28, 2017 1:56 AM

You Saved My Day - Cheryl Lynn

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by Anonymousreply 43February 28, 2017 1:57 AM

You Know How to Love Me - Phyllis Hyman

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by Anonymousreply 44February 28, 2017 1:58 AM

Heaven Must of Sent You-Bonnie Pointer

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by Anonymousreply 45February 28, 2017 1:59 AM

Think It Over - Cissy Houston (with Whitney on backup vocals)

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by Anonymousreply 46February 28, 2017 2:00 AM

I dont know how obscure this one would be,but I just felt I had to share!

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by Anonymousreply 47February 28, 2017 2:01 AM

Luther

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by Anonymousreply 48February 28, 2017 2:02 AM

I Can't Standthe Rain-Eruption

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by Anonymousreply 49February 28, 2017 2:03 AM

Listening to this on the first ever Sony Walkman (radio only) walking to work in NYC 1981.

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by Anonymousreply 50February 28, 2017 2:04 AM

Two Tons o' Fun/Weather Girls - I Got the Feeling

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by Anonymousreply 51February 28, 2017 2:05 AM

You Plus Me Equals Love - Undisputed Truth

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by Anonymousreply 52February 28, 2017 2:06 AM

Was That All It Was - Jean Carne (yes, this was the song Mo'Nique was dancing to in Precious)

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by Anonymousreply 53February 28, 2017 2:08 AM

Rock Me - Ullanda McCullough

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by Anonymousreply 54February 28, 2017 2:09 AM

Anyone remember this one ? I was six the summer this was played all over my neighborhood in NY. There was even a dance everyone did to it.

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by Anonymousreply 55February 28, 2017 2:16 AM

Harry Thumann - You Turn Me On

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by Anonymousreply 56February 28, 2017 2:19 AM

Dan Hartman - Instant Replay

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by Anonymousreply 57February 28, 2017 2:20 AM

There was a cute, catchy song by Carol Douglas called "Doctor's Orders". She was a one hit wonder but it was a good memorable hit.

by Anonymousreply 58February 28, 2017 2:20 AM

This video has bubbles and a cute boy dancing behind Anita, R55.

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by Anonymousreply 59February 28, 2017 2:21 AM

It wasn't one of their biggest hits but I really like "Boogie Shoes" by the great disco band KC And The Sunshine Band.

by Anonymousreply 60February 28, 2017 2:24 AM

I Will Survive by Gloria Gainer

by Anonymousreply 61February 28, 2017 2:25 AM

Night Rider

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by Anonymousreply 62February 28, 2017 2:26 AM

This song really got the dance floor crowded in 1976

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by Anonymousreply 63February 28, 2017 2:33 AM

Young Love - Janet

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by Anonymousreply 64February 28, 2017 2:36 AM

Boys Will Be Boys

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by Anonymousreply 65February 28, 2017 2:37 AM

Jump to the Beat - Stacy Lattisaw

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by Anonymousreply 66February 28, 2017 2:38 AM

Working the Midnight Shift

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by Anonymousreply 67February 28, 2017 2:39 AM

The Spirit's in It - Patti LaBelle

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by Anonymousreply 68February 28, 2017 2:41 AM

"The Real Thing" - Sergio Mendes & the New Brasil '77

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by Anonymousreply 69February 28, 2017 2:42 AM

Bustin' Out - Nona Hendryx

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by Anonymousreply 70February 28, 2017 2:42 AM

Over Like a Fat Rat - Fonda Rae

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by Anonymousreply 71February 28, 2017 2:44 AM

Run to Me - Candi Staton

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by Anonymousreply 72February 28, 2017 2:46 AM

Forever Came Today - Jackson 5

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by Anonymousreply 73February 28, 2017 2:46 AM

I Specialize in Love

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by Anonymousreply 74February 28, 2017 2:49 AM

Wiggle and Giggle All Night - Cory Daye

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by Anonymousreply 75February 28, 2017 2:50 AM

So Many Men So Little Time

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by Anonymousreply 76February 28, 2017 2:54 AM

Step by step, slowly I turn

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by Anonymousreply 77February 28, 2017 2:55 AM

Could I Be Dreaming - Pointer Sisters

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by Anonymousreply 78February 28, 2017 2:58 AM

Jackie Moore, This Time, This Time, Baby

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by Anonymousreply 79February 28, 2017 3:28 AM

Dance, It's my Life. Midnight Powers

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by Anonymousreply 80February 28, 2017 3:34 AM

Thanks, OP! I had never ever heard of Tina Charles. Love that song. Love her.

Here's one of my faves that I never knew until I picked up a great CD - The Disco Years, Vol. 5. Fun early 80s disco. The rap is so of that time. It's awesome.

Must Be The Music - Secret Weapon

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by Anonymousreply 81February 28, 2017 3:35 AM

Inner Life - Caught Up In a One Night Love Affair.

by Anonymousreply 82February 28, 2017 3:38 AM

I remember Voyage, and being a fan of them , but dammit I cannot find a link to the album by them that I have on cassette and vinyl somewhere.

by Anonymousreply 83February 28, 2017 3:46 AM

Carol Douglas was NOT a "one hit wonder."

by Anonymousreply 84February 28, 2017 3:58 AM

Here Comes That Sound Again - Love De-Luxe

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by Anonymousreply 85February 28, 2017 4:24 AM

Someone posted this on the last disco thread, I'd never heard it before-fell in love with it.

It's unique in the upfront use of tape replay, that is, the Mellotron. Well, prog rock was big then, so..

Check out the YT channel where my link originates, R83. I'm sure you'll find that Voyage album.

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by Anonymousreply 86February 28, 2017 4:28 AM

This is utterly amazing

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by Anonymousreply 87February 28, 2017 4:33 AM

Spank - Jimmy "Bo" Horne

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by Anonymousreply 88February 28, 2017 4:36 AM

Can't beat this one.....

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by Anonymousreply 89February 28, 2017 4:40 AM

My Gawd, I love that!

by Anonymousreply 90February 28, 2017 4:45 AM

Michael Zager Band* Let's All Chant

by Anonymousreply 91February 28, 2017 4:49 AM

you want obscure, check this out: from Wikipedia:

Madleen Kane (born 4 March 1958 in Malmö, Sweden), is a Swedish model and singer. A former Elite fashion model (height 180 cm / 5'11" - weight 47 kg / 103 lbs), she worked since age 17 for the German fashion magazine Burda Moden. Despite her slenderness, she was published semi-naked in two issues of Playboy magazine (in April 1978 for French edition and in April 1979 for Spanish edition). In addition, she had five Top 10 hits on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

To baby gay me she was the epitome of disco diva glamor!

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by Anonymousreply 92February 28, 2017 4:55 AM

Fashion Pack (Studio 54) - Amanda Lear

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by Anonymousreply 93February 28, 2017 5:03 AM

Why not songs about the Civil War?

by Anonymousreply 94February 28, 2017 5:08 AM

Obscure??? so at reply 94 and this one has not come up yet? although obscure outside of gay clubs, I recently read a book on the history of disco and it is considered one the best disco tunes of all time, Cherchez La Femme, by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. I have to agree when it played way back in the 1970's WeHo it got all the gays were on the dance floor. I still love it!

who remembers this gem?

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by Anonymousreply 95February 28, 2017 5:08 AM

they're obscure TODAY, back then, they were huge.

My 2 cents, II really could see one of today's pop stars do a killer remake of this.

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by Anonymousreply 96February 28, 2017 5:15 AM

Apocalypto Disco. Phil Manzanera, three Split Enz, Godley & Crème...and a thunderous bass line.

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by Anonymousreply 97February 28, 2017 5:19 AM

See You in LA

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by Anonymousreply 98February 28, 2017 5:23 AM

oops r95 here, i accidently posted a playlist here's the single mention in my post: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme

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by Anonymousreply 99February 28, 2017 5:25 AM

Enjoy Yourself-Jackson 5, I think.

by Anonymousreply 100February 28, 2017 5:27 AM

Joe Tex

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by Anonymousreply 101February 28, 2017 5:35 AM

the Amanda Lear entry made me look her up, and wow what a background, was she a tranny or not? Dali's love interest or not? the article is from 2000 but quite interested

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by Anonymousreply 102February 28, 2017 5:42 AM

It's Cool

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by Anonymousreply 103February 28, 2017 5:44 AM

r61, Obviously, some people do not know the definition of obscure.

"I Will Survive" is probably one the most famous disco songs ever, hardly obscure

by Anonymousreply 104February 28, 2017 5:49 AM

I was just about to post that song, R95/99. DBOSB fans are pretty much a cult. I worship their second album, DBOSB Meets King Penet.

by Anonymousreply 105February 28, 2017 6:05 AM

Love the sly lyrics about Tommy Mottola in "Cherchez La Femme." Another cool Dr. Buzzard song (also sampled by Ghostface Killah):

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by Anonymousreply 106February 28, 2017 6:17 AM

"Stuff Like That" -- Quincy Jones and Ashford & Simpson, featuring Chaka Khan

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by Anonymousreply 107February 28, 2017 7:24 AM

"A Lover's Holiday" -- Change

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by Anonymousreply 108February 28, 2017 7:33 AM

Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain

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by Anonymousreply 109February 28, 2017 7:50 AM

Fascination - David Bowie

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by Anonymousreply 110February 28, 2017 9:20 AM

more Donna

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by Anonymousreply 111February 28, 2017 11:47 AM

Love's Comin' At Ya - Melba Moore

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by Anonymousreply 112February 28, 2017 11:48 AM

Lovin' Is Really My Gamew

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by Anonymousreply 113February 28, 2017 11:50 AM

We Got the Funk - Positive Force

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by Anonymousreply 114February 28, 2017 11:51 AM

I Love You More - Rene and Angela

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by Anonymousreply 115February 28, 2017 11:52 AM

Get a Little - Patrick Cowley

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by Anonymousreply 116February 28, 2017 11:54 AM

Evelyn Thomas - High Energy

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by Anonymousreply 117February 28, 2017 11:57 AM

What was the disco song with the lyrics: "I like the way we danced before. But what we're doin' now, I like it more"

by Anonymousreply 118February 28, 2017 12:03 PM

Dennis Parker (aka porn star Wade Nichols) - "Like an Eagle."

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by Anonymousreply 119February 28, 2017 12:11 PM

Ashford and Simpson's "Bourgie Bourgie", "Street Corner", "Found a Cure" and " Street Corner"

Donna Summer's "Try Me I Know We Can Make It", "Once Upon a Time" and "Sunset People"

Vicki Sue Robinson's "Hold Tight" and "Nighttime Fantasy"

Grace Jones's "I Need a Man", "Fame", "On Your Knees" and "Feel Up"

Paul Parker's "Right on Target" and "One Look Was Enough"

Divine's "Shoot Your Shot" and "Shake It Up"

Love and Kisses' "Romeo and Juliet" and "I Found Love"

Jocelyn Brown's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Moment of My Life" and "Somebody Else's Guy"

Teena Marie's "Chains", "It Must Be Magic", "Behind the Groove" and "You Make Love Like Springtime"

Cheryl Lynn's "Star Love", "Keep It Hot" and "Shake It Up Tonight"

by Anonymousreply 120February 28, 2017 12:16 PM

Another Dennis Parker obscure gem - "New York by Night." Very Village People-ish sounding. No surprises, since Parker's album was produced by Jacques Morali, who was also responsible for the Village People.

Love the lyrics - "Turn that trick. You better hurry, kid."

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by Anonymousreply 121February 28, 2017 12:17 PM

'Caught Your Act" by the Hues Corporation

by Anonymousreply 122February 28, 2017 12:23 PM

Karen Young - Hot Shot.

This video is hysterical. Karen Young looks completely out of place, like a suburban mom who shops at Sears, took a wrong turn, and ended up at a disco. She looks terrified throughout most of this clip.

Then the queen in the white shirt who they probably recruited from the Arthur Murray Dance Studio next door and who tries to steal the spotlight at 1:19.

God, I miss the cheesiness of the 70s.

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by Anonymousreply 123February 28, 2017 12:27 PM

Desmond Child and Rouge - Our Love Is Insane

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by Anonymousreply 124February 28, 2017 1:03 PM

Janis Ian - Fly Too High

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by Anonymousreply 125February 28, 2017 1:07 PM

R125 It's hilarious to think of Janis Ian doing a disco song. She looks like she's being held at gunpoint and forced to appear in this video alongside those J.C. Penney mannequins.

But I must admit - it's a catchy tune!

by Anonymousreply 126February 28, 2017 1:10 PM

Ritchie Family - Where Are the Men

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by Anonymousreply 127February 28, 2017 1:12 PM

I am officially and eldergay. I remember all of these. I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sylvester's Mighty Real. Or maybe it is considered a big one.

by Anonymousreply 128February 28, 2017 1:35 PM

R128 Mighty Real is definitely not obscure. It put Sylvester on the map.

by Anonymousreply 129February 28, 2017 1:39 PM

some obscure Sylvester

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by Anonymousreply 130February 28, 2017 1:53 PM

No One Gets the Prize

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by Anonymousreply 131February 28, 2017 1:57 PM

MJ - Heartbreak Hotel

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by Anonymousreply 132February 28, 2017 1:59 PM

Gloria Gaynor - How High the Moon

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by Anonymousreply 133February 28, 2017 2:01 PM

Ecstasy Passion and Pain - Touch and Go

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by Anonymousreply 134February 28, 2017 2:03 PM

DL icon Cher - Wasn't It Good

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by Anonymousreply 135February 28, 2017 2:05 PM

This live-performance video for Karen Young's Hot Shot is even funnier.

It features Karen in a muumuu, off her tits on drugs, flanked by two dancing guido gaylings.

Great voice though.

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by Anonymousreply 136February 28, 2017 2:20 PM

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy

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by Anonymousreply 137February 28, 2017 2:21 PM

Deniece Williams - I've Got the Next Dance

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by Anonymousreply 138February 28, 2017 2:24 PM

Spring Affair

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by Anonymousreply 139February 28, 2017 2:26 PM

Tata Vega!

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by Anonymousreply 140February 28, 2017 2:27 PM

Frantique "Strut your funky stuff"

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by Anonymousreply 141February 28, 2017 2:30 PM

The Nolans "I'm in the mood for dancing"

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by Anonymousreply 142February 28, 2017 2:33 PM

Sandie Jones "Dancing Shoes"

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by Anonymousreply 143February 28, 2017 2:45 PM

This one....by Shalamar

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by Anonymousreply 144February 28, 2017 2:59 PM

Candi Staton....Victim

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by Anonymousreply 145February 28, 2017 3:02 PM

I was a kid during the '70s, and my little sissy ass loved disco. Our local AM station had a kick-ass disco night once a week where they would play the stuff you could hear only in the clubs. This was one of my favorites.

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by Anonymousreply 146February 28, 2017 3:14 PM

Can You Move

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by Anonymousreply 147February 28, 2017 5:48 PM

Bad Boys - Wham

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by Anonymousreply 148February 28, 2017 5:51 PM

(Daddy come here quick and) Give Me That Lickin Stick

Rita-Jean Bodine

by Anonymousreply 149February 28, 2017 5:52 PM

More Wham

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by Anonymousreply 150February 28, 2017 5:53 PM

Debbie Jacobs - Don't You Want My Love

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by Anonymousreply 151February 28, 2017 5:54 PM

Miss M does disco. Her '79 disco album Thighs and Whispers is an underrated gem

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by Anonymousreply 152February 28, 2017 5:56 PM

I don't care if you have man problems, woman problems or plain old UGLY problems!

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by Anonymousreply 153February 28, 2017 5:59 PM

Cerrone - Supernature

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by Anonymousreply 154February 28, 2017 6:02 PM

more Cerrone

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by Anonymousreply 155February 28, 2017 6:03 PM

R152 - "Hurricane" and "The Married Men" are indeed fine.

She performed both on SNL. They occasionally pop up on Youtube and are almost immediately deleted.

by Anonymousreply 156February 28, 2017 6:04 PM

Linda Clifford - Shoot Your Best Shot

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by Anonymousreply 157February 28, 2017 6:05 PM

Odyssey - Use It Up, Wear It Out

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by Anonymousreply 158February 28, 2017 6:06 PM

Aretha covers the Doobies

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by Anonymousreply 159February 28, 2017 6:07 PM

Clouds - Chaka Khan

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by Anonymousreply 160February 28, 2017 6:09 PM

Can You Handle It - Sharon Redd

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by Anonymousreply 161February 28, 2017 6:11 PM

The Jones Girls

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by Anonymousreply 162February 28, 2017 6:56 PM

The More I Get, the More I Want

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by Anonymousreply 163February 28, 2017 6:58 PM

The Ritchie Family, "Brazil"

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by Anonymousreply 164February 28, 2017 8:09 PM

Starr - Contact

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by Anonymousreply 165February 28, 2017 9:35 PM

France Joli - Gonna Get Over You

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by Anonymousreply 166February 28, 2017 9:40 PM

D Train - Keep On

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by Anonymousreply 167February 28, 2017 9:41 PM

more D Train

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by Anonymousreply 168March 1, 2017 12:06 AM

All-time favorite

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by Anonymousreply 169March 1, 2017 12:10 AM

YAASSS!

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by Anonymousreply 170March 1, 2017 12:10 AM

Love R169 and R170. So many good songs on this thread.

by Anonymousreply 171March 1, 2017 12:15 AM

DL fave Ann Margret did disco too.

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by Anonymousreply 172March 1, 2017 12:34 AM

R136 I'm lovin' that mumu! She stopped at Hefty Hideaway on the way to the discotheque!

by Anonymousreply 173March 1, 2017 2:19 AM

Best disco dance songs -Instant Replay, Souvenir, Romeo and Juliet.

by Anonymousreply 174March 1, 2017 2:46 AM

I suppose the vast bulk of this thread counts as obscure if you've only ever heard five disco songs in your life. I wasn't even there at the time and most of this list is Disco 101 to me. Following r14's tip, here's some more yugo-disco...

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by Anonymousreply 175March 1, 2017 3:07 AM

The Caribbean was also a goldmine for lesser known disco (those basslines!)...

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by Anonymousreply 176March 1, 2017 3:09 AM

Well, SMELL Miss R175

by Anonymousreply 177March 1, 2017 3:10 AM

What can I say? I'm an obsessive disco nerd :)

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by Anonymousreply 178March 1, 2017 3:12 AM

Here's National Lampoons with one Bill Murray on guest vox...

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by Anonymousreply 179March 1, 2017 3:16 AM

Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston (I know it's not obscure, but it's a great disco song...)

by Anonymousreply 180March 1, 2017 3:48 AM

Thelma Houston's follow up to Don't Leave Me This Way

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by Anonymousreply 181March 1, 2017 10:59 AM

Gayle Adams. - Your Love Is a Lifesaver

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by Anonymousreply 182March 1, 2017 11:02 AM

Gwen Guthrie

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by Anonymousreply 183March 1, 2017 11:04 AM

Don't Make Me Wait - Peech Boys

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by Anonymousreply 184March 1, 2017 11:05 AM

Hot Shot by Karen Young

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by Anonymousreply 185March 1, 2017 11:59 AM

ABBA - The Visitors

by Anonymousreply 186March 1, 2017 12:24 PM

r186, that song really isn't "disco".

by Anonymousreply 187March 1, 2017 12:43 PM

R185 Ummm, R123.

by Anonymousreply 188March 1, 2017 1:16 PM

Touch Me - Cathy Dennis

by Anonymousreply 189March 1, 2017 1:20 PM

Carol Douglas

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by Anonymousreply 190March 1, 2017 1:54 PM

Fonda Rae

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by Anonymousreply 191March 1, 2017 1:56 PM

Really R11?

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by Anonymousreply 192March 1, 2017 3:48 PM

r188 = SUCK MY BIG ASS!

by Anonymousreply 193March 1, 2017 4:15 PM

Tracy Weber - Sure Shot

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by Anonymousreply 194March 1, 2017 4:35 PM

Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven

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by Anonymousreply 195March 1, 2017 4:36 PM

Beat the Street - Sharon Redd

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by Anonymousreply 196March 1, 2017 4:38 PM

Love Has Come Around - Donald Byrd

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by Anonymousreply 197March 1, 2017 4:39 PM

Tom Browne - Funkin' for Jamaica

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by Anonymousreply 198March 1, 2017 4:40 PM

Last night a DJ saved my life

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by Anonymousreply 199March 1, 2017 4:42 PM

Street Life

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by Anonymousreply 200March 1, 2017 4:44 PM

Patti Austin - Do You Love Me

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by Anonymousreply 201March 1, 2017 4:45 PM

"ABBA's "If it wasn't for the nights"

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by Anonymousreply 202March 1, 2017 5:35 PM

When I saw the title of the thread, the song Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me instantly came to mind.

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by Anonymousreply 203March 1, 2017 5:41 PM

OMG, R202...Voulez-Vous was such a kick-ass fucking album. When I was a little boy I carried it around from room to room like a blankey. Until Xanadu came out and took its place. (Surprise! I turned out to be gay.)

So many good songs on that album: If It Wasn't For The Nights, Angel Eyes, Chiquitita, Does Your Mother Know, Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimmie! (A Man After Midnight)...the best ABBA album.

But one of my all-time faves from them that was never a single was "Kisses of Fire." Such amazing cheesy gay disco pop.

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by Anonymousreply 204March 1, 2017 5:52 PM

Love all the songs here! Such memories.....glad to see "Doctor's Orders" and "Instant Replay" getting some respect!

Here's one by Gonzalez!

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by Anonymousreply 205March 1, 2017 5:59 PM

In my opinion, 1978 & 1979 were the absolute best years for disco. I'm less enamored with the early '80s Hi-NRG stuff (with a few exceptions, of course).

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by Anonymousreply 206March 1, 2017 6:01 PM

Love Rollercoaster by Ohio Players - we were sure the rumors were true and a woman was killed during the song to record her scream.....

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by Anonymousreply 207March 1, 2017 6:06 PM

R204 Yep it's a great album and "Kisses of Fire" is incredible.. I loved the cover and had a poster of it on my wall.

A British group Liquid Gold charted briefly in the US, but it was big in Europe.

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by Anonymousreply 208March 1, 2017 6:46 PM

Midnight Star - No Parking on the Dance Floor, Operator and Freakazoid

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis - Shine On Silver Moon

Alicia Myers - I Want to Thank You and You Get the Best from Me

The Jacksons - Walk Right Now, Lovely One and Can You Feel It

Cameo - Shake Your Pants, She's Strange, and Candy

Patrice Rushen - Number One and Look Up

Shalamar - Make That Move, Take That to the Bank, and Right in the Socket

Parliament Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove and Not Just Knee Deep

by Anonymousreply 209March 1, 2017 7:56 PM

I loved how the songs had intros - when people heard the intros to some songs - there was a mass move toward the floor........lots of vocal approval by the crowds - it was so much fun.

Here's one.

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by Anonymousreply 210March 1, 2017 8:26 PM

Janice McClain - Smack Dab in the Middle

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by Anonymousreply 211March 1, 2017 9:19 PM

Maybe not totally obscure, but it blew my mind when I realized Chaka Khan's I Feel For You was written by Prince!

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by Anonymousreply 212March 1, 2017 9:28 PM

This one might be considered semi-obscure. It was the opening song for the film "Kiss Me, Guido."

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by Anonymousreply 213March 1, 2017 9:47 PM

R209, I love most of your list but N O N E of them are obscure. None.

by Anonymousreply 214March 1, 2017 9:49 PM

Maybe the songs on R209's list are familiar to old disco queens like you but most of those songs are pretty obscure.

by Anonymousreply 215March 1, 2017 9:57 PM

Boris Midney / Come Into My Heart

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by Anonymousreply 216March 1, 2017 10:07 PM

Rosebud / Have a Cigar

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by Anonymousreply 217March 1, 2017 10:14 PM

R55, I remember when Ring My Bell was mixed with Push Push In The Bush.

by Anonymousreply 218March 1, 2017 10:23 PM

R95 I do!!! One of my favorites. I can't believe it took so long for someone to mention it

by Anonymousreply 219March 1, 2017 10:47 PM

Also, the only really great songs from the Village People: "San Francisco (You Got Me)/In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star)". I still have it on my workout list today. Love it!

by Anonymousreply 220March 1, 2017 11:05 PM

Sylvester - Rock the Box

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by Anonymousreply 221March 2, 2017 1:22 AM

Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake the Feeling

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by Anonymousreply 222March 2, 2017 11:57 AM

Carol Jiani - Hit and Run Lover

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by Anonymousreply 223March 2, 2017 11:59 AM

Lime - Your Love and You're My Magician

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by Anonymousreply 224March 2, 2017 12:00 PM

R212, while a great song....it is neither disco, nor obscure.

by Anonymousreply 225March 2, 2017 12:21 PM

Cerrone - Love in C Minor

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by Anonymousreply 226March 2, 2017 10:50 PM

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by Anonymousreply 227March 2, 2017 11:39 PM

Kid Creole and his Cocoanuts-My Male Curiosity

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by Anonymousreply 228March 3, 2017 12:39 AM

Here's an obscure one, off the tiny, independent TAP Recordings in NYC. They also released Jackie Stoudemire's Invisible Wind.

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by Anonymousreply 229March 3, 2017 1:54 AM

I don't know if this was obscure. I did not hear it played may times on the radio or at gay bars.

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by Anonymousreply 230March 3, 2017 3:39 AM

"If I Can't Have You" by the Bee Gees and/or Yvonne Ellman is HARDLY obscure, r5.

It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains on the second-best selling movie soundtrack of all time, Saturday Night Fever.

by Anonymousreply 231March 3, 2017 4:51 AM

Dynasty - I've Just Begun to Love You (other songs of theirs to check out: I Don't Wanna Be a Freak, Do Me Right Baby)

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by Anonymousreply 232March 3, 2017 12:54 PM

R192 yes, really. And if you find it from a legit retailer, let me know.

by Anonymousreply 233March 3, 2017 1:03 PM

Deputy of Love

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by Anonymousreply 234March 3, 2017 1:09 PM

Paul Jabara - Honeymoon in Puerto Rico

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by Anonymousreply 235March 4, 2017 11:08 AM

Debbie Jacobs/ Don't You Want My Love

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by Anonymousreply 236March 4, 2017 2:14 PM

Epic.

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by Anonymousreply 237March 4, 2017 4:31 PM

History by Mai Tai

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by Anonymousreply 238March 4, 2017 4:35 PM

WTF???

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by Anonymousreply 239March 4, 2017 4:37 PM

You're really dense R233

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by Anonymousreply 240March 4, 2017 5:03 PM

Ultimate, "Love Is the Ultimate"

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by Anonymousreply 241March 4, 2017 5:34 PM

Andre Cymone - Dance Electric (written and produced by Prince)

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by Anonymousreply 242March 4, 2017 10:17 PM

Keep In Touch Body to Body

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by Anonymousreply 243March 4, 2017 10:18 PM

Loleatta Holloway - Hit and Run/Runaway

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by Anonymousreply 244March 4, 2017 10:25 PM

The Music Makers- Jump, Jump, Jump

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by Anonymousreply 245March 5, 2017 12:30 AM

R240 thanks for the link. It makes more sense than a link to someone's Youtube post.

Still, seems a bit sketchy. They offer CDrs and not pressed CDs. A little research shows that "Essential Media Group" has been known to issue music sourced from vinyl.

Let me know how the tracks sound if you make a purchase.

by Anonymousreply 246March 5, 2017 4:06 AM

Cory Daye - "Pow-Wow"

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by Anonymousreply 247March 5, 2017 12:51 PM

Taana Gardner - Work That Body

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by Anonymousreply 248March 5, 2017 12:52 PM

A little past the true "disco era," but Patti Austin's "Rhythm of the Street" is a lesser known, yet great and under-appreciated dance song.

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by Anonymousreply 249March 5, 2017 1:10 PM

Because Shabala Boom Boom

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by Anonymousreply 250March 5, 2017 2:03 PM

Gotham Flasher...how's that for obscure?

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by Anonymousreply 251March 5, 2017 2:38 PM

Paul Jabara / Dance!

"If you must/Rosemary's angel dust/will make you DANCE!"

Those are lyrics from another time indeed.

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by Anonymousreply 252March 5, 2017 2:48 PM

Donna Summer / Wasted

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by Anonymousreply 253March 5, 2017 2:50 PM

Oh lord. THIS link:

Donna Summer / Wasted

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by Anonymousreply 254March 5, 2017 2:51 PM

Who's Who - Palace Palace

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by Anonymousreply 255March 5, 2017 3:06 PM

R246 You are more fucking dense that I initially thought. There is nothing "sketchy" about Amazon. Since I don't like the song I have no intention of purchasing it. It was just to prove your comment, "I Don't Know What I Do (If You Ever Left Me) by Sweet Cream. It's so obsure, this 70s disco tune has never been released on CD/download" was wrong. You can also get it on itunes too.

by Anonymousreply 256March 5, 2017 3:14 PM

*than

by Anonymousreply 257March 5, 2017 3:16 PM

Sylvester - I Need You

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by Anonymousreply 258March 5, 2017 4:35 PM

Gladys Knight & the Pips - It's Better Than a Good Time

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by Anonymousreply 259March 5, 2017 4:36 PM

Bootlegs find their way onto Amazon & iTunes. Take "The Sixties" by Dee Dee Warwick, for example. It's from a Dutch bootleg label called Marginal. Some Madonna "Blond Ambition" performances have shown up on iTunes before being taken down.

Essential Media Group seem to licence the material but will use noisy vinyl sources.

Note: I've made no personal attacks.

And to keep on topic: Was That All It Was by Jean Carn(e)

by Anonymousreply 260March 5, 2017 4:38 PM

Carly Simon - Why

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by Anonymousreply 261March 5, 2017 4:40 PM

Esther Phillips - Mister Magic (1975)

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by Anonymousreply 262March 5, 2017 4:47 PM

Patti Austin ~ Soar Me Like An Eagle Flies

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by Anonymousreply 263March 5, 2017 4:51 PM

Betty Wright - Loving Is Really My Game

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by Anonymousreply 264March 5, 2017 4:53 PM

Grace - What I Did For Love

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by Anonymousreply 265March 5, 2017 5:03 PM

Grace Jones - That's The Trouble

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by Anonymousreply 266March 5, 2017 5:06 PM

R260 It could have been from the digital master. The point is, you were wrong.

by Anonymousreply 267March 5, 2017 5:13 PM

Geez, R267, give it a rest. You're acting like a 13-year old girl. Or Donald Trump.

by Anonymousreply 268March 5, 2017 5:14 PM

The Supremes - Let Yourself Go

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by Anonymousreply 269March 5, 2017 11:24 PM

Well, R261, if we're going to do Carly Simon disco, we have to include this.

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by Anonymousreply 270March 6, 2017 12:59 AM

Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa

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by Anonymousreply 271March 6, 2017 10:17 PM

Divine - Shoot Your Shot

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by Anonymousreply 272March 6, 2017 10:19 PM

The song is just ok, but how about that cover!

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by Anonymousreply 273March 6, 2017 11:43 PM

Love it, r273 - Claudio Simonetti made some great, camp italo disco.

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by Anonymousreply 274March 7, 2017 12:39 AM

Claudja Barry - Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes

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by Anonymousreply 275March 7, 2017 11:52 AM

War - Galaxy

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by Anonymousreply 276March 7, 2017 12:00 PM

Billy Ocean - Stay the Night

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by Anonymousreply 277March 8, 2017 12:40 PM

Junior - Mama Used to Say

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by Anonymousreply 278March 10, 2017 4:28 PM

"Midnight Love Affair" and "In The Morning" by Carol Douglas. Are they considered obscure? She never really became a big star.

by Anonymousreply 279March 10, 2017 4:31 PM

Vera - Take Me To The Bridge

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by Anonymousreply 280March 10, 2017 10:50 PM

r 239 is '80s synth funk or "dance rock," not disco.

Yes, it was played in discos, but they're not the same style or era.

by Anonymousreply 281March 11, 2017 3:40 PM

Again, r242, Prince is NOT DISCO.

He's '80s dance rock.

by Anonymousreply 282March 11, 2017 8:09 PM

Amant - If There's Love

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by Anonymousreply 283March 11, 2017 8:53 PM

Paul Parker - Right On Target

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by Anonymousreply 284March 11, 2017 8:59 PM

Poussez - Come On & Do It

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by Anonymousreply 285March 12, 2017 4:13 AM

"Let Me Take You Dancing" by Bryan Adams (yes, that Bryan Adams) from 1979

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by Anonymousreply 286March 12, 2017 5:14 AM

Linda Law, "Nights in White Satin (12")" - Moody Blues cover

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by Anonymousreply 287March 12, 2017 7:01 AM

Wow, I'm really not feeling Paul Jabara.

by Anonymousreply 288March 12, 2017 7:53 PM

R288

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by Anonymousreply 289March 12, 2017 10:02 PM

Sparks - Beat the Clock. There is a DJ mix on Mixcloud from the infamous NYC The Saint ca. 1984 where this song is playing right before midnight with an automated voice saying "the time is now..." Right at midnight the DJ segues from this to DL icon Betty Buckley singing Memory from the Cats OBC. Pure magic...

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by Anonymousreply 290March 13, 2017 2:00 PM

Do you guys realize that most disco occurred in the 1970s?

Half of these suggestions are from the '80s.

Disco may have carried on through the early '80s in Italy. But in America, there was a backlash and disco was out-of-fashion.

by Anonymousreply 291March 13, 2017 4:44 PM

I'm going to start off my contributions to Good Disco You May Not Have Heard with a song Datalounge taught me years ago.

I'm partial to Greek mythology, so I was immediately taken with John Forde's "Atlantis."

Few disco songs have mellow tempos like this, or create such a unique mood and atmosphere.

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by Anonymousreply 292March 13, 2017 4:58 PM

New York City — I'm Doing Fine Now

Because SOUL!

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by Anonymousreply 293March 13, 2017 5:03 PM

Giorgio Moroder — Baby Blue

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by Anonymousreply 294March 13, 2017 5:15 PM

For r2, I will post Ethel Merman's disco version of "There's No Business Like Show Business."

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by Anonymousreply 295March 13, 2017 5:22 PM

"Theme From The Deep (Down Deep Inside)" performed by Donna Summer and probably produced by Moroder. Weird, creepy song. I don't know if people could actually dance to this, I guess a slow hustle.

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by Anonymousreply 296March 13, 2017 5:30 PM

Not Moroder. John Barry wrote and produced it.

by Anonymousreply 297March 13, 2017 5:31 PM

Camp aficionados will never forget 1980's THE APPLE, a science fiction musical about a "futuristic" show business dystopia where one, evil corporation controls all art in 1994.

It contains a very raunchy disco tune by Grace Kennedy that DOES NOT DO SUBTLETY. You won't believe the words you're hearing.

It rips off Donna Summer's "Wasted" and masters the art of the single entendre.

Grace Kennedy — "Coming" — The Apple Soundtrack

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by Anonymousreply 298March 13, 2017 5:40 PM

R241 please again post the link to the beautiful ULTIMATE Love is the ultimate. It flashed onscreen but I can't get it to come back. I wonder if this song was done by the Brazil people? Studio groups shared artists. The beginning also souns like Souvenirs by Voyage.

by Anonymousreply 299March 13, 2017 6:45 PM

r290 is Hi-NRG, synth pop or New Wave.

Not disco.

Disco music means the R&B genre from the 1970s.

Not just dance music, or anything that ever played in a discotheque.

English speakers don't even call dance clubs "discos" anymore, because of the association with the 70s music and culture.

by Anonymousreply 300March 13, 2017 7:05 PM

This version of Madonna's "Express Yourself" is not from the disco era, but a disco styling that I've always liked.

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by Anonymousreply 301March 13, 2017 7:09 PM

Everybody's heard Thelma Houston's disco hit "Don't Leave Me This Way.

But have you heard the original sung by Teddy Pendergrass with Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes?

I fucking love it! It has a verse that Thelma Houston didn't sing, probably because it's gender-specific:

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by Anonymousreply 302March 13, 2017 7:22 PM

Fans of punk rock might like this Disco parody version of Sex Pistol tunes made for the "Great Rock n' Roll Swindle" movie.

"The Black Arabs"

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by Anonymousreply 303March 13, 2017 7:26 PM

The one and only Ms Samantha Sang:

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by Anonymousreply 304March 13, 2017 9:45 PM

Olivia Newton-John turned sex kitten:

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by Anonymousreply 305March 13, 2017 9:54 PM

Pockets - Catch Me

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by Anonymousreply 306March 13, 2017 11:32 PM

Samantha Sang looked a little like Miss Piggy.

by Anonymousreply 307March 14, 2017 12:59 AM

Disco was never well suited to such narrow definitions, r291 and r300. It gots its start in the early 70s as a very broad church of any music that would keep people dancing. Hence, soul, jazz-funk, African, Latin, funk, dub, and funky rock music all got played at the early discos. The mainstream came to understand disco as the formulaic genre that dominated the late 1970s, but anyone who actually spent time in clubs knows disco was a broad, diverse and ever-evolving style of music. After the disco demolition night at Comiskey Park, the major labels dropped disco and it went back underground into the clubs, evolving into boogie, hi-nrg, and then house music in the 1980s. This one's from 1982 and it sure sounds like disco to me...

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by Anonymousreply 308March 14, 2017 4:36 AM

Dee Dee Sharp - Breaking and Entering

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by Anonymousreply 309March 14, 2017 11:46 PM

Melba Moore - Mind Up Tonight

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by Anonymousreply 310March 14, 2017 11:51 PM

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Firecracker

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by Anonymousreply 311March 14, 2017 11:55 PM

Phyllis Hyman - Riding the Tiger

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by Anonymousreply 312March 14, 2017 11:58 PM

Don't Stop the Train /Phyllis Nelson

Look for a very glam Sophia Loren in the youtube vid!

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by Anonymousreply 313March 15, 2017 1:56 AM

Taka Boom - Night Dancin'

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by Anonymousreply 314March 15, 2017 1:53 PM

Raw Silk - Do It to the Music

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by Anonymousreply 315March 15, 2017 2:02 PM

Young and Company

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by Anonymousreply 316March 15, 2017 2:03 PM

Peanut Butter

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by Anonymousreply 317March 15, 2017 2:06 PM

I think we just have some continental Europeans on this thread who confuse Itali-Disco and New Wave with Disco -- which Americans view as a genre and distinct cultural era in the 1970s, r308.

They were probably coming of age in the early '80s and are remembering what was in clubs at that time.

by Anonymousreply 318March 15, 2017 4:14 PM

'My Favorite Things' by the late and FABULOUS Luther Vandross like you've never heard before:

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by Anonymousreply 319March 15, 2017 4:36 PM

Fun fact: Taka Boom is Chaka Khan's sister.

by Anonymousreply 320March 15, 2017 4:58 PM

My favorite song from the Love Unlimited Orchestra.

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by Anonymousreply 321March 15, 2017 5:22 PM

Betty Wright - Sinderella

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by Anonymousreply 322March 16, 2017 11:44 AM

r318 Italo is a particular strain of disco, 80s boogie is a particular strain of disco, early disco-rap is a particular strain of disco, noughties Norwegian space-disco is a particular strain of disco. My point was that disco is not suited to a narrow, specific genre definition - it's far more than just the classic vocal disco-soul of the mid-to-late 1970s. Walter Gibbons' playlists at Galaxy were much more wide-ranging than Saturday Night Fever and The BeeGees. I should confess, though, that my understanding of disco is informed by a long-time obsessive interest in all its forms.

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by Anonymousreply 323March 17, 2017 12:52 AM

A stone cold classic...

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by Anonymousreply 324March 17, 2017 1:08 AM

Something more contemporary...

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by Anonymousreply 325March 17, 2017 1:09 AM

And some lovely euro-sleaze from 2008...

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by Anonymousreply 326March 17, 2017 1:11 AM

Great stuff

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by Anonymousreply 327March 19, 2017 2:25 AM

Dancing Johnson

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by Anonymousreply 328March 19, 2017 10:46 AM

Freddie James / Everybody Get Up and Boogie

Discovered this onYoutube a few years ago. Love it. Love the cover art!

Not Silver Convention btw

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by Anonymousreply 329March 19, 2017 9:06 PM

hey hey Mandolay

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by Anonymousreply 330March 20, 2017 1:59 PM

Jody Watley - Where the Boys Are (this wasn't even released in the US)

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by Anonymousreply 331March 20, 2017 2:03 PM

r311 is not Disco.

It's a Nintendo video game score.

by Anonymousreply 332March 21, 2017 4:27 PM

To put us back in the correct decade, here's the 1977 disco version of the Detroit Emeralds' soul classic, "Feel the Need In Me."

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by Anonymousreply 333March 24, 2017 4:23 PM

Everyone knows the Trammps' hit "Disco Inferno."

But I didn't discover this little gem until recently. Was "That's Where the Happy People Go" a big deal back in the day?

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by Anonymousreply 334March 24, 2017 4:30 PM

"You Sexy Thing" and "Every1's a Winner" are songs you probably know from British R&B group Hot Chocolate (R.I.P., Errol Brown).

But their albums are always good from start to finish. If you get the chance, just play their entire discography -- there's never a bad song. And they do it all — funk, blues, jazz, soul and disco — competently!

Here's "You Could Have Been A Lady," originally a funk song that Hot Chocolate disco-fied in 1976:

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by Anonymousreply 335March 24, 2017 4:41 PM

My favorite Gloria Gaynor song is NOT "I Will Survive."

It's "Do It Yourself," a fun, upbeat jam with a positive message:

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by Anonymousreply 336March 24, 2017 4:43 PM

Not to Americans, r323.

You listed anything that can be played in a club, which is too broad.

by Anonymousreply 337March 24, 2017 4:46 PM

(If You Want It) Do It Yourself is my fave as well. Anybody Wanna Party is another highlight, more funky than most would associate with Gloria.

Fan test: Who duets with Gaynor on We Belong Together?

by Anonymousreply 338March 24, 2017 5:39 PM

Not to derail the thread (I'll be brief) but are there any 90s club heads in this thread? The type who could ID tracks that never came near pop chart success?

by Anonymousreply 339March 24, 2017 5:42 PM

I found it.

About as obscure as they come.

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by Anonymousreply 340March 24, 2017 5:48 PM

"I Can't Stand It"

AKA

"Bad Times"

By, Kimberly Ball

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by Anonymousreply 341March 24, 2017 6:04 PM

"Shoot Me With Your Love"

Tasha Thomas

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by Anonymousreply 342March 24, 2017 6:08 PM

I LOVE the sound of that Rita Jean Bodine album. The production is great - it was produced by a woman, as I recall. I wonder who owns the 20th Century catalogue, I'd love to have that album on CD.

I've always thought That's the Kind of Love I Got For You would have sounded best with a group like the Pointer Sisters - Ruth's low range and june bustin' out those soprano notes.

by Anonymousreply 343March 24, 2017 6:10 PM

"Knockout"

Margie Joseph

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by Anonymousreply 344March 24, 2017 6:11 PM

"Where is my Man"

Eartha Kitt

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by Anonymousreply 345March 24, 2017 6:15 PM

"Let's Do It "

Convertion

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by Anonymousreply 346March 24, 2017 6:20 PM

Belle Epoque Black is Black

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by Anonymousreply 347March 25, 2017 9:48 PM

Sergio Mendes - Voodoo

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by Anonymousreply 348April 3, 2017 5:58 PM

Change ft. Jocelyn Brown - Angel in My Pocket

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by Anonymousreply 349April 3, 2017 6:01 PM

Grace Jones - On Your Knees (with some fierce vouging!)

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by Anonymousreply 350April 3, 2017 6:05 PM

350 posts and nobody mentioned my favorite! Sylvester... Don't Stop!

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by Anonymousreply 351April 3, 2017 9:21 PM

Fabulous performance, LOL!

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by Anonymousreply 352April 4, 2017 7:18 PM

Sinner Man - Sarah Dash

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by Anonymousreply 353April 11, 2017 12:54 AM

more Ann Margret disco

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by Anonymousreply 354April 15, 2017 11:53 PM

Fonda Rae - Heobah

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by Anonymousreply 355April 23, 2017 10:25 PM

Haven't you posted every godamned disco song ever made, yet?!

by Anonymousreply 356April 23, 2017 10:29 PM

Tantra, Hills of Katmandu - Patrick Cowley remix

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by Anonymousreply 357January 10, 2018 1:50 AM

Ai No Corrida by Quincy Jones

by Anonymousreply 358January 10, 2018 2:52 AM

R16, thank you. That is my favorite (and most underrated) disco tune.

by Anonymousreply 359January 10, 2018 2:57 AM

Grace Jones's "Send in the Clowns" is also great; I think it's on the same album as "What I Did for Love" (Portfolio).

by Anonymousreply 360January 10, 2018 3:21 AM

"Make Me Believe in You" sung by Patti Jo, strong black woman. This was a hit on the garage circuit, but not in mainstream disco.

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by Anonymousreply 361January 10, 2018 4:33 AM

"Deetour" by Karen Young

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by Anonymousreply 362January 11, 2018 12:35 PM

Never say goodbye by poussez

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by Anonymousreply 363April 11, 2018 8:42 PM

Midnight love affair full suite by Carol Douglas.

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by Anonymousreply 364April 11, 2018 8:43 PM

Hott City-Feelin love.

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by Anonymousreply 365April 11, 2018 8:44 PM

Chantal Curtis-Get another love.

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by Anonymousreply 366April 11, 2018 8:44 PM

Hott City-Ain't love grand?

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by Anonymousreply 367April 11, 2018 8:45 PM

I own this thread and I am a WOMAN and just a WOMAN

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by Anonymousreply 368April 11, 2018 8:53 PM

Feels Like I'm In Love by Kelly Marie

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by Anonymousreply 369April 11, 2018 8:56 PM

This is hilarious.

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by Anonymousreply 370April 11, 2018 8:58 PM

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Teri Desario. This is the song I play most often on the way to work and gets me all happy. Produced by the Barry Gibb who also does back-up vocals.

Teri Desario - Ain't Nothin' Gonna Keep Me From You (1978). The single peaked at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100, so it didn't even hit Top 40.

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by Anonymousreply 371April 11, 2018 9:38 PM

And my second favourite Teri Desario song. Such a good song!!!!! I don't know why this wasn't a big hit.

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by Anonymousreply 372April 11, 2018 9:41 PM

[quote]real dancey with strings and horns.

And don’t forget, disco conga drums

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by Anonymousreply 373April 14, 2018 3:34 PM

Precious Wilson - One Way Ticket.

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by Anonymousreply 374April 14, 2018 4:41 PM

Joy and Happiness:

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by Anonymousreply 375April 14, 2018 4:54 PM

Ring My Bell was very popular R375.

by Anonymousreply 376April 14, 2018 4:57 PM

Ms Down Under:

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by Anonymousreply 377April 14, 2018 5:05 PM

I’m not sure if this one is obscure, but I do think it was one of the first dico songs, since it’s from 1973.

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by Anonymousreply 378April 19, 2018 8:48 PM

HOT BUTTERFLY. Original with Luther Vandross, not the covers.

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by Anonymousreply 379May 2, 2018 6:06 PM

La Bamba by Antonia Rodriguez, 1978

I guess this came after the Richie Valens but before the Lou Diamond Phillips one from the movie

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by Anonymousreply 380May 2, 2018 6:35 PM

Back in 1979, Iris Chacón appropriated Antonia Rodriguez’s versión of La Bamba, and it was in her act for over a decade.

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by Anonymousreply 381May 2, 2018 6:55 PM

Not obscure at all but there’s not a single elderqueen here at DL who’s not gonna start snapping and wiggling to this.

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by Anonymousreply 382May 26, 2018 6:11 PM

LOVE AND PASSION from American Gigolo

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by Anonymousreply 383May 26, 2018 6:26 PM

First time I heard OP's "I Love to Love" was from the British Crime Drama - "River" - on Netflix. Great show!

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by Anonymousreply 384May 26, 2018 6:42 PM

Don’t Stop the Train

by Anonymousreply 385May 26, 2018 6:44 PM

The [italic]Saturday Night Fever[/italic] album had some great tracks that didn't get released as singles.

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by Anonymousreply 386May 26, 2018 6:49 PM

Phyllis Nelson, Don’t Stop the Train

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by Anonymousreply 387May 26, 2018 6:52 PM

"Love Insurance" was one of my favorites, but it is from 1990 well after the disco era.

by Anonymousreply 388May 26, 2018 7:35 PM

"Dee Tour" by Karen Young. I absolutely love this track.

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by Anonymousreply 389May 26, 2018 8:35 PM

This!

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by Anonymousreply 390May 27, 2018 1:32 AM

The original is from 1979, r388

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by Anonymousreply 391May 27, 2018 10:20 AM

Is this obscure?

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by Anonymousreply 392May 30, 2018 12:57 AM

Vocal version.

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by Anonymousreply 393May 30, 2018 12:58 AM

Also obscure.

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by Anonymousreply 394May 30, 2018 12:59 AM

Not super obscure, but Barbara Mandrell's "Fooled By a Feeling" should be considered a disco song instead of Country.

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by Anonymousreply 395May 30, 2018 1:06 AM

Carol Douglas is still belting out Doctors Orders at 80 !!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 396May 30, 2018 1:07 AM

How could anyone list Ring My Bell? That was one of the biggest hits of that late 70s/early 80s next to Take Your Time (Do It Right). It was so big, it even made it into Just Dance.

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by Anonymousreply 397May 30, 2018 1:30 AM

Turn the Beat Around, Gloria Estefan

by Anonymousreply 398June 17, 2018 7:15 AM

Sylvester, in a lovely downtempo EDM track produced by the incomparable Patrick Cowley.

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by Anonymousreply 399June 17, 2018 4:42 PM

Bette Midler

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by Anonymousreply 400June 22, 2018 10:10 PM

Billy Cobham's "What Is Your Fantasy" - 1979

" . . . I'm not just a dancer, I'm really a Stah! . . . What is your fantasy? Be what you wanta be!"

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by Anonymousreply 401June 23, 2018 3:37 AM

The title song off of this album, as well as the 3rd song "It ain't no big thing".

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by Anonymousreply 402July 6, 2018 10:55 PM

Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiidnight!!!

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by Anonymousreply 403July 6, 2018 11:23 PM

Brasil by the Ritchie Family.

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by Anonymousreply 404July 6, 2018 11:28 PM

Double Exposure

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by Anonymousreply 405July 9, 2018 1:19 AM

For some reason, this thread dropped off of my 'watched' list and I completely forgot that I'd started it until it happened to be near the top of the general feed this evening. MAN, you guys did not disappoint. I'm only up to R95 and I've already heard about a dozen fascinating osbscure disco-era gems.

The most interesting -- to me -- thus far have been Chilly's 'For Your Love' and Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band's 'Cherchez la Femme / Se Si Bon' . That last one is really lovely. Who knew I needed some big band and swing-influenced disco in my life??

I'm going to be lost in this thread for days! Thanks, everyone!

by Anonymousreply 406July 9, 2018 1:49 AM

[quote] Turn the Beat Around, Gloria Estefan

What part of OBSCURE do you not fucking understand?

by Anonymousreply 407July 9, 2018 10:10 PM

Some French influenced disco.....the flip side of Amanda Lear?

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by Anonymousreply 408July 9, 2018 10:11 PM

Crown Heights Affair

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by Anonymousreply 409July 10, 2018 3:14 AM

This is exactly who you think it is.....doing a disco album, a concept album about Josephine Baker.....

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by Anonymousreply 410July 10, 2018 10:21 AM

I think this was posted upthread but so nice I'll post it twice.

The 70s version

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by Anonymousreply 411July 10, 2018 11:45 PM

And this version, which is equally as fun (a rarity)

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by Anonymousreply 412July 10, 2018 11:46 PM

Although this is from the 80s, I love it. "Searching"/Luther Vandross

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by Anonymousreply 413July 11, 2018 12:16 AM

Donna Summwr - last dance.

by Anonymousreply 414July 11, 2018 12:29 AM

Bionic Boogie had three outstanding numbers - Dance Little Dreamer, Risky Changes, and Hot Butterfly.

by Anonymousreply 415July 11, 2018 12:49 AM

NOT ONE MENTION of the Andrea True Connection's "New York New York You Got Me Dancin'"--THE disco song!!!!!! "What a joy at the Barefoot Boy....."

by Anonymousreply 416July 11, 2018 12:50 AM

[quote] Donna Summwr - last dance.

Again, the absolute opposite of OBSCURE.

by Anonymousreply 417July 11, 2018 1:34 AM

—BITCHES can’t read

May not be OBSCURE but it is an oldie but goodie

Donna Summer ~~ Last Dance

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by Anonymousreply 418July 12, 2018 3:01 AM

Who could forget this classic?

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by Anonymousreply 419July 12, 2018 3:25 AM

A classic song that Marlena owned.

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by Anonymousreply 420July 12, 2018 12:56 PM

Don't know if it's obscure or already posted but love this song and video.

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by Anonymousreply 421July 12, 2018 1:04 PM

Oh boy - the SJW fraus would shriek in horror over this!

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by Anonymousreply 422July 12, 2018 2:22 PM

Country Disco a little obscure.

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by Anonymousreply 423July 12, 2018 3:45 PM

Ahh yeah! Love Peter Brown produced disco.

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by Anonymousreply 424July 12, 2018 9:23 PM

I’ve been searching

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by Anonymousreply 425July 13, 2018 12:09 AM

Angela Bofill

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by Anonymousreply 426July 13, 2018 2:21 AM

The Whispers' "Rock Steady"!

Yassssss!

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by Anonymousreply 427July 13, 2018 2:29 AM

Here you go R416, was this really obscure?

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by Anonymousreply 428July 13, 2018 2:31 AM

Not sure if this is disco, funk, or more soul?

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by Anonymousreply 429July 13, 2018 2:32 AM

Alec R. Costandinos' "Romeo & Juliet" owns this thread.

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by Anonymousreply 430July 13, 2018 2:51 AM

Definitely disco, r429.

by Anonymousreply 431July 17, 2018 10:18 AM

Donna McGhee-It ain't no big thing.

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by Anonymousreply 432October 10, 2018 9:14 PM

Patrick Cowley, You Gotta Make It Loose

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by Anonymousreply 433October 11, 2018 2:19 AM
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