Real Disco Music (1975 - 1981)

We look forward to the enlightenment you seem to think we all need.

Sylvester

Thank you R1. And I'm sure any music, dancing or activity that could possibly shake that stick out of your ass would be much appreciated by all of us.

Real disco was incredibly seductive/sexy.

This was the first real disco I ever heard was when I walked into my first gay bar, The Fidler, Lancaster, PA.

The other tune I personally remember most fondly from the Ultimate/Tangerue/Strange Affair studio outfit is Strange Affair's 'Don't Stop The Music'. When this one came one EVERYONE made a beeline for the dance floor. Absolute brilliance!

I worked in a disco back in the late 70s. I have a real affection for many of the songs. There are scores of examples but for some reason I always think of this one whenever I think of the music that would be played.

Another 12" from when I was stationed in W. Germany.

BTW, my first real gf took me to a lesbian bar in Frankfurt where, no lie, they slid back an eye-high opening in the door to make sure we were acceptable before they let us in. I guess we were!

I question the premise. There have been so many of "disco revivals" and dance music iterations of the last 30 years, I think that smart young kids know a lot about disco. To the point where a lot of "classic disco" has been sampled in IDM, club, rave, hip-hop, house, techno, grime, electronica, etc.

For example - disco (for good or ill) lives....

Everyone remembers France Joli's classic 'Come To Me' but forget that her entire first project was full of jams that got tons of club play in 1979. Here's 'Don't Let Go'.

One more, just for kicks -- gotta love Sylvester. He was so ahead of his time.

RIP

I resent your lumping Disco Duck and the Bee Gees together. Disco Duck was a silly novelty song but the Gibb brothers were terrific musicians. Just because they were popular doesn’t mean it wasn’t good music.

And for lovers of very fast, coke-fueled, 36+ RPM disco... Brainstorm!

Second time is always Better!

I love disco and I love the disco music that the OP is referring to. I have no problem with some of the more popular disco music by The Bee Gees or Donna Summer or some of the disco that Rod Stewart and other acts did. Diana Ross' The Boss is probably my favourite album by the Queen of Motown. The fact that it is mostly disco is just a bonus, but with Ashford and Simpson as writers and producers, the writing, production and singing are still the most important.

I thought Motown produced some great disco songs. I bought a compilation over a decade or so ago called "Motown Disco" which had songs from Ross ("Love Hangover", "The Boss"), Thelma Houston ("Saturday Night, Sunday Morning", "Don't Leave Me This Way"), The '70s Supremes ("High Energy"), and many more. It's out of print but worth getting.

In the UK there was a great label called BBR which reissued a lot of rare disco albums. They issued The Three Degrees' two Giorgio Moroder-produced disco albums, and they're great. They also issued some of Cerrone's albums. They also issued albums by Frantique and Taana Gardner.

I'm not sure if this went national or not but Carolyne Bernier's 'Hold Me, Touch Me' was a favorite at GG's Barnum Room.

R5, I love it!!!!!

I was just thinking of starting a similar thread last week.

I was thinking of those kinds of songs you would hear playing in the background of a Disco-themed episode of 'Charlie's Angels' or 'VEGAS.'

While everyone knew "Le Freak" and "Good Times," this was the one that really grooved in the gay bars and discos!

This has THE SOUND!

R12, you're absolutely right. I didn't mean to suggest that The Bee Gees weren't excellent musicians with a wonderful catalog of music. It's just that because of "Saturday Night Fever" there's a segment of the population that thinks that they were the only artists played in discos.

Yes, this was popular, but mostly in the clubs. THIS was the Disco sound of ABBA.

I like the fact that some of the best disco records managed to have such great orchestral arrangements.

Love Thang by First Choice

Pure 1976 Disco!

[quote]It's just that because of "Saturday Night Fever" there's a segment of the population that thinks that they were the only artists played in discos.

And it's because of [italic]Grease[/italic] that people who have never seen [italic]Saturday Night Fever[/italic] expect it to be tonally similar.

Supernature by Cerrone

I still think the Looking for Mr. Goodbar soundtrack is the best disco soundtrack, even better than Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It's Friday, which I both love, of course.

Goodbar has a great mix of R&B and disco songs, plus the haunting theme song by Marlena Shaw. The songs are absolutely perfect and work within the film. "Love Hangover", "Don't Leave Me This Way" and "Try Me (I Know We Can Make It") really capture the sexual ecstasy of nightlife and discos (as does the film).

R1, you are an idiot. This is a great idea.

OP, this is a great idea.

I really like this cut from Viola Wills. It was redone in the 90s as a dance record. But I prefer the original disco cover.

Another lesser-known Disco classic!

I'm almost embarrassed to post this, but I remember Grand Theft Auto IV had a really good disco radio station in the game. Karl Lagerfeld was the DJ!

Don't forget the other Trump theme song! I heard this back in the day in the lesbian bar every single time I went in there.

GTA III and IV had the best soundtracks.

This Disco cover got a lot of exposure in 1978 as the theme for the TV-Movie of 'The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders!"

R15, I completely agree with you. I didn't mean to suggest that a lot of the commercial offerings weren't excellent or weren't real Disco Music. I was just saying that there was so much more.

And yes, Motown released/produced some EXCELLENT Disco Music. I love Diana Ross' work with Ashford & Simpson. But my personal favorite Motown Disco release was Carl Bean's 'I Was Born This Way'........ for obvious reasons.

Even Disney got in on the act.

[italic]Sesame Street[/italic] did, too.

"On our cosmic fling,

We will kiss in Saturn's rings

Make the Milky Way blush to see the site

Of making STAR LOVE in the night!"

Alright, gay boys of 1978-1979, this was IT, right?????????

Ethel Merman’s disco album was the realest of them all.

R19, I like Abba's 'Voulez Vous' but prefer "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)' out of their Disco offerings.

Puerto Rican Platinum Blonde Sensation Celi Bee sings Superman

To me, "The Sound of Philadelphia" has that special Disco sound.

It's a shame that the theatrical version of 54 was shit (the director's cut was so much better) but the two soundtrack volumes were excellent.

Imagine Mark Christopher's career if Harvey Weinstein had not destroyed that movie, R41.

A Datalounge thread reminded me of this obscure one a few years ago.

Holy Fuck! This one!

The Raes. I always thought they were two black girls. Imagine my surprise when I found out they were a very white heterosexual Canadian husband and wife. They had a TV show a la Sonny and Cher on Canadian TV, that always ended with this great song - where it becomes difficult to hear when the wife ends and the coke-head husband (watch the show you’ll agree) begins. BTW, hubby died at an early age, definitely drug-related.

Sorry---meant to write this-- an earlier Datalounge thread a few years back turned me on to some great disco songs. Apologies if I have the era wrong on any, but I'd made a playlist out of them at of the time--was surprised how many were available on Spotify. Great workout mix.

R26, I've always adored 'Somebody's Eyes' by Viola Wills. One of my all-time favorites. The clubs used to play it towards the end of the night near closing time. They called it "Morning Music".

This got a remix in the mid 80s and was a hit for Viola all over again.

This is within OP's time frame and has a very early version of rap

Helen Reddy goes DISCO!!!!

This seems to have all the horns and orchestration of the earlier years.

Porn WHORE!

Viola Wills fans. Always remember that it was her vocals that were used for the higher , more difficult parts of Don’t Stop The Train (the whole bridge and hollering parts). But at the time Phyllis Nelson had a more visible career with one hit under her wing, so she was given the song and credit, even though her voice was somewhat limited.

And here’s a version that’s strictly Biola

I win! 1973 disco classic!

Viola!

R55 that was one of the first songs about cum, along with the Loving Spoonful’s name and Doctor’s Orders.

This barely makes OP's timeframe, but it's perfect early Disco to me.

This was my favorite one from that thread and that era.

It's put out by Ze records who also had Kid Creole and the Coconuts in their line-up and the influence shows.

The singer is Nona Hendryx who was part of LaBelle.

(It's great for long runs since it goes on for about 8 minutes)

R52, NY You Got Me Dancing was a studio singer and not really Andrea True, pretty fucked up by then. But she did mange to show up for More More More

As a Canadian, I am proud that so many Canadians produced such great disco music, like Gino Soccio, Lime and this diva.

Disco started earlier than 75. Anyone knows that. Duh!

Candi Staton’s follow-up to Young Hearts Run Free, with one of the best bass lines in disco..,

"After Dark" by Pattie Brooks from THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!

The last line up of the Supremes had some good Disco material. Here's one of my faves.

My old brain can’t remember the artist, but I use listen to a song ad nauseam from this era. On 8 track no less

The only line I can remember was “and take your dog too”. A female singer.

Shame by Evelyn Champagne King.

Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.

Here ya go, R67. Linda Clifford's 'Runaway Love'. With backing vocals by The Jones Girls.

R69 is Hi NRG, not Disco.

Thank you r70! I listened to song non stop. Reminds me of an old boyfriend

Post-disco, but definitely something people could dance to.

R26, R46, R65: All "delicious" disco tracks. I'll add Fever's 1978 cover of "Standing in the Shadows of Love".

R26: "The Greatest Love Of All" totally ripped off the bridge of that song.

R76, that whole first Fever project is Dance Music Brilliance. The whole thing is great from beginning to end but my favorite cuts were 'Treat Me Right', 'The Fever Rock' & 'The Beat Of The Night'.

A seductive classic that was years ahead of it's time; the seductive 'Carry On, Turn Me On' by Space. With vocals by the legendary Madeline Bell.

Is that song seductive R79? It wasn't clear from your post

Broadway Legend Delores Hall's 1979 release 'Snapshot' was obviously the inspiration for RuPaul's late 90's hit 'Snapshot'. Everything from the title, to the camera sound effects, the song theme & the "Take My Picture" chant got borrowed for Ru's hit. Campy Gay Fun!

Hilarious R80! LOL

In 1976/77 I walked into a gay bar for the first time in my life and this song was playing.

It's a much longer story (and would make more sense), but I walked in with a bunch of straight friends. We were going for a walk. Somehow (I don't remember how), I knew it was a gay bar. I dragged them in for a beer under false pretenses and then did an immediate retreat.

The bar was virtually empty but I will never forget that feeling. No matter the ridiculous circumstances, I had actually been in a gay bar.

Another song that powered the boat from smooth soul to disco - The Tymes - You Little Trustmaker (74)

Yes, Motown tried to keep up with the disco times. Too bad it's not as fondly remembered as the earlier work

The Originals - Down To Love Town

RuPaul's 'Snapshot' that was mentioned at R81.

Lotta Love

A song where a whistle played randomly in it? Sure sign it was a disco song.

Gone too soon Dan Hartman

I heard this one song so many years ago, i wish I knew the name but I only remember one word the chick was wanting some ack-shone?

I love the Night Life

R92, even though I'm positive you're trolling, I'll humor you. Here's the 12" mix of Alicia Bridges' 'I Love The Nightlife (Disco Round)'. The beat's a little harder than the regular mix and it's a little extended.

[quote]my first gay bar, The Fidler, Lancaster, PA.

By the time I moved there in 1990, all they had was the Tally Ho pub.

Tagging this thread to savor later.

Thanks, OP! Save a dance for me ❤️

I know you old disco whores remember "Push, Push, In The Bush!"

" I like to do the things you like to do too / I like to do it, do it / I want to do the things you want to do too / So baby, let's get to it, do it"

All the classic disco elements here, with some "cha cha chas" thrown in:

This thread had me go down a rabbit hole on YouTube. Started with disco and then branched out to early stones, early Led Zeppelin, baby groupies and other such nonsense.

The first half of the 70s were on fire with contemporary music. By the 80s we had Ratt. No wonder rap became popular

In its heyday, disco was so huge that even rock musicians couldn't afford to not join the trend

Dan Hartman - Instant Replay

Jesus a lot of mainstream shit on this thread. All the cool people died.

Was searching for this yesterday, keep forgetting it. Finally downloaded it, on of the best of the era.

The Disco Sucks movement was growing, but some were too busy dancing to notice

The Brothers Johnson - Stomp

R98, Debbie Jacob's 'Don't You Want My Love' is one of my personal favorites. It was produced by Paul Sabu, who also produced Ann Margret's excellent Disco offerings, 'Love Rush', 'Everybody Needs Somebody Sometime' & 'Midnight Message'.

For my money, Ann Margret had the best music of any of the established Hollywood Stars that tried their hand at Disco. This ain't Pop/Radio Disco, Ann & Paul were recording for the clubs!

R58). Thanks - I loved BT Express. Patrick Crowley was fun at the boys club.

I guess it was never as big as some disco hits, but I'm always ready for "Love Insurance" by Front Page. It's a perfect example of mid-era disco!

R98: " Don't You Want My Love" is one of my absolute faves. Even if it didn't come close to hitting the pop charts nothing says Disco 1979 more than that song. And this song below. Had all the best elements of real Disco

The real shit

Heavenly

The other song from Thank God It's Friday

Musique

Who was Brooklyn Dreams anyway?

The Whispers

More Giorgio Moroder magic

Bionic Boogie

Other Gloria Gaynor

Not all disco was fast-paced and frenetic.

This is a good example of the mellower side of disco.

I like how she billed herself as "Ms. Sharon Ridley" on her releases.

"Changin'"

R112: Brooklyn Dreams was a vocal group on Casablanca. One of the members married Donna Summer. They were Disco but they fashioned themselves as old-fashioned street corner harmony.

Years before he formed Lime, the artist formally known as Denis LePage was arranging several Canadian based Disco Classics. One of which is Kat Mandu's 'The Break'. When this came on it was an instant floor-filler!

More Motown disco from Willie Hutch

The first Village People album was the best. Unapologetically gay.

More classic Viola Wilis

Yes, R116. I adore 'Casanova Brown'. Gloria Gaynor was SO MUCH MORE than 'I Will Survive'. Another personal favorite of mine by Glo is her exquisite remake of 'Goin Out Of My Head'. It got quite a bit of club play in it's day.

Salsoul Orchestra

The best Trammps song

Here's another one that I'm not sure went National here in The States? At the clubs I frequented on the East Coast, Alma Faye Brooks packed floors with this sassy number titled 'Don't Fall In Love'.

Can't help it; I love KC!

Yes, r117. Love "Changin'" by Sharon Ridley. There was a subgenre of disco called "sleaze" -- mid tempo or downtempo songs played in early morning hours to ease drug-hyped disco dancers off their amphetamine highs. "Changin'" is a sleaze classic.

As is the epic "Make It Last Forever" by Inner Life featuring the vocal of legendary diva Jocelyn Brown.

I love you guys for posting all these great songs. Such good taste.

OP and everyone who's been posting - THANK YOU for this thread. I'm a child of the mid 80s and 90s, but I LOOOVE disco. One of the unfortunate aspects of disco is that with some rare exceptions (like Donna Summer and other massive disco acts), it appears to have been a very unforgiving genre where the majority of artists experienced a hit or two and then vanished into obscurity. I've wanted to comment on virtually every post. Y'all have already introduced me to dozens of songs I haven't heard before (and a few I've forgotten about.)

OP - you should start a public Spotify playlist that everyone on here can add tracks to as well.

R83 - that song is so charming and your story is so sweet! I hope, eventually, you actually got to go dancing in a gay club!

R128 - that song is so damn smooth!

Eldergays, was this one playing in the clubs in the early 80s? I'm surprised I've never heard it before. The production is gorgeous and Luther Vandross' vocals are so supple.

Dolly Patton’s take on disco

I love the music by Change. Yes, they sounded a lot like Chic but they were great.

The Glow of Love and Paradise are late disco classics.

My junior year in h.s., cruising around I’m my brand new black 280Z

R64 amen to that, I’m a disco fanatic & had heard Candi’s more famous song, but not this gem until fairly recently, when my new car’s all-disco digital station played it, it’s now one of my all time favorites. I still love Heart of Glass the most though, Blondie forever!!

Danced to this a million times in 1974.

The early smooth r&b/disco combo was unbeatable

Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute

Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards really could do no wrong

Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You

Pretty sure this is Teddy Pendergrass singing live to a backing track

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck

the dancing is the best part

You all forgot this one, which oddly has almost 140 million views on YouTube

This one too, which Tarantino gave a brief revival to.

Donna going straight from having a casual conversation in German to belting out live emotional song on par with her studio version. Let's see Beyonce try that.

Could It Be Magic

On an earlier DL thread I learned that there were two versions of this song-- one that had the original lyrics "with no Jews, no blacks and no gays" and one, played in places like NYC, with lots of blacks, Jews and gays, that said "where only upper class people stay."

I think it was meant to be ironic. The band was composed of blacks, Jews, & gays.

Yes R144, the lyrics were about how the parents were bigots who tried to protect the daughter by shielding her from blacks, Jews and gays but wound up "on the street" nonetheless.

[italic] Carlos and carmen vidal just had a child

A lovely girl with a crooked smile

Now they gotta split 'cause the Bronx ain't fit

For a kid to grow up in

Let's find a place they say, somewhere far away

With no blacks, no jews and no gays

There but for the grace of god go i

Poppy and the family left the dirty streets

To find a quiet place overseas

And year after year the kid has to hear

The do's the don'ts and the dears

And when she's ten years old she digs that rock 'n' roll

But poppy bans it from home

Baby, she turns out to be a natural freak

Popping pills and smoking weed

And when she's sweet sixteen she packs her things and leaves

With a man she met on the street

Carmen starts to bawl, bangs her head to the wall

Too much love is worse than none at all

R130. Check out this Candi Staton tune, another obscure disco gem.

R100 Yep, for about 5 years there the influence of disco (production, instrumentation, high hat rhythms et. al.) was widely influential beyond "disco artists."

Listen to the Rolling Stones "Miss You"....

In the late 70s few bands/artists could be further from shiny, sparkly clubby Disco than the hippy, druggy, hairy, dirty Grateful Dead - who developed Shakedown Street as a disco workout.

My father had the "A Night at Studio 54" album. I loved it as a kid. It was the first time I had heard songs being mixed together.

After the massive success of Boogie Oogie Oogie, this one seems to have gotten swept away in the outgoing tide of disco popularity

A Taste Of Honey - Do It Good

Wait. I just realized one of you posted a disco version of Stravinsky's Firebird upthread. LOL. Were y'all really getting down to Stravinsky at the clubs?

Don't get me wrong, Stravinsky's one of my favorite composers, but I think I'll stick with the original orchestral/ballet versions.

Anything Shalamar but this is my favorite

R130 I love Change's "Glow of Love." Janet Jackson sampled it in "All For You."

Disco Lucy

The death of disco right here - "General Hospi-Tale" by the Afternoon Delights.

R43, “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” is BACK!

"Don't Leave Me This Way," my very favorite disco tune. The long version.

R153 I wonder if Lucy herself ever busted a move to this.

[QUOTE]I love Change's "Glow of Love." Janet Jackson sampled it in "All For You."

R152 - "Glow of Love" is gorgeous. And, I had no idea that was a sample in Janet's 'All For You'. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis knew what they were doing when they picked that sample!

R155 - I prefer this darker cover, though it's more electro than disco.

Disco had its own "We Are the World"...

"Let's Clean Up the Ghetto" by the Philadelphia International All-Stars:

(Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass, the O'Jays, the Three Degrees, Billy Paul, Dee Dee Sharp Gamble, Archie Bell & the Drells, the Intruders, and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)

Damn, there sure is a lot of stuff on here that is NOT disco.

Am I the only elder posting today??

I could do this all day.

More Sylvester.

And don't miss "The Eyes of Laura Mars" with Miss Faye Dunaway.

Way before my time, but I like this song from the era.

[quote]Damn, there sure is a lot of stuff on here that is NOT disco.

Such as, r160?

While reading this thread, this song popped into my head for the first time in many, many years, Peter Brown's "Do You Want To Get Funky With Me".

And more Sylvester ...I have this on my gym playlist

R138 R130 (I love Change, I had that album -- but it's not disco.) R136 R127 (NOTHING by KC and the Sunshine Band could be considered disco, but thanks for playing.) R125

Listen to the beats, guys!! Disco was written to be played on two turntables non-stop by blending the beginning of one song with the end of another; thus, the beats are almost identical. If a song is is slow, it's not disco. In most disco songs, there is a lot of brass and violins. As far as I'm concerned, most disco needed a full orchestra behind the singer(s), or at least an instrument that could sound like a full orchestra.

Some of you young'uns think that something labeled "disco" on YouTube is disco. It's not. That's what the purpose of this thread is for -- so you can learn to discern the difference between "Saturday Night Fever" crap and the real disco played at gay clubs back when it was still chic but scary to be gay. You guys have no idea what we (yes) BOOMERS did to make it possible for you to be out today. Disco was gay music. If straight people were listening/dancing to it, chances are good it's not "real" disco.

Chic A great live version

That's me at R168, R165. Those I listed are only SOME of the songs here that aren't disco.

I loves me some Cheryl Lynn. That woman could really sing!

[quote] If a song is is slow, it's not disco.

False, r168. Listen to your elders. 'Disco' is more than BPMs.

R172, I am an elder. And yes, it is more than just BPM. That's why I mentioned all the instruments.

Perhaps you were doing too many drugs to remember...?

Perhaps, r168...but I was there, on the dance floor. Your description of disco might be more apt for what was played on the radio, or in the suburbs. This thread is about the tracks we heard in the clubs. I distinctly remember "Make It Last Forever" from early 80s Paradise Garage, and a floor full of people grooving to it. But, whatever...

I heard these in the clubs, R174, but whatever. (And when I was stationed in Germany, I heard them in the clubs in Frankfurt). I never heard any of these on the radio. And I know they played some slow songs, but they were in the minority, and I'm not sure I would call it "disco."

But we can agree to disagree.

Here's another I really liked.

Here's one for ya, R174. Remember?

Hot Shot. Chime in, elders!

"It Only Takes a Minute, Girl" isn't disco? They must not have gotten your memo at the Barefoot Boy, r168. What about "Don't Leave Me This Way"?

Have you applied for a grant?

Not sure if this is disco -- the fact that it hasn't been named yet makes me think that it isn't or all you old queens are slipping -- but this song was playing when I walked into a gay bar for the first time.

I still remember dancing to this song any time it would come on. The DJ at my favorite club played it all the time. This video is bizarre -- I think I saw it introduced by Joey Bishop in another video. The guy in the tank top has an Ed Molinaro vibe to him, but they all looked so coked up and incapable of playing instruments.

R101 yes! Was just gonna look for some Arthur Russell

A friend (may he rest in peace) was a bit of a gangly nerd but tried, bless her heart. to do drag. He did I Love The Nightlife and was so scared of opening his eyes that he lipsynched with them closed.

Someone came up to tip him and we heard "OW!" because he'd poked him in the eye!

One of my favourite disco jams, in the vein of Chic - slinks and purrs like a jaguar.

Love many of the late era-disco records produced by Kashif.

I agree r137. Their music had such good hooks that they were sampled by later artists, like this one, notably by maybe gay, maybe Scientologist black rapper/actor

Here’s a disco tune by The Beach Boys — produced by Curt Boettcher and Bruce Johnston.

So how many are posting on this thread? If there are more than a handful, I think the DL demographic has been exposed pretty well. (Like it was a surprise).

R187 God, that's awful.

Another question, would Disco have ever existed without cocaine?

"Love Hangover" is ballad-to-midtempo and it is disco.

Melba Moore "Standing Right Here"

Here's another great track from 1979 - Jackie Moore - 'This Time Baby'

(It's actually a cover of an O'Jays song.)

Screwed that up - sorry>

And this is a post that I wrote in a short thread about Sharon Redd a week or two ago, but it applies here: ------------------- "In the Name of Love" is my favorite disco song from the era.

I came out later in my life and the first time friends took me to The Saint, "In the Name of Love" was playing. My favorite song was blasting, I looked up in wonder at the stars, then was swallowed up by all the men dancing joyously, and thought it was a dream.

Thank you Dennis and Ron. I will remember you both and that night forever. -------------------- This is the Disconet mix.

Love Sensation

R188 I posted three times -- mostly because it's a fun road to go down and remember those times. I agree with OP about The Bee Gees -- fine music but you never heard them in clubs alongside disco music. Maybe in the suburbs or classed that way by record stores.

Hazell Dean - Searchin’

Fern Kinney - Groove me

Jean Carne - Was that all it was

Phyllis Hyman - You know how to love me

R200 YAAAAASSS HUNTY!!!!

Amii...knocking on wood

R201 I still miss her

Female artistes rule the dance grooves

OK ?!!!!!

I know it’s a touch later but I freaking love this song - could listen to it every night.

1982 seems to be the last year a good number of disco songs were released.

This was a standard...

1979

The first 12 inch single release

Early Silver Convention

Other Van McCoy

Other Donna

Nick and Val

The dialog at the beginning is hilarious

Just incredible

Yes, Johnny. And it's good too......

5 years before she released her Hi-Nrg Classic 'So Many Men, So Little Time', Miquel Brown had a huge Disco hit all over Europe and here in The States with 'Symphony Of Love'.

Producer Gregg Diamond (the talent behind The Andrea True Connection & so many other classic Disco hits) had a double-sided Club hit in 1978 with (Side A) 'This Side Of Midnight' & (Side B) 'Star Cruiser'. Both equally brilliant & successful on dancefloors all over the world.

Vocals on both tunes were provided by Jocelyn Brown & David Lasley. Who between them probably sang background or lead vocals on over half of the songs posted here.

'This Side Of Midnight' (Side A)

Was "Rock The Boat" by the Hues Corporation considered to be the first real disco hit?

R142, great find. For gay/disco/camp nirvana, check out when Barry Manilow brings Donna Summer onstage for a live concert version of "Could It Be Magic". I think it's on YouTube.

It's amazing that some artists like Bruce Springsteen and Credence Clearwater Revival never had a number 1 hit, but KC and the Sunshine Band had six.

(see R217) Gregg Diamond's 'Star Cruiser' (Side B)

My 2 favorite Donna Summer cuts were both included on her 1976 concept LP, "Four Seasons Of Love".

'Spring Affair'

And 'Summer Fever'.

All of Donna's disco albums are great but Four Seasons of Love and Once Upon a Time are fabulous.

My two favorite Donna LPs, R222!

After Donna Summer hit with 'Love To Love You Baby' (which clocked in at 16 minutes & 50 seconds) in 1975, a lot of Disco producers followed suit with super long, somewhat orchestral suites. And sometimes the results were FABULOUS!

One of my personal favorites is German band Jumbo's 1976 epic 'Turn On To Love'. Over 17 minutes of funky, orchestral bliss. I especially love the uber glamorous segment that comes on at around 3:55 in & repeats later on. But the entire suite is Disco Brilliance from beginning to end!

Once Upon a Time is sonically and lyrically brilliant. Bad Girls is probably considered Donna's opus and of course it's amazing but there is something really special about Once Upon a Time. The fairy tale theme set to disco works incredibly well.

The whole electronic suite - "Now I Need You/Working the Midnight Shift/Queen for a Day" - holy shit. Brilliant.

[quote]It's amazing that some artists like Bruce Springsteen and Credence Clearwater Revival never had a number 1 hit, but KC and the Sunshine Band had six.

Most people bought Springsteen's albums.

[quote]Wait. I just realized one of you posted a disco version of Stravinsky's Firebird upthread. LOL. Were y'all really getting down to Stravinsky at the clubs?

It was a grand and may I say fantastic way for a DJ to end his set. I actually did Firebird (the ballet) as a kid, and was thrilled to hear the disco version at the clubs as a teen.

R134 the song also had a Gladys Knight and the Pips feel to it, with counterpoint vocals by three guys hollering some great harmonies. It was semi-autobiographical, as Candi was involved in a later documented abusive relationship which even got physical.

R177, Karen was actually almost an elder herself, who performed in what can best be described as a Jewish Mother House Dress, but shamelessly sang about wanting dick.

OP, this 1983 club gem (linked) is clearly hiNRG but the back-up girl vocals, conga beat, and horse-trotting bass drive (frequently used in hiNRG but born in disco) give it a very disco feel. What prevents it from being a legit disco song is the electronic production, that Giorgio Moroder popularized in the 80s after the success of I Feel Love. Hope you nevertheless enjoy it.

R215 GGG will always reminds me of Summer of 1979 at Bachelor in San Juan, when - at 18 - I had a summer job at an art gallery and went to gay clubs 3-4 times a week. Other favorites in Puerto Rico that summer included St. Tropez by Diva Gray & Oyster (not to be confused with the actual disco group St. Tropez) and, of course, Paul Jabara’s campy vanity project ....

Ray Martinez's studio project Passion had a big hit in 1979 with 'In New York' but I always preferred the album cut 'Dancing and Romancing'.

Another one that may not have went national but Ray Dahrouge's 'Steppin Out' filled dance floors on the East Coast in 1979.

[quote]Have you applied for a grant?

LOL. There are at least two or three serious books out there about the history of disco, and even the extremely well-schooled authors aren't nearly so rigid in their definitions as R168. Unclench, Mary.

Now for some REAL disco: Got to Get Your Love by Clyde Alexander & Sanction. Glorious.

Family of Eve - I Wanna Be Loved By You

Kwick - Shake Till Your Body Break. A total rip-off of the Jacksons' Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground), but nonetheless fabulous:

Poppas - Hook Up Together (1982). This barely makes it under the wire but it belongs here anyway, because it is pure Euro-disco cheese that is catchy as fuck. Anybody who's seen the 1980s French film Beau-Pere will remember this.

Tata Vega - Get It Up For Love

Lenny Williams - Please Don't Tempt Me. Stick with this song for a few minutes, it takes time for the real disco to kick in...

This thread needs more Patrick Cowley. Get a Little (1981):

La Flavour - Mandolay (1980):

I love threads like these because you learn so much but also see how similar things are today. A lot of DL like to pretend that music fell off but honestly based on these forgotten artists, and many more not mentioned, Disco was full of disposable fluff and largely mindless hits backed by a good beat.

Nice to see that the grass wasn’t so much greener.

OP I commend for stating this thread, and yes I know it's not the first time. Because if we don't keep the memory alive, it will fade away. And if this thread has introduced the Real DIsco Sound to even a handful of youngins who will delve deeper now, that is amazing. So thank you.

What I called the two categories being debated here are Top Fourty DIsco (Instant Replay, DIsco Inferno etc.) and Gay Disco Disco (all of the best tracks on this thread). It was enigmatic because it was so unique and you really didn't hear it elsewhere unless you were a hardcore follower, knew DJs, etc. You had to go to the clubs to hear it.There were crossover hits like Hot Shot by Karen Young, and After Dark by Patti Brooks, but most of it never made it to radio's airwaves. That's partly why my good friend David says we need to be proud and OWN IT, because this is OUR MUSIC.

Thanks to the Internet, it's only in the last ten years that I've been able to place the names to the sounds, and Boris Midney is a good example. Before you elders ask "who dat? think Beautiful Bend and Come Into My Heart. imo his version of Evita is his masterpiece, esp Buenos Aires. It takes two minutes to get to the vocals, and there original version with overture is even longer. But once the disco beat kicks in and the vocals follow, this song has everything going for it. And for me, this song is really about living in NYC (esp now). It sounds passable on youtube, and there are better sounding versions of it (as well as his other Gay Disco Disco tunes) on Spotify.

DL, you're slipping. Walk the Night - Skatt Bros.

Love Martha and Izora

Esther Williams - I'll Be Your Pleasure

lots of wonderful stuff on this thread

This one is pretty obscure...and pretty fuckin' gay.

Persia - "Inch By Inch"

With a title like that, I'm surprised it isn't more of a gay classic.

Dan Hartman Relight My Fire!

Great thread y’all. Elder gay DJ here. Non pandemic I DJ at the SAGE Manhattan and SAGE Queens socials. With the lockdown I’ve been mixing for my own enjoyment. Here are my remixes of “It’s a Miracle” Barry Manilow (1975) and “Instant Replay” Dan Hartman (1978)

[quote]That's partly why my good friend David says we need to be proud and OWN IT, because this is OUR MUSIC.

Tell your good friend David it was never MY MUSIC. I hated most disco.

R246 that's maybe the fourth time it's been listed but Hartman is underappreciated, so we'll allow it.

He's a bit camp but I do like hearing his stuff

[quote] I called the two categories being debated here are Top Fourty DIsco (Instant Replay, DIsco Inferno etc.) and Gay Disco Disco (all of the best tracks on this thread). It was enigmatic because it was so unique and you really didn't hear it elsewhere unless you were a hardcore follower, knew DJs, etc. You had to go to the clubs to hear it.There were crossover hits like Hot Shot by Karen Young, and After Dark by Patti Brooks, but most of it never made it to radio's airwaves. That's partly why my good friend David says we need to be proud and OWN IT, because this is OUR MUSIC.

To prove that the disco genre was even more complex and varied, there is also BLACK disco. Occasionally, there was crossover of all genres but what was popular in Black discos wasn't always the same as what was played in gay and/or mainstream discos.

This is a popular Black disco track from Isaac Hayes:

One of the FIRST disco tracks from MFSB:

"You Can't Hide From Yourself" -- a Teddy Pendergrass track that was never really played on the radio but was guaranteed to wreck any dance floor well into the 80s. Particularly popular with those of us who knew Teddy had 'unique' tastes.

It sucks that Pink Flloyd won't let this be released on Spotify.

For you, r237. My favorite Patrick Cowley tune.

More Euro-disco from Boris Midney

And this gem from Claudia Barry "Johnny Johnny Please Come Home"

The bitter Miss Barbara Mason gets left out of a gay love triangle! I'm not a big fan of this song, but the gay-gay-gay lyrics are worth a listen at least once.

Over 250 posts and no one has posted a single GRACE JONES track?!!

Major gay FAIL!!! Please surrender your gay 'MARY!' cards at the coatcheck on your way out.

Yes, Gurl, all the bottoms are included as well!

Left-field disco track from British 60s pop rock combo, The Hollies. Was a big track at seminal underground gay club, The Loft, back in the day.

R259 Other than I Need A Man I never think of Grace as disco, per se.

She's more downtown NYC/new wave with bits of a lot of other things (disco included) mixed in, and sprinkled with her own brand of performance art.

And who can forget this 1980 drag queen classic, Leonore O'Malley's 'First Be A Woman'? This sounds like a Gloria Gaynor tune & ironically Miss Gaynor recorded this in the early 90s and made it a hit all over again. And then at some point in the early 2000s Miss Gaynor's version was remixed and was a hit for her for the second time! It's the gift that keeps on giving.

Over the last decade it was revealed that the hot blonde model credited on the LP cover, Leonore O'Malley was not the actual vocalist. Lead vocals were actually provided by a Black session/jazz vocalist named Catherine Russell. An early Milli Vanilli situation. But Miss Russell stated that she knew going in that she wouldn't be "the face" of the recordings and that she was paid very handsomely for her work.

Most people are familiar with the US 12" mix of this song which has a completely different intro and got extended in parts but I prefer this LP mix.

[quote] There was a subgenre of disco called "Sleaze" -- mid tempo or downtempo songs played in early morning hours to ease drug-hyped disco dancers off their amphetamine highs.

Thank you for letting them know, R128. There were so many layers to Disco. "Sleaze" could go anywhere from funky to trippy & avante garde to organic or electronic. On the opposite end of the spectrum was "Morning Music". Light, pretty, usually orchestral Pop music played at the After Hours spots once the mind-fuck that is "Sleaze" was over.

[quote] I love threads like these because you learn so much but also see how similar things are today. A lot of DL like to pretend that music fell off but honestly based on these forgotten artists, and many more not mentioned, Disco was full of disposable fluff and largely mindless hits backed by a good beat.

[quote] Nice to see that the grass wasn’t so much greener.

Yes, R239. Disco was chocked full of Fluff [forgotten artists & mindless hits]. But the difference between the Fluff of yesteryear & the Fluff of today is that yesterday's Fluff had talent involved. Even the cheesiest of disco hits had the top studio musicians/singers on rhythm & background vocals and extravagant string & horn arrangements, if not the entire orchestra! So there was some talent & redeeming value somewhere.

Now remind where I can find the talent/redeeming value of Cardi B.'s 'Wet Ass Pussy' (or any of her other hits), Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda (or any of her other hits), that BTS nonsense, etc, etc?

amen R264

The disco era definitely produced some odd hits, like this disco version of the old Italian chestnut, "Volare", performed by nearly-50-year-old Vegas crooner Al Martino.

I can feel my bones waking up

R240: I don't know about other big cities but if you were lucky enough to grow up in the NY area the majority of the non top 40 Disco was played on the great 92 WKTU, and the R&B stations like WBLS and KISS would do great mix shows on the weekends.

Lead vocals by Taka Boom, Chaka Khan's sister

R218: I would say yes. Some say it was "Love's Theme" by Barry White but "Rock the Boat" may be the the first to hit number 1 where you can clearly tell this is a new musical genre and it went from the clubs to the pop charts by a group you've never heard before.

I was reading though this thread when this song came up on a Spotify playlist. It's "real disco" all right. All the instruments are warm and real, except for the binging of synth-drums. The lyrics capture the joy of the dance floor, but there's a haunting undercurrent of sadness in Sylvester's voice.

And also r218: the fact that the very next week after "Rock The Boat" was number 1, "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae (written and produced by KC and Rick Finch) so it felt like a new revolution.

Much more popular in Black clubs than in gay discos, unheard of in suburban White clubs.

The first disco qua disco hit was Gloria Gaynor’s “Never Can Say Goodbye” (1974), one of the first records mixed specifically for club play.

R274: Tom Moulton another King of Disco. This song by Lou Rawls everybody knows but Moulton did an amazing mix.

Until we have a Morning Music thread, I'll put this here. Keith Barrow - Tell Me This Ain't Heaven

I knew him casually in those days, and he was a sweet guy.

Marsha Hunt

R275 I loved the Larry Levan mix

or was it Frankie Knuckles? Oops sorry

This track by Stargard was sampled by Pete Heller for the 90s club smash "Big Love." It's a fantastic track but I'd never heard it until about 10 years ago. There was so much disco it was impossible to dance to it all.

Roy Ayers' "Running Away"

Epic track that was deservedly played to death in its day. Surreal to see him perform it 40 years later, in 2019, to a club packed with howling, dancing young (mostly white) Brooklynites.

Very underrated

Here you go R259, pure funky goodness

R227, I ADORE Julius Brown's 'Party'! One of my all-time favs, although I agree it falls more under the Hi-NRG genre. But what a great track!

It sounds like something Sylvester & Cowley would have recorded but it was actually produced by Jacques Morali, the writer/producer behind The Village People, latter-day Ritchie Family & so many other groups & Disco hits.

The Penthouse Magazine Organization even jumped on the bandwagon in 1978 and managed to fund this filthy classic, 'Let's Make Love In Public Places' by The Love Symphony Orchestra. The sleeve and inside insert of the original LP contained several semi-nude pics of Penthouse Pets.

Saint Tropez - One More Minute

before my time, but I've always loved this little gem.

Someone left the cake out in the rain

I heard this in the movie Knife + Heart

Sarah Dash - Sinner Man

I'm sorry to bring up a triggering subject to many eldergays, but this wonderful scene in Looking introduced me to this incredible track. Were y'all getting down to this one back in the day?

'Feeling Love' by Hott City was released in 1979 but sounds about 20 or 30 years ahead of it's time!

In fact the whole LP "Ain't Love Grand" is fantastic from beginning to end. Every tune is a standout!

And the same production team/writers/musicians that brought us Hott City also gave us Cut Glass and the glorious, double sided, monster 12" smash 'Without Your Love' backed with 'Alive With Love' the same year. Both tunes are equally brilliant & legendary!!!!!!!!!

Here's 'Without Your Love'.

'Alive With Love' by Cut Glass. Legendary tune.

Chaka Khan, on the funkier edge of disco

The best thread ever. I had forgotten so many of these songs yet the moment they start I’m back in the clubs where I heard them. So, so many wonderful times. I bet like me, every elder gay listening to these can’t help but dance round the kitchen and living room. I can still strut my fucking stuff!!!! Young gaylings don’t know what they’re missing. Sitting in bars scrolling apps. The idea of the weekend was to go out and dance all night long. If you coped a fuck all well and good if you didn’t? There was always tomorrow night. Memories. Dancing at white parties on Mykonos to ‘Ring my Bell’ when the only way to get there was by boat. Ibiza before the naff straights found it. Heaven, dancing with a thousand other guys in jockstraps. Another vote for Jeanne Carne ‘was that all it was’ my all time favourite. The 80’s and 90s were good too. But there’s something about these earlier gay disco classics. Fantastic.

R296 It was me who posted JC. Hope you like this too, Nights Over Egypt.

R293/R294

Lonnie Gordon sang the lead vocals for Cut Glass. Love her and LOVE 'Without Your Love'. Thanks!

This is much later than this period we've been highlighting, but younger people will probably know her from 1989s 'Happenin' All Over Again', produced by SAW (Stock Aitken Waterman).

Patrick Cowley - Right On Target:

Sylvester covering Ashford & Simpson - Over & Over, 1977.

Rhyze - Just How Sweet is Your Love:

Bourgie Bourgie - John Davis & the Monster Orchestra

Tanaa Gardner

Patrick Cowley....who had him?

Free Man - South Shore Commission

Cerrone & Jocelyn Brown - Hooked On You

Cappuccino - Hell Dance With Me:

Patrick Juvet - I Love America

Flying down to Rio with some 'Bossa Disco' from Astrud Gilberto

Joe Bataan - Sadie (She Smokes)

Change - Heaven of My Life

Roy Ayers - Sweet Tears

Invisible Man's Band - All Night Thing

Candido - Jingo

I actually prefer this cover to the Ann Peebles (non-disco) original.

"I Can't Stand the Rain" by Eruption, featuring Precious Wilson

Have a Cigar - Rosebud (1977)

Surprised nobody has mentioned The Emotions yet. Such lovely harmonies.

NuDisco jam

I know this isn't quite as OP defined (a few years later) but this song, as the kids would say, SLAPS.

David Ruffin meets Van McCoy

Mary Wilson solo

Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Speaking of the Ruffins, [R320]. If The Saint had a signature song:

Hi-Gloss - I'm Totally Yours (1981)

Al Hudson & the Soul Partners - Spread Love (1978)

One Way featuring Al Hudson - Music (1981)

Al Johnson and Jean Carne

No disrespect to Thelma Houston, but I love Teddy Pendergrass singing Don't Leave me This Way with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Did anyone say Teddy ?

Voyage

More Voyage

BT Express

Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) by Joe Tex

This thread proves that Disco didn't end in 1980, it just ceased to be bastardized for commercial purposes. It lived on in clubs and was called by different names "club", "electro", "boogie", "house" and "Hi-NRG."

More One Way

Proto Prince sounds, in a way

Play this one all week: I'll Always Love My Mama

Another classic

Interesting take on the "Disco sucks!" campaign of 1979. Main takeaway in case there's a pay wall:

"The antidisco movement, which has been publicized by such FM personalities as notorious Chicago DJ Steve Dahl, is simply another programming device. White males, eighteen to thirty-four, are the most likely to see disco as the product of homosexuals, blacks and Latins, and therefore they’re most likely to respond to appeals to wipe out such threats to their security. It goes almost without saying that such appeals are racist and sexist, but broadcasting has never been an especially civil-libertarian medium.

In times when straight pop music is boring or ineffectual, minority tastes — rock, soul, disco — prosper because the mass audience drifts away. The failure of artists like [Billy] Joel and [Paul] Simon to release any new music left mainstream pop in the doldrums. Disco was the first choice to fill the resulting vacuum. That’s why so many radio stations rushed to change their formats, why certain rock acts (The Kinks!? The Beach Boys!?) tried to make disco crossover music. But disco didn’t do the job — for rock acts and record companies the sign was sluggish sales; for radio stations, disco pulled in an audience that was older, younger, more female or less affluent than desired. And it was easy enough to see that stations that had stuck to hard rock — KMET in Los Angeles, for instance — were prospering in just the demographic areas radio needed."

R334 I think you're right in one sense that disco was just one stage in the broader trajectory of electronic dance music, but the time period described in the thread title suggests that there were some particular characteristics that were lost or rejected as the '80s wore on.

[quote]This thread proves that Disco didn't end in 1980

I'd love to see a real house music companion thread from 1986-1994. Nothing that was played before 3am, no Mariah remixes, no EDM bullshit.

Most of the early 80s R&B stuff I was listening to was built from the wreckage of disco.

They just took the more danceable disco bits and either added guitar and pop elements or gave it a harder funk sound. But the trademarks of disco were nowhere to be found any more.

Michael Jackson (well, Thriller specifically) and Prince probably wouldn't have happened to the extent that they did circa 1982-1984 without disco (and I suppose Madonna for that matter) but for MJ and Prince, the lesson was to keep a rock sound front and center in their music to maintain its marketability, which they both did.

Gino Soccio - Dancer.

To be played as loud as possible

The Tony Valor Sounds Orchestra set dance floors aflame with this Barry White-inspired jam in 1979; 'We Belong Together'.

Who never danced to this gay anthem ?

R309, that whole Vince Montanta-produced, Astrud Gilberto disco LP from 1977 is surprisingly great from beginning to end. I especially love the 'The Girl From Ipanema' remake. Here's the extended 12' mix.

r343, every day in every way

Circuit party disco, to be played at around 7:00 am

Most of my all-time favorites have already been posted...except this one. A true anthem.

For those of you who are interested in the history and development of disco, the influence of gay culture and the role it played, and even which drugs were most prevalent at which clubs and how that affected the music chosen by the DJs, I recommend two books: Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco by Peter Shapiro, and Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture by Alice Echols. Both do a good job of exploring the history of the genre and putting it in cultural perspective. You'll want to have your device handy to look up the songs mentioned as you go along...

Disco died 40 years ago, yet OP is sure that anybody not intimately familiar with it must be a "young kid."

DL in a nutshell.

And what took its place? The most crassly commercial crap ever recorded.

Dance, Clap your Hands!

Don't do it everyone. Don't respond to r349 and turn this thread into another toxic DL name calling thread. Don't do it. Just administer more Disco medicine

DJ Wuakeen specializes in such music and is having a live party right now at the FB link attached.

I love the song that plays at the beginning of this Jon King porn scene. I have no idea if it's a real song ( I couldn't find any info on it) but it's got a good instrumental despite the cheesy lyrics and vocals.

gayer than gay

Madonna's first rip off.

If There Is Love

Oops, should be If There's Love

Tonight's Jam: 'You Must Be Love' by Love & Kisses (Alec R. Costandinos)

Superb production!

Nice

Very early disco: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost (1973)

very pretty

Inner Life with Jocelyn Brown

Arpeggio - Love & Desire

'Can't Live Without Your Love' by Tamiko Jones. Electro Disco at it's finest! The dreamy bridge still tears me up.

Cher's 'Take Me Home'. The best damn thing she ever recorded! A tip: go for the LP mix over the 12" version. The orchestration sounds much fuller & richer.

R365 - this has been one of my favorites since I first read about the Paradise Garage - apparently it was one of Larry Levan's most beloved and played tracks. Truly amazing and for some reason never available on streaming!

Woke up with this classic jam in my head for some reason, 'Love Is In You' by Nightlife Unlimited. Playing it on Spotify as I get my day started.

I never get sick of Melba Moore's 'Pick Me Up, I'll Dance'. What a fantastic song by McFadden & Whitehead. It borrows a lot of it's melody from a fabulous Soul tune by the O'Jay's called 'Family Reunion'.

I might actually still have this album somewhere in storage with all my other vinyl. Fire Night Dance and Walking on Music were my favorites - never tired of them!

R160 - LOVE that song. What a great bunch of memories it brings back.

R370, 'Walking On Music' is a classic! I'm surprised that it's only just now being mentioned in this thread.

I so want to go back and relive the disco years!

Anyone know the name of the song playing at the 10:27 mark in this video? It's from the Facts of Life episode called Who am I? where Tootie enters a dance contest with a white boy. It aired in December of 1980, and I can't find anywhere that credits the song.

R374 it is Ask Me to Dance (Jimmy Michaels Mix)

"Lovin', Livin' and Givin' by Diana Ross!

This song can still get this 60 year old busting moves around the kitchen. Thank you OP for this thread. So many joyful memories activated by all the wonderful posts from fellow DLers. Music has such power no? Disco was above all joyful for this gay man. I am so greatful to have experienced it, not in a sad nostalgic way, I always look forward not back. I made me happy then and it makes me happy now. Cheers OP.

Thank you, R375!!! I've been trying to figure out that song for years now and had no luck anywhere. Someone in the comments of the video was also looking, so I wasn't the only one whose curiosity was piqued.

I don't do YouTube R378 so maybe you can inform them.

For r160 and r371. Another fantastic disco nugget from Patrick "Menergy" Cowley.

Spent many a night dancing to this classic from Bonnie Pointer.

"Thank you for the joy you brought me / Thank you for the things you taught me"

this is real

this is disco

This is one of the best threads in DL history - if there ever is a Top 10 threads list, this should be in it, without a single doubt.

I real delight

Find my Way by Cameo

Find My Way Cameo

Haven’t found my way

I love disco. Thanks for all the great music. Loving this thread.

More Linda Clifford..I listen to this one over and over

R361: Absolutely glorious!!

Re-visiting this thread on a dreary, blah day and listening to all the music linked, one by one. My home turned into a boogie wonderland for the day!

My first time in a disco, this song was playing, so I'll always hold it in high regard.

Soulwax have done a new remix of Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" using only elements from the original multitracks.

You and I, by Rick James, 1978!

"You and I/We'll be together 'til the 6 is 9"

Naughty!

Calling Planet Earth by Dennis Coffey, 1978.

Beep beep bloop bloop goodness. And those guitars!

Don't Turn Away, by Midnite Flight, 1977.

Immediately co-opted by NBC as their sports theme for several years.

Stacy Lattisaw, Jump to the Beat, 1980.

It's like every disco record condensed into one single, which pointed the way for Michael Jackson's Off the Wall.

Narada Michael Walden, the producer, went on to spearhead Aretha Franklin's '80s comeback.

Gino Soccio, Love Is, 1980.

[Quote] Narada Michael Walden, the producer, went on to spearhead Aretha Franklin's '80s comeback.

Ohreallybitch?

Yes, bitch!

I'm going to slow it down with a Disco-influenced R&B ballad by Rose Royce, with vocals by the beautiful Gwen Dickey. Madonna never had anything on this, the original version of the song. And those suits! I LOVE this performance.

Haven't You Heard by Patrice Rushen, 1980.

Unknown but so fab!

Not unknown. It was used in "Queer as Folk."

How embarrassing that you watched that, R403.

It's unknown to most.

[Quote] How embarrassing that you watched that, [R403].

Queer as Folk was a seminal gay mini-series.

Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me? by Peter Brown, 1977.

The kids loved this one, apparently.

The average young kid in flyoverstan isn't some scenester at Boiler Room. There are cities though, everywhere, with some progressive music scenes. Now some of those kids will have DEEP knowledge.

I love it

This song closed the disco I worked at.......

Why do you people link to the shittyest video of the song? Especially the idiot that links to people dancing to the song.

Wow, they always stylized Stacy Lattisaw with no sex appeal whatsoever.

No matter what they could have done she still would have no sex appeal R411.

It's "shittiest" and the thread is about the music itself...who cares if people are dancing in the video? r410

Both are correct R413. Because you are linking to a poor quality R413, which is evident by your taste in music.

Awww too fucking bad r414 too fucking bad. Just get over it

No slam dancing, please

That we didn't that we didn't already end up here because I'm so totally late to this thread because I think I was off getting married that week - anyway given their Zeitgeistishness I thought this would be an interesting offering for this topic as it is possibly in my own estimation the greatest thanks Ron Mael is owed for.

Go nine minutes in to track 2 - you're welcome

Also conspicuously absent

Take a Look But Don't Touch

Aretha flips and she jumps... quite a scary thought.

Aretha's "Rock Steady" was proto-disco.

Summer 1980. Disco may have become commercially toxic in the States, but the beat chugged on.

Did someone say PROTO-DISCO?

Offering #1

Proto disco with an out of wedlock pregnancy by the third verse! (Just like Armed & Extremely Dangerous).

No wonder Let No Man Put Asunder had to happen a few years!

Some more early disco

Quality Chic-esque Brit Disco-Funk. Killer bassline - check, Strings - check, Horns - check, Smooth as silk vocals - check

R426 - Is it me or is Get Down On It kind of a knockoff of this?

Love those guys - Put A Little Love On Me equally strong.

5ive's Let's Dance sampled Heartache #9 if I recall......

R427 a kind of slowed jam version of it, maybe? And JT's vocals do have a very similar quality to the lead singer of Delegation when I come to listen again.

Cher and Tina doing shame, shame, shame is a classic

Today's Category: Disco Songs with Great Guitar Solos that are Always Removed from any Sort of Remix. ....

A true classic from the Gibson Brothers

I love Native New Yorker

[quote]Not unknown. It was used in "Queer as Folk."

No. Queer as Folk used I Feel Good Things For You by Daddy's Favourite, which heavily sampled/edited/discofied Haven't You Heard by Patrice Rushen, but it's not exactly the same song.