How about a new thread, just for Disco tunes.  Post a video (or two) of a 70's Disco song - one you like.

Just two requests:
  1 - type the name of the song when you post it
  2 - no more than 3 songs per post (you can always post again)

I'll start it off with Heatwave - the Groove Line

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_uiR1O_lvw

Night Fever by The Bee Gees

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afXJpsK1kXs
Jacksons- Shake Your Body Down To The Ground

Early Disco - the term "Disco" wasn't being used yet when this came out, but it's Disco all right...

George McCrae - Rock Your Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcXHUdSMEvY

BTW I still have my 45 record of this from when I was fourteen.  (It's rather worn out now...)

Early Disco - the term "Disco" wasn't being used yet when this came out, but it's Disco all right...

George McCrae - Rock Your Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcXHUdSMEvY

BTW I still have my 45 record of this from when I was fourteen.  (It's rather worn out now...)


Does it still play?  :o

Does it still play?  :o
Need a record player first?

Stayin' Alive by The Bee Gees

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Where was video shot?

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Hot Stuff

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Donna Summer Classic

Fixed!

"Disco Duck" by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots

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Let me Redeem myself with this Donna Summer Classic:

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Does it still play?  :o


I'm pretty sure it does - but I avoid playing anything that's too worn, as it's bad for the needle...  :-\\


Need a record player first?


I have a working turntable (and vinyl to go with it)  :)

You Should Be Dancing by The Bee Gees

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Brick - Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QfG_Rjknqk

I danced to this plenty as a college freshman  :D

Need a record player first?


I think she mentioned that she had one?

I'm pretty sure it does - but I avoid playing anything that's too worn, as it's bad for the needle...  :-\\

I have a working turntable (and vinyl to go with it)  :)


I forgot the last time our family used a turntable, must've been years.  :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4RLGiYSA_A
T-Life- Something That You Do To Me

I think she mentioned that she had one?
Confirmed in an above reply.

"A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band

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Not your typical song by this artist - electronica / techno / disco / funk  :D

From late 1977, Cat Stevens - Was Dog A Doughnut?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx4DAezUW9A

Incidentally I loved dancing to this one too, back in the day...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L25K06NJs5M&list=PLT-T1XsB-c9GOQgITKGfWklIh4AHfbdyh&index=2
Love Unlimited Orchestra- Satin Soul

His first hit; he went on to more success in the 80's

Dan Hartman - Instant Replay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW-OfaiBs9k

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His first hit; he went on to more success in the 80's

Dan Hartman - Instant Replay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW-OfaiBs9k

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"I Can Dream About You" in 1984.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq6HjnwtfaI
Dancing Machine- Jackson 5

Dancing Machine- Jackson 5


More early Disco - cool!  8)

Chic - Le Freak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1qQ1SKNlgY

As a college party girl, certain songs were a must to dance to - like this one.  As soon as I heard that "Awww, Freak Out!!!" I'd do everything in my power to get invited out onto that dance floor :D

Incidentally "the Freak" was a real dance.

"Boogie Nights" by Heatwave

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"Heaven Knows" by Donna Summer

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Great idea for a thread, by the way.  :)

Down Deep Inside - Donna Summer

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Lots of memories for me here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcKW2xDcxLM
YMCA- The Village People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcKW2xDcxLM
YMCA- The Village People
I have know people who refuse to dance to this.

War goes Disco!  :D

War - Galaxy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY1fpEKIcDc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-X2Z_jwS4
Barry White- Your Sweetness Is My Weakness

The "Philly Soul" style morphed itself nicely into Disco:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ41QQnRVkE

Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes - Bad Luck (1975)  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MFbn8EbB4k
Walter Murphy- Fifth Of Beethoven

quack quack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpr9qvuodVA
Brick- Dazz

Disco Inferno is well known, but people forget this tune.  I'd hear it on the radio as a High School Senior.

The Trammps - Body Contact Contract
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P1fFeVivG8

  :)

Don't Take Away The Music by Tavares (1976)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mudlXF3MA8Q
Jigsaw- Sky High

Our first introduction to these sisters, shortly before We Are Family hit it big...

Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PpriijlHAo

I danced to this one plenty  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlkr1oC6Des
THP Orchestra- Too Hot For Love

Take a big scoop of Disco, add to it a heap of Funk and a dash or two of Jazz, and you get something like this. 

A fave of mine at 15 (despite its possibly suggestive vibe)

Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkXh4kRTBVk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtqdaPGyIMA
How about some Donna Summer- Rumor Has It 1977

This one was just a lot of fun to dance to - and I did  :D

Anita Ward - Ring My Bell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gd67VF8CaE

Love's Unkind by Donna Summer

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlXKfFPx7po
Candi Staton- Young Hearts Run Free

Candi Staton- Young Hearts Run Free


I almost forgot this one - takes me back to the summer of '76

Between my Junior and Senior H.S. years - an important summer for me!  :)

As a H.S. Junior (late '75/early '76), this Disco-Funk gem was popular - popular with me, too  :)

Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2l4Q6OJQ0M

If I Can't Have You by Yvonne Elliman

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"A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MFbn8EbB4k
Walter Murphy- Fifth Of Beethoven
Snap!!!!

Snap!!!!


;D

Don't they all say, "imitation is the highest form of flattery"  ;)

;D

Don't they all say, "imitation is the highest form of flattery"  ;)

By coincidence, I was just listening to the second movement from same Symphony.

Snap!!!!


Sorry I didn't see it being posted already Phil. ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHC45NLTojQ
Chic- My Forbidden Lover

A big Disco smash in '78 - deservedly so.  A true dance floor fave of collegiate me  :D

Peaches and Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz2Cv6Zb9a0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQcCRo2b-ZE

How about Tavares- More Than A Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWKaaioTEOs
Barry Manilow- New York City Rhythm

Barry Manilow- New York City Rhythm


I never heard that one - pretty cool  :)

I never heard that one - pretty cool  :)


This Barry Manilow hit is quite funky, must've been one of his lost hits, it came out in 1975.

I'm pretty sure I saw this Soul Train episode when if first aired (I was an avid watcher then).  From early 1976.

Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3JkEoQ0Cz8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxLCIsbmnUU
MFSB- The Sound Of Philadelphia

Jeffrey Osborne's gig, before he went solo.  This funky Disco number always got me on the dance floor  :D

L.T.D. - Back In Love Again (from late 1977)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TetSN6WZq58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lutXQO3GdFo
B.T. Express- Express from 1974

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lutXQO3GdFo
B.T. Express- Express from 1974


Cool song!  :)  Did you ever hear this one:

B.T. Express - Peace Pipe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LVogcUagtc

Early Disco - the term "Disco" wasn't being used yet when this came out, but it's Disco all right...

George McCrae - Rock Your Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcXHUdSMEvY

BTW I still have my 45 record of this from when I was fourteen.  (It's rather worn out now...)


Actually this is George McCrae and the Sunshine Band, because Harry Wayne Casey (KC) wrote this song but the vocals were too high for his range so he had George McCrae give it a shot and the rest is history.  ;)

McFadden & Whitheead - Ain't No Stopping Us Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY0tsKCB4lc

(That bass line... ;))

Cool song!  :)  Did you ever hear this one:

B.T. Express - Peace Pipe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LVogcUagtc


Yes I've definitely heard of "Peace Pipe". :)

Actually this is George McCrae and the Sunshine Band, because Harry Wayne Casey (KC) wrote this song but the vocals were too high for his range so he had George McCrae give it a shot and the rest is history.  ;)


How would've KC have sounded if he had did this song? ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPdG4DA42g
Silver Convention- Fly Robin Fly

How would've KC have sounded if he had did this song? ???


Probably something like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5-X_3_Kpww

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:o  :o  :o  indeed!

This late 1979 cover was a comeback hit for one Mr. Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes - Don't Let Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR6SKLE8nZM

Collegiate me enjoyed a dance or two to this one...  ;)

This late 1979 cover was a comeback hit for one Mr. Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes - Don't Let Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR6SKLE8nZM

Collegiate me enjoyed a dance or two to this one...  ;)


Why not the song "Shaft"?

Why not the song "Shaft"?


Well, I suspect some would prefer to argue with me, but IMO "Shaft" is "pre-Disco", not Disco.  IMO there was no Disco in 1971.  I call it "pre-Disco" because it has a lot of the elements that make Disco Disco.  IMO true Disco didn't exist at that time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hphwfq1wLJs
Rod Stewart- "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"?

Rod Stewart- "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"?


Collegiate me definitely spent some quality time dancing to this one  :D

Collegiate me definitely spent some quality time dancing to this one  :D


and he still sports the same hairdo as from 40 years ago. ;D

Time for a serious Motown legend.  'Nuff said.  Takes me back to my H.S. graduation timeframe (Spring '77).

Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75BlzjqGVcc

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYN8_aGq_Ik
Goody Goody- #1 Deejay

This just squeezed under the wire in 1980 (Britain didn't seem to have a disco 'backlash') and it became their only #1 record!
Completely ignored in their homeland, where it didn't even reach the Hot 100 OR the RnB listings!
But to any Briton over a 'certain age', it brings back plenty of memories!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPwUBA_YqOw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUY9Y9RFiHY
Hot Chocolate- You Sexy Thing

Goody Goody - #1 Deejay



Odyssey - Use it up.....wear it out


It's fun to discover new tunes!  :)


Hot Chocolate- You Sexy Thing


It's fun to revisit beloved tunes from back in the day!  :)  (Takes me back to High School!)

Another of those songs - collegiate me just had to dance to this Funky Disco gem!

Mass Production - Firecracker  :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hw5ab5rHRw

How about some funky disco from The Wiz?  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPVpMxVn6mk
Michael Jackson- You Can't Win (1978)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp8WL621uGM
Prince- I Wanna Be Your Lover (1979)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR2G-iI3-I
Classic!


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhcm5yWWdAE
Sylvester- Dance (Disco Heat)

A 1979 funky disco gem that collegiate me loved to dance to  :D

Foxy - Get Off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylqm1loWguk

A 1979 funky disco gem that collegiate me loved to dance to  :D

Foxy - Get Off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylqm1loWguk


I swear they sounded like women, it must've been some helium they breathed in for their voices to sound like that. ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8UO4jquAlY
Macho Man- Village People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B85dYk77V-o
Candido- Jingo (1979)

This lesser-known tune is interesting on a couple of fronts, and not just because it's slightly suggestive:

  1 - it illustrates how it was popular to infuse jazz elements into disco and other genres during the mid 70s

  2 - the female vocalist is Cissy Houston, mother of the late Whitney Houston

  3 - waterbeds first became popular in the 70s

Herbie Mann - Waterbed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVaaVVTrGNo

This just squeezed under the wire in 1980 (Britain didn't seem to have a disco 'backlash') and it became their only #1 record!
Completely ignored in their homeland, where it didn't even reach the Hot 100 OR the RnB listings!
But to any Briton over a 'certain age', it brings back plenty of memories!


Not just Britons enjoying that tune! :) It reached #4 in our charts. And speaking of Odyssey: here's another cracker (that, coincidentally, also peaked at #4!)

Going Back To My Roots (1981)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3CBW7rrTdA

Not just Britons enjoying that tune! :) It reached #4 in our charts. And speaking of Odyssey: here's another cracker (that, coincidentally, also peaked at #4!)

Going Back To My Roots (1981)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3CBW7rrTdA


Odyssey had a bunch of hits.

Born To Be Alive- Patrick Hernandez

https://youtu.be/9UaJAnnipkY




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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyqkePY6FKY
Tantra- Hills Of Katmandu (1979)

I Love The Night Life
Alicia Bridges
1978

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E_yXKQL7_Y

I Love The Night Life
Alicia Bridges
1978

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E_yXKQL7_Y

This one combines a seriously throwback/nostalgia vibe with an unmistakable Disco beat  8)

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrzxW0rsD1Q

This one combines a seriously throwback/nostalgia vibe with an unmistakable Disco beat  8)

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrzxW0rsD1Q


And do you know that Cherchez La Femme in French means "look for the woman"?

Here is a catchy one from 1977 called Tattoo Man by Denise McCann. 
This was a #56 hit in Canada, and though it only reached #6 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Chart (US #106), it peaked at #10 on the Billboard Disco Action chart

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I always liked this, from the very first time I heard it on that cheapo clock radio in early '77  :)

Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sAbzZjXLy8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Z_DyhRYCc
George McCrae- You Don't Know

A much beloved Disco tune for me, from my senior year of H.S.  8)

KC & the Sunshine Band - I'm Your Boogie Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaPcKtLioww

I'll post my Disco song. It's called "Lip Gloss". I wanted to do a short song reminiscent of late 1970s, early 80s Disco music. It is only a minute and 44 seconds long, so it is super short!

http://yourlisten.com/mar106/jessica-ann-lip-gloss

Another lesser known gem I loved to dance to as a college girl  :D

Ashford and Simpson - It Seems To Hang On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFMInNpcAy8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQqCNL_4Uzs
T-Life- Something That You Do To Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQqCNL_4Uzs
T-Life- Something That You Do To Me


That's a pretty cool song, although I don't remember it.  Did you know he produced the Evelyn "Champagne" King smash, Shame?  He was also a member of Instant Funk...  :)

That's a pretty cool song, although I don't remember it.  Did you know he produced the Evelyn "Champagne" King smash, Shame?  He was also a member of Instant Funk...  :)


Wow, you mean the singer of this group? ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXJ6cm0zXqU
Convertion- Let's Do It (featuring Leroy Burgess) 1980

Wow, you mean the singer of this group? ???


I just got this from Google; it doesn't say whether he was the lead singer of Instant Funk or not  :-\\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIHuQ2DCEjw
Freddie James- Hollywood (1979)

I remember this - it may have been his only big smash hit, but it's a goodie:

John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNC0kIzM1Fo

I remember this - it may have been his only big smash hit, but it's a goodie:

John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNC0kIzM1Fo


I love this song by him, they play it almost all the time on my radio.

Just found this - my favorite of his mega-hits, from late 1974  :)

Barry White - You're My First, My Last, My Everything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcd3XuQwDQQ

Just found this - my favorite of his mega-hits, from late 1974  :)

Barry White - You're My First, My Last, My Everything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcd3XuQwDQQ


Was this a club favorite of yours?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-GI4TZxHIo
KC And The Sunshine Band- Queen Of Clubs

Barry White - You're My First, My Last, My Everything



Was this a club favorite of yours?


Not quite - I was only 14 at the time.  But I did/do like the song a lot - I still have it on 45  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-GI4TZxHIo
KC And The Sunshine Band- Queen Of Clubs


Did you know this was released twice?  First in '74, before the group got big, then it was re-released in '76 around their peak of popularity...

Did you know this was released twice?  First in '74, before the group got big, then it was re-released in '76 around their peak of popularity...


Wow thanks AG I never knew that.  :)

Here's a rare one. It's a goody!

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This one goes in the "long lost" category for me.  I was listening to the local oldies station (ME-FM) last night while cooking (they play Disco on Saturday nights) and heard this gem.  I remember liking it back in the late 70's but didn't know what it was called or who it was by, so I lost track of it.  Nice to discover it again!  :D

Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmzxG9kdZhM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifolRMGYqTk
Sound Your Funky Horn- KC And The Sunshine Band

Here's one I liked dancing to as a college freshman circa '78.  We didn't know about "electronica" at the time so to us it was just Disco - but it was mesmerizing, not to mention fun to dance to.  :)

Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBGNlTPgQII

remind me to put on my hearing aid on later today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6J3MmTlBs
KC And The Sunshine Band- Shotgun Shuffle

figures, got the hearing aid in, but now my computer speakers aren't working.  I'm hating today

KC And The Sunshine Band- Shotgun Shuffle


A favorite of mine!  :D

How can I forget this happy sounding gem  :D

Emotions - Best Of My Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Tb80rmPt4&pbjreload=10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw86ftq-Fe8
Emotions- I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love

Emotions- I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love


Another long-lost fave!  :D  I recall hearing this on the radio several months before the Emotions hit it big with Best Of My Love.  Local stations liked to give slight favoritism to local acts, and the Emotions being a Chicago group and me being in Chicago, well...  Anyway I was 16 when this gem caught my ear.  I was a little too young to have done a lot of partying to it - but I recall I liked it a lot.  I lost track of it, though.  It's nice to hear it again.  :)

What about Boney M!

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What about Boney M!

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good song, Boney M had some other hits too. :)

What about Boney M!


I'd never heard that song, "Rasputin", before.  My loss - I like it!  :)

I'd never heard that song, "Rasputin", before.  My loss - I like it!  :)
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You know other songs from Boney M?

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You know other songs from Boney M?


Not really - I'd "heard of" them plenty but not heard much of their music.  I suspect their popularity overseas eclipsed their U.S. popularity.

Rasputin appears to be semi-biographical.  I had to look up the historical figure in Wikipedia. Fascinating!  Not to mention the song is well done.  Thanks for posting it  :)

Not really - I'd "heard of" them plenty but not heard much of their music.  I suspect their popularity overseas eclipsed their U.S. popularity.

Rasputin appears to be semi-biographical.  I had to look up the historical figure in Wikipedia. Fascinating!  Not to mention the song is well done.  Thanks for posting it  :)


"Rivers Of Babylon"
"Sunny"
"Ma Baker"
"Brown Girl In The Ring"

Donna Summer - Could It Be Magic?

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Donna Summer - Could It Be Magic?


Hey - I forgot she covered that Barry Manilow tune - that's a nice version!  :)

Another of my funky disco college dance faves - it was "ffun" to dance to  :D

Confunkshun - Ffun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du5b-honXWI

Another of my funky disco college dance faves - it was "ffun" to dance to  :D

Confunkshun - Ffun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du5b-honXWI


So what was the reasoning for putting that extra letter "F" in the beginning of fun?

So what was the reasoning for putting that extra letter "F" in the beginning of fun?


Didn't know then and don't know now  :-\\  but it did make the title more memorable!  :)

A long time favorite of mine, I thought I'd post this gem.  Early Disco from late 1974 (I was a H.S. sophomore)

Carl Carlton - Everlasting Love  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKGwrJRSs7Q

A long time favorite of mine, I thought I'd post this gem.  Early Disco from late 1974 (I was a H.S. sophomore)

Carl Carlton - Everlasting Love  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKGwrJRSs7Q


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRRtbEeokE8
I'm sure you remember this other funky hit from Carl Carlton  ;)

Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama

I'm sure you remember this other funky hit from Carl Carlton  ;)


Yes indeedy!  :D  Thanks for posting

Although their earlier hit Fly Robin Fly is better remembered, this was a pretty big hit at the time.  Not much to say for the lyrics - but the song is just fun.  From early 1976.

Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie  8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhblDyGtRNs

Although their earlier hit Fly Robin Fly is better remembered, this was a pretty big hit at the time.  Not much to say for the lyrics - but the song is just fun.  From early 1976.

Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie  8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhblDyGtRNs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJNc-hZmjG4
Maybe you've heard their other hit, "Save Me"? ???

Maybe you've heard their other hit, "Save Me"? ???


I'm afraid I hadn't heard Save Me before  :-\\  Apparently it was one of their early hits.  It is a good sound - it sounds like them.

The one other hit of theirs I distinctly remember hearing back then besides Fly Robin Fly and Get Up And Boogie was the song No, No, Joe.  I recall hearing it on the radio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygb0F-VCTPI
Baccara- Yes Sir I Can Boogie

and I always thought the 2 women were French. ;D
The accent was confusing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19o_0BLlNc0
Open Sesame- Kool And The Gang

Open Sesame- Kool And The Gang


This song tells an interesting story.  I don't know if you remember this, but Kool and the Gang essentially had two "waves" of popularity - their first popularity peak occurred around late '73 when they found fame with songs like Funky Stuff, Hollywood Swinging, Spirit of the Boogie, and their biggest hit of that run, Jungle Boogie.  The band being heavy on Funk and Instrumentals, ironically the more Disco took a foothold, the less the band had success.  So Open Sesame was a song they released during that "doldrums" period (1976), and it only was a middling hit because the group was thought of as passe at that time (sad but true).  But then like the Bee Gees and some other artists/groups did, they reinvented themselves in '79 when they brought in vocalist James J.T. Taylor and adopted a Disco sound, and suddenly became hugely popular once again starting with Ladies' Night.  The reinvented group went on to have a run of major hits throughout the '80s.  They are certainly one of the better rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches stories.  :)

This song tells an interesting story.  I don't know if you remember this, but Kool and the Gang essentially had two "waves" of popularity - their first popularity peak occurred around late '73 when they found fame with songs like Funky Stuff, Hollywood Swinging, Spirit of the Boogie, and their biggest hit of that run, Jungle Boogie.  The band being heavy on Funk and Instrumentals, ironically the more Disco took a foothold, the less the band had success.  So Open Sesame was a song they released during that "doldrums" period (1976), and it only was a middling hit because the group was thought of as passe at that time (sad but true).  But then like the Bee Gees and some other artists/groups did, they reinvented themselves in '79 when they brought in vocalist James J.T. Taylor and adopted a Disco sound, and suddenly became hugely popular once again starting with Ladies' Night.  The reinvented group went on to have a run of major hits throughout the '80s.  They are certainly one of the better rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches stories.  :)


That's a very nice story AG, I think during the 1980's, they went towards a different sound.

Ever heard of an artist named Roy Ayers?  He didn't have any huge Billboard hits in the 70's but he was popular with the Urban crowd.  He was one of the many "jazz crossover" artists from the 70's.  Here's a couple of his popular dance tunes

Roy Ayers - Freaky Deaky (1978)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4wmtKwhQsE

Roy Ayers - Running Away (1977 - I did a lot of dancing to this one in college)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJK19ra2rsQ

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19o_0BLlNc0
Open Sesame- Kool And The Gang
Interesting mistake here, Open Sesame is a phrase from "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", a story included in many versions of the One Thousand and One Nights, which is Arabic based, not Indian as portrayed with the Taj Mahal in India.

Ever heard of an artist named Roy Ayers?  He didn't have any huge Billboard hits in the 70's but he was popular with the Urban crowd.  He was one of the many "jazz crossover" artists from the 70's.  Here's a couple of his popular dance tunes

Roy Ayers - Freaky Deaky (1978)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4wmtKwhQsE

Roy Ayers - Running Away (1977 - I did a lot of dancing to this one in college)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJK19ra2rsQ

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Yes, I've heard of Roy Ayers but since you're older than me by 14 years you probably know more of his hits than I do but I only heard his music from the radio but anyway he had another hit I wonder if you heard it yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p71QdFlaahI
"Don't Stop The Feeling"

"Don't Stop The Feeling"


I don't actually remember that one - it came out a bit later  :-\\  Allmusic has it down as one of his better known cuts

One I do remember from much later (1985) I used to dance to during the times I went 80's clubbing, is his song called Hot  :D

I don't actually remember that one - it came out a bit later  :-\\  Allmusic has it down as one of his better known cuts

One I do remember from much later (1985) I used to dance to during the times I went 80's clubbing, is his song called Hot  :D


There's also "In The Dark" & 'Slip & Slide" from the early to mid 1980's.

Stumbled onto this - another of those gems I enjoyed dancing to in college, but haven't heard for a while.  It wasn't that well known  :-\\  but it's well worth a listen    :)

Brainstorm - Lovin' Is Really My Game (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJNjmcRgJTw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbnIYWwsZVM

Thunderstorm- Funky Grandpa

Thunderstorm- Funky Grandpa


Hey - never heard that one but it's pretty fun!  :)

none of the names sound familiar to me.  maybe I can plug in my speakers and give them a listen

Hey - never heard that one but it's pretty fun!  :)


But have you heard of the group? ???

There's another group with the word "storm" in their name and I think the group's name is Brainstorm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U56P2kNqNmA

But have you heard of the group? ???


I'm afraid I never heard of Thunderstorm until your post  :-\\


There's another group with the word "storm" in their name and I think the group's name is Brainstorm.


On the other hand, I don't know if you noticed (I have to chuckle at this  ;) ) but the song I posted was also from Brainstorm.  The song you posted is from their 1978 album (IMO it's a nice song BTW).  The album I have of theirs and posted from is their 1977 album.  If you like slow jams, check out a slow jam by Brainstorm called "This Must Be Heaven" - it's delightful!  (I danced to that one in college, slow-dance style.)  :)   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfGzufCU7tc

heard their version of "Here's To You"?  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ysrfdhXn5g
Silver Convention- San Fransisco Hustle