1976 Billboard Disco Compilation Consensus Charts!!!

[remicks]

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Hello Marky ! Lookin' at your Chart #84 :

+ How 'bout them Trammps ! 8)

+ Will the first commercially available 12" bump them and hit #1 ..... we'll see ...

+ Very concerned about YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE ... has this really been its peak ?? :oops:

+ B.T Express comes back big ... now on a new label CBS , was Roadshow ...

+ --- The one song on the chart I think is the standout this week .... the return of CALIFORNIA STRUT ..... yep , Walter Murphy ... but even for those that can't stand A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN ... it sounds nothing like it ... surprise your audio sensory and give this one a review .... particularly if you have a fondness for that ROCK THE BOAT / Van McCoy hustle sound. Plus Angela Bofill is a delight as she advocates " Put your dancin' shoes on! We're gonna have a party. Put your funky shoes on! It's a disco party ! "
Why no one at Private Stock knew to make this a 12" and more than 3:33 long .... :P .... :roll:


(and finally this time ....
.... My own dirty lowdown on .... The Dirty Lowdown : .... who provides no dirty lowdown on ........ the dirty LOWDOWN .... :roll: )


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[Huffstutler]

Marky,

Am I overlooking or have the unedited Disco Top 20 charts for 1975 been posted (non Consensus Charts) somewhere on this list?

Eric

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by Huffstutler

Marky,

Am I overlooking or have the unedited Disco Top 20 charts for 1975 been posted (non Consensus Charts) somewhere on this list?

Eric

I've never typed all the charts--I've just combined them into one.

Ain't that enough for you??? Ohhh, ain't that enough for you???

There's nothing more I can do--ohhh, ain't that enough for you?

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by Huffstutler

Marky,

Am I overlooking or have the unedited Disco Top 20 charts for 1975 been posted (non Consensus Charts) somewhere on this list?

Eric

Sorry if I was a tad flip with ya yesterday---I'm too stressed for words!!!

Record World had a Top 20 list; Billboard had progressively 3-4-5-6-7 separate charts in the 1974-1975 era, then back to 6 lists with 15 items apiece, from January 1976-end of August, 1976.

I have some of the very early 1975 Record World Top 20 charts; but not all of them. Unfortunately, by the time I received them I had already covered that era in the compilation charts....... shootyourshot got them in a library....so you might check your local library.

Billboard starts their national chart at the beginning of September, 1976.

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Sorry if I was a tad flip with ya yesterday---I'm too stressed for words!!!

Record World had a Top 20 list; Billboard had progressively 3-4-5-6-7 separate charts in the 1974-1975 era, then back to 6 lists with 15 items apiece, from January 1976-end of August, 1976.

I have some of the very early 1975 Record World Top 20 charts; but not all of them. Unfortunately, by the time I received them I had already covered that era in the compilation charts....... shootyourshot got them in a library....so you might check your local library.

Billboard starts their national chart at the beginning of September, 1976.

Correction: I just noticed that the first Billboard National Top 30 is published in the August 28, 1976 edition along with the last of the 6 individual charts that I've been compiling into the consensus chart. The next week, Sept. 4, the 3 retailers are gone forever--the NYC & LA charts are joined by 6 other city charts (8 total) and the following week that expands to 16 city charts and one master list of 30, then 40 items.

[remicks]

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And then Marky .......you'll really have your work cut out for you !! :P :D ........................ :lol:

All those charts from so many cities !!!

BUT ..... it's going to be most interesting to see the lists you derive.
Looking at Billboards I own , there are many many songs that the cities individually chart , that don't also appear on the comprised national one.

ITS GONNA BE FUN !!!! :D :D :D


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easy, of course , for me to say :P

[disco-disc]

Marky....Having withdrawal symptoms when is the NEXT CHART going to appear ???
And why have you stopped doing it weekly (INNUENDO ALERT )

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by starsky

Marky....Having withdrawal symptoms when is the NEXT CHART going to appear ???
And why have you stopped doing it weekly (INNUENDO ALERT )

Hey starsky,

I'm working" behind the scenes." I've been busy--this takes an enormous amount of time to do accurately. The last chart I typed was for May 29, 1976. So the estimated return will be the first Saturday in June (the 3rd) with the June 6, 1976 chart.

[remicks]

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Marky .... I know it takes you an enormous amount of time to put these all together. It'll almost be a shame to rush thru them on a weekly schedule ... once you begin.
Can you be talked into providing even just one more compliation before the regular schedule ..... one more to sort of mull over .... in the meantime ???.................. :roll: :roll:

thank you


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[markydefad]

Originally Posted by remicks

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Marky .... I know it takes you an enormous amount of time to put these all together. It'll almost be a shame to rush thru them on a weekly schedule ... once you begin.
Can you be talked into providing even just one more compliation before the regular schedule ..... one more to sort of mull over .... in the meantime ???.................. :roll: :roll:

thank you


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remicks,

I have exactly one column TYPED (except for "What's it All About, Marky?").....so ......if ya want it now, then I'm back to square one...with nothing in the can...... I appreciate the interest....I'm thinking about it.....

[markydefad]

30 years ago this week in disco history…….(a few weeks early, OKAY???!!!)


June 5, 1976

Billboard Pop Chart Top 10:
1) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross (2nd week @ #1)
2) SILLY LOVE SONGS – Wings (previous #1)
3) GET UP AND BOOGIE (That’s Right) – Silver Convention
4) MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore
5) HAPPY DAYS – Pratt & McClain
6) SHANNON – Henry Gross
7) SARA SMILE – Daryl Hall & John Oates
8. SHOP AROUND – Captain & Tennille
9) MORE, MORE, MORE – Andrea True Connection
10) FOOL TO CRY – Rolling Stones

Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE – Candi Staton (1st week @ #1)

(Items in BOLD have charted on the disco charts.)

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Disco Action
Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: after charting THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO for 2 weeks, this week the #1 switches to DISCO PARTY (week #1); (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 or 6, sometimes 7-- chart thang.)

But I've resolved that issue by combining the current 6 Billboard charts into one.

New Rule: from now on there will be a constant 6 charts published each week through the end of August, 1976--when a national chart takes the place of this format. 3 NYC retailers and 3 audience response charts from NYC, LA/San Diego and a guest city will be printed each week.


Billboard charts:

A= Top 15 Audience Response Records in NYC Discos
(#1= “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP ( All Cuts)) (5th week) ( single “That’s Where the Happy People Go” charted #1 for 7 weeks prior to the LP release)
B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC)
(#1= NICE AND SLOW) (1st week)
C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC)
(#1= “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts)) (5th week) ( single “That’s Where the Happy People Go” charted #1 for 7 weeks prior to the LP release)
D= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island)
(#1= LOVE CHANT) (1st week)
E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:
(#1= TEN PERCENT) (1st week)
F= Special Guest City Chart: Top 15 Audience Response Records in Washington, D.C Discos:
(#1 = ”WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts)) (2nd reported week)


6 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 90 maximum points. Add them up and voila!....
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THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 40 +5

Chart #85 (volume 2: #23 ): June 5, 1976

1) “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts) – The Trammps
(Atlantic LP) (79 points/ABCDEF)
7 weeks (LP)/ 14 weeks ( “TWTHPG”single) on the chart (10 weeks prior to LP release) /
6th week @ #1/ Last week: #1 (+/-0)
Side A: 1) Soul Searchin’ Time; 2) That’s Where The Happy People Go; 3) Can We Come Together;
Side B: 1) Disco Party; 2) Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won’t Do); 3) Hooked For Life; 4) Love Is A Funky Thing
2) TEN PERCENT – Double Exposure
(Salsoul 12” disco disk – Walter Gibbons Special Disco Version-now commercially available!!!)
(74 points/ ABCDEF)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #2 (+/-0)
3) LOVE CHANT – Eli’s Second Coming
(Silver Blue Records 7”) (47 points/ ABCD_F)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #10 (+7)
4) NICE AND SLOW (BCE) / (Instrumental) (AF) – Jesse Green
(Scepter 45/ 12” promo remix 5:45) (44 points/ ABC_EF)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #4 (+/-0)
5) I’M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING – The Supremes
(Motown LP/ 7" single) (43 points/ A_CDEF)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #3 (-2)
6) CATHEDRALS (CA-THE-DRALS) – D.C. LaRue
(Pyramid LP/ 12" single to be released) (41 points/ ABCDEF)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #7 (+1)
7) “A LOVE TRILOGY” LP (All Cuts) – Donna Summer
(Oasis LP) ( 39 points/A___EF)
12 weeks on the chart / 3 weeks @ #1 / Last week: #5 (-2)
(LP Tracks: Side A: 1) Try Me, I Know We Can Make It
Side B: 1) Prelude to Love; 2) Could It Be Magic; 3) Wasted; 4) Come With Me
8. LIPSTICK – Michel Polnareff
(Atlantic LP/ 7” / 12” promo remix only) (36 points/ ABCDE_)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #8. (+/-0)
9) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL – Tavares
(Capitol 7” (part 1 & 2) / 12" disco disk promo remix: 6:32) (35 points/__C_ EF)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #11 (+2)
10) I’LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
(Pye 45 / 12” promo released later in ‘76) (32 points/ A_C_E_)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #6 (-4)

11) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross
(Motown LP/12" promo) (31 points/ A___EF)
15 weeks on the chart/ 4 weeks @ #1/ Last week: #9 (-2)
12) RAIN FOREST – Biddu Orchestra
(Epic 7” / promo only 12” disco disk just released: 4:40) (18 points/ ABEF)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #13 (+1)
13) * TROUBLE-MAKER – Roberta Kelly
(Oasis LP) (18 points/ DE)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
14) YOU’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE – Lou Rawls
(Philadelphia Intl. Records 7”/LP) ( 17 points/ CD)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #12 (-2.)
15) “MORE, MORE, MORE” LP (B) /
CALL ME / KEEP IT UP LONGER (C) – Andrea True Connection
(Buddah LP) (15 points/ BC)
2 weeks on the chart (LP); single “More, More, More” charted for 17 weeks prior to LP release/ Last week: #24 (+9)
Tracks: Side A: 1) Party Line; 2). Keep It Up Longer; 3) More, More, More
Side B: 1) Fill Me Up (Heart To Heart); 2) Call Me
16) SOUL MAN – Calhoon
(Warner/ Spector 7”/ 12” promo REMIX disco disk 5:48.) (14 points/ C)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #15 (-1)
17) (R) WHO LOVES YOU BETTER – The Isley Brothers
(T-Neck LP) (14 points/ D)
2 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 5/22/76 @ #50)
18. DEPEND ON YOURSELF – B.T. Express
(Columbia LP) (11 points/ D)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #19 (+1)
19) * IT’S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT – Marlena Shaw
(Blue Note LP/ 12” promo remix 5:20 ) (9 points/ B)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
20) * DESAFIO (Challenge) – Fania All Stars
(Columbia LP) (8 points/ BC)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT

21) * SAMBRA DEVERAO (maybe "Samba De Verao" aka 'Summer Samba" ?) – Fausto Papetti
(Durium 7”) (8 points/ B)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
22) TURN THE BEAT AROUND - Vicki Sue Robinson
(RCA LP/45) (8 points/F)
17 weeks on the chart/ 1 week @ #1/ Last week: #14 (-8.)
23) GOTTA GET AWAY (From You Baby) – First Choice
(Warner Bros. LP) (7 points/ DF)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #23 (+/-0)
24) * FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT – David Ruffin
(Motown LP) (7 points/ D)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
25) I GOT LOVE FOR YOU / CARAVAN – Richard “Groove” Holmes
(Flying Dutchman LP) (7 points/ B)
2 weeks on the chart./ Last week: #34 (+9)
26) THIS IS IT – Melba Moore
(Buddah 45/LP/ 12” promo 4:45) (7 points/ F)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #36 ( +10 )
27) TOUCH AND GO – Ecstasy, Passion & Pain featuring Barbara Roy
(Roulette 45 disco version/ 12” promo) (7 points/ A)
13 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #20 (-7.)
28. YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE – Candi Staton
(Warner Bros. 45) (6 points/ AD)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #28 (+/-0)
29) GET OFF YOUR AAHH! AND DANCE – Foxy
(Dash 45) (5 points/A)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #18 (-11)
30) GET UP AND BOOGIE (That’s Right) / SAN FRANCISCO HUSTLE / NO, NO, JOE – Silver Convention
(Midland Intl. 7"/ LP / GU&B12" promo remix 7:55) (5 points each/E)
13/ 8/ 10 weeks, respectively, on the chart/ Last week:#29 (-1)

31) * YOU’VE GOT THE POWER – Su Kramer
(Telefunken (import)/ London 7” (domestic) (5 points/ C)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
32) (R) MOVIN’ LIKE A SUPERSTAR – Jackie Robinson
(Ariola America 45/ 12" promo remix 4:25) (4 points/ F)
11 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 5/22/76 @ #14)
33) (R) PRETTY MAID – Pretty Maid Company
(Ariola America 12" promo/ 7" single) ( 4 points/ B)
2 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 5/8/76 @ #53)
34) ROCK ME WITH YOUR LOVE / CHIC-CHICA-CHIC-CHICA-CHIC – Biddu Orchestra
(Epic LP—Import???) (4 points each/ A
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #27 (-7)
35) LOWDOWN – Boz Scaggs
(Columbia LP/ 7” single) (3 points/ E)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #30 (-5)
36) (R) NEW YORK CITY – Miroslav Vitous
(Warner Bros. LP/ 12” promo) (3 points/ B)
2 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 5/15/76 @ #42)
37) (R) TRIPPIN’ ON A SOUL CLOUD – Biddu Orchestra
(Epic LP) (3 points/ F)
2 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 5/22/76 @ #34)
38. FIRST CHOICE THEME (“Let Us Entertain You”) – First Choice
(Warner Bros. LP/ 12” promo) (2 points/ F)
11 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #44 (+6)
39) FOXY LADY – Crown Heights Affair
(De-Lite 7”) (2 points/ D)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #37 (-2)
40) * NIGHT JOURNEY – Doc Severinsen
(Columbia LP) (2 points/ E)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT

41) TAKE A LITTLE – Liquid Pleasure
(Midland Intl. 7” single) (1 point/ A)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #31 (-10)
42) BE MY BABY – Frankie Gee
(Lipstick 7” single) (1 point/ C)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #42 (+/-0)
43) * CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND – Peter Lemongello
(Private Stock 7”) (1 point/ B)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
44) * HOLD ON – Sons Of Champlin (says “Keep Holding On” by Sons Of Chaplin---Charlie’s kidz perhaps??)
(Ariola America LP) (1 point/ F)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
45) MAKING LOVE – Sammy Gordon & The Hip Huggers
(Greg/ later Red Greg 7” / 12” promo) (1 point/ D)
4 weeks on the chart / Last week: #21 (-24)


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"THE DIRTY LOWDOWN" On This Week's Releases…. by In-the-Groove…

Kevin (in-the-groove), former dj and now disco record archivist, supplied that exhaustive list of 12” promos that I copied for the end of the 1975 charts. He’s supplied me with info from time to time and I’ve asked him to comment on the new week’s releases as time allows…. Read this and you’ll know why.


…. here is the Lowdown on the latest chart appearances.

TROUBLE-MAKER - Roberta Kelly
(Oasis LP)

IT'S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT - Marlena Shaw
(Blue Note LP / 12" promo remix 5:20)
Remixes by producer Bert deCoteaux & Anita Wexler. I am not sure if it ever charts, but I really preferred the flip side of this 12" called "Love Has Gone Away", a remake of a song originally recorded by The Spinners. Anyone know anything about who Anita Wexler is? She was credited with a few early disco mixes (Lady Bump - Penny McLean, Wild Cherry - Gene Page).

[Marky: Anita Wexler is the daughter of famed producer Jerry Wexler (produced Aretha on Atlantic, among many others)]


DESAFIO - Fania All Stars
(Columbia LP)

YOU'VE GOT THE POWER - Su Kramer (Telefunken or London???)
According to this website, it looks like the original import was on Telefunken and it was then released on London in the US. http://home.arcor.de/martin_eckhardt/disco.htm And yes, from what I can find, this was the same some that was later remade by Camouflage on Roulette.

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The Chart Of LEAST Consensus

I’ve decided to type out the chart or charts that most bucks the consensus results of my Top 10 each week to show where the disparities lie.
Chart A= charts 9 items in my Top 10
Chart B= charts 6 items in my Top 10*
Chart C= charts 9 items in my Top 10
Chart D= charts 6 items in my Top 10*
Chart E= charts 9 items in my Top 10
Chart F= charts 8 items in my Top 10

So this week, it’s a tie between chart B (Downstairs) and chart D (Melody Song Shops) with 6 items.

DOWNSTAIRS RECORDS – Retail Sales
1) NICE AND SLOW – Jesse Green (Scepter)
2) WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO – The Trammps (Atlantic LP)
3) LOVE CHANT – Eli’s Second Coming (Silver Blue Records)
4) TEN PERCENT – Double Exposure (Salsoul disco-disk)
5) LIPSTICK – Michel Polnareff (Atlantic)
6) RAIN FOREST – Biddu Orch. (Epic)
7) IT’S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT – Marlena Shaw (UA) (should be Blue Note)
8. SAMBA DEVERAO – Fausto Papetti (Durium)
9) I GOT LOVE/ CARAVAN – Richard Groove Holmes (Flying Dutchman LP)
10) DESAFIL – Fania All Stars (Fania) (should read “Desafio”)
11) MORE, MORE, MORE – Andrea True Connection (Buddah LP)
12) PRETTY MAID – Pretty Maid Co. (American Ariola)
13) NEW YORK CITY – Miroslav Vitous (Warner Bros. LP)
14) CATHEDRALS – D.C. LaRue (Pyramid LP)
15)CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND – Peter Lemongello (Lemongello is the label too!!!)—should be Private Stock

MELODY SONG SHOPS – RETAIL SALES
1) LOVE CHANT – Eli’s Second Coming (Silver Blue)
2) WHO LOVES YOU BETTER – Isley Bros. (T-Neck LP)
3) WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO – The Trammps (Atlantic LP)
4) TEN PERCENT – Double Exposure (Salsoul 12 inch disco-disk)
5) DEPEND ON YOURSELF’ – B.T. Express (Columbia LP)
6) CATHEDRALS – D. C. LaRue (Pyramid LP)
7) TROUBLE-MAKER – Roberta Kelly (Oasis LP)
8. YOU’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE – Lou Rawls (PIR)
9) FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT – David Ruffin (Motown LP)
10) LIPSTICK – Michel Polnareff (Atlantic)
11) GOTTA GET AWAY – First Choice (Philly Groove) :o
12) LET YOUR HEART DO THE WALKING – The Supremes (Motown LP)(only the LA chart has the correct title) :oops:
13) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE – Candi Staton (Warner Bros.)
14) FOXY LADY – Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite)
15) MAKING LOVE – Sammy Gordon (Greg)

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ONE YEAR AGO IN DISCO HISTORY…. June 7, 1975

THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 5
June 7 , 1975

1) EL BIMBO - Bimbo Jet
(Scepter 45) (42 total points/charts ABCD)
5 weeks on the chart / Last week: #1; 2nd week (+/-0)
2) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission
(Wand 45) (41/ABCD)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #2 (+/-0)/ previously #1 for 2 weeks
3) THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE - The Reflections
(Capitol 45) (41/ABCD)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #3 (+/-0)
4) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony
(Avco 45) (36/ACD)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #4 (+/-0)/ previously #1 for 1 week
5) SWEARIN' TO GOD - Frankie Valli
(Private Stock 45) (35/ABCD)
11 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #6 (+1)
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STATS:

15 items: #16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 33, 34, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44 & 45 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn’s Hot Dance/Disco (1974 – 2003) book.

DEBUTS: (+9)
13) * TROUBLE-MAKER – Roberta Kelly (DE)
19) * IT’S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT – Marlena Shaw (B)
20) * DESAFIO (Challenge) – Fania All Stars (BC)
21) * SAMBRA DEVERAO – Fausto Papetti (B)
24) * FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT – David Ruffin (D)
31) * YOU’VE GOT THE POWER – Su Kramer (C)
40) * NIGHT JOURNEY – Doc Severinsen (E)
43) * CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND – Peter Lemongello (B)
44) * HOLD ON – Sons Of Champlin (F)

RETURNS: (+5)
17) (R) WHO LOVES YOU BETTER – The Isley Brothers (D)
32) (R) MOVIN’ LIKE A SUPERSTAR – Jackie Robinson (F)
33) (R) PRETTY MAID – Pretty Maid Company (B)
36) (R) NEW YORK CITY – Miroslav Vitous (B)
37) (R) TRIPPIN’ ON A SOUL CLOUD – Biddu Orchestra (F)

DROPPED OFF: (-15)
* CAN’T STOP GROOVIN’ NOW, WANNA DO IT SOME MORE – B.T. Express (was #16/ 1 week on the chart/ * will return)
* PEOPLE OF TODAY – Isley Brothers (was #17/ 1 week on the chart/ * will return)
* DANCING FREE – Hot Ice (was #22/ 6 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
”BRAZIL” LP – El Coco (was #25/ 10 weeks on the chart)
COMMON THIEF - Vicki Sue Robinson (was #26/ 10 weeks on the chart)
* GET THE FUNK OUT MA FACE – Brothers Johnson (was #32 / 2 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
HOT STUFF – Rolling Stones (was #33/ 2 weeks on the chart)
STROKIN’ – Leon Haywood (was #35/ 2 weeks on the chart)
FREE/ PLAY BOY SCOUT – Melba Moore (was #36/ 5 weeks each on the chart)
TAJ MAHAL – Crystal Grass (was #38/ 3 weeks on the chart)
CANADIAN SUNSET – Cedar Walton (was #39/ 2 weeks on the chart)
* SUGAR BOOGIE - Bobby Thomas & Hotline (was #40 / 2 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES (To Please Your Woman) – Silver Convention (was #41/ 8 weeks on the chart)
CALIFORNIA STRUT – Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (w/ Angie Bofill) (was #43/ 2 weeks on the chart)
A SONG IN MY HEART / LOVE IS LIKE AN ITCHING IN MY HEART – Ralph Carter (was #45/ 1 week on the chart)


MOVIN’ ON UP: Biggest Movers:
+10 THIS IS IT (from #36 up to #26)
+9 ”MORE, MORE, MORE” LP (from #24 up to #15)
+9 I GOT LOVE FOR YOU/ CARAVAN (from #34 up to #25)
+7 LOVE CHANT (from #10 up to #3)

I’M GOIN’ DOWN: Biggest Drops
-24 MAKING LOVE (from #21 down to #45)
-11 GET OFF YOUR AAHHH! AND DANCE (from #18 down to #29)
-10 TAKE A LITTLE (from #31 down to #41)

IN THE LONG RUN: Longest Chart Runs
MORE, MORE, MORE (19 nonconsecutive weeks)
THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO (17 consecutive weeks: 1st as single for 13 weeks/ now as part of the LP)
TURN THE BEAT AROUND (17 consecutive weeks)
LOVE HANGOVER (15 consecutive weeks)
TOUCH AND GO (13 consecutive weeks)
GET UP AND BOOGIE (THAT’S RIGHT) (13 consecutive weeks
” A LOVE TRILOGY” LP (12 consecutive weeks)

THE FINAL TALLY, HO
45 items this week; last week 45 also
+9 debuts +5 returns / -15 dropoffs
3 records on all 6 charts (Trammps, Double Exposure, D. C. LaRue)
4 records on 5 charts (Eli’s Second Coming, Jesse Green, Supremes, Michel Polnareff)
1 record on 4 charts (Biddu Orchestra)
4 record on 3 charts
6 records on 2 charts
27 records on only 1 chart
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What's It All About, Mar-keeey???
(Is it just for old disco we live???..... ..well is it???)


THE WEEK OF “LOVE CHANT”: uh, "Love Chant"????... say what?

Yeah, NYC & D.C. are showing much love for “Love Chant”; in it’s second week on the chart, it jumps from its debut @ #10 up to #3 this week.

“LOVE CHANT” stats:
A= #8, B= #3; C= #10; D= #1; E= n/c; F= #11

That’s worth 47 points. So what, you say?

Well, next week it drops to #10 and charts on only A & B; note that it’s #1 on chart D and is gone next week. That was quick!!!

Strangely, “Love Chant only merits a #20 ranking on the Record World chart and #88 on the R&B chart—but for the first week in June, it ranked #3 here!!! Sweet—but real SHORT!!!!

The Trammps retain #1 for the 6th straight week losing 3 points from last week’s total (down to 79 points). Double Exposure hits its peak with 72 points, but still has to settle for #2.

Tavares moves into the Top 10 for the first time (only NYC’s chart C mentions it, but it’s #4 in D.C & #5 in LA). It’s gonna take a few more weeks for NYC to catch on. Chart D will show its love for a second Tavares track “Don’t Take Away The Music”; LA will chart the entire LP for several weeks.

Roberta Kelly debuts @ #13; next week, another track from the LP—“Love Power”—charts also. Roberta has her “Love Chant” moment, then drops quickly. Odd because Record World has "Trouble-Maker" @#1 for 2 weeks; at that time here, it will have dropped to #40 and then been given a brief reprieve up to #12—then it’s downhill all the way. No legs in NYC—even though B & D will rank it #1 briefly and LA will give it a #2 for 2 weeks. What were they expecting—another Donna Summer "Love Trilogy"??? Well, even with the Moroder/Bellotte pedigree-- it’s not that good, but the most wonderful track “Think I’m Gonna Break Someone’s Heart Tonight” is never mentioned anywhere!!! I recall it being played in SF, however.

Miss Ross slips out of the Top 10 for the first time in 14 weeks—but “Tenacious D” will claw her way back, with fewer points than she has this week!!!

Marlena Shaw has a splashy debut at #19 –but this will be her peak as she bounces from week to week on chart to chart, never getting much traction.

Chart D is alternating Isley Brothers tracks: “Who Loves You Better” this week; “People Of Today” comes back next week….

Also, next week we chart 49 total items, up 4 from this week: 11 debuts, (3 with Top 10 potential), 6 returns and 16 dropoffs.

The Top 10 admits 1 new title and readmits Miss Ross on demand from the DIVA!!!The Supremes finally get chart B’s support after 8 weeks on charting elsewhere.

Debuts include new titles from Roberta Kelly, Boz Scaggs (not the one you’d expect), & Doc Severinsen; Additional new titles chart from Lee Eldridge, Willie Collins, Barrabas, Damon Harris & Impact; 2 label-mate acts do duets: Dooley Silverspoon with Jeanne Burton and Faith, Hope & Charity with Choice Four. Finally, Houston, Texas (guest city ) shows love for a single by a Brit songbird who was huge in the UK (think Beatles era)—but never really made it in the U.S…..but Houston, of all places, give her props several times!!! Guess who?

All will be revealed………

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DISCO MIX by Tom Moulton

Column #84: 6/ 5/76

(Thanks to shootyourshot for providing this column.)

(NEW YORK) – Capitol has rush released the Tavares’ new “Sky High!” album, which includes the current disco hit “Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel.” Other standout cuts on the LP are “Don’t Take Away The Music,” 6:18 in length and very Philadelphia sounding, and “The Mighty Power Of Love,” slower than the above two songs, but just as effective. Overall, the effort comes off as one of the group’s strongest to date.

Atlantic is coming with a 12-inch disco disk on Passport’s “Ju-Ju-Man”. The club copy will be 10:04 in length.Tom Savarese, DJ at 12 West club here, has been on the song for several weeks now, while other dance spots are starting to pick it up.

The sound is very much like Maxayn’s disco hit during the summer of 1974 with ”Moon-funk” The song features a very funky rhythm with a moog and synthesizer in an electronic soul feel.

The song comes from the group’s “Infinity Machine LP. The label has also released a 12-inch disco disk on the Rolling Stones’ “Hot Stuff” b/w “Crazy Man.”

Word from the Boston Record Pool is that its mailing address is 85 State St., Boston, Mass. 02109. Telephone queries go to (617) 723-3768. The group is requesting 25 LPs and 50 singles on new titles.

Bill Owens, DJ at the Lost & Found in Washington, D.C., reports strong reaction to the English import “Broken Hearted Melody” by the Sharonettes (Black Music). It’s the same song that Sarah Vaughan had a hit with many years ago.

Bobby “DJ” Guttadaro, DJ at the Infinity here, says he’s getting strong audience feedback on “Don’t Take Away Your Love,” a cut from an LP Keisa Brown on the West Coast based Little Star label. The cut, though, is the only disco-oriented one on the album. The rest of the material falls basically in the standard category.

Norman Harris is completing the new Eddie Kendricks LP with a fall release date in mind. A new Jermaine Jackso album which Harris has already wrapped up is slated to ship sometime in June. There are four strong dance cuts on the album, “Do Unto Others.”

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Coming Soon To a Disco Near You


LOVE POWER
ALWAYS THERE
DESPERATELY
GIVE A BROKEN HEART A BREAK/ HAPPY MAN
DON’T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC
ONE FOR THE MONEY
SUN, SUN, SUN
THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN
YOU SHOULD BE DANCING
YOU + ME = LOVE
& CHERCHEZ LA FEMME!!!!!!!

[markydefad]

I've added the commentary into the ''What's It All about, Marky?" section--if anyone cares....is anybody out there???? No emoticons work for me...so imagine a wink and a rolling eyes, m'kay???

[DISCODISK]

Originally Posted by markydefad

I've added the commentary into the ''What's It All about, Marky?" section--if anyone cares....is anybody out there???? No emoticons work for me...so imagine a wink and a rolling eyes, m'kay???

if marky cant find the rolling eyes button things aint never going to be the same again for the fans!!


to the chart from tom moultons section
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Bill Owens, DJ at the Lost & Found in Washington, D.C., reports strong reaction to the English import “Broken Hearted Melody” by the Sharonettes (Black music] It’s the same song that Sarah Vaughan had a hit with many years ago.
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feck me, strong reaction, im glad i didnt live in washington, most people think simon soussans recording started with shalimar not so it began in 75 and this is one of em,i dodged this record i can honestly say i never heard this in a club i must have been blessed by the lord and washington obviously wasnt !!!must talk about soussan and black magic[its magic marky] one day, well anyway there was only 3 more releases to go before it was no more, ya see cos by this time the police were loading up!!!

[markydefad]

I found a sample of The Sharonettes "Broken Hearted Melody" on AMG ("Black Magic Treats: A Collection of Northern Soul") it's too funny with the hook Simon used on Arpeggio's "Spellbound" swirling around the Sarah Vaughan tune!!!

Simon sampled himself!!!

[markydefad]

Should have a new chart (June 12, 1976) tomorrow (the good lord willin' and the creek don't rise):roll:......no one guessed who the Brit songbird debuting in Houston is!!!! It's not Petula Clark--but from that era.......;-)