1976 Billboard Disco Compilation Consensus Charts!!!

[markydefad]

Hey Kevin,

I can't thank you enough for that additional information!!!
:D :D :D :D :D


Your old post with all the info about the 1975 12" promos was so helpful and informative to me. I constantly referred to that list each week. I hoped you would post again. :D --I'm so happy you provided me with this additional info on what was a 12" and what wasn't. It appears that most of the hits by now (May 1976) were being released in that format, eh?

Please keep posting--you seem to have all this stuff catalogued and organized for instant access!!!

I thought you were from SF and had DJ'd there...so it was really Reno?

Now a question.... when several tracks from an LP are charting in different places such as the Silver Convention or Melba Moore LP --should I keep each title separate as I've tried to do or just bundle everything from one source together as one item? I've thought it would be better to keep them separate so as not to overstate their impact--but I'm wondering if I should rethink that. When the National chart starts they bundle everything together---so maybe I should get on board now?

My initial decision stemmed from the "Lady Marmalade/ What Can I Do For You" bundling which I listed as one item--but in checking their actual point totals for each mention--LM had about 100 more points than WCIDFY--so at that point I thought I would try to keep each title as its own entity if they had different totals in any given week--unless some chart was listing the whole LP--then I bundled as with The Trammps & The Brothers, etc.

Any thoughts?

[in-the-groove]

Hey Markey - thanks for the kind words! And glad that you found the 1975 12" info useful.

I was a club DJ in Reno from 1976 to 1979. I then went to Oslo and London and worked in a couple of clubs in 1979 and 1980. After that, I did mobile dj work back in Reno until 1990. I moved to SF in 1994 and recently moved to Phoenix. I used to get to SF a couple of times a year during my DJ days, and I would make my pilgrimage to Aloha Records every time I went, which was not often enough! So perhaps our paths crossed a time or two...

Living in the Castro was a wonderful experience - I miss it!!! I especially miss digging in the bins at my favorite used record stores around the bay area. I remember you posting about all the great disco scores you made at Amoeba Records when they opened their LA store - I had the same experience when the Amoeba records opened in the Haight... they had tons of disco 12”ers for first 2 or 3 years and then it started to dry up. My collection grew by leaps and bounds in SF ;-)

Regarding your question on how to list multiple tracks from the same lp which were reported on different charts, I am thinking that you might just want to consolidate them into a single listing, just like you are doing for The Trammps and The Brothers lps. I like the way you still can see which charts are reporting which tracks with your alpha codes... It might over-emphasize the importance of some secondary tracks, but that is what the national chart will be doing. I seem to recall that the national chart would list the tracks on a single album in descending order of popularity, so you might list the tracks with the highest points first, if you are not already doing so.

Will do my best to post more often.

Kevin
in-the-groove

[remicks]

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Marky .... can I chime in a bit ?? :roll: :roll: Don't mean to be giving you such a rough time on this issue :oops: ( but for some reason you do bring out the devil in me !! :P :lol: )

I'm not sure there is an entirely right or wrong answer to this one . For one thing we (you) are at the mercy of data collected many years ago .... watcha got is watcha got. I am suspect of some of the reporting .... because I remember how is was back then ....every store , DJ wanted to be the coolest . So they tended to over report personal favorites or releases they were predicting about to go big ... and then too quickly dropped some of the stuff that actually was still quite hot . Nothing anyone can do about that ..... that was part of the competitive engine that made it all so exiciting I guess .....

I have mentioned this before ..... the one angle I am most suspicious of are the retail reporters ....because I don't see how they are able to report that any given record is selling because of any particular cut . I contend that once the buyer is not buying a 45 ( or soon a 12" !! ) then they are buying the entire current project of the artist which includes any and all dance tunes found therein.

One of the benefits of these split reportings though is that they do call to our attention that it isn't always solely the biggest , most obvious tune getting played .... other songs besides "THIS IS IT " by Melba Moore are getting played too. Still if a chart only reports "BRAND NEW " .... are we supposed to believe that "THIS IS IT " is not getting played, bought?

Marky ..you have the advantage of having the actual charts you are working from ... so seeing them first hand gives you some better insight ......for instance .... I see Chart "D" is the only one to report "BRAND NEW " ...but then i see that that same chart , "D" , is also listed by you as one that reported "THIS IS IT " . So on that chart .... Chart "D" ..... is Melba Moore ranked in two different places ..... or ..... on that chart are the two bundled??

Any chance that just once ... in your spare time :P!!! ....... you could post say just the Colony Records chart you are working from .... so we could better understand the raw data too .... :roll:


See I told you , you bring out the devil in me !!!! :P :P


End of Part I :
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as always ..... let me close by saying you are doing a great job .... such a wealth of information for all to benefit from ........... :D 8) :D 8)

[markydefad]

May 1, 1976

Billboard Pop Chart Top 10:
1) LET YOUR LOVE FLOW – The Bellamy Brothers (1st week)
2) RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM – Maxine Nightingale
3) BOOGIE FEVER – The Sylvers
4) WELCOME BACK – John Sebastian
5) SWEET LOVE – The Commodores
6) DISCO LADY – Johnnie Taylor
7) SHOW ME THE WAY – Peter Frampton
8. FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE - Elvin Bishop
9) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY – Queen
10) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross (she’s crossed over!!!!)

Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) LIVIN’ FOR THE WEEKEND – The O’Jays (2nd week)

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

Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: TRY ME, I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT (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= ”A LOVE TRILOGY” LP ( All Cuts)) (3rd week)
B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC)
(#1= YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES (To Please Your Woman)) (1st week)
C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC)
(#1= THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO) (7th week)
D= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island)
(#1= THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO) (2nd nonconsecutive week; was #1 on 3/20/76 )
E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:
(#1= TRY ME, I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT / COULD IT BE MAGIC (3rd week)
F= Special Guest City Chart: Top 15 Audience Response Records in Boston Discos:
(#1 = ”WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts)) (1st 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 +9

Chart #80 (volume 2: #18. ): May 1, 1976

1) THAT'S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO (BCDE) /
“WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts) (AF) - The Trammps
(Atlantic LP/ 45 disco version /12” promo) (81 points/ABCDEF)
2 weeks (LP)/ 12 weeks (single) on the chart/ Last week: #2 (+1)
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) “A LOVE TRILOGY” LP (All Cuts) (ABDF) /
TRY ME, I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT / COULD IT BE MAGIC (E) – Donna Summer
(Oasis LP) ( 67 points/AB_DEF)
7 weeks on the chart / 3 weeks @ #1 / Last week: #1 (-1)
(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
3) TOUCH AND GO – Ecstasy, Passion & Pain featuring Barbara Roy
(Roulette 45 disco version/ 12” promo) (56 points/ ABCD_F)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #6 (+3)
4) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross
(Motown LP/12" promo) (48 points/ A_C_EF)
10 weeks on the chart/ 4 weeks @ #1/ Last week: #3 (-1)
5) THIS IS IT – Melba Moore
(Buddah 45/LP/ 12” promo) (45 points/ A_CDEF)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #7 (+2)
6) TURN THE BEAT AROUND - Vicki Sue Robinson
(RCA LP/45) (42 points/ABC_EF)
12 weeks on the chart/ 1 week @ #1/ Last week: #4 (-2)
7) MOVIN’ LIKE A SUPERSTAR – Jackie Robinson
(Ariola America 45/ 12" promo) (40 points/ ABCD_F)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #5 (-2)
8. FIRST CHOICE THEME (“Let Us Entertain You”) (ACE)/ AIN’T HE BAD (Medley) (E) – First Choice
(Warner Bros. LP/ 12” promo) (33 total points/A_C_E_)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #9 (+1)
9) LOVE HANGOVER – The 5th Dimension
(ABC 45/ promo 7” disco version) (33 points/A_CD__)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #12 (+3)
10) GET UP AND BOOGIE (That’s Right) – Silver Convention
(Midland Intl. 45/ LP) (27 points/A_C_EF)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #10 (+/-0)

11) ”DON’T STOP NOW” LP (CDF) /
BROTHERS THEME / UNDER THE SKIN / MAKE LOVE (A) – The Brothers
(RCA LP/ 12” promo with the 3 (A) tracks on it) (27 points/ A_CD_F)
4 weeks (LP) / 5 weeks (tracks) on the chart/ Last week: #8 (-3)
Side A: 1) Brothers Theme; 2) Voce Abousou; 3) Under The Skin; 4) Didn’t Want To Hurt You Like That;
Side B: 1) Were You Ready For That; 2) Make Love; 3) Don’t Stop Now; 4) Last Chance To Dance
12) NIGHT AND DAY – John Davis & The Monster Orchestra
(Sam Records 45/ LP) (23 points/ A_C_EF)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #15 (+3)
13) MA-MO-AH – Tony Valor Sounds Orchestra
(Brunswick 45) ( 23 points/BC)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #32 (+19)
14) GOTTA GET AWAY (From You Baby) – First Choice
(Warner Bros. LP) (22 points/ A_C___)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #11 (-3)
15) COULD IT BE MAGIC – Donna Summer
(Oasis LP) (15 points/ E)
5 weeks on the chart (as a separate entry)/ also part of #2/ Last week: #16 (+1)
16) I LOVE TO LOVE – Al Downing
(Polydor 45) (15 points/ CD)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #34 (+18.)
17) YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES (To Please Your Woman) – Silver Convention
(Midland Intl. LP) (15 points/ B)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #23 (+6)
18. GET OFF YOUR AAHH! AND DANCE – Foxy
(Dash 45) (14 points/ BC)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #25 (+7)
19) COMMON THIEF – Vicki Sue Robinson
(RCA LP) (14 points/ F)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #19 (+/-0)
20) HIGH ENERGY – The Supremes
(Motown LP) (13 points/ DF)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week” #22 (+2)

21) TIME MOVES ON – Strutt
(Brunswick LP) (13 points/ DF)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #17 (-4)
22) JET SETTIN’ – Van McCoy
(H&L LP) (13 points / D)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #31 (+9)
23) SAN FRANCISCO HUSTLE – Silver Convention
(Midland Intl. LP) (13 points/ E)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #20 (-3)
24) I’M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING – The Supremes
(Motown LP) (11 points/ EF)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #14 (-10)
25) NO, NO, JOE – Silver Convention
(Midland Intl. LP) (11 points/ AF)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #29 (+4)
26) RAIN FOREST – Biddu Orchestra
(Epic LP / promo only 12”) (11 points/ AB)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #45 (+19)
27) * FREE / PLAY BOYSCOUT – Melba Moore
(Buddah LP) (10 points/ AB)
1 week on the chart / DEBUT
28. * FRONT ROW ROMEO – Strutt
(Brunswick LP) (10 points/ F)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
29) MOONLIGHT SERENADE – The (New) Ventures
(United Artists LP) (9 points/ CDE )
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #24 (-5)
30) ”BRAZIL” LP – El Coco
(AVI LP) (9 points/ B)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #18 (-12)
LP Tracks: Side A: 1) Caravan; 2) Masquerade; 3) Disco Carnival; 4) Zanzibar;
Side B: 1) Cancao Do Nossa Amor; 2) Delicado; 3) Bahia; 4) Brazil

31) TUBULAR BELLS – Champs’ Boys Orchestra
(Janus 45 / 12” promo) (9 points/ E)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #35 (+4)
32) MAKE LOVE TO ME – Fire & Rain
(20th Century 45/ 7” DJ promo only) (8 points/ B)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #36 (+4)
33) * NICE AND SLOW – Jesse Green
(Scepter 45/ 12” promo) (8 points/ EF)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
34) MORE, MORE, MORE - Andrea True Connection
(Buddah 45/ 12" promo) (7 points/ charts CE)
16 weeks on the chart/ 5 weeks @ #1/ Last week: #13 (-21)
35) BRAND NEW – Melba Moore
(Buddah LP) (7 points/ D)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #27 (-8.)
36) DANCING FREE – Hot Ice
(Rage 45) (6 points/ F)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #47 (+11)
37) * FOXY LADY – Crown Heights Affair
(De-Lite 45) (6 points/ D)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
38. I’LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
(Pye 45 / 12” promo released later in ‘76) (6 points/ A)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #37 (-1)
39) (R) HURT SO BAD – Philly Devotions
(Columbia 45) (6 points/ B)
7 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (Last charted 4/17/76 @ #34)
40) TEMPTATION, TEMPTATION – The (New) Ventures
(United Artists LP) (6 points/ E)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #21 (-19)

41) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE – Candi Staton
(Warner Bros. 45) (5 points/ D)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #39 (-2)
42) * CALIFORNIA STRUT – Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (w/ Angie Bofill – vocal)
(Private Stock 45 – b-side of “A Fifth Of Beethoven”) (3 points/ B)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
43) LA VITA – Fussy Cussy
(Aquarius 45) (3 points/ E)
on the chart/ Last week: #38 (-5)
44) (R) SING A HAPPY FUNKY SONG – Miz Davis
(Now Records 45) (2 points/ D)
7 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 3/20/76 @ #47 (prior chartings in LA/SF only; this is the first NYC charting)
45) * TEN PERCENT (says “10 %”) – Double Exposure
(Salsoul 12” – Walter Gibbons Special Version/ Promo only) (2 points/ A)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
46) * DO IT LIKE YOU AIN’T GOT NO BACKBONE – Force Of Nature
(TSOP 45) (1 point/ F)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
47) * EVERYBODY PARTY – Fire Bolts
(Greenback 45) (1 point/ B)
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT
48. MY LOVE SUPREME – Milton Hamilton Crystallized
(TR Records Inc. 12” promo—not commercially available) (1 point/ A)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #42 (-6)
49) SHACK UP – Banbarra
(United Artists 45) (1 point/ E)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #49 (+/-0)
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STATS:

#9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48 & 49 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn’s Hot Dance/Disco (1974 – 2003) book.

DEBUTS: (+8.)
27) * FREE / PLAY BOYSCOUT – Melba Moore (AB)
28. * FRONT ROW ROMEO – Strutt (F)
33) * NICE AND SLOW – Jesse Green (EF)
37) * FOXY LADY – Crown Heights Affair (D)
42) * CALIFORNIA STRUT – Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (w/ Angie Bofill – vocal) (B)
45) * TEN PERCENT (says “10 %”) – Double Exposure (A)
46) * DO IT LIKE YOU AIN’T GOT NO BACKBONE – Force Of Nature (F)
47) * EVERYBODY PARTY – Fire Bolts (B)

RETURNS: (+2)
39) (R) HURT SO BAD – Philly Devotions (B)
44) (R) SING A HAPPY FUNKY SONG – Miz Davis (D)

DROPPED OFF: (-12)
I HEAR A SYMPHONY – Hank Crawford (w/ Patti Austin) (was # 26/ 9 weeks on the chart)
FEEL THE SPIRIT (In ’76) – Leroy Hutson & The Free Spirit Symphony (was #28 / 6 weeks on the chart)
*CHANGIN’ – Brass Construction (was #30/ 12 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
*MOVIN’ – Brass Construction (was #30/ 13 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
*PARTY – Van McCoy (was #31/ 1 week on the chart/ * will return)
FLIGHT – David Sanborn (was #33/ 2 weeks on the chart)
*WET WEEKEND – Rock Gazers (was #40/ 6 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
*STREET TALK – B.C.G (was #41/ 12 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
MIGHTY HIGH – Mighty Clouds Of Joy (was #43/ 19 weeks on the chart)
*SOUL MAN – Calhoon (was #44/ 2 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN – Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (was #46/ 1 week on the chart/ May return—not sure at this point)
MORE – Carol Williams (was #48/ 8 weeks on the chart)


MOVIN’ ON UP: Biggest Movers:
RAIN FOREST +19 (from #45 up to #26)
MA–MO-AH +19 (from # 32 up to #13)
I LOVE TO LOVE (Al Downing version) +18 (from #34 up to #16)

I’M GOIN’ DOWN: Biggest Drops
MORE, MORE, MORE –21 (from #13 down to #34)
TEMPTATION, TEMPTATION -19 (from #21 down to #40)

IN THE LONG RUN: Longest Chart Run
MORE, MORE, MORE (16 consecutive weeks)
THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO (12 consecutive weeks)
TURN THE BEAT AROUND ( 12 consecutive weeks)

THE FINAL TALLY, HO
49 items this week; 49 last week also
+ 8 debuts + 2 returns / - 12 dropoffs
1 record on all 6 charts (Trammps LP + single)
5 records on 5 charts (Donna Summer. Ecstasy, Passion & Pain, Melba Moore (“This Is It”), Vicki Sue Robinson, Jackie Robinson)
4 records on 4 charts
3 records on 3 charts
12 records on 2 charts
24 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???)


At long last, the Trammps move up to #1. The single has charted 12 weeks and the LP has charted for 2 weeks.

This week, charts A (NYC discos) + F (Boston discos) say : “LP, all cuts” (A= #2; F= #1)
C holds the single @ #1 for the 7th week.
B moves the single from #7 up to #4
D moves the single from #4 up to #1
E moves the single from #6 up to #5 (this is as high as LA ever charts it) :roll:

I’m thinking that B,C, D & E probably meant to chart the LP “Where The Happy People Go” as opposed to the single “THAT’S Where The Happy People Go”---but that’s not how it’s printed. Next week, all 4 list the LP-all cuts and only the guest chart F from Houston lists the single…from then on it’s the LP-all cuts…..

The screwed list:
Donna Summer is dropped by chart C.
Ecstasy, Passion & Pain will never be on chart E.
Vicki Sue Robinson is no longer on chart D.
Melba Moore’s “This Is It” is off B (they are only charting other LP tracks “Free/ Play Boyscout”
Jackie Robinson is no longer on that chart what first brung her---E!!!!

Add Insult to Injury List:
Miss Ross is double-dumped (ouch!!!) :x :evil: by B (not charting the 5th Dimension, either!!!!---they’re OVER the “Love Hangover” it seems…. And chart D (only charts the 5th D version this week)….chart A & C are charting BOTH Diana & 5th D.

The More I Get, The Lower I Chart Dept:
Oddly Jimmy James & the Vagabonds seem to be having a reverse success… each week as they acquire more points—they chart lower!!! :roll:

4/17 with 3 points they were #36
4/24 with 5 points they were #37
5/01 with 6 points they are #38!!!!!

Of the debuts, Jesse Green’s “Nice & Slow” is charted for the first time on E (LA) & F (Boston); odd for a NYC (Scepter) record mixed by Moulton’s pal Mel Cheren himself…next week NYC’s chart B finds it also.

Note that chart B has flipped “A Fifth Of Beethoven” for a brief mention of the b-side “California Strut” with a vocal by newcomer credited as Angie Bofill…..later Angie Dickinson…no… uh, ANGELA Bofilll!!!

And lastly, the landmark Double Exposure record “Ten Percent” (still listed as “10 %”) debuts on chart A as “Walter Gibbons special version”…..the first time a remixer has been mentioned by name. Moulton says in his column that a competion was held with NYC DJs to remix this track and Gibbons was declared the winner. Moulton also says the long version won’t be released commercially ……..BUT WITHIN 2 WEEKS, SALSOUL WILL BE THE FIRST COMPANY TO RELEASE A 12" TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. .

(Also, note that Moulton says the version of “My Love Supreme” he has charted @ #15 on chart A is “not commercially available”) Things will soon change….the peeps want the DISCO DISK VERSIONS!!!!!

THE BIG TEASE

Next week, a whole lotta movement takes place: 2 new records crack the Top 10 and a slew of others move into the Top 20. The highest debut is a new title from Bohannon. Other debuts are from D.C. LaRue, Hokis Pokis ( still says “Hocus Pocus” as it did with “Nowhere”), Sweet Music, the Righteous Brothers (!!!), the Pretty Maid Company (just for Jussik!!) and a newcomer named just…”Luther.”

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DISCO MIX by Tom Moulton

Column #79: 5/01/76

(Thanks to shootyourshot for typing out & sending me this column. BTW, shootyourshot, I’ve been trying to e-mail you for some help with a couple things and I can’t seem to get the new address you gave me to go through….please contact me when you have a minute. Thanks. ) :D


[NEW YORK] Keeping up its disco image, Midland International has released a new album by the Inner City Symphony. Standout on the LP is “Inner City Suite,” with a funky and catchy “Time Flies” and Philadelphia-sounding “She Loves Me” following closely.

Also on the disk are remakes of “Fly, Robin, Fly” and “Theme From SWAT.” Both are well-handled. Warren Schatz picks up another solid production credit as well

A few weeks ago Salsoul released a 12 inch disco disk of “Ten Percent” [says “10%”] by Double Exposure with a 7 minute version on one side and a 9 minute version on the other, both of which will not be commercially available. (if only Tom knew)

Local spinners have been given the opportunity to put together their own versions and DJ Walter Gibbons has come up with a winner, as local audience response propels it on the disco charts this week. There will be a shorter commercial version available shortly, but it won’t have the instrumental sections with breaks, both of which are strong assets to Gibbons’ version.

“I Got Your Love” by Stratavarious, featuring Lady, has been released by Polydor of Canada both commercially and as a 12-inch disco disk. While the label circulated only some 200 12-inch disco disks there, a number of them have reached New York and the response has been strong. Basically, the sound of the record matches up to the sound from Philadelphia.

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Coming Soon To a Disco Near You


CATHEDRALS
LIPSTICK
LOVE CHANT
HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL
YOU’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE
LOWDOWN
TAKE A LITTLE
TROUBLE-MAKER/ LOVE POWER
ALWAYS THERE
& DON’T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC

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Today's chart was typed, while listening to:

REMEMBER THE TROC [“black"...... shhhhhhhh, someones got a copyright!!!!] PARTY --7 cds from the last Troc party (October 2005) flawlessly mixed by Jerry Bonham and totally capturing the spirit of the grand old Troc days!!! Started with cd #2 today …...love Donna’s “Now I Need You” into Eurythmics “Love Is A Stranger” into Noel’s “The Night They Invented Love” and the whole rest of that cd. Currently on cd #3 now!! (love the juxtapostion of Cerrone’s “Black Is Black” into Giorgio’s “I Wanna Funk With You Tonight”) Great stuff!!! If you wanna hear what an evening at Trocadero sounded/ can still sound like—get this!!! :D :D :D :D

[remicks]

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Lots to comment on this week's chart Marky . :D

As an aside ..... I look forward to the day of finding "MOVING LIKE A SUPERSTAR " . I have no recollection of this tune , but its chart performance has sure been impressive. That's the biggest one of 16/17 on the list I can't identify . ( and I was there ! :oops: ) ........ (Records to hunt !!! 8) )

Trivia :
The two versions of the same song LOVE HANGOVER have now worked their way up onto this week's Top 10 at the same time . I suspect that never happens again in the history of the charts . (?).... I can think of very few disco songs that had competing versions ( LOVE IS IN THE AIR " ) ? ... especially at the same time with both being so strong .... so this may be a one time only occurrence .....

More Trivia :
Thank the disco gods ..... it took 3 months (an eternity in discoland time ) ..... but "THAT'S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO" .... has clawed its way past the ladies to the top . 8) Does any song past or present ever again take so long ... 12 weeks ... to hit the mark ?? :-?


--- The biggest news this week ( and it is big ) :

45) * TEN PERCENT – Double Exposure
(Salsoul 12” – Walter Gibbons Special Version/ Promo only) so far !!
1 week on the chart/ DEBUT

At last , there it is ...... :D ....... the arrival of the song that's going to really make a statement about disco ..... becoming the first tune ever available to the public as a 12" pressing . A defining moment ... disco has really become its own entity with this .. ... a special music with its own special presentation . Record stores would now find it hard to ignore ..... finding it necessary to dedicate a specific area for this genre now available in this , its own special format 8) 8) 8) .

I 'd love to hear any stories from anyone who remembers that transition happening back then . I don't recall who distributed Salsoul at this point ( already RCA ? ) ..... but I can just imagine their reps first trying to get orders on this .

"What's that you say ? It's a single song .. .... but it's not on a 45? It's on a 12" ?! Why ? ... And I'm supposed to pay you more money for it ?? ..... Where am I supposed to put it in my store ???? " :lol:

I'm sure many thought it was a silly novelty .... a passing fad .... never imagining 12 inchers would become the entrenched staple they remained throughout the vinyl era .... Of course looking back now it seems a non- brainer ... but imagine then ... trying to convince retailers they could successfully sell what had always been on a 45 ( for 20 +years !) ... only now on a bigger size for 2 or 3 times the price .... I wonder what the total sales of this first one was ?
( Thank goodness they chose this , a monster hit, to release as their first tester ! :D )

Disco has definitely arrived : the music's top notch , the clubs are increasingly opening , and now it is about to seriously invade the record stores. 8) :D

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Typed while listening to this week's # 31 song :
TUBULAR BELLS –-- Champs’ Boys Orchestra A wonderful orchestration giving this haunting song a much more friendly vibe .... using (stealing) "LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY's bass line verbatim played underneath ......

[maarten]

Marky - sorry to hear of your mishap. I have a suggestion (and this is what I do when I find inspiration for long posts)... I type it in Word before copy-pasting it into here.

Compliments to your "monks work" (a Dutch expression which I am not sure translatet ).

Keep it up!

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by remicks

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Marky ..you have the advantage of having the actual charts you are working from ... so seeing them first hand gives you some better insight ......for instance .... I see Chart "D" is the only one to report "BRAND NEW " ...but then i see that that same chart , "D" , is also listed by you as one that reported "THIS IS IT " . So on that chart .... Chart "D" ..... is Melba Moore ranked in two different places ..... or ..... on that chart are the two bundled??

Any chance that just once ... in your spare time :P!!! ....... you could post say just the Colony Records chart you are working from .... so we could better understand the raw data too .... :roll:

OK, sorry kidz I've been sick in bed this week--so no new chart-- :( but I am gonna give you the actual 6 charts used to compile last weeks chart--so you can see where the data came from; I've tried not to change a letter--the misspellings, wrong labels, etc. are intact. The only thing I added were the (15 points) etc, behind each title to show how the points were calculated... now
I know some one will ask if Billboard put the point #s there--so the answer is NO--I did--but everything else is just as it was printed!!!!! :lol:

OK go make your own chart!!! :P


BILLBOARD DISCO ACTION
MAY 1, 1976

(Chart A)
TOP AUDIENCE RESPONSE IN N.Y. DISCOS
1) LOVE TRILOGY – Donna Summer – Oasis (all cuts, LP)---- (15 points)
2) WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO – The Trammps (all cuts, LP) –Atlantic----(14 points)
3) LOVE HANGOVER –Diana Ross –Motown (LP)/ Fifth Dimension—ABC ---- (13 points each)
4) TOUCH AND GO – Ecstasy, Passion & Pain – Roulette (disco version) ----(12 points)
5) TURN THE BEAT AROUND – Vicky Sue Robinson –RCA ----(11 points)
6) FIRST CHOICE THEME / GOTTA GET AWAY – First Choice-- Philly Groove (LP) (10 points each)
7) NO, NO, JOE / GET UP AND BOOGIE –Silver Convention –Midland Intl. (LP) –(9 points each)
8. THIS IS IT / FREE/ PLAY BOY SCOUT – Melba Moore –Buddah (LP) (8 points each)
9) BROTHERS THEME / UNDER MY SKIN/ MAKE LOVE – The Brothers –RCA (LP)—(7 points)
10) I’LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds –Pye—6 points)
11) MOVING LIKE A SUPERSTAR – Jackie Robinson –American Ariola (5 points)
12) RAIN FOREST – Biddu Orch.—Epic (4 points)
13) NIGHT & DAY – The Monster Orch. ---Sam Records ---(3 points)
14) 10% – Double Exposure—Salsoul (Walter Gibbons special version)—(2 points)
15) MY LOVE SUPREME – Milton Hamilton—TH (not commercially available)—(1 point)

(Chart B)
DOWNSTAIRS RECORDS (NEW YORK) RETAIL SALES
1) YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES – Silver Convention –Midland Intl. (LP)---(15)
2) LOVE TRILOGY – Donna Summer – Oasis (all cuts, LP)---- (14)
3) MA-MO-AH – Tony Valor Sounds Orch. –Brunswick (13)
4) THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO –The Trammps –Atlantic (12)
5) MOVING LIKE A SUPERSTAR – Jackie Robinson –American Ariola (11)
6) GET OFF YOUR AHHH! AND DANCE –Foxy—Dash (10)
7) BRAZIL – El Coco (AVI (LP) (9)
8. MAKE LOVE TO ME –Fire & Rain –20th Century –(8.)
9) RAIN FOREST – Biddu Orch.—Epic (7)
10) HURT SO BAD –Philly Devotions –Columbia (6)
11) TOUCH AND GO – Ecstasy, Passion & Pain – Roulette (5)
12) TURN THE BEAT AROUND – Vicky Sue Robinson –RCA (LP) (4)
13) CALIFORNIA STRUTT – Walter Murphy—Private Stock (3)
14) PLAY BOYSCOUT/ FREE –Melba Moore ---Buddah (LP) (2)
15) EVERYBODY PARTY –Fire Bolts—Greenback (1)


(Chart C)
COLONY RECORDS (NEW YORK) RETAIL SALES
1) THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO –The Trammps –Atlantic (15)
2) TOUCH AND GO – Ecstasy, Passion & Pain – Roulette (14)
3) THIS IS IT –Melba Moore—Buddah (13)
4) FIRST CHOICE THEME / GOTTA GET AWAY – First Choice --Philly Groove (LP) (12 each)
5) I LOVE TO LOVE – Al Downing—Polydor (11)
6) MA-MO-AH – Tony Valor Sounds Orch. –Brunswick (10)
7) NIGHT & DAY – The Monster Orch. ---Sam Records (9)
8. LOVE HANGOVER -- Fifth Dimension—ABC--Diana Ross –Motown (LP) (8 each)
9) DON’T STOP NOW –The Brothers—RCA (LP) (7)
10) MOVING LIKE A SUPERSTAR – Jackie Robinson –American Ariola (6)
11) MORE, MORE, MORE –Andrea True Connection—Buddah (5)
12) GET OFF YOUR AHHH! AND DANCE –Foxy—Dash (4)
13) GET UP AND BOOGIE –Silver Convention—Midland Int. (3)
14) MOONLIGHT SERENADE –The Ventures—UA (2)
15) TURN THE BEAT AROUND – Vicky Sue Robinson –RCA (1)


(Chart D)
MELODY SONG SHOPS (BROOKLYN, QUEENS, LONG ISLAND) RETAIL SALES
1) THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO –The Trammps –Atlantic (15)
2) TOUCH AND GO – Ecstasy, Passion & Pain – Roulette (14)
3) JET SETTIN’ –Van McCoy—Avco (LP) (13)
4) LOVE HANGOVER –Fifth Dimension –ABC (12)
5) LOVE TRILOGY – Donna Summer – Oasis (LP) (11)
6) MOVING LIKE A SUPERSTAR – Jackie Robinson –American Ariola (10)
7) HIGH ENERGY – The Supremes—Motown (LP) (9)
8. DON’T STOP NOW –The Brothers—RCA (LP) (8.)
9) THIS IS IT/ BRAND NEW – Melba Moore—Buddah (LP) (7)
10) FOXY LADY –Crown Heights Affair—De-Lite (6)
11) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE –Candi Staton –WB (5)
12) I LOVE TO LOVE –Al Downing –Polydor (4)
13) TIME MOVES ON—Strutt—Brunswick (LP) (3)
14) SING A HAPPY FUNKY SONG –Miz Davis—Now Records (2)
15) MOONLIGHT SERENADE –The Ventures—UA (1)


(Chart E)
TOP AUDIENCE RESPONSE RECORDS IN L.A./ SAN DIEGO DISCOS
1) TRY ME, I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT / COULD IT BE MAGIC – Donna Summer—Oasis (LP) (15)
2) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross—Motown (LP) (14)
3) GET UP AND BOOGIE/ SAN FRANCISCO HUSTLE –Silver Convention –Midland Intl (LP) (13 each)
4) TURN THE BEAT AROUND – Vicki Sue Robinson—RCA (12)
5) LET US ENTERTAIN YOU/ AIN’T HE BAD – First Choice –Warner Bros. (11)
6) THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO –The Trammps –Atlantic (10)
7) TUBULAR BELLS –Champs Boys Orchestra—Janus (9)
8. THIS IS IT –Melba Moore—Buddah (8.)
9) I’M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING—The Supremes—Motown (7)
10) TEMPTATION, TEMPTATION/ MOONLIGHT SERENADE—New Ventures—United Artists (6 each)
11) NICE AND SLOW—Jesse Green—Scepter (5)
12) NIGHT & DAY—John Davis—SAM (4)
13) LA VITA—Fussy Cussy—Aquarius (3)
14) MORE, MORE, MORE—Andrea True Connection—Buddah (2)
15) SHACK UP—Banbarra—United Artists (LP) (1)


(Chart F)
TOP AUDIENCE RESPONSE RECORDS IN BOSTON DISCOS
1) WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO – The Trammps (all cuts, LP) –Atlantic----(15 points)
2) TURN THE BEAT AROUND / COMMON THIEF –Vicky Sue Robinson –RCA (LP) (14 each)
3) LOVE HANGOVER –Diana Ross—Motown (LP) (13)
4) LOVE TRILOGY –Donna Summer—Oasis (all cuts, LP) (12)
5) TOUCH AND GO – Ecstasy, Passion & Pain – Roulette (disco version) ----(11 points)
6) FRONT ROW ROMEO / TIME MOVES ON—Strutt—Brunswick (LP) (10 points each)
7) THIS IS IT –Melba Moore—Buddah (disco version) (9)
8. MOVING LIKE A SUPERSTAR—Jackie Robinson—American Ariola (8.)
9) NIGHT & DAY—The Monster Orch.—Sam Records (7)
10) DANCING FREE—Hot Ice—Rage (6)
11) DON’T STOP NOW –The Brothers—RCA (LP) (5)
12) HIGH ENERGY/ LET YOUR HEART DO THE WALKING—The Supremes –Motown (LP) (4 each)
13) NICE & SLOW –Jesse Green—Scepter (disco version) (3)
14) NO, NO, JOE/ GET UP AND BOOGIE –Silver Convention –Midland Intl. (LP) (2 each)
15) DO IT LIKE YOU AIN’T GOT NO BACKBONE – Force Of Nature—TSOP (1)

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by maarten

Marky - sorry to hear of your mishap. I have a suggestion (and this is what I do when I find inspiration for long posts)... I type it in Word before copy-pasting it into here.

Compliments to your "monks work" (a Dutch expression which I am not sure translatet ).

Keep it up!

Hi Maarten!!!

Nice to see you back--you're a real man of the world, aren't you?--you've now posted from 3 different continents!!!! And now you're in the USA--what next???--Zimbabwae???? :lol:

I have started typing in Word--it's much better to save things and I've had fewer problems. I type it in little sections and save it and come back later and add more. Before I used to do marathon typing sessions here!!!!

Nice to hear from you. Glad you enjoy my work!! :D

[markydefad]

Next week, May 8, 1976....the "Usual Suspects" in the Top 10 meet The Supremes. From her lofty perch @#3, Miss Ross, glances over her alluring shoulder and is shocked to see her arch-nemesis from the past--Miss Mary Wilson draggin' 2 new Supremes into the Top 10--with a record timed at only 3:33, no less!!!! :lol: :P :lol: :P :lol: :P

DIVA DRAMA ENSUES!!!!!!

[remicks]

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.........thanks Marky for the charts!!! :D :oops:

So much work for you though... while you're sick .....almost as much work as the compilations :roll: Very nice of you .

Well, it does give us more insight with what you have to sort thru each time to come up with your results....
Would you mind posting them each week ?? :roll: :roll: :roll:








I keed !! :lol: Hurry up and get well ..............

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