1976 Billboard Disco Compilation Consensus Charts!!!

markydefad · #**181** June 27th, 2006, 02:38 PM

When Greg Wilson started posting the Time Capsules...I couldn't listen because of speaker problems ---but that's been resolved and I have listened to most of his shows--although not the most recent one yet. I agree it is a good place to compare and contrast the songs of the era. I'm especially curious to hear the Lee Eldred song....:-):-):-)

I like to hear the ones I've never heard of the most!!!

As for The Brothers Johnson & Ohio Players...I guess the Brits were more attuned to the FUNK in disco; certainly these records musta been played in clubs in the USA--but for chart purposes were considered more "radio" tunes; they chart R&B & Pop--but not DISCO--at least not yet.

I love "Happpy Man" --but don't think I've ever heard the other track "Give A Broken Heart A Break", which actually is the bigger hit. But I recall "Happy Man" from back in tha day---maybe from radio in SF??? I instantly knew the tune when I heard it on some Robbie Leslie comp. A short version of "Happy Man" is on a new cd from the UK "Creme de la ...something"....:oops::oops::oops:

remicks · #**182** June 27th, 2006, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by remicks

.... High approval rating for Dr. Buzzard ?? :-)
No doubt ... it will be one of the most well received disco offerings of the summer of '76.8-)

And I think I've already said this ....but ..... how "bout them Trammps !!!

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I'm listening to Greg Wilson's TIME CAPSULE for June and it occurs to me that this is a good accompaniment for your charts Marky.

Greg offers the British slant to what is going on at the same time ( through one DJ of course ) and it's interesting ... the differences there and here ....
Since Greg is offering up each tune one time only ... many of the current consensus songs have already been presented on his earlier shows ... or will get played on his shows in future months ......

but for now:
... a look at his matching June playlist shows the opportunity to hear these current charters :

12) LIPSTICK – Michel Polnareff

I think this is one of the most enjoyable songs from back then that I've only come to know within the last year. Unfortunately ... as I did to most songs back then too ... I've about played it out .
It's a fine spry instrumental ... Crown Heights Affair sounding but with more sweeping violins and a flute leading the way much of the time ( do the hustle ! ) The wailing sax adds the perfect occassional touch .... it's an odd one because it's both funky and pretty and shifts back and forth between the two ...

20) HOWS YOUR LOVE LIFE ; Lee Eldred

--- Sort of an Archie Bell dialogue tune with a gravelly-less James Brown vocal style , with quite entertaining lyrics ..... ( he asks a housewife "How's your love life ? What ? None of my business !! And you ain't gonna tell me ?? :lol::lol: ) and has a reference to LADY MARMALADE ...

27) FOXY LADY – Crown Heights Affair

--- Hallmark Crown Heights sound ... lively vibe ,endless horns and organ ....and a piano nod to TUBULAR BELLS snuck in here and there ....

34) HAPPY MAN ; Damon Harris & Impact

--- Had a DJ told you this was Eddie Kendricks .... you'd have probably fallen for it

37) (R) IT'S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT - Marlena Shaw

--- How appropriate that this gets saddled with YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE ... that and the I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING tunes are advising one attitude .... this one is saying something else . ( How different would my life had been had I paid more attention to this one. :razz: ) BTW , like Candi on YHRF , ...Marlena takes command of this song as soon as she opens her mouth . ... A well structured tight tune.

Here them all at :

http://www.samurai.fm/timecapsule/

I think it's also interesting how many of Greg's tune DO NOT chart here such as ... WHO'D SHE COO-- Ohio Players ( right ? )
and especially I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU --- The Bros.Johnson .... I still can't figure that one out ....

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Ya :roll:..... this is just a sneaky way to pull my post forward !!!:-P:-P:-P:-P

But I also wanted to comment on Tom Moulton's mention of :

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The Commodores new LP, ”Hot On The Tracks” (Motown) has a strong cut in ”Let’s Get Started”. It sounds a lot like Kool & The Gang with a Latin feel.

This could've been a fairly big record IMO. Wonderfully LET'S GROOVE Archie Bell meets DANCIN" Crown Heights Affair (... moreso to me than Kool & The Gang )

Hey Motown ! ...you've already figured it out with LOVE HANGOVER ....so this one too needed to go right back to the mixer and a 12" re-edit created 8-). Instead , when left at under four minutes, this groove drops out just as you're ready for it to kick in and amp up. :cry:

When Tom Moulton speaks , Motown ... you oughta listen !!! .
All the more so when you consider that in a couple of years you'll decide that this is the one act of yours that you'll think is perfect to be featured in a... DISCO movie !!!:-P

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markydefad · #**183** June 30th, 2006, 07:43 PM

JULY 4, 1976 chart tomorrow!!!! Have a Happy 4th!!! (blowin' shit up!!!)

:razz::razz::razz:

markydefad · #**184** July 1st, 2006, 03:09 PM

This week...30 years ago..........

JULY 4, 1976 (AMERICA'S BICENTENNIAL!!!!)

Billboard Pop Chart Top 10:

1) SILLY LOVE SONGS – Wings (5th nonconsecutive week @ #1)
2) AFTERNOON DELIGHT – Starland Vocal Band
3) MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore
4) SARA SMILE – Daryl Hall & John Oates
5) SHOP AROUND – Captain & Tennille
6) MORE, MORE, MORE – Andrea True Connection
7) GET UP AND BOOGIE (That’s Right) – Silver Convention
8. I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU – The Brothers Johnson
9) KISS AND SAY GOODBYE - The Manhattans
10) LOVE IS ALIVE - Gary Wright

Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) SOMETHING HE CAN FEEL - Aretha Franklin (2 weeks @ #1)

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

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Billboard Notes: Disco Celebrates 2nd Anniversary!!!
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In the July 24, 1976 edition of Billboard, writer Paul Grein writes....

"Two years ago this month, the Hues Corporation's "Rock The Boat" and George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby" were back-to-back No. 1 singles in Billboard, dramatically signaling the start of the disco boom and opening the floodgates for no fewer than four dozen disco tunes that have since become top hits...."

This is followed by a two part article on the contributions two years of disco have made to popular music. I'll print it when we get to that week's charts.

This is the first week in that time period:

July 6, 1974

Billboard Pop Chart #1:
1) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation (1 week @ #1; last week #6)
(Gordon Lightfoot & Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods are @ #2 & #3)
4) ROCK YOUR BABY - George McCrae (last week #9)
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Disco Action
Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: DISCO PARTY (week #5); (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)) (9th week) ( single “That’s Where the Happy People Go” charted #1 for 7 consecutive weeks prior to the LP release; so 16 weeks in total)
B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC)
(#1= HERE WE GO AGAIN / MOVIN’ IN ALL DIRECTIONS) (1st week/ 2nd week)
C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC)
(#1= “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts)) (9th week) ( single “That’s Where the Happy People Go” charted #1 for 7 consecutive weeks prior to the LP release; so 16 weeks in total)
D= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island)
(#1= SUMMERTIME) (1st week)
E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:
(#1= CATHEDRALS) (1st week)
F= Special Guest City Chart: Top 15 Audience Response Records in Houston Discos:
(#1 = "WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO") (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 50 +5

Chart #89 (volume 2: #27 ): July 4, 1976

1) “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts) (ACDF)/
DISCO PARTY (E) – The Trammps
(Atlantic LP) (65 points/A_CDEF)
11 weeks (LP)/ (“TWTHPG” single) 13 weeks on the chart (10 weeks prior to LP release)
10th 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) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL (ACEF) /
DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC (D) – Tavares
(Capitol 7” (part 1 & 2) / "HMBMAA": 12" disco disk promo remix: 6:32/ "DTATM" LP now; 12" version released later)
(48 + 3 = 51 points/A_CDEF)
7 weeks/3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #2 / #8 (+/-0 / +6)
3) DESPERATELY – Barrabas
( Atco 7” /Atlantic promo 12”) (46 points/ ABCD__)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #11 (+7)
4) NICE AND SLOW – Jesse Green
(Scepter 45/ 12” promo remix 5:45/commercial 12" NOW released) (45 points/ A_C_EF)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #4 (+/-0)
5) TEN PERCENT – Double Exposure
(Salsoul 12” disco disk – Walter Gibbons Special Disco Version-now commercially available!!!)
(43 points/ A_C_EF)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #6 (+1)
6) ONE FOR THE MONEY - The Whispers
(Soul Train LP/ 7” single (Part 1 & 2) / 12" promo disco disk: 5:13) (37 points/ ABCD__)
2 weeks on the chart / Last week: #31 (+25)
7) CATHEDRALS (CA-THE-DRALS) – D.C. LaRue
(Pyramid LP/ commercial 12" single to be released) (27 points/ _B__E_)
9 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #5 (-2)
8. GIVE A BROKEN HEART A BREAK – Damon Harris & Impact
(Atco 7”/ LP / 12" promo single) (26 points/ ABCD__)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #34 (+26)
9) YOU’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE – Lou Rawls
(Philadelphia Intl. Records 7”/LP) ( 25 points/ _BC___)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #13 (+4)
10) HERE WE GO AGAIN - People's Choice
(TSOP LP / 7”) (23 points/ _B__E_)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #19 (+9)

11) I’M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING – The Supremes
(Motown LP/ 7" single) (18 points/ ADE)
11 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #3 (-8.)
12) ALWAYS THERE - Side Effect
(Fantasy LP/ 7” single/ special promo 12” mix) (18 points/ ABE)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #22 (+10)
13) “A LOVE TRILOGY” LP (All Cuts) – Donna Summer
(Oasis LP) ( 18 points/AF)
16 weeks on the chart / 3 weeks @ #1 / Last week: #18 (+5)
(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
14) PARTY LINE – Andrea True Connection
(Buddah LP) (18 points / CE)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #38 (+24)
15) LIPSTICK – Michel Polnareff
(Atlantic LP/ 7” / 12” promo remix only) (15 points/ EF)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #12 (-3)
16) MOVIN' IN ALL DIRECTIONS - People's Choice
(TSOP LP) (15 points/ B)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #15 (-1)
17) SUMMERTIME" LP - MFSB
(P.I.R. LP) (15 points/ D)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #21 (+4)
LP Tracks:
Side A: 1) Picnic In The Park ; 2) Summertime; 3) Plenty Good Lovin'; 4) Sunnin" & Funnin'
Side B: 1) Summertime And I'm Feelin' Mellow; 2) I'm On Your Side; 3) Hot Summer Nights; 4) We Got The Time
18. USE YOUR IMAGINATION - Kokomo
(Columbia LP / 12” promo 4:06) (14 points/ D)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #16 (-2)
19) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross
(Motown LP/12" promo) (13 points/ AF)
19 weeks on the chart/ 4 weeks @ #1/ Last week: #28 (+9)
20) (R) NO, NO, JOE / SAN FRANCISCO HUSTLE - Silver Convention
(Midland Intl LP) (13 points each / F)
12 weeks/ 10 weeks on the chart / RETURN (last charted 6/12/76 @ #15)

21) (R) WE GOT THE RHYTHM - People's Choice
(TSOP LP) (13 points/ D)
2 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/19/76 @ #39)
22) LOVE CHANT – Eli’s Second Coming
(Silver Blue Records 7”) (12 points/ AC)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #26 (+4)
23) LOWDOWN – Boz Scaggs
(Columbia LP/ 7” single) (12 points/E)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #25 (+2)
24) TAKE A LITTLE – Liquid Pleasure
(Midland Intl. 7” single) (10 points/ AD)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #10 (-14)
25) FILL ME UP (Heart To Heart) – Andrea True Connection
(Buddah LP) (10 points/ E)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #38 (+13)
26) (R) TURN THE BEAT AROUND - Vicki Sue Robinson
(RCA LP/ 7" single/ Promo 12") (10 points/ F)
20 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/19/76 @ #28.)
27) (R) TRAVELIN' IN HEAVY TRAFFIC - Don Covay
(PIR LP) (9 points/ D)
2 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/19/76 @ #41)
28. * SUPER DISCO - The Rimshots
( Stang 7" single) (8 points/ CF)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
29) HAPPY MAN – Damon Harris & Impact
(Atco 7”/ LP / 12" promo single) (8 points / A)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week : #34 (+5)
30) CALL ME – Andrea True Connection
(Buddah LP) (8 points/ C)
6 weeks on the chart / Last week: #33 (+3)

31) (R) DON'T FIGHT THE FEELING - Willie Collins
(Mercury 7") (8 points/ B)
3 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/19/76 @ #27)
32) * PARTY NIGHT - Curtis Mayfield
(Curtom LP) (8 points/ D)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
33) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE - Candi Staton
(WB 7" single) (8 points/ F)
12 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #36 (+3)
34) *HUNGRY FOR YOUR LOVE - Zulema
(RCA LP) (7 points/ D)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
35) I’LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
(Pye 45 / 12” promo released later in ‘76) (7 points/ CF)
12 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #14 (-21)
36) (R) MAKING LOVE - Sammy Gordon & The Hip Huggers
(Greg/ later Red Greg 7” / 12” promo) (7 points/ B)
7 weeks on the chart / RETURN (last charted 6/19/76 @ #42)
37) TELL ME HOW YOU LIKE IT - John Davis & The Monster Orchestra
(SAM LP) (7 points/ E)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #17 (-20)
38. HOW’S YOUR LOVE LIFE – Lee Eldred
(Mercury 7”) (6 points/ B)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week" #20 (-18.)
39) * AMEN FOR GOOD MUSIC - Lou Courtney [says "I'm In For Good Music" on chart--I had to look it up @ AMG for the correct title]

(RCA 7") (6 points/ D)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
40) TROUBLE-MAKER / LOVE POWER – Roberta Kelly
(Oasis LP) (5 points each /A)
5 weeks / 4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #7 / #9 (-33/ -31)

41) FOXY LADY – Crown Heights Affair
(De-Lite 7” single) ( 5 points/ D)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #27 (-14)
42) (R) GOTTA GET AWAY (From You Baby) / FIRST CHOICE THEME – First Choice
(Warner Bros. LP) (5 points each/ F)
12 weeks each on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/12/76 @ #44)
43) * MOTOWN MAGIC DISCO MACHINE (Vol #2) (LP) - Motown Magic Disco Machine
(Motown LP) (5 points/ B)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
Side A: 1) Midnight Rhapsody; 2) Back To Bach
Side B: 1) Bend A Little; 2) Get Cute; 3) Second Avenue; 4) Wait Like a Lady
44) * PORCUPINE - Nature Zone
(London 7"/ promo only 12”) (4 points/ B)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
45) (R) SOUL MAN – Calhoon
(Warner/ Spector 7”/ 12” promo REMIX disco disk 5:48.) (4 points/ C)
10 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/19/76 @ #19)
46) AMERICAN MUSIC – Dooley Silverspoon & Jeanne Burton
(Cotton 7” single) (3 points/ C)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #35 (-12)
47) * BRING YOUR BODY - Carol Townes & 5th Avenue
(Sixth Ave. 7") (3 points/ B)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT)
48. RAIN FOREST – Biddu Orchestra
(Epic 7” / promo only 12” disco disk just released: 4:40) (3 points/F)
11 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #30 (-18.)
49) * DISCO DOBRO / CRAZY DANCIN' - Bottom Line
(Greedy LP) (2 points/ E)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
50) (R) FANTASY – Cilla Black
(Private Stock 7”) (2 points/ F)
2 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/12/76 @ #48.)

51) I CAN'T STOP - John Davis & The Monster Orchestra
(SAM LP) (2 points/ B)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #17 (-35)
52) * RUN TO ME - Candi Staton
(WB LP/ 12" promo to be released: 6:41) (1 point/ A)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
53) BE MY BABY – Frankie Gee
(Lipstick 7” single) (1 point/ B)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #44 (-9)
54) * RHYTHM (Will Keep Us Together) - Nature Zone
(London 7"-b-side of "Porcupine"/ promo only 12”) (1 point/ C)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
55) * SMOKE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY - The Glass Family
(Earhole 7") (1 point / E)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
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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 7 items in my Top 10
Chart B= charts 6 items in my Top 10
Chart C= charts 8 items in my Top 10
Chart D= charts 5 items in my Top 10
Chart E= charts 6 items in my Top 10
Chart F= charts 4 items in my Top 10*

* This week guest city Houston is the chart of LEAST consensus—mostly because it’s charting older stuff…..

(Items in *italics & underlined are in the current DCC Top 10)

Top Audience Response Records In Houston Discos:
1) *WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO - The Trammps (Atlantic LP, all cuts)
2) *NICE AND SLOW - Jesse Green (Scepter)
3) NO, NO, JOE / SAN FRANCISCO HUSTLE - Silver Convention (Midland Intl LP)
4) A LOVE TRILOGY - Donna Summer (Oasis LP, all cuts)
5) LOVE HANGOVER - Diana Ross (Motown)
6) TURN THE BEAT AROUND - Vicki Sue Robinson (RCA)
7) *HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL - Tavares (Capitol disco disk)
8. YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE - Candi Staton (Warner Bros.)
9) *TEN PERCENT - Double Exposure (Salsoul disco disk)
10) SUPER DISCO - The Rimshots (All Platinum)
11) GOTTA GET AWAY / FIRST CHOICE THEME - First Choice (WB LP)
12) LIPSTICK - Michel Polnareff (Atlantic disco disk)
13) RAIN FOREST - Biddu Orchestra (Epic)
14) FANTASY - Cilla Black (Private Stock)
15) I'LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME - Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Pye)
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ONE YEAR AGO IN DISCO HISTORY….July 5, 1975

THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 5
July 5, 1975

1) FOREVER CAME TODAY – The Jackson Five
(Motown LP) (61 points/ ABCDE) (2nd nonconsecutive week @ #1)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #2 (+1) (this was the most points (61) a #1 had achieved up to this point)
2) DREAMIN' A DREAM - Crown Heights Affair
(De-Lite 45) (53 points/ ABCD_)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #1 (-1)
3) WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES - Esther Phillips
(Kudu 45) (45 points /ABCD_)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #14 (+11)
4) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission
(Wand 45) (43 points/ A_CDE)
12 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #3 (+/-0)
5) IT'S IN HIS KISS - Linda Lewis
(Arista 45) (26 points/ABCD_)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #6 (+1)
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STATS:

27 items: #16, 21, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, (half) 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54 & 55 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn’s Hot Dance/Disco (1974 – 2003) book.

DEBUTS: (+11)

28.)* SUPER DISCO - The Rimshots (CF)
32) * PARTY NIGHT - Curtis Mayfield (D)
34) * HUNGRY FOR YOUR LOVE - Zulema (D)
39) * AMEN FOR GOOD MUSIC - Lou Courtney (D)
43) * MOTOWN MAGIC DISCO MACHINE (LP) - Motown Magic Disco Machine (B)
44) * PORCUPINE - Nature Zone (B)
47) * BRING YOUR BODY - Carol Townes & 5th Avenue (B)
49) * DISCO DOBRO / CRAZY DANCIN' - Bottom Line (E)
52) * RUN TO ME - Candi Staton (A)
54) * RHYTHM (Will Keep Us Together) - Nature Zone (C)
55) * SMOKE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY - Glass Family (E)

RETURNS: (+9)

20) (R) NO, NO, JOE / SAN FRANCISCO HUSTLE - Silver Convention (F)
21) (R) WE GOT THE RHYTHM - People's Choice (D)
26) (R) TURN THE BEAT AROUND - Vicki Sue Robinson (F)
27) (R) TRAVELIN' IN HEAVY TRAFFIC - Don Covay (D)
31) (R) DON'T FIGHT THE FEELING - Willie Collins (B)
36) (R) MAKING LOVE - Sammy Gordon & The Hip Huggers (B)
42) (R) GOTTA GET AWAY (From You Baby)/FIRST CHOICE THEME - First Choice (F)
45) (R) SOUL MAN - Calhoon (C)
50) (R) FANTASY - Cilla Black (F)

DROPPED OFF: (-17)

NIGHT & DAY (LP) - John Davis & The Monster Orchestra (was #17/ 1 week (whole LP) on the chart/ "Night & Day" track charted for 11 weeks)
DISCOVER ME / * FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT - David Ruffin (was #23/ 2 weeks/ 4 weeks on the chart/ *will return)
*BROADWAY STAR - Barrabas (was #24/ 1 week on the chart/ *will return)
NEW YORK CITY - Miroslav Vitous (was #29/ 5 weeks on the chart)
*KEEP IT UP LONGER - Andrea True Connection (was #32/ 5 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
CAN'T STOP GROOVIN NOW, WANNA DO IT SOME MORE - B.T. Express (was #33/ 4 weeks on the chart)
*IT'S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT - Marlena Shaw (was #37/ 3 weeks on the chart/ *will return)
SUGAR BOOGIE - Bobby Thomas & Hotline (was #39/ 5 weeks on the chart)
PARTY - Van McCoy (was #40/ 5 weeks on the chart)
*YOU'VE GOT THE POWER - Su Kramer (was #4/ 2 weeks on the chart/ * will return)
*DANCING FREE - Hot Ice (was #42/ 7 weeks on the chart/ *will return)
ONE MORE TRY - Ashford & Simpson *(was #43/ 1 week on the chart)
NIGHT JOURNEY - Doc Severinsen (was #45/ 2 weeks on the chart)
PRETTY MAID - Pretty Maid Company (was #46/ 3 weeks on the chart)
A TIME FOR CELEBRATION - Faith, Hope & Charity with Choice Four (was #47/ 2 weeks on the chart)
*BLACK SOUL MUSIC - Black Soul (was #48/ 1 week on the chart/ *will return)
*CHERCHEZ LA FEMME - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (was #49/ 1 week on the chart/ *will return)

MOVIN’ ON UP: Biggest Movers
+26 GIVE A BROKEN HEART A BREAK (from #34 up to #8.)
+25 ONE FOR THE MONEY (from #31 up to #6)
+24 PARTY LINE (from #38 up to #14)
+13 FILL ME UP (Heart to Heart) (from #38 up to #25)

I’M GOIN’ DOWN: Biggest Drops
-35 I CAN'T STOP (from #17 down to #51)
-33 TROUBLE-MAKER (from #7 down to #40)
-31 LOVE POWER (from #9 down to #40)
-21 I'LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME (from #14 down to #35)
-20 TELL ME HOW YOU LIKE IT (from #17 down to #37)
-19 RAIN FOREST (from #30 down to #48.)
-18 HOW'S YOUR LOVE LIFE (from #20 down to #38.)
-14 TAKE A LITTLE (from #10 down to #24)

IN THE LONG RUN: Longest Chart Runs
THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO (21 consecutive weeks: 1st as single for 13 weeks/ now as part of the LP)
TURN THE BEAT AROUND (20 nonconsecutive weeks)
LOVE HANGOVER (19 consecutive weeks)
"A LOVE TRILOGY” LP (16 consecutive weeks)
NO, NO, JOE (12 nonconsecutive weeks)
YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE (12 consecutive weeks)
I'LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME (12 consecutive weeks)
GOTTA GET AWAY (From You Baby) (12 nonconsecutive weeks)
FIRST CHOICE THEME (12 nonconsecutive weeks)

THE FINAL TALLY, HO
55 total items this week; last week 49
+11 debuts +9 returns / -17 dropoffs
0 records on all 6 charts
2 records on 5 charts (Trammps, Tavares)
5 records on 4 charts (Barrabas, Jesse Green, Double Exposure, Whispers, Damon Harris & Impact)
2 records on 3 charts
11 records on 2 charts
35 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????)

TRAMMPS CHAMPS FOR 10TH WEEK!!!!!

This week THE TRAMMPS break their own 9 weeks @ #1 record and up it to 10 weeks @ #1!!!!!!

The following quotes appear on the back cover of "Where the Happy People Go" LP....

Quote:

"We at Atlantic are proud to be associated with The Trammps. Not only are they an incredible band, but a creative, warm group of people as well. It is a rare and wonderful phenomenon when every once in a while a truly great artist or group emerges that thrills everyone who hears them. To us, The Trammps are already superstars. We feel that this LP will win over the world to share our pleasure in their music."

Anita Wexler, Atlantic Records

Quote:

"The disco phenomenon is in full swing and everyone seems to be getting on the bandwagon. Several artists have been mainly responsible for the emerging of the disco scene.

The Trammps (considered to be the top disco group) not only helped in popularizing this scene but were instrumental in creating it through the writing, arranging and producing talents of BAKER, HARRIS & YOUNG. The excitement and high energy that is created on a Trammps record is equal to none and cannot be imitated. The spontaneous magic creating happy joyous music wherever they are is their sound and their's alone.

If there is such a thing as the disco underground, The Trammps
are at the top of it and this their first LP for Atlantic shows why The Trammps are legends and why they just don't have fans they have loyal fans.

Tom Moulton
"A Tom Moulton Mix"

TRAMMPS STATS:
A= #1; B= n/c; C= #1; D= #5; E= #7 (DISCO PARTY!!); F= #1

This week, with 65 points, they have their lowest point total since they first reached #1 and have now lost chart B...so they seem vulnerable to toppling from their peak.... :-?;):-?;)

The most likely suspect for takeover is Tavares at #2; with 2 different titles currently charting from their new LP, their point totals have been getting split; this week "Don't Take Away The Music" only gets 3 points and would have tumbled down to #48 or so...so I've bundled it with its sister LP song "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" ; you'll see why I did this next week; "Hey I'm THE DECIDER!!!" :-P:-P:-P

TAVARES STATS:
"HEAVEN" : A= #4; B= n/c; C= #3; D= n/c; E= #2; F= #7
"MUSIC": D= #13 (#1 last week on D and #2 on chart B last week!!!)

Entering the Top 10 for the first time this week:

Barrabas @ #3 (#11 last week)
The Whispers @ #6 (debuted @ #31 last week)
Damon Harris & Impact @ #8 (#34 last week)
the very patient Lou Rawls @ #9 (#13 last week) :grin::grin::grin:
& People's Choice @ #10. (#19 last week)

Candi Staton charts a 2nd title ("Run To Me") from her just released LP which oddly will help her already charted single "Young Hearts Run Free" ( currently with 12 weeks on the chart; peaking thus far @ #16) get a boost up the charts. For the first time, a record that has dropped off Chart A (Audience Response in NYC Discos), "Young Hearts" will return when bundled with "Run To Me" and move up. Chart A had it at #14, 12, 13, 13 for 4 weeks and is now gone. "Run To Me" gets #15 on A this week; next week, the bundling begins.

"RunTo Me" is a carbon copy of "Young Hearts Run Free"; I wonder if composer/producer Dave Crawford had only a limited time to compose tracks to fill Candi's LP---cuz most of them sound suspiciously like the first hit!!! And I thought Motown had copycat followups to their hits!!! :oops::oops::oops: Whatever, "Run To Me" is still good--just not as wonderful as the original "Young Hearts" which has great lyrics printed on the back of the LP cover and sounded like a breath of fresh air back in 1976--a wonderful throwback to the Southern soul of the Sixties/early Seventies with a disco beat and a wonderful arrangement, topped by Miss Candi Staton's plaintive and wistful vocal warning young hearts to never get hung up like her man and she. ;-)

Next week, we are down to 49 total items; the Top 10 readmits 2 titles and actually debuts another!!! Alll told, 12 records debut, 7 return and 23 dropoff!!! 3 records will have logged over 20 weeks (5 months!!!) on the chart.

Debuts include new stuff from Tavares, MFSB, Bottom Line, & Dr. Buzzard returns. The Commodores, Simon Said, Ronnie Laws, Manhattan Express, Tommy Stewart & Chairmen Of The Board are also among the debutees........oh, and a couple future blockbusters from the family Ritchie and the brothers Gibb!!! :grin::grin::grin:

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Since there's no Tom Moulton column published this week, I thought I'd bring back a couple things I haven't had time to do recently...

THE COVER LIST

Ninety Nine And A Half (Won't Do) - Wilson Picket peaked this @ #13 R&B; #52 Pop in 1966)
Always There - Instrumental by Ronnie Laws & Pressure peaked @ #45 R&B in late '75 - early '76)
Could It Be Magic - Inspired by Chopin's "Prelude In C Minor"; #6 Pop hit for Barry Manilow in 1975)
Summertime - From George Gershwin's 1935 folk opera "Porgy & Bess"; #12 Pop hit for Billie Holiday in 1936; later in 1966-- #7 R&B/ #10 Pop for a funky version by Billy Stewart.
Love Power - The Sandpebbles peaked #14 R&B/#22 Pop in 1967; later covered by Luther Vandross as the second half of "Power Of Love/ Love Power" (#1 R&B/ #4 Pop) in 1991.
Soul Man - Sam & Dave peaked @#1 R&B/ #2 Pop in 1967; Isaac Hayes/ David Porter wrote & produced.
Be My Baby - The Ronettes peaked #2 Pop/ #4 R&B in 1963 with this Jeff Barry/ Ellie Greenwich composition produced by Phil Spector.
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OK, now let's check to see where the recently charted items rank in the DISC-O-LA FORTUNE 500 ......

[last posted in the 3/26/76 column]

The rarefied air of the important CLASSIC records on the chart this week led me to take a look at their positions on the Disco-o-la Fortune 500 Discotheque Songs of the 70s list compiled by someone named Ed Rothschild (with assistance from Johnny Tripp and Chipper McKearnin), that appears in its entirety in the back of Mel Cheren's book, Keep On Dancin': My Life and the Paradise Garage (2000); (Supposedly, this list came to fruition sometime in the Eighties; I don't know the specifics. The list goes back as early as the late Sixties for a few titles and then culls some from the early Seventies and stops at the end of 1979--no records from the Eighties are included--a few charted in 1980--but were actually released in late 1979)

Previously, the highest ranked record on the Disc-o-la list that has already charted here, was actually in early 1975-- the #5 ranked Gloria Gaynor classic medley HONEY BEE/ NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE/ REACH OUT, I’LL BE THERE.

DISC-O-LA FORTUNE 500 Rankings:

#03) TRY ME, I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT
#09) LOVE HANGOVER
#10) THAT'S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO

#36) TEN PERCENT
#70) TURN THE BEAT AROUND
#81) MORE, MORE, MORE
#85) I'LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME

#102) CHERCHEZ LA FEMME
#115) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL/ DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC
#147) CAN WE COME TOGETHER/ DISCO PARTY
#155) TOUCH AND GO
#157) YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE
#160) COULD IT BE MAGIC/ COME WITH ME
#166) NICE AND SLOW
#175) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE /RUN TO ME
#196) IT'S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT

#219) TROUBLE-MAKER
#240) TAJ MAHAL
#277) THIS IS IT

#332) CATHEDRALS
#338.) LOWDOWN/ IT'S OVER
#348.) I GET LIFTED
#362) I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING
#368.) I LOVE TO LOVE

#418.) RAIN FOREST
#454) ONE MORE TRY
#477) TAKE A LITTLE

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Coming Soon To a Disco Near You

THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN
YOU SHOULD BE DANCING
SUN, SUN, SUN
YOU + ME = LOVE
LET’S MAKE A DEAL/ I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN/ BE MINE
MY LOVE IS FREE / EVERYMAN (Has To Carry His Own Weight)
RUBBERBAND MAN
NIGHT FEVER
I DON’T WANNA LOSE YOUR LOVE
LET'S GET IT TOGETHER
KNIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN & I WANNA FUNK WITH YOU TONITE

remicks · #**185** July 8th, 2006, 10:45 AM

*****

This week an already very big name in the music industry makes his debut on the disco chart .... thereby becoming an " official " disco artist :8)

32) * PARTY NIGHT - Curtis Mayfield
(Curtom LP) (8 points/ D)

Curtis Mayfield was one of those talents like Isaac Hayes , The Isley Bros. and Norman Whitfield who wrote and produced vast amounts of music and also had the business savvy to create their own labels .... CURTOM being Mayfield’s
…. in fact his label has already charted with two acts ....( anybody :-??) one in 1975 and another already in 1976. ... so while PARTY NIGHT is Mayfield's first personal chart entry ...he has already entered the disco scene thru his other acts .

His biggest disco contribution is still a couple of years away when one of his label’s projects ( that he partially produces ) goes all the way to the very top …. (anybody :???:??)

While Curtis never becomes an ongoing big name under the disco banner … the vault holds two future disco 12” releases by Curtis Mayfield verifying that he was not disinterested in the genre …. deciding to not only work on projects behind the scenes ….but also ( like Ray Martinez ) to release disco bearing his own name .....

PARTY NIGHT .... is a tune I am not (yet :D) familiar with .... But it makes an impressive debut at #32 ... and Tom Moulton seems to favour it …

..... Can anyone elaborate on it ???

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markydefad · #**186** July 8th, 2006, 02:25 PM

July 10, 1976

Billboard Pop Chart Top 10:

1) AFTERNOON DELIGHT – Starland Vocal Band (1st week @ #1)
2) KISS AND SAY GOODBYE - The Manhattans
3) I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU – The Brothers Johnson
4) SHOP AROUND – Captain & Tennille
5) MORE, MORE, MORE – Andrea True Connection
6) SILLY LOVE SONGS – Wings (5 weeks @ #1)
7) MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore
8. LOVE IS ALIVE - Gary Wright
9) SARA SMILE – Daryl Hall & John Oates
10) GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE - The Beatles (from a 1966 LP!!!)

Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) SOMETHING HE CAN FEEL - Aretha Franklin (3rd week @ #1)

(Items in BOLD have charted on the disco charts.)
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BILLBOARD NOTES: DISCO CELEBRATES 2ND ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!

In the July 24, 1976 edition of Billboard, Paul Grein writes....

"Two years ago this month, the Hues Corporation's "Rock The Boat" and George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby" were back-to-back No. 1 singles in Billboard, dramatically signaling the start of the disco boom and opening the floodgates for no fewer than four dozen disco tunes that have since become top hits...."

This is followed by a two part article on the contributions two years of disco have made to popular music. I'll print it when we get to that week's charts (7/24/76 & 7/31/76)

This is the 2nd week in that time period:

July 13, 1974

Billboard Pop Chart #1:
1) ROCK YOUR BABY - George McCrae ( 1st of 2 weeks @ #1; last week #4)
3) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation (1 week @ #1; last week #1)

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Disco Action
Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: TROUBLE-MAKER (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)) (10th week) ( single “That’s Where the Happy People Go” charted #1 for 7 consecutive weeks prior to the LP release; so 17 weeks in total)
B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC)
(#1= ONE FOR THE MONEY) (1st week)
C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC)
(#1= YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE) (1st week)
D= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island)
(#1= SUMMERTIME) (2nd week)
E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:
(#1= "SKY- HIGH! LP- (All Cuts)) (1st week)
F= Special Guest City Chart: Top 15 Audience Response Records in Washington, D.C. Discos:
(#1 = I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING) (2nd reported week in a 4 week span--so probably 4th 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 #90 (volume 2: #28 ): July 10, 1976

1) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL (ABCF) /
DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC (D) /
*"SKY- HIGH!" LP (All Cuts) (E) – Tavares
(Capitol 7” (part 1 & 2) / "HMBMAA": 12" disco disk promo remix: 6:32/ "DTATM" LP now; 12" version released later : 6:18/ LP)
(53 + 10 + 15 = 78 points/ABCDEF)
8 weeks/ 4 weeks/ 1 week on the chart/ Last week: #2/ #2/ (+1) /*DEBUT
LP Tracks:
Side A: 1) The Mighty Power Of Love; 2) Ridin' High; 3) To The Other Man; 4) Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
Side B: 1) Bein' With You; 2) Wonderful; 3) Guiding Star; 4) Don't Take Away The Music
2) TEN PERCENT – Double Exposure
(Salsoul 12” disco disk – Walter Gibbons Special Disco Version (9:15)--now commercially available!!!)
(54 points/ A__DEF)
11 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #5 (+3) (previously #2 for 4 weeks)
3) “WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO” LP (All Cuts)– The Trammps
(Atlantic LP) (52 points/A_CD_F)
12 weeks (LP)/ (“TWTHPG” single) 13 weeks on the chart (10 weeks prior to LP release)
10 weeks @ #1/ Last week: #1 (-2)
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
4) ONE FOR THE MONEY - The Whispers
(Soul Train LP/ 7” single (Part 1 & 2) / 12" promo disco disk: 5:13) (45 points/ ABCD__)
3 weeks on the chart / Last week: #6 (+2)
5) DESPERATELY – Barrabas
( Atco 7” /Atlantic promo 12”: 5:12) (37 points/ ABCD_F)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #3 (-2)
6) I’M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING – The Supremes
(Motown LP/ 7" single) (36 points/ AB__EF)
12 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #11 (+5)
7) GIVE A BROKEN HEART A BREAK – Damon Harris & Impact
(Atco 7”/ LP / 12" promo single) (28 points/ ABC___)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #8 (+1)
8. TAKE A LITTLE – Liquid Pleasure
(Midland Intl. 7” single) (27 points/ ABC___)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #24 (+16)
9) * YOU SHOULD BE DANCING - Bee Gees
(RSO 7” single/ promo disco disk: 4:47 ) (26 points/ ABC_E_)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
10) CATHEDRALS (CA-THE-DRALS) – D.C. LaRue
(Pyramid LP/ commercial 12" single available: 7:37) (23 points/ ____EF)
10 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #7 (-3)

11) SUMMERTIME" LP (D) /
*PICNIC IN THE PARK (B) - MFSB
(P.I.R. LP/ “PICNIC” 7” single) (22 points/_B_D__)
3 weeks (LP)/ 1 week (track) on the chart/ Last week: #17 (+6) / *DEBUT
LP Tracks:
Side A: 1) Picnic In The Park ; 2) Summertime; 3) Plenty Good Lovin'; 4) Sunnin" & Funnin'
Side B: 1) Summertime And I'm Feelin' Mellow; 2) I'm On Your Side; 3) Hot Summer Nights; 4) We Got The Time
12) TROUBLE-MAKER – Roberta Kelly
(Oasis LP) (21 points /A___EF)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #40 (+28.)
13) ALWAYS THERE - Side Effect
(Fantasy LP/ 7” single/ special promo 12” mix: 5:04) (20 points/ ABC___)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #12 (-1)
14) PARTY LINE / CALL ME – Andrea True Connection
(Buddah LP) (20 points each /__C_EF)
7 weeks each on the chart/ Last week: #14 (+/-0) / #30 (+16)
15) LOWDOWN – Boz Scaggs
(Columbia LP/ 7” single) (19 points/ BE)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #23 (+8.)
16) YOU’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE – Lou Rawls
(Philadelphia Intl. Records 7”/LP) ( 16 points/ AC)
8 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #9 (-7)
17) NICE AND SLOW – Jesse Green
(Scepter 45/ 12” promo remix 5:45/commercial 12" NOW released) (15 points/ AE)
11 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #4 (-13)
18. MOVIN' IN ALL DIRECTIONS - People's Choice
(TSOP LP) (14 points/ B)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #16 (-2)
19) LOVE POWER – Roberta Kelly
(Oasis LP) (13 points /AF)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #40 (+21)
20) PORCUPINE - Nature Zone
(London 7"/ promo only 12”: 4:30) (13 points/ BD)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last weeek #44 (+24)

21) DISCO DOBRO / CRAZY DANCIN'/ *THAT'S THE WAY TO GO - Bottom Line
(Greedy LP) (12 points each/ E)
2 weeks/ 2 weeks/ 1 week on the chart/ Last week: #49/ #49 (+28.)/ *DEBUT
22) *LET'S GET STARTED - The Commodores
(Motown LP) (12 points/ D)
1 week on the chart / *DEBUT
23) *THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN - The Ritchie Family
(Marlin LP) (11 points/ E)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
24) BRING YOUR BODY - Carol Townes & 5th Avenue
(Sixth Ave. 7") (10 points/ BD)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #47 (+23)
25) LIPSTICK – Michel Polnareff
(Atlantic LP/ 7” / 12” promo remix only: 4:58.) (10 points/ EF)
9 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #15 (-10)
26) “A LOVE TRILOGY” LP (All Cuts) – Donna Summer
(Oasis LP) ( 10 points/F)
17 weeks on the chart / 3 weeks @ #1 / Last week: #13 (-13)
(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
27) SUPER DISCO - The Rimshots
( Stang 7" single) (9 points/ D)
2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #28 (+1)
28. HAPPY MAN – Damon Harris & Impact
(Atco 7”/ LP / 12" promo single) (8 points / A)
5 weeks on the chart/ Last week : #29 (+1)
29) *"DR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND" LP - Doctor Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
(RCA LP) (8 points/ C)
1 week (LP) / track "Cherchez La Femme" charted 1 week previously
*DEBUT/ RETURN (“Cherchez" last charted 6/26/76 @ #49 on chart C also)
LP Tracks:
Side A: 1) I'll Play The Fool; 2) Hard Times; 3) (Whispering) /Cherchez La Femme/ Se Si Bon 4) Sunshower
Side B: 1) We Got It Made/ Night & Day; 2) You've Got Somthin'/ 'Betcha' the Love Bug Done Bitcha' 3) Sour & Sweet/ Lemon In The Honey
30) (R) IT’S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT – Marlena Shaw
(Blue Note LP/ 12” promo remix 5:20) (8 points/ D)
3 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/26/76 @ #37)

31) LOVE HANGOVER – Diana Ross
(Motown LP/12" promo 7:49) (7 points/ F)
20 weeks on the chart/ 4 weeks @ #1/ Last week: #19 (-12)
32) TELL ME HOW YOU LIKE IT - John Davis & The Monster Orchestra
(SAM LP) (7 points/ E)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #37 (+5)
33) LOVE CHANT – Eli’s Second Coming
(Silver Blue Records 7”) (6 points/ A)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #22 (-11)
34) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE / RUN TO ME - Candi Staton
('YHRF": WB 7" single/ LP / "RTM": (WB LP/ 12" promo to be released: 6:41) (5 points each/ A)
13 weeks / 2 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #33 (-1) / #52 (+18.)
35) * MAMA CAN YOU MEET THE 6:15 - Simon Said
(Atco 7" / promo only 12" disco disk: 6:29 ) (5 points/D)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
36) SMOKE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY - The Glass Family
(Earhole 7" disco edit) (4 points / E)
2 weeks on the chart/ *DEBUT
37) TURN THE BEAT AROUND - Vicki Sue Robinson
(RCA LP/ 7" single/ Promo 12": 5:35) (4 points/ F)
21 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #26 (-11)
38. (R) YOU'VE GOT THE POWER - Su Kramer
(London 7") (4 points/ C)
3 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (Last charted 6/26/76 @ #41)
39) I’LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME – Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
(Pye 45 / 12” promo 5:17 released later in ‘76) (3 points/ C)
13 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #35 (-4)
40) (R) PAGLIACCI - Maynard Ferguson
(Columbia LP/ 12” promo) (3 points/ D)
3 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 4/10/76 @ #33--12 weeks ago!!)

41) (R) THIS IS IT - Melba Moore
(Buddah 45/LP/ 12” promo 4:45) (3 points/ F)
12 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/19/76 @ #34)
42) * ALL THE TIME - Ronnie Laws
(Blue Note LP/ 7” single) (2 points/ D)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
43) * BAD GIRL (Mala Femmena) - Manhattan Express
(Friends & Co. 7"/ also released as 12” (5:54) on flip side on 12” of “Let’s Do The Latin Hustle”) (2 points/ CD) (J.Whitburn shows this charting on 3/5/77!!!)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT
44) (R) BLACK SOUL MUSIC - Black Soul
(Beam Junction 7") (2 points/ C)
2 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (Last charted 6/26/76 @ #48.)
45) I CAN'T STOP - John Davis & The Monster Orchestra
(SAM LP) (2 points/ B)
3 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #51 (+6)
46) (R) I GET LIFTED - Sweet Music
(Wand 7"/ 12" commercially available disco disk : 6:10; other side of "Nice & Slow" disco disk) (2 points/ F)
4 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 5/22/76 @ #44)
47) *FULTON COUNTY LINE - Tommy Stewart
(Abraxas LP ) (1 point/ B)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUt
48. (R) FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT - David Ruffin
(Motown LP) (1 point/ E)
5 weeks on the chart/ RETURN (last charted 6/26/76 @ #23)
49) * YOU'VE GOT EXTRA ADDED POWER IN YOUR LOVE - Chairmen Of The Board
(Invictus 7") (1 point/ F)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT

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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 7 items in my Top 10
Chart C= charts 7 items in my Top 10
Chart D= charts 5 items in my Top 10*
Chart E= charts 5 items in my Top 10*
Chart F= charts 6 items in my Top 10

* This week chart D (Melody Song Shops) & chart E (LA Discos) are the charts of LEAST consensus…..

(Items in *italics & underlined are in the current DCC Top 10)

Melody Song Shops Retail Sales Top 15:
1) SUMMERTIME - MFSB (PIR LP)
2) *TEN PERCENT - Double Exposure (Salsoul)
3) *ONE FOR THE MONEY - The Whispers (Soul Train)
4) LET'S GET STARTED - The Commodores (Motown LP)
5) *WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO - The Trammps (Atlantic LP)
6) *DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - Tavares (Capitol LP)
7) SUPER DISCO - The Rimshots (Stang)
8. IT'S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT - Marlena Shaw (Blue Note)
9) PORCUPINE - Nature Zone (London)
10) BRING YOUR BODY - Carol Townes & 5th Avenue (6th Ave.)
11) MAMA CAN YOU MEET THE 6:15 - Simon Said (Atco)
12) *DESPERATELY - Barrabas (Atco LP)
13) PAGLIACCI - Maynard Ferguson (Columbia LP)
14) ALL THE TIME - Ronnie Laws (Blue Note LP)
15) BAD GIRL - Manhattan Express (Friends & Co.)

Top Audience Response Records in LA/SanDiego Discos:
1) *SKY HIGH! - Tavares (Capitol LP - all cuts)
2) *CATHEDRALS - D.C. LaRue (Pyramid LP)
3) *TEN PERCENT - Double Exposure (Salsoul)
4) DISCO DOBRO/ CRAZY DANCIN' / THAT'S THE WAY TO GO - Bottom Line (Greedy LP)
5) BEST DISCO IN TOWN - Ritchie Family (Marlin LP)
6) LOWDOWN - Boz Scaggs (Columbia LP)
7) *YOU SHOULD BE DANCING - Bee Gees (RSO)
8. TROUBLE-MAKER - Roberta Kelly (Oasis)
9) TELL ME HOW YOU LIKE IT - John Davis & The Monster orchestra (Sam)
10) *I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING - The Supremes (Motown)
11) LIPSTICK - Michel Polnareff (Atlantic EP)
12) SMOKE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY - Glass Family (Earhole)
13) NICE & SLOW - Jesse Green (Scepter EP)
14) PARTY LINE/ CALL ME - Andrea True Connection (Buddah LP)
15) THIRD ROUND KNOCKOUT - David Ruffin (Motown LP)

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ONE YEAR AGO IN DISCO HISTORY….July 12, 1975

THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 5
July 12, 1975

1) WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES - Esther Phillips
(Kudu 45) (54 points /ABCD_)
4 weeks on the chart/ 1st week @ #1/ Last week: #3 (+2)
2) DREAMIN' A DREAM - Crown Heights Affair
(De-Lite 45) (53 points/ ABCDE)
6 weeks on the chart/ 1 week @ #1 (6/28/75) Last week: #2 (+/-0)
3) FOREVER CAME TODAY – The Jackson Five
(Motown LP) (49 points/ AB_DE)
6 weeks on the chart/ #1 for 2 weeks (6/21 + 7/5/75) / Last week: #1 (-2)
4) DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA - People's Choice
(TSOP 45) (48 points / _BCDE)
2 weeks on the chart / Last week: #42 (+38.)
5) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission
(Wand 45) (39 points/ A_CDE)
13 weeks on the chart/ #1 for 2 weeks (5/10 +5/17/75) / Last week: #4 (-1)

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STATS:

21 items: (half) #14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 30, 32, 35, 36, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 & 49 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn’s Hot Dance/Disco (1974 – 2003) book.

DEBUTS: (+12)
1) *"SKY- HIGH!" LP (all cuts) - Tavares (E)
9) * YOU SHOULD BE DANCING - Bee Gees (ABCE)
11) *PICNIC IN THE PARK - MFSB (B)
21) *THAT'S THE WAY TO GO - Bottom Line (E)
22) *LET'S GET STARTED - The Commodores (D)
23) *THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN - The Ritchie Family (E)
29) *"DR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND" LP - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (C)
35) *MAMA CAN YOU MEET THE 6:15 - Simon Said (D)
42) *ALL THE TIME - Ronnie Laws (D)
43) * BAD GIRL (Mala Femmena) - Manhattan Express (CD)
47) *FULTON COUNTY LINE - Tommy Stewart (B)
49) * YOU'VE GOT EXTRA ADDED POWER IN YOUR LOVE - Chairmen Of The Board (F)

RETURNS: (+7)
30) (R) IT'S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT - Marlena Shaw (D)
38. (R) YOU'VE GOT THE POWER - Su Kramer (C)
40) (R) PAGLIACCI - Maynard Ferguson (D)
41) (R) THIS IS IT - Melba Moore (F)
44) (R) BLACK SOUL MUSIC - Black Soul (C)
46) (R) I GET LIFTED - Sweet Music (F)
48. (R) FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT - David Ruffin (E)

DROPPED OFF: (-23)
HERE WE GO AGAIN - People's Choice (was #10/ 3 weeks on the chart)
USE YOUR IMAGINATION - Kokomo (was #18/ 3 weeks on the chart)
*NO, NO, JOE - Silver Convention (was #20/ 12 weeks on the chart/ *will return)
*SAN FRNCISCO HUSTLE - Silver Convention (was #20/ 10 weeks on the chart/ *will return)
WE GOT THE RHYTHM - People's Choice (was #21/ 2 weeks on the chart)
FILL ME UP (Heart to Heart) - Andrea True Connection (was #25/ 6 weeks on the chart)
TRAVELLIN' IN HEAVY TRAFFIC - Don Covay (was #27/ 2 weeks on the chart)
DON'T FIGHT THE FEELING - Willie Collins (was #31/ 3 weeks on the chart)
*PARTY NIGHT - Curtis Mayfield (was #32/ 1 week on the chart/ *will return)
HUNGRY FOR YOUR LOVE - Zulema (was #34/ 1 week on the chart)
MAKING LOVE - Sammy Gordon & The Hip Huggers (was #36/ 7 weeks on the chart)
HOW'S YOUR LOVE LIFE - Lee Eldred (was #38/ 4 weeks on the chart)
AMEN FOR GOOD MUSIC - Lou Courtney (was #39/ 1 week on the chart)
*FOXY LADY - Crown Heights Affair (was #41/ 10 weeks on the chart)
GOTTA GET AWAY (From You Baby) - First Choice (was #42/ 12 weeks on the chart)
FIRST CHOICE THEME - First Choice (was #42/ 12 weeks on the chart)
* MOTOWN MAGIC DISCO MACHINE VOL 2. (LP) - Motown Magic Disco Machine ( was #43 / 1 week on the chart/ *will return)
SOUL MAN - Calhoon (was #45/ 10 weeks on the chart)
AMERICAN MUSIC - Dooley Silverspoon & Jeanne Burton (was #46/ 4 weeks on the chart)
RAIN FOREST - Biddu Orchestra (was #48/ 11 weeks on the chart)
FANTASY - Cilla Black (was #50/ 2 weeks on the chart)
BE MY BABY - Frankie Gee (was #53/ 7 weeks on the chart)
RHYTHM (Will Keep Us Together) - Nature Zone (was #54/ 1 week on the chart)

MOVIN’ ON UP: Biggest Movers
+28 TROUBLE-MAKER ( from #40 up to #12)
+28 DISCO DOBRO/ CRAZY DANCIN' (from #49 up to #21)
+24 PORCUPINE (from #44 up to #20)
+23 BRING YOUR BODY (from #47 up to #24)
+21 LOVE POWER (from #40 up to #19)
+19 SMOKE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY (from #55 up to #36)
+18 RUN TO ME (from #52 up to #34)
+16 TAKE A LITTLE (from #24 up to #8.)

I’M GOIN’ DOWN: Biggest Drops
-13 NICE AND SLOW (from #4 down to #17)
-13 "A LOVE TRILOGY" LP (from #13 down to #26)
-11 LOVE CHANT (from #22 down to #33)
-11 TURN THE BEAT AROUND (from #26 down to #37)

IN THE LONG RUN: Longest Chart Runs
THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO (22 consecutive weeks: 1st as single for 13 weeks/ now as part of the LP)
TURN THE BEAT AROUND (21 nonconsecutive weeks)
LOVE HANGOVER (20 consecutive weeks)
"A LOVE TRILOGY” LP (17 consecutive weeks)
YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE (13 consecutive weeks)
I'LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME (13 consecutive weeks)
"WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO" LP (all cuts) (12 consecutive weeks)
I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING (12 consecutive weeks)
THIS IS IT (12 nonconsecutive weeks)

THE FINAL TALLY, HO
49 total items this week; last week 55
+12 debuts +7 returns / -23 dropoffs
1 record on all 6 charts (Tavares)
1 record on 5 charts (Barrabas)
5 records on 4 charts (Double Exposure, Trammps, Whispers, Supremes, Bee Gees)
5 records on 3 charts
10 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????)

It's been a longtime comin'.... but today, at long last, it can be said.

(DRUMROLL PLEASE.....)

NEW #1 CHAMPS: TAVARES TRUMPS TRAMMPS!!!!

Yeah, it only took 11 weeks for The Trammps to be knocked off their pedastal at the top of the chart. For the longest time, I thought this feat would be accomplished by Double Exposure--but that never happened.

But now, officially, the Tavares brothers have claimed the top spot with their new LP featuring 2 tracks that have the dancers in major "boogie motion." Both "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel", the poppier of the 2 hit tracks, & "Don't Take Away The Music", the more R&B Philly-sounding track, along with the entire LP (courtesy of LA's chart)--are crowned the new champs this week.

Ironically, Double Exposure's "Ten Percent" gets a second wind this week, rebounding back up to #2 where it earlier stalled for 4 weeks. But having lost charts B & C--it will be very hard to move up any further and will carry the first runner-up title for 5 weeks. Better than Miss Congeniality, I guess. (THAT would be Miss Candi Staton, spending her 13th week on the chart stuck around @ #34....would you believe me if I said that she will eventually get to the Top 10????

;-)

"Young hearts run slow(ly)..." I guess. With a walker.

The Trammps fall to #3--losing charts B & E--down, but far from over.

The Whispers are across the board in NYC only moving up 2 places to #4.

Barrabas slips 2 spots down to #5--charting across the board in NYC + D.C.

The Supremes rebound from #11 back up to #6--primarily due to #1 ranking from the D.C. chart.

Damon Harris & Impact move up one space from #8 to #7.

Liquid Pleasure move into the upward phase of their yo-yo-ing chart postions: up-down-up-down-- landing @ #8--their highest ranking yet (#24 last week/ #10 the week before)

and then there's.....

BEE GEES & RITCHIES & BUZZARDS--OH MY!!!!

Several major players, the next crop of "usual suspects" take their place on the chart this week. Will they break any records set by The Trammps??? One of 'em actually will...I'll keep you in suspense, cuz I'm a little tease!!!

:roll:

Bee Gees (they don't use a "THE" according to my searches) have THE HOTTEST RECORD OF THE MOMENT. Sometimes lighting strikes with a record and it helps if you're already famous--witness Miss Ross' swift ascension to the Top with "Love Hangover"; a similar situation happens here. In their first charted week, the Brothers Gibb already have 4 charts (A & E discos + B & C retailers) giving them a sweet debut @ #9. The only way is UP, baby. :-D:-D:-D

Jacques Morali's studio group The Ritchie Family return to the chart following up their spectacular success with "Brazil" in 1975--charting their new Jukebox track (is this the precursor to "Uptown Festival" and all those Stars on 45 records???--I'm just askin") 8-) They cite various recent disco hits in their "Best Disco In Town" --Gloria Gaynor/ KC/ Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes/ Penny McLean tunes, among others...and then shamlessly plug another tune on their new LP "Romantic Love" ... :lol:

For the record, these are the records cited in THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN:
Reach Out, I'll Be There
I Love Music
Bad Luck
TSOP
Fly, Robin, Fly
Brazil ("You got me where you want me")

Love To Love You Baby
That's The Way I Like It
Lady Bump
Express
Lady Marmalade
& Romantic Love!!!!

Lastly, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band returns to chart C where "Cherchez La Femme" charted 2 weeks ago. Unlike the name recognition afforded the Bee Gees, this group will have to struggle to get more exposure and clubplay/airplay and will take a little longer to move around the country. I see in my crystal ball that San Francisco doesn't start charting this til mid-September (then it debuts at #15!!!). The first time I recall reading about it was in Armistead Maupin's "Tales Of The City" column in the San Francisco Chronicle. I swear that they were dancing to this at Oil Can Harry's disco and that Maupin cited the lyrics, prompting me to begin a search to hear this song. I went looking for that passage in the published book of "Tales"--but there Maupin has lead character Michael Tolliver dance to "Cherchez La Femme" when he wins the Jockey Shorts contest at the End-up and no lyrics are cited...so I thinks things have been changed.

Note the odd rebound of Roberta Kelly's "Trouble-Maker" back up to #12 this week after its freefall to # 40 last week. This is ranked #1 in the country according to Record World!!!!! But it has lost all 3 retailers--so the best it musters here is #12. :oops::oops::oops:

Boz Scaggs adds a NYC retailer chart to his LA disco rankings, moving him up to #15--his best, so far; conversely, Lou Rawls drops from #9 down to #16 this week. Don't give up on Lou, however.

Miss Ross celebrates her 20th week on the chart, but should prepare to bid adieu to the chart. Mary Wilson has already ordered some wilted roses from her local florist to send to Di next week!!! ["So sorry you're off the chart, DIANE-- couldn't happen to a bigger BITCH!!! We're STILL TOP TEN, BABY!!!!]

:p

The Glass Family @#36 are charting only in LA with a major ode to pot smoking--just listened to this, I KID YOU NOT---and it could be the theme for "Reefer Madness"!!!!!!!!!!! YIKES!!!!!

Next week, we have 53 items.....with 3 returns, 13 dropoffs and 12 debuts (including 4 records in the Disc-o-la Fortune 500!!!) One record enters the Top 10 and 2 more return for another visit.

Debuts include new stuff from The Emotions, AWB, Lalo Schifrin, Fajardo, Broadway Brass, Bay City Rollers (!!!), Juggy Murray Jones, Stratavarious featuring Lady, James Gilstrap, Magic Disco Machine and a real controversial oddity by a group either way ahead of its time (seminal dub record???) or one of the worst hoaxes perpetrated on those who love to dance, pretentiously named Ja Kki!!!! 8) or :oops:????

I recall someone here (a lurker)

once saying, facetiously, I'm sure, that this was the record that killed disco for him. After its release, he never wanted to dance again!! :lol::roll:

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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Since there's no Tom Moulton column published this week, I thought I'd bring back a couple things I haven't had time to do recently...

THE COVER LIST

Ninety Nine And A Half (Won't Do) - Wilson Picket peaked this @ #13 R&B; #52 Pop in 1966)
Always There - Instrumental by Ronnie Laws & Pressure peaked @ #45 R&B in late '75 - early '76)
Love Power - The Sandpebbles peaked #14 R&B/#22 Pop in 1967; later covered by Luther Vandross as the second half of "Power Of Love/ Love Power" (#1 R&B/ #4 Pop) in 1991.
Could It Be Magic - Inspired by Chopin's "Prelude In C Minor"; #6 Pop hit for Barry Manilow in 1975)
Summertime - From George Gershwin's 1935 folk opera "Porgy & Bess"; #12 Pop hit for Billie Holiday in 1936; later in 1966-- #7 R&B/ #10 Pop for a funky version by Billy Stewart.
Whispering - (an early example of "sampling"???--brief instrumental passage used in the intro to "Cherchez La Femme" It’s not listed on the original record—but J. Whitburn’s Pop chart book lists the track as “Whispering / Cherchez La Femme/ Se Si Bon”; Did someone sue for credit? #1 hit for Paul Whiteman Orchestra in 1920; used in the soundtrack for "The Great Gatsby"film.)
Night And Day - (this one does get credit on the Dr. Buzzard LP--but I'll be damned if I hear anything more than the title phrase; it's a great Cole Porter classic already charted here by John Davis & the Monster Orchestra earlier in 1976.)
I Get Lifted – H.W. (Casey (KC)/ Finch tune recorded by George McCrae in 1974 (followup to 'Rock Your Baby"); also by KC himself in 1975; then Lattimore in 1977; later by Sweet Life (not to be confused with Sweet Music) in 1983 on West End)
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OK, now let's check to see where the recently charted items rank in the DISC-O-LA FORTUNE 500 ......

[last posted in the 3/26/76 column]

The rarefied air of the important CLASSIC records on the chart this week led me to take a look at their positions on the Disco-o-la Fortune 500 Discotheque Songs of the 70s list compiled by someone named Ed Rothschild (with assistance from Johnny Tripp and Chipper McKearnin), that appears in its entirety in the back of Mel Cheren's book, Keep On Dancin': My Life and the Paradise Garage (2000); (Supposedly, this list came to fruition sometime in the Eighties; I don't know the specifics. The list goes back as early as the late Sixties for a few titles and then culls some from the early Seventies and stops at the end of 1979--no records from the Eighties are included--a few charted in 1980--but were actually released in late 1979)

Previously, the highest ranked record on the Disc-o-la list that has already charted here, was actually in early 1975-- the #5 ranked Gloria Gaynor classic medley HONEY BEE/ NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE/ REACH OUT, I’LL BE THERE.

DISC-O-LA FORTUNE 500 Rankings:
(Based on items in this weeks chart)

#03) TRY ME, I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT
#09) LOVE HANGOVER
#10) THAT'S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO

#36) TEN PERCENT
#70) TURN THE BEAT AROUND
#85) I'LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME
#92) YOU SHOULD BE DANCING

#102) CHERCHEZ LA FEMME / SOUR & SWEET
#115) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL/ DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC
#147) CAN WE COME TOGETHER/ DISCO PARTY
#157) YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE
#160) COULD IT BE MAGIC/ COME WITH ME
#166) NICE AND SLOW
#175) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE /RUN TO ME
#196) IT'S BETTER THAN WALKING OUT

#219) TROUBLE-MAKER
#271) THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN
#277) THIS IS IT

#332) CATHEDRALS
#338.) LOWDOWN/ IT'S OVER
#348.) I GET LIFTED
#362) I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING

#438.) PAGLIACCI
#477) TAKE A LITTLE

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Coming Soon To a Disco Near You

SUN, SUN, SUN
YOU + ME = LOVE
LET’S MAKE A DEAL/ I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN/ BE MINE
MY LOVE IS FREE / EVERYMAN (Has To Carry His Own Weight)
RUBBERBAND MAN
NIGHT FEVER
I DON’T WANNA LOSE YOUR LOVE
LET'S GET IT TOGETHER
KNIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN & I WANNA FUNK WITH YOU TONITE
& soon it's time to.......
(Shake, Shake, Shake) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY!!!!!

Mixmachine · #**187** July 8th, 2006, 10:16 PM

Quote:

The rarefied air of the important CLASSIC records on the chart this week led me to take a look at their positions on the Disco-o-la Fortune 500 Discotheque Songs of the 70s list compiled by someone named Ed Rothschild (with assistance from Johnny Tripp and Chipper McKearnin),

I made a paper copy of this chart when it first came out and I still have here this copy, right after Ed Rothschild it says..

..with assistance from Johnny Tripp and Chipper McKearnin (Maximus, New City, NY)

This sounds to me like this were Djs working and this club ? Maybe someone here from NY State knows.

"Disco-o-La USA" was located on Lenox Drive, Fair Lawn, NJ, according to rest of the notes, I always assumed they were a Juke Box company, but I'm guessing here.

I don’t know exactly when but the Disc-o-la chart had to be released right at the end of '79 because I used it at the time to track down names, labels and the year of many club oldies missing from my collection, I still have here the "want list" I created and submitted to Lee's Music Center, Miami , FL which was a very well known, long gone oldies shop in the city. The owner was a very organized fellow and my list still shows in his handwriting the words "taken on 1/9/80".

edit: Ifound in the vaults a club named Maximus maybe this is the one?
http://www.discomusic.com/clubs-more/4588_0_6_100_C/

remicks · #**188** July 9th, 2006, 01:30 PM

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A little Cheryl Lynnin' of the disco chart this week Marky i.e. ... (SHAKE IT UP TONIGHT ) Lots of action .. ! Must be summer ! 8)

So…
I’m picturing strolling up Polk Street to Gramophone and thumbing thru their 12” section that week …..one ….. two ….. OK ….all done !! :lol:
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I’m de-lighted Tavares is at #1. :-D :-D:-D
It was definitely my own favorite at the time . I still have my initial copy of that album probably bought that very week . (price sticker says from TOWER ) ….with the original shrink wrap on it and everything

Wonderful debuts ….but the one I want to focus on is :

49) * YOU'VE GOT EXTRA ADDED POWER IN YOUR LOVE - Chairmen Of The Board
(Invictus 7") (1 point/ F)
1 week on the chart/ *DEBUT

AT LAST !! 8) ! What a pleasure to see a representation from the adventuresome Invictus label on the disco chart.8-)8-)
Invictus was the label Holland Doz

1976 Billboard Disco Compilation Consensus Charts!!!

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