Besides Billboard , RECORD WORLD had disco charts too--- here's JULY 15 1978

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RECORD WORLD
Disco File Top 20
July 15 , 1978

1 BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE --- A Taste Of Honey
2 HOT SHOT --- Karen Young
3 TGIF SOUNDTRACK --- Various
4 I LOVE AMERICA /WHERE IS MY WOMAN --- Patrick Juvet
5 YOU AND I --- Rick James

6 YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL ) / DANCE (DISCO HEAT) --- Sylvester
7 DO OR DIE --- Grace Jones
8 RUNAWAY LOVE/ IF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE ME NOW --- Linda Clifford
9 GOT TO HAVE LOVING / STANDING IN THE RAIN --- Don Ray
10 MISS YOU ---The Rolling Stones

11 ROUGH DIAMOND / TOUCH MY HEART --- Madleen Kane
12 AMERICAN GENERATION/ I FEEL DISCO GOOD/ MUSIC MAN --- Ritchie Family
13 WHISTLE BUMP --- Deodato
14 WAR DANCE --- Kebekelektrik
15 GARDEN OF LOVE /BODY AND SOUL --- Don Ray

16 MELLOW LOVIN' --- Judy Cheeks
17 BEYOND THE CLOUDS --- Quartz
18 COME ON DANCE DANCE --- Saturday Night Band
19 LADY AMERICA --- Voyage
20 SPEND THE NIGHT WITH ME / MISSION TO VENUS --- Silver Convention



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Additional songs getting play that week:


VAMPS / New Orleans
dj: Tom Quinn

BOOGIE TO THE TOP --- Idris Muhammad
CHAOS --- Quartz
DANCING IN PARADISE --- El Coco
DOIN' THE BEST THAT I CAN --- Betty LaVette
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FUTURE / Boston
dj: Joe Corvello

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO --- Sweet Cream
PERFECT LOVE AFFAIR / COSMIC MELODY --- Constellation Orchestra
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INFINITY/ New York
dj: Jim Burgess

IN THE BUSH / SUMMERTIME LOVE --- Musique

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ALFIES / San Francisco
dj: Marty Blecman

IN THE BUSH --- Musique
SANDSTORM --- La Bionda



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Yes R...went to library to check the issues out over here and was quite impressed with the mags...Unfortunately it is an incomplete collection...was impressed that they carried DJ recommendations /hot spins...
The UK equivalent was Record Mirror, it contained the UK Top 100 plus the USA Top 20 (BB). Only got started with regular Disco charts in '77 tho'..
Also Blues and Sould mag carried a Soul chart I think..Greg Wilson uses for background info. in his Time Capsules.

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Originally Posted by starsky

Yes R...went to library to check the issues out over here and was quite impressed with the mags...Unfortunately it is an incomplete collection...was impressed that they carried DJ recommendations /hot spins...
The UK equivalent was Record Mirror, it contained the UK Top 100 plus the USA Top 20 (BB). Only got started with regular Disco charts in '77 tho'..
Also Blues and Sould mag carried a Soul chart I think..Greg Wilson uses for background info. in his Time Capsules.

wow ....you have access to RECORD WORLD thru your library !
what a significant disco service it would be to produce their disco charts here ....(HINT HINT )


As for the above .........just look that glorious list ... anyone not going to clubs in the summer of 1978 ...would not know at least 80% of those songs ....beyond BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE , MISS YOU ... and only one cut : LAST DANCE from TGIF ... and some knew of YOU AND I from black radio ....

What a wonderful self-built world we created all unto ourselves then ....


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Hi R...I have all of those records I think...I WILL try and do some RW charts for you as I know u are a CHART FREAK
I only have odd charts...and it is 200 plus miles and a lot of pennies to photocopy charts...If they had a complete collection I would start a project, but they don't so....

YOU ARE A GOOD GUY WHO CONSTANTLY STRIVES TO FIND NEW ANGLES ON THE CHART AND SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR YOUR WORK....Marky is INHUMAN... NOBODY works as hard as he on the charts, and he produces such a great read, but the anecdotes and challenges/observations by people like yourself help get things straight

Rick James track is one of my faves such a 'bounce' off each other (u know it is Teena Marie dueting yes ?)

[SandraDee]

1978 really has got to be the year for 'disco' hasn't it? Great list. I seem to remember Ritchie Family's 'American Generation' charting here in early '79. This 'delayed effect' wasn't uncommon; Cocomotion didn't chart in UK 'til '78! Must be the time delay.

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Originally Posted by SandraDee

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1978 really has got to be the year for 'disco' hasn't it? Great list. I seem to remember Ritchie Family's 'American Generation' charting here in early '79. This 'delayed effect' wasn't uncommon; Cocomotion didn't chart in UK 'til '78! Must be the time delay.

Funny as I typed this .. I thought AMERICAN GENERATION seemed out of place timewise too ..... sort of an isolated sound compared to the rest

Starsky: Rick James track is one of my faves such a 'bounce' off each other (u know it is Teena Marie dueting yes ?)

I knew it was the Mary Jane Girls .....but no ...not about Teena Marie......

Starsky: Hi R...I have all of those records I think...I WILL try and do some RW charts for you as I know u are a CHART FREAK 

..........that would be most nice !!!

Starsky:

. NOBODY works as hard as Marky on the charts, and he produces such a great read, but the anecdotes and challenges/observations by people like yourself help get things straight

I do highly regard the charts as irrefutable references.... ..... ... and how lucky we are to have Marky to wade through them .
Even then they were a vital vehicle for dj's everywhere to monitor what was breaking... what was hot ...
(cue for a story .....)

When I worked at Portals ....I was the 45 / 12" buyer.
We depended on Billboard to base our ordering. So every Monday morning was Billboard day .... when I spent a good chunk of time just devouring the magazine ....especially the charts .... all of them .... with particular interest in the disco/soul ones (of course )
Even the mailman knew that on Mondays ... we were especially eager for his arrival .... sometimes even going out into the mall to find him if he was taking too long ....

It will be forever implanted in my mind how often Tony would come to the store , stick his head through the big glass doors and announce "It's here Gloria , It's here ! " (he was always flirting with Gloria) while waving the day's mail over his head ...
Then, as if to make the point of expedited delivery .... he'd underhand toss the mail, banded within the folded Billboard , across the room towards Gloria , who would then shriek from beyond the rows of record bins as she'd have no choice but to receive the bundle in mid air .......
Funny how certain little things remain so etched in our brains .... but it makes me smile each time I recall it ......


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[VINYLLIFE]

Very cool Remicks! I also enjoy the Discotheque hit parade section that shows what clubs are playing that particular week across the nation. I've got some 1978 november and december issues you can thumb through. I also recall getting a kick out of one the articles commenting on this "Disco fad" maybe staying around for a while. And this was cool too.

RCA Ups Price
On Disco Discs
*RCA Records has raised the list price on its 12-inch disco
discs to 3.98, efective October 4. The increase aplies to
records on RCA and its custom labels.

Record World Nov 4 1978 $1.95

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OOPs...It was Teena and Rick on Sucker, not You and I ...sorry R

[kdavid13]

I discovered RECORD WORLD later in 1981. I bought it every week but the DISCO/DANCE column ran every other week.The chart was there every week though.

BRIAN CHIN wrote the column.
Funny you should mention it because I kept every one I had and back in early 82 ; they did a revamping of the whole dance chart. They only concentrated on the most played tracks and another one for the ones that were added the most in clubs.

When they stopped publishing [shortly after the change occured] ; I switched to BILLBOARD.

I loved the format of RECORD WORLD ; from the singles & album reviews on the front page to the great glossy paper ads.

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The Top 20 soul songs from the same issue :


Record World
R&B SINGLES CHART
July 15, 1978


1) CLOSE THE DOOR --- Teddy Pendergrass
2) USE TA BE MY GIRL --- O'Jays
3) SHAME --- Evelyn "Champaign" King
4) STUFF LIKE THAT --- Quincy Jones
5) YOU AND I --- Rick James

6) BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE --- A Taste Of Honey
7) THREE TIMES A LADY --- Commodors
8) LAST DANCE --- Donna Summer
9) RUNAWAY LOVE --- Linda Clifford
10) ANNIE MAE --- Natalie Cole ......(?)

11) THE GROOVE LINE --- Heatwave
12) SHADOW DANCING --- Andy Gibb
13) TAKE ME TO THE NEXT PHASE --- Isley Bros.
14) DUKEY STICK --- George Duke
15) (LET'S GO ) ALL THE WAY --- Whispers

16) FEEL THE FIRE ---Peabo Bryson
17) DANCE ACROSS THE FLOOR --- Jimmy "BO" Horne
18) IF YOU'RE READY ( HERE IT COMES ) --- Enchantment
19) TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE --- J. Mathis/ D.Williams
20) DAYLIGHT AND DARKNESS --- Smokey Robinson .......(?)



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And :

RECORD WORLD
England's Top 20
July 15, 1978



1) YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT --- John Travolta
2) THE SMURF SONG ---- Father Abraham ....... (?)
3) ANNIE'S SONG --- James Galway
4) AIRPORT --- Motors ....... (?)
5) MISS YOU --- Rolling Stones

6) THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES --- Kate Bush ...... (?)
7) DANCING IN THE CITY --- Marshall Hain ...... (?) .....disco ?
8) MAKING UP AGAIN --- Goldie ......... (?)
9) RIVERS OF BABYLON --- Boney M
10) LIKE CLOCKWORK --- Boomtown Rats ...... (?)

11) DAVY'S ON THE ROAD AGAIN --- Manfred Mann's Earth Band ..... (?)
12) OH CAROL --- Smokie ......... (?)
13) MIND BLOWING DECISIONS --- Heatwave
14) A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP ---Showaddywaddy ......(?)
15) ARGENTINE MELODY --- San Jose ...... (?)

16) CA PLANE POUR MOI --- Plastic Bertrand ........ (?)
17) BEAUTIFUL LOVER --- Brotherhood Of Man ......... (?)
18) BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE --- A Taste Of Honey
19) USE TA BE MY GIRL --- O'Jays
20) IT SURE BRINGS OUT THE LOVE IN YOUR EYES --- David Soul ........(?)


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[Salsoul1975]

It's something how the US and UK charts were like night and day throughout the '70s.