Tony Orlando's 1976 Version of #1 Disco Song MIDNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR

[remicks]

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Both came out in 1976 but John Davis and Carol Douglas thickened it up, made it thump, and took it all the way to #1 in the dance clubs.

I believe Tony Orlando & Dawn's version came out first .....but if anyone can verify that one way or another .............feel free ....





"our" version :

THE BILLBOARD NATIONAL DISCO ACTION TOP 40

October 23, 1976


1) MIDNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR - Carol Douglas
(Midland International LP: 6:20 for "MLA" track only) [technically a medley consisting of "Carol's Theme #1/ Midnight Love Affair/ Carol's Theme #2/ In The Morning/ Lie To Me"]
(154 points/ 14 charts =
Atl/Balt-DC/Bost/Chi/Denv/___/Houst/LA-SD/Miami/NYC/Philly/Phnx/Pitts/SF/___ + Montreal)
BDA Top 40: 8 weeks on chart/ Last week: #3 (+2)/ 1 week @#1
DCC chart: 8 weeks on the chart

markydefad

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[drlove]

Remicks,

Managed to look at some Billboard bks over the weekend, and T.O.&D.'s mellow version of "Midnight Love Affair" hopped onto the Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary charts in March of '76, eventually reaching #15 within a month or so.

Carol Douglas' definitive disco version hit the charts in September, hit # 1 in October . . . and really, really slowly reached a few pop radio audiences, where it peaked at #102 months later in February 1977.