the very first disco song???

[mixtape]

what is the very first disco song??? In my opinion it would be possibly the temptations or james brown.

[originalbigm]

An impossible question since the original styles of music played in discos was Soul ,Funk & R&B and even progressive jazz.Your answer is on the right track but to be specific as to a title or artist would be subject to arguement.

[NickNack]

mixtape,

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I agree it's an impossible question (surprised he even got a response) but I think the choice of James Brown is waaay off. I, for one, will never be able to think of him as a "Disco" artist. I've been hearing his music since the 1950's when I was a brat. Disco was no where in sight. As for the Temps, their Cloud Nine album was always a dance marathon for me and my friends. We loved Side 1 and the 9-minute version of "Runaway Child" was heaven. Early traits of disco? Maybe, but so much soul and r&b was in the clubs they're surely not the first.

And yes, James Brown's "Sex Machine" or whatever the title is was played to death in the clubs but again, long way from being first. If I had to pick a song of his from the 1960's that I would have played early on in the club scene it would be his "There Was a Time". I used to have two different versions on 45, both hot.

[Com King]

I heard and read that the commonly accepted first disco song was "Soul Makossa" by Manu Dibango.

In my opinion, the early Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra songs sound really disco.


But maybe are there older songs that can be considered disco.

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by Com King

I heard and read that the commonly accepted first disco song was "Soul Makossa" by Manu Dibango.

In my opinion, the early Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra songs sound really disco.


But maybe are there older songs that can be considered disco.

And that's why the question is impossible. There has to be a consensus on what is disco (oh god, not again) before you can decide what the first song what be.

[Rodmann2]

Originally Posted by NickNack

And that's why the question is impossible. There has to be a consensus on what is disco (oh god, not again) before you can decide what the first song what be.

I understand that some dance singles were considered disco in the 60's but Issac Hayes's 1971 smash hit 'Shaft' is the earliest example of the typical 70's disco style that I have heard. Bonnie Bramlett's 1973 club hit 'Crazy 'Bout My Baby' is another example of the early disco style.

Rod Mann

[efunk_adelic]

I would think strings had something to do with it... as heard in these songs... I think:


Isaac Hayes - Shaft (71)
Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Temptations (72)
Masterpiece - Temptations (73)
Soul Makossa - Manu Di Bango (73) no strings
Honey Please, Can't Ya See - Barry White (73)

kinda got things rolling along (pre-'74)

[Marcio**]

I have seen this song on some disco playlists,but it's above all a jazz song...
"Also Sprach Zaratustra" by Eumir Deodato, 1973.
He's brazilian.

[Nano]

In fact, what Deodato made was a dance version of the theme of the movie "2001 A Space Oddysey" (1968) by Stanley Kubrick. The theme "Also Sprach Zaratustra" was composed by Richard Strauss, brother of the "king of the waltz" Johann Strauss, back in the beginnings of the XX century.
Giorgio Moroder also did something with "Also Sprach Zaratustra" in one of his Munich Machine productions.

[peppertree5706]

Not Shaft. It does not have a constant beat, though it is an excellent record.

First ever..."Love's Theme," by Barry White and The Love Unlimited Orchestra. #1 in Feb., 1973.

Then what? I think the next big record that was a disco trailblazer was, "TSOP" by MFSB. That was from April, 1974.
That song, nailed down what disco would be and it was the beginning of a great type of music...Disco.