Do You Remember...The Latin Hustle?

[Mario]

Hello Again! I'm quite a fan of very early disco music...As I consider 1974/1975 as the era of "early disco" , I remember one of my very favorite songs to dance to was:
"Let's Do The Latin Hustle" by the Young Sisters...Does anyone else remember this song? I remember hearing it only on radio stations from Mexico...It had a really catchy beat right from the very beginning...Did any US stations carry this song? I also remember having a hard time finding that song on a 45. Also, has anyone found this "dusty disco record" on some compilation CD? Thanks...Mario

[Greg Wilson]

Hi Mario: Don't know the Young Sisters version, but Eddie Drennon & BBS Unlimited had a hit in the UK with 'Let's Do The Latin Hustle' (I'm presuming it was a cover of the Young Sisters as this was in '76).

[discosavvy]

Actually, Eddie Drennon's version - absolutely gorgeous - was a 1975 release originally, though it became a #20 Pop hit in Britain in March of the following year and kept getting pressed then as a 7" single. The Young Sisters version appears to be 1976 and a remake. The Eddie Drennon one is the original. It's so sad that almost no one these days has heard that incredible song, and it's not on CD, when everyone knows trash like "Knock on Wood", and the only "hustle" song most people know is Van McCoy's or, if they're lucky, the "Salsoul Hustle". Did you notice that the popular disco compilations always exclude British hits that didn't also become American hits, as if Britain's taste in music doesn't count. Think Patrick Juvet, Liquid Gold, Average White Band's "Let's Go 'Round Again" - all top 20 in Britain.

"Let's Do the Latin Hustle" WAS mainstream - just on the wrong side of the Atlantic.

Versions of "Let's Do the Latin Hustle" were also released by M. and O. Band (1976, #16 UK Pop), the Disco Hustlers (year?), and Year of the Dragon (1976).

[Mixmachine]

Eddie Drennons' "The Latin Hustle " was a very popular song in Miami's clubs in '75, '76 , Dancer's used to do the 'Bus Stop' to it, I don't remember if it ever played local radio.
There is a 12" version remixed by Tom Moulton that presumably combines both sides of the 7". I don't have this copy (only a label scan) so I can't check for sure.

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by Mixmachine

Eddie Drennons' "The Latin Hustle " was a very popular song in Miami's clubs in '75, '76 , Dancer's used to do the 'Bus Stop' to it, I don't remember if it ever played local radio.
There is a 12" version remixed by Tom Moulton that presumably combines both sides of the 7". I don't have this copy (only a label scan) so I can't check for sure.

Very popular in New York, too. Never heard of the Young Sisters --- Drennon's was the 'club hit'.

[Mario]

Wow, guys! You had me worried there for a while.. :o
Did I just "dream" that there was a song entitled
The Latin Hustle by The Young Sisters??? I had to go into my cardboard boxes down in the basement and dig that out and lo and behold "I FOUND IT"!!!

And it was 1975!!!! Not 1976.

A Side: The Latin Hustle by The Young Sisters
B Side: Latin With The Sisters

Phillips Distributed by Mercury Records40803
(Blue Label White Lettering)
Produced by Nigel Grainge & Cees Wessels

The song is pretty much an instrumental with a lot of the use of the flute. It has a great driving hypnotic disco beat!

Thanks for your responses, though! Take Care...Mario

[Greg Wilson]

Originally Posted by Mario

Wow, guys! You had me worried there for a while.. :o
Did I just "dream" that there was a song entitled
The Latin Hustle by The Young Sisters??? I had to go into my cardboard boxes down in the basement and dig that out and lo and behold "I FOUND IT"!!!

And it was 1975!!!! Not 1976.

A Side: The Latin Hustle by The Young Sisters
B Side: Latin With The Sisters

Phillips Distributed by Mercury Records40803
(Blue Label White Lettering)
Produced by Nigel Grainge & Cees Wessels

The song is pretty much an instrumental with a lot of the use of the flute. It has a great driving hypnotic disco beat!

Thanks for your responses, though! Take Care...Mario

Hi Mario: Just to clarify, are you saying that you got the title wrong and this isn't 'Let's Do The Latin Hustle', but a completely diffrent track?

If this is the same Nigel Grainge, he'd later run Ensign Records in the UK with Chris Hill.

[billywho]

Originally Posted by discosavvy

Versions of "Let's Do the Latin Hustle" were also released by M. and O. Band (1976, #16 UK Pop) , ...

This version is on at least one compilation CD. I have it on the 5 CD boxed set "The Dance Box: 100 All Time Classic Dance Hits of the 1970s", which I bought back in '89, and which must have been made of the wrong material, because on each of the 5 discs the last few tracks have become very distorted over time.

A great boxed set nevertheless.

[DISCODISK]

BILLYWHO, i have this too,again great price £9.99 for 5 discs :P im having problems with mine now one disc jumps and all discs are turning a yukkie brown colour :o
but ive had my moneys worth out of this,theres some great tracks on here and you have to remember what was available on c.d at that time, 'THIS' was a GODSEND :P

[billywho]

Originally Posted by DISCODISK

BILLYWHO, i have this too,again great price £9.99 for 5 discs :P im having problems with mine now one disc jumps and all discs are turning a yukkie brown colour :o
but ive had my moneys worth out of this,theres some great tracks on here and you have to remember what was available on c.d at that time, 'THIS' was a GODSEND :P

DISCODISK: Yep, mine have also turned the yukkie brown colour, like they've been subjected to a nicotine onslaught for the past 15 years. You're right about them being the only decent disco CDs around at that time. I'm not too bothered about the discs being slowly rendered useless by distortion, as I've picked up most of the songs on them on other CDs since then.

Did you also get the followup boxed set: "60 More Classic Dance Hits of the 70s"? (They weren't very original with their titles in those days.)

[DISCODISK]

Originally Posted by billywho

DISCODISK: Yep, mine have also turned the yukkie brown colour, like they've been subjected to a nicotine onslaught for the past 15 years.

:lol: :lol: :lol: yes BILLY WHO thats exactly what they look like!! i dont remember the follow up,unless it didnt appeal,yes there was a shortage of stuff then and c.ds were EXPENSIVE i was paying then £17.99 for imports AND we have no tax [v.a.t]here though at that time mid price DID mean mid price.
that year the box set were talking about was given to any of my fiends that had the remotest interest in music for christmas,they thought i was really generous till today they look at those ashtrays and realise im just a cheapskate after all :lol:

[Mario]

Originally Posted by Greg Wilson

Hi Mario: Just to clarify, are you saying that you got the title wrong and this isn't 'Let's Do The Latin Hustle', but a completely diffrent track?

If this is the same Nigel Grainge, he'd later run Ensign Records in the UK with Chris Hill.

Hey Greg! You're right!!!! The actual name of the song is:
"Let's Do The Latin Hustle" by The Young Sisters!!!
I was wrong with the song title earlier! As I stated before, I used to hear this song on radio stations piping in over the A.M. airwaves from Mexico back in 1975. I bought the 45 in El Paso. Let's Do The Latin Hustle was also played on a local disco dance show back then. It has always been one of my very favorite disco records! And yes, the name Nigel Grainge is on the record label. The Young Sisters version of this song must have been a regional hit along the border, I guess...Take Care...And thanks for setting me straight!

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by discosavvy

The Eddie Drennon one is the original. It's so sad that almost no one these days has heard that incredible song, and it's not on CD....

Thought you might like to know I found "Collage" by Eddie Drennon & BBS Unlimited on CD. All eight tracks from the original lp are there. It's on a website that I won't share here out of respect for our Bernie so email me if you want info: erucu@comcast.net :)

[QUINNY]

If it's from the site I think you may have bought it from, I'm surprised Bernie isn't linked to it, as they have some great stuff. $11.99 is a good price.

[DiscoMan]

I spent some time earlier this fall with someone trying to remember/recapture the dance steps of the Latin Hustle.
We were not terribly successful - too many years have passed between then and now. :(