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Discussion on Billboard Disco Compilation/Consensus Charts-Part 1:1974-75 within the Disco Music of the 70s and 80s forums, part of the General Music Discussions at DiscoMusic.com category; Originally Posted by markydefad In regards to Kokomo, all that's charted thus far is their remake of the Bobby ...
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| July 5, 1975 Billboard Pop Chart #1: 1) LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - The Captain & Tennille (3rd week @ #1) Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1: 1) SLIPPERY WHEN WET - The Commodores __________________________________________________ __ Disco Action Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: FOREVER CAME TODAY; (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 chart thang.) But I've resolved that issue by combining the now 5 Billboard charts into one. Billboard charts: A= Top Audience Response Records (NYC Discos) (#1= FOREVER CAME TODAY) B= Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC) (#1= (DREAMING A DREAM) C= Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC) (#1: I COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT) D= Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) (#1= FOREVER CAME TODAY) E= Top Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego (#1= THE HUSTLE) 5 charts with 15 items apiece. 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 75 points max. Add them up and voila!.... THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 44 7/5/75 1) FOREVER CAME TODAY - The Jackson Five (Motown 45) (61 total points/ charts ABCDE (!) (Last week: #2; 2nd non-consecutive week @ #1) 2) DREAMING A DREAM - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite 45) (53/ABCD) (#1 last week) 3) WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES - Esther Phillips (Kudu 45) (45/ABCD) (#14) 4) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission (Wand 45) (43/ACDE) (#3) 5) IT'S IN HIS KISS - Linda Lewis (Arista 45) (28/ABCD) (#6) 6) EL BIMBO - Bimbo Jet (Scepter 45) (27/ABC) (#7) 7) SEXY - MFSB (Phila. Intl. 45) (25/ACD) (#24) 8. THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE - The Reflections (Capitol 45) (23/ADE) (#9) 9) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony (Avco 45) (23/AE) (#5) 10) SWEARIN' TO GOD - Frankie Valli (Private Stock 45) (22/BCD) (#30) 11) I COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT - Archie Bell & the Drells (TSOP 45) (22/BC) (#11) 12) (SENDING OUT AN) S.O.S. - Retta Young (All Platinum 45) (18/ABD) (#18.) 13) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD - Consumer Rapport (Wing & a Prayer 45) (18/AE) (#10) 14) * (Theme From) LADY, LADY,LADY (Are You Crazy For Me?) - The Boogie Man Orchestra (Boogie Man 45) (14/C) (NEW) 15) (R) HE'S MY MAN - The Supremes (Motown 45) (14/D) (RETURN) 16) THE LEGENDARY ZING ALBUM - The Trammps (Tracks: 1) Penguin At the Big Apple/Zing Went the Strings of My Heart;2) Pray All You Sinners; 3) Sixty Minute Man; 4) Scruboard; 5) Tom's Song; 6) Rubber Band; 7) Hold Back The Night; 8.) Penguin at the Big Apple) (Buddah LP) (13/B) (#22) 17) BAD LUCK - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (Phila Intl. 45) (12/AE) (#12) 18. T.L.C. (Tender Lovin' Care) - MFSB w/ the Three Degrees (Phila. Intl. LP) (12/AE) (#35) 19) YOU BROUGHT IT ON YOURSELF - Barbara Hall (Innovations 45) (12/BC) (#16) 20) * BODY LANGUAGE - The Jackson Five (Motown LP) (12/E) (NEW) 21) K-JEE - MFSB (Phila. Intl. LP) (12/B) (#4) 22) 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) - Gary Toms Empire (P.I.P. 45) (10/E) (#29) 23) LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT - Tapestry (Capitol 45) (9/AD) (#8.) 24) FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC - Bohannon (Dakar 45) (9/E) (#19) 25) BANDOLERO - Juan Carlos Calderone (Epic 45) (8/B) (#28.) 26) GLASSHOUSE - The Temptations (Gordy 45) (8/E) (#17) 27) CRYSTAL WORLD - Crystal Grass (Polydor 45) (7/E) (#39) 28. CHOCOLATE CHIP (Instrumental) - Isaac Hayes (ABC LP) (7/D) (#21) 29) (R) GET DOWN TONIGHT - K.C. & the Sunshine Band (TK 45) (6/E) (RETURN) 30) (R) SUPERSHIP - George "Bad" Benson (CTI 45) (6/B) (RETURN) 31) (R) THE CHICAGO THEME (Love Loop) - Hubert Laws (CTI 45) (5/D) (RETURN) 32) I CAN UNDERSTAND IT - Kokomo (Columbia 45) (5/E) (#23) 33) NEVER GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE - Street People (Vigor 45) (5/C) (#31) 34) * WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - Ralph Carter (Mercury 45) (5/A) (NEW) 35) (R) HYPERTENSION - Calendar (Pi-Kappa 45) (4/D) (RETURN) 36) MIDNIGHT IS THE TIME I NEED YOU - Demis Roussos (Big Tree 45) (4/C) (#34) 37) * CHINESE KUNG FU - Banzaii (Scepter 45) (3/A) (NEW) 38. FIGHT THE POWER - The Isley Brothers (T-Neck 45) (2/E) (#33) 39) LOVE INFLATION - The Joneses (Mercury 45) (2/C) (#13) 40) (R) SHOTGUN SHUFFLE - The Sunshine Band (TK 45) (2/B) (RETURN) 41) TORNADO - Original Broadway Cast of The Wiz (Atlantic LP) (2/D) (#25) 42) * DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA - People's Choice (TSOP 45) (1/E) (NEW) 43) * DO THE CHOO CHOO - The Sound of New Detroit (this reappears later credited to Jack Ashford) (Blaze 45) (1/B) (NEW) 44) MAN WAS MADE TO LOVE WOMAN - Bobbi Martin (Green Menu 45) (1/C) (#27) __________________________________________________ __ STATS: #11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 28, 30, 33, 35, 36, 39, 43, & 44 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) book. * = Debut (6): #14, 20, 34, 37, 42, 43 (R) = Return/Re-entry (6): #15, 29, 30, 31, 35, 40 Dropped Off: THIS IS WHY I BELIEVE - The Supremes (was #15) THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE - Billy Davis, Jr. (#20)* will be back YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP ON BUMPIN' - The Kay Gees (#26) DYNOMITE - Tony Camillo's Bazuka (#32) CUT THE CAKE - Average White Band (#36) EXPANSIONS - Lonnie Liston Smith (#37) WALK ON BY - Gloria Gaynor (#38.) LOVE DO ME RIGHT - Rockin' Horse (#40) Overall Stats & Random Notes: 44 total items; 40 last week +6 debuts + 6 returns/ -8 dropoffs 1 record on all 5 charts (FOREVER CAME TODAY- 61 total points--the most points of a #1 so far) A= #1; B= #6; C= #7; D= #1; E= #4) 4 records on 5 charts 5 records on 3 charts 7 records on 2 charts 27 records on only 1 chart The L.A. Influence is seen as it finally charts FOREVER CAME TODAY and moves it back to the number one position. Also, it is in the unusual postion of being a hit-detector: LA charts DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA (#15) before NYC!!! Next week, NYC is all over this--but LA charted it FIRST!!! LA STILL LOVES "THE HUSTLE"; it returns to #1. 6 Former #1s still in the top 17; 4 in the top 10. So what will happen next week? Esther Phillips is moving up on Crown Heights Affair & the Jackson Five and vying for the top spot. Who will top the chart next? Stay tuned.... __________________________________________________ __ Artist Spotlight (Reviews from the 1979 edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide, edited by Dave Marsh with John Swenson) Debuting this week: PEOPLE'S CHOICE (#42) "People's Choice is a black rock band with limited scope, which just shows that limited doesn't always mean wretched. Boogie Down's " Do It Any Way you Wanna." an unlikely pop hit in 1975, is typical of the group's songs: tough, clean, Philadelphia mix and some simple chanting. Lead singer Frankie Brunson often sounds like Screamin' Jay Hawkins and combined with the band's updated, Philadelphia version of Booker T. & the MGs, usually does well. There's little to choose between these albums, all of which are mindless but fun." (J.MC = John McEwan) __________________________________________________ __ DISCO ACTION by Tom Moulton 7/5/75 (NEW YORK) One of the hottest new records this week is the French import Brazil by the Ritchie Family (says "Richie") :oops: on the Henry label which has been released in the U.S on 20th Century. It is also available in Canada on ABEE and in Germany on Atlantic. Jacques Morali, producer of "Brazil," who resides in France, wanted to cut an international standard with the "Philadelphia Sound." He got one of Philadelphia's top arrangers, Richard Rome, and he arranged the song and it was cut at Sigma Sound Studios using all Philadelphia's musicians. The artist on the record, Ritchie Family is derived from Richard Rome and the Philadelphia musicians better known as the Family. The "Brazil" LP will be finished in July and probably be available in mid-August in France. There is no definite release date for the LP in this country. (Note: I checked the LP credits last night and Mr. Rome obviously spells his name "RITCHIE" Rome...so was he named RiTchard???) Atlantic will be releasing this week "Keep on Holding On by Ace Spectrum although it will not be the 8:51 version which will be available in late July on their LP. The song is still very strong at 3:55. The long version would be a good one for their disco series. The remake of Ultra High Frequency's "We're On the Right Track" will be the new Blue Magic single which will also be available this week on Atco. ( I know that South Shore Commisssion covered this; Did Blue Magic record it too?? Or is this another "mistake."?) Bob Crewe does it again with the new Eleventh Hour single on 20th Century, "Hollywood Hot"--very, very funky with slight overtones in the rhythm of "Get Dancin'." Bob has again made up a special 12-inch "hot" pressing of the single for the disco DJs. The commercial single will be out soon. The Soul Searchers have a new single out on Polydor and this could be the one to put them back on the charts, "Boogie Up the Nation," parts 1 & 2. It is in the same vein as the Isley Brothers and The Joneses. The group is the same one that was on Sussex. Private Stock will be releasing this week "Leaving The Good Life Behind" by Phyllis Hyman. There is a break in the middle of the record with just drums and handclaps that is incredible, then into an instrumental that sounds like a symphony orchestra with strings, horns and a harp, then back to a vocal finish. ("A Tom Moulton Mix" in case ya didn't know). 
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| July 12, 1975 Billboard Pop Chart #1: 1) LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - The Captain & Tennille (4th & final week @ #1) Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1: 1) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony (former #1 Disco Comp. Consensus; future #1 Pop) __________________________________________________ __ Disco Charts Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: FOREVER CAME TODAY; (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 chart thang.) But I've resolved that issue by combining the 5 Billboard charts into one. Billboard charts: A= Top Audience Response Records (NYC Discos) (#1= FOREVER CAME TODAY) B= Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC) (#1= (WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES) C= Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC) (#1: WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES) D= Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) (#1= HAPPY) E= Top Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego (#1= EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD) (it alternates every other week with THE HUSTLE) 5 charts with 15 items apiece. 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 75 points max. Add them up and voila!.... THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS 7/12/75 1) WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES - Esther Phillips (Kudu 45) (54 total points; Charts ABCD) (last week: #3) 2) DREAMING A DREAM - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite 45) (53/ABCDE) (#2) 3) FOREVER CAME TODAY - The Jackson Five (Motown 45) (49/ABDE) (#1) 4) DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA - People's Choice (TSOP 45) (48/BCDE) (#42!!) 5) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission (Wand 45) (39/ACDE) (#4) 6) THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE - The Reflections (Capitol 45) (33/ABCDE) (#8.) 7) WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - Ralph Carter (Mercury 45) (25/ABC) (#34!!) 8. CHINESE KUNG FU - Banzaii (Scepter 45) (23/ABC) (#37) 9) T.L.C. (Tender Lovin' Care) - MFSB w/The Three Degrees (Phila. Intl. LP) (22/ACE) (#18.) 10) * BRAZIL - The Ritchie Family (says "Richie") :oops: (20th Century 45) (21/ABC) (NEW) 11) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD - Consumer Rapport (Wing & a Prayer 45) (18/ABE) (#13) 12) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony (Avco 45) (18/AE) (#9) 13) LOVE INFLATION - The Joneses (Mercury 45) (18/BD) (#39) 14) EL BIMBO - Bimbo Jet (Scepter 45) (17/AC) (#6) 15) SEXY - MFSB (Phila.Intl 45) (17/AC) (#7) 16) (SENDING OUT AN) S.O.S. - Retta Young (All Platinum 45) (16/BCD) (#12) 17) * HAPPY - Eddie Kendricks (Tamla LP) (15/D) (NEW) 18. I COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT - Archie Bell & the Drells (TSOP 45) (14/C) (#11) 19) FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC - Bohannon (Dakar 45) (12/E) (#24) 20) * MAGIC IN THE AIR - Ronnie Walker (Event 45) (12/B) (NEW) 21) HE'S MY MAN - The Supremes (Motown 45) (11/D) (#15) 22) 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) - Gary Toms Empire (P.I.P 45) (11/E) (#22) 23) * (Do You Wanna) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - Calhoon (Warner/Spector 45) (8/C) (NEW) 24) (Theme From) LADY, LADY, LADY (Are You Crazy For Me?) - The Boogie Man Orchestra (Boogie Man Records 45) (7/D) (#14) 25) GLASSHOUSE - The Temptations (Gordy 45) (6/E) (#26) 26) IT'S IN HIS KISS - Linda Lewis (Arista 45) (6/A) (#5!!) 27) * AFTER YOU'VE HAD YOUR FLING - The Intrepids (Columbia 45) (5/B) (NEW) 28. * YUM YUM - The Fatback Band (Event LP) (5/D) (NEW) 29) CHOCOLATE CHIP (Instrumental) - Isaac Hayes (ABC LP) (4/D) (#28.) 30) I CAN UNDERSTAND IT - Kokomo (Columbia 45) (4/E) (#32) 31) NEVER GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE - Street People (Vigor 45) (4/B) (#33) 32) BAD LUCK - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (Phila. Intl. 45) (3/E) (#17) 33) * GIMME SOME - Jimmy "Bo" Horne (Alston 45) (3/B) (NEW) 34) LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT - Tapestry (Capitol 45) (3/A) (#23) 35) * LOVE POWER - Willie Hutch (Motown LP) (3/D) (NEW) 36) THE CHICAGO THEME (Love Loop) - Hubert Laws (CTI 45) (2/A) (#31) 37) FIGHT THE POWER - The Isley Brothers (T-Neck 45) (2/E) (#38.) 38. * I CAN'T QUIT YOUR LOVE - B.T. & T.B. (Phila. Intl. 450 (2/C) (NEW) 39) SWEARIN' TO GOD - Frankie Valli (Private Stock 45) (2/D) (#10) 40) GET DOWN TONIGHT - K.C. & the Sunshine Band (TK 45) (1/E) (#29) 41) MAN WAS MADE TO LOVE WOMAN - Bobbi Martin (Green Menu 45) (1/C) (#44) __________________________________________________ ___ STATS: #9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 31, 35, 38 & 41 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) book. * = Debut (9): #10, 17, 20, 23, 27, 28, 33, 35, 38 (R) = Return/Re-entry (0) Yeaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! (I hate these fuckers) :lol: Dropped Off: THE LEGENDARY ZING ALBUM - The Trammps (was #16) YOU BROUGHT IT ON YOURSELF - Barbara Hall (#19) BODY LANGUAGE - The Jackson Five (#20) K-JEE - MFSB (#21) BANDOLERO - Juan Carlos Calderone (#25)* will be back CRYSTAL WORLD - Crystal Grass (#27) SUPERSHIP - George "Bad" Benson (#30) HYPERTENSION - Calendar (#35) MIDNIGHT IS THE TIME I NEED YOU - Demis Roussos (#36) SHOTGUN SHUFFLE - The Sunshine Band (#40) TORNADO - The Wiz cast LP (#41) DO THE CHOO CHOO - The Sound of New Detroit (Jack Ashford?) (#43) The Final Tally & Random Notes: 41 total items; 44 last week + 9 debuts + 0 returns / -12 dropoffs 2 records on all 5 charts (DREAMING A DREAM & THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE) 4 records on 4 charts 6 records on 3 charts 4 records on 2 charts 25 records on only 1 chart!!!!! What a DIFF'RENCE a POINT MAKES Dept.: Esther Phillips dominates this week by one point: 54 to 53 for Crown Heights Affair. CHA is now on all 5 charts, while Esther is only on the 4 NYC charts--BUT she's #1 on 2 sales charts, therfore, it's her week. (by one point) Moulton remarked when Esther's record was first released that several DJs complained it was "too fast" and they needed to slow it down!!! (How could they do that, back in tha day, I wonder?) Apparently, the NYC dancers have become accumstomed to the approx. 140 bpms of WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES!!! "C" has dropped the Jackson Five...so it's down from #1 last week to #3 this week. It has peaked. Next week "C" charts it again but "B" drops it...and ya know what happens when "B" drops ya....it's time to find that followup single. "A" has yet to chart People's Choice which just debuted on the LA chart last week and has zoomed up to #4 in it's 2nd week. People's Choice and the debut of the Ritchie Family @ #10 are the ones to watch. They will dominate the top of this chart for many weeks to come. Strangely, People's Choice doesn't top that many individual charts (never tops the "A" chart) but it places very highly on each chart every week....so it's a tough one and hangs around a long time. It seems to hang on...loooooooose me!!! Dept.: Previously, the big records peaked and spent around 5 or 6 weeks fading in popularity until they fell off the chart. Now with the addition of the LA chart, records in decline in NYC are just charting in LA--so they stay around a lot longer than before. Examples: EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD is on it's last legs in NYC: #15 on "A" & #14 on "B"--BUT it's #1 in LA's "E".......so under normal circumstances, we'd probably bid it adieu next week....but not now. THE HUSTLE is charting #12 on only chart "A" in NYC-- but is a STRONG #2 in LA; hell, it's crossed over to the POP & SOUL charts. 7 former #1s still on the chart: #2, #3, #5, #11, #12, #14, #32 ______________________________________________ The Big Tease: Next week, the newcomers take over. Get used to it. :lol: __________________________________________________ ___ Artist Spotlight (Reviews for the 1979 edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide, edited by Dave Marsh with John Swenson)... THE RITCHIE FAMILY (#10) "Miami soul's all-female answer to the Jackson 5 (??? :o ) lacks either the distinctive vocal personality of Michael Jackson or the group's excellent material. The tracks are hard, funky and tight, in the characteristic TK-combine fashion, but there's not enough coloration to make them worthwhile." (DM= Dave Marsh) EDDIE KENDRICKS (#17) "Kendricks was the higher pitched of the Temptations' two lead vocalists--David Ruffin was the other-- and his leads on songs like "Beauty's Only Skin Deep" established a certain type of soul singing. But after leaving the Temptations, Kendricks has operated in a very updated Philadelphia rhythm style that uses the front man more as a chant leader than as a crooner. Kendricks' first hit in this disco-oriented mode came in 1973, with "Keep On Truckin'." Since then, he's rarely been out of sight. In late 1977, he signed with Arista, where he's made one adequate LP. Only time will tell whether his departure form the Tamla/Motown rhythm mill will be productive. (DM) FATBACK BAND (#28.) "Better-than-average Seventies disco funk outfit." (JS = John Swenson) (I hope John didn't get paid by the word!!!) :P WILLIE HUTCH (#35) "All of Hutch's albums have a stylistic similarity that can be traced to his first and best Motown record, the soundtrack to The Mack. Unfortunately, the best records by this limited vocalist/songwriter are out of print. These albums (Color Her Sunshine, Havin' a House Party, In Tune are listed as still in print at this time) like much of his other work, are too dependent on cliches to be of more than minor interest." (J.MC = John McEwen) __________________________________________________ __ DISCO ACTION by Tom Moulton 7/12/75 (NEW YORK) "Non-Stop," the new B.T. Express LP, has the potential of becoming one of the biggest disco records of 1975. The group has progressed since its first album, and that raw, high energy sound which has made the group what they are today is well captured on this disk. The standout cuts on the LP are "Give it What You Got," "Still Good--Still Like It," "You Got It--I Want It" and "Happiness". "Peace Pipe", the Express' new single will have a 3:25 version and a longer 6:01 flip side. Kool and the Gang's new album Spirit Of The Boogie (De-Lite) will be its most commercial effort to date. The long-awaited instrumental version of "Jungle Boogie", now titled "Jungle Jazz" and "Mother Earth" are among the stronger cuts. The best cut, however, seems to be "Caribbean Festival, a 7:33 take. The song has those strong Latin rhythm overtones associated with the group. Hector LaBlanc, disk jockey at the Limelight, is getting strong response to Barbara Hall's single You Brought It On Yourself" (Innovations). Sonny Casella is giving out test pressings of his new disco-geared single "The New York City Bump" by the group Black Rock on a label of the same name. Casella is looking for a repeat of the breaking of "Bump Me Baby" from the club level. The label wil be handled nationally by indie distributors. Joe Simon, primarily known as a balladeer, is more into the uptempo disco vein with his new "Get Down" LP on Spring. In addition to his hot single "Get Down", the albums other strong dance tunes are "Music In My Bones," "Fire Burning," In My Baby's Arms" and "Still At the Mercy of Your Love."
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| [quote="Mixmachine"] yes, it's Jack Ashford and the Sound of Detroy, they sound a bit like BT Express, I only discovered this cut lately. If you mean if he's related to Ashford and Simpson , I don't know. :-? [quote] MIXMACHINE the ashfords believe they are related though distantly they all come from south carolina. funk brother jack what a guy who i think was best as a producer once had his own label in detroit ashford records,part of the great production team 'pied piper' with his girl lorraine chandler who made records motown could oly dream of,that team submitted 'you only live twice'-lorraine chandler for the james bond film and some TWAT rejected this in favour of nancy sinatra :o that remained in the vaults for years till dug up a few years ago by an english guy,now a dancefloor classic here in rare soul clubs and only a lucky few own this on a u.k kent promo wow to imagine there could have been a good bond theme :lol: anyway enough of jacks 60s achievements it would just take too long, if youre looking for underground disco check jacks 70s detroit productions for the real deal heres a fewSANDRA RICHARDSON -stay here with me-inter soul [NICKNACKS A FAN 8) ] EDDIE PARKER-body chains-prodigal SOFTOUCH-after you give your all [what else is there to give]-prodigal all amazing underground disco records with soul,in fact soul musics last great last gasps of breath before disco finally took over,i always feel about the eddie parker record if this wasnt fairly easy to find and turned up in england today as an unknown, people would would be fighting over this and paying amazing money to own it,these prodigal sides must be due to turn up on MARKYS chart soon,and ive got a feeling they aint gonna show so im considering offering marky some cash to hype the chart working on the asumption he makes so many typos no ones gonna notice :lol: |
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| July 19, 1975 Billboard Pop Chart Top 5: 1) LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID - Paul McCartney & Wings 2) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony 3) I'M NOT IN LOVE - 10cc 4) ONE OF THESE NIGHTS - The Eagles 5) PLEASE, MR. PLEASE - Olivia Newton-John Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1: 1) FIGHT THE POWER - The Isley Brothers __________________________________________________ __ Disco Action Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: FOREVER CAME TODAY; (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 chart thang.) But I've resolved that issue by combining the 5 Billboard charts into one. Billboard charts: A= Top Audience Response Records (NYC Discos) (#1= DREAMING A DREAM) B= Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC) (#1= (Theme From) LADY, LADY, LADY (Are You Crazy For Me?) C= Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC) (#1: BRAZIL) D= Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) (#1= DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA) E= Top Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego (#1= THE HUSTLE) 5 charts with 15 items apiece. 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 75 points max. Add them up and voila!.... THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 42 7/19/75 1) BRAZIL - The Ritchie Family (20th Century 45) (52 total points/ Charts ABCDE) (Last week: #10) 2) DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA - People's Choice (TSOP 45) (51/ABCDE) (#4) 3) FOREVER CAME TODAY - The Jackson Five (Motown 45) (48/ACDE) (#3) 4) DREAMING A DREAM - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite 45) (43/ABCDE) (#2) 5) WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES - Esther Phillips (Kudu 45) (41/ABCD) (#1) 6) CHINESE KUNG FU - Banzaii (Scepter 45) (36/ABCDE) (#8.) 7) WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - Ralph Carter (Mercury 45) (23/AC) (#7) 8. (Theme From) LADY, LADY, LADY (Are You Crazy For Me?) - Boogie Man Orchestra (Boogie Man 45) (23/BD) (#24) 9) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission (Wand 45) (19/ADE) (#5) 10) GIMME SOME - Jimmy "Bo" Horne (Alston 45) (19/BD) (#33) 11) SEXY - MFSB (Phila. Intl. 45) (18/AE) (#15) 12) T.L.C. (Tender Lovin' Care) - MFSB W/ the Three Degrees (Phila. Intl. LP) (18/AE) (#9) 13) MAGIC IN THE AIR - Ronnie Walker (Event 45) (16/BC) (#20) 14) LOVE INFLATION - The Joneses (Mercury 45) (15/BCD) (#13) 15) * DISCO GOLD LP - Various Artists "A Tom Moulton Mix" Tracks: 1) "WAN TU WAH ZUREE" - George Tindley; 2) "WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK" - Ultra High Frequency; 3) :D "MAKE ME BELIEVE IN YOU" :D - Patti Jo; 4) "I LOVE YOU, YES I DO" - The Independents; 5) "AIN'T NO LOVE LOST" - Patti Jo; 6) "PITY THE POOR MAN" - George Tindley; 7)"ARISE AND SHINE" - The Independents; 8.) "NEEDING YOU" - Clara Lewis (Scepter LP) (15/BC) (NEW) 16) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony (Avco 45) (15/E) (#12) 17) FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC - Bohannon (Dakar 45) (13/E) (#19) 18.) NEVER GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE - Street People (Vigor 45) (12/BC) (#31) 19) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD - Consumer Rapport (Wing & a Prayer 45) (12/E) (#11) 20) FIGHT THE POWER - The Isley Brothers (T-Neck 45) (11/E) (#37) 21) (R) WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE - The Supremes (Motown LP) (11/D) (RETURN) 22) THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE The Reflections (Capitol 45) (10/AC) (#6) 23) LOVE POWER - Willie Hutch (Motown LP) (10/D) (#35) 24) 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) - Gary Toms Empire (P.I.P 45) (10/E) (#22) 25) * YOU'RE EVERYTHING I NEED - Major Lance (Osiris 45) (10/B) (NEW) 26) HAPPY - Eddie Kendricks (Tamla LP) (9/D) (#17) 27) I COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT - Archie Bell & the Drells (TSOP 45) (8/C) (#18.) 28. (R) THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE - Billy Davis, Jr. (ABC 45) (8/B) (RETURN) 29) THE CHICAGO THEME (Love Loop) - Hubert Laws (CTI 45) (6/A) (#36) 30) BAD LUCK - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (Phila. Intl. 45) (5/E) (#32) 31) (SENDING OUT AN) S.O.S. - Retta Young (All Platinum 45) (5/B) (#16) 32) EL BIMBO - Bimbo Jet (Scepter 45) (4/A) (#14) 33) (Do you Wanna) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - Calhoon (Warner/Spector 45) (4/C) (#23) 34) GLASSHOUSE - The Temptations (Gordy 45) (4/E) (#25) 35) (R) BANDOLERO - Juan Carlos Calderone (Epic 45) (3/B) (RETURN) 36) IT'S IN HIS KISS - Linda Lewis (Arista 45) (3/A) (#26) 37) * TO EACH HIS OWN/ MELLOW ME- Faith, Hope & Charity (RCA LP) (2/A) (NEW) 38. SWEARIN' TO GOD - Frankie Valli (Private Stock 45) (2/D) (#39) 39) * GET THE CREAM OFF THE TOP - Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 45) (1/D) (NEW) 40) I CAN UNDERSTAND IT - Kokomo (Columbia 45) (1/E) (#30) 41) MAN WAS MADE TO LOVE WOMAN - Bobbi Martin (Green Menu 45) (1/C) (#41) 42) * SOMEBODY'S GOTTA GO (Sho Ain't Me) - Mike & Bill (Arista (Moving Up) 45 (1/A) (NEW) __________________________________________________ __ STATS: #12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,k 28, 31, 35 & 41 NOT listed in Joel Whiburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) book. * = Debut (5): #15, 25, 37, 39, 42 (R) = Return/ Re-entry (3):#21, 28, 35 Dropped Off: HE'S MY MAN - The Supremes ( was #21)*will be back AFTER YOU'VE HAD YOUR FLING- The Intrepids (#27) YUM YUM - Fatback Band (#28.) CHOCOLATE CITY (Inst.) - Isaac Hayes (#29) LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT - Tapestry (#34) * I CAN'T QUIT YOUR LOVE - B.T. & T.B. (#38.) GET DOWN TONIGHT - KC & the Sunshine Band (#40)* The Final Tally: 42 total items; 41 last week + 5 debuts + 3 returns / -7 dropoffs 4 records on all 5 charts (#1, 2, 4, 6) 2 records on 4 charts 2 records on 3 charts 9 records on 2 charts 25 records on only 1 chart Random Notes: BRAZIL moves from it's debut @ #10 last week to #1, beating it's closest competition DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA by one point. These two records will top this chart for many weeks to come--taking turns at topping and/or tieing for #1. 8 former NUMBER ONES on the chart; I liken them to the SNL cartoon "The Ex-Presidents"---These are the Ex-#1s: #3, #4, #5, #9, #16, #19, #30 & #32 Notable debut: the beloved TO EACH HIS OWN @#37; bundled with another LP track MELLOW ME. TEHO will ultimately climb to the Top 5 here in NYC, but isn't the smash I recall it being in SF back in tha day. It will hit #1 on the Soul/R&B chart, however. LOVE that GIMME SOME record that jumps to #10 this week; it's stay is short--but what a great groove /beat this one has. __________________________________________________ _ ARTIST SPOTLIGHT (Reviews from the 1979 edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide, edited by Dave Marsh with John Swenson) FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY (#37) "This mixed trio (two women, one man) might be only vaguely soulful MOR singers if not for producer Van McCoy's typical disco embellishments, which make them smooth and slick. They scored big in 1975 on the R&B charts with "To Each His Own," which went to No. 1." (DM = Dave Marsh) __________________________________________________ __ DISCO ACTION by Tom Moulton 7/19/75 (NEW YORK) The new Richmond Extension single "That's The Chance You Take" (Polydor) will be available this week. There will be two versions of the song, with the longer disco take being 4:25 in length. It was written, arranged and produced for Silver Fox Productions by Van McCoy, who has been involved with the act from its inception. The record stacks up as one of the strongest efforts from the Richmond Extension to date. Test pressings of the new Barrabas LP Heart Of The City" (Atco) were given to a few discos here last week. Every cut on the album has a commercial disco sound. While all the cuts are similar, the strongest seems to be "Check Mate," with "Mellow Blow" coming next. The LP is sure to be programmed but, ironically, its across-the-board strength will make it difficult to find a cut that most disk jockeys agree on. Also available this week is the Silver Convention's "Save Me" album (Midland International), named after the group's disco hit single "Save Me." Side one on the album is the disco side with three strong cuts, the strongest being "Fly Robin, Fly." The other two dance cuts are I Like It" and "Another Girl." The latter two have the flavor of "Save Me." The Sons of Robin Stone, with one of last year's top disco numbers in "Got To Get You Back (Atco), are now on the Spring label with Bobby Eli producing them. Word is out that a release is planned for August. Even off of their one previous effort, the group has a surprisingly strong following. The Moving Up single of "Somebody's Gotta Go" by Mike and Bill is being released by Arista this week. The record has been remixed and its length is now 4:15. Because of its "unavailability" there has been a lot of excitement behind the record.
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November 25th, 2004, 03:31 AM
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| July 26, 1975 Billboard Pop Chart Top 5 1) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony 2) I'M NOT IN LOVE - 10cc 3) ONE OF THESE NIGHTS - The Eagles 4) PLEASE, MR. PLEASE - Olivia Newton-John 5) LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID - Paul McCartney & Wings Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1: 1) FIGHT THE POWER, PT. 1 - The Isley Brothers (2nd week @ #1) __________________________________________________ _ Disco Action Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: DREAMING A DREAM; (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 chart thang.) But I've resolved that issue by combining the 5 Billboard charts into one. Billboard charts: A= Top Audience Response Records (NYC Discos) (#1= DREAMING A DREAM) B= Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC) (#1= (Theme From) LADY, LADY, LADY (Are You Crazy For Me?) C= Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC) (#1: WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE) D= Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) (#1= BRAZIL) E= Top Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego (#1= THE HUSTLE) 5 charts with 15 items apiece. 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 75 points max. Add them up and voila!.... THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 40 7/26/75 1) {TIE} BRAZIL - The Ritchie Family (20th Century 45) (53 total points/ charts ABCDE) (Last week: #1; 2 weeks total) 1) {TIE} DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA - People's Choice (TSOP 45) (53/ABCDE) (#2) 3) DREAMING A DREAM - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite 45) (51/ABCDE) (#4) 4) WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES - Esther Phillips (Kudu 45) (44/ABCD) (#5) 5) FOREVER CAME TODAY - The Jackson Five (Motown 45) (40/ADE) (#3) 6) WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - Ralph Carter (Mercury 45) (40/ABC) (#8.) 7) CHINESE KUNG FU - Banzaii (Scepter 45) (36/ABCDE) (#6) 8. (Do you Wanna) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - Calhoon (Warner/Spector 45) (19/CD) (#33) 9) (Theme From) LADY, LADY, LADY (Are You Crazy For Me?) - The Boogie Man Orchestra (Boogie Man Records 45) (19/BC) (#8.) 10) DISCO GOLD (LP) - Various Artists "A Tom Moulton Mix" Tracks: 1) "WAN TU WAH ZUREE" - George Tindley; 2) "WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK" - Ultra High Frequency; 3) "MAKE ME BELIEVE IN YOU" - Patti Jo; 4) "I LOVE YOU, YES I DO" - The Independents; 5) "AIN'T NO LOVE LOST" - Patti Jo; 6) "PITY THE POOR MAN" - George Tindley; 7)"ARISE AND SHINE" - The Independents; 8.) "NEEDING YOU" - Clara Lewis (Scepter LP) (18/BC) (#15) 11) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission (Wand 45) (16/ADE) (#9) 12) SEXY - MFSB (TSOP 45) (16/AC) (#11) 13) T.L.C. (Tender Lovin' Care) - MFSB w/ the Three Degrees (TSOP LP) (16/AC) (#12) 14) MAGIC IN THE AIR - Ronnie Walker (Event 45) (15/BC) (#13) 15) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony (Avco 45) (15/E ONLY) (#16) 16) FIGHT THE POWER - The Isley Brothers (T-Neck 45) (13/E ONLY) (#20) 17) WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE - The Supremes (Motown LP) (13/ D) (#21) 18. NEVER GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE - Street People (Vigor 45) (12/BC) (#18.) 19) FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC - Bohannon (Dakar 45) (12/E ONLY) (#17) 20) THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE - The Reflections (Capitol 45) (11/AC) (#22) 21) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD - Consumer Rapport (Wing & a Prayer 45) (11/E ONLY) (#19) 22) GIMME SOME - Jimmy "Bo" Horne (Alston 45) (10/AD) (#10) 23) * HEARTBEAT - War (UA LP) (10/D) (NEW) 24) THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE - Billy Davis, Jr. (ABC 45) (8/BC) (#28.) 25) (R) YOU BROUGHT IT ON YOURSELF - Barbara Hall (Innovations 45) (8/CD) (RETURN) 26) 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) - Gary Toms Empire (P.I.P. 45) (8/E only) (#24) 27) * HOLLYWOOD HOT - The Eleventh Hour (20th Century 45) (7/BE) (NEW) 28. LOVE POWER - Willie Hutch (Motown 45) (7/D) (#23) 29) * IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE - Tavares (Capitol 45) (6/BE) (NEW) 30) THE CHICAGO THEME (Love Loop) - Hubert Laws (CTI 45) (6/A) (#29) 31) BAD LUCK - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (Phila Intl. 45) (4/E only) (#30) 32) * THINK BEFORE YOU STOP - The Notations (Gemigo 45) (4/B) (NEW) 33) TO EACH HIS OWN/ MELLOW ME - Faith, Hope & Charity (RCA LP) (4/A) (#37) 34) (R) (CALL ME YOUR) ANYTHING MAN - Bobby Moore (Scepter 45) (3/D) (RETURN) 35) I COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT - Archie Bell & the Drells (TSOP 45) (3/C) (#27) 36) (SENDING OUT AN) S.O.S. - Retta Young (All Platinum 45) (3/B) (#31) 37) SOMEBODY'S GOTTA GO (Sho Ain't Me) - Mike & Bill (Arista (Moving UP) 45) 3/A) (#42) 38. EL BIMBO - Bimbo Jet (Scepter 45) (2/A) (#32) 39) * FAME - David Bowie (RCA 45) (2/E only) (NEW) 40) LOVE INFLATION - The Joneses (Mercury 45) (1/D) (#14) __________________________________________________ __ STATS: #10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 35, 36, 39 & 40 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) book. * = Debut (5): #23, 27, 29, 32, 39 (R) = Return/Re-entry (2): #25, 34 Dropped Off: YOU'RE EVERYTHING I NEED - Major Lance (was #25) HAPPY - Eddie Kendricks GLASSHOUSE - Temptations (#34) * will be back BANDOLERO - Juan Carlos Calderone (#35) IT'S IN HIS KISS - Linda Lewis (#36) SWEARIN' TO GOD - Frankie Valli (#38.) * GET THE CREAM OFF THE TOP - Eddie Kendricks (#39) I CAN UNDERSTAND IT - Kokomo (#40) MAN WAS MAD TO LOVE WOMAN - Bobbi Martin (#41) The Final Tally: 40 total items; 42 last week +5 debuts +2 returns/ -9 dropoffs 4 records on all 5 charts (Both #1s, 2 & 7) 1 record on 4 charts 3 records on 3 charts 13 records on 2 charts 19 records on only 1 chart Random Notes: Too Many TIES!!!! #1 & 2, #5 & 6, #8 & 9, #12 & 13 have the exact same number of points and the same number of chart listings. My criteria: if it's for NUMBER ONE, I'm listing it as a "TIE"; otherwise...if the point total & number of charts listing are exactly the same, the higher placement on chart "A" will give it precedence; if it's not on chart "A"...it's alphbetical order by song title. LA is a "HIT" Detector? :o Thus far, it has pretty much followed the NYC trends..but several weeks ago it was the first to chart People's Choice; this week it shares the honor with chart "B" in NYC (Downstairs Records) of spotting the Tavares & Eleventh Hour records. Tavares will hit Top 10; Eleventh Hour gets great buzz in NYC, but never really takes off there. However, it will be a big hit in LA; could it be the title??? :lol: I recall this record fondly from SF also. I can't find the damn thing anywhere!!! I've been looking for years!!!! :evil: The Ex #1s Tally...still total 8 in number: #3, 4, 5, 11, 15, 21, 31 & 38. __________________________________________________ ___ The Big Tease: Next week: New singles from Beckett Brown & Pat Lundi (aka Lundy); new LPs from Barrabas, KC & the Sunshine Band, Silver Convention & B.T. Express. __________________________________________________ _ Artist Spotlight (Reviews from the 1979 edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide , edited by Dave Marsh with John Swenson.... WAR (#23) "War is perhaps the most underrated black band of the Seventies: it's best songs outstrip even the Commodores and the Isley Brothers for sheer funk power. The septet began recording with Eric Burdon (of the Animals) in 1970 and immediately scored with "Spill The Wine." By 1971, Burdon was exhausted but the band carried on. "All Day Music," the tile song of their second album, was a 1971 hit and established their lean style: creaking electronic backup underneath powerful vocal shouts. But it was their second hit, "Slippin' into Darkness," that signified War's ability to capture the mood of its time. That song, like "The World Is a Ghetto," its brilliant followup, is nothing less than haunting. The ABC album (Love Is All Around) is recycled Burdon tracks and mediocre, as is the MCA album (Galaxy) released in 1978. But the United Artists albums are of uniformly high quality, stinging and angry at their peaks, with a throbbing beat that qualifies them as a variety of disco but without any of mechanistic menace normally associated with that genre. :evil: (DM= Dave Marsh) THE ELEVENTH HOUR (#27) "Ten years after "Music to Watch Girls By," Bob Crewe is found relaxing as a funk auteur too concerned with the comedic possibilities of controlling everything from writing to production to worry about the disco market. :o "Nasty," one of the funniest self-critical moves in production history, shows what common ground John Entwhistle, Frank Zappa and Flo and Eddie share with the Ohio Players. It also proves that disco and Fifties nostalgia are related trends." (JS = John Swenson) :o :o :o (What's he talkin' 'bout, Willis?) :roll: TAVARES (#29) "Tavares is a family quntet without a particularly distinctive vocal personality. Nevertheless, as a vehicle for two sets of producers, the group has made several first-rate contributions to the pop-soul arena in the middle and late Seventies. Tavares' first three albums (Check It Out, Hard Core Poetry, and In The City) were produced by Brian Potter and Dennis Lambert, who downplayed traditional two and three-part harmonies in favor of a more homogenized unison approach. With intelligent song selection and tasteful (if sometimes bland) production, Lambert and Potter gave Tavares a string of mildly soulful ballad hits ("Check it Out, "She's Gone"). Ex-Motown producer Freddie Perren took over after In the City, and while he too works a pop-soul bag, the difference is noticeable. Perren's tracks are hotter (in the classic Motown mold), and his arrangements tend to feature more old-fashioned soul group devices. The lyrics are often lightweight ("Whodunit"), but the songs have a spirit and energy missisng from Lambert and Potter's work." (J.MC. - John McEwen) THE NOTATIONS (#32) "A varied, intelligent and fun (self-titled) album from a veteran second-line Chicago soul quartet. Despite several moderately big soul hits, this album was unjustly ignored when released. Producers include the Chuck Jackson/Marvin Yancy team." (J.MC = John McEwan) DAVID BOWIE(#39) "...David Bowie was always a commercial animal, so it wasn't surprising when he set out to become a blue-eyed soulster. Young Americans captured the sound, but Bowie's personality was given little chance to enliven the rote nature of the music. Bowie never displayed much passion, which in itself was part of his act, but when combined with slick soul music, his charade was deadly. Station To Station, reunited Bowie with a powerful guitarist, Earl Slick, who has since gone solo. The tough rhythm chording of the album's hit single, "Golden Years," is indicative of the improvement." (J.B.M. = John Milward) :roll: Hmmm....30 years later Rolling Stone lists "Young Americans" in it's Top 500 Songs of Alltime!!! Time changes everything. __________________________________________________ __ DISCO ACTION by Tom Moulton (NEW YORK) The latest word form the Record Pool, nonprofit product distribution center for DJs here, is that membership is now up to 183 spinners. Reportedly, the total is still growing. Scepter Records becomes the first label to distribute enough pieces of a title to cover the entire membership. At a July 14 gathering, Mel Cheren label exec, (very tight with Tom; all of Scepter's product is promoted here), handed out some 22 test pressings of the new B.T. Express "Non-Stop" LP. Says Cheren: "We feel that the discos have an important part in exposing a record to the public, and as soon as other companies realize this they will be behind it as well."With 29 labels already agreeing to service the Pool, there are still several manufacturers which are hesitant to become involved. :evil: :evil: :evil: In two weeks, the Gary Toms Empire LP will be available. With the same title as their hit disco single "7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle)", the album should prove to be a hot commodity for the group. Featuring an alive party flavor, there are six strong disco cuts on the LP--"Tell The People," with good vocal harmonies over a strong melodic song, "Feel That Funky Groove," "The New Empire," and instrumental, "Drive My Car," the Beatles song done up in a "Blow Your Whistle" fashion, and "This Crazy World." (Note: this LP is on CD and very worth getting, IMHO) The New York Hilton has opened the doors on a new in-house disco, the Roman Pub's Metamorphosis. Sound and lighting is by Design Circuit Inc. and Alfie acts as resident spinner. The club is open on Monday through Saturday from 8 p.m. until 2 a.m (I thought this city never slept!!).....Chicago-based production and promtional agency Ar'dcee 3 Productivity Inc. has launched its Inter-Galactic Space Patrol Discotheque, a mobile operation. The Dynamic Superiors' "Pure Pleasure" album (Motown) has three good disco cuts: "Deception," "Face the Music," and "Don't Give Up On Me Baby." All three cuts are uptempo and... (continued on page 77) .... sorry, I don't have the rest at this time. Help please!!! :D OK, here's the rest... ...are good vehicles for the group to show off their versatile vocal harmonies. Available this week will be the new K.C. and the Sunshine Band album on TK.The LP features the group's biggest hit, "Get Down Tonight.". The album cut is longer than the single (now 5:14) and the added time is exciting. :D (Tom's tryin' to break this record in NYC, bless his heart). The strongest cut on the album though is "That's The Way (I Like It)". Other selections aimed at the discos are "I Get Lifted", the George McCrae hit,"I'm So Crazy ('Bout You)," "Let It Go (Part 1 & 2), and "Boogie Shoes." . Phyllis St. James and La Mancha have a new single on the Playboy label called "Get Happy." It has a very funky R&B rhythm. |
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November 29th, 2004, 04:14 PM
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December 4th, 2004, 04:15 PM
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| August 2, 1975 Billboard Pop Chart Top 5: 1) ONE OF THESE NIGHTS - The Eagles 2) I'M NOT IN LOVE - 10cc 3) JIVE TALKIN' - The Bee Gees 4) PLEASE, MR. PLEASE - Olivia Newton-John 5) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1: 1) FIGHT THE POWER (PT. 1) - The Isley Brothers (3rd & final week @ #1) Top R&B Record of the Year __________________________________________________ __ Disco Action: Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: FOREVER CAME TODAY; (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 chart thang.) But I've resolved that issue by combining the 5 Billboard charts into one. Billboard charts: A= Top Audience Response Records (NYC Discos) (#1= DREAMING A DREAM) B= Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC) (#1= (WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE) C= Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC) (#1: WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE) D= Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) (#1= HE'S MY MAN/WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE) E= Top Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego (#1= THE HUSTLE) + the first of a series of special guest city lists; this one from Boston: F= Top 10 Audience Response Records in Boston Discos: (#1= BRAZIL) 5 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 75 points max. + 1 chart with 10 items; 10 points for #1; 1 point for #10 = 85 points max. total. Add them up and voila!.... THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 40 8/2/75 1) {TIE} BRAZIL - The Ritchie Family (20th Century 45) (60 total points/charts ABCDEF) (last weeK: #1; 3 weeks total) 1) {TIE} DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA - People's Choice (TSOP 45) (60/ABCDEF) (last week: tie for #1; 2nd week) 3) WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - Ralph Carter (Mercury 45) (57/ABCDF) (#6) 4) DREAMING A DREAM - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite 45) (44/ACEF) (#3) 5) WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES - Esther Phillips (Kudu 45) (41/ABCDE) (#4) 6) CHINESE KUNG FU - Banzaii (Scepter 45) (39/ABCDEF) (#7) 7) FOREVER CAME TODAY - The Jackson Five (Motown 45) (30/ACDE) (#5) 8. * PEACE PIPE (A); "NON-STOP" LP (BCD) - B.T. Express (Roadshow LP only) (30/ABCD) (NEW) 9) (Do You Wanna) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - Calhoon (Warner/Spector 45) (25/BCDF) (#8.) 10) (Theme From) LADY, LADY, LADY (Are You Crazy For Me?) - The Boogie Man Orchestra (Boogie Man Records 45) )25/BDF) (#9) 11) "DISCO GOLD" LP - Various Artists "A Tom Moulton Mix" Tracks: 1) "WAN TU WAH ZUREE" - George Tindley; 2) "WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK" - Ultra High Frequency; 3) "MAKE ME BELIEVE IN YOU" - Patti Jo; 4) "I LOVE YOU, YES I DO" - The Independents; 5) "AIN'T NO LOVE LOST" - Patti Jo; 6) "PITY THE POOR MAN" - George Tindley; 7)"ARISE AND SHINE" - The Independents; 8.) "NEEDING YOU" - Clara Lewis (Scepter LP) (20/BCD) (#10) 12) IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE - Tavares (Capitol Special Disco Version) (17/ABE) (#29) 13) * I LIKE IT/ FLY, ROBIN, FLY (A); "SAVE ME" LP (B); I LIKE IT (D) - Silver Convention (Midland Intl. LP) (16/ABD) (NEW) 14) * "K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND" LP (B); GET DOWN TONIGHT (E) - K.C. & the Sunshine Band (TK LP/45) (15/BE) (NEW/RETURN) 15) (R) HE'S MY MAN - The Supremes (Motown LP) (15/D) (RETURN) 16) WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE - The Supremes (Motown LP) (15/D) (#17) 17) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony (Avco 45) (15/E) (#15) 18. FIGHT THE POWER - The Isley Brothers (T-Neck 45) (13/E) (#16) 19) * CHECKMATE - Barrabas (Atco LP "Heart of the City") (12/D) (NEW) 20) FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC - Bohannon (Dakar 45) (12/E) (#19) 21) MAGIC IN THE AIR - Ronnie Walker (Event 45) (12/B) (#14) 22) 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) - Gary Toms Empire (P.I.P. 45) (12/EF) (#26) 23) LOVE POWER - Willie Hutch (Motown LP) (11/D) (#28.) 24) NEVER GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE - Street People (Vigor 45) (11/C) (#18.) 25) SEXY - MFSB (Phila Intl. 45) (11/AC) (#12) 26) T.L.C. (Tender Lovin' Care) - MFSB w/ The Three Degrees (Phila. Intl. 45) (11/AC) (#12) 27) THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE - The Reflections (Capitol 45) (8/AC) (#20) 28. EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD - Consumer Rapport (Wing & a Prayer 45) (8/E) (#21) 29) TO EACH HIS OWN - Faith, Hope & Charity (RCA LP) (7/A) (#33) 30) MELLOW ME - Faith, Hope & Charity (RCA LP) (7/A) (#33) 31) THINK BEFORE YOU STOP - The Notations (Gemigo 45) (5/B) (#32) 32) THE CHICAGO THEME (Love Loop) - Hubert Laws (CTI 45) (4/A) (#30) 33) HOLLYWOOD HOT - The Eleventh Hour (20th Century 45) (4/E) (#27) 34) * ONE WAY STREET - Beckett Brown (RCA 45) (4/F) (NEW) 35) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission (Wand 45) (3/AE) (#11) 36) (Call Me Your) ANYTHING MAN - Bobby Moore (Scepter 45) (3/D) (#34) 37) GIMME SOME - Jimmy "Bo" Horne (Alston 45) (2/C) (#22) 38. (R) PEACE AND LOVE - Ron Butler & the Ramblers (Playboy 45) (2/E) (RETURN) 39) * PARTY MUSIC - Pat Lundi (aka Lundy) (co-written by Melissa Manchester) (Vigor 45) (1/B) (NEW) 40) YOU BROUGHT IT ON YOURSELF - Barbara Hall (Innovisions 45) (1/C) (#25) __________________________________________________ _ Stats: #11, (1/2)#14, 15,16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 31, 33, 36, 39 & 40 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) Book. * = Debut (6): #8, 13, (1/2) 14, 19, 34, 39 (R) = Return/Re-entry (2): #15, 38 Dropped Off HEARTBEAT - War (was #23) BAD LUCK - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (#31) (Special Note: entered chart on 2/15/75; #1 here for five weeks; almost 6 months on the chart. According to the Joel Whitburn book, it was #1 for a record 11 weeks ( first 3 from the Billboard charts; then he switches to the Record World chart where it's #1 for an additional 8 weeks; Whitburn lists this as the #1 Disco Record of the 1974-1979 era, by virtue of it's unprecedented 11 week reign at #1); the LP "Thriller" also gets 11 weeks at #1 in 1983. ) I COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT - Archie Bell & the Drells (#35) *will be back (SENDING OUT AN) S.O.S. - Retta Young (#36) SOMEBODY'S GOTTA GO (Sho Ain't Me) (#37) * EL BIMBO - Bimbo Jet (#38.) (was #1 here for 2 weeks) FAME - David Bowie (#39) * LOVE INFLATION - The Joneses (#40) The Final Tally 40 total items (even with the addition of a 6th chart); 40 last week also. + 6 debuts + 2 returns / - 8 dropoffs 3 records on all 6 charts: both #1s & #6 2 records on 5 charts: #3 & 5 4 records on 4 charts 4 records on 3 charts 6 records on 2 charts 21 records on only 1 chart 2nd week of tied number ones, next week one of 'em takes over for the top spot. Notable debuts from B.T. Express & Silver Convention; only the LPs have been released thus far. "Peace Pipe" is the song of choice from B.T. Express: but both "I Like It" and "Fly Robin, Fly" are being touted from the Silver Convention LP; next week 'Another Girl" is also charted. Solid hits in the Top 10; all have from 25 points (#10) up to 60 for #1. __________________________________________________ _ The Big Tease: Next week, new titles from Phyllis Hyman, Silver Convention, Bobby Byrd, Esther Phillips, The Supremes, Barrabas, Joe Anderson & Black Satin. __________________________________________________ ___ Artist Spotlight (review from the beloved :P 1979 edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide, edited by Dave Marsh with John Swenson) B.T. EXPRESS (#8.) "As formulaic as the most assembly line vocal group production, the music of B.T. Express is the prototype for a slew of faceless bar bands who have assumed disco and funk prominence. The songs are mindlessly simple and differ little from album to album. Their first hit, "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied"), provides the model: a repetitive vocal chant, lots of mid-range hand clapping to punctuate the beat (the bottom is all but removed form the mix), and a simple horn riff to give the barest hint of melody. If you've hear one, you've heard the all." (J.MC = John McEwen) :roll: __________________________________________________ ___ DISCO ACTION by Tom Moulton 8/2/75 (NEW YORK) MGM will be rush-releasing the new Gloria Gaynor single this week, (If You Want It) Do It Yourself." Label made up 200 test pressings for distribution to the New York Record Pool this weekend. The single is from her forthcoming LP, Gloria Gaynor 2," due for release the first week in September. Test pressings of the album will be available about 10 days before the commercial copies so that the discos will have it first--as producers feel that the discos are primarily responsible for Ms. Gaynor's success. Columbia will be releasing the new Philly Devotions single, "I Just Can't Make It," the first week in August. The label has decided to come out with its first complete disco version on the "B" side of the commercial record as well as the DJs. Because of the group's popularity in the discos, Columbia is considering making up some special 12-inch test pressings of the complete disco version--a first for the label. Several companies, such as Scepter, Atlantic and 20the Century, have done this on certain disks and have had success. Motown will soon be releasing a new single by David Ruffin, "Heavy Love," written and produced by "Hustle King" Van McCoy. Barry Lederer, deejay at The Sandpiper on Fire Island, (and Tom's successor at this column) has been playing Neil Sedaka's "That's When the Music Takes Me" (on Rocket), and reports every time at least 10 people come up to ask when the record is due. Sedaka is not a disco artist, but this disk may put him in the market. (nah.) Lederer says the record is not the "typical disco sound," but if deejays are willing to try it, they will probably get the same type of response. Felix Cavaliere, formerly of The Rascals, has a new disco-oriented LP out on Warner Bros., "Destiny," and laughingly note this is the third disco craze he's been in on. He was with Joey Dee and the Starlighters in the early 60s when discos first hit, with the Rascals in the mid-60s and now in the current boom, on his own. The Top 10 audience response request list this week in Boston (see below) was compiled from six of the area's top discos, including Styx, Yesterdays, Mirage, Rhinocerous 1270 and Zelda's. New disk that seems to be making a lot of excitement is "Hollywood Hot" by Eleventh Hour, which should be in the top 10 very soon. (Sadly, this record doesn't really take off in NYC--but LA will LOOOOOOVE it.) :roll: For the record: Boston's Top 10: 1) BRAZIL 2) WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES 3) DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA 4) CHINESE KUNG FU 5) WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE 6) DRAMING A DREAM 7) ONE WAY STREET 8. 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (BLOW YOUR WHISTLE) 9) LADY, LADY, LADY 10.(DO YOU WANNA) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE
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| August 9, 1975 Billboard Pop Chart Top 5: 1) JIVE TALKIN' - The Bee Gees :D :D :D 2) I'M NOT IN LOVE - 10cc 3) PLEASE, MR. PLEASE - Olivia Newton-John 4) ONE OF THESE NIGHTS - The Eagles 5) SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT - Elton John Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1: 1) HOPE THAT WE CAN BE TOGETHER SOON - Sharon Paige with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes __________________________________________________ _ Disco Action Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: BRAZIL (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 chart thang.) But I've resolved that issue by combining the 5 Billboard charts into one. Billboard charts: A= Top Audience Response Records (NYC Discos) (#1= BRAZIL) B= Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC) (#1= (WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE) C= Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC) (#1: WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE) D= Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) (#1= "NON-STOP" LP - B.T. Express) E= Top Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego (#1= THE HUSTLE--the final week!!!!!--they've "hustled" all summer long to this!!!) 5 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 75 points max. Add them up and voila!.... THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 40 + 2 8/9/75 1) DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA - People's Choice (TSOP 45) (57 total points/charts ABCDE) (Last week #1 (tie); 3 weeks total @#1) 2) BRAZIL - The Ritchie Family (20th Century 45) (55/ABCDE) (#1) 3) WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - Ralph Carter (Mercury 45) (51/ABCD) (#3) 4) PEACE PIPE (A); "NON-STOP" LP (BCD) - B.T. Express (Roadshow LP) (9 (A) + 37 (BCD) = 46/ABCD) (#8.) 5) TO EACH HIS OWN (AB); MELLOW ME (A); * "FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY" LP (C) - Faith, Hope & Charity (RCA LP) (21 + 8 + 10 = 39/ABC) (#29/#30/NEW) 6) DREAMING A DREAM -Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite 45) (37/ACE) (#4) 7) CHINESE KUNG FU - Banzaii (Scepter 45) (28/ABCE) (#6) 8. FOREVER CAME TODAY - The Jackson Five (Motown 45) (24/AE) #7) 9) CHECKMATE - Barrabas (Atco LP) (23/ABD) (#19) 10) (Theme From) LADY, LADY, LADY (Are You Crazy For Me?) - The Boogie Man Orchestra (Boogie Man 45) (20/BD) (#10) 11) "DISCO GOLD" LP - Various Artists A Tom Moulton Mix" Tracks: 1) "WAN TU WAH ZUREE" - George Tindley; 2) "WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK" - Ultra High Frequency; 3) "MAKE ME BELIEVE IN YOU" - Patti Jo; 4) "I LOVE YOU, YES I DO" - The Independents; 5) "AIN'T NO LOVE LOST" - Patti Jo; 6) "PITY THE POOR MAN" - George Tindley; 7)"ARISE AND SHINE" - The Independents; 8.) "NEEDING YOU" - Clara Lewis (Scepter LP) (19/BCD) (#11) 12) I LIKE IT/ FLY, ROBIN FLY -Silver Convention (Midland Intl. LP) (19/AB) (#13) 13) IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE - Tavares (Capitol Special Disco Version) (15/AD) (#12) 14) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony (Avco 45) (15/E) (#17) 15) FIGHT THE POWER - The Isley Brothers (T-Neck 45) (14/E) (#18.) 16) WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES - Esther Phillips (Kudu 45) (13/A) (#5) 17) * LEAVIN' THE GOOD LIFE BEHIND - Phyllis Hyman :D (Private Stock 45) (12/BC) (NEW) 18. HE'S MY MAN - The Supremes (Motown 45) (11/D) (#15) 19) * ANOTHER GIRL - Silver Convention (Nidland Intl. LP) (9/D) (NEW) 20) HOLLYWOOD HOT - The Eleventh Hour (20th Century 45) (9/E) (#30) 21) MAGIC IN THE AIR - Ronnie Walker (Event 45) (9/B) (#21) 22) (Do You Wanna) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - Calhoon (Warne |
