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 November 22,1975 Billboard Pop Chart Top 5: 1) THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) - KC & The Sunshine Band 2) FLY, ROBIN, FLY - Silver Convention 3) WHO LOVES YOU - The Four Seasons 4) ISLAND GIRL - Elton John 5) THE WAY I WANT TO TOUCH YOU - The Captain & Tennille Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1: 1) LET'S DO IT AGAIN - The Staple Singers (Items in Bold charted on the Disco chart) __________________________________________________ __ Disco Action Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: I LOVE MUSIC(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 or 6, sometimes 7-- chart thang.) But I've resolved that issue by combining the 6 (this week) Billboard charts into one. Billboard charts: A= Top 15 Audience Response Records in NYC Discos (#1= I LOVE MUSIC) B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC) (#1= SALSOUL ORCHESTRA ) C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC) (#1= I LOVE MUSIC) D=Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) (#1= SALSOUL ORCHESTRA) E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos: (#1= LOVE MACHINE) + Special 6th chart: F= Top 10 Best Selling Imports @ NYC Retailers: (#1= LADY BUMP) 5 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; + 1 chart with 10 items; 10 points for #1; 1 point for #10 = 85 points max. Add them up and voila!.... THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 58 Chart #57: 11/22/75 1) I LOVE MUSIC - The O'Jays (Phila Intl. 45) (63 total points/charts ABCDE) (last week: #1; 3 weeks total) 2) "THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA" LP (All Cuts) - The Salsoul Orchestra LP tracks: 1) SALSOUL HUSTLE; 2) GET HAPPY; 3) CHICAGO BUS STOP; 4) YOU'RE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE; 5) TANGERINE; 6) TALE OF THREE CITIES; 7) SALSOUL RAINBOW and 8. LOVE LETTERS (Salsoul LP) 53/ABCD) (#9) 3) BABY FACE - Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps (Wing & A Prayer 45) (46/ACDE) (#4) 4) FREE MAN/ HANDLE WITH CARE/ *TRAIN CALLED FREEDOM - South Shore Commission (Wand LP:"South Shore Commission") (36 each/BCD) (#15/#27/NEW) 5) LOVE MACHINE - The Miracles (Tamla LP) (31/ABE) (#6) 6) LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY - Donna Summer (Oasis LP) (28/ADE) (#2) 7) THE ZIP - MFSB (Phila. Intl. 45) (25/BCD) (#26) 8. EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite 45) (23/ABE) (#5) 9) CHANGE (Makes You Want To Hustle) - Donald Byrd (Blue Note LP) (21/ABD) (#45) 10) LADY BUMP/ THE LADY BUMPS ON - Penny McLean (says Columbia (?)- Canadian IMPORT) (17/AF) (#41) 11) FLY, ROBIN, FLY - Silver Convention (Midland Intl. LP) (17/AE) (#7) 12) OVERTURE - The Miracles (Tamla LP) (16/AB) (#11) 13) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE - Eddie Drennon & B.B.S Unlimited (Friends & Co.) (14/AD) (#30) 14) ERUCU/ SHE'S THE IDEAL GIRL ("Mahogany" Soundtrack) - Soundtrack (both co-composed by Jermaine Jackson) (Motown LP) (14/B) (#19) 15) DRIVE MY CAR - Gary Toms Empire (P.I.P. disco edit) (13/E) (#22) 16) SEA LION - Grover Washington, Jr. (Kudu LP) (13/B) (#14) 17) * HAPPY MUSIC/ CITY LIFE - The Backbyrds (Fantasy LP) (12 each/BC) (NEW) 18. CASANOVA BROWN/ (If You Want It) DO IT YOURSELF/ HOW HIGH THE MOON - Gloria Gaynor (MGM LP) (12/A) (#3) 19) * NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO - Vicki Sue Robinson (RCA 45) (12/B) (NEW) 20) * (Are You Ready) DO THE BUS STOP - The Fatback Band (Event 45) (11/D) (NEW) 21) THAT'S THE WAY (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band (TK LP) (11/E) (#29) 22) I AM SOMEBODY - Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Pye LP) (10/A) (#29) 23) DELICIOUS - The Duprees (RCA 45) (9/CD) (#17) 24) UNDECIDED LOVE - The Chequers (Scepter 45) (9/AD) (#12) 25) DISCO SAX- Houston Person (Westbound 45) (9/C) (#13) 26) * I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT - The Biddu Orchestra (Epic English IMPORT) (9/F) (NEW) 27) * CHLOE - Cy Coleman (RCA 45) (8/C) (NEW) 28. * S.O.S. - Today's People (Gamma - Canadian IMPORT) (8/F) (NEW) 29) CHANGE WITH THE TIMES / EARTHQUAKE - Van McCoy (Avco LP) (7 each/E) (#25) 30) (R) (I Want To Dance With You) DANCE WITH ME - The Ritchie Family (20th Century LP) (7/D) (RETURN) 31) (R) PAPAYA - Urszula Dudziak (Arista 45) (7/B) (RETURN) 32) * WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU - Adrienne Ste Clair (CBS - France IMPORT) (7/F) (NEW) 33) CARAVAN/ WATUSI STRUT - Deodato (MCA LP) (6/A) (#24) 34) * I'LL BE AROUND - Claude Francois (Noble- France IMPORT) (6/F) (NEW) 35) (R) ONE WAY STREET - Beckett Brown (RCA 45) (6/E) (RETURN) 36) OUR DAY WILL COME - Frankie Valli (w/Patti Austin) (Private Stock 45) (6/D) 37) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Armada Orchestra (Scepter/Contempo LP) (6/C) (#33) 38. * CENSURE - Christine Charbonnea (Polydor- Canadian IMPORT) (5/F) (NEW) 39) GIMME MY MULE - The Commodores (Motown LP) (5/E) (#46) 40) (R) ONE MAN AIN'T ENOUGH - (Paul) Jabara (A&M 45) (5/C) (RETURN) 41) * THIS IS THE LIFE - Mike (Michael) Zager & The Moon Band (Bang 45) (5/B) (NEW) 42) * DISCO TRUCKING - Father's Angels (Black Magic - English IMPORT) (4/F) (NEW) 43) * FOOLS RUSH IN - Joey Porello (Drive/TK 45) (4/C) (NEW) 44) (R) (Do You Wanna) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - Calhoon (Warner/Spector) (4/E) (RETURN) 45) YOU SET MY HEART ON FIRE - Tina Charles (Columbia 45) (4/B) (#37) 46) * BRAZIL/ LOVE CAN - Crispy & Co. (Creole English IMPORT) (4/F) (NEW) 47) * GIRL FROM IPANEMA -Zakariah (P.I.P. 45) (3/B) (NEW) 48. * ONE FINE DAY - Julie (Budd) (Tom Cat 45) (3/E) (NEW) 49) * SUMMER PLACE- John White Group (Cenpro 45) (3/C) (NEW) 50) (R) SOUL TRAIN '75 - Soul Train Gang (Soul Train 45) (3/D) (RETURN) 51) * BLUE EYED SOUL - The Biddu Orchestra (Epic LP - English IMPORT) (2/F) (NEW) 52) CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU - Gerri Grainger (Produced by original songwriter/producer Bob Crewe) (20th Century 45) (2/E) (#43) 53) * IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MONEY - Nanette Workman (Atco 45) (2/C) (NEW) 54) NOWHERE - Hokis Pokis (Black Music 45) (2/A) (#16) 55) * KEEP HOLDING ON - The Temptations (Gordy LP) (1/D) (NEW) 56) THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - Moon Lion (P.I.P. 45) (1/C) (#47) 57) MONDO DISCO - El Coco (AVI 45) (1/E) (#36) 58. * SOUL (says "SANS"?) DRACULA Hot Blood (Carrere- Canadian IMPORT) (1/F) (NEW) __________________________________________________ ___ STATS: (Part 2 & 3 of) #4, 7, 9, 13, 16, (half) 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, (half) 29, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 & 58 NOT in Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) book. * = Debut (20): # 17, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 38, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 58 (R) = Return (6): #30, 31, 35, 40, 44, 50 Dropped Off: (11/22/75--the week they forgot to chart.... SUNNY - Yambu (was #8.)* will be back @ #6 next week!!! :roll: HEAVY LOVE - David Ruffin (#10) SUMMER PLACE '76 - Percy Faith (#18.) * I'M IN HEAVEN - Touch of Class (#20) HOLLYWOOD HOT - Eleventh Hour (#28.) PEANUT VENDOR/ FRENESI/ BRAZIL/ LIFE IS FASCINATION - The Ritchie Family (#31) AGGRAVATION - Martha Velez (#32) IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG - Armada Orchestra (half #33) * JOYCE - Papa John Creach (#34) * JUST CAN'T GIVE YOU UP - Floyd Smith & Salsoul Orchestra (#35) DATE WITH THE RAIN - Frankie Gee (#38.) NAME OF THE GAME - The Joneses (#39) I'M ON FIRE - Jim Gilstrap (#40) BREAKAWAY - Ernie Bush (#42) THEME FROM S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage (#44) * VOLARE - Al Martino (#48.) * THE FINAL TALLY: 58 total items; 48 last week +20 debuts +6 returns/ -16 dropoffs 0 records on all 6 charts (6th chart being IMPORTS this week) 1 record on 5 charts (THE O'JAYS) 2 records on 4 charts (SALSOUL ORCH. & WING & A PRAYER) 6 records on 3 charts 7 records on 2 charts 42 records on only 1 chart!!!!!!!!!!! "Tell Me 'Bout the Rabbits, George" Well, I debated whether to include the 6th IMPORT chart into the totals; decided what the hell, let's do it!!!! :lol: Most of the IMPORTS disappear next week except "LADY BUMP" & "I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT"--so I'll have to type all the others on the drop list. :x Lotsa product out there--even not counting the Imports, there's 32 records on only one chart!!!!  Only 16 records on more than one chart!!!!! It's THE O'JAYS vs. SALSOUL ORCHESTRA for the top spot next week. The O'Jays rankings this week: A= #1, B= #6, C= #1, D= #3; E= #6 Salsoul Orchestra's rankings: A= #7, B= #1, C= #2, D= #1, no charting in LA The South Shore Commission's LP is charting the new extended version of the previous #1 "FREE MAN" and 2 other titles "HANDLE WITH CARE" & "TRAIN CALLED FREEDOM"; each has 36 points for a #4 ranking this week. Slippage: Donna Summer, Silver Convention & Gloria Gaynor drop out of the Top 5; Donna retains #6, Silver Convention #11, and Gloria falls down to #18 from #3 last week!!! Penny McLean (lead singer in Silver Convention) is helped by the IMPORT chart and chart A) to leap up to #10 from #41 last week. Atlantic is gonna release this domestically in a couple weeks. Miss Penny (real name "GERTRUDE"!!! ) steps over her group currently at #11. First sightings of future disco stars: Vicki Sue Robinson (#19) & "Mike" Michael Zager @ #41. Jazz artist Donald Byrd leaps up to #9 and his former backup band The Blackbyrds debut at #17. Bob Crewe redoes his Frankie Valli hit for female singer Gerri Grainger (that's how AMG spells it); the chart says Jerri Granger; Bob wrote & produced the original "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" in 1967; everything old is new again. The Cover List: TANGERINE BABY FACE DRIVE MY CAR HOW HIGH THE MOON I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT (Lerner & Loewe tune from "My Fair Lady" CHLOE (standard written by Gus Kahn, I think) CARAVAN OUR DAY WILL COME TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT FOOLS RUSH IN (Johnny Mercer standard previously charted by Brook Benton & Ricky Nelson, among many others) GIRL FROM IPANEMA (Bossa nova classic by Antonio Carlos Jobim; big hit in the US for sax player Stan Getz & singer Astrud Gilberto in 1963) ONE FINE DAY (Goffin/King smash for The Chiffons in 1963) SUMMER PLACE - (another version of the movie theme that has been charting for several weeks by Percy Faith) CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU THE LITTE DRUMMER BOY and then these suspicious-sounding, possible covers on the IMPORT chart: WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU ( Is this the Labelle song?) S.O.S (Is this the ABBA song?) I'LL BE AROUND (Is this the Spinners song?) BRAZIL (Is this another cover of the Ritchie Family?) __________________________________________________ __ ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: (Reviews from the 1979 edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide, edited by Dave Marsh) Debuting this week.... THE BLACKYRDS (#17) "Originally Donald Byrd's backing band, the Blackbyrds stepped out into the light in the early Seventies as a jazz-funk fusion group with something of their own to say. At least at first, the rhythmic bottom was solid and danceable, the vocals were appropriately spare, and the instrumentation--particularly the horn charts--was melodically adventurous and fulfilling. The Blackbyrds [****] was their debut, and Flying Start [****] represents a creative, if not a commercial peak. But after the success of Flying Start, the Blackbyrds began to see themselves as a disco attraction rather than as a progressive R&B act, and City Life [**] exhibited a dispiriting reliance on recycled riff-hooks and an embarrassing bent for hollow social and psycho-cybernetic commentary. Unfinished Business[*] and Action[*] simply continue the decline into self-parody." (MG = Mikal Gilmore) VICKI SUE ROBINSON (#19) "She started as an aspiring Broadway singer/actress, which may account for the uptown energy of "Turn The Beat Around," a truer "Boogie Down Broadway." The rest of Never Gonna Let You Go [***] alternates ballad and Gloria Gaynor-type romps. Her second and third albums have Vicki moving downtown to the cabaret. It's "strictly for lovers," but she earns a shot on the Johnny Carson Show before retiring to Atlantic City." (BT = ??) __________________________________________________ ___ CLUB DIALOG by Tom Moulton Column #57/ 11/22/75 (My thanks to shootyour shot for providing this entire column) :D "Kickin," a new LP from the Mighty Clouds Of Joy(ABC), hits the street this week. The album was completed in August and it seems that everyone on the disco circuit is already well aware of it. There are two strong dance cuts: "Ride The Mighty High", uptempo and probably the best song from the group to date, and the medley of "I Got The Music In Me / Superstition." The latter cut isn't as uptempo as "Ride The Mighty High," but it is strong. Bobby Guttadaro premiered the LP at the grand opening of the new disco Infinity here Nov. 5. The record should prove a monster. As for Infinity, touted as the largest local dance club, its opening drew a couple of thousand persons. The club will be membership only starting Dec. 5. Buddah is releasing its first 12-inch disco disks for club DJs. The first title available will be "Joyce" by Papa John Creach, which has been remixed [by Tom Moulton] and slowed down [from around 140 bpm to 130 bpm] to work for the clubs. The 12-inchers are part of a new disco series from the label, and in the case of "Joyce," a commercial version will ship out some two weeks after the special promo copies go to the spinners. The label is also releasing "Hold Back The Night" from the "Legendary Zing" LP by the Trammps. They'll be looking to duplicate the success the song has garnered in the UK. Also coming from the Trammps will be a new single on the Atlantic label. Bang Records has just released "Do It With Feeling" by Michael Zager and the Moon Band. Several DJs have been playing advance copies of the record, and now that the commercial copies are available the flip side, "This Is The Life," is also starting to create some excitement, dance and sales-wise. [Watch your back, Gloria....] Casablanca has hired Disco Sound Associates to put together a bash at the Pachyderm here Tuesday (18.) for Donna Summer's return from Europe. Her "Love To Love You Baby" is high on the disco action charts. "Once You Hit The Road" by Dionne Warwicke (WB) is one of the strongest cuts on her forthcoming "Track Of The Cat" LP. It has a Spinners sound to it and was arranged and produced by Thom Bell. Columbia has released two strong singles in "Sing A Song" by Earth, Wind, & Fire, a happy melodic tune with a good dance rhythm, and "(I Like Making That) Early Morning Love" by Rozetta Johnson, a funky R&B number. And, Atlantic will be rush-releasing the new Simon Said record "Smile." [cover of the Charlie Chaplin composition] It's the first label release for the Gloria Gaynor backup group. [Gloria, watch out...Donna's coming to town...Donna's gonna be #1...so you better "WATCH OUT"] :P __________________________________________________ ___ The Big Tease: Next week (11/29/75) the 4 NYC charts and 2 guest charts from Washington, D.C and Boston are printed. NO LA CHART!!! :evil: Most of this week's imports drop off (a total of 28 dropoffs), 10 items debut and 6 return. Notable debuts include new titles from The O'Jays, the Charles Randolph Greane Sounde, Babe Ruth, Archie Bell & the Drells, Stephanie Mills, the Biddu Orchestra, Margie Joseph & Blue Magic, Michael Zager & the Moon Band, Barbra Streisand, and volume 2 of "Disco Gold." And, once again, the new battle for #1 is between the current chart-toppers The O'Jays and the contenders, the Salsoul Orchestra. The second-half of the Top 10 (#6-#10) is replaced by different titles than this week. Lotsa records out there vying for attention from the dancers. __________________________________________________ __ This week's chart was typed listening to: 1) the radio :oops: 2) The Collection - The Glass Family 3) Fill My Life With Love: The Best of... - Saint Tropez  |
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March 12th, 2005, 07:19 PM
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| Obviously, I AM THE GUEST. :roll: :o :x (I was logged in when I STARTED...but at least I didn't lose the info...but it never gave me the option to re-log in as it usually does. I always copy it first.) Hate this new system, Bernie. :x AND where's the EDIT option???? :x Is that being sacrificed (temporarily) so anyone can post without being a member????? :-? :o :-? :o :-?
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March 12th, 2005, 08:30 PM
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| 28. * S.O.S. - Today's People (Gamma - Canadian IMPORT) (8/F) (NEW) waaaayyy 8) surprising so high,but it deserves it! 42) * DISCO TRUCKING - Father's Angels (Black Magic - English IMPORT) (4/F) (NEW) strange :o this was actually the b side of a record called bok to back that was an old northern soul stomper originally released on m.g.m on that original label its one of the holy grail of english northern soul records and on a pink m.g.m promo one of the sexiest looking u.k records ever and guess what they really were fathers not people with children but farthers of the church,AND american! 37) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Armada Orchestra (Scepter/Contempo LP) (6/C) (#33) again why did you want this????? the guy that owned the above label black magic was always in new york and he used to find things for me and tell me what was in the import racks there,we used to think it was funny like they give us all this and we give em that :lol: Dropped Off: BREAKAWAY - Ernie Bush (#42) so soon :o loads of mileage in this yet awesome stuff for the pillheads released on a very limited 12" here that little 7" just wasnt good enoughJUST CAN'T GIVE YOU UP - Floyd Smith & Salsoul Orchestra (#35) always surprised me this wasnt bigger and better known as its so barry white Urszula Dudziak (Arista 45) (7/B) (RETURN) :o :o :o :o looking theres lots of english crap err stuff in there taking up the spaces and so many great u.s releases never even show here |
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| ------- Marky : Question --- Why do you think The Miracles "Love Machine" charts at #5 and their "Overture " at # 12? They are both from the same "City Of Angels " album . IF they were combined together seems like that would put them close to #1...... BTW I happened to buy that album at Amoeba Records this week (2.99) ... because of the cut "Ain't Nobody Straight In LA" ---- so I am playing "Overture " since I didn't remember it . It's an instrumental which is odd coming from the backup VOCAL group of Smokey Robinson. Not bad at all ....I'd never would have heard it and thought "MOTOWN" much less The Miracles. ( more like Isaac Hayes meets Van McCoy @ Salsoul feat. The Love Unlimited Orch. ) -------- About Julie Budd .... I came upon the TWELVE INCH version of that song way back then mixed in a discount bin at a classical record store . It was on London Records , not RCA ( but maybe RCA distributed London) and it was labeled "ONE FINE DAY " by JULIE . Not remixed --- about a 4 minute song . I think it's the only 12" I ever saw pressed by London --(?)-- I always liked the song and consider it one of my more prized records. |
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March 19th, 2005, 08:20 PM
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| November 29, 1975 Billboard Pop Chart Top 5: 1) FLY, ROBIN, FLY - Silver Convention 2) THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) - KC & The Sunshine Band 3) ISLAND GIRL - Elton John 4) THE WAY I WANT TO TOUCH YOU - The Captain & Tennille 5) LET'S DO IT AGAIN - The Staple Singers Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1: 1) THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) - KC & The Sunshine Band (Items in Bold charted on the Disco chart) __________________________________________________ __ DISCO ACTION Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: I LOVE MUSIC (week #2); (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 or 6, sometimes 7-- chart thang.) But I've resolved that issue by combining the 6 (this week) Billboard charts into one. Billboard charts: A= Top 15 Audience Response Records in NYC Discos (#1= I LOVE MUSIC) B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC) (#1= SALSOUL ORCHESTRA ) C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC) (#1= BABY FACE) D=Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) (#1= SALSOUL ORCHESTRA) E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos: (#1= NO CHART THIS WEEK) + Special 6th chart: Top 15 Audience Response Records In Washington, D.C Discos (#1= I LOVE MUSIC) + Special 7th chart: Top 15 Audience Response Records in Boston Discos: (#1= I LOVE MUSIC) 6 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15 ; 90 points maximum. Add them up and voila!.... THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 46 Chart #58: 11/29/75 1) "THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA" LP (All Cuts) - The Salsoul Orchestra LP tracks: 1) SALSOUL HUSTLE; 2) GET HAPPY; 3) CHICAGO BUS STOP; 4) YOU'RE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE; 5) TANGERINE; 6) TALE OF THREE CITIES; 7) SALSOUL RAINBOW and 8. LOVE LETTERS (Salsoul LP) 82/ABCDFG) (Last week: #2; 1st week @ #1) 2) I LOVE MUSIC - The O'Jays (Phila. Intl. 45) (76/ABCDFG) (last week: #1; 3 weeks total) 3) BABY FACE - Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps (Wing & A Prayer 45) (69/ACDFG) 4) EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite 45) (44/ACFG) (#8.) 5) I AM SOMEBODY - Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Pye LP) (36/ABFG) (#22) 6) (R) SUNNY - Yambu (Montuno Gringo 45) (29/AFG) ( RETURN!!!) 7) * UNITY - The O'Jays (Phila. Intl. LP) (27/CD) (NEW) 8. "ARMADA ORCHESTRA" LP (B); TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT (DFG); FEEL THE NEED (D); BAND OF GOLD (F); IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG (G) - The Armada Orchestra (Scepter/Contempo LP) (25/BDFG) (#37/1 track only) 9) {TIE} THE ZIP/ * FERRY AVENUE - MFSB (Phila. Intl. LP) (24/BD) (#7/NEW) 10) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE - Eddie Drennon & B.B.S. Unlimited (Freinds & Co. 45) (23/CDG) (#13) 11) CASANOVA BROWN/ (If You Want It) DO IT YOURSELF/ HOW HIGH THE MOON (Medley) - Gloria Gaynor (MGM LP) (22/ACG) (#18.) 12) LADY BUMP/ THE LADY BUMPS ON - Penny McLean (Columbia (Canadian IMPORT) (21/AF) (#10) 13) LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY - Donna Summer (Oasis LP) (19/AF) (#6) 14) NOWHERE - Hokis Pokis (Black Magic 45) (18/CFG) (#54) 15) ERUCU/ SHE'S THE IDEAL GIRL ("Mahogany") - Soundtrack (Motown LP) (17/BD) (#14) 16) NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO - Vicki Sue Robinson (RCA 45) (16/ABFG) (#19) 17) {TIE} OVERTURE/ LOVE MACHINE - The Miracles (Tamla LP) (16 each/AB) (#12/ #5) 18. ONE FINE DAY - Julie Budd (Ton Cat 45) (15/CF) (#48.) 19) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission (Wand LP version) (14/BCD) (#4) 20) (R) JOYCE - Papa John Creach (Buddah LP) (14/BD) (RETURN) 21) THIS IS THE LIFE - Michael Zager & The Moon Band (Bang 45) (14/B) (#41) 22) TRAIN CALLED FREEDOM - South Shore Commisssion (Wand LP) (13/BD) (#4) 23) UNDECIDED LOVE - The Chequers (Scepter 45) (12/ABF) (#24) 24) CITY LIFE - The Blackbyrds (Fantasy LP) (12/B) (#17) 25) DELICIOUS - The Duprees (RCA 45) (11/BD) (#23) 26) (R) IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TO MAKE A LOVE - David Ruffin (Motown LP) (11/D) (RETURN) 27) * STAR TREK - The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde (Ranwood 45) (9/C) (NEW) 28. FOOLS RUSH IN - Joey Porello (Drive/TK 45) (8/C) (#43) 29) * ELUSIVE - Babe Ruth (Capitol LP) (7/FG) (NEW) 30) CHLOE - Cy Coleman (RCA 45) (7/C) (#27) 31) (I Want To Dance With You) DANCE WITH ME - The Ritchie Family (20th Century LP) (6/D) (#30) 32) * THE SOUL CITY WALK - Archie Bell & The Drells (TSOP 45) (6/G) (NEW) 33) "TAKIN' MY STRENGTH" (actual title "I TOOK MY STRENGTH FROM YOU"; probably meant "THIS EMPTY PLACE") - Stephanie Mills (Motown LP) (5/D) (NEW) from LP Produced by Bacharach/David; "I Took My Strength From You" is a ballad (69 bpm); the first song on side 2 (another cover of a Dionne Warwick song "This Empty Place" (113 bpm) is the one track produced for the dance floor). 34) HANDLE WITH CARE - South Shore Commisssion (Wand LP) (4/BC) (#4) 35) * "DISCO GOLD 2" LP - Various Artists ("A Tom Moulton Mix") Tracks: 1 Chinese Kung Fu - Banzaii (4:59) 2 El Bimbo - Bimbo Jet (3:55 ) 3 Breakaway - Ernie Bush (5:34) 4 Undecided Love - Chequers (6:05) 5 Waterbed - L.T.G. Exchange (5:46) 6 Mud Wind - South Side Movements (4:33 ) 7 (Baby) Save Me - The Secrets (4:29) 8 (Call Me Your) Anything Man - Bobby Moore (6:16) (Scepter LP) (4/D) (NEW) 36) * JUMP FOR JOY/ I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT - The Biddu Orchestra (Epic LP) (4/A) (NEW/ #26) 37) THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - Moon Lion (P.I.P. 45) (4/C) (#56) 38. CHANGE (Makes You Want To Hustle) - Donald Byrd (Cotton 45) (3/C) (RETURN) 39) (R) LET ME BE THE #1 - Dooley Silverspoon (Cotton 45) (3/C) (RETURN) 40) (R) THEME FROM S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage (ABC 45) (3/D) (RETURN) 41) * YOU AND ME (Gotta Good Thing Goin') -Margie Joseph & Blue Magic (Atco 45) (2/G) (NEW) 42) DISCO SAX - Houston Person (Westbound 45) (2/F) (#25) 43) * DO IT WITH FEELING - Michael Zager & The Moon Band (Peabo Bryson, vocal) (Bang 45) (2/C) (NEW) 44) * SHAKE ME, WAKE ME (When It's Over) - Barbra Streisand (Columbia LP) (2/G) (NEW) 45) FLY, ROBIN, FLY - Silver Convention (Midland Intl. LP) (1/A) (#11) 46) IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MONEY - Nanette Workman (Atco 45) (1/B) (#53) __________________________________________________ _ STATS: #8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 & 46 NOT listed in Joel Whiturn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) book. * = Debut (10): (half) #7, 27, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 41, 43, 44 (R) = Return (5): #6, 20, 26, 39, 40 Dropped Off: DRIVE MY CAR - Gary Toms Empire (was #15) *will be back SEA LION - Grover Washington, Jr. (#16) HAPPY MUSIC - The Blackbyrds (half #17) (ARE YOU READY) DO THE BUS STOP - Fatback Band (#20) THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) - KC & The Sunshine Band (#21) S.O.S. - Today's People (#28.) CHANGE WITH THE TIMES/ EARTHQUAKE - Van McCoy (#29) * PAPAYA - Urszula Dudziak (#31) * WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU - Adrienne Ste. 'Clair (#32) CARAVAN/ WATUSI STRUT - Deodato (#33) I'LL BE AROUND - Claude Francois (#34) ONE WAY STREET - Beckett Brown (#35) * OUR DAY WILL COME - Frankie Valli (w/Patti Austin) (#36) CENSURE - Christine Charbonnea (#38.) GIMME MY MULE - The Commodores (#39) ONE MAN AIN'T ENOUGH - Paul Jabara (#40) DISCO TRUCKING - Father's Angels (#42) (IF YOU WANNA) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - Calhoon (#44) YOU SET MY HEART ON FIRE - Tina Charles (#44) BRAZIL/ LOVE CAN - Crispy & Co. (#46) GIRL FROM IPANEMA - Zakariah (#47) SUMMER PLACE - John White Group (#49) SOUL TRAIN '75 - Soul Train Gang (#50) BLUE-EYED SOUL - Biddu Orchestra (#51) CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU - Gerri Grainger (#52) KEEP HOLDING ON - The Temptations (#55) MONDO DISCO - El Coco (#57) * SOUL DRACULA - Hot Blood (#58.) THE FINAL TALLY: 46 total items; 58 last week (because I added in those damn IMPORTS!!!) :evil: +10 debuts + 5 returns / - 28 dropoffs 2 records on all 6 charts (#1 & #2) 1 record on 5 charts 4 records on 4 charts 6 records on 3 charts 12 records on 2 charts 21 records on 1 chart only So What? The Salsoul Orchestra (82 points) bests the O'Jays (76 pts.) this week to claim number one for the first time. Salsoul Orchestra stats: A= #3; B= #1; C= #2; D= #1; E= NO CHART; F= #4; G= #3 The O'Jays' stats: A= #1; B= #12; C= #3; D= #2; E= NO CHART; F= #1; G= #1 Wing & a Prayer is close behind with 69--BUT chart B will never chart it again--so it's doomed. hee hee hee. :lol: Well, the absence of chart E (LA) causes problems for the songs it was charting highly- notably, Donna Summer & Silver Convention. Gary Toms Empire, Van McCoy, Beckett Brown & El Coco return next week with the LA chart. It's NOT my favorite time of the year for Disco....a lotta so-so stuff charting. :-? :roll: :o I'm eager for this year to be over. :-? I'm pressed for time......so that's all I'm gonna say. :P __________________________________________________ ___ Artist Spotlight (Reviews from the 1979 edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide, edited by Dave Marsh) Debuting this week.... BABE RUTH (#29) "Formed in 1973, Babe Ruth featured Jenny Haan, a powerful vocalist in the Julie Driscoll-Lydia Pense mold, and multi-instrumentalist, Alan Shacklock. Within their records can be found everything from Italian-western movie themes to rehashed soul and Frank Zappa, not to mention disco and all-out rock. Shacklock left after Babe Ruth, the group's third and best album, because of commercial strikeout. Haan followed after the fourth, Stealin' Home.[***] Supporting cast carried on with hokey baseball cliches. Their best music came from giving Haan free reign--"Dancer" from Babe Ruth sounds like the result of a hot jam between Steve Marriott and Driscoll." (AN= Alan Niester) STEPHANIE MILLS (#33) "The teenage Mills was a sensation as Dorothy in The Wiz, the 1975 Broadway play that revived The Wizard of Oz. Unfortunately, her big voice was too immature to carry off a pop record, even one nicely written and arranged by Burt Bacharach and Hal David [For the First Time **] DM= Dave Marsh MARGIE JOSEPH (41) "Margie Joseph's early Atlantic recordings were produced by Arif Mardin, who treated her like a poor man's Aretha Franklin, with disastrous results. Those records are now deleted; her sole remeaining LP is also her best. Hear the Words, Feel the Feeling [***] was produced by Lamont Dozier, who seemed to know exactly what to do with her. Dozier supplied material, arrangements, vocal backups and structure in a tight, Motown-derived setting. All Joseph had to do was follow his directions and sing. The title track was her best single ever; for the first time in her career, she sounds self-assured. One wishes the overall level of the material were higher, but a few numbers--"Don't Turn the Lights Off," for instance--succeed on their own limited level and she sings with some of the tenderness and conviction that was hidden for so long." (RG= Russell Gersten) BARBRA STREISAND (#44) "In 1963, at age twenty, Streisand catapulted a minor Broadway success into a major recording career. The Barbra Streisand Album*** typecast her as a theatrical diva of capricious temperament and inexhaustible will. For freshness and sheer chutzpah, Streisand hasn't topped her ironic version of "Happy Days Are Here Again" on the debut. Through the Sixties, Streisand remained fixed in the firmament: a musically conservative force with a vast nonrock following that included a camp cult. Greatest Hits***** reprises most of the high points of this period, with "People" and "Free Again" the pinnacles. During this time, Streisand worked most frequently with Peter Matz, a first-rate arranger/conductor. Stoney End**** was the first of two albums made with producer Richard Perry. Both incorporated contemporary pop and "rock" material (the single version of Laura Nyro's "Stoney End" was a major hit in 1970). The Way We Were*** brought back the "old" Streisand, sounding more confident than ever. Streisand Superman*** showed her at last able to handle rock without sounding too uncomfortable. Released after the commerical success (and artistic disaster) of her home movie A Star Is Born*, it showed Streisand at the peak of her powers and with a "contemporary" audience at last in tow." (SH = Stephen Holden) __________________________________________________ _ CLUB DIALOG by Tom Moulton Column #58/ 11/29/75 Atlantic is rush-releasing "Lady Bump" b/w "The Lady Bumps On" by Penny (says "Johnny"! :oops: ) McLean this week. It's been a much sought after record, McLean is one of the lead singers of the group Silver Convention, and that alone has created strong interest in the disk. The record was first released in Germany (original origin) and is now No. 1 there. Canada was next, and currently, the record is a top selling disco import here. The label will be releasing a special 12 inch disco disk of both the vocal and instrumental version shortly. It was put together (disco-style) by Atlantic's Anita Wexler. "Star Trek" by The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde (Ranwood) is starting to create some excitement here. Test pressings were given out to several disk jockeys and word of the song is starting to spread. The song is the theme song from one of television's most popular shows. The theme is very uptempo and it retains a certain hauntiness which at high volume is almost eerie. RCA has just released a new single version of Henry Mancini's "African Symphony" from his latest LP. It has been re-edited and made longer for the discos with several rhythm breaks. It has also been put on a 12 inch disco disk. Pye has also released its first 12 inch disco disk with "I Am Somebody" by Jimmy James & The Vagabonds. It hasn't been re-mixed but on 12 inch the levels are much hotter. There is a lot of excitement around town here on a new group from New Jersey called Reigne. Its first single will be released soon (probably on the Silver Blue label) and is titled "Thunder." The record has the rhythm and timboli sound of "Titanic," with a very haunting melody plus outbreaks of thunder. There are test pressings around in several of the clubs of the disco version which is over 5 minutes long. Producer Joel Diamond feels this is a good way to test a potential release and to see if any demand is created by the advance play. A number of producers are doing well with their product, including Bob Crewe, Ken Cayre, Reid Whitelaw and Norman Bergen. They have all found it to be quite successful. "Inside America" (part 1 & 2) by Juggy Murray Jones (Jupiter Records) is starting to create some noise here as well as in LA. Juggy is known for his disco classic "Built For Speed" from several years back. Juggy will include the original "Built For Speed" (part 1 & 2) in his forthcoming "Inside America" LP. The song has a feel very similar to his past hit and there is a little "Hava Nagila" as well as the most copied riff of the seventies from "TSOP" (it wouldn't be inside America if that riff were not included). Roulette releases this week the new Poison single "Get Up And Move Your Body" and there will be a disco version as well. This single has more of a party atmosphere and a vocal sound a lot like Rare Earth. There will also be a new Ecstasy, Passion, & Pain soon that was done in Philadelphia. Special thanks to Bill Owens, Washington D.C., and Allen Shivek, Boston, for their help in their local reports. __________________________________________________ ___ The BIG TEASE: Next week, 12/6/75 is the first of the final 4 charts for 1975. Who's #1? Well, The O'Jays shouldn't be counted out--although they face stiff competiton for the Salsoul Orchestra, Wing & A Prayer Marching Fife & Drum Corps and newcomer Penny McLean. Next week's #1 has a grand total of 88 out of a possible 100 points!!!!!! The LA chart is back along with a 15 item chart from guest city, San Francisco and a 10 item chart from Miami. 13 debuts, 8 returns and 12 dropoffs. Most auspicious debuts from Mighty Clouds of Joy & a new one from Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. |
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Remicks, I'm trying to keep the titles separate and give only exactly the points each song has earned that week. LA did not chart "Overture" so....there is a difference in the "Love Machine" and "Overture" totals last week. This week, without the LA chart they have exactly the same number of points, so they are tied. Get it?
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| December 6, 1975 Billboard Pop Chart #1: 1) THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) - KC & The Sunshine Band (2nd non-consecutive week) Billboard Soul/R&B Chat #1: 1) I LOVE MUSIC (Part 1) - The O'Jays (Records in BOLD charted on the Disco charts.) __________________________________________________ __ Disco Action: Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: I LOVE MUSIC (week #3); (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 or 6, sometimes 7-- chart thang.) But I've resolved that issue by combining the 7 (this week) Billboard charts into one. Billboard charts: A= Top 15 Audience Response Records in NYC Discos (#1= BABY FACE) B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC) (#1= SALSOUL ORCHESTRA ) C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC) (#1= SALSOUL ORCHESTRA) D=Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) (#1= I LOVE MUSIC/ UNITY) E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos: (#1= I LOVE MUSIC) + Special 6th chart: Top 15 Audience Response Records In San Francisco Discos (#1= I LOVE MUSIC) + Special 7th chart: Top 10 Audience Response Records in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Discos: (#1= DRIVE MY CAR) 6 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15 ; + 1 chart with 10 items; 10 points for a #1; 1 point for a #10; = 100 maximum points. Add them up and voila!.... THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 56 Chart #59: 12/06/75 1) I LOVE MUSIC - The O'Jays (Phila Intl. LP) (88 total points/ charts ABCDEFG) (last week: #2; 4th non-consecutive week @#1) 2) BABY FACE - Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps (Wing & A Prayer 45) (73/A_CDEFG) (#3) 3) "THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA" LP (All Cuts) (ABCDEG); TANGERINE (F) - The Salsoul Orchestra LP tracks: 1) SALSOUL HUSTLE; 2) GET HAPPY; 3) CHICAGO BUS STOP; 4) YOU'RE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE; 5) TANGERINE; 6) TALE OF THREE CITIES; 7) SALSOUL RAINBOW and 8. LOVE LETTERS (Salsoul LP) 71/ABCDEG = 66 + F = 5 = 71) ( #1; 1 week @ #1) 4) LADY BUMP/ THE LADY BUMPS ON - Penny McLean (Atco 45/DJ only 12") (56/ABCDE) (#12) 5) LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY - Donna Summer (Oasis LP) (39/AEFG) (#13) 6) UNITY - The O'Jays (Phila. Intl. LP) (38/BCDF) (#7) 7) (R) DRIVE MY CAR - Gary Toms Empire (P.I.P. Special Disco Version) (EFG--NO NYC!!!) (RETURN) 8. EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite LP/45) (30/ADFG) (#4) 9) LOVE MACHINE - The Miracles (Tamla LP) (28/AEF) (#17) 10) TRAIN CALLED FREEDOM - South Shore Commission (Wand LP) (28/BCD) (#22) 11) * INSIDE AMERICA (Part 1 & 2) - Juggy Murray Jones (Jupiter 45) (25/ABD) (NEW) 12) ONE FINE DAY - Julie (Budd) (Tom Cat 45) (25/CEF) (#18.) 13) NOWHERE - Hokis Pokis (Shield; dist. by TK) (21/BCD) (#14) 14) I AM SOMEBODY - Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Pye LP/DJ only 12") (21/AB) (#5) 15) "THE ARMADA ORCHESTRA" LP (B); TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT/ BAND OF GOLD (C) - The Armada Orchestra (Scepter/Contempo LP) (17/BC) (#8.) 16) FLY, ROBIN, FLY - Silver Convention (Midland Intl. disco edit) (13/EF) (#45!!!) 17) DO IT WITH FEELING/ THIS IS THE LIFE - Michael Zager & The Moon Band (Bang 45) (13 each/B) (#43/#21) 18. FREE MAN - South Shore Commission (Wand LP version) (11/B) (#19) 19) ELUSIVE (says "Illusive") - Babe Ruth (Capitol LP) (10/AB) (#29) 20) IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TO MAKE A LOVE - David Ruffin (Motown LP) (10/D) (#26) 21) JUMP FOR JOY/ I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT - The Biddu Orchestra (Epic LP) (10/A) (#36) 22) STAR TREK - The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde (Ranwood 45) (10/C) (#27) 23) * GET DOWN WITH THE PHILLY SOUND - MFSB (Phila. Intl. LP) (9/DF) (NEW) 24) (R) PAPAYA - Urszula Dudziak (Arista 45) (9/CG) (RETURN) 25) ERUCU/ SHE'S THE IDEAL GIRL ("Mahogany") - Soundtrack (both co-written by Jermaine Jackson) (Motown LP) (9/D) (#15) 26) HANDLE WITH CARE - South Shore Commission (Wand LP) (9/B) (#34) 27) OVERTURE - The Miracles (Tamla LP) (8/A) (#17) 28. (R) ONE WAY STREET -Beckett Brown (RCA 45) (8/E) (RETURN) 29) (R) THAT'S THE WAY (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band (TK LP/45) (8/F) (RETURN) 30) * I GET LIFTED - KC & The Sunshine Band (TK LP) (7/E) (NEW) 31) * I'M ON FIRE - 5000 Volts (feat. Tina Charles) (Phillips 45) (7/F) (NEW) 32) * MIGHTY HIGH (says "Ride The Mighty High") - Mighty Clouds Of Joy (ABC LP) (7/B) (NEW) 33) SUNNY - Yambu (Montuno Gringo 45) (7/A) (#6) 34) IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MONEY - Nanette Workman (Atco 45) (6/C) (#46) 35) NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO - Vicki Sue Robinson (RCA 45) (6/A) (#16) 36) * SING A SONG - Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 45) (6/F) (NEW) 37) JOYCE - Papa John Creach (Buddah LP) (5/DG) (#20) 38. DELICIOUS - The Duprees (RCA 45) (5/D) (#25) 39) THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - Moon Lion (P.I.P. 45) (5/C) (#37) 40) * NEVER, NEVER GONNA LEAVE YOU - Mary Ann Farra & Satin Soul (Brunswick 45) (5/B) (NEW) 41) CASANOVA BROWN/ (If You Want It) DO IT YOURSELF/ HOW HIGH THE MOON (Medley) - Gloria Gaynor (MGM LP) (4/AE) (#11) 42) CHANGE WITH THE TIMES/ EARTHQUAKE - Van McCoy (Avco LP) (4 each/E) (RETURN) 43) FOOLS RUSH IN - Joey Porello (Drive/TK 45) (4/C) (#28.) 44) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE - Eddie Drennon & B.B.S Unlimited (Friends & Co. 45) (4/CE) (#10) 45) (R) SUMMER PLACE '76 - Percy Faith (Columbia 45) (4/F) (RETURN) 46) THEME FROM S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage (ABC 45) (4/D) (#40) 47) * YAKETY YAK - Mondo Disco (American Int. LP) (4/B) (NEW) 48. * BROTHERS & SISTERS - MFSB (Phila. Intl. LP) (3/F) (NEW) 49) (R) MONDO DISCO - El Coco (AVI 45) (3/E) (RETURN) 50) * TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT 'CHA, BABY - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Phila. Intl. LP) (3/C) (NEW) 51) * EXTRA, EXTRA (Read All About It) - Ralph Carter (Mercury disco version) (2/A) (NEW) 52) * SUNNY - Bobby Hebb (Laurie 45) (2/B) (NEW) 53) (R) VOLARE - Al Martino (Capitol 45) (2/G) (RETURN) 54) "DISCO GOLD, VOL. 2" LP - Various Artists ("A Tom Moulton Mix") Tracks: 1 Chinese Kung Fu - Banzaii (4:59) 2 El Bimbo - Bimbo Jet (3:55 ) 3 Breakaway - Ernie Bush (5:34) 4 Undecided Love - Chequers (6:05) 5 Waterbed - L.T.G. Exchange (5:46) 6 Mud Wind - South Side Movements (4:33 ) 7 (Baby) Save Me - The Secrets (4:29) 8 (Call Me Your) Anything Man - Bobby Moore (6:16) (Scepter LP) (4/D) (NEW) 55) * FIND MY WAY - Cameo (Chocolate City) (B/1) (NEW) 56) (R) PUERTO RICO - The Pinkies (Phillips 45) (1/G) (RETURN) __________________________________________________ __ STATS: #6, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, (half) 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55 & 56 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003 book. * = Debut (13): #11, 23, 30, 31, 32, 36, 40, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55 (R) = Return (8.): #24, 28, 29, 42, 45, 49, 53, 56 Dropped Off: THE ZIP/FERRY AVENUE - MFSB (was #9) * will be back UNDECIDED LOVE - The Chequers (#23) CITY LIFE - The Blackbyrds (#24) CHLOE - Cy Coleman (#30) (I WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU) DANCE WITH ME - Ritchie Family (#31) THE SOUL CITY WALK - Archie Bell & The Drells (#32) * "TAKING MY STRENGTH" - Stephanie Mills (#33) CHANGE (MAKES YOU WANT TO HUSTLE) - Donald Byrd (#38.) * LET ME BE THE #1 - Dooley Silverspoon (#39) YOU AND ME (GOT A GOOD THING GOIN') - Margie Joseph & Blue Magic (#41) DISCO SAX - Houston Person (#42) SHAKE ME, WAKE ME (WHEN IT'S OVER) - Barbra Streisand (#44) * THE FINAL TALLY: 56 total items; 46 last week + 13 debuts + 8 returns/ -12 dropoffs 2 records on all 7 charts (#1 (O'Jays) & #3 (Salsoul)) 1 record on 6 charts ("BABY FACE" -B refuses to ever chart it again. It's #1 on Chart A!!!!) :lol: 1 record on 5 charts ("LADY BUMP") 3 records on 4 charts 6 records on 3 charts 8 records on 2 charts 34 records on only 1 chart What's It All About, Maaaaaar-Keeeee? :P (Is it just for old disco we live? .....hmmm...pretty much) :-? Well.... The O'Jays recapture the #1 spot this week for the fourth time. Wing & a Prayer hit #2--but B refuses to chart them again--so they cannot ever top the chart without that support. Pity. :D The Salsoul Orchestra dips down to #3 from #1 last week--it's not over for them, however. Miss Penny McLean finally gets a domestic release and some retail action to push her up to #4. The O'Jays stats: A= #2, B= #8, C= #2, D= #1; E= #1, F= #1, G= #4 Wing & A Prayer stats: A= #1; B= n/c, C= #4, D= #3, E= #3, F= #5, G= #2 Salsoul Orchestra stats: A= #3, B= #1, C= #1, D= #2, E= #11. F= #11, G= #7 Penny McLean stats: A= #4, B= #2, C= #3, D= #5, E= #10, F= n/c, G= n/c This week we have debuts from Juggy Murray Jones, MFSB, KC & The Sunshine Band, 5000 Volts, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Earth, Wind & Fire, Mary Ann Farra & Satin Soul, Mondo Disco, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Ralph Carter, Bobby Hebb and Cameo. I can safely say there are 2 future #1s in that batch. Just guess. Ironically, we get a debut from a group called Mondo Disco at #47 ("Yakety Yak") followed at #49 by a record titled "Mondo Disco" by El Coco. Who knew? Bobby Hebb the original artist of the Sixties classic "Sunny" has re-recorded his hit with a disco beat and debuts at #52--obviously hoping to get a little disco action after Yambu hit the top 10 with their jazzy-Latinish cover of his record. Similarly, Percy Faith is back with his disco version of his 1960 movie theme "Summer Place '76." Donna Summer leaps back up to #5 thanks to her support in LA (#2), SF (#2) & Miami (#5). Chart A has her at #11....no chartings from the retailers. Silver Convention is "saved" (Save me, save me, I am dropping from the charts") by California chartings also--from #45 up to #16!!! Gary Toms Empire RETURNS to the chart at #7 totally thanks to the 3 charts outside NYC. #1 in Miami, #4 in LA, #4 in SF....another record that NYC didn't dig. :roll: THE COVER LIST: (17 out of 56 records) BABY FACE TANGERINE DRIVE MY CAR ONE FINE DAY TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT BAND OF GOLD I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT STAR TREK SUNNY (Yambu) THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY HOW HIGH THE MOON FOOLS RUSH IN SUMMER PLACE '76 THEME FROM S.W.A.T YAKETY YAK (Fifties rock classic originally by The Coasters) SUNNY (Bobby Hebb) VOLARE __________________________________________________ __ The Artist Spotlight (Reviews form the 1979 edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide, edited by Dave Marsh) Debuting this week.... MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY (#32) "The Mighty Clouds of Joy are one of the outstanding young, modern soul gospel quartets; they feature the lead voice of Joe Ligons rising out of a chorus of falsetto voices. Ligon likes to preach a'la the Rev. C. L. Franklin (Aretha's father), and if he sometimes sounds remarkably like Wilson Pickett, perhaps it's because he and Pickett both patterned themselves after Julius Cheeks of the Sensational Nightingales. ............( next part mostly about their gospel recordings).... On paper, the Mighty Clouds' soul collaborations with Gamble and Huff ( WUT?????--Dave Crawford produced "Kickin' ") :o :o :o look good. They could possibly have been another Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Theodore Pendergrass, given the similarities between Pendergrass and Ligons. But they came along with too little too late. They hooked up with the production team just as the Philly Sound was becoming mechanized and predictable. It's Time" *** has a few flashy surprises, but by "Kickin'" ** the group is grunting through poorly chosen material like an "I've Got The Music In Me/Superstition" medley. On Truth Is the Power * they don't even have the benefit of the Philly producers, and they sound like just about any anonymous soul group." (J. MO = John Morthland) (Sorry, guy-- BUT "Mighty High" is CLAAAAAASSSSIKKKKK!!!) :D :D :D :D :D EARTH, WIND & FIRE (#36) "Maurice White, the vocalist/percussionist who is the energy behind EW&F, put this band together from a bunch of Chicago slum kids. When it started back in 1971, its music was closer to the street than it has become over the years. At first impression the group was like a straighter R&B version of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Mystic and celebratory, the songs bridged into loose, jazzlike horn colors and elongated rhythms the likes of which recent EW&F fans probably wouldn't recognize. When EW&F switched labels, it changed personality. White has reworked the personnel, expanded the fold and turned EW&F into one streamlined hit-cutting factory. All the while that same religious spirit not only maintained but came through even more strongly, if only because the size of its audience grew. To see EW&F on stage was to behold a gospel experience that was an existential hosanna guaranteed to heal your ills. Gratitude*****, a two-disc set (one disc recorded live), presents the band in its truest environment. The latter Seventies have grown up with EW&F hits like "Shining Star," "Celebrate," and "Sing a Song," some of the most joyous moments in modern music." (BM= Bruce Malamut) __________________________________________________ _ CLUB DIALOG by Tom Moulton Column #59/ 12/06/75 (Thanks to shootyourshot for providing this column in its entirety.) :D Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes' "Wake Up Everybody" LP has local spinners saying that the cut "Tell The World How I Feel About Cha, Baby" (5:54) is the strongest offering from the group since its classic "Bad Luck." Another cut from the album generating interest is "Don't Leave Me This Way." While it's mellower than "Wake Up . . ." [think he means "Tell The World'???] :-? it's still strong. Two other albums released from the Gamble & Huff camp are from Dee Dee Sharp (Gamble's wife) and Archie Bell and the Drells. There are three strong dance cuts on Ms. Sharp's LP: "Share My Love" (the strongest), "Happy Bout The Whole Thing," and "Touch My Life." Practically all the cuts on the album are "up," in this her first musical venture since the early sixties. The Archie Bell & The Drells LP also contains three good disco cuts: "Let's Groove," featuring a hustle rhythm and running 6:04 in length, "Dance Your Troubles Away" (6:21) and the group's current single "The Soul City Walk." Midland International is releasing "Ooh, What A Night" by Linda G. Thompson. Thompson is one of the lead singers of the group Silver Convention and Midland, as Atlantic did with Penny McLean's "Lady Bump," is releasing a 12 inch disco version of the song. Thompson's single sounds more like the group than does McLean's single (she is a Silver Convention member also). Both, though, should score individual successes. [Linda's never really takes off...] There are some good reactions here to the French import of Crystal Grass's single "Pio Maravilha Taj Mahal" b/w "Let Me See You Get Your Thing Off Baby (Hustle)." Both sides are from their forthcoming album, which will be available overseas in January. There are no plans to release either the single or LP here as yet. George and Gwen McCrae have a new album out this week and there are several good dance cuts on it - "I'll Do The Rockin" (the single release), "Winners Together Or Losers Apart," a strong cut, and "The Rub." The album has a mellow pop/soul feel to it and not a "TK sound" you might expect. Closer to the TK sound (right on the mark) is Betty Wright's new single "Slip And Do It" (Alston). It's slower than her "Where Is The Love," but its got a spark to it and should score dance points. __________________________________________________ ___ The Big TEASE Next week...more o' the same. I don't have next week's chart with me...so it's rather hard to tease it!!!!!!! :oops: :oops: :oops: I have just about finished compiling the year-end charts. There were 462 record titles on the 10/26/74 - 12/27/75 charts. There is the problem of the records in the second half of 1975 getting more points because of the additional charts added--but the final result is pretty accurate, I think. There is one point separating #1 from #2 and 1 point separating #2 from #3!!!! :P So what information would you like from the year-end chart? :-? I'm planning on a Top 25 for each chart (ABCDE) and a Top 100 overall and then an Artist chart...is there anything else that would be interesting? Hmmmmm???? __________________________________________________ ___ Today's column was typed while listening to: 1) My Everything - Anita Baker 2) Genius Loves Company - Ray Charles & friends 3) Finest Hour - The Crusaders 4) Twentysomething - Jamie Cullum I'm in a mellow mood with a nasty cold. :roll: |
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March 28th, 2005, 07:16 AM
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| Thanks Thanks Mark for all this great information. I only started listening to disco music around 1977/78 so I am really looking forward to when you get to those years. But still enjoying everything you are doing in the meantime! Well done! :) |
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March 28th, 2005, 04:44 PM
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| That's weird Marky as i've got a nasty cold too. :cry: I've never heard that disco version of Percy Faith's 'Summer Place' so I've ordered it from GEMM as I always loved the original. |
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April 2nd, 2005, 03:53 PM
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| tennisvideos, thanks for the praise. Glad you're enjoying reading the charts. :D SandraDee, I laughed for about a minute when I saw that you chose "Big Gay Al" as your Avatar!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: I almost went with BGA myself....thought about Cartmen, Mr. Garrison.....even Mr. Hankey (the turd)!!!! (but decided probably not the best choice!!) :oops: :oops: :oops: I ultimately went with "Mr. Slave"!!! I think I knew him once upon a time, long, long ago in another galaxy!!! Reminds me of just about everyone in SF in the late Seventies!!! Quelle Surprise!!!!! :P :lol: P.S. I'm wondering what that little patch of flesh color is in Mr. Slave's crotch area!!!???? I didn't notice that before. A little PRICK???? :oops: :oops: :oops: Say it isn't so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :x :x :x
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April 2nd, 2005, 06:51 PM
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| December 13, 1975 Billboard Pop Chart #1: 1) FLY, ROBIN, FLY - Silver Convention (2nd non-consecutive week) Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1: 1) LET'S DO IT AGAIN - The Staple Singers (2nd non-consecutive week) (Records in BOLD charted on the Disco charts.) __________________________________________________ _ Disco Action Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: I LOVE MUSIC (week #4); (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 or 6, sometimes 7-- chart thang.) But I've resolved that issue by combining the 7 (this week) Billboard charts into one. Billboard charts: A= Top 15 Audience Response Records in NYC Discos (#1= I LOVE MUSIC) B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC) (#1= LADY BUMP/ THE LADY BUMPS ON ) C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC) (#1= LADY BUMP/ THE LADY BUMPS ON) D=Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island) (#1= THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA) E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos: (#1= LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY) + Special 6th chart: Top 10 Audience Response Records In Boston Discos (#1= SALSOUL ORCHESTRA) + Special 7th chart: Top 10 Audience Response Records in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Discos: (#1= BABY FACE) 5 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15 ; + 2 chart with 10 items; 10 points for a #1; 1 point for a #10; = 95 maximum points. Add them up and voila!.... THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 53 Chart #60: 12/13/75 1) "THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA" LP (ABCDEF); TANGERINE/ CHICAGO BUS STOP (G) - The Salsoul Orchestra LP tracks: 1) SALSOUL HUSTLE; 2) GET HAPPY; 3) CHICAGO BUS STOP; 4) YOU'RE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE; 5) TANGERINE; 6) TALE OF THREE CITIES; 7) SALSOUL RAINBOW and 8. LOVE LETTERS (Salsoul LP) charts ABCDEF = 72 + 8 ( chart G) = 80 total points; (last week: #3; 2nd non-consecutive week @ #1) 2) I LOVE MUSIC - The O'Jays (Phila Intl. 45) (75/ABCDEFG) (last week: #1; (4 weeks total) 3) LADY BUMP/ THE LADY BUMPS ON - Penny McLean (Atco 45 (Retail)/ DJ only promo 12" (Clubplay) 75/ABCDEF (#4) 4) BABY FACE - Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps (Wing & A Prayer 45) (62/A_CDEFG) (#2) 5) INSIDE AMERICA - Juggy Murray Jones (Jupiter 45) (32/ABCDE) (#11) 6) MIGHTY HIGH - Mighty Clouds Of Joy (ABC LP) (32/ABD) (#32) 7) I AM SOMEBODY - Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Pye LP (retail)/ DJ only 12" promo (clubplay) (31/ABFG) (#14) 8. UNITY - The O'Jays (Phila. Intl. LP) (28/BCD) (#6) 9) LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY - Donna Summer (Oasis LP) (23/AEG) (#5) 10) ONE FINE DAY - Julie (Budd) (Tom Cat 45 (retail)/ DJ only 12" promo (clubplay) (22/CEG) (#12) 11) SUNNY - Yambu (Montuno Gringo 45) (21/ACEF) (#33) 12) TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT 'CHA, BABY - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Phila. Intl. LP) (18/BC) (#50) 13) LOVE MACHINE - The Miracles (Tamla 45/LP) (17/AB) (#9) 14) NOWHERE - Hokis Pokis (Shield/TK 45) (14/CG) (#13) 15) EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite 45/LP) (13/AFG) (#8.) 16) (R) FERRY AVENUE - MFSB (Phila. Intl. LP) (13/BD) (RETURN) 17) * LET'S GROOVE - Archie Bell & The Drells (TSOP LP) (13/BD) (NEW) 18. STAR TREK - Charles Randolph Grean Sounde (Ranwood 45) (13/C) (#22) 19) DRIVE MY CAR - Gary Toms Empire (P.I.P Disco Edit) (12/E) (#7) 20) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission (Wand LP version) (11/BC) (#18.) 21) {Tie} JUMP FOR JOY/ I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT - The Biddu Orchestra (Epic LP) (11/A) (#21) 22) * DANCE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY - Archie Bell & The Drells (TSOP LP) (10/D) (NEW) 23) FLY, ROBIN, FLY - Silver Convention (Midland Intl. Disco Edit) (10/E) (#16) 24) ELUSIVE - Babe Ruth (Capitol 45) (9/A) (#19) 25) {Tie} ERUCU/ SHE'S THE IDEAL GIRL ("Mahogany") - Soundtrack (Motown LP) (9/D) (#25) 26) TRAIN CALLED FREEDOM - South Shore Commission (Wand LP) (8/CD) (#10) 27) IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TO MAKE A LOVE - David Ruffin (Motown LP) (8/D) (#20) 28. ONE WAY STREET - Beckett Brown (RCA 45) (7/E) (#28.) 29) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Armada Orchestra (Scepter/Contempo LP) (6/CF) (#15) 30) {Tie} CHANGE WITH THE TIMES/ EARTHQUAKE - Van McCoy (Avco LP) (6/E) (#42) 31) OVERTURE - The Miracles (Tamla LP) (6/A) (#27) 32) VOLARE - Al Martino (Capitol 45) (6/G) (#53) 33) BAND OF GOLD - Armada Orchestra (Scepter/Contempo LP) (5/B) (#15) 34) EXTRA, EXTRA (Read All About It) - Ralph Carter (Mercury DJ only 12" promo (clubplay) (5/A) (#51) 35) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE - Eddie Drennon & B.B. S. Unlimited (Friends & Co. 45) (5/E) (#44) 36) SUNNY - Bobby Hebb (Laurie 45) (5/B) (#52) 37) CASANOVA BROWN/ (If You Want It) DO IT YOURSELF/ HOW HIGH THE MOON (Medley) - Gloria Gaynor (MGM LP) (4/F) (#41) 38. (R) CHANGE (Makes You Want To Hustle) - Donald Byrd (UA LP) (4/B) (RETURN) 39) THEME FROM S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage (ABC 45) (4/D) (#46) 40) THIS IS THE LIFE - Michael Zager & The Moon Band featuring Peabo Bryson (Bang 45) (4/C) (#17) 41) DELICIOUS - T |
