Billboard Disco Compilation/Consensus Charts-Part 1:1974-75

[markydefad]

Well, sure I'll do that...one question though: can I still edit it after I post it in the Vault? ( Never done this before) Cause I'm hoping to get some more info into it....so should I wait until it's ready? :-?

Yes, I like to edit and futz and polish and spit shine. It's just the way I am. :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

[Bernie]

No, you won't be able to edit after posting anything on the MAIN site so you may want to wait till you get it just right.

[disco-disc]

Marky,
I would just like to add my appreciation and THANKS for the hard work you put into the '75 Charts.
Be sure that when you shuffle off this mortal coil you WILL be admitted into Disco Heaven!!!

I know your eyes are probably still seeing double after the efforts on the '75 stuff, But .......are you going to attempt any more years ? 1976 ????

Thanks again

[markydefad]

Hey thanks Starsky. :D

I will continue with a new thread for 1976 after I get a rest from this one.

I still have more info that could be added to this one...

1) The Top 100 according to placement on the Disc-o-la Fortune 500..(I've already written this out; just haven't typed it yet).

2) Bubbling Under The Top 100....I have 361 more titles for 1975--I could add some more....

3) OR I could say goodbye to '75 and just start 1976...I've already compiled the charts thru the first week in March (I did this last November just before the presidential election--but made myself quit to start compiling the yearend stats). Let's just say that it gets good once we get into early February of 1976.

COMING SOON TO THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS!!!


MORE, MORE, MORE
MOVIN'/CHANGIN'
THAT'S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO
TURN THE BEAT AROUND
ZONE ( surely someone musta heard Q playing this in Spain?) :lol:
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
LOVE HANGOVER
TOUCH AND GO
GET UP AND BOOGIE
TRY ME I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT/LOVE TRILOGY
THIS IS IT
YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE
I'LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME
I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING
TEN PERCENT
NICE AND SLOW
CATHEDRALS
YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE
HEAVEN MUST BE MISSSING AN ANGEL
LOWDOWN
by the first week in June of 1976. :D :D :D :D

So if you have a preference, let me know what you'd like to see.......

[disco-disc]

Hi Marky,
Hey I would be happy for you to continue with 1975 before starting 1976.
I can wait ......already waited 29 Years ;-)
I didn't realise you still had so much 1975 info.
Better to get it logged now while it is still fresh in your mind.
(Pity we can't 'GRID Network' all of our collective brains to help you type it up !)

I would like to know what the 'Disc- o-La Fortune' is though ?
Was it a music forum/magazine ?? I have often seen it listed, but don't know it's source or background ?

Also, I was intrigued as to how the track timings for CD's sometimes appear to be longer than the actual 45/12" mixes ?
Wonder if the engineers took advantage of the technology to burn every last note off the master tapes, or whether CD timers run slower ?????

[remicks]

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Marky ..I agree with all that Starsky has said. Continue with 1975 while it is still fresh and the desire to do so is within you.

As for me .. I am pleasantly immersed in 1975 ...catching up on a part of disco that pre-dates me just a tad .... I was enjoying the music then that I learned of via the radio .... .... like the Ohio Players and the O'Jays .... but I wasn't yet going to clubs ...so all the wonderful "secret" club music of that time .... I didn't really become familiar with . By the time I was more involved ... waaay later .......1976 ... disco 1975 was ancient history !!! :D :D

So I am having a blast catching up . There's even a certain degree of that same thrill ..when hearing one of these old tunes and it "clicks" ... that recognition of that tune deserving to make it ... Of course it can never match the level of the excitement of the discovery process back then ..when one was trying to hear what song could next capture the adoration of the dancefloor ...but it is still fun to hear these tunes and appreciate their contributions to this genre ... why they made it ......
......as well as the simple enjoyment of just listening to them ...
There is so much good uptempo soul from 1975 and lush orchestrations ...elements of disco I was always drawn to . And investigating the early developments of the disco sound of these songs and how they were the precursors of so much yet to come ..very interesting. There was alot more "anything goes" at this point ...

Looking at your list of what is heading down the turnpike , it is clear that we are about to enter the disco era full force .... many of the classics are in the can and are about to hit the streets... I'm, looking forward to getting into 1976 as well.... :D

But right now I'm happily fixed in 1975 (listening to the Trammps's "STOP AND THINK" :D as I write this ......

Thanks for providing the incentive to delve into all this Marky! I'm having a blast with it ....

:D
remicks

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[remicks]

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Marky , do you have all these songs from 1975's year end TOP 100?? You mentioned you are listening to them all on CD on your way to work ?? I am familiar with a large number of them now and beyond ..... even Ursula Dudziak's "PAPAYA" ..... Her "TIC TOC" is better, enjoyable actually.
:D :D

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[markydefad]

Originally Posted by remicks

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Marky , do you have all these songs from 1975's year end TOP 100?? You mentioned you are listening to them all on CD on your way to work ?? I am familiar with a large number of them now and beyond ..... even Ursula Dudziak's "PAPAYA" ..... Her "TIC TOC" is better, enjoyable actually.
:D :D

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Hey remicks,

Sorry, I've been busy lately. :oops:

To answer your question...these are the records from the Top 100 that I don't have or have in "undefinitive" versions....

#6) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD (I used the Broadway version with Stephanie Mills on my tapes; I also have a version by Hues Corporation.) :D :D :D
#35) E-MAN BOOGIE (I have the 1983 12" remix--not the original version)
#45) SUNNY (I have it in a mixed LP called "Disco Hustle"--would like the whole thing.)
#47) (NOBODY LOVES ME) LIKE YOU DO DO (I have part 2 on a tape someone made for me--have never heard part 1)
#55) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE
#68. LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT
#70) (DO YOU WANNA) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE
#75) LOVE IS EVERYWHERE
#77) ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW
#84) PEACE AND LOVE
#88. (THEME FROM) LADY, LADY, LADY (ARE YOU CRAZY FOR ME?)
#93) IT'S IN HIS KISS
#94) EACH MORNING I WAKE UP
#100) LOOK ON THE GOOD SIDE

I had to skip these or use the lesser versions I had on my compilation. So if anyone wants to offer me "tips" on where I might obtain any of those.....feel free to contact me... I am a charter member of the Blanche DuBois school of music collecting--depending on the kindness of strangers, if ya get my drift..... :D :D

Oh and I'd love ta hear PAPAYA also--I can't quite imagine what the hell that sounds like!!! :roll: :P

[markydefad]

OK, as I mentioned earlier...I'm gonna list the top DISCO RECORDS of the late 1974--end of 1975 era (10/26/74 - 12/27/75) as they appeared on the famous Disc-O-La Fortune 500: Discotheque Songs of the '70s.

This list was compiled by someone named Ed Rothschild with assistance from Johnny Tripp and Chipper McKearnin and appears in its entirety in the back of Mel Cheren's book, Keep On Dancin': My Life and the Paradise Garage (2000); (Supposedly, this list came to fruition sometime in the Eighties; I don't know the specifics. The list goes back as early as the late Sixties for a few titles and then culls some from the early Seventies and stops at the end of 1979--no records from the Eighties are included--a few charted in 1980--but were actually released in late 1979)

So using only the records that appeared on the Billboard Disco charts during that period I've compiled a list of 97 (actually more since they double up on titles)...

Records with one * asterisk were on the first chart and therefore have an incomplete point total on the Disco Compilation Consensus.

Records with two ** asterisks are on the final chart of 1975 and therefore have an incomplete point total also.

Some records on the D-O-LA 500 are listed with another big hit by the same artist from outside the era I've compiled in the DCC; for example "It Only Takes a Minute" is combined with "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" from 1976--for my purposes I'm only listing the records from the time period specified above.

Make sense? Get it? Got it? Good. :lol:

For the record: Disc-O-La Fortune 500 lists:
#1) SHAME - Evelyn "Champagne" King (1978)
#2) LE FREAK - Chic (1978-1979)
#3) TRY ME, I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT - Donna Summer (1976)
#4) SAN FRANCISCO/ IN HOLLYWOOD - Village People (1977)


DISC-O-LA FORTUNE 500: TOP DISCO RECORDS (10/26/74 - 12/27/75)

Ranking/ (D-O-LA ranking)/Title/ Artist/ Disco Compilation Consenus Ranking

1) (#5) HONEY BEE/ *NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE/ REACH OUT, I'LL BE THERE (Medley) - Gloria Gaynor (DCC #27 (medley)/ * single (#31*)
2) (#24) ASK ME - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain (DCC: #108 *)
3) (#31) BAD LUCK - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (DCC: #1)
4) (#33) SUGAR PIE GUY - The Joneses (DCC: #161 *)
5) (#34) I LOVE MUSIC - The O'Jays (DCC: #5 **)
6) (#35) YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING - Barry White (DCC: #49 *)
7) (#38.) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy (DCC: #14)
8. (#52) GET DOWN TONIGHT/ THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) - KC & the Sunshine Band (DCC: #146/ #53)
9) (#55) LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY- Donna Summer (DCC: #18**)
10) (#56) FLY, ROBIN, FLY/ SAVE ME - Silver Convention (DCC: #3/ #54)

11) (#58.) WHERE THERE IS LOVE - The Whispers (DCC: #462 (dead last with only 1 point and alphabetically, a group who's name started with a "W"!!! great record however!!!!)
12) (#59) IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE - Tavares (DCC: #36)
13) (#64) SWEARIN' TO GOD - Frankie Valli (DCC: #24)
14) (#71) LADY MARMALADE - Labelle (DCC: #40)
15) (#73) BRAZIL - The Ritchie Family (DCC: #2)
16) (#76) GOT TO GET YOU BACK - Sons Of Robin Stone (DCC: #347*)
17) (#79) DREAMING A DREAM/ EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART - Crown Heights Affair (DCC: #10/ #29**)
18. (#85) I AM SOMEBODY - Jimmy James & the Vagabonds (DCC: #71**)
19) (#87) PEACE AND LOVE - Ron Butler & the Playboys (DCC: #84)
20) (#89) HEY GIRL, COME AND GET IT - The Stylistics (DCC: #46)

21) (#90) GET DANCIN' - Disco Tex & the Sex-o-lettes (DCC: #43*)
22) (#99) DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA - People's Choice (DCC: #4)
23) (#103) GIRLS - The Moments & The Whatnauts (DCC: #247)
24) (#120) MIGHTY HIGH - Mighty Clouds Of Joy) (DCC: #91**)
25) (#122) FREE MAN - South Shore Commission (DCC: #7)
26) (#125) DO IT ('TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED)/ EXPRESS/ PEACE PIPE - B.T. Express (DCC: #264*/ #8/ #11)
27) (#128.) WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN - The Three Degrees (DCC: #131)
28. (#137) WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (DCC: #86*)
29) (#146) CASANOVA BROWN/ (IF YOU WANT IT) DO IT YOURSELF/ HOW HIGH THE MOON (Medley) - Gloria Gaynor (DCC: #9)
30) (#150) KUNG FU FIGHTING/ BLUE EYED SOUL - Carl Douglas (DCC: #196/ #58.)

31) (#152) STOP AND THINK - The Trammps (DCC: #65)
32) (#153) HI-JACK - Herbie Mann/ Barrabas (DCC: #15/ #97)
33) (#170) SHAME, SHAME, SHAME - Shirley & Company (DCC: #22)
34) (#172) LOVE DON'T YOU GO THROUGH NO CHANGES ON ME - Sister Sledge (DCC: #39)
35) (#190) WHERE IS THE LOVE - Betty Wright (DCC: #23)
36) (#194) TANGERINE/ YOU'RE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE/ SALSOUL HUSTLE - Salsoul Orchestra (DCC: #20**)
37) (#199) DOCTOR'S ORDERS - Carol Douglas (DCC: #19)
38. (#208.) EL BIMBO - Bimbo Jet (DCC: #28.)
39) (#212) WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES - Esther Phillips (DCC" #25)
40) (#214) SING A SONG - Earth, Wind & Fire (DCC: #224**)

41) (#215) LOVE MACHINE - The Miracles (DCC: #48**)
42) (#220) LADY BUMP - Penny McLean (DCC: #34**)
43) (#222) YOU LITTLE TRUSTMAKER - The Tymes (DCC: #379*)
44) (#223) EVERLASTING LOVE - Carl Carlton (DCC: #154*)
45) (#224) LET'S GROOVE - Archie Bell & the Drells (DCC: #130**)
46) (#240) CRYSTAL WORLD - Crystal Grass (DCC: #37)
47) (#244) I'LL BE HOLDING ON - Al Downing (DCC: #12)
48. (#245) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD - Consumer Rapport (DCC: #6)
49) (#246) CAN'T FIGHT YOUR LOVE - The Modulations (DCC: #349*)
50) (#252) FIND MY WAY - Cameo (DCC: #249**)

51) (#255) SPANISH HUSTLE/ (ARE YOU READY) DO THE BUS STOP - Fatback Band (DCC: #437**/#314)
52) #263) WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE - Ralph Carter (DCC: #17)
53) (#270) GUT LEVEL/ WALKING IN RHYTHM - The Blackbyrds (DCC: #428*/ #297)
54) (#284) IT'S A MIRACLE - Barry Manilow (DCC: #200)
55) (#288.) AFTER YOU'VE HAD YOUR FLING - The Intrepids (DCC: #380)
56) (#284) CHANGES/ FRAME OF MIND - Vernon Burch (DCC: #195/ #220)
57) (#303) PICK UP THE PIECES - Average White Band (DCC: #183/ #291)
58. (#305) HOOKED FOR LIFE - The Trammps (DCC: #72)
59) (#307) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin (DCC: #41*)
60) (#316) LADY, LADY, LADY - Boogie Man Orchestra (DCC: #88.)
61) (#317) THE CHICAGO THEME (Love Loop) - Hubert Laws (DCC: #122)
62) (#322) FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC - Bohannon (DCC: #44)

63) (#326) TO EACH HIS OWN - Faith, Hope & Charity (DCC: #30)
64) (#330) HELPLESSLY - Moment of Truth (DCC: #26)
65) (#335) (Do You Wanna) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - Calhoon (DCC: #70)
66) (#343) I JUST CAN'T SAY GOODBYE - Philly Devotions (DCC: #38.)
67) (#347) TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT 'CHA BABY - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (DCC: #114**)
68. (#350) NOWHERE - Hokis Pokis (DCC: #87)
69) (#353) X-RATED SYMPHONY - Joe Bataan (DCC: #245)
70) (#357) FIGHT THE POWER- The Isley Brothers (DCC: #77)

71) (#361) EACH MORNING I WAKE UP - Major Harris Boogie Band (DCC: #94)
72) (#364) SUMMER OF '42/ EXODUS - Biddu Orchestra (DCC: #56/ #137)
73) (#368.) YOU SET MY HEART ON FIRE - Tina Charles (DCC: #33)
74) (379) DRIVE MY CAR/ 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (BLOW YOUR WHISTLE) - Gary Toms Empire (DCC: #81**/ #92)
75) (#381) ONCE YOU GET STARTED - Rufus feat. Chaka Khan (DCC: #113)
76) (#383) THINK BEFORE YOU STOP The Notations (DCC: #185)
77) (#386) UNDECIDED LOVE - The Chequers (DCC: #61)
78. (#399) BABY FACE - Wind & a Prayer Fife & Drum Corps. (DCC: #21**)
79) (#413) SOMEBODY'S GOTTA GO (Sho Ain't Me) - Mike & Bill (DCC: #99)
80) (#414) JUMP FOR JOY - Biddu Orchestra (DCC: #90)

81) (#424) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE - Eddie Drennon & B.B.S Unlimited (DCC: #55)
82) (#425) THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC - The Softones (DCC: #138**)
83) (#435) SUPERSTAR REVUE - The New Ventures (DCC: #121)
84) (#437) SUNNY - Yambu (DCC: #45**)
85) (#444) (NOBODY LOVES ME) LIKE YOU DO DO - Jeanne Burton (DCC: #47)
86) (#425) FIRE - The Ohio Players (DCC: #294)
87) (#460) A.I.E. (Amwana) - Black Blood (DCC: #210)
88. (#463) NEVER GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE - Street People (DCC: #147)
89) (#464) ONE DAY OF PEACE - Love Committee (DCC: #190)
90) (#471) KUNG FU MAN - Ultra Funk (DCC: #456)

91) (#472) ELUSIVE - Babe Ruth (DCC: #145**)
92) (#474) AFRICAN SYMPHONY - Henry Mancini (DCC: #272**)
93) (#475) LOVE DO ME RIGHT - Rockin' Horse (DCC: #144)
94) (#488.) WHO LOVES YOU - The Four Seasons (DCC: #240)
95) (#493) FOREVER CAME TODAY - Jackson Five (DCC: #13)
96) (#497) UP IN A PUFF OF SMOKE - Polly Brown (DCC: #184)
97) (#500) I'M ON FIRE 5000 Volts Feat. Tina Charles (DCC: #365)

[markydefad]

As I was waiting to make a left turn into my office building today my Top Hits of 1975 countdown tape was playing "Fight the Power" by the Isley Brothers. Traffic was stopped and the young black guy in the car in the opposite lane was sorta bopping to my tune. Then "Fight The Power" faded out and the next tune started...."I Could Have Danced All Night" by Biddu Orchestra. I quickly turned the sound down. :oops: :oops: :oops:

From Kool 8) 8) 8) to Ultra-Nelly :oops: :oops: :oops: in a matter of seconds. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[DISCODISK]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Then "Fight The Power" faded out and the next tune started...."I Could Have Danced All Night" by Biddu Orchestra. I quickly turned the sound down. :oops: :oops: :oops:

From Kool 8) 8) 8) to Ultra-Nelly :oops: :oops: :oops: in a matter of seconds. :lol: :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[markydefad]

My bad. I think the answer lies in splitting the chart into 2 segments. #1-50; then #51-100. Maybe then I can add stuff.

Wish me luck.

[markydefad]

Sorry, I was trying to see if I could get more info into that post by copying it into another post...but the answer is "NO." :evil: :evil: :evil:

And, since I can't delete it....it's a duplicate. :oops: :roll: :x :o

[markydefad]

Originally Posted by DISCODISK

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Yeah, from Shaft cool to sissy Prissy in "Gone With The Wind" in a matter of seconds!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: