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

[markydefad]

OK, I've decided to experiment with those pesky old Billboard Disco charts and combine the data contained in each of the separate charts and compile them into one chart for each week. I was disappointed at all the titles that were ommitted from Joel Whitburn's Disco Charts Book......so I'm gonna play around with this idea.

My fervor to get acquainted with those more obscure titles in the 1975-1976 era led me to this idea. I might as well just write them all out so I can remember what to look for, right?

I'll assign points based on chart placement and combine the points of all the various songs on each chart to come up with a "consensus compilation" chart for each week. :o :o :o

Well, we'll see how long I can keep it up.

I'll type the first one this weekend.

Any idea where I can access those old Tom Moulton columns I started typing? I'll add to those also. I have no idea where to find them. Bernie or Nicky....can I get a link??? :D

[efunk_adelic]

After reading your idea.... it makes me even more upset with myself for throwing away my magazine's in 2002 :(


However, I didn't subscribe until 1978 .... that is the years that I kept however... :D

Let me know if I can be of help Marky.

[markydefad]

Thanks e-funk,

but I think I've got what I need. I'm gonna do compilations of the individual charts up til the debut of the first national disco chart in the summer of 1976.

I am missing some of the Tom Moulton columns that were continued on different pages other than the chart page. Anyone have the complete Moulton? I am volunteering for typing duty.....to convey the info to the folks who care. :D

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by markydefad

Any idea where I can access those old Tom Moulton columns I started typing? I'll add to those also. I have no idea where to find them. Bernie or Nicky....can I get a link??? :D

I think this is what you're looking for. If not, you know how to get me. :)

Tom Moulton Billboard Colums

Here's your "Billboard Charts" lists:

Billoard Charts

[markydefad]

Thanks Nicky. That's what I was looking for. :D Where do you do subject searches nowadays? Approximately what page # are those Billboard charts on? Well, I guess I have the link now.........so ....... :o

[markydefad]

(Updated with more and/or corrected info 2/12/05)

October 26, 1974

Billboard Pop Chart Top 5:
1) THEN CAME YOU - Dionne Warwick & The Spinners
2) YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN' - Stevie Wonder
3) YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
4) JAZZMAN - Carole King
5) THE BITCH IS BACK - Elton John

Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) HIGHER PLANE - Kool & The Gang
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OK, here's the first chart.

DISCO ACTION

3 charts with 10 items in each chart.

A = Hot At the Discos (NYC)
(#1: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE)
B= Best Sellers (Downstairs Records -NYC)
(#1: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE)
C = Best Sellers (Colony Records- NYC)
(#1: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBE)

Three charts with 10 items apiece; Ten points for a #1; 1 point for a #10. Max points= 30.

(In case of ties: precedence for appearance on more than one chart; precedence for highest ranking on any chart; or alphabetical order by song title.)

THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 21
Chart #1: 10/26/74

1) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - Gloria Gaynor
(MGM 45) (30 points/chart A, B & C)
2) ASK ME - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
(Roulette 45) (18 pts; chart ABC)
3) JUST AS LONG AS I CAN - Free Spirit
(Chess 45) (16 pts/B & C)
4) GET DANCIN' (PART 1 & 2) - Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes
(Chelsea 45) (14 pts; ABC)
5) WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
(Phil Intl. 45) (9pts.; B only)
6) "ENERGY OF LOVE" LP - The Intruders (their final LP)
(TSOP) (8 pts./B only)
7) SUGAR PIE GUY - The Joneses
(Mercury 45) (8 pts./C only)
8. EVERLASTING LOVE - Carl Carlton
(Backbeat/ABC 45) (7 pts/AB)
9) YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING - Barry White
(20th Century LP cut) (7 pts./A only)
10) I CAN'T FIGHT YOUR LOVE - The Modulations
(Buddah 45) (6 pts./A only)

11) KEEP ON MOVING - Creative Source
(Sussex 45) (6pts/C)
12) ROCKIN' SOUL - The Hues Corporation
(RCA 45) (6 pts./BC)
13) SAVE IT (DON'T GIVE IT AWAY) - Lonette McKee
(Sussex 45) (5 pts./B)
14) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin
(Chess 45 IMPORT) (5 pts./A)
15) GOT TO GET YOU BACK - Sons Of Robin Stone
(Atco 45) (4 pts./C)
16) YOU LITTLE TRUSTMAKER - The Tymes
(RCA 45-BOTH versions; original version not available commercially) (4 pts; A)
17) DO IT TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED - B.T. Express
(Scepter 45) (3 pts./A)
18. DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME - T.N.J.S.
(Chess 45) (3 pts./B)
19) YOU BELIEVED IN ME - Executive Suite
(Babylon 45) (3 pts./C)
20) GUT LEVEL - The Blackbyrds
(Fantasy LP cut) (2 pts/A)

21) LOVE DOESN'T GROW ON TREES - Darren Green
(RCA 45) (2 pts./C)

#3, 6, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, & 21 NOT LISTED in Joel Whitburn's HOT DANCE/DISCO - 1974-2003 book)

The Final Tally

3 records on all 3 charts (#1, 2, 4)
3 records on 2 charts
15 records on only 1 chart

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Club Dialogue by Tom Moulton
10/26/74

(New York City)

GLORIA GAYNOR'S "NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE" is still the top record in the discos and has been for five weeks.

"YOU LITTLE TRUSTMAKER" by THE TYMES.
This is the original version; stronger lead singer, female back-up group, hotter mix. DJ's have been trying to obtain this version but it is not available commercially, although some disco DJ's have obtained copies of this version which has jumped into their top 10 within the past for weeks.

FREE SPIRIT'S "JUST AS LONG AS I CAN"
(Disco mix; longer and faster is available from Chess/Janus only as a special promotional copy because the disco version was released after the shorter commercial copies were released. Chess/Janus feels the commercial copies should be sold before the Disco version is released commercially.

Roulette Records has made a test pressing of the Disco-mix of "YOUR LOVE" by THE MOMENT OF TRUTH (slower,original tempo and much longer than the commercial one released several months ago, which was not played in the discos). The DJ's who have it love it and play it; hopefully it will become commercially available soon.

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[sfbeary]

hey marky,

thanks for these charts!

i think the version of "you little trustmaker" that moulton mentions was never actually pressed on vinyl. he played it for me last year on his home computer - it's sung by the tymes singer who ordinarily sings lead on their other records - he has a much deeper voice. he talked about trying to get that version released, but he may have given up on that project.

[markydefad]

Hey sfbeary,

Hmmmmm.....So did this alternate/original version of "You Little Trustmaker" only exist only on tape? If all these djs had it, it had to be in some format, right? :o

[efunk_adelic]

Originally Posted by sfbeary

hey marky,

thanks for these charts!

i think the version of "you little trustmaker" that moulton mentions was never actually pressed on vinyl. he played it for me last year on his home computer - it's sung by the tymes singer who ordinarily sings lead on their other records - he has a much deeper voice. he talked about trying to get that version released, but he may have given up on that project.

you also caught my curiosity... all I have is the original version.

[sfbeary]

"all these djs" is an overstatement - he mentions that "some disco DJ's have obtained copies of this version" - that could've been a couple of key djs that moulton himself gave reel-to-reel tapes to. it wasn't uncommon for a key dj to play unreleased/advance/alternate/privately edited versions on reel-to-reel. robbie leslie used it do it a lot. it might have also been an acetate, but i've never heard any collector mentioning having this. moulton himself has this version, and i've heard it, but as i said, it was on his home computer.

[keefelc]

So Barry, how did the unreleased alternate mix stand up to the original? I'm curious if you prefer the alternate version or the commercial mix?

[sfbeary]

i have to say that i prefer the familiar version of "you little trustmaker." the alternate version is an interesting variation, but it's actually more typical of records from that period - it sounds more like a harold melvin & the blue notes track with teddy on lead - everyone was attempting those kind of records in 1974. i think what makes the familiar version so distinctive is that the vocalist has an "everyman" voice, which went against the grain of the time, and a sincerity you can feel. the other vocal is a more flashy - it's by the guy who does the "aw baby" adlibs at the end.

[markydefad]

Sorry, I've been sick. Missed my deadline!!! :oops:

(Updated with more and/or corrected info 2/13/05)


November 2, 1974

Billboard Pop Chart Top 5:
1) YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN' - Stevie Wonder (w/The Jackson Five)
2) YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
3) JAZZMAN - Carole King
4) THE BITCH IS BACK - Elton John
5) CAN'T GET ENOUGH - Bad Company

Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) LET'S STRAIGHTEN IT OUT - Latimore
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DISCO ACTION

3 charts with 10 items in each chart.

A = Top 10 Audience Response (NYC)
(#1: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE)
B= Best Sellers (Downstairs Records -NYC)
(#1: WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS)
C = Best Sellers (Colony Records- NYC)
(#1: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE)

Three charts with 10 items apiece; Ten points for a #1; 1 point for a #10. Max points= 30.

(In case of ties: precedence for appearance on more than one chart; precedence for highest ranking on any chart (especially chart A); or alphabetical order by song title.)

Add them up and voila......


THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 18
Chart #2: November 2, 1974

1) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - Gloria Gaynor
(MGM 45) (28 points/charts A,B &C) (last week: #1)
2)YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING/ b/w MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING (Instrumental) - Barry White
(20th Century 45) (19/ABC) (#9)
3) GET DANCIN' (PART 1 & 2) - Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes
(Chelsea 45) (19/ABC) (#4)
4) EVERLASTING LOVE - Carl Carlton
(Back Beat 45) (17/ABC) (#8.)
5) WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
(Phil. Intl 45) (15/BC) (#5)
6) * TRUSTING HEART - The Trammps
(Golden Fleece 45) (12/BC) (NEW)
7) * LOOK ON THE GOOD SIDE - The Invitations
(Silver Blue 45) (9/B) (NEW)
8. ASK ME - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
(Roulette 45) (9/AC) ((#2)
9) ROCKIN' SOUL - Hues Corporation
(RCA 45) (8/BC) (#12)
10) KEEP ON MOVIN' -Creative Source
(Sussex 45) (6/C) (#11)

11) * PHILADELPHIA - B.B. King
(ABC 45) (5/A) (NEW)
12) * DOCTORS ORDERS - Carol Douglas
(Midland Intl./RCA distributed) (4/A) (NEW)
13) GOT TO GET YOU BACK - Sons Of Robin Stone
(ATCO 45) (4/B) (#15)
14) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin
(Chess 45-Import Only) (3/A) (#14)
15) YOU BELIEVED IN ME - Executive Suite
(Babylon 45) (3/C) (#19)
16)I CAN'T FIGHT YOUR LOVE - The Modulations
(Buddah 45) (2/A) (#10)
17) SUGAR PIE GUY - The Joneses
(Mercury 45) (2/B) (#7)
18. YOU LITTLE TRUSTMAKER - The Tymes
(RCA 45-original version not available commercially) (1/A) (#16)
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STATS:


#7, 11, 15 & 19 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) book.

* = Debut (4): #6, 7, 11, 12

(R) = RETURN (0)

DROPPED OFF:

JUST AS LONG AS I CAN - Free Spirit (was #3)
"ENERGY OF LOVE" LP - The Intruders (#6)
SAVE IT (DON'T THROW IT AWAY) - Lonette McKee (#13)
DO IT ('TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED) - B.T. Express (#17) * will be back
DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME - T.N.J.S. (#18.)
GUT LEVEL - The Blackbyrds (#20)
LOVE DOESN'T GROW ON TREES - Darren Green (#21) *

THE FINAL TALLY:

18 total records this week; 21 last week
4 records on all 3 charts: #1, 2, 3, 4
4 records on 2 charts
10 records on only 1 chart

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DISCOTHEQUE CLUB DIALOG
by Tom Moulton

Column #2: November 2, 1974

With large numbers of discos reportedly opening around the country, including chains of country locations, four questions most asked by their customers are: 1) The name of the record being played and the artist. 2) Is it new? 3) Where can it be purchased? 4) If Gloria Gaynor is so popular at discos, why isn't she being played on radio?

Barry White's new disco hit "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" from his "Can't Get Enough" album, has the instrumental version on the flip side. [ah...the answer to my question was right here!!!] :oops: This instrumental cut is not on the album. The discos had a 3:52 version to play off the album. Now with this single they have a 6:58 version.

Carol Douglas' "Doctor's Orders" prompted Midland to give out several test pressings to test it's disco potential. It's creating so much excitemnt in New York that it will be rush released this week by Midland which RCA distributes.....Barry Manilow's "It's A Miracle" from the "Barry Manilow II" LP is developing disco audience response in the East...B.B. King's "Philadelphia" single is taken from his "Friends" album. It was played all summer by believing disco dj's who wouldn't give up on this tune.

The Gamble & Huff family of labels (distributed nationally by Epic) has issued Bunny Sigler's "Keep Smilin" and a new group called Love Committee's single "One Day Of Peace"...David Ruffin's new Motown single "Me & Rock And Roll Are Here To Stay" has the "funky music" flavor...Mary Wells starting to get some good disco club reaction with her new Reprise single "Don't Keep Me Hangin' On" (written and produced by Bobby Womack).

Betty Wright's "Shoorah! Shoorah!" is a record that disco dj's say you have to hear more than once to get into...Denine, a New York based label has just releaed "Soon Everything Is Going To Be Alright" by the Third Time Around. It is both a vocal and instrumental.


The next week's column (11/9/74) is cut in half!!!! DAMN!!!

[markydefad]

(Updated with more and/or corrected info 2/13/05; updated again 8/6/05)

November 9, 1974

Billboard Pop Chart Top 5:
1) YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
2) JAZZMAN - Carole King
3) WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT - John Lennon (w/Elton John)
4) TIN MAN - America
5) BACK HOME AGAIN - John Denver


Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) LET'S STRAIGHTEN IT OUT - Latimore (2nd week)
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DISCO ACTION

3 charts with 10 items in each chart.

A = Top 10 Audience Response (NYC)
(#1: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE)
B= Best Sellers (Downstairs Records -NYC)
(#1: WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS)
C = Best Sellers (Colony Records- NYC)
(#1: GET DANCIN' )

Three charts with 10 items apiece; Ten points for a #1; 1 point for a #10. Max points= 30.

(In case of ties: precedence for appearance on more than one chart; precedence for highest ranking on any chart (especially chart A); or alphabetical order by song title.)

Add them up and voila......


THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 16
Chart #3: November 9, 1974

1) YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING/ b/w MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING (Instrumental) - Barry White
(20th Century 45) (22 total points/ charts ABC) (Last week: #2)
2) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - Gloria Gaynor
(MGM 45) (20/ABC) (#1)
3) GET DANCIN' (PARTS 1 & 2) - Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes
(Chelsea 45) (20/ABC) (#3)
4) WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
(Phil. Intl. 45) (16/BC) (#5)
5) DOCTOR'S ORDERS - Carol Douglas
(Midland Intl. 45) (12/AC) (#12)
6) LOOK ON THE GOOD SIDE (Pt. 1 & 2) - The Invitations
(Silver Blue Records 45) (12/BC) (#7)
7) EVERLASTING LOVE - Carl Carlton
(Backbeat 45) )10/AB) (#4)
8. SUGAR PIE GUY - The Jonseses
(Mercury 45) (9/AB) (#17)
9) TRUSTING HEART - The Trammps
(Golden Fleece 45) (9/BC) (#6)
10) ASK ME - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
(Roulette 45) (9/A) (#8.)

11) ROCKIN' SOUL - The Hues Corporation
(RCA 45) (8/ABC) (#9)
12) YOU BELIEVED IN ME - Executive Suite
(Babylon 45) (5/B) (#15)
13) * EACH MORNING I WAKE UP - Major Harris Boogie Blues Band
(Atlantic 45) (4/C) (NEW)
14) * EXPRESS - B.T. Express
(Scepter LP cut) (4/A) (NEW)
15) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin
(Chess 45) (3/A) (#14)
16) * GOT TO TESTIFY (LOVE) - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
(United Artists 45) (2/C) (NEW)
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STATS:

#6 & 12 not in Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) book.

* = Debut (3): #13, 14, 16

(R) = RETURN (0)

DROPPED OFF:

KEEP ON MOVING - Creative Source (was #10)
PHILADELPHIA - B.B. King (#11) * will be back
GOT TO GET YOU BACK - Sons Of Robin Stone (#13)
I CAN'T FIGHT YOUR LOVE - The Modulations (#16)
YOU LITTLE TRUSTMAKER - The Tymes (#18.)

THE FINAL TALLY:

16 total items this week;18 last week; 21 the week before--WE'RE SHRINKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Never fear, next week a fourth chart is added and each chart expands to 15 items..so we'll get 31 items!!
+3 debuts /-5 dropoffs
4 records on all 3 charts
6 records on 2 charts
6 records on only 1 chart
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DISCOTHEQUE CLUB DIALOG by Tom Moulton

Column #3: November 9, 1974

(column cut in half on my copy...this is what I can discern...
" test pressings of "Express" by B.T. Express on Scepter have hit discos. "That's What I Want For You Baby" also from the LP getting good response as well.

Chess/Janus has released the extended version of Al Downing's "I'll Be Holding On". The original version was released earlier this year as a 2:50 vocal. New version adds instrumental to vocal for 5:35 track. The exciting thing is the banjo towards the end.

Chess/Janus has also released....Jimmy Ruffin's "Tell Me What You Want". the record was first released about 8 months ago....started getting played in NY in middle of August...most copies sold out....stores imported new copies...now being re-released. Better late than never...with an album to follow...

OK, that's a paraphrase.


:oops:
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*****(Thanks to shootyourshot for providing the full text of this column.)****** :D :D :D

Update: 8/6/75:
Here's the actual column:


Test pressings of "Express" by the B.T. Express on Scepter have gone out to most discos. "That's What I Want For You Baby," also from the group's album, is getting good response as well.

Chess/Janus has released the disco version of Al Downing's "ll Be Holding On." The original version was released earlier this year as a 2:50 vocal. The new version is instrumental with vocal and the length is 5:35. The exciting thing about this record is the banjo towards the end of the record.

Chess/Janus has also released Jimmy Ruffin's disco hit "Tell Me What You Want." The record was released in England about eight months ago and the excitement started in New York in June. By the middle of August most DJs had the English copy and stores started to get calls. Several labels had tried to obtain the rights to release it in the US and were unsuccessful. Now, better late than never, the record is out, with an album to follow soon.

"Where There Is Love" on the Whispers album is getting to be a request record now. The album has been out for four months and most clubs were into the record then. . . . "Each Morning I Wake Up" by The Major Harris Boogie Blues Band is becoming popular in New York clubs. The name of the group is misleading because their single has the Philadelphia/Spinners sound. The mono side time is marked 2:20, same as the stereo, while in actuality it is 3:48. Commercial copies have the short version. . . . David Rodriguez from the Limelight club is getting strong reaction to the Stylistics' "Hey Girl, Come And Get It." " You Better Be Certain" by the Futures (Buddah) is a record which some DJs were able to get in August when it was not easily available in stores. Now, with the help of a local one-stop it is available. . . . Curtis Mayfield's new album "Got To Find A Way" has a very good disco cut on it called "Mother's Son." It runs 6:04. . . . "Got To Testify (Love)" by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose is starting to get disco interest.


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Next week a 4th chart is added (Melody Music - Booklyn, Queens, Long Island) and each chart expands from 10 items to 15 apiece. So, instead of 30 potential titles...we could now have 60!!!!!

.

[markydefad]

(Updated with more and/or corrected info 2/13/05)

November 16, 1974

Billboard Pop Chart Top 5:
1) WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT - John Lennon (w/Elton John)
2) *DO IT ('TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED) -B.T. Express
3) MY MELODY OF LOVE - Bobby Vinton
4) TIN MAN - America
5) BACK HOME AGAIN - John Denver

*(items in BOLD charted on the DISCO chart.)

Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) WOMAN TO WOMAN - Shirley Brown
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DISCO ACTION

This week a fourth chart is added from Melody Song Shops. :D

A = Top 15 Audience Response Records (NYC Discos)
(#1: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE)
B= Best Sellers (Downstairs Records -NYC)
(#1: LOOK ON THE GOOD SIDE)
C = Best Sellers (Colony Records- NYC)
(#1: GET DANCIN' )
D = Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island_
(#1 = EXPRESS)

Four charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15. Max points= 60.

(In case of ties: precedence for appearance on more than one chart; precedence for highest ranking on any chart (especially chart A); or alphabetical order by song title.)

Add them up and voila......


THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 31
Chart #4: November 16, 1974

1) DOCTOR'S ORDERS - Carol Douglas
(Midland Intl.) (54 point total/Charts ABCD) (last week: #5)
2) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - Gloria Gaynor
(MGM 45) (40/ACD) (#2)
3) GET DANCIN' (PT. 1 & 2) - Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes
(Chelsea 45) (36/ABCD) (#3)
4) YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING/ b/w MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING (Instrumental) - Barry White
(20th Century 45) (35/ABC) (#1)
5) ROCKIN' SOUL - Hues Corporation
(RCA 45) (30/ABCD) (#11)
6) EXPRESS - B.T. Express
(Scepter LP only) (29/AD) (#14)
7) WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
(Phil. Intl. 45) (26/ABC) (#4)
8. TRUSTING HEART - The Trammps
(Golden Fleece 45) (25/ABCD) (#9)
9) LOOK ON THE GOOD SIDE - The Invitations
(Silver Blue 45) (22/BC) (#6)
10) EACH MORNING I WAKE UP - Major Hariis Boogie Blues Band
(Atlantic 45) (18/BC) (#13)

11) ASK ME - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
(Roulette 45) (17/AD) (#10)
12) * TIME - Mighty Clouds Of Joy
(ABC/Dunhill 45) (14/D) (NEW)
13) (R) PHILADELPHIA - B.B. King
ABC/Dunhill 45) (12/ACD) (RETURN)
14) SUGAR PIE GUY - The Joneses
(Mercury 45) (11/ABD) (#8.)
15) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin
(Chess 45) (11/AC) (#15)
16) (R) DO IT (TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED) - B.T. Express
(Scepter 45) (11/D) (RETURN)
17) * I FEEL LOVE COMIN' ON - Jay & The Techniques
(Silver Blue 45) (10/D) (NEW)
18. * KUNG FU FIGHTING - Carl Douglas
(20th Century 45) (9/D) (NEW)
19) *SOON EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT - The Third Time Around
(Denine 45) (9/B) (NEW)
20) EVERLASTING LOVE - Carl Carlton
(Backbeat 45) (8/AD) (#7)

21) GOT TO TESTIFY (LOVE) - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
((UA 45) (8/BC) (#16)
22) * I'LL BE HOLDING ON - Al Downing
(Janus 45- Disco Mix) (8/A) (NEW)
23) (R) LOVE DOESN'T GROW ON TREES - Darren Green
(RCA 45) (8/D) (RETURN)
24) YOU BELIEVED IN ME - Executive Suite
(Babylon 45) (7/B) (#12)
25) * WORK TO DO - Average Whte Band
(Atlantic 45) (6/C) (NEW)
26) * YOU'RE THE SONG I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SING - Timmy Thomas
(Glades 45) (5/B) (NEW)
27) * YOU BETTER BE CERTAIN - The Futures
(Buddah 45) (4/B) (NEW)
28. * ONE DAY OF PEACE Love Committee
(TSOP 45) (3/C) (NEW)
29) * ALL THESE CHANGES - Milt Matthews
(Bryon 45) (2/B) (NEW)
30) * WHERE THERE IS LOVE - The Whispers
(Janus LP cut) (1/A) (NEW)
31) * DREAMS -Nell Carter
(RCA 45) (1/C) (NEW)
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STATS:

#9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29 & 31 NOT in Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) book

* = Debut (12): #12, 17, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

(R) = Return/Re-entry (3): #13, 16, 23

DROPPED OFF:
0 items dropped off!!! That's a FIRST!!!! (hate typin' em.) :P

THE FINAL TALLY:

31 total items this week; 16 last week (doubled by adding 4th chart & expanding all charts to 15 items).

+12 debuts + 3 returns /-0 dropoffs
4 records on all 4 charts (#1, 3, 5, 8 )
5 records on 3 charts
7 records on 2 charts
15 records on only 1 chart
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DISCO ACTION
by Tom Moulton

Column #4: 11/16/74

NEW YORK-- Good news travels fast and the word is out about a forthcoming Jimmy Castor Atlantic album. Castor, who is known in the discos for his "It's Just Begun" smash, hasn't been able to top that record since it's release two years ago.

The cut most people are aware of is "E-Man Boogie." [says "He-Man"] :oops: It'll be 4:40 on the LP. The consensus of several DJ's including Steve Santora of Nepentha II, Joe Palminteri of the Sound Machine and Tony DJ of Hollywood, among others who have heard the song is that "Jimmy has made another great disco record".

Steven D'Aquisto, a relief DJ (by choice) at several of the top clubs here, is responsible for turning a number of DJ's and disco stores on to such fast breaking records as "Got To Testify(Love)" by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, "Hey Girl, Come And Get It" by the Stylistics, and "Love Is Sunshine" by Mandrill. Several DJ's such as David Rodriguez of the Limelight readily admit their appreciation of his ongoing contributions to the club scene.

"Yes, Sir Brother" by Shirley Brown, the flip side of "Woman To Woman", started getting disco play in the early part of September and has continued to grow. It's getting very strong in such New York clubs such as Limelight, the Hippopotamus and Nepentha II.

The Jackson Sisters new single, "Boy You're Dynamite" on Mums is slower than their disco hit earlier this year "I Believe In Miracles." Because of the popularity of that record the new release will get some good play in most of the New York discos.

"Keepin Up With The Joneses," the album by the Joneses, has the group's current hit "Sugar Pie Guy" as well as their previous hit "Hey Babe." Both singles, which had part 1 & 2 versions, were big disco records and no one can understand why part 1 & 2 of both singles are not long versions on the album. Clubs who have played both records sometimes have difficulty in putting them together where they sound as one record.

Scepter Records has just released Don Downing's "Dream World" single (the disco-mix version) as the first product in it's "Disco Gold" series. This record is unique because it first came out this spring on the Roadshow label and, at the time of it's release, the company that distributed it dissolved and the record was almost impossible to get.

It was then released on Scepter and by radio standards was an old record. Scepter then decided (because of disco popularity) to re-release it as a disco record. It (Tom did) remixed the vocal with part of the instrumental with the flip side of the instrumental version. The popularity of the record is still there and it's considered a "standard" disco hit. It has sold steadily in stores and now, as part of the series, will continue to be available.

The two most asked questions on the Manhattan club scene these days are:

"When is the Trammps album coming out?" AND, "When will Gloria Gaynor's "Never Can Say Goodbye" LP with the longer versions of "Honey Bee" and "Never Can Say Goodbye" be released?"

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(Self-Promotion Dept.)
Notice Tom's teasing of two pieces of work that HE was responsible for--The Trammps LP & Gloria Gaynor LP. He also did that remix of the Don Downing song.

As Mel Cheren states in his book...Tom was responsible for creating the 12" single, the concept of mixing, and the record pool, among other things....you can see the formulation of these ideas coming to fruition in his column.