Pointer Sisters "How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Si

**FrontPage22** · November 28th, 2005, 05:45 PM

Did this one get a lot of love back in the day? :oops:

**Disco Funk** · November 28th, 2005, 10:56 PM

I imagine it did. Probably more of a funk clubber than a disco dancer. It was well liked enough to get interpolated over a decade later by Salt & Pepa on their Hot Cool & Vicious LP.

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**Salsoul1975** · November 28th, 2005, 11:37 PM

Pointer Sisters' How Long

#1 on Billboard's Soul chart on 9/6/75 (2 weeks)
#20 on Billboard's Pop chart on 10/4/75

**QUINNY** · November 29th, 2005, 03:37 AM

I certainly gave it a few spins. Typical Meters sound to it (produced by Allen Toussaint?), so a little tricky.

**Disco Funk** · November 29th, 2005, 08:40 AM

Originally Written by QUINNY

I certainly gave it a few spins. Typical Meters sound to it (produced by Allen Toussaint?), so a little tricky.

It was actually a David Rubinson production. He also produced albums by Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters. Love the funky guitar on that track by Melvin Wah Wah Watson Ragin.

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**discodjinn** · November 29th, 2005, 03:35 PM

Oddly, "How Long" didn't make the Billboard Disco Top 15 for either New York or L.A. charts (the Pointers were from California).

**Mixmachine** · November 29th, 2005, 04:14 PM

Originally Written by FrontPage22

Did this one get a lot of love back in the day? :oops:

FrontPage , this song used to be all over the airways in South Florida, especially the R&B Stations and was released as a single on ABC records(BTA 265), don't remember about clubs, I was to young and it has been to long. :cry:

**markydefad** · November 29th, 2005, 04:25 PM

Like the Pointers' other slow groove classic, "Yes We Can Can"...ya gotta remember both are only around 90 bpm--on the very slow side for dancing...however wonderful they are. So no disco chart action....but big radio tunes--#1 R&B.

**paul** · November 29th, 2005, 04:50 PM

It sure as hell got a lot of radio play. I think I can stand listening to it now :o

**QUINNY** · November 29th, 2005, 04:52 PM

Originally Written by markydefad

Like the Pointers' other slow groove classic, "Yes We Can Can"...ya gotta remember both are only around 90 bpm--on the very slow side for dancing...however wonderful they are. So no disco chart action....but big radio tunes--#1 R&B.

Some of my favourite dance records are around 85-100 BPM.

**OneCharmingBastard** · December 5th, 2005, 12:15 PM

who knew they were ever THIS cool? I mean seriously, 30 years on, this record still SLAMS!

**Billyno** · December 5th, 2005, 05:00 PM

This is still a fabulous tune. I've got an old UK 4 track 12" featuring the full length versions of How Long / Yes We Can Can / Going Down Slowly / You Gotta Believe and I still play it regularly. While not typical "disco" songs, they certainly went down well in the funkier clubs in the mid-seventies.

**Disco Funk** · December 5th, 2005, 08:01 PM

Originally Written by Billyno

This is still a fabulous tune. I've got an old UK 4 track 12" featuring the full length versions of How Long / Yes We Can Can / Going Down Slowly / You Gotta Believe and I still play it regularly. While not typical "disco" songs, they certainly went down well in the funkier clubs in the mid-seventies.

Don't It Drive You Crazy is another great tune from this funk-filled era. And then there's the infamous Sesame Street track The Pinball Song.

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