Name that 1976 (jukebox) tune :

**remicks** · January 18th, 2006, 01:27 AM

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Let's try some serious trivia here .........

Records use to get played alot in jukeboxes . Jukebox operators kept track of each record's # of performances .

For the year ----- 1976 ------ The Music Operators Of America announced their :

----- SOUL RECORD OF THE YEAR ON JUKEBOXES -----

and :D :D :D ----- it was a disco tune !!! :D

Which one from 1976 got the most jukebox play ?? :-? ( hint : whatever first came to mind ...think again ... that's not it )

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**Davicillo** · January 18th, 2006, 04:21 PM

:lol: Surely not Rick Dees Disco Duck. :evil:

**discokicks** · January 18th, 2006, 04:46 PM

Thinking wayyyyyy back to the jukebox we had in our high school cafetera, it's got to be one of these two:

Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
or
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

...but Love Rollercoaster was out at the first of the year so I'm thinking that it would have got the most plays in 1976! (Man, did I get tired of hearing that song every day at lunch.... :lol: )

**discodevil** · January 18th, 2006, 05:33 PM

I think it whould have been Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry because of the double take on the lyric, back then people would have played it for the shock value !

**famdam** · January 18th, 2006, 05:34 PM

Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle?

**eddie** · January 18th, 2006, 09:43 PM

How about "Best of my love" by the Emotions?
A second guess could be "Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor.

**remicks** · January 18th, 2006, 09:54 PM

Originally Written by famdam

Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle?

Welcome to the board famdam !! :D

"LADY MARMALADE" could be the correct answer ...... if we were naming the top jukebox soul song of 1975 ..... because that's when it came out ( I don't know if it is the right answer for 1975 either ... however :roll: )

LADY MARMALADE was the # 40 disco song for 1975 :

40) LADY MARMALADE - Labelle
(Epic/ 1974) P: Allen R. Toussaint; W: Bob Crewe/ Kenny Nolan
Timing: 3:56; BPM: approx. 117 bpm
Pop: #1 (1); R&B: #1 (1); Disc-o-la Fortune 500: #71 out of 500
45: A) Lady Marmalade; B) Space Children
CD Availabilty: "Lady Marmalade: Best of Patti & Labelle"
A= 77; B= 4; C= 61; D= 98; F= 13; Total points = 253
13 weeks on the chart (12/7/74 - 3/1/75)/ 9 weeks in the Top 10/ Peak: #3 for 2 weeks

The above according to Marky's compilation charts .... which as a new member here you probably don't know about , but may want to :-? :D

Check them out ! :

http://www.discomusic.com/forums/vie...7508&start=360

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The guesses so far sound like likely candidates ... but I'm telling you .... the answer isn't the one you think it is .... its the one you think it isn't ... !

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**discodevil** · January 19th, 2006, 08:14 AM

Ill try another! Maybe Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb!

**shenkin2001** · January 19th, 2006, 10:33 AM

:roll:
Andy Gibb's Shadow Dancing was recorded in spring 1978...
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maybe it's You Should Be Dancing by Bee Gees ?

**discokicks** · January 19th, 2006, 01:34 PM

Originally Written by remicks

The guesses so far sound like likely candidates ... but I'm telling you .... the answer isn't the one you think it is .... its the one you think it isn't ... !

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Aha....so it MUST be Wild Cherry! 8)

**eddie** · January 19th, 2006, 03:34 PM

Just another stab-How about George Benson's Breezin which was written by Bobby Womack?

**markydefad** · January 19th, 2006, 05:10 PM

hmmmm....1976 eh?

Well DISCO LADY was the #1 R&B record...but that would be obvious and you said it ain't... :roll:

Others:

LOVE HANGOVER by Miss Ross?
YOU SHOULD BE DANCING by The Bee Gees?
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC by Wild Cherry? :o :o :o

**famdam** · January 19th, 2006, 06:20 PM

thanks for the warm welcome. my next guess would be DISCO INFERNO BY THE TRAMMPS OR CAR WASH BY ROSE ROYCE and also one song i really got sick of hearing DANCING QUEEN by ABBA.

**remicks** · January 19th, 2006, 10:12 PM

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These particular guesses are on the right track in a certain way:

Rick Dees
Wild Cherry
Andy Gibb
The rest of the Gibbs
Abba

In fact, I'd say the Wild Cherry lyrics would make a very good clue ......
............."play that funky music _____ ___ "

:-? ??? :-?

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**discodevil** · January 20th, 2006, 04:22 AM

Im thinking those people are white artists!

Could it be David Bowie's Golden Years first released as a shortened single in November 1975 and then as the full-length song in 1976.