Disco was very good to the rock acts who explored it .....

[remicks]

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Disco was very good to a wide variety of acts .....including some whose music would expectantly be found filed over in the rock bins.
Look at both Rod Stewart and The Doobie Bros. for example .

In 1979 each released very shocking ( to many) yet successful 12" disco singles:
DO YA THINK I'M SEXY
and
WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES

This most daring of disco probing was very good for them indeed ... because of these songs each of these acts were rewarded in the utmost of ways chartwise . :icon_cool:

By that I mean…….????

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[thommy2458]

Remicks-Is it because they charted on 3 different lists: R&B/Soul,Pop and Disco?

Or is it that these were the best selling singles
of these artists careers?

Thom

[remicks]

Remicks-Is it because they charted on 3 different lists: R&B/Soul,Pop and Disco?

Or is it that these were the best selling singles
of these artists careers?

Thom

good points both !

But it's something else I'm referring to ......

At the time of their popularity, these singles delivered for these acts something EVERY artist dreams of ...... :icon_biggrin:

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[KoolChris]

...Pizza?
...Recognition?
...Naked nymphomaniac teenager groupies waiting backstage?


Rod Stewart was nominated for 2 Grammy awards for "Best Pop vocal performance" and "Best Disco recording"; and the Doobies won a 3 Grammy Awards for theirs ( for "Pop Vocal Performance by a Group" + "Record of the Year" + "Album of the Year") . And both singles went #1 for several weeks.
Any relevance there?

[remicks]

...Pizza?
...Recognition?
...Naked nymphomaniac teenager groupies waiting backstage?

:icon_razz: :icon_razz: :icon_razz: :icon_razz:

. And both singles went #1 for several weeks.
Any relevance there?[

"Tis true ... EVERY artist dreams of having a number one single ....

but there's one other thing they dream for even more .... :icon_rolleyes: :icon_confused:


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[ol'skinflint]

...Pizza?
...Recognition?
...Naked nymphomaniac teenager groupies waiting backstage?


Rod Stewart was nominated for 2 Grammy awards for "Best Pop vocal performance" and "Best Disco recording"; and the Doobies won a 3 Grammy Awards for theirs ( for "Pop Vocal Performance by a Group" + "Record of the Year" + "Album of the Year") . And both singles went #1 for several weeks.
Any relevance there?

the Doobies did a disco song? What was it (the most danceable song of theirs I'm aware of is "What a Fool Believes"). Was it their cover of the Isley Brothers' "Need a Little Taste of Love?"

[remicks]

the Doobies did a disco song? What was it (the most danceable song of theirs I'm aware of is "What a Fool Believes"). Was it their cover of the Isley Brothers' "Need a Little Taste of Love?"

Your answer to this quiz question is incorrect.
but thanks for participating .


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[DJMrC]

Hi was it minute by minute the track your talking about

[KoolChris]

Look at both Rod Stewart and The Doobie Bros. for example .

In 1979 each released very shocking ( to many) yet successful 12" disco singles:
DO YA THINK I'M SEXY
and
WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES

...answers the following questions:

the Doobies did a disco song? What was it (the most danceable song of theirs I'm aware of is "What a Fool Believes"). Was it their cover of the Isley Brothers' "Need a Little Taste of Love?"

Hi was it minute by minute the track your talking about

[KoolChris]

:icon_razz: :icon_razz: :icon_razz: :icon_razz:

"Tis true ... EVERY artist dreams of having a number one single ....

but there's one other thing they dream for even more .... :icon_rolleyes: :icon_confused:

.

Is the answer directly linked to revenue? Monetary importance of sales?

[remicks]

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Thanks KoolChris .....sometimes I think "it's me , isn't it " :icon_razz:


now back to the question at hand :

Is the answer directly linked to revenue? Monetary importance of sales?

I think it's best to just restate my last remark .... with a little difference in the emphasis ......

myself:
"Tis true ... EVERY artist dreams of having a number one single ....

but there's one other thing they dream for even more .... "

Got it ???

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[KoolChris]

Remicks!!!

Now, if you're going to spell it out, I can only finally get the hint and confidently assume you're referring to their best-selling albums!?!

It appears, in 1979, both LPs sporting the aforementioned tracks were in the top 10 selling albums:
#5 was "Minute by minute", by the Doobie Bros.,
#8 was "Blondes have more fun", by Rod Stewart.

[remicks]

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Yes ..... the one thing better than a number one single .... is a number one album :icon_cool:

As was the case for Rod Stewart's BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN (DO YA THINK I'M SEXY was the album's only Top 40 hit )
and the Doobies' MINUTE BY MINUTE LP ( WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES being that LP's only Top 40 hit)

These two disco songs directly delivered number one albums to each of these acts.

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[KoolChris]

They were actually #1 albums? I thought the ranks I provided were accurate, as I found them on a specialized site. Hmmm! Cain't truss nobody!

[remicks]

They were actually #1 albums? I thought the ranks I provided were accurate, as I found them on a specialized site. Hmmm! Cain't truss nobody!

Maybe those were their rankings for the entire year of 1979 .....??

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[KoolChris]

Maybe those were their rankings for the entire year of 1979 .....??

Yeah, that certainly seems like a probable cause... Both were so big, at least in L.A., they had to have made it to first at some point...

[DJMrC]

Hi all ive been reading up on the Doobie Brothers on various sites and according to some What a fool believes wasent the only top 40 hit of that album Minute by minute reached number 16 as a single track to
DJ Mr C

[remicks]

What a fool believes wasent the only top 40 hit of that album Minute by minute reached number 16 as a single track to
DJ Mr C

Good spot ...

If I had edit access I'd go back and correct those comments to read TOP 10 instead of TOP 40 .... :icon_rolleyes: