Disco Charts 1977-1979

[RetroRuss]

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a website (or another resource) that can list the weekly disco charts - in the US, UK and as many other countries around the world. For example I know that 30 years ago to the day 'Hot Stuff' was No.1 in the UK Disco chart, but I want to foind all the other weekly charts for the years 1977-1979.

Thank you!
R

[drlove]

Not aware of a website that lists the weeklies, but back in '95-'96, I just went to a local university library and did the research on the dance chart weeklies the tedious, manual way (cranking thru microfilmed copies). I would have to think that London has a library that still possesses archived back copies of Billboard, considering the mag's a music industry standard.

[PierreConstantin]

I can't really answer but Allmusicguide.com lists every peak position for every album and song if we click on the album or song name in the column "charts and awards".

Example: Donna Summer singles from 1975 to 1979:

1975 Love To Love You Baby Club Play Singles 1
1975 Love To Love You Baby Disco Singles 1
1976 Could It Be Magic Black Singles 21
1976 Could It Be Magic Pop Singles 52
1976 Four Seasons Of Love (LP All Cuts) Club Play Singles 1
1976 Love To Love You Baby Black Singles 3
1976 Love To Love You Baby Pop Singles 2
1976 Try Me, I Know We Can Make It Black Singles 35
1976 Try Me, I Know We Can Make It Disco Singles 1
1976 Try Me, I Know We Can Make It Pop Singles 80
1976 Wasted Disco Singles 1
1977 Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over) Black Singles 20
1977 I Feel Love/Love's Unkind/I Remember Yesterday/Take Me Club Play Singles 1
1977 I Feel Love Black Singles 9
1977 I Feel Love Pop Singles 6
1977 Once Upon A Time (LP All Cuts) Club Play Singles 1
1977 Spring Affair Black Singles 24
1977 Spring Affair Pop Singles 58
1977 Theme From "The Deep" Club Play Singles 3
1977 Winter Melody Black Singles 21
1977 Winter Melody Pop Singles 43
1978 I Love You Black Singles 28
1978 I Love You Pop Singles 37
1978 Last Dance Black Singles 5
1978 Last Dance Pop Singles 3
1978 Mac Arthur Park Suite Club Play Singles 1
1978 MacArthur Park Black Singles 8
1978 MacArthur Park Pop Singles 1
1978 Rumour Has It Black Singles 21
1978 Rumour Has It Pop Singles 53
1979 Bad Girls Black Singles 1
1979 Bad Girls Pop Singles 1
1979 Dim All The Lights Black Singles 13
1979 Dim All The Lights Club Play Singles 54
1979 Dim All The Lights Pop Singles 2
1979 Heaven Knows Black Singles 10
1979 Heaven Knows Pop Singles 4
1979 Hot Stuff/Bad Girls (LP All Cuts) Club Play Singles 1
1979 Hot Stuff Black Singles 3
1979 Hot Stuff Pop Singles 1
1979 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Adult Contemporary 7
1979 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Club Play Singles 1
1979 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Pop Singles 1
1979 On The Radio Club Play Singles 8
1980 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Black Singles 20
1980 On The Radio Black Singles 9
1980 On The Radio Pop Singles 5
1980 Walk Away Black Singles 35
1980 Walk Away Pop Singles 36

[needlefingers]

Ahhh, some of my best kept secrets, but I will share.


Here is a World position chart for pop/disco that also lists individual county’s chart position. You can click on the different years.

1977 - Music VF



Here are some world charts. CHUM used to list even disco, but they changed their website recently.

International Singles Charts - Top Songs of 1977

Pop / Top 40 Singles Charts



Here are dozens, and I do mean dozens, of world charts. You have to click through to find the ones that list past history by year, by week and by genre.

Charts All Over the World



Here is a German pop chart that I refer to a lot.

INFINITY CHARTS: German Top 20


Here are a few more…don’t know how much help they will be…..

1979 All-Time Music Charts

1979 Music Hits: Pop Music Charts - The Most Requested Popular Music and Ringtones of All time!

TuneCharts.com - Rock And Roll Music Charts - 1979 Music Charts

Historical Music Charts Archive - At Billboard.com You Can Explore Music History



Look to the right on this one.

Billboard - Daily Music History Lessons- Search Music News



As was suggested, libraries, colleges and universities are the best resource for the individual weekly magazines and charts.



Now I gave up some of my stuff. :icon_twisted:

Please, please, come back and let us know if you find some good old charts. :icon_lol:

[shenkin2001]

on www.swisscharts.com also albums and singles charts: Sweden (from 1975/weekly) Norway (from 1958/weekly) Switzerland ( from 1968/weekly) & Austria ( singles from 1965/albums from 1973)...

[RetroRuss]

Wonderful stuff! Many thanks everyone!

[Francois]

Wikipedia has a list, by week, of the #1 Dance songs going back to the 1970s.

And, Joel Whitburn (finally) put together a book with disco/dance chart data similar to his other Billboard chart compilation books:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/089...SIN=089820156X

[StarrTerry]

I too am looking for the Billboard Disco Chart around this time also within the region of 1980/81 as Im serching for a particular Disco Tune. It did chart in the Billboard Disco Chart some time in 1980/81. I need it to check it against the one that was in the chart at that time so that I then hopefully have the correct Title & Artist.

Michael Mclory - What you Wont Do For me

It still rings a bell but as I no longer have that weeks Billboard Magazine with this title in the Billboard Disco Chart its more than likely I have to keep searchingh till I find it for this title & artist.

Thanks

[needlefingers]

Someone just pointed out (I can't remember which post, but "thank you") that you can see old Billboard mags online at Google Books...

http://books.google.com/books?id=EiU...201980&f=false

[discokicks]

Someone just pointed out (I can't remember which post, but "thank you") that you can see old Billboard mags online at Google Books...

http://books.google.com/books?id=EiU...201980&f=false

Wow...wow...and WOW! How long have I been wanting the chance to peruse through a well-stocked library of old Billboard magazines?!

Many many thanks Needle....mega-kisses for you and all that....(now how am I ever going to fit work into all of this reading???)

[needlefingers]

All the thanks has to go to discomusic.com members tmob and Chala, who posted it in another thread yesterday.....

http://www.discomusic.com/forums/sho...um-of-the-Year


I just happened to catch it and when this thread popped up today, I thought I would add it.

Thanks tmob and Chala!!!

[StarrTerry]

Ahhhh thats great.

Thanks for the info.
Yes I even remember the ads in there as well from Downstairs Records & Mail-o-Disc
Any of these still going these days

Terry

[needlefingers]

Ahhhh thats great.

Thanks for the info.
Yes I even remember the ads in there as well from Downstairs Records & Mail-o-Disc
Any of these still going these days

Terry

I got to the city in 1987 and Downstairs Records had relocated to the Times Square area, but it closed many years ago. I don't know Mail-o-Disc.

There is Disc-O-Rama and there are two or three still around, dealing with CD's and DVD's. I noticed a new one on 8th Street near 6th Ave last week. I think this is the West Village one(by The Monster) relocated. I didn't go in, so I don't know if they bought their basement of records with them. I'll check it out sometime.

[tmob]

All the thanks has to go to discomusic.com members tmob and Chala, who posted it in another thread yesterday.....

http://www.discomusic.com/forums/sho...um-of-the-Year


I just happened to catch it and when this thread popped up today, I thought I would add it.

Thanks tmob and Chala!!!

Glad to be of assistance! That treasure trove of Billboards on Google Books has brought many hours of pleasurable eyestrain, reading everything from the stories to the record promo ads down to the tiny-type Downstairs Records ads. It's a real step into a time machine, as well as a "remember that?" memory test for those of us who were there...

[discokicks]

Glad to be of assistance! That treasure trove of Billboards on Google Books has brought many hours of pleasurable eyestrain, reading everything from the stories to the record promo ads down to the tiny-type Downstairs Records ads. It's a real step into a time machine, as well as a "remember him?" memory test for those of us who were there...

Thanks tmob for bringing this treasure of magazines to our attention. I'll be doing a lot of that eyestraining in days and weeks to come. It's a guilty pleasure of mine to peruse music charts from the past and with the stories, columns and ads surrounding them, it helps transport us back to that time. These magazines help bring more truth to those times because they were written while everything was happening rather than our own thoughts and memories which can often romanticize the past.