1977 Billboard Disco Compilation Consensus Charts!!!

[markydefad]

OK, let's start 1977.

The last chart of 1976 was on 12/25, Christmas Day. Two weeks transpired between Christmas 1976 and the next published chart on January 8, 1977. This must have been the start of the year-end double issue (on newsstands for 2 weeks) that continues until today. Note that it was not the case at the end of 1974 or 1975. Charts appeared for every week in that time period.

So--when we last checked in on 12/25/76, Thelma Houston was #1 for the first week with "Don't Leave Me This Way," after 5 weeks of charting. Now, I have to add 2 weeks to those totals---making "Don't Leave Me This Way" #1 for 3 weeks after charting for 7 weeks. All records that are still charting as we move into 1977 have been given charting credit for that missing week and assigned points for that non-published week (repeated the 12/25/76 points) added into their cumulative point totals. Understand?

So --on with the charts! [slowly--I'm rather rusty at this point!]

[markydefad]

Part#1:
January 8, 1977


Billboard POP Singles Chart Top 10:

01) YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR (To Be In My Show) - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (ABC) (1st week @ #1)
02) YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING - Leo Sayer (Warner)
03) TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart (Warner) (previously #1 for 7 weeks!)
04) I WISH - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
05) CAR WASH - Rose Royce (MCA)
06) SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD - Elton John (MCA/Rocket)
07) DAZZ - Brick (Bang)
08) THE RUBBERBAND MAN – The Spinners (Atlantic)
09) AFTER THE LOVIN' - Engelbert Humperdinck (Epic/MAM)
10) *STAND TALL - Burton Cummings (Portrait)

dropped from last week's Pop Top 10: (#5: "More Than A Feeling" - Boston]
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[Thanks to starsky for sending the Soul Top 10 to me.]


Billboard Hot SOUL Singles Chart Top 10:

01) DARLIN', DARLIN' BABY (Sweet Tender Love) - The O'Jays (Philadelphia Int'l. Records) (1st week @ #1)
02) * I WISH - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
03) DAZZ - Brick (Bang) (spent 4 weeks @ #1)
04) HOT LINE – The Sylvers (Capitol)
05) CAR WASH -Rose Royce (MCA) (#1 last week)
06) SATURDAY NITE - Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia)
07) FREE - Deniece Williams (Columbia)
08) DO IT TO MY MIND - Johnny Bristol (Atlantic)
09) ENJOY YOURSELF - The Jacksons (Epic)
10) OPEN SESAME (Pt. 1) - Kool & The Gang (De-Lite)

[dropped from last week's Soul Top 10: #10: "I Kinda Miss You" - The Manhattans]

(Items in BOLD have charted/will chart on the disco charts: 5 Pop titles/ 8 Soul titles this week./ * = debut in Top 10)
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DISCO ACTION CHARTS:

(15 U.S. city charts in alphabetical order + 1 Canadian city at the end)
* = New #1; (R) = Return to #1

TOP AUDIENCE RESPONSE RECORDS BY CITY

Atlanta: (#1 = * DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY) (1st week)
Baltimore/Washington, D.C.: (#1 = DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY) (2nd week)
Boston: (#1 = DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY ) (2nd week)
Chicago: (#1 = DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY) (2nd week)
Dallas/Houston: (#1 = * I WISH/ISN'T SHE LOVELY/ANOTHER STAR ) (1st week)
Detroit: (#1 = * DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY ) (1st week)
Los Angeles/San Diego: (#1= FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE (LP - all cuts) ) (9th week)
Miami AREA: (#1 = DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY ) (2nd week)

New Orleans: (#1 = DAZZ) (2nd week)
New York: (#1 = DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY/ANYWAY YOU LIKE IT) (5th week)
Philadelphia: (#1 = THAT'S THE TROUBLE/ SORRY) (3rd week)
Phoenix: (#1 = INDISCREET/O BA BA/ OVERTURE/FACE OF LOVE) (2nd week)
Pittsburgh: (#1 = I WISH/ANOTHER STAR/ SIR DUKE) (2nd week)
San Francisco: (#1 = DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY/ANYWAY YOU LIKE IT ) (3rd week)
Seattle: (#1 = DAZZ ) (2nd week)

+ 1 Canadian city:
Montreal: (#1 = * JE DANSE) (1st week)

#1 Tally: (* = first time #1/ (R) = Return to #1/(B) = title bundled with other titles on some, not all, charts)
8 charts = DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY (Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/Boston/Chicago/Detroit//Miami/NYC/SF)
2 charts = (B) ANYWAY YOU LIKE IT (bundled w/NYC/SF)
2 charts =ANOTHER STAR/ I WISH (Dallas+Houston/Pittsburgh)
2 charts = DAZZ ( New Orleans/Seattle)
1 chart = FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE (LA+SD)
1 chart = INDISCREET/O BA BA/ OVERTURE/ FACE OF LOVE (Phoenix)
1 chart = (B) (R) ISN'T SHE LOVELY (bundled w/ Dallas+Houston)
1 chart = * JE DANSE (Montreal)
1 chart = (B) SIR DUKE (bundled w/Pittsburgh)
1 chart = THAT'S THE TROUBLE/ SORRY (Philadelphia)

[dropped from last week's Disco #1 city chart:
"Car Wash" (Dallas+Houston);
"Black Man" (bundled Detroit) &
"Dance Little Lady Dance" (Montreal)]

["Isn't She Lovely" returns via Dallas+Houston]


POINT RULES: 15 U.S. city charts with 15 items apiece + 1 Canadian chart with 15 items (Montreal); 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 240 maximum points this week.

[Billboard Legend: City charts compiled by telephone from the Disco DJ Playlists representing key discotheques in the 16 major U.S. [Canadian] Disco Action markets.]

[markydefad]

THE BILLBOARD NATIONAL DISCO ACTION TOP 40


January 8, 1977
Billboard Disco Action Top 40: Chart #19
Disco Compilation Consensus Chart #115 (volume 3: (1977 = #1)

[40 chart positions featuring 60 titles + 3 medleys + 1 LP = 64 titles total]
[* = Debut/(R) = Return to chart]
[Current position/last week's position/title(s)/artist]

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01) (01/*) DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY/ *ANYWAY YOU LIKE IT - Thelma Houston

(Tamla LP: 5:40) PRODUCER: Hal Davis // WRITER: K. Gamble/L. Huff/C. Gilbert
"DLMTW": 188 points/ 14 charts = Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/Boston/Chicago/Dallas+Houston/Detroit/LA+SD/Miami/NewOrleans/NYC/Philly/Phoenix/Pittsburgh/SF/__/__/
"AYLI": 44 points/3 charts = NYC/Phoenix/SF
BDA Top 40: 7 weeks/ 1 week on chart // Last week: #1 (+/-0) (3rd week @ #1) //*DEBUT (1st week bundled @ #1)
DCC chart: 7 weeks/ 6 weeks on chart // Last week: #1/ #42 (+41)

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02) (02) " FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE" (LP-all cuts) – Donna Summer (accompanied by The Munich Machine)
(Oasis LP) Producer: Giorgio Moroder/Pete Bellote // Writer: D. Summer/G.Moroder/P.Bellotte
Side A: 1) Spring Affair (8:30) 2) Summer Fever (8:04)
Side B: 1) Autumn Changes (5:29) 2) Winter Melody (6:28.) 3) Spring Affair (Reprise) (3:50)
132 points/ 14 charts = Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/Boston/Chicago/Dallas+Houston/Detroit/LA+SD/Miami/__/NYC/Philly/Phoenix/Pittsburgh/SF/Seattle/__/
BDA Top 40: 14 weeks on chart // Last week: #2 (+/-0)/ (6 weeks @ #1)
DCC chart: 14 weeks on chart

03) (03) ANOTHER STAR/ I WISH/ SIR DUKE/ ISN'T SHE LOVELY - Stevie Wonder
(Tamla LP: 8:19/ 4:12/ 3:52/ 6:33) P/W: Stevie Wonder
"AS": 127 points/ 12 charts = Atl/__/Boston/Chi/Dallas+Houst/Det/LA+SD/Miami/NO/NYC/Philly/__/Pitts/SF/__/__/
"IW": 108 points/11 charts = Atl/__/Boston/Chi/Dallas+Houst/Det/LA+SD/__/NO/NYC/__/__/Pitts/SF/Seattle/__/
"SD": 79 points/ 8 charts = Detroit/Miami/NO/NYC/Philly/Pitts/SF/Seattle
"ISL": 61 points/ 6 charts = Dallas+Houston/LA+SD/Miami/N.O./NYC/Seattle
BDA Top 40: 12 weeks/ 12 weeks/ 12 weeks/ 11 weeks on chart // Last week: #3 (+/-0)
DCC chart: 12 weeks/ 12 weeks/ 12 weeks/ 11 weeks on chart

04) (04) ["THE TEA DANCE" LP]: OVERTURE/ DON'T KEEP IT IN THE SHADOWS/ INDISCREET/ O BA BA (No Reino da Mae Do Ouro) - D.C. LaRue (w/Lou Christie on "DKIITS")
(Pyramid LP: 5:05/5:41/7:02/5:06) P: Aram Schefrin/ D.C. LaRue // W: D.C. LaRue/A.Schefrin; 2) LaRue/Schefrin/L.Christie; 3) LaRue/Schefrin/S.Tubin; 4) Tolito/R. da Mangueira/(English lyric: LaRue)
"Overture": 87 points/ 8 charts = Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/Detroit/LA+SD/NYC/Phoenix/Pittsburgh/SF
"DKIITS": 55 points/5 charts = Atlanta/LA+SD/Miami/NYC/SF
"Indiscreet": 71 points/ 6 charts = Baltimore+DC/Detroit/NYC/Phoenix/Pittsburgh/SF
"O Ba Ba": 99 points/9 charts = Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/Detroit/LA+SD/Miami/NYC/Phoenix/Pittsburgh/SF
BDA Top 40: 6 weeks EACH on chart // Last week: #4 (+/-0)
DCC chart: 6 weeks EACH on chart

05) (06/*/*) YOU'RE MY DRIVING WHEEL/*LET YOURSELF GO/ *LOVE I NEVER KNEW YOU COULD FEEL SO GOOD- The Supremes
(Motown LP: 4:20/4:29/5:51) P: Brian Holland //
W: 1) B. Holland/H. Beatty/F. Stafford/R. Brown; 2) B. Holland/E. Holland/H. Beatty; 3) B.Holland/R. Davis/ R. Brown/ F. Stafford
"YMDW": 52 points/ 5 charts = Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/LA+SD/NYC/SF
"LYG": 71 points/ 7 charts = Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/Chicago/LA+SD/Miami/NYC/SF
"LINKYCFSG": 22 points/ 2 charts = Atlanta/SF
BDA Top 40: 9 weeks/ 1 week/ 1 week on chart // Last week: #6 (+1)/ *Debut/ *Debut
DCC chart: 9 weeks/ 7 weeks/ 6 weeks on chart // Last week: #6 (+1)/ #41 (+36)/ #44 (+39)

06) (07) DANCIN’/ SEARCHING FOR LOVE/ FAR OUT – Crown Heights Affair
(De-Lite Records LP: 6:13/ 5:51/ 6:14) P: Freida Nerangis & Britt Britton
W: 1) W. Anderson; 2) F. Nerangis/B. Britton; 3) B. Reid/R.Reid
"Dancin’ ": 76 points/ 9 charts = Baltimore+DC/Boston/Dallas+Houston/LA+SD/Miami/N.O./Phoenix/SF/Seattle
"SFL": 39 points/ 5 charts = Baltimore+DC/LA+SD/Phoenix/SF/Seattle
"FO": 14 points/ 2 charts = Baltimore+DC/Seattle
BDA Top 40: 10 weeks EACH on chart/ Last week: #7 (+1)
DCC chart: 10 weeks EACH on chart

07) (08) THAT'S THE TROUBLE/SORRY - Grace Jones
(Beam Junction 12-inch: 6:42/ 7:02) ["A Tom Moulton Mix"] P: Tom Moulton for Orfeus Prods. // W: G Jones/P. Papadiamondis
BOTH TITLES = 68 points/ 9 charts = Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/ Dallas+Houston/LA+SD/N.O./NYC/Philly/Pittsburgh + Montreal
BDA Top 40: 11 weeks/ 9 weeks on chart/ Last week: #8 (+1)
DCC chart: 11 weeks/ 9 weeks on chart

08) (15) WELCOME TO OUR WORLD (Of Merry Music)/ WINE-FLOW DISCO – Mass Production
(Cotillion LP: 7:32/6:08.) P: Ed A. Ellerbee // W: 1) T. Williams; 2) R.Phelps/J.W. Drumgole/G. McCoy/R. Williams/T. Williams
"WTOW:" 49 points/ 8 charts = Baltimore+DC/Boston/Chicago/LA+SD/NewOrleans/NYC/Phoenix/Pittsburgh
"WFD": 18 points/ 2 charts = NewOrleans/Phoenix
BDA Top 40: 10 weeks EACH on chart/ Last week: #15 (+7)
DCC chart: 11 weeks/ 10 weeks on chart

09) (09) DAZZ - Brick
(Bang 7"/12" single: 5:35) P: Jim Healy, Johnny Duncan, Robert E. Lee & Brick // W: R. Hargis/E. Irons/R. Ransom
67 points/ 7 charts = Atlanta/Dallas+Houston/Detroit//LA+SD/NewOrleans/Pittsburgh/Seattle
BDA Top 40: 16 weeks on chart/ Last week: #9 (+/-0)
DCC chart: 17 weeks on chart

10) (05) CAR WASH - Rose Royce
(MCA LP: 5:06) P/W: Norman Whitfield
70 points/ 9 charts = Atlanta/Boston/Chicago/Dallas+Houston/Detroit/N.O./Philly/Pittsburgh/Seattle
BDA Top 40: 15 weeks on chart/ Last week: #5 (-5)
DCC chart: 15 weeks on chart

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11) (13) DADDY COOL/FEVER/ TAKE THE HEAT OFF ME - Boney M
(Atco LP: 4:05/4:01/4:47) P: Frank Farian // W: F. Farian/Reyam; 2) Davenport/Cooley; 3) Bigazzi
"DC": 61 points/ 7 charts = Baltimore+DC/Chicago/LA+SD/Phoenix/Pittsburgh/Seattle + Montreal
"Fever": 24 points/ 3 charts= Chicago/NYC/Phoenix
"TTHOM": 33 points/ 4 charts = Baltimore+DC/LA+SD/NYC/Phoenix
BDA Top 40: 8 weeks/ 4 weeks/ 7 weeks on chart/ Last week: #13 (+2)
DCC chart: 8 weeks/ 7 weeks/ 7 weeks on chart

12) (12) DOWN TO LOVE TOWN – The Originals
(Motown 12-inch: 5:55) P: Frank Wilson & Michael B. Sutton // W: D.Daniels/M. Sutton/K. Wakefield
72 points/ 8 charts = Atlanta/Boston/Chicago/Miami/Philly/Pittsburgh/Seattle + Montreal
BDA Top 40: 19 weeks on chart/ Last week: #12 (+/-0) / 1 week @ #1
DCC chart: 19 weeks on chart

13) (10) MAKES YOU BLIND- The Glitter Band
(Arista 7" & 12" single /Bell import 7": 3:11) P: Mike Leander // W: M. Leander/ P.Phelps/ G. Sheppard
73 points/ 7 charts = Chicago/Detroit/LA+SD/N.O./Pittsburgh/SF/Seattle
BDA Top 40: 19 weeks on chart/ Last week: #10 (-3)
DCC chart: 20 weeks on chart

14) (17) HA CHA CHA (Funktion) - Brass Construction
(United Artists LP: 5:51) P: Jeff Lane // W: Randy Muller
40 points/ 6 charts = Boston/LA+SD/Miami/N.O./Phoenix/SF
BDA Top 40: 7 weeks on chart/ Last week: #17 (+3)
DCC chart: 8 weeks on chart

15) (*/23) * MAGIC'S IN THE AIR /BOY, I REALLY TIED ONE ON - Esther Phillips
(Kudu 12-inch remix: 7:14) P: Creed Taylor // W: 1) Vincent Montana/ Ronald B. Walker/ 2) Janis Ian
12" remix combining both titles: 40 points/ 5 charts = Baltimore+DC/LA+SD/Miami/Phoenix/SF
BDA Top 40: (12" remix): 1 week) / *DEBUT/ ("BIRTOO": 9 weeks on chart/ Last week: #23 (+7)
DCC chart: (12" remix): 1 week/ "BIRTOO": 9 weeks on chart/ "MITA": 5 weeks // Last week:"BIRTOO": #23 (+7)/ "MITA": #52 (+37)

16) (11) WHEN LOVE IS NEW - Arthur Prysock b/w John Davis & The Monster Orchestra
(Old Town 12-inch: 7:13) P: John Davis // W: K. Gamble/ L. Huff
38 points/ 6 charts = Atlanta/Boston/Detroit/Pittsburgh/SF + Montreal
BDA Top 40: 8 weeks/ Last week: #11 (-5)
DCC Chart: 8 weeks on chart

17) (25) LOVE IN MOTION/ CUT THE RUG/ GIVIN' BACK THE FEELING - George McCrae
(T.K. LP/12-inch: ("LIM": 5:00/4:52/5:31) P: Gregg Diamond // W: 1) G. Diamond; 2)Argy/Duarte; 3) G. Diamond
"LIM": 35 points/ 4 charts = Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/Miami/SF
"CTR": 16 points/2 charts = Atlanta/Baltimore+DC
"GBTF": 21 points/ 2 charts = Baltimore+DC/SF
BDA Top 40: 3 weeks EACH // Last week: #25 (+8)
DCC chart: 4 weeks/3 weeks/3 weeks on chart

18) (16) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOUR LOVE - The Emotions
(Columbia LP/ 12-inch promo & 12-inch commercial single 4:00)
P: Maurice White/Charles Stepney // W: W. Hawes
38 points/ 7 charts =Atlanta/Boston/Dallas+Houston/Miami/N.O./Philly/Pittsburgh
BDA Top 40: 20 weeks on chart/ Last week: #16 (-2)
DCC chart: 24 weeks on chart

19) (14) UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Blackbyrds
(Fantasy LP: 6:31) P: Donald Byrd // W: Kevin Toney
18 points/ 4 charts = Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/NYC/Seattle
BDA Top 40: 5 weeks on chart // Last week: #14 (-5)
DCC chart: 6 weeks on chart

20) (18) OPEN SESAME (Groove With The Genie) - Kool & The Gang
(De-Lite promo 12": 8:48.) P: Kool & The Gang / W: Charles Smith/Khalis Bayyan & Kool & The Gang
19 points/ 3 charts = Baltimore+DC/Boston/SF
BDA Top 40: 4 weeks on chart / Last week: #18 (-2)
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart
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21) (29) I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (You Don't Know What's On Mine)/
I'VE LEARNED FROM MY BURNS - Spider's Webb
(Fantasy LP 5:32/5:04 + 12" on "IDKWOYM" title: 5:32) P: Jeff Lane // W: 1) Nichols; 2)Lane-Taylor
20 points EACH/ 2 charts = Baltimore+DC/NewOrleans
BDA Top 40: 9 weeks EACH on chart/ Last week: #29 (+8)
DCC chart: 9 weeks EACH on chart

22) (R) MY LOVE IS FREE (12-inch Remix)- Double Exposure
Salsoul 12" remix: 9:30) P: Baker-Harris-Young / W: Allen Felder/Bunny Sigler/ "A Tom Moulton Mix"
19 points/ 3 charts =Boston/NYC/SF
BDA Top 40: (12") 2 weeks on chart/ (R) = RETURN (last charted 12/18/76)
BDA Top 40: (LP) 9 weeks on chart
DCC chart: (12") 2 weeks on chart/ (R) = RETURN (last charted 12/18/76)
DCC chart: (LP) 12 weeks on chart
[the LP version previously charted 9 weeks on the BDA Top 40; 12 weeks on the DCC chart]

23) (21) DREAM EXPRESS - The Honeybees
(Roxbury 12-inch: 5:42) P: Phil Swern & Richard Hewson // W: METS [disco mix: Paul Dougan]
25 points/ 4 charts = Chicago/Dallas+Houston/LA+SD/Phoenix
BDA Top 40: 7 weeks on chart/ Last week: #21 (-2)
DCC chart: 7 weeks on chart

24) (22) DREAMIN' - Loleatta Holloway (chart spells it "Lolita"!)
(Gold Mind LP: 6:18) P: Norman Harris // W: Allan Felder/ N.Harris/ Ron Tyson
25 points/ 2 charts = Atlanta/Detroit
BDA Top 40: 5 weeks on chart/ Last week: #22 (-2)
DCC chart: 5 weeks on chart

25) (27) IT AIN'T REGGAE (But It's Funky) - Instant Funk
(TSOP 7-inch/LP: 3:46 approx.) P: Bunny Sigler // W: K. Miller/B. Sigler
12 points/ 2 charts = Baltimore+DC/NYC
BDA Top 40: 3 weeks on chart // Last week: #27 (+2)
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart

26) (28) DISCO LUCY ("I Love Lucy" Theme) - Wilton Place Street Band
(Island 12-inch #1001-A: 5:10) P: Trevor Lawrence // W: E. Daniel/H. Adamson
31 points/ 4 charts = Dallas+Houston/NewOrleans/Phoenix/Seattle
BDA Top 40: 4 weeks on chart/ Last week: #28 (+2)
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart

27) (19) I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN/ KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE - KC & The Sunshine Band
(T.K. LP: 4:05/4:23) P/W: Harry Wayne Casey/Richard Finch
24 points EACH/ 3 charts EACH = Dallas+Houston/NewOrleans/Philly
BDA Top 40: 11 weeks each on chart/ Last week: #19 (-8)
DCC chart: 11 weeks EACH on chart

28) (26) AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS - Wild Honey
(T.K. Disco 1 12-inch--TK's 1st!!!: 7:15)
P: Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey // W: Leon Huff/J.Akines
10 points/ 2 charts = Detroit/NYC
BDA Top 40: 3 weeks on chart/ Last week: #26 (-2)
DCC chart: 5 weeks on chart

29) (24) YOU + ME = LOVE - Undisputed Truth
(Whitfield 12-inch single: 11:10) P/W: Norman Whitfield
17 points/ 4 charts = Atlanta/Dallas+Houston/Detroit/Miami
BDA Top 40: 20 weeks on chart/ Last week: #24 (-5)
DCC chart: 25 weeks on chart

30) (*) * SPRING RAIN - Silvetti
(Salsoul 12" (U.S.)/(RCA-Canada: 5:52) P: Rafael Trabuchelli // W: Bebu Silvetti
23 points/ 4 charts =Chicago/Miami/SF + Montreal
BDA Top 40: 1 week // *DEBUT
DCC chart: 5 weeks on chart / Last week: #77 (+47)

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31) (32) DANCE AND SHAKE YOUR TAMBOURINE - Universal Robot Band
(Red Greg 12-inch: 6:26/4:17) P: Greg Carmichael & Patrick Adams // W: P. Adams
15 points/2 charts = NYC/Phoenix
BDA Top 40: 3 weeks on chart/ Last week: #32 (+1)
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart

32) (33) STAY AWAY / LOOKING AWAY/ I CAN'T STAY AWAY (From Someone I Love) - The Dynamic Superiors
(Motown LP: 5:39/ 5:01/7:11) P: 1) Hal Davis/ 2) M.B. Sutton 3) Don Daniels //
W: 1) J. Gatlin/J.Powell/A.Posey; 2) M.B. Sutton/B.Sutton; 3) D. Daniels/K. Wakefield
"SA" + "LA": 11 points EACH/ 2 charts = Phoenix/SF
"ICSA": 10 points/ 1 chart = SF
BDA Top 40: 3 weeks EACH on chart // Last week: #33 (+1)
DCC chart: 4 weeks EACH on chart

33) (38) GOOD LOVE MAKES EVERYTHING ALRIGHT - Melba Moore
(Buddah 12" promo/LP: 7:32) P: Charles Kipps/Van McCoy // W: V. McCoy/Richard Harris
8 points/ 1 chart = NYC
BDA Top 40: 3 weeks on chart // Last week: #38 (+5)
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart

34) (*) * TRIED, TESTED AND FOUND TRUE - Ashford & Simpson
(WB 12-inch: 5:25) P/W: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
14 points/ 2 charts = Detroit/NYC
BDA Top 40: 1 week // *DEBUT
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart

35) (20) LOVE BUG - Bumble Bee [Bumblebee] Unlimited
(Red Greg/Mercury 12-inch promo: 7:12/ TransCanada label: Montreal)
P: Gregory Carmichael & Patrick Adams // W: P. Adams
14 points/ 2 charts = Chicago/Detroit
BDA Top 40: 10 weeks on chart/ Last week: #20 (-15)
DCC chart: 17 weeks on chart

36) (30) DAYLIGHT/ [medley:] SHOULD I STAY/I WON'T LET YOU GO - Vicki Sue Robinson
(RCA LP: 7:28/5:03 +12-inch commercial single on "Daylight": 7:28)
P: Warren Schatz // W: 1) B. Womack/H. Payne; 2) P. & G.Jackson/ V.S.Robinson/ 3) W. Schatz
BOTH titles: 7 points/ 1 chart = Pittsburgh
BDA Top 40: 15 weeks/ 12 weeks/ 12 weeks on the chart/ Last week #30 (-6)
DCC chart: 16 weeks/ 12 weeks / 12 weeks on the chart

37) (*) * BLACK JACK - Tender Aggression (Dieter Reith)
(Morningstar LP: 3:18 ) P: ?? W: ??
9 points/ 1 chart = Phoenix
BDA Top 40: 1 week/ *DEBUT
DCC chart; 1 week/ *DEBUT

38) (37) CALYPSO BREAKDOWN/ WHERE IS THE LOVE - Ralph MacDonald
(Marlin/T.K. LP: 7:50/6:08/ 12" single: 7:55/6:41)
P: R. MacDonald/ W. Salter // W: 1) W. Eaton; 2) R. MacDonald/W. Salter
"CB": 11 points/ 1 chart = Dallas+Houston
"WITL": 0 points/ 0 charts
BDA Top 40: 18 weeks/ 6 weeks on chart/ Last week: #37 (-1)
DCC chart: 18 weeks EACH on chart

39) (*) * TURN ON TO LOVE - Jumbo
(Prelude LP: 17:18) P/W: Charles Orieux & Ingo Cramer
5 points/ 2 charts = Philly/Phoenix
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart // Last week: #93 (+54)

40) (34) LET'S GET IT TOGETHER/ UNDER CONSTRUCTION/ PUT ON YOUR JEANS- El Coco
(AVI 12-inch single commercially available: 6:35/ LP: #2: 3:20/ #3: 4:31)
P: Michael Lewis & Laurin Rinder // W: 1) Merria Ross; 2) M. Dulski/M.Lewis/L.Rinder; 3) M.Lewis/L.Rinder
"LGIT": 3 points/ 2 charts = Dallas+Houston/Detroit
"UC" + "POYJ": 0 points/ 0 charts
BDA Top 40: 18 weeks/ 3 weeks/ 3 weeks on chart // Last week: #34 (-6)
DCC chart: 24 weeks/ 4 weeks/ 3 week on chart

Next: Billboard National Disco Action Top 40 Stats

[thommy2458]

WOW!-Marky,the charts look so pretty and colorful-it's especially nice to
see you back doing my favorite thread.And I've never heard the Black Jack track-those Phoenix DJ's really were adventurous,weren't they?
I need to pull out my Dynamic Superiors Lp as I always get the "stay
aways" mixed up,and my beloved Melba Moore track only charts in NYC-
which is why, I believe gives her a short chart life.I look forward to
finding out Marky,and welcome back!
Thom

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

1977??? :icon_surprised: WOO HOO!!!

thank you! Thank You!! THANK YOU!!!

Marky,
I'm wuvin' U 2 pieces!!!

smoooooooch...

Stephen L.

[kdavid13]

Mark - I've said it before - I'll say it again : Thank you for all your hard work. Reading these charts is not only fun & entertaining - it also brings me back to a very happy place.

Love it,my friend :icon_cool:

[rhessel]

Hello Marky:

I'm here again, again.

Just to say thank you.

You are the best.

[tmob]

Let me add my thanks to the chorus. Wow! This is truly amazing stuff...

[drlove]

Thanks, Marky, for already brightening my Monday (seeing your first chart of 1977) !!!

I greatly appreciate your past, present & future efforts on tracking disco's legendary hits, and am excited to see the debut of "Spring Rain" (my 2nd fave disco instrumental of all time --- behind "Trammps Disco Theme").

[markydefad]

Thanks to all the guys - Thommy, Stephen, Kris, rhessel, tmob & drlove-- who dropped by to say "welcome back!" Much appreciated.

I will be posting additional information soon. I mentioned in another thread that I have a computer crisis at home....so I will have to do this on my work computer until that crisis is resolved. It will proceed sloooowly but surely. I hope.

Question: Is the Tender Aggression "Black Jack" that debuts this week related to the Baciotti "Black Jack?" Joel Whitburn's book says the Tender Aggression record is an instrumental [designated by [I] ]....so I'm wondering if the Baciotti just added lyrics to the instrumental? Or are they not releated? Found the Tender Aggression listed on Discogs--but with no songwriting credit...it's not on YouTube either. Anyone know? :icon_confused:

Oh, and do you like the chart colored or is it overkill? :icon_lol:

[drlove]

Hey, marky,

as to your requested info:

I personally don't have the info you need re: BlackJack (sorry!)

-and-

I thoroughly enjoy your use of color here.
(It would be Overkill only if we get a debut by Men At Work).

[SandraDee]

Yes it's nice to see you back doing what you do best Blanche - & all from that wheelchair too...amazing!:icon_twisted: Your Black Jack query is an interesting one as I'm sure I recall someone saying that the Baciotti version (if indeed it is the same tune) was a big pop hit in Germany & Dieter is a German name (& oddly enough my copy of the album is German!:icon_confused:) so you could be onto something there sis. (or am I just clutching at straws?)

[sfbeary]

There's no connection to the Baciotti song other than the title. This track and the instrumental album it comes from is pleasant, but in my opinion forgettable, and probably wouldn't chart during a busier time of year. It sounds like "library music," the kind of stuff TV producers would stick in the background of a disco or party scene. I wouldn't be surprised if it had been originally recorded for that purpose.

[markydefad]

There's no connection to the Baciotti song other than the title. This track and the instrumental album it comes from is pleasant, but in my opinion forgettable, and probably wouldn't chart during a busier time of year. It sounds like "library music," the kind of stuff TV producers would stick in the background of a disco or party scene. I wouldn't be surprised if it had been originally recorded for that purpose.

Thanks for the info Barry.

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Question: Is the Tender Aggression "Black Jack" that debuts this week related to the Baciotti "Black Jack?"

Nope... I found an mp3 of the Tender Aggression song, and Barry's description is on-the-nose.
Although, I like that soundtrack style of Disco. And it's really quite a good example of it.

Oh, and do you like the chart colored or is it overkill? :icon_lol:

"Overkill"?
Where 'Disco' is concerned???
Impossible!

[markydefad]

Billboard National Disco Action Top 40 Stats:

DEBUTS: (+8)
(this week, 7 of the 8 titles that debut on the Billboard chart this week have already appeared on the Disco Compilation Consensus chart; they are marked **)

01)**ANYWAY YOU LIKE IT - Thelma Houston (NYC/Phoenix/SF)
05)**LET YOURSELF GO - The Supremes (Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/Chicago/LA+SD/Miami/NYC/SF)
05)**LOVE I NEVER KNEW YOU COULD FEEL SO GOOD - The Supremes (Atlanta/SF)
15)**MAGIC'S IN THE AIR/ BOY, I REALLY TIED ONE ON (12-inch remix) - Esther Phillips (Baltimore+DC/LA+SD/Miami/Phoenix/SF)
30)**SPRING RAIN - Silvetti (Chicago/Miami/SF + Montreal)
34)**TRIED, TESTED AND FOUND TRUE - Ashford & Simpson (Detroit/NYC)
37) * BLACK JACK - Tender Aggression (Phoenix)
39)**TURN ON TO LOVE - Jumbo (Philly/Phoenix)


RETURNS: (+1)
22) (R) MY LOVE IS FREE - Double Exposure (Boston/NYC/SF)


DROPOFFS: (-7)
MY SWEET SUMMER SUITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra (was #31 last week/ 18 weeks in Top 40/ Peak: #1 (3 weeks)/ currently "bubbling under" @ #54)
BRAZILIAN LOVE SONG - Love Unlimited Orchestra (was bundled @ #31 last week/ 9 weeks in Top 40/ Peak: bundled @ #1--1 week)
*FREEDOM TO EXPRESS YOURSELF - Denise LaSalle (was #35 last week/ 6 weeks in Top 40/ Peak: #18/ currently "bubbling under" @ #75/ * will return to Top 40)
SOUL CHA CHA - Van McCoy (was #36 last week/ 12 weeks in Top 40/ Peak: #14)
SWAHILI BOOGIE - Van McCoy (was bundled @ #36 last week/ 11 weeks in Top 40/ Peak: #14)
NO, NO, NO, MY FRIEND (You're Wrong So Do It Again) - Devoshun featuring Lori Rose (was #39 last week/ 4 weeks in Top 40/Peak: #28/ currently "bubbling under" @ #78)
*MAKE IT UP TO ME IN LOVE - Odia Coates & Paul Anka (was #40 last week/ 1 week in Top 40/ Peak: #40/ currently "bubbling under" @ #77/ *will return to Top 40)


HEAT UP
MOVIN' ON UP: Biggest Movers (chart positions)
+08 LOVE IN MOTION/CUT THE RUG/GIVIN' BACK THE FEELING (moves from #25 up to #17)
+08 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND/I'VE LEARNED FROM MY BURNS (moves from #29 up to #21)
+07 WELCOME TO OUR WORLD OF MERRY MUSIC/ WINE-FLOW DISCO (moves from #15 up to #8)
+07 BOY, I REALLY TIED ONE ON (moves from #23 up to #15)
+05 GOOD LOVE MAKES EVERYTHING ALRIGHT (moves from #38 up to #33)


COOL DOWN
I'M GOIN' DOWN: Biggest Drops (chart postions)
-15 LOVE BUG (moves from #20 down to #35)
-08 I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN/KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE (moves from #19 down to #27)
-06 DAYLIGHT/SHOULD I STAY/I WON'T LET YOU GO (moves from #30 down to #36)
-06 LET'S GET IT TOGETHER/UNDER CONSTRUCTION/PUT ON YOUR JEANS (moves from #34 down to #40)
-05 CAR WASH (moves from #5 down to #10)
-05 UNFINISHED BUSINESS (moves from #14 down to #19)
-05 WHEN LOVE IS NEW (moves from #11 down to #16)
-05 YOU + ME = LOVE (moves from #24 down to #29)

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CITY CHART CONSENSUS:
(Cities charting the most National Disco Action Top 10 titles in their Top 15 listings)

ALL 10: 0 cities = none
9 Items: 1 city = LOS ANGELES+SAN DIEGO
8 Items: 2 cities = Atlanta/Pittsburgh
7 Items: 4 cities = Baltimore+DC/Dallas+Houston/New Orleans/NYC
6 Items: 5 cities = Boston/Chicago/Detroit/Miami/SF
5 Items: 3 cities = Philly/Phoenix/Seattle
4 Items: 0 cities
3 Items: 0 cities
2 Items: 0 cities
1 Item: 1 city = Montreal

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CHART COMPARISON TIME: 1/08/77

Let's start another round of comparing & contrasting the separate city charts.

This week let's look at the BIGGIES:
EAST COAST: NEW YORK CITY (+7 in the national Top 10) vs. WEST COAST: LOS ANGELES/SAN DIEGO (+9 in the national Top 10)

[National Disco Top 10 titles in BOLD/italics/underlined] (NC = Not Charted in Top 40]

NEW YORK CITY Top 15: 1/08/77 (+7 in National Top 10)

01) DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY (#1 on national chart)
02) THAT'S THE TROUBLE/SORRY (#7)
03) OVERTURE/DON'T KEEP IT IN THE SHADOWS/O BA BA/TEA DANCE/INDISCREET (#4 - except "Tea Dance":NC )
04) YOU'RE MY DRIVING WHEEL/LET YOURSELF GO/ I DON'T WANT TO BE TIED DOWN (#5/#5/NC)
05) IT AIN'T REGGAE, BUT IT'S FUNKY (#25)
06) FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE (#2)
07) UNFINISHED BUSINESS (#19)
08) GOOD LOVE MAKES EVERYTHING ALRIGHT (#33)
09) AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS (#28)
10) TRIED, TESTED AND FOUND TRUE (#34)
11) MY LOVE IS FREE (#22)
12) FEVER/TAKE THE HEAT OFF ME/HELP HELP (#11/#11/NC)
13) DANCE AND SHAKE YOUR TAMBOURINE (#31)
14) WELCOME TO OUR WORLD OF MERRY MUSIC (#9)
15) I WISH/ISN'T SHE LOVELY/ANOTHER STAR/SIR DUKE (#3)


LOS ANGELES + SAN DIEGO Top 15: 1/08/77 (+9 in National Top 10)

01) FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE (#2)
02) DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY (#1)
03) MAKES YOU BLIND (#13)
04) ANOTHER STAR/I WISH/ISN'T SHE LOVELY (#3)
05) HA CHA CHA (#14)
06) TAKE THE HEAT OFF ME/DADDY COOL/HELP HELP (#11/#11/NC)
07) MAGIC'S IN THE AIR/BOY, I REALLY TIED ONE ON (#15)
08) DAZZ(#9)
09) DREAM EXPRESS (#23)
10) YOU'RE MY DRIVING WHEEL/LET YOURSELF GO/IDON'T WANT TO BE TIED DOWN (#5/#5/NC)
11) DANCIN'/SEARCHING FOR LOVE (#6)
12) OVERTURE/DON'T KEEP IT IN THE SHADOWS/O BA BA (#4)
13) THAT'S THE TROUBLE/SORRY (#7)
14) FREEDOM TO EXPRESS YOURSELF (NC)
15) WELCOME TO OUR WORLD OF MERRY MUSIC (#9)

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1977 ranking of cities with the
most Billboard National Top 10 Disco Chart titles
in their weekly Top 15 city rankings:

(10 points would be a perfect score = 10 items per week x 1 week)

1) Los Angeles+San Diego (9 out of 10)
2) Atlanta/Pittsburgh (8 out of 10)
3) Baltimore+DC/Dallas+Houston/New Orleans/NYC (7 out of 10)
4) Boston/Chicago/Detroit/Miami/SF (6 out of 10)
5) Philly/Phoenix/Seattle (5 out of 10)
6) Montreal (1 out of 10)

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THE BILLBOARD NATIONAL DISCO ACTION TOP 40 version of...

IN THE LONG RUN: Longest Chart Runs (12 weeks & over)

20 weeks:
I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOUR LOVE
YOU + ME = LOVE

19 weeks:
DOWN TO LOVE TOWN
MAKES YOU BLIND

18 weeks:
CALYPSO BREAKDOWN
LET'S GET IT TOGETHER

16 weeks:
DAZZ
WHERE IS THE LOVE

15 weeks:
CAR WASH
DAYLIGHT

14 weeks:
FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE

12 weeks:
ANOTHER STAR/I WISH/SIR DUKE
SHOULD I STAY/I WON'T LET YOU GO


[drops "My Sweet Summer Suite" (18 weeks)/ "Soul Cha Cha" (12 weeks)]

[markydefad]

January 8, 1977

PART 2: THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS
"BUBBLING UNDER" THE DISCO ACTION TOP 40: #41---#84!!!

(43 chart positions featuring 49 titles + 1 medley + 1 LP = 51 total;
charting all the records listed on the 16 individual city charts that failed to make the National Disco Action Top 40 this week)

41) (45) HELP HELP - Boney M
(Atco LP: 6:05) P: Frank Farian // W: Farian/Jay
34 points/ 5 charts = Baltimore+DC/LA+SD/NYC//Phoenix/Pittsburgh
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 7 weeks on chart / Last week: #45 (+4)

42) (43) I DON'T WANT TO BE TIED DOWN - The Supremes
(Motown LP: 4:42) P: Brian Holland // W: B. Holland/ E. Holland/ R. Davis
27 points/ 3 charts = LA+SD/Miami/NYC
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 7 weeks on chart // Last week: #43 (+1)

43) (46) SUNNY - Boney M
(Atco LP: 4:01) P: Frank Farian // W: Bobby Hebb
24 points/ 3 charts = Phoenix/Pittsburgh/Seattle
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart
DCC chart: 5 weeks on chart // Last weeK: #46 (+3)

44) (50) FACE OF LOVE - D.C. LaRue
(Pyramid LP: 4:51; promo 12": 5:51 (?)) P: Aram Schefren & D.C. LaRue // W: D.C. LaRue
15 points/ 1 chart = Phoenix
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart/ Last week: #50 (+6)

45) (51) JE DANSE - [Salvatore] Adamo
(CBS 7": 3:54) P: ?? // W: H. Roy-Real/ R. Talar
15 points/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 8 weeks on chart / Last week: #51 (+5)

46) (47) THE RUBBERBAND MAN - The Spinners
(Atlantic LP/promo 12-inch single: 7:22) P: Thom Bell // W: T. Bell/L. Creed
14 points/ 2 charts = Pittsburgh/Seattle
BDA Top 40: 11 weeks on the chart
DCC chart: 21 weeks on the chart // Last week: #47 (+1)

47) (60) FIGHTIN' ON THE SIDE OF LOVE - T.H.P. Orchestra featuring Wayne St. John
(RCA (Canada) 12-inch: 6:34) P: Ian Guenther/ Willi Morrison // W: Bugatti & Musker
13 points/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 6 weeks on chart // Last week: #60 (+13)

48) (54) STUBBORN KIND OF FELLA - Buffalo Smoke
(RCA 12-inch single: 7:10 [original mix]) P: Lou Courtney // W: G. Gordy/M. Gaye/W. Stevenson
13 points/ 1 chart = Philly
BDA Top 40: 8 weeks on chart
DCC chart: 11 weeks on chart // Last week: #54 (+6)

49) (53) THE TEA DANCE - D.C. LaRue
(Pyramid LP: 6:00) P: Aram Schefrin & D.C LaRue // W: D.C. LaRue
13 points/ 1 chart = NYC
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart // Last week: #53 (+4)

50) (55) WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME- KC & The Sunshine Band
(T.K. LP: 3:47) P/W: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
13 points / 1 chart - Dallas+Houston
BDA Top 40: 4 weeks
DCC chart: 8 weeks on chart // Last week: #55 (+5)
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51) (49) DANCE LITTLE LADY DANCE - Tina Charles
(Columbia 12-inch extended version: 6:07)
P: Biddu // W: Biddu/ G. Shurry/ R. Roker
12 points/1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 12 weeks on chart // Last week: #49 (-2)

52) (*) * I'M GONNA STAY WITH MY BABY TONIGHT - George McCrae
(T.K. LP: 2:55) P: Gregg Diamond // W: C. Robinson
12 points/ 1 chart = SF
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

53) (58) MONDO DISCO (12" remix) - El Coco
(AVI 12-inch: 6:05 ) P/W: Michael W. Lewis & Laurin Rinder
11 points/ 1 chart = Seattle
BDA: n/c
DCC: 3 weeks on chart //Last week: #58 (+5)

54) (67) WHY MUST A GIRL LIKE ME - Claudja Barry
(London-Canada: 7:21) P: Jurgen S. Korduletsch // W: J. Evers/J.S. Korduletsch
11 points/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40 = n/c
DCC chart: 6 weeks on chart // Last week: #67 (+13)

55) (31) MY SWEET SUMMER SUITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra
(20th Century 12-inch single: 7:11) P/W: Barry White
10 points/ 2 charts = Chicago/Seattle
BDA Top 40: 18 weeks/ Last week: #31 (-24) 3 nonconsecutive weeks @ #1
DCC chart: 21 weeks

56) (62) "CHRISTMAS JOLLIES" (LP) - The Salsoul Orchestra
(Salsoul LP) P: Vincent Montana, Jr. // W: various
10 points/ 1 chart = Seattle
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart // Last week: #62 (+6)

57) (64) I BELIEVE IN LOVE - Rock Gazers [featuring Gordon Grody]
(Sixth Avenue 12-inch single: 4:43) P: Warren Schatz for Sunbar Productions, Inc. // W: Gladys Shelley
9 points/ 1 chart = Philly
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 8 weeks on chart // Last week: #64 (+7)

58) (79) GOIN' UP IN SMOKE - Eddie Kendricks
(Tamla LP + 12" promo: 4:30) P: Norman Harris // W: 1) N. Harris/ A. Felder
8 points/ 1 chart = Boston
BDA Top 40: 10 weeks on chart
DCC chart: 13 weeks on chart // Last week: #79 (+21)

59) (61) MR. MELODY - Natalie Cole
(Capitol 7-inch: 3:05) P/W: Chuck Jackson/Marvin Yancy
8 points/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 5 weeks on chart / Last week: #61 (+2)

60) (R) SCREWED (Conditions)- Brass Construction
(United Artists LP: 5:47) P: Jeff Lane // W: Randy Muller
8 points/ 1 chart = SF
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 6 weeks on chart // (R) = RETURN (last charted 12/18/76 @ #74)

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61) (68) FASCINATION/WE JUST WANT TO PLAY FOR YOU - Fat Larry's Band
(W.M.O.T. LP: 6:52/ 5:11; "Fascination" also on 12": 6:24)
P: Vincent Montana, Jr. W: 1) Luther Vandross/David Bowie; 2) C.Gunner/L.James/M. LeBes
7 points EACH/ 1 chart = Philly
BDA Top 40: nc
DCC chart: 3 weeks EACH on chart // Last week: #68 (+7)

62) (56) GONNA DO MY BEST TO LOVE YOU - Brian & Brenda Russell
(MCA/Rocket 7"/ 12" extended promo: 6:00) ["A Tom Moulton Mix"]
P: Robert Appere // W: Brian Russell/Brenda Russell/David Foster
7 points/ 1 chart =- Montreal
BDA Top 40: not charted
DCC chart: 12 weeks on chart // Last week: #56 (-6)

63) (73) GOTTA GET IT - Tony Valor Sounds Orchestra
(Brunswick 12-inch: 7:26) P: T. Valor // W: T.Valor/D.Marouse ["A Tom Moulton Mix"]
6 points/ 1 chart = Detroit
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart
DCC chart: 5 weeks on chart // Last week: #73 (+10)

64) (65) I'M HYPNOTIZED/ ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - Frannie Golde
(Atlantic LP: 3:42/3:51) [thanks tmob for the info!]
P: Michael DeLugg & Charlie Calello // W: 1) Frannie Golde, Stephen Burns & Dennis Mayoff 2) Lennon-McCartney
6 points EACH/ 1 chart = Chicago
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 7 weeks EACH on chart // Last week: #65 (+1)

65) (88) LIVE AND LEARN - Ace Spectrum
(Atlantic 12": 5:50) P: Ed "Easy" Zant & Tony Sylvester for Ace-Spec Corp. & Cosmic Man Productions // W: Jesse Cox
(As a side note, this one was arranged and conducted by Patrick Adams!)
6 points/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: 2 weeks on chart
DCC chart: 16 weeks on chart // Last week: #88 (+23)

66) (74) ON THE TOWN/ DO IT WITH STYLE/ SATURDAY NIGHT STEPPIN' OUT- Webster Lewis & The Post-Pop Space-Rock Be-Bop Gospel Tabernacle Orchestra & Chorus
(Epic LP: 5:58/ 4:56/ 4:38.) P: Webster Lewis & David Horowitz
W: 1) W. Lewis/ B. Gray/ T.G. Conway; 2) C.T. Perkison/ B. Gray/ T.G. Conway; 3) W. Lewis/D. Horowitz
6 points EACH/ 1 chart = Philly
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 5 weeks/ 5 weeks/ 3 weeks on chart/ Last week: #74 (+8)

67) (71) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON - David Matthews (& Whirlwind) [not the "Full Time Thing" Whirlwind!!!]
(CTI LP/ Kudu 12-inch single: 6:35/ flipside of Esther Phillips "Magic's/Boy" medley)
P: Creed Taylor // W: Holland-Dozier-Holland
6 points/ 1 chart = Miami
BDA Top 40: 6 weeks on chart
DCC chart: 9 weeks on chart // Last week: #71 (+4)

68) (R) REGGAE DISCO - Arthur Adams
(Fantasy 7-inch: ____) P: Wayne Henderson // W: Adams/Johnston
5 points/ 1 chart = New Orleans
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart // (R) = RETURN (last charted 10/30/76 @ #___)

69) (87) ELEVATOR - Joanne Spain
(Casino/GRT 12-inch: 5:27) P: Clayton Ivery & Terry Woodford // W: J. Spain/D. Fitchpatrick/L. Robinson
5 points/ 1 chart = Dallas+Houston
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart // Last week: #87 (+18)

70) (76) GET ON UP AND DANCE (The Continental) - The Earls
(Woodbury 12-inch: 7:07) P: Hy Weiss // W: J. Francasi/L. Figiverido
5 points/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart // Last week: #76 (+6)

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71) (R) YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING - Leo Sayer
(Warner Bros. LP: 3:42) P: Richard Perry // W: Leo Sayer/Vini Poncia
5 points/ 1 chart = Miami
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 2 weeks on chart // (R)= RETURN (last charted 12/18/76 @ #88)

72) (*) * THE HUSTLE AND THE BUS STOP - The Destinations
(AVI 12-inch: 6:02) P/W: Clarence Lawton
4 points/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

73) (R) WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE - Cream De Coco
(Free Spirit (Salsoul subsidiary) 12-inch: 9:17)
P: Marlin McNichols/ Thomas Stewart/Bill R. Wright // W: B.R. Wright/ T. Stewart
4 points/ 1 chart = Pittsburgh
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 2 weeks on chart / (R) = RETURN (last charted 12/11/76 #84)

74) (70) MIDNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR - Carol Douglas
(Midland International LP: 6:20 for "MLA" track only)[technically a medley consisting of:
"Carol's Theme #1/ Midnight Love Affair/ Carol's Theme #2/ In The Morning/ Lie To Me"]
P: Eddie O'Laughlin // W: E.Levitt/P. Groscolas/M. Jourdan
3 points/ 1 chart = Boston
BDA Top 40: 15 weeks on chart/ 1 week @ #1 (10/23/76)
DCC chart: 18 weeks on chart // Last week: #70 (-4)

75) (84) NICE 'N' NAASTY/IT'S GOOD FOR THE SOUL/DON'T BEAT AROUND THE BUSH/SALSOUL: 3001 - The Salsoul Orchestra
(Salsoul LP: 4:35/4:20/3:30/6:16) + 12":Nice 'N' Naasty (5:49)/Salsoul: 3001 (6:46)-Walter Gibbons remixes)
Producer: Vincent Montana, Jr. // W: Montana w/others
3 points EACH / 1 chart = Philly
BDA Top 40: 10 weeks (LP) + 14 weeks (12-inch)
DCC chart: 16 weeks (LP) // Last week: #84 (+9)

76) (35) FREEDOM TO EXPRESS YOURSELF - Denise LaSalle
(ABC LP: 4:00) P: Ordeana Enterprises w/Soultastic Inc. W: D. LaSalle
2 points/ 1 chart = LA+SD
BDA Top 40: 6 weeks on chart/ Last week: #35 (-41)
DCC chart: 9 weeks on chart

77) (R) LET'S GO DOWN TO THE DISCO - Undisputed Truth
(Whitfield 12-inch: 9:10) P/W: Norman Whitfield
2 points/ 1 chart = Boston
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart
DCC chart: 2 weeks on chart/ (R) = RETURN (last charted 12/11/76 @ #40)

78) (40) MAKE IT UP TO ME IN LOVE - Odia Coates & Paul Anka
(Epic 12-inch: 5:35) ["A Tom Moulton Mix"] P: Denny Diante // W: Paul Anka
2 points/ 1 chart = Phoenix
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart // Last week: #40 (-38)
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart

79) (39) NO, NO, NO, MY FRIEND (You're Wrong So Do It Again) - Devoshun [featuring Lori Rose]
(SMI 12-inch: 6:05) P: Will Crittendon // W: N. Thalheimer/W. Crittendon
2 points/ 1 chart = Philly
BDA Top 40: 4 weeks on chart/ Last week: #39 (-40)
DCC chart: 7 weeks on chart

80) (94) YOU GOTTA LET ME SHOW YOU - Esther Williams
(Friends & Co LP/ promo 12-inch: 5:38./ commercial 12": 7:02) ["A Tom Moulton Mix"]
P: Eddie Drennon // W: E. Williams/A. Walker
2 points/ 1 chart = Baltimore+DC
BDA Top 40: 4 weeks on chart
DCC chart: 9 weeks on chart // Last week: #94 (+14)
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81) (90) THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN - The Ritchie Family
(Marlin LP: 6:39) P:Jacques Morali & Ritchie Rome // W: J. Morali/ R. Rome/ H. Belolo/ Ph. Hurtt)
1 point/ 1 chart = Seattle
BDA Top 40: 12 weeks on chart
DCC chart: 25 weeks on chart // Last week: #90 (+9)

82) (R) FULL TIME THING (Between Dusk & Dawn) - Whirlwind
(Roulette 12-inch single: 5:36) P: Aram Schefrin // W: Mystro/Lyric
1 point/ 1 chart = Chicago
BDA Top 40: 13 weeks on chart
DCC chart: 18 weeks on chart // (R) = RETURN (last charted 12/18/76 @ #82)

83) (*) * LOIN D'ICI - Boule Noire (Black Ball)
(Trans Canada dance version: 5:17) P: Peter Alves // W: George Thurston
1 point/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

84) (69) NIGHT PEOPLE/ LIES DIVIDED BY JIVE [medley] - Fantastic Four
(Westbound LP: 10:57 [medley]) ["A Tom Moulton Mix"]
P: Al Kent // W: 1) A. Hamilton/.C. Colbert; 2) A. Hamilton/C. Horn/ J. Epps
1 point / 1 chart = New Orleans
BDA Top 40: 9 weeks
DCC chart: 16 weeks on chart // Last week: #69 (-15)

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"Bubbling Under" Titles By City
12 titles = Philadelphia
10 titles = Montreal
6 titles = Seattle
4 titles = Chicago/Phoenix
3 titles = Boston/LA+SD/Miami/New Orleans/NYC/Pittsburgh
2 titles = Baltimore+DC/Dallas+Houston/SF
1 title = Detroit
0 titles = Atlanta

NEXT: THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS STATS

[thommy2458]

69) (87) ELEVATOR - Joanne Spain
(Casino/GRT 12-inch: 5:27) P: Clayton Ivery & Terry Woodford // W: J. Spain/D. Fitchpatrick/L. Robinson
5 points/ 1 chart = Dallas+Houston
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart // Last week: #87 (+18)

I am convinced this track could have done so much better had it been on a different label.It's such a terrific "sugar high"(compare "Lady Bump")
and so much fun you had to dance when it came on.It sounds like
it came straight out of Germany,but the credits sound American-I always
wondered about the origins of this song-anyone?

Thom

[markydefad]

69) (87) ELEVATOR - Joanne Spain
(Casino/GRT 12-inch: 5:27) P: Clayton Ivery & Terry Woodford // W: J. Spain/D. Fitchpatrick/L. Robinson
5 points/ 1 chart = Dallas+Houston
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart // Last week: #87 (+18)

I am convinced this track could have done so much better had it been on a different label.It's such a terrific "sugar high"(compare "Lady Bump")
and so much fun you had to dance when it came on.It sounds like
it came straight out of Germany,but the credits sound American-I always
wondered about the origins of this song-anyone?

Thom

Thom---Miss Joanne Spain eventually gets into the Top 40 in a few weeks---mostly with support from the more peripheral cities. I've never found this record. Youtube has only a short version--not the 12-inch which I would love to hear.

[markydefad]

Oops. duplicated first part of next page in error. How did that happen, I wonder?

[markydefad]

January 8, 1977

DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS STATS:


DEBUTS: (+5)
15) * MAGIC'S IN THE AIR/BOY, I REALLY TIED ONE ONE (12-inch remix) - Esther Phillips (Baltimore+DC/LA+SD/Miami/Phoenix/SF)
37) * BLACK JACK - Tender Aggression (Phoenix)

52) * I'M GONNA STAY WITH MY BABY TONIGHT - George McCrae (SF)
72) * THE HUSTLE AND THE BUS STOP - The Destinations (Montreal)
83) * LOIN D'ICI - Boule Noire (Montreal)


RETURNS: (+7)
22) (R) MY LOVE IS FREE (12" remix) - Double Exposure (Boston/NYC/SF)

60) (R) SCREWED (Conditions) - Brass Construction (SF)
68) (R) REGGAE DISCO - Arthur Adams (New Orleans)
71) (R) YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING - Leo Sayer (Miami)
73) (R) WIGGLE, WIGGLE, WIGGLE - Cream De Coco (Pittsburgh)
77) (R) LET'S GO DOWN TO THE DISCO - Undisputed Truth (Boston)
82) (R) FULL TIME THING (Between Dusk and Dawn) - Whirlwind (Chicago)


DROPOFFS: (-21)
BRAZILIAN LOVE SONG - Love Unlimited Orchestra (was bundled with "My Sweet Summer Suite" last week/ 9 weeks on chart/ Peak: bundled @ #1-1 week)
SOUL CHA CHA - Van McCoy (was #36 last week/ 12 weeks on chart/ Peak: #14)
SWAHILI BOOGIE - Van McCoy (was #36 last week/ 12 weeks on chart/ Peak: bundled @ #14)
BLACK MAN - Stevie Wonder (was #48 last week/ 1 week on chart)
JAM ON THE GROOVE - Ralph MacDonald (was #57 last week/ 5 weeks on chart/ Peak: bundled @ #7)
PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS - Rose Royce (was #59 last week/ 1 week on chart)
(Shake, Shake, Shake) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY - KC & The Sunshine Band (was #63 last week/ 20 weeks on chart/ Peak: #9)
SPIDER'S WEBB - Spiders Webb (was #66 last week/ 1 week on chart)
*TIME IS MOVIN' - The Blackbyrds (was #72 last week/ 1 week on chart/ *will return)
ENJOY YOURSELF - The Jacksons (was #75 last week/ 7 weeks on chart/ Peak: #33)
SHOW YOU THE WAY TO GO - The Jacksons (was bundled @ #75 last week/ 1 week on chart)
I LIKE TO DO IT - KC & The Sunshine Band (was #80 last week/ 2 weeks on chart/ Peak: #50)
SURPRISE - The Disco Sound of Andre Gagnon (was #81 last week/ 7 weeks on chart/ Peak: #58)
*YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON/STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE - Roni Hill (was #82 last week/ 3 weeks on chart/Peak: #33/ *will return)
*LET IT FLOW - Tamiko Jones (was #83 last week/ 3 weeks on chart/ Peak: #39/ *will return)
*BLACK BROTHERS - Black Soul (was #85 last week/ 1 week on chart/*will return)
DREAM - Esther Phillips (was #86 last week/1 week on chart)
SOONER OR LATER - Ace Spectrum (was bundled @ #88 last week/ 4 weeks on chart/ Peak: #83)
MAINTAIN - Steve Marshall & Touch (was #89 last week/ 1 week on chart)
CHERCHEZ LA FEMME - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (was #91 last week/ 26 weeks on chart/ Peak: #1)
GET UP OFFA THAT THING - James Brown (was #92 last week/ 12 weeks on chart/ Peak: #19)


TAKIN' A FLYIN' LEAP: (Titles vaulted out of the "bubbling under" chart into the Top 40 this week)
+54 chart positions TURN ON TO LOVE (moved from #93 last week up to #39)
+47 chart positions SPRING RAIN (moved from #77 last week up to #30)
+44 chart positions TRIED, TESTED AND FOUND TRUE (moved from #78 last week up to #34)
+41 chart positions ANYWAY YOU LIKE IT (moved from #42 last week up to #1!!!!)
+39 chart positions LOVE I NEVER KNEW YOU COULD FEEL SO GOOD (moved from #44 last week up to #5)
+37 chart positions MAGIC'S IN THE AIR (moved from #52 last week up to #15)
+36 chart positions LET YOURSELF GO (moved from #41 last week up to #5)

RETURNS FROM "BUBBLING UNDER" INTO TOP 40
none

Biggest upward movement within the "Bubbling Under" chart:
+23 chart positions LOVE AND LEARN (moved from #88 up to #65)

CATCH ME--I'M FALLING: (Titles that fell out of the Top 40 into the "Bubbling Under" safety net)
-41 chart positions FREEDOM TO EXPRESS YOURSELF (dropped from #35 down to #76)
-40 chart positions NO, NO, NO, MY FRIEND (You're Wrong So Do It Again) (dropped from #39 down to #79)
-38 chart positions MAKE IT UP TO ME IN LOVE (dropped from #40 down to #78)
-24 chart positions MY SWEET SUMMER SUITE (dropped from #31 down to #55)

Biggest drop within the "Bubbling Under" chart:
-15 chart positions NIGHT PEOPLE/LIES DIVIDED BY JIVE (dropped from #69 down to #84)

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IN THE LONG RUN: Longest Chart Runs (12 weeks & over)

(Of 27 titles... 10 are now "bubbling under" the Top 40)


THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN (25 nonconsecutive weeks -7/10/76)
YOU + ME = LOVE (25 consecutive weeks - 7/24/76)

I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOUR LOVE (24 nonconsecutive weeks - 7/17/76)
LET'S GET IT TOGETHER (24 consecutive weeks -7/31/76)

MY SWEET SUMMER SUITE (21 consecutive weeks - 8/21/76)
THE RUBBERBAND MAN (21 nonconsecutive weeks - 8/07/76)

NICE ‘N’ NAASTY (12-inch) (20 consecutive weeks - 8/21/76)
MAKES YOU BLIND (20 consecutive weeks -8/28/76)

DOWN TO LOVE TOWN (19 consecutive weeks -9/4/76)
FULL TIME THING (Between Dusk & Dawn) (19 nonconsecutive weeks-8/28/76)

CALYPSO BREAKDOWN (18 consecutive weeks - 9/11/76)
MIDNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR (18 nonconsecutive weeks - 9/4/76)
WHERE IS THE LOVE (18 consecutive weeks - 9/11/76)

DAZZ (17 nonconsecutive weeks - 9/04/76)
LOVE BUG (17 consecutive weeks - 9/18/76)

DAYLIGHT (16 consecutive weeks - 9/25/76)
NICE 'N' NAASTY (LP) (16 consecutive weeks - 9/25/76)
NIGHT PEOPLE/LIES DIVIDED BY JIVE (16 consecutive weeks - 9/25/76)
LIVE & LEARN (16 consecutive weeks - 9/25/76)

CAR WASH (15 consecutive weeks - 10/02/76)

"FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE" (LP) (14 consecutive weeks - 10/9/76)
MY LOVE IS FREE - Double Exposure (14 nonconsecutive weeks - 8/07/76)

GOIN' UP IN SMOKE (13 consecutive weeks -10/16/76)

ANOTHER STAR/ I WISH/ SIR DUKE (12 consecutive weeks - 10/23/76)
SHOULD I STAY/I WON'T LET YOU GO (12 consecutive weeks - 10/23/76)

DROPPED THIS WEEK:
CHERCHEZ LA FEMME (26 nonconsecutive weeks - 6/26/76)
(Shake, Shake, Shake) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY (20 nonconsecutive weeks - 7/31/76)
GET UP OFFA THAT THING (12 nonconsecutive weeks - 8/28/76)
SOUL CHA CHA (12 consecutive weeks - 10/9/76)
SWAHILI BOOGIE (12 consecutive weeks - 10/9/76)

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THE FINAL TALLY, HO

This week:
60 separate titles + 3 medleys + 1 LP = 64 (Top 40)
49 separate titles + 1 medley + 1 LP = 51 (B/U)
109 separate titles + 4 medleys +2 LPs = 115 total on 84 chart positions



Last week:
62 separate titles +1 medley + 1 LP = 64 (Top 40)
60 separate titles +2 medleys + 1 LP = 63 (B/U)
122 separate titles + 3 medleys +2 LPs = 127 total on 94 chart positions


Debuts: +2 (BDA Top 40) +3 (DCC) = +5 total
Returns: +1 (BDA Top 40) +6 (DCC) = +7 total
Dropoffs: -3 (BDA Top 40) -18 (DCC) = -21 total
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BREAKDOWN: TITLES BY CHART:

0 titles on all 16 charts
0 titles on 15 charts
2 titles on 14 charts (Don't Leave Me This Way/Four Seasons Of Love" LP))
0 titles on 13 charts
1 title on 12 charts (Another Star)

1 title on 11 charts (I Wish)
0 titles on 10 charts
5 titles on 9 charts (O Ba Ba/Dancin'/Sorry/ That's The Trouble/Car Wash)

4 titles on 8 charts (Sir Duke/Overture/Welcome To Our World Of Merry Music/Down To Love Town)
5 titles on 7 charts (Let Yourself Go/Dazz/Makes You Blind/I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love/Daddy Cool)

4 titles on 6 charts (Isn't She Lovely/Indiscreet/Ha Cha Cha/When Love Is New)

4 titles on 5 charts (Don't Keep It In The Shadows/You're My Driving Wheel/Magic's In The Air+Boy, I Really Tied One On/Help Help)

7 titles on 4 charts (Take The Heat Off Me/Love In Motion/Unfinished Business/Dream Express/Disco Lucy/ You+ Me = Love/Spring Rain)

8 titles on 3 charts (Anyway You Like It/Fever/Open Sesame/My Love Is Free/ I'm Your Boogie Man+Keep It Comin' Love/I Don't Want To Be Tied Down/Sunny)

18 titles on 2 charts (Love I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good/Far Out/Wine-Flow Disco/Cut the Rug/Givin' The Feeling Back/I Don't Know What's On Your Mind/I've Learned From My Burns/Dreamin'/It Ain't Reggae (But It's Funky)/At The Top Of The Stairs/Dance And Shake Your Tambourine/Stay Away/Looking Away/ Tried,Tested And Found True/Love Bug/Turn On To Love/Let's Get It Together/My Sweet Summer Suite)

53 titles on only 1 chart

3 titles on NO CHARTS = (Where Is The Love/Under Construction/Put On Your Jeans)

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Part #3: January 8, 1977

By The Numbers......

THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 40--PURELY BY POINTS:


Using the chart data from all 16 charts, including Montreal. Based solely on point totals of individual titles; in cases of point ties, the title on more charts gets precedence--if # of charts is the same, it's in alphabetical order.

Legend: (B) = bundled with other titles by Billboard; (B/U) = "Bubbling Under the Top 40"
* = debut/ (R) = Return
Perfect score = 240 maximum points (15 points for a #1 x 16 charts)

[This weeks position/ (#) = last week's position/Title/Artist/Point total/# of charts reporting/Billboard ranking]

01) (01) DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY - Thelma Houston (188 points/14 charts) Billboard ranked #1
02) (02) "FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE" LP - Donna Summer (132 points/14 charts) BB ranked #2
03) (03) ANOTHER STAR - Stevie Wonder (127 points/12 charts) BB ranked#3 (B)
04) (05) I WISH - Stevie Wonder (108 points/11 charts) BB ranked #3 (B)
05) (07) O BA BA - D.C. LaRue (99 points/9 charts) BB ranked: #4 (B)
06) (08) OVERTURE - D.C. LaRue (87 points/8 charts) BB ranked: #4 (B)
07) (06) SIR DUKE - Stevie Wonder (79 points/8 charts) BB ranked #3 (B)
08) (13) DANCIN’ - Crown Heights Affair (76 points/9 charts) BB ranked #6 (B)
09) (11) MAKES YOU BLIND - The Glitter Band (73 points/7 charts) BB ranked #13
10) (09) DOWN TO LOVE TOWN - The Originals (72 points/8 charts) BB ranked #12

11) (16) LET YOURSELF GO - The Supremes (71 points/7 charts) B ranked: #5 (B)
12) (15) INDISCREET - D.C. LaRue (71 points/6 charts) BB ranked: #4 (B)
13) (04) CAR WASH - Rose Royce (70 points/9 charts) BB ranked #10
14) (12/17) THAT'S THE TROUBLE/SORRY - Grace Jones (68 points/9 charts) BB ranked: #7 (B)
15) (10) DAZZ - Brick (67 points/ 7 charts) BB ranked #9
16) (18) DADDY COOL - Boney M (61 points/ 7 charts) BB ranked: #11 (B)
17) (14) ISN'T SHE LOVELY - Stevie Wonder (61 points/6 charts) BB ranked #3 (B)
18) (19) DON'T KEEP IT IN THE SHADOWS - D.C. LaRue w/ Lou Christie (55 points/5 charts) BB ranked: #4 (B)
19) (21) YOU'RE MY DRIVING WHEEL - The Supremes (52 points/5 charts) BB ranked: #5 (B)
20) (24) WELCOME TO OUR WORLD (Of Merry Music)- Mass Production (49 points/8 charts) BB ranked #8 (B)

21) (22) ANYWAY YOU LIKE IT - Thelma Houston (44 points/3 charts) BB ranked: #1 (B)
22) (25) HA CHA CHA - Brass Construction (40 points/6 charts) BB ranked: #14
23) (--)*MAGIC'S IN THE AIR/ BOY, I REALLY TIED ONE ON - Esther Phillips (40 points/5 charts) BB ranked: #15
24) (35) SEARCHING FOR LOVE - Crown Heights Affair (39 points/5 charts) BB ranked #6 (B)
25) (20) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOUR LOVE - The Emotions (38 points/7 charts) BB ranked #18
26) (23) WHEN LOVE IS NEW - Arthur Prysock (38 points/6 charts) BB ranked: #16
27) (--)*LOVE IN MOTION - George McCrae (35 points/4 charts) BB ranked: #17 (B)
28) (--)*HELP HELP - Boney M (34 points/5 charts) BB ranked: Not Charted/ "Bubbling Under" @ #41
29) (--)*TAKE THE HEAT OFF ME - Boney M (33 points/4 charts) BB ranked: #11 (B)
30) (34) DISCO LUCY - Wilton Place Street Band (31 points/4 charts) BB ranked: #26

31) (37) I DON'T WANT TO BE TIED DOWN - The Supremes (27 points/3 charts) BB: Not Charted/ "Bubbling Under": #42
32) (30) DREAMIN' - Loleatta Holloway (26 points/2 charts) BB ranked: #24
33) (23) DREAM EXPRESS - The Honeybees (25 points/ 4 charts) BB ranked: #23
34) (31) FEVER - Boney M (24 points/3 charts) BB ranked: #11 (B)
35) (26) I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN/KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE - KC & The Sunshine Band (24 points/3 charts)BB ranked#27 (B)
36) (--)*SUNNY - Boney M (24 points/3 charts) BB:Not Charted/ "Bubbling Under": #43
37) (--)*SPRING RAIN - Silvetti (23 points/4 charts) BB ranked: #30
38) (39) LOVE I NEVER KNEW YOU COULD FEEL SO GOOD - The Supremes (22 points/2 charts) BB ranked: #5 (B)
39) (--)*GIVIN' BACK THE FEELING - George McCrae (21 points/2 charts) BB ranked: #17 (B)
40) (--)*I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND/I'VE LEARNED FROM MY BURNS - Spiders Webb (20 points/2 charts) BB ranked: #21 (B)

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Billboard National Disco Action Top 40 Titles Lacking Points to Make The Disco Compilation Consensus "Purely By Points" Chart This Week:

06) FAR OUT (14 points/2 charts) (B)
08) WINE-FLOW DISCO (18 points/2 charts) (B)

16) CUT THE RUG (16 points/2 charts) (B)
19) UNFINISHED BUSINESS (18 points/4 charts)

20) OPEN SESAME (19 points/3 charts)
22) MY LOVE IS FREE (19 points/3 charts)
25) IT AIN'T REGGAE (But It's Funky) (12 points/2 charts)
28) AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS (10 points/2 charts)
29) YOU + ME = LOVE (17 points/4 charts)

31) DANCE AND SHAKE YOUR TAMBOURINE (15 points/2 charts)
32) STAY AWAY/LOOKING AWAY (11 points/2 charts) (B)
32) I CAN'T STAY AWAY (10 points/1 chart) (B)
33) GOOD LOVE MAKES EVERYTHING ALRIGHT (8 points/1 chart)
34) TRIED, TESTED AND FOUND TRUE (14 points/2 charts)
35) LOVE BUG (14 points/2 charts)
36) DAYLIGHT/SHOULD I STAY/I WON'T LET YOU GO (7 points/1 chart) (B)
37) BLACK JACK (9 points/ 1 chart)
38) CALYPSO BREAKDOWN (11 points/1 chart) (B)
38) WHERE IS THE LOVE (0 points/0 charts) (B)
39) TURN ON TO LOVE (5 points/2 charts)
40) LET'S GET IT TOGETHER (3 points/2 charts) (B)
40) UNDER CONSTRUCTION/PUT ON YOUR JEANS (0 points/0 charts) (B)

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HEAT UP

BILLBOARD TOP 40 MAJOR POINT GAINERS: THE HEAT IS ON
+26 points from last week Magic's In The Air (from 14 points last week up to 40 points this week)
+21 points from last week Boy, I Really Tied One On (from 19 points last week up to 40 points this week)
+21 points from last week Love In Motion (from 14 points last week up to 35 points this week)
+18 points from last week Spring Rain(from 5 points last week up to 23 points this week)
+17 points from last week Don't Leave Me This Way (from 171 points last week up to 188 points this week)
+14 points from last week Dancin' (from 62 points last week up to 76 points this week)

Biggest Point Gain in the "Bubbling Under" section:
+12 points from last week Help Help (from 22 points last week up to 34 points this week)

COOL DOWN

BILLBOARD TOP 40 MAJOR POINT LOSERS: COOL IT DOWN
-30 points from last week Car Wash (from 100 points last week down to 70 points this week)
-20 points from last week Daylight (from 27 points last week down to 7 points this week)
-16 points from last week Should I Stay/I Won't Let You Go (from 23 points last week down to 7 points this week)
-15 points from last week Love Bug (from 29 points last week down to 14 points this week)
-15 points from last week Open Sesame (from 35 points last week down to 19 points this week)
-14 points from last week Sir Duke (from 93 points last week down to 79 points this week)
-14 points from last week Unfinished Business (from 32 points last week down to 18 points this week)


Biggest Point Loss in the "Bubbling Under" section:
-15 points from last week My Sweet Summer Suite (from 25 points last week down to 10 points this week)

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ONE YEAR AGO IN DISCO HISTORY
JANUARY 10, 1976

Billboard Charts:
A= Top Audience Response Records in NYC Discos:
(#1= MIGHTY HIGH/EVERYTHING IS LOVE ) (2nd week)
B= Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC):
(#1= TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT 'CHA, BABY) (1st week)
C= Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC):
(#1= JUMP FOR JOY/ I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT) (4th week)
D= Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island):
(#1= TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT 'CHA, BABY ) (2nd week)
E= Top Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:
(#1= LADY BUMP) (1st week)
+ Special 6th Chart:
F= Top 10 Audience Response Records in Boston Discos:
(#1= "THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA" LP) (3rd week)

[6 charts with 9 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 7 points for a #9; truncated chart this week so they could publish the year-end 1975 list.]

THE BILLBOARD DISCO COMPILATION CONSENUS TOP 5
January 10, 1976

Chart #64

1) MIGHTY HIGH - Mighty Clouds of Joy
(ABC LP) (79 total points/ 6 charts = ABCDEF)
6 weeks on the chart/ (last week: #7) (+6)
2) EVERYTHING IS LOVE - Mighty Clouds of Joy
(ABC LP) (66 points/ 5 charts = ABCD_F)
4 weeks on the chart/ last week: #11 (+9)
3) THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC - The Softones
(Avco 45) (62 points 6 charts = ABCDEF)
4 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #3) (+/-0)
4) I LOVE MUSIC - The O'Jays
(Phila. Intl. 45/LP) (59 points / 5 charts = ABC_EF)
12 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #8 (previously #1 for 4 weeks) (+4)
5) LADY BUMP/ THE LADY BUMPS ON - Penny McLean
(Atco 45 (retail)/ 12" promo (clubplay) (55 total points/ 5 charts = AB_DEF)
9 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #1{TIE} (3 weeks total) (-4)

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TWO YEARS AGO IN DISCO HISTORY
January 11, 1975

Billboard charts: (4 charts with 15 items apiece: 60 points = perfect score)

A= Top Audience Response Records in NYC Discos:
(#1= I'LL BE HOLDING ON )
B= Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC):
(#1= SHAME, SHAME, SHAME)
C= Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC):
(#1= I'LL BE HOLDING ON)
D= Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Long Isand & Queens)
(#1= SATIN SOUL )


THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 5:
JANUARY 11, 1975


Chart #12

1) {tie} I'LL BE HOLDING ON - Al Downing
(Chess 7"- Disco Mix) (51 points/ALL 4 charts = ABCD)
9 weeks on chart/ Last week: #2 (+1)
1) {tie} SHAME, SHAME, SHAME - Shirley & Company
(Vibration 7") (51 points/ ALL 4 charts = ABCD)
4 weeks on chart/ Last week: #1 (+/-0)
3) EXPRESS - B.T. Express
(Scepter LP only) (40 points/ALL 4 charts = ABCD)
10 weeks on chart/ Last week: #4 (+1) / 2 weeks @ #1
4) LOVE DON'T YOU GO THROUGH NO CHANGES ON ME - Sister Sledge
(Atco 7") (36 points/ 3 charts = ABC_)
6 weeks on chart/ Last week: #3 (-1)
5) DOCTOR’S ORDERS – Carol Douglas
(Midland International 7") (30 points/ 3 charts = A_CD)
11 weeks on chart/ Last week: #5 (+/-0)/ 4 nonconsecutive weeks @ #1

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OK, now let's check to see where this week's charted items rank in the
DISC-O-LA FORTUNE 500 ......

[first posted in the 3/26/76 column]

The rarefied air of the important CLASSIC records on the chart this week led me to take a look at their positions on the Disco-o-la Fortune 500 Discotheque Songs of the 70s list compiled by Ed Rothschild (with assistance from Johnny Tripp and Chipper McKearnin), that appears in its entirety in the back of Mel Cheren's book, Keep On Dancin': My Life and the Paradise Garage (2000); (Supposedly, this list came to fruition sometime in the Eighties; I don't know the specifics. The list goes back as early as the late Sixties for a few titles and then culls some from the early Seventies and stops at the end of
1979--no records from the Eighties are included--a few charted in 1980--but were actually released in late 1979)

DISC-O-LA FORTUNE 500 Rankings:

(Based on items in this weeks chart): 24 charting positions featuring 28 titles

#11) DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY - Thelma Houston (Tamla)
#36) MY LOVE IS FREE - Double Exposure (Salsoul)
#30) DOWN TO LOVE TOWN - The Originals (Motown)
#97) MAKES YOU BLIND - The Glitter Band (Arista)

#101) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOUR LOVE - The Emotions (Columbia)
#112) SALSOUL CHRISTMAS MEDLEY ("Christmas Jollies" LP) - The Salsoul Orchestra (Salsoul)
#124) "FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE" LP - Donna Summer (Casablanca/Oasis)
#145) MIDNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR - Carol Douglas (Midland International)
#179) YOU + ME = LOVE - Undisputed Truth (Whitfield)
#189) ANOTHER STAR/SIR DUKE/ISN'T SHE LOVELY - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)

#204) FREEDOM TO EXPRESS YOURSELF - Denise LaSalle (ABC)
#232) I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN/ KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE - KC & The Sunshine Band (T.K.)
#237) CAR WASH - Rose Royce (MCA)
#271) THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN - The Ritchie Family (Marlin)
#275) WELCOME TO OUR WORLD (Of Merry Music)- Mass Production (Cotillion)
#289) SORRY/ THAT'S THE TROUBLE - Grace Jones (Beam-Junction)

#310) DANCIN' - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite)
#314) CALYPSO BREAKDOWN - Ralph MacDonald (Marlin)
#387) DADDY COOL- Boney M (Atco)

#408) LET'S GET IT TOGETHER - El Coco (AVI)
#412) OPEN SESAME - Kool & The Gang (De-Lite)
#423) MY SWEET SUMMER SUITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra (20th Century)
#432) SPRING RAIN - Silvetti (Salsoul)
#446) STUBBORN KIND OF FELLA - Buffalo Smoke (RCA)


DROPPED THIS WEEK:
#102) CHERCHEZ LA FEMME
#258) (Shake, Shake, Shake) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY
#473) GET UP OFFA THAT THING (Release The Pressure)
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COMING SOON To A Disco Near You...


TATTOO MAN
FUNK DE MAMBO
UPTOWN FESTIVAL
LOVE IN C MINOR (2 versions)
THEME FROM"KING KONG"
HIT AND RUN/RIPPED OFF
SPY FOR BROTHERHOOD
STARVIN'/BODY CONTACT CONTRACT
LIFE IS MUSIC/LADY LUCK/DISCO BLUES
FREE LOVE/YOU GOT A PROBLEM/IF YOU WANNA GO BACK


& DISCO INFERNO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!--burn, baby, burn!

[markydefad]

DISCO MIX By Tom Moulton

January 8, 1977

SORRY, NO TOM MOULTON COLUMN PRINTED THIS WEEK. TOM RETURNS NEXT WEEK, JANUARY 15, 1977.

[drlove]

thanks, Marky, for the "Coming Soon" list . . . now I have "Let Lady Luck smile, Let Lady Luck smile, Let Lady Luck ... smile on me!" stuck in my brain. (Fortunately, it's a tune I like :icon_biggrin:).

[remicks]

*****

Hurray!!!

it's

1977 !!! ........ (already :icon_razz::icon_razz::icon_razz::icon_razz:)

Let's hope its as glorious a disco year as 1976 turned out to be . :icon_cool:
But even as disco now seems to be firmly finding its legs , some industry killjoys are even now already foretelling disco's destined demise !! :icon_razz::icon_evil: ..... BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT !!!!! :icon_cool: .
And I can't wait to see what all's a coming down the disco track this year !!

SO, HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone as I listen to The Salsoul Orchestra's New Year's Medley off their latest release:

:icon_biggrin:


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Oh and Mr.Chartman .....some chart info elaboration (already) please :


What 2 dingle-berry regions are not charting :icon_eek:

Thelma Houston's DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY * ???????? :icon_evil: :icon_eek:

BREAKDOWN: TITLES BY CHART:

0 titles on all 16 charts
0 titles on 15 charts
2 titles on 14 charts -Don't Leave Me This Way

* which I and 15,000 fans of disco happen to hear Thelma sing LIVE at the Hollywood Bowl the other night dontcha' know



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