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!