1977 Billboard Disco Compilation Consensus Charts!!!

[markydefad]

Some videos for tracks that make Top 10 debuts this week-- 1/15/77:




These 2 debut @ #40 on on 1/15/77: I had never heard these before...

[markydefad]

January 15, 1977

PART 2: THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS
"BUBBLING UNDER" THE DISCO ACTION TOP 40: #41---#90!!!


(50 chart positions featuring 52 separate titles + 1 medley + 0 LPs = 53 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) (42) I DON'T WANT TO BE TIED DOWN - The Supremes
(Motown LP: 4:42) P: Brian Holland // W: B. Holland/ E. Holland/ R. Davis
33 points/ 3 charts = Atlanta/Miami/NYC
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 8 weeks on chart // Last week: #42 (+1)

42) (77) LET'S GO DOWN TO THE DISCO - Undisputed Truth
(Whitfield 12-inch: 9:10) P/W: Norman Whitfield
18 points/ 3 charts = Boston/Detroit/Miami
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart // Last week: #77 (+35)

43) (43) SUNNY - Boney M
(Atco LP: 4:01) P: Frank Farian // W: Bobby Hebb
17 points/ 2 charts = Phoenix/Seattle
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart
DCC chart: 6 weeks on chart // Last weeK: #43 (+/-0)

44) (--) * DON'T BURN NO BRIDGES - The Trammps
(Atlantic LP: 6:00) P: Norman Harris for Baker-Harris-Young //W: Allan Felder/Ronald Tyson/T.G. Conway
15 points/ 1 chart = Phoenix
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

45) (--) * HIT AND RUN / * RIPPED OFF - Loleatta Holloway
(Gold Mind LP: 5:52/4:49) P: Norman Harris for Baker-Harris-Young // W: Allan Felder/Norman Harris/Ron Tyson (both)
15 points EACH/ 1 chart = Atlanta
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week EACH // *DEBUT

46) (54) WHY MUST A GIRL LIKE ME - Claudja Barry
(London-Canada: 7:21) P: Jurgen S. Korduletsch // W: J. Evers/J.S. Korduletsch
15 points/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40 = n/c
DCC chart: 7 weeks on chart // Last week: #54 (+8)

47) (52) I'M GONNA STAY WITH MY BABY TONIGHT - George McCrae
(T.K. LP: 2:55) P: Gregg Diamond // W: C. Robinson
14 points/ 1 chart = SF
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 2 weeks on chart // Last week: #52 (+5)

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

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

50) (61) FASCINATION - Fat Larry's Band
(W.M.O.T. LP: 6:52 /also on 12": 6:24) P: Vincent Montana, Jr. // W: Luther Vandross/David Bowie
13 points/ 2 charts = Baltimore+DC/Philly
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart // Last week: #61 (+11)

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51) (70) GET ON UP AND DANCE (The Continental) - The Earls
(Woodbury 12-inch: 7:07) P: Hy Weiss // W: J. Francasi/L. Figiverido
13 points/ 2 charts = LA+SD + Montreal
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart
DCC chart: 5 weeks on chart // Last week: #70 (+19)

52) (66) SATURDAY NIGHT STEPPIN' OUT- Webster Lewis & The Post-Pop Space-Rock Be-Bop Gospel Tabernacle Orchestra & Chorus
(Epic LP:4:38) P/W: Webster Lewis & David Horowitz
13 points/ 2 charts = Boston/Philly
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart/ Last week: #66 (+14)

53) (44)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: 5 weeks on chart/ Last week: #44 (-9)

54) (47) 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: 8 weeks on chart // Last week: #47 (-7)

55) (50) 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: 9 weeks on chart // Last week: #50 (-5)

56) (--) * TATTOO MAN - Denise McCann
(Polydor 12-inch import: 5:27)
P: Guy Sobell // W: Denise McCann
12 points / 2 charts = SF + Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

57) (69) ELEVATOR - Joanne Spain
(Casino/GRT 12-inch: 5:27) P: Clayton Ivery & Terry Woodford // W: J. Spain/D. Fitchpatrick/L. Robinson
11 points/ 3 charts = Dallas+Houston/Miami/SF
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart // Last week: #69 (+12)

58) (53) MONDO DISCO (12" remix) - El Coco
(AVI 12-inch: 6:05 ) P/W: W. Michael Lewis & Laurin Rinder
11 points/ 1 chart = Seattle
BDA: n/c
DCC: 4 weeks on chart // Last week: #53 (-5)

59) (--) * SPY FOR BROTHERHOOD - The Miracles
(Columbia 12-inch: 6:04) P: Peter Moore // W: Billy Griffin/Pete Moore
10 points/2 charts = Phoenix/SF
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

60) (57) 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
10 points/ 1 chart = Philly
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 9 weeks on chart // Last week: #57 (-3)

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61) (83) LOIN D'ICI - Boule Noire (Black Ball)
(Trans Canada dance version: 5:17) P: Peter Alves // W: George Thurston
10 points/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 2 weeks on chart // Last week: #83 (+22)

62) (38) CALYPSO BREAKDOWN - Ralph MacDonald
(Marlin/T.K. LP: 7:50/ 12" single: 7:55) P: R. MacDonald/ W. Salter // W: W. Eaton
9 points/ 1 chart = Dallas+Houston
BDA Top 40: 18 weeks on chart // Last week: #38 (-24)
DCC chart: 19 weeks on chart

63) (61) WE JUST WANT TO PLAY FOR YOU - Fat Larry's Band
(W.M.O.T. LP: 5:11) P: Vincent Montana, Jr. // W: C.Gunner/L.James/M. LeBes
9 points / 1 chart = Philly
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart // Last week: #61 (-2)

64) (R) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON/ STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE [medley] - Roni Hill
(Roulette 12-inch: 4:11) P: David Allen // W: Holland-Dozier-Holland
9 points/ 1 chart - Phoenix
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart // (R) = RETURN (last charted 12/25/76 @ #82)

65) (34) TRIED, TESTED AND FOUND TRUE - Ashford & Simpson
(WB 12-inch: 5:25) P/W: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
8 points/ 2 charts = Detroit/Philly
BDA Top 40: 1 week // Last week: #34 (-31)
DCC chart: 4 weeks on chart

66) (R) AS - Stevie Wonder
(Tamla LP: 7:07) P/W: Stevie Wonder
8 points/ 1 chart - Atlanta
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart
DCC chart: 7 weeks on chart // (R) = RETURN (last charted 12/11/76 @ #72)

67) (72) THE HUSTLE AND THE BUS STOP - The Destinations
(Quality (Canada) 12-inch: 6:02) P/W: Clarence Lawton
8 points/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 2 weeks on chart // Last week: #72 (+5)

68) (55) MY SWEET SUMMER SUITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra
(20th Century 12-inch single: 7:11) P/W: Barry White
8 points/ 1 chart = Seattle
BDA Top 40: 18 weeks on chart: 3 nonconsecutive weeks @ #1
DCC chart: 22 weeks on chart // Last week: #55 (-13)

69) (66) ON THE TOWN/ DO IT WITH STYLE - Webster Lewis & The Post-Pop Space-Rock Be-Bop Gospel Tabernacle Orchestra & Chorus
(Epic LP: 5:58/ 4:56; also "special disco version" promo 12-inches released separately: 5:58/5:09)
P: Webster Lewis & David Horowitz //W: 1) W. Lewis/ B. Gray/ T.G. Conway; 2) C.T. Perkison/ B. Gray/ T.G. Conway
8 points EACH/ 1 chart = Philly
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 8 weeks EACH on chart/ Last week: #66 (-3)

70) (73) 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
8 points/ 1 chart = Pittsburgh
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 3 weeks on chart / Last week: #73 (+3)
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71) (--) * FUNK DE MAMBO (Dance To The Music) - Karma (featuring vocalists Syreeta Wright & Deniece Williams)
(Horizon/A&M 12-inch: 6:20 (part 1)/ 4:30 (part 2) P: Reggie Andrews/George Bohanon //W: R. Andrews/C. Robertson/J. Blockner
7 points/ 2 charts = Boston/New Orleans
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

72) (40) LET'S GET IT TOGETHER - El Coco
(AVI 12-inch single commercially available: 6:35) P: W. Michael Lewis & Laurin Rinder // W: 1) Merria Ross
6 points/ 1 chart = Dallas+Houston
BDA Top 40: 18 weeks on chart // Last week: #40 (-32)
DCC chart: 25 weeks on chart

73) (40) UNDER CONSTRUCTION - El Coco
(AVI LP: #2: 3:20) P: W. Michael Lewis & Laurin Rinder // W: M. Dulski/M.Lewis/L.Rinder
5 points/ 2 charts = Phoenix/Pittsburgh
BDA Top 40: 3 weeks on chart // Last week: #40 (-33)
DCC chart: 5 weeks on chart

74) (41) HELP HELP - Boney M
(Atco LP: 6:05) P: Frank Farian // W: Farian/Jay
5 points/ 1 chart = Phoenix
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 8 weeks on chart / Last week: #41 (-33)

75) (45) JE DANSE - [Salvatore] Adamo
(CBS 7": 3:54) P: ?? // W: H. Roy-Real/ R. Talar
5 points/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 9 weeks on chart / Last week: #45

76) (--) * STOP IT NOW - Eddie Russ
(Monument 12-inch promo: 5:30) P: Bob Crawford // W: Eddie Russ
5 points/1 chart = Baltimore+DC
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

77) (--) * CENTER CITY - Fat Larry's Band
(Atlantic 12-inch: 7:47) (P: Vincent Montana, Jr. // W: L. James/R.Walker/V. Montana
4 points/ 1 chart = Baltimore+DC
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

78) (--) * BITE YOUR LIP (Get Up And Dance) - Elton John
(Rocket/MCA 12-inch promo: 6:39) ["A Tom Moulton Mix"] P: Gus Dudgeon // W: Elton John/Bernie Taupin
4 points/ 1 chart = Phoenix
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

79) (63) GOTTA GET IT - Tony Valor Sounds Orchestra
(Brunswick 12-inch: 7:26) ["A Tom Moulton Mix"] P: T. Valor // W: T.Valor/D.Marouse
3 points/ 1 chart = Detroit
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart
DCC chart: 6 weeks on chart // Last week: #63 (-16)

80) (--) * I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM - Instant Funk
(TSOP LP: 4:06) P: Bunny Sigler // W: B.Sigler/K. Miller
3 points/ 1 chart = SF
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

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81) (--) * IN ZAIRE - Johnny Wakelin
(Phonodisk 12-inch (Canada): 5:20; released elsewhere on Pye, Buddah or Ariola) P: K. Rossiter/S. Elson // W: J. Wakelin
3 points/1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

82) (R) COME INTO MY LIFE - The Supremes
(Motown LP: 6:14) P: Brian Holland // W: B. Holland/E.Holland/R. Davis
2 points/1 chart = Philly
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 2 weeks on chart // (R) = RETURN (last charted 12/11/76 @ #57)

83) (76) FREEDOM TO EXPRESS YOURSELF - Denise LaSalle
(ABC LP: 4:00) P: Ordeana Enterprises w/Soultastic Inc. W: D. LaSalle
2 points/ 1 chart = Atlanta
BDA Top 40: 6 weeks on chart
DCC chart: 10 weeks on chart // Last week: #76 (-7)

84) (--) * TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY - Barbara Pennington
(United Artists 7-inch: 3:20; later 12-inch: 9:22 released) P/W: Ian Levine/Danny Ray Leake
2 points/ 1 chart = SF
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

85) (81) 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: 26 weeks on chart // Last week: #81 (-4)

86) (37) BLACK JACK - Tender Aggression (Dieter Reith)
(Morningstar LP: 3:18 ) P: ?? W: Deiter Reith
1 point/ 1 chart = Philly
BDA Top 40: 1 week on chart / Last week: #37 (-49)
DCC chart: 2 weeks on chart

87) (51) DANCE LITTLE LADY DANCE - Tina Charles
(Columbia import 12-inch extended version: 6:07;Columbia import LP: 3:05) P: Biddu // W: Biddu/ G. Shurry/ R. Roker
1 point/1 chart = Atlanta
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 13 weeks on chart // Last week: #51 (-36)

88) (--) * BOOGIETHON/ *I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE OF HEART - Tina Charles
(Columbia import LP: 5:45/5:05) P: Biddu // W: 1) Biddu; 2) Biddu/G.Shurry/R.Roker
1 point EACH/ 1 chart = Atlanta
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week EACH on chart // *DEBUT

89) (--) * LOVE VACCINE - El Coco
(AVI LP: 2:58) P: W. Michael Lewis/ Laurin Rinder // W: Pamela Phillips
1 point/ 1 chart = Phoenix
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

90) (--) * LOVE IN C MINOR - Cerrone
(Malligator import LP (Canada) :16:08) P: J.M. Cerrone // W: Alec R. Costandinos/Cerrone
1 point/ 1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

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"Bubbling Under" Titles By City


10 titles = Philadelphia
9 titles = Montreal/Phoenix
8 titles = Atlanta
6 titles = San Francisco
5 titles = Seattle
4 titles = Dallas+Houston
3 titles = Baltimore+DC/Boston/Detroit/Miami
2 titles = Pittsburgh
1 title = Los Angeles+San Diego/New Orleans/NYC
0 titles = Chicago




NEXT: THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS STATS

[markydefad]

OK '"Bubbling Under chart is done---hasn't been checked for typos however.

[remicks]

*****

OK '"Bubbling Under chart is done---hasn't been checked for typos however.

and beautiful it is too! :icon_cool:





The bumbling unders ... this is where the action is !! :icon_mrgreen:

thanks to your meticulous detailing chartman, all is revealed !!

Here we can see what's bumbling under in select places
but is about to surface everywhere ....

and look at the nights out in San Francisco .... it is hot hot hot !! - in January! :icon_mrgreen:

It and Montreal are first onto TATTOO MAN which will continue a long run as a HUGE SF favorite as I fondly remember

also SF : first with TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY another West Coast monster

as well as some early appreciation expressed in that city for - Instant Funk !

Meanwhile --- Atlanta is first to tap into HIT AND RUN :icon_cool:

and Montreal's playing .....some guy named Cerrone


oh
and of course a tip of the hat to the always bold and beautiful Phoenix for their courageous playing of an Elton John evergreen .... BITE YOUR LIP .


******

[markydefad]

January 15, 1977

DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS STATS:


DEBUTS: (+21)
09) * DISCO INFERNO - The Trammps (Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/Boston/NYC/Phoenix/SF)
09) * STARVIN' - The Trammps (Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/Boston/NYC/Phoenix/SF)
09) * BODY CONTACT CONTRACT - The Trammps (Atlanta/Baltimore+DC/Boston/NYC/SF)
28) * THEME FROM "KING KONG" - Love Unlimited Orchestra (LA+SD/Miami/New Orleans)
40) * MANGOUS YE - Black Soul (NYC)

44) * DON'T BURN NO BRIDGES - The Trammps (Phoenix)
45) * HIT AND RUN - Loleatta Holloway (Atlanta)
45) * RIPPED OFF - Loleatta Holloway (Atlanta)
56) * TATTOO MAN - Denise McCann (SF + Montreal)
59) * SPY FOR BROTHERHOOD - The Miracles (Phoenix/SF)
71) * FUNK DE MAMBO (Dance To The Music) - Karma (Boston/New Orleans)
76) * STOP IT NOW - Eddie Russ (Baltimore+DC)
77) * CENTER CITY - Fat Larry's Band (Baltimore+DC)
78) * BITE YOUR LIP (Get Up And Dance) - Elton John (Phoenix)
80) * I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM - Instant Funk (SF)
81) * IN ZAIRE - Johnny Wakelin (Montreal)
84) * TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY - Barbara Pennington (SF)
88) * BOOGIETHON - Tina Charles (Atlanta)
88) * I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE OF HEART - Tina Charles (Atlanta)
89) * LOVE VACCINE - El Coco (Phoenix)
90) * LOVE IN C MINOR - Cerrone (Montreal)


RETURNS: (+3)
64) (R) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON / STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE - Roni Hill (Phoenix)
66) (R) AS - Stevie Wonder (Atlanta)
82) (R) COME INTO MY LIFE -The Supremes (Philly)


DROPOFFS: (-21)
DAYLIGHT - Vicki Sue Robinson (was #36 last week/ 16 weeks on chart/ Peak: #9)
SHOULD I STAY/ I WON'T LET YOU GO [medley] - Vicki Sue Robinson (was bundled @ #36 last week/ 12 weeks on chart/ Peak: bundled @ #9)
WHERE IS THE LOVE - Ralph MacDonald (was bundled @ #38 last week/ 18 weeks on chart/ Peak: bundled @ #7)
PUT ON YOUR JEANS - El Coco (was bundled @ #40 last week/ 3 weeks on chart/ Peak: bundled @ #34)

THE TEA DANCE - D.C. LaRue (was #49 last week/ 3 weeks on chart/ Peak: #49)
"CHRISTMAS JOLLIES" (LP) - The Salsoul Orchestra (was #56 last week/ 3 weeks on chart/ Peak: #56)
GOIN' UP IN SMOKE - Eddie Kendricks (was #58 last week/ 13 weeks on chart/ Peak: #11)
MR. MELODY - Natalie Cole (was #59 last week/ 5 weeks on chart/ Peak: #59)
SCREWED (Conditions) - Brass Construction (was #60 last week/ 6 weeks on chart/ Peak: #55)
GONNA DO MY BEST TO LOVE YOU - Brian & Brenda Russell (was #62 last week/ 12 weeks on chart/ Peak: #36 (DCC-prior to National Top 40)
I'M HYPNOTIZED - Frannie Golde (was #64 last week/7 weeks on chart/ Peak: #59)
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - Frannie Golde (was bundled @ #64 last week/ 7 weeks on chart/ Peak: bundled @ #59)
LIVE AND LEARN - Ace Spectrum (was #65 last week/ 16 weeks on chart/ Peak: #35)
REGGAE DISCO - Arthur Adams (was #68 last week/ 3 weeks on chart/ Peak: #68)
YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING - Leo Sayer (was #71 last week/ 3 weeks on chart/ Peak: #71)
MIDNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR - Carol Douglas (was #74 last week/ 18 weeks on chart/ Peak: #1-- 1 week: 10/23/76)
NICE 'N' NAASTY (LP) - The Salsoul Orchestra (was #75 last week/ 16 weeks on chart/ Peak: #3)
* NO, NO, NO, MY FRIEND (You're Wrong So Do It Again) - Devoshun featuring Lori Rose (was #79 last week/ 7 weeks on chart/ Peak: #28/ *will return)
YOU GOTTA LET ME SHOW YOU - Esther Williams (was #80 last week/ 9 weeks on chart/ Peak: #31)
FULL TIME THING (Between Dusk and Dawn) - Whirlwind (was #82 last week/ 19 weeks on chart/ Peak: #9)
* NIGHT PEOPLE/ LIES DIVIDED BY JIVE [medley] - Fantastic Four (was #84 last week/ 16 weeks on chart/ Peak: #15/ *will return)


TAKIN' A FLYIN' LEAP: (Titles vaulted out of the "bubbling under" chart into the Top 40 this week)
(R) = Return to chart BLACK BROTHERS ("bubbled under" 12/25/65 @ #85; Returned to chart @ #40)


RETURNS FROM "BUBBLING UNDER" INTO TOP 40
+44 chart positions MAKE IT UP TO ME IN LOVE (moved from #78 last week up to #44)
+34 chart positions YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON (David Matthews) (moved from #67 last week up to #33)


Biggest upward movement within the "Bubbling Under" chart:
+35 chart positions LET'S GO DOWN TO THE DISCO (moved from #77 up to #42)


CATCH ME--I'M FALLING: (Titles that fell out of the Top 40 into the "Bubbling Under" safety net)
-49 chart positions BLACK JACK (dropped from #37 down to #86)
-33 chart positions UNDER CONSTRUCTION (dropped from #40 down to #73)
-32 chart positions LET'S GET IT TOGETHER (dropped from #40 down to #72)
-31 chart positions TRIED, TESTED AND FOUND TRUE (dropped from #34 down to #65)
-24 chart positions CALYPSO BREAKDOWN (dropped from #38 down to #62)


Biggest drop within the "Bubbling Under" chart:
-36 chart positions DANCE LITTLE LADY DANCE (dropped from #51 down to #87)
-33 chart positions HELP HELP (dropped from #49 down to #74)
-30 chart positions JE DANSE (dropped from #45 down to #75)

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

(Of 23 titles this week ... 6 (*) are now "bubbling under" the Top 40)

*THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN (26 nonconsecutive weeks -7/10/76)
YOU + ME = LOVE (26 consecutive weeks - 7/24/76)

I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOUR LOVE (25 nonconsecutive weeks - 7/17/76)
*LET'S GET IT TOGETHER (25 consecutive weeks -7/31/76)

*MY SWEET SUMMER SUITE (22 consecutive weeks - 8/21/76)
*THE RUBBERBAND MAN (22 nonconsecutive weeks - 8/07/76)

MAKES YOU BLIND (21 consecutive weeks -8/28/76)

DOWN TO LOVE TOWN (20 consecutive weeks -9/4/76)

*CALYPSO BREAKDOWN (19 consecutive weeks - 9/11/76)

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

CAR WASH (16 consecutive weeks - 10/02/76)

"FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE" (LP) (15 consecutive weeks - 10/9/76)
MY LOVE IS FREE - Double Exposure (15 nonconsecutive weeks - 8/07/76)

ANOTHER STAR/ I WISH/ SIR DUKE (13 consecutive weeks - 10/23/76)

I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN/ KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE (12 consecutive weeks on chart - 10/30/76)
ISN'T SHE LOVELY (12 consecutive weeks on chart - 10/30/76)
*STUBBORN KIND OF FELLA (12 consecutive weeks on chart - 10/30/76)
THAT'S THE TROUBLE (12 nonconsecutive weeks on chart - 10/23/76)
WELCOME TO OUR WORLD (Of Merry Music) (12 nonconsecutive weeks on chart - 10/23/76)

DROPPED THIS WEEK:
NICE ‘N’ NAASTY (12-inch) (20 consecutive weeks - 8/21/76)
FULL TIME THING (Between Dusk & Dawn) (19 nonconsecutive weeks-8/28/76)
MIDNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR (18 nonconsecutive weeks - 9/4/76)
WHERE IS THE LOVE (18 consecutive weeks - 9/11/76)
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)
GOIN' UP IN SMOKE (13 consecutive weeks -10/16/76)
SHOULD I STAY/I WON'T LET YOU GO (12 consecutive weeks - 10/23/76)


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more tomorrow...

[markydefad]

January 15, 1977

THE FINAL TALLY, HO

This week:
60 separate titles +2 medleys + 1 LP = 63 (Top 40)
52 separate titles +1 medley + 0 LP = 53 (B/U)
112 separate titles + 3 medleys +1 LP = 116 total on 90 chart positions


Last 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

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Debuts: +5 (BDA Top 40) +16 (DCC) = +21 total
Returns: +0 (BDA Top 40) +3 (DCC) = +3 total
Dropoffs: -4 (BDA Top 40) -17 (DCC) = -21 total

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BREAKDOWN: TITLES BY CHART:

(titles in RED--"bubbling under" only)

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

0 titles on 11 charts
1 title on 10 charts (I Wish)
3 titles on 9 charts (Overture/Another Star/Dancin')

2 titles on 8 charts (Spring Rain/Car Wash)
7 titles on 7 charts (Don't Keep It In the Shadows/Indiscreet/O Ba Ba/Sir Duke/Isn't She Lovely/Boy, I Really Tied One On/Dazz)

8 titles on 6 charts (Love In Motion/Disco Inferno/Starvin'/Makes You Blind/Disco Lucy/That's The Trouble/Sorry/My Love Is Free)
5 titles on 5 charts (Body Contact Contract/Welcome To Our World (Of Merry Music)/Open Sesame/Down to Love Town/When Love Is New)

4 titles on 4 charts (Givin' Back The Feeling/Let Yourself Go/I've Learned From My Burns/Ha Cha Cha)

9 titles on 3 charts (Dream Express/I Don't Know What's On Your Mind/Dreamin'/ Theme From "King Kong"/Daddy Cool/Unfinished Business/I Don't Want To Be Tied Down/Let's Go Down To The Disco/Elevator)

27 titles on 2 charts (Magic's In The Air/Searching For Love/You're My Driving Wheel/Wine-Flow Disco/It Ain't Reggae (But It's Funky)/Dance & Shake Your Tambourine/You+Me = Love/Stay Away/Looking Away/Love Bug/You Keep Me Hangin' On/I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love/I'm Your Boogie Man+Keep It Comin' Love/At The Top Of the Stairs/Good Love Makes Everything Alright/Turn On To Love/Black Brothers/Sunny/Get On Up & Dance (The Continental)/Saturday Night Steppin' Out/Tattoo Man/Spy For Brotherhood/Tried, Tested & Found True/Funk De Mambo/Under Construction)

48 titles on only 1 chart

2 titles on NO CHARTS = (Any Way You Like It/Love I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good)

[markydefad]

Part #3: January 15, 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 (197 points/14 charts) Billboard ranked #1
02) (02) "FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE" LP - Donna Summer (108 points/12 charts) BB ranked #4
03) (06) OVERTURE - D.C. LaRue (104 points/9 charts) BB ranked: #2 (B)
04) (03) ANOTHER STAR - Stevie Wonder (94 points/9 charts) BB ranked#3 (B)
05) (04) I WISH - Stevie Wonder (93 points/10 charts) BB ranked #3 (B)
06) (05) O BA BA - D.C. LaRue (83 points/7 charts) BB ranked: #2 (B)
07) (13) CAR WASH - Rose Royce (80 points/8 charts) BB ranked #10
08) (15) DAZZ - Brick (79 points/ 7 charts) BB ranked #7
09) (12) INDISCREET - D.C. LaRue (79 points/7 charts) BB ranked: #2 (B)
10) (23) BOY, I REALLY TIED ONE ON - Esther Phillips (70 points/7 charts) BB ranked: #5 (B)

11) (08) DANCIN’ - Crown Heights Affair (69 points/9 charts) BB ranked #6 (B)
12) (07) SIR DUKE - Stevie Wonder (69 points/7 charts) BB ranked #3 (B)
13) (09) MAKES YOU BLIND - The Glitter Band (60 points/6 charts) BB ranked #12
14) (18) DON'T KEEP IT IN THE SHADOWS - D.C. LaRue w/ Lou Christie (59 points/7 charts) BB ranked: #2 (B)
15) (17) ISN'T SHE LOVELY - Stevie Wonder (59 points/7 charts) BB ranked #3 (B)
16) (30) DISCO LUCY - Wilton Place Street Band (57 points/6 charts) BB ranked: #13
17) (--)*DISCO INFERNO/STARVIN' - The Trammps (55 points each/ 6 charts) BB ranked: #9 (B)
18) (27) LOVE IN MOTION - George McCrae (52 points/6 charts) BB ranked: #8 (B)
19) (39) GIVIN' BACK THE FEELING - George McCrae (47 points/4 charts) BB ranked: #8 (B)
20) (37) SPRING RAIN - Silvetti (46 points/8 charts) BB ranked: #18

21) (10) DOWN TO LOVE TOWN - The Originals (45 points/5 charts) BB ranked #16
22) (14) THAT'S THE TROUBLE/SORRY - Grace Jones (43 points/6 charts) BB ranked: #17 (B)
23) (11) LET YOURSELF GO - The Supremes (42 points/4 charts) B ranked: #11 (B)
24) (--)*MY LOVE IS FREE (12" remix) - Double Exposure (41 points/6 charts) BB ranked: #19 (LP version charted previously)
25) (--)*BODY CONTACT CONTRACT - The Trammps (40 points/5 charts) (BB ranked: #9 (B)
26) (--)*OPEN SESAME (Groove With The Genie) - Kool & The Gang (37 points/5 charts) BB ranked: #15
27) (31) I DON'T WANT TO BE TIED DOWN - The Supremes (33 points/3 charts) BB: Not Charted/ "Bubbling Under": #41
28) (20) WELCOME TO OUR WORLD (Of Merry Music)- Mass Production (32 points/5 charts) BB ranked #14 (B)
29) (33) DREAM EXPRESS - The Honeybees (32 points/3 charts) BB ranked: #20
30) (16) DADDY COOL - Boney M (31 points/3 charts) BB ranked: #29 (B)

31) (40) I'VE LEARNED FROM MY BURNS - Spiders Webb (28 points/4 charts) BB ranked: #21 (B)
32) (40) I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND- Spiders Webb (26 points/3 charts) BB ranked: #21 (B)
33) (23) MAGIC'S IN THE AIR - Esther Phillips (26 points/5 charts) BB ranked: #5
34) (26) WHEN LOVE IS NEW - Arthur Prysock (23 points/5 charts) BB ranked: #23
35) (19) YOU'RE MY DRIVING WHEEL - The Supremes (23 points/2 charts) BB ranked: #11 (B)
36) +(R) WINE-FLOW DISCO - Mass Production (20 points/2 charts) BB ranked: #14 (B)
37) (32) DREAMIN' - Loleatta Holloway (19 points/3 charts) BB ranked: #22
38) (--)*LET'S GO DOWN TO THE DISCO - Undisputed Truth (18 points/3 charts) BB: Not Charted/ "Bubbling Under": #42
39) +(R) LOVE BUG - Bumble Bee Unlimited (18 points/2 charts) BB ranked: #30
40) (36) {tie} SUNNY - Boney M (17 points/2 charts) BB: Not Charted/ "Bubbling Under": #42
40) +(R) {tie} YOU + ME = LOVE - Undisputed Truth (17 points/2 charts) BB ranked: #26

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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:


01) ANY WAY YOU LIKE IT (0 points/0 charts) (B)
06) SEARCHING FOR LOVE (10 points/2 charts) (B)
06) FAR OUT (3 points/1 chart) (B)
08) CUT THE RUG (14 points/1 chart) (B)

11) LOVE I NEVER KNEW YOU COULD FEEL SO GOOD (0 points/0 charts) (B)

24) IT AIN'T REGGAE (But It's Funky) (13 points/2 charts)
25) DANCE AND SHAKE YOUR TAMBOURINE (8 points/2 charts)
27) STAY AWAY/LOOKING AWAY (14 points/2 charts) (B)
27) I CAN'T STAY AWAY (8 points/1 chart) (B)
28) THEME FROM "KING KONG" (15 points/3 charts)
29) FEVER/TAKE THE HEAT OFF ME (5 points/ 1 chart) (B)

31) UNFINISHED BUSINESS (11 points/3 charts)
32) HA CHA CHA (9 points/4 charts)
33) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON (14 points/2 charts)
34) MAKE IT UP TO ME IN LOVE (9 points/ 1 chart)
35) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOUR LOVE (12 points/ 2 charts)
36) I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN/KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE (15 points/2 charts) (B)
37) AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS (3 points/2 charts)
38) GOOD LOVE MAKES EVERYTHING ALRIGHT (6 points/2 charts)
39) TURN ON TO LOVE (12 points/2 charts)
40) BLACK BROTHERS (7 points/2 charts) (B)
40) MANGOUS YE(4 points/ 1 chart) (B)

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HEAT UP

BILLBOARD TOP 40 MAJOR POINT GAINERS: THE HEAT IS ON
+30 points from last week Boy, I Really Tied One On (from 40 points last week up to 70 points this week)
+26 points from last week Givin' Back The Feeling (from 21 points last week up to 47 points this week)
+26 points from last week Disco Lucy (from 31 points last week up to 57 points this week)
+23 points from last week Spring Rain(from 23 points last week up to 46 points this week)
+22 points from last week My Love Is Free (from 19 points last week up to 41 points this week)
+18 points from last week Open Sesame (from 19 points last week up to 37 points this week)
+17 points from last week Overture (from 87 points last week up to 104 points this week)
+17 points from last week Love In Motion (from 35 points last week up to 52 points this week)


Biggest Point Gain in the "Bubbling Under" section:
+16 points from last week Let's Go Down To The Disco (from 2 points last week up to 18 points this week)

COOL DOWN

BILLBOARD TOP 40 MAJOR POINT LOSERS: COOL IT DOWN
-44 points from last week Any Way You Like It (from 44 points last week down to 0 points this week)
-33 points from last week Another Star (from 127 points last week down to 94 points this week)
-31 points from last week Ha Cha Cha (from 40 points last week down to 9 points this week)
-30 points from last week Daddy Cool (from 61 points last week down to 31 points this week)
-29 points from last week Searching For Love (from 39 points last week down to 10 points this week)
-29 points from last week You're My Driving Wheel (from 52 points last week down to 23 points this week)
-29 points from last week Let Yourself Go (from 71 points last week down to 42 points this week)
-28 points from last week Take The Heat Off Me (from 33 points last week down to 5 points this week)


Biggest Point Loss in the "Bubbling Under" section:
-29 points from last week Help Help (from 34 points last week down to 5 points this week)

[markydefad]

JANUARY 15, 1977


ONE YEAR AGO IN DISCO HISTORY
JANUARY 17, 1976

Billboard Charts:
A= Top Audience Response Records in NYC Discos:
(#1= MIGHTY HIGH/EVERYTHING IS LOVE - Mighty Clouds Of Joy ) (3rd week)

B= Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC):
(#1= SPANISH HUSTLE - Fatback Band) (1st week)

C= Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC):
(#1= SPANISH HUSTLE - Fatback Band) (1st week)

D= Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island):
(#1= I FEEL A GROOVE COMIN' ON - Bobby Womack ) (1st week)

E= Top Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:
(#1= DO WHAT YOU FEEL- Atlanta Disco Band) (1st week)

+ Special 6th Chart:
F= Top 15 Audience Response Records in San Juan, Puerto Rico Discos:
(#1= I LOVE MUSIC - The O'Jays) (1st reported week)

[6 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 90 maximum points. Add them up and voila!....]


THE BILLBOARD DISCO COMPILATION CONSENUS TOP 5
January 17, 1976

Chart #65

1) EXTRA, EXTRA (Read All About It) - Ralph Carter
(Mercury 45 disco version (retail)/ DJ only 12" promo (clubplay)/ (58 points/ charts ABCDE_)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #9 (+8.)
2) LET'S GROOVE Archie Bell & The Drells
(TSOP 45/LP) (51 points/ABCD__)
6 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #8 (+6)
3) TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT 'CHA, BABY - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (featuring Teddy Pendergrass)
(Phila. Intl. LP) (44 points/ABCD__)
7 weeks on the chart/ Last week: #6 (+3)
4) MIGHTY HIGH - Mighty Clouds of Joy
(ABC LP) (43 total points/ charts A_CDE_)
7 weeks on the chart/ (last week: #1 - 1 week) (-3)
5) (R) SPANISH HUSTLE - The Fatback Band
(Event LP (retail)/12" promo) (40 total points/ charts _BCD__)
3 weeks on the chart/ RETURN TO CHART (N/A)
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TWO YEARS AGO IN DISCO HISTORY
January 18, 1975

Billboard charts:

A= Top Audience Response Records in NYC Discos:
(#1= SHAME, SHAME, SHAME - Shirley & Company )

B= Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC):
(#1= SHAME, SHAME, SHAME - Shirley & Company)

C= Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC):
(#1= YOU'VE GOT TO TRY HARDER (Times Are Bad) - Ronnie Walker)

D= Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Long Isand & Queens)
(#1= LADY MARMALADE - Labelle)

[4 charts with 15 items apiece. 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; 60 points max. Add them up and voila!....]


THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 5:
JANUARY 18, 1975


Chart #13

1) SHAME, SHAME, SHAME - Shirley & Company
(Vibration 7") (54 points/ ALL 4 charts = ABCD)
5 weeks on chart/ Last week: #1 {tie} (+/-0)
2) I'LL BE HOLDING ON - Al Downing
(Chess 7"- Disco Mix) (39 points/ALL 4 charts = ABCD)
10 weeks on chart/ Last week: #1 {tie} (-1)
3) LADY MARMALADE/ WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU - Labelle
(Epic 45/LP) (29 points/ 3 charts = A_CD)
7 weeks each on chart/ Last week: #7 (+4)
4) LOVE DON'T YOU GO THROUGH NO CHANGES ON ME - Sister Sledge
(Atco 7") (29 points/ 3 charts = ABC_)
7 weeks on chart/ Last week: #4 (+/-0)
5) EXPRESS - B.T. Express
(Scepter LP only) (25 points/ALL 4 charts = ABCD)
11 weeks on chart/ Last week: #3 (-2) / 2 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): 25 charting positions featuring 29 titles

#010) DISCO INFERNO - The Trammps (Atlantic)
#011) DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY - Thelma Houston (Tamla)

#036) MY LOVE IS FREE - Double Exposure (Salsoul)
#030) DOWN TO LOVE TOWN - The Originals (Motown)
#078) HIT AND RUN - Loleatta Holloway (Gold Mind)
#082) LOVE IN C MINOR - Cerrone (Malligator/Cotillion)
#097) MAKES YOU BLIND - The Glitter Band (Arista)

#101) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOUR LOVE - The Emotions (Columbia)
#124) "FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE" LP - Donna Summer (Casablanca/Oasis)
#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:
#112) SALSOUL CHRISTMAS MEDLEY ("Christmas Jollies" LP) - The Salsoul Orchestra (Salsoul)
#145) MIDNIGHT LOVE AFFAIR - Carol Douglas (Midland International)

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COMING SOON To A Disco Near You...


FLIP
DISCO REGGAE
UPTOWN FESTIVAL
COME BACK/LOVE IS YOU
THIS WILL MAKE YOU DANCE
LOVE IN C MINOR ( the other version)
LIFE IS MUSIC/LADY LUCK/DISCO BLUES
THERE'S LOVE IN THE WORLD (Tell The Lonely People)
FREE LOVE/YOU GOT A PROBLEM/IF YOU WANNA GO BACK
SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN/HURRY UP & WAIT/BEEN DECIDED


& DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO--"Gotta be your Judge & the Jury too!!!"

[markydefad]

[My thanks to Toby for supplying this material] :icon_exclaim:

DISCO MIX
By Tom Moulton

January 15, 1977

NEW YORK—Herbie Mann has teamed with Silver Convention to record a new disco single, “Years Of Love,” which was released in Germany on the Atlantic label. The product, which sounds like a combination of "TSOP" and “Back Stabbers,” will be released here shortly. Its theme deals with the different months of the year. The disk with a German sound was produced by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay.

Atlantic Records here has also released two 12-inch 33 1/3 r.p.m. disco disks. They are “Daddy Cool” by Boney M and “Space Age” by the Jimmy Castor Bunch. Both are for disco deejays only and are not commercially available.

Old Town Records has released a new Arthur Prysock album titled “All My Life.” There are six disco-oriented songs, including his current hit “When love Is New.” “I Wantcha Baby” is also very strong. It is another Gamble & Huff tune. It features two good breaks and is like his current hit in many ways.

“All My Life” is the fastest tune on the LP and is at times reminiscent of the old Barry White style. “I Love Making Love To You” is slower, mellower and melodic. It shows off Prysock’s easy approach to his craft. “All I Need Is You Tonight” features more of the Philadelphia sound with the tom tom accented on 2 and 4. “This Is What You Mean To Me” is melodic and commercial and has the quality of a hit single. The album was arranged and produced by John “The Monster” Davis and is without doubt his strongest effort to date.

Columbia Records has released a disco version of Tina Charles’ “Dance Little Lady, Dance” on a 12-inch 33 1/3 r.p.m. disco disk. It is not commercially available.

RCA Records has released another commercially-available 12 inch 33 1/3 r.p.m. disco disk by the Memphis Horns titled “Get Up And Dance” backed with “Don’t Abuse It.”

Also on Columbia is a special advance pressing of a 12-inch 33 1/3 r.p.m. disco disk of the Miracles’ new single “Spy For Brotherhood” taken from the group’s forthcoming LP “Love Crazy.” It is uptempo and has a few characteristics of “Love Machine,” their last big hit.

The Love Unlimited Orchestra has a new commercial 12-inch 33 1/3 r.p.m. disco disk titled “King Kong’s Theme.” It highlights the group’s sound and features the snare drum way out in front. There is a long introduction with a rhythm not unlike “My Sweet Summer Suite.”

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[thommy2458]

(#1= I FEEL A GROOVE COMIN' ON ) (1st week)
E= Top Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:

Wow-you know I cannot ever remember hearing this track out-It's Bobby Womack,right? It's a good track,bit it doesn't "stick" with me for some reason.Does it chart anywhere else Marky?

[markydefad]

(#1= I FEEL A GROOVE COMIN' ON ) (1st week)
E= Top Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:

Wow-you know I cannot ever remember hearing this track out-It's Bobby Womack,right? It's a good track,bit it doesn't "stick" with me for some reason.Does it chart anywhere else Marky?

D= Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island):
(#1= I FEEL A GROOVE COMIN' ON ) (1st week)

E= Top Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:
(#1= DO WHAT YOU FEEL) (1st week)


Thommy--you have the charts confused. "I Feel A Groove Comin' On" was #1 on the Melody Song Shop List. In 1976, it racked up 86 points there, added 12 points from Downstairs Records for a 98 point total. Previously-- it got 2 points from LA on the last week of 1975.

Year-end 1976 it was like this...

141) SOUL MAN - Calhoon (Warner/Spector) (99 points)
142) GET OFF YOUR AAHH! AND DANCE - Foxy (Dash) (98 points)
143) I FEEL A GROOVE COMIN' ON - Bobby Womack (United Artists) (98 points)
144) "COLLAGE" LP/Tracks: PLEASE STAY/LET'S DO IT AGAIN/DO IT NICE AND EASY - Eddie Drennon & B.B.S. Unlimited
(Friends & Co) (97 points)
145) DREAM EXPRESS - The Honeybees (Roxbury) (96 points**)
146) FEVER - Boney M (Atco) (92 points**)
147) HELLO STRANGER - New York Rubber Rock Band [featuring Colleen Heather] (Henry Street) (90 points)
148) THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES - Eddie Kendricks (Tamla) (90 points)
149) BUCKHEAD - Atlanta Disco Band (Ariola America) (88 points)
150) HELP HELP - Boney M (Atco) (87 points**)

[thommy2458]

No wonder I never heard this-no one played it! I'm kidding.I think this was Bobby's last chance at a club record,however.But my favorite Womack
moment has to be New Birth's interpretation of "I Can Understand It"-it just burns.Followed by "Baby,I'm Scared of You" and then Vicki Sue's
"Daylight".Non club pick is "Across 110th Street" after watching Jackie Brown,of course.

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Larry Harris speaks in-depth about Bill Wardlow & the extent of corporate influence over Billboard's Charts.
In particular, the Disco Chart.
Apparently, it took hold much sooner than any of us had guessed.

Thurs., Nov. 5th @ 9am PST & 12pm EST
Sat., Nov. 7th @ 12pm PST & 3pm EST
Mon., Nov. 9th @ 12pm PST & 3pm EST

Stephen L. Freeman's "Back To Music"
presents the Season 2 Premiere:
RETURN TO CASABLANCA
with Special Guest Host:
Larry Harris
co-founder & Executive Vice President of
Casablanca Record & FilmWorks
and author of the must have book
AND PARTY EVERY DAY
the inside story of
Casablanca Records

[drlove]

Excellent interview grab, Stephen !!! Hopefully, some insight as to Casablanca's rise to near-domination of the forthcoming '77 Billboard Charts will be discussed. :icon_cool:

[remicks]

DISCO MIX
By Tom Moulton

January 15, 1977

NEW YORK—Herbie Mann has teamed with Silver Convention to record a new disco single, “Years Of Love,” which was released in Germany on the Atlantic label. The product, which sounds like a combination of "TSOP" and “Back Stabbers,” will be released here shortly. Its theme deals with the different months of the year. The disk with a German sound was produced by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay.

Sounds like a real delight !

.... the disk, with a German sound, sounds like a combination of TSOP and BACKSTABBERS ...

That's quite a feat !!! :icon_mrgreen:




Never heard of it though :icon_question: :icon_exclaim:???:icon_confused:

Herbie Mann will release an album this year with a (one time???) group called ........... Fire Island


no cuts by that name are on it .....

nor on Silver Convention's releases of the time that I can determine .....

:icon_confused:

*****

[markydefad]

Sounds like a real delight !

.... the disk, with a German sound, sounds like a combination of TSOP and BACKSTABBERS ...

That's quite a feat !!! :icon_mrgreen:

*****

remmy...a couple tracks from the Herbie Mann/Silver Convention collaboration "bubble under" for a few weeks, courtesy of drlove-land--The Big Easy. I haven't yet heard this LP either. But I am curious.

allmusic ((( Bird in a Silver Cage > Overview )))

[remicks]

******


most intriguing .....wonder how this joint project in Munich happened ....



YEARS OF LOVE is a brief 3:33 minutes .....


Of the Silver Convention girls ......
only Penny McLean gets a singing credit on this ... and on one tune only: ARIA.





I'd like to hear this too




*****

[STEPHEN L FREEMAN]

Excellent interview grab, Stephen !!! Hopefully, some insight as to Casablanca's rise to near-domination of the forthcoming '77 Billboard Charts will be discussed. :icon_cool:

Thank you DL, much appreciated. Larry was very kind & appreciative of my enthusiasm. And his revelations shocked even me! If you didn't catch the Thursday show, I hope you get to hear it on the Saturday, or Monday repeats.

We actually got the interview a few weeks ago & immediately announced it on the show's thread. Which gave me about 10 days to completely Produce an entirely new Season Opening episode. (just under 50% of it, done from a hospital bed, over 4 days)

Though Videoskooter, kdavid13, cdnbob, Dayna and I did our very best, to get as much publicity out there as possible, that was the sum-total of DM.c support.

live & learn...

[remicks]

*****


And now

back to this thread's regularly scheduled programming

______________________________________


Looking yet at the "BUBBLING UNDERS" :

81) (--) * IN ZAIRE - Johnny Wakelin
(Phonodisk 12-inch (Canada): 5:20; released elsewhere on Pye, Buddah or Ariola) P: K. Rossiter/S. Elson // W: J. Wakelin
3 points/1 chart = Montreal
BDA Top 40: n/c
DCC chart: 1 week on chart // *DEBUT

We can always count on the good clubbing folks of Montreal to offer up some noteworthy irregularities . :icon_biggrin:

This week it's :

Johnny Wakelin ,
born 1939, Brighton, Sussex, England
(which means he's about thirty-seven in early 1977 )
as he pleases the disco dance floors with his :

IN ZAIRE








which in coming months might (?) be eclipsed (????) in popularity by :



:icon_mrgreen:


featuring
Harold Faltermeyer !

of Donna Summer's HOT STUFF ( he wrote it with Keith Forsey and Pete Bellotte)
&
Giorgio's E=MC2 (he wrote it with Keith Forsey)

notoriety .






*****

[SandraDee]

That 'In Zaire' track was a big pop hit in the UK in the summer of '76. I'm quite surprised to see it getting disco play as, although it's rhythmic, it's not terribly danceable IMO. Johnny Wakelin often released songs about boxing; his previous hit in '75 was about Muhammad Ali.:icon_confused:

[disco-disc]

Hey....sorry for the 'late' appearance I just came out of hibernation :icon_lol:
Bobby Womack track 'I feel a groove' is AWESOME, IMHO...I think it was on a 12" promo called do the womack..great bassline...there's the promo on ebay at the minute, I think....have to dig it out and give it a spin again....
Tried it in a second hand record shop a few years ago on LP and fell in love with it...San do you know Cum Hardy ???

[SandraDee]

...San do you know Cum Hardy ???

As in Chorlton-cum-Hardy? Home of the Bee Gees & King Bee record shop?:icon_razz:

[markydefad]

What's It All About, Mar-keeey???

(Is it just for old disco we live???..... well IS it????)


January 15, 1977: The Week In Disco

THELMA HOUSTON,
THE TRAMMPS
& some guy from France.


Stats
Thelma Houston breaks a chart stat record this week: first record to get #1 rankings on 9 city charts in a single week. Last week, she had 8 #1s, tying the previous record holder. "Who's that?"-- you might ask. (Hint: the answer, at this point in time, is usually........Bee Gees.) The nine chart record will get broken pretty soon, however.

1976 Year-End Best Weekly Chart Point Scores

September 4 - December 25, 1976 (using the 16 city chart system)
(15 points for a #1 x 16 charts = 240 maximum points)

1) You Should Be Dancing (225 out of a possible 240 points on 9/11/76)
2) You Should Be Dancing (196 out of a possible 240 points on 9/18/76)

The existing second best score (Bee Gees ranking with 196 points) is bested this week by Thelma Houston, who earned one more point than that score - 197 - to claim the new #2 best point score. Will she surpass the #1 stat??? Don't bet on it.


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Sidebar: Time out for some crystal ball gazing into future Disco chart trivia:

During the first third of 1977 (January through April), 3 records reach the #1 spot on the Billboard Disco Chart.
1) Don't Leave Me This Way (6 weeks--1st 2 weeks from December, 1976)
2) Disco Inferno (6 weeks)
3) Do What You Wanna Do (7 weeks)

Here's a little primer tease rearding the stats of these three #1 records.

Keep these 1976 stats in mind...

1976 Billboard Year-End stats:

Only record to chart simultaneously on all 16 city charts:
You Should Be Dancing (9/11/76 & 9/18/76)

Only records to chart simultaneously on 15 city charts:
You Should Be Dancing (9/25 & 10/2/76)
The Best Disco In Town (9/11/76)

1) All 3 will achieve the #1 position with 15 charts.
2) All 3 will have their best weekly scores with 15 charts.
3) Only 1 record of the 3 will achieve #1 with all 16 charts; a second one will also achieve 16 charts but only after dropping to #2....and then there were 3.....to land all 16 charts in a single week.
4) 2 of the 3 will achieve weekly scores topping 200 points.
5) One of the 3 will get within 3 points of the Bee Gees record of 225 points.
6) The maximum #1s in a single week record will be broken and newly established as 13 city #1s out of 16 in a single week.

There. I felt I had to share my findings.....Had to get that out of my system.

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#1: DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY (197 POINTS/14 CHARTS)

(9) @ #1 = Baltimore+DC/Boston/Chicago/Detroit/LA+SD/Miami/New Orleans/NYC/SF
(1) @ #2 = Dallas+Houston
(2) @ #3 = Atlanta/Pittsburgh
(2) @ #5 = Philadelphia/Phoenix
14 charts total

Not charted: Seattle/Montreal


THE TOP 10

"Don't Leave Me This Way" is the current chart powerhouse, towering over its nearest competitor, D.C. LaRue's "Overture" @#2 (104 pts.), by 93 points.

Donna Summer's "Four Seasons Of Love" LP, dropping to #4 in its 15th chart week, also has 104 U.S. city points (+ 4 from Montreal), a month after losing the #1 spot.

Stevie Wonder holds @ #3, Crown Heights Affair holds #6; ditto Rose Royce @ #10.

Brick moves up 2 positions to its #7 peak after 17 weeks on the Top 40 chart. So that's a whole lotta tired titles still hangin' on. Where's the fresh meat?

Well 3 artists merit that distinction this week.

Cracking the Top 10 for the first time, Esther Phillips' 12" medley of "Magic's In The Air/Boy, I Really Tied One On" performs the rare chart feat of jumping 10 spots from #15 way up to #5; that's a big move up in the Top 10 chart area.

Likewise, George McCrae sprints 9 positions from #17 up to #8 for his first week in the Top 10 with his "Love In Motion" 3-title-bundle.

And lastly, there's the first Billboard National Disco Action debut in the Top 10 thus far...(not counting tagalong bundled titles, of course.)


1st DISCO EVENT OF 1977:
THE RETURN OF THE TRAMMPS!!!!!!

The disco superstar group, who ruled the 1976 disco charts and finished #1 at year-end, is back with a much anticipated new LP. A top 10 debut @#9 is quite a spectacular achievement at this point in time. Records usually had to earn a Top 10 with a steady crawl upwards for several weeks. Vince Aletti, in Record World, also notes the Trammps debut on his chart @ #3 as the highest since he started compiling charts.

Vince Aletti, Record World (1/08/77)
"The release of "Disco Inferno," is being treated as an Event, with all the hoopla and controversy that surrounds the premiere of a Major Motion Picture or the publication of a Major New Novel."

Tom Moulton, Billboard (12/25/77:
" "Disco Inferno," the new LP by the Trammps, will be released by Atlantic Records the first week of January. However, the label is preparing special advance pressings that will be made available to discotheques between Christmas and New Year's. These advance pressings will be packaged in a special jacket with the words, "Spend New Year's Eve With The Trammps."

Talk about the hoopla! :icon_exclaim:

Billboard picks 3 titles from the LP to chart @ #9:
"Disco Inferno/Starvin'/"Body Contact Contract"

Record World first charts this 3 title combination (changes later)
"Disco Inferno/Body Contact Contract/ I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On The Dark Side Of The Moon)"

Billboard sticks with its 3 title bundle throughout the chart run, although the 3 other titles on the LP ("I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On The Dark Side Of The Moon)/Don't Burn No Bridges & You Touch My Hotline") will also chart but only as "bubbling under" titles.

Seems to me like they could have listed this as "All Cuts" LP--but I guess the trend now is towards picking key tracks rather than entire LPs.

There hasn't been anything released to discos since "Don't Leave Me This Way" with the chart sizzle of "Disco Inferno." The disco world has been waiting for the Next Big Thing for several months and it has finally arrived.

Beneath Thelma Houston's chart dominance is a rather weak chart--cities are going in many different directions to compile their Top 15 lists--giving us 116 titles in 90 chart positions.

48 titles are only on 1 chart
27 titles are only on 2 charts
+3 titles chart without any mentions!
78 total

That's 78 titles out of 116 on only 1 or 2 charts! Up at the top, only 8 titles are on 8 or more charts! Where's the CONSENSUS????? That leaves 30 more titles charting on 3-7 charts. There's a whole lot of experimenting going on--testing new things--some cities even chart "imports" this week--a rather rare occurrence at this point in time. (Denise McCann in SF, Tina Charles in Atlanta & next week that "French guy" in NYC.)

Aside from the Trammps titles, the hottest records this week were:

BILLBOARD TOP 40 MAJOR POINT GAINERS: THE HEAT IS ON
+30 points from last week Boy, I Really Tied One On (from 40 points last week up to 70 points this week)
+26 points from last week Givin' Back The Feeling (from 21 points last week up to 47 points this week)
+26 points from last week Disco Lucy (from 31 points last week up to 57 points this week)
+23 points from last week Spring Rain(from 23 points last week up to 46 points this week)
+22 points from last week My Love Is Free (from 19 points last week up to 41 points this week)
+18 points from last week Open Sesame (from 19 points last week up to 37 points this week)
+17 points from last week Overture (from 87 points last week up to 104 points this week)
+17 points from last week Love In Motion (from 35 points last week up to 52 points this week)

The "bubbling under" chart debuts several future classics:
Loleata Holloway's "Hit And Run" gets its first charting in Atlanta.
Barbara Pennington's "Twenty-Four Hours A Day" charts first in San Francisco.
Canadian Denise McCann's "Tattoo Man" also debuts in SF as well as in Montreal.

And then there's ........

Some guy from France (named CERRONE!!!).

The future Euro-disco smash from French producer/composer Jean-Marc Cerrone, "Love In C Minor," debuts way down at the very bottom of the chart @ #90 with 1 point from a #15 charting in Montreal (they speak that there French, ya see.) This one is about to go viral-- spreading to NYC's Top 10 next week. The only way is UP!

3 titles debuting this week have the distinction of placing in the Top 100 of the Disc-O-La Fortune 500 Hall of Fame chart:
#11) "Disco Inferno" (bundled with "That's Where The Happy People Go")
#78) "Hit And Run"
#79) "Love In C Minor"

That's 3 bonafide CLASSICS debuting in one week--not too shabby for the third week in January, 1977.

CHART ERRORS & OMMISSIONS DEPT.

Seattle is the only chart that is a repeat this week. But strangely--one single title--"My Love Is Free" --replaces the seasonal "Christmas Jollies" @ #6--every other title remains in the exact same position it has held since 12/25/76. :icon_evil: That's a full month of repeats. Next week, Seattle wakes up and produces a new chart [without "My Love Is Free" for the record] and we can finally bid adieu to "The Best Disco In Town."


COMING ATTRACTIONS

Also, next week: January 22, 1977-- 7 titles debut in the Top 40 and 1 title returns in a bundle...all 8 of these are "bubbling under" titles this week. Billboard, it seems to me, is currently grabbing a handful of titles, charting them in the #30-40 positions (most just charting on one city chart)... throwing them against the wall, standing back and seeing if anything sticks....then dropping some and grabbing another handful the next week. Sometimes they even bring 'em back for another try....sometimes they just fall to the bottom of the "bubbling under" chart (witness what happened this week to "Black Jack" by Tender Aggression; #37 last week free falls down to #86 this week!)

The choices seem way random to me but I guess it's a very random, unstructured, consensus-free moment in time in the world of disco.


NOTABLE DEBUT

The most note-worthy "bubbling under" debut next week comes from one of my favorite female singers: the criminally under-the chart-radar but phenomenally talented Philadelphia International recording artist, Miss Jean Carn.

Sometimes wonderful artists elude mainstream success because they just don't get the best material or great production--but Miss Carn gets both and still has trouble getting chart action. [Although if PIR had remixed her early records on 12-inch for discos, maybe she would have done better in the disco world. PIR just didn't get the value of the 12-inch remix at this point in time.]

She never crosses over to the Pop Top 100 chart and almost inexplicably never gets a postion above #23 ("Free Love") on the Billboard Soul chart...until ten years down the timeline in 1986 when "Closer Than Close" finally gets her a Soul #1 (after she's done the Dionne Warwick/Warwicke numerology thang and added an "e" to the end of her name: Jean Carne.) I can't figure out why Jean had so little chart success. [Afterthought--maybe it was the Quiet Storm jazzy quality of some of her output that didn't yet have an outlet on radio in the mid-Seventies?] The great Phyllis Hyman also suffered the same lack of mainstream recognition from the Pop chart--but had considerable more success than Jean on the Soul chart: 11 Billboard Top 100 Soul charting records for Jean versus 26 for Phyllis.

Both deserved better. I'm thinking crossover Pop Top Tens at least and Grammy Awards, baby! But, luckily, we still have the gifts of the records they recorded and what treasures they are. Tribute over.

I'm done.

[kdavid13]

Fascinating post Mark - always so interesting and you know how I love read & re-read those facts.

Thank you

[SandraDee]

Both deserved better. I'm thinking crossover Pop Top Tens at least and Grammy Awards, baby! But, luckily, we still have the gifts of the records they recorded and what treasures they are. Tribute over.

But Blanche, you must know that the masses wouldn't know class such as Jean & Phyllis if it hit 'em in the face!:icon_evil: I can think of dozens of acts & records that were always just too classy for the charts/grammys etc. Plus, if the radio stations, magazines & record companies don't sufficintly promote records to the public they often miss out on commercial success.:icon_confused: Nice tribute though sis! Thanks.:icon_razz: