Get ready for Disco, Detroit!

[JussiK]

Everyone take note: the impeccable "Disco - A Decade Of Saturday Nights" exhibit will be moving from the EMP museum of Seattle to Dearborn, Detroit, to the prestigious Henry Ford Museum. The opening date is June the 14th 2004. Jaws will drop, minds will be blown. THE Do or Die event of 2004!

[originalbigm]

I'll make it a point to be there.It's only a three hour drive from where I live.Sounds terrific! :D

[Forrrce]

I couldn't possibly go to the exhibition and make it back for Eastenders :roll: , so I'll give it a miss.

I've always wondered about Detroit's disco heritage - it seems to have been kept well under wraps 'til now!

[Bernie]

I've always wondered about Detroit's disco heritage - it seems to have been kept well under wraps 'til now!

The only Detroit Disco person I can think of is Dennis Coffey.

[BrunoRepublic]

...and Mike Theodore. But since they usually worked together, I guess that doesn't count.

[02tranzam]

how about the detroit emeralds :lol:

[originalbigm]

C,mon people.

The Temptations
Marvin Gaye
Undisputed Truth
Diana Ross
The Commodores
Eddie Kendricks
Dynamic Superiors
Bonnie Pointer
Stevie Wonder
Edwin Starr
Gladys Knight & The Pips
The Originals

All played & danced to in the discos of the day.

[efunk_adelic]

C,mon people.

Dynamic Superiors

All played & danced to in the discos of the day.

bigm, I only have a song by them called shoe shoe shine. My question is what kind of a group were they? Vocal or Funk Band? OR does anybody have an LP by them. :(

[NickNack]

C,mon people.

Dynamic Superiors

All played & danced to in the discos of the day.

bigm, I only have a song by them called shoe shoe shine. My question is what kind of a group were they? Vocal or Funk Band? OR does anybody have an LP by them. :(

They were a vocal group at Motown and I have 3 albums by them.

1975: Pure Pleasure: This album was produced by Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson and they wrote eight of the nine songs on it. CLUB TRACK: "Deception", arranged and conducted by Horace Ott.

1976: You Name It: A lot of different people contributing on this one. Hal Davis (producer), Mike & Brenda (Sutton - writers, producer), Pam Sawyer & Marilyn McLeod (writers, producers), Gene Page (arranger). It goes on. I have two tracks marked on the jacket for CLUB PLAY but I honestly don't remember them. Have to put this on the table later.

1977: Give & Take: This is a Holland-Dozier-Holland production with string and horn arrangements going to McKinely Jackson and Gene Page. CLUB TRACK: a 9-minute+ version of "Nowhere To Run".

These five guys weren't part of the Motown 'slick and polished' machine. They also had a "tres, tres gay" lead singer, reminiscent of 'The Lady Chablis' from "Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil" (though not as pretty ). Here's the bio from AMG:

This Washington, D.C., quintet signed with Motown in the early '70s and found limited success on the soul charts. Though not as vocally dynamic as the Temptations or the Four Tops, they were excellent showmen with energetic and inventive choreography. They were also unique in that they sported a gay lead singer who often did his shows in drag.

I have to have Bernie help me get these album covers online so you guys can take a gander. I think the expression 'flaming queen' would fit here. :D

[efunk_adelic]

That ought to be interesting to see the LP covers Nicknack... The lead singer sounds more like a girl than Russell Thompson of the Stylistics or (I can't think of his name) the early lead singer of Cameo :)

[K-Bee]

What about the Detroit Spinners. Were they actually from detroit?

[Mixmachine]

Give & Take[/b]: This is a Holland-Dozier-Holland production with string and horn arrangements going to McKinely Jackson and Gene Page. CLUB TRACK: a 9-minute+ version of "Nowhere To Run".

This cut is used by a very cool DJ in Walter Hill's movie "The Warriors".