The New Top 700 DJ Disco Songs List Now Up

[Bernie]

We all know the Top 500 Disco Songs List. Well now we have the 700 Top Disco Songs compiled from DJ votes. It's a bit different from the old lists!!!

Just finished it up and it looks pretty good. As time goes by I will add links for each song to its respective record entry in the Disco Records Vault A-Z. Check it out at
http://www.discomusic.com/charts-more/2664_0_8_0_C/
and leave a comment there or post your thoughts here.

[Art Figueroa]

Fantastic job, Bernie! :D

Art

[efunk_adelic]

Oh my my my... I think every song I posted made the list... :D This really is a good list Bernie... :D

[efunk_adelic]

Well, that was a little lie.... I compared my list vs. this one and only 4 of my songs didn't make this list.

My highest entry
HOT JUNGLE DRUMS AND VOODOO RHYTHM - D.C. LaRUE
is not here.... lol

[markydefad]

700 songs and no one mentioned the record I think is the BEST DISCO RECORD EVER:

"THIS WILL BE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" by Eddie Holman (Salsou/1977) Mixed by Tom Moulton.

Why does this perfect record get no mention? Robbie Leslie played it at the Troc Reunion party (with a little help from Keefe, I think).

But in a list of 700 songs.......... sheesh!!!! :evil: :o :evil: :o :evil: :o :evil:

[QUINNY]

Marky: That record was so much like an old soul record that IMO it just didn't fit. For what it's worth, I would never have been able to play it and get away with it over here in the dear ol' UK.

It's almost NOT disco at all.

Bernie: I applaud your immense patience and sheer workload in getting the top 700 DJ list up.
I can't moan 'cos I just couldn't limit my choice to 100 and therefore didn't contribute. :oops: BUT were the DJs who did in denial or something? IMO There's some really odd choices in there and some mighty odd placings.

BTW: Mighty Clouds Of Joy are in there twice with the same record aren't they? Otherwise, why would Mighty High be placed below Ride The Mighty High in the listing?

[markydefad]

[quote="QUINNY"]Marky: That record was so much like an old soul record that IMO it just didn't fit. For what it's worth, I would never have been able to play it and get away with it over here in the dear ol' UK.

It's almost NOT disco at all.
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Thanks for the wordzs of wisdom, Q. :roll:

I guess I wouldn't wanna dance at

your disco. :roll:

AMG says:

AMG REVIEW: There was a 17-year gap between two of Eddie Holman's better known hits. The time frame also shows the stylistic differences that can occur in a singer's career. The Philly-based singer had a reunion of sorts when he recorded his disco classic "This Will Be a Night to Remember." It was Holman's debut release for Norman Harris' Gold Mind label distributed by Salsoul Records. Holman and Harris had worked together during the '60s, when the latter was part of the rhythm section heard on the singer's gold record "Hey There Lonely Girl." Unlike that tender ballad, "This Will Be a Night to Remember" was a chugging, up-tempo number that was a huge disco hit that made it into the R&B Top 25 in May 1977. The Tom Moulton mix heard on the This Will Be a Night to Remember album was wide-sounding giving plenty of space for Holman's high tenor vocals, the strings/woodwinds section, and Harris and the rest of the rhythm section that at one time was the core of MFSB. The groove has traces of another Baker-Harris-Young production, the Trammps' million-sellling "Disco Inferno" from Saturday Night Fever. — Ed Hogan

Interestingly, BRITISH critic Ian Dewhirst writes in the liner notes to Salsoul Master Cuts that "TWBANTR" was the perfect disco record. Go figure.

[QUINNY]

Ian Dewhurst was heavily into Northern Soul. So not such a mystery as to why he'd write that. It was probably perfect for that scene, but straight disco at that time? I personally don't think so. No need to get bitchy.

BTW: Ah, but Marky you probably would have danced at my disco IF you'd lived in Southampton and had a great time too. :lol:

[markydefad]

[quote="QUINNY"] No need to get bitchy.

quote]

"Bitchy" becomes me.

It's my signature scent. :P

[markydefad]

Ian Dewhirst's liner note credits............


Crown Heights Affair Essential Dancefloor Artists, Vol. (1994) Liner Notes, Compilation, Concept
D Train Essential Dance Floor Artists, Vol... (1994) Liner Notes, Compilation Producer
Sharon Redd Essential Dancefloor Artists, Vol. (1994) Liner Notes, Compilation, Concept
Various Artists Classic Jazz-Funk, Vol. 1... (1991) Liner Notes, Compilation, Concept
Various Artists Classic Funk Mastercuts, Vol. 1 (1992) Liner Notes, Compilation, Compilation Producer
Various Artists Classic Jazz-Funk, Vol. 3... (1992) Compilation
Various Artists Classic Salsoul Mastercuts, Vol. 1 (1993) Liner Notes, Compilation, Concept
Various Artists Classic 80's Groove Mastercuts,... (1993) Liner Notes, Compilation, Concept
Various Artists Classic Salsoul Mastercuts, Vol. 2 (1993) Annotation
Various Artists Deep Beats (1994) Compilation, Concept
Various Artists Disco Classics, Vol. 1 (1994) Compilation, Concept
Various Artists Essential Funk Classics, Vol. 1 (1994) Liner Notes, Compilation Producer
Various Artists Rare Underground, Vol. 2 (1994) Compilation, Concept
Various Artists Essential Slow Groove Dancefloor... (1994) Compilation Producer
Various Artists Classic Jazz-Funk, Vol. 4... (1994) Liner Notes, Compilation, Concept
Various Artists Alternative Rock Classics 1978... (1995) Compilation
Various Artists Classic House Mastercuts, Vol. 1 (1995) Liner Notes
Various Artists MVP Classic Jazz Funk, Vol. 1 (1996) Compilation
Various Artists MVP Classic Mellow, Vol. 1 (1996) Compilation Producer
Various Artists MVP Classic Funk, Vol. 1 (1996) Compilation, Compilation Producer
Various Artists Deep Beats (1996) Liner Notes, Compilation, Concept
Various Artists Essential Disco Classics, Vol. 2 (1996) Compilation Producer
Various Artists Classic Funk Mastercuts, Vol. 2 (1996) Introduction
Various Artists Classic Mellow: Definitive Mellow... (2000) Liner Notes, Compilation, Concept
Various Artists Magnum Opus, Vol. 3 (2003) Liner Notes
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Hmmm, lesse, I see "DISCO", "Jazz-FUNK", FUNK".......
Where's the "Northern Soul" titles, eh? :o

[DISCODISK]

[quote="markydefad"]

Marky: That record was so much like an old soul record that IMO it just didn't fit. For what it's worth, I would never have been able to play it and get away with it over here in the dear ol' UK.

It's almost NOT disco at all.
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Thanks for the wordzs of wisdom, Q. :roll:

I guess I wouldn't wanna dance at

your disco. :roll:

Interestingly, BRITISH critic Ian Dewhirst writes in the liner notes to Salsoul Master Cuts that "TWBANTR" was the perfect disco record. Go figure.

MARKY eddie holman was a MONSTER from the second it landed on import on the 'upfront' disco scene,the northern scene picked up on it too and it wouldnt go away, and still gets lots of plays today,its a classic IAN knows what mayhem this record caused cos he pushed it too.look out for some new releases from ian too, including Salsoul: Crossover Flavours When Northern Soul Met Disco 8)

QUINNY your still telling it like it wasnt :roll: if you hadnt been so mean and paid the few pence extra for imports you may have been able to give the kids what they wanted as the english 7" only of this track released 6 months too late just wasnt good enough.you keep talkin like this and you could end up in the court of crimes against disco...and the charge.....ROBBING THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF SOUTHAMPTON OF THEIR YOUTH :lol: 'ninety days court dismissed....

[Bernie]

700 songs and no one mentioned the record I think is the BEST DISCO RECORD EVER:

"THIS WILL BE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" by Eddie Holman (Salsou/1977) Mixed by Tom Moulton.

Why does this perfect record get no mention? Robbie Leslie played it at the Troc Reunion party (with a little help from Keefe, I think).

But in a list of 700 songs.......... sheesh!!!! :evil: :o :evil: :o :evil: :o :evil:

You are right! It's a great song, but somehow we all forget to mention it in any lists :-?

[Bernie]

BTW: Mighty Clouds Of Joy are in there twice with the same record aren't they? Otherwise, why would Mighty High be placed below Ride The Mighty High in the listing?

Oh **** :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

Let me go correct that. Okay so now #700 is Margaret Reynolds "All Day All Night." Good--I like that song!

[markydefad]

Bernie, I realize somethings just get overlooked. No big whoop. That record is like one of my pets. I just fight to get it some recognition. :D

Discodisk....

You know I'd dance my ass off at your disco!!!!

I can certainly see Jussik's influence on this list...."Gigi In Paradisco"...Claudia Cardinale!!!! It's like the Top 20 list from the back of his book. CC was an Italian starlet who worked in a number of U.S. movies in the 1960s then musta went back to Italy. Before I READ Jussi's book...I never knew she was a "Disco Atiste" too!!!

[Bernie]

List is now updated and correct.