Gold Record [Level 7]
PAPAYA - Urszula Dudziak
(Arista 45) (1/B) (NEW)
run for your life!! urszula has landed :o WARNING DANGER dont even dare play the b.side :o :o
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
nrg: yeah, "Sweet Love" is more of a ballad; (it's listing surprised me too)..but they bundle it this week with "Gimme My Mule." It disappears next week. It's actually around 100-105 bpm, if I remember correctly...so ya could make a claim for "morning music" but I think the tempo often changes ...so dancing would be difficult...except as a "slow dancer." Great record, though.
DD...so is Urszula a "Horror"???...Yoko Ono before Yoko Ono????
Do tell. :lol:
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
Gold Record [Level 7]
was she a horror, not sure as i never saw a pic of her its just the wierdest record ever, hard to explain no words just noises and wailing from her mouth [at times she sounds like a dying cat that was run over by a car]funk rings the other side is stranger it is actually like shes smoking and blowing smoke rings and making the noises, ian levine actually played this at my club a few times :o i actually have this on an english promo that was possibly witdrawn,just very strange marky very strange indeed :lol:
No Longer Charting
Not as bad as Yoko Ono and the wailings DD talks about are presumably something in Portugese akin to Jazz scat singing, as Urzula was from Brazil via Poland, if memory serves me correctly. I gave the record a few spins BITD and yes DD, it was weird wasn't it. Out on Arista?, I recall having a U.S. 7" of it.
Indie Release [Level 4]
Does anyone know what "The Perils Of Paul" was in the artist review of Paul Jabara?
toto
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
Originally Written by totoman
Hmmm...I assumed it was the LP that showed Paul hanging off the hands of a clock (a la Harold Lloyd) above a city street. It's not listed on AMG....so I can't verify right now.
"The Perils Of Paul" is a take-off on the old "Perils Of Pauline" silent film; the hanging from the clock image is from another old silent starring Harold Lloyd.
That's my thought.
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
Hmmmmmm...no I guess that was "Shut Out", right? NOOO, I mean "Keeping Time"....maybe they thought "Perils Of Paul(ine)" was too gay?
Hmmm...I assumed it was the LP that showed Paul hanging off the hands of a clock (a la Harold Lloyd) above a city street. It's not listed on AMG....so I can't verify right now.
"The Perils Of Paul" is a take-off on the old "Perils Of Pauline" silent film; the hanging from the clock image is from another old silent starring Harold Lloyd.
That's my thought.
Maybe they got the title screwed up? :oops:
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
OK, I checked the source last night.
Rolling Stone Record Guide references Casablanca 7055 as the label number of the "Perils Of Paul" LP which corresponds to "Shut Out"; don't know why they thought that was the title. :-? :-? :-? :-?
However, it is a more clever title, all things considered.
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
Chart Hit [Level 6]
I think the album with Paul hanging off the clock is Keeping Time.
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/3360_0_2_0_C/
"Everyone knows the real reason why you got that part it was the time you spent on that casting couch"--Antoine Merriwether
"Excuse me, Miss Thing, but both of us spent time on that couch"--Blaine Edwards
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
November 15, 1975
Billboard Pop Chart #1:
1) ISLAND GIRL - Elton John (3rd & final week)
Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1
1) FLY, ROBIN, FLY - Silver Convention
(Records in BOLD charted on Disco charts.)
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Disco Action
Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY (week #4); (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 or 6, sometimes 7-- chart thang.)
But I've resolved that issue by combining the 6 (this week) Billboard charts into one.
Billboard charts:
A= Top 15 Audience Response Records in NYC Discos
(#1= I LOVE MUSIC)
B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC)
(#1= SEA LION)(Wut? :-? Wut, you say? :o ) :lol:
C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC)
(#1= I LOVE MUSIC)
D=Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island)
(#1= I LOVE MUSIC)
E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:
(#1= LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY)
+ Special 6th Chart from Guest City--Boston:
F= Top Audience Response Records In Boston Discos:
(#1= I LOVE MUSIC)
6 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; = 90 points max.
Add them up and voila!....
THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 48
Chart #56: 11/15/75
1) I LOVE MUSIC - The O'Jays
(Phila Intl. 45) (80 total points/charts ABCDEF) (last week: #1; 2 weeks total)
2) LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY - Donna Summer
(Oasis LP) (66/ACDEF) (#2)
3) CASANOVA BROWN/ (If You Want It) DO IT YOURSELF/ HOW HIGH THE MOON (Medley) (ABDEF); "EXPERIENCE GLORIA GAYNOR" LP (C) - Gloria Gaynor
(MGM LP) (43 + 13 = 56/ABDEF + C) (#3)
4) BABY FACE - Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps.
(Wing & A Prayer 45) (53/ABCEF) (#17)
5) EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART - Crown Heights Affair
(De-Lite LP) (44/ACDEF) (#5)
6) LOVE MACHINE - The Miracles
(Tamla LP) (33/ABE) (#7)
7) FLY, ROBIN, FLY - Silver Convention
(Midland Intl. LP) (30/ACEF) (#4)
8. SUNNY - Yambu
(Montuno Gringo 45) (30/ACDF) (#8.)
9) "THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA" LP (All cuts except "Love Letters") (A); TANGERINE(B); (Entire LP) (C); YOU'RE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE/ CHICAGO BUS STOP (F) - The Salsoul Orchestra
LP tracks: 1) SALSOUL HUSTLE; 2) GET HAPPY; 3) CHICAGO BUS STOP; 4) YOU'RE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE; 5) TANGERINE; 6) TALE OF THREE CITIES; 7) SALSOUL RAINBOW and 8. Love Letters
(Salsoul LP) 28/ABCF) (#32/#42)
10) OVERTURE - The Miracles
(Tamla LP) (19/AB) (#22)
11) HEAVY LOVE - David Ruffin
(Motown LP) (19/BD) (#26)
12) UNDECIDED LOVE - The Chequers
(Scepter 45) (19/DF)
13) DISCO SAX - Houston Person
(Westbound 45) (17/CD) #38.)
14) * SEA LION - Grover Washington, Jr.
(Kudu LP) (15/B only) (NEW)
15) (R) FREE MAN - South Shore Commisssion
(Wand LP version) (14/D) (RETURN)
16) NOWHERE - Hokis Pokis
(Black Music 45) (13/ABF) (#21)
17) DELICIOUS - The Duprees
(RCA 45) (13/B) (#43)
18. SUMMER PLACE '76 - Percy Faith
(Columbia 45) (12/CD) (#6)
19) "MAHOGANY" SOUNDTRACK (ERUCU/ SHE'S THE IDEAL GIRL) - Soundtrack
(Motown LP) (12/B) (#31)
20) I'M IN HEAVEN - Touch Of Class
(Midland Intl. 45) (11/D) (#29)
21) THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) - KC & The Sunshine Band
(TK LP) (11/E) (#23)
22) DRIVE MY CAR - Gary Toms Empire
(P.I.P Disco Edit) (10/E) (#13)
23) (R) OUR DAY WILL COME - Frankie Valli (w/Patti Austin)
(Private Stock 45) (10/D) (RETURN)
24) CARAVAN/ WATUSI STRUT - Deodato
(MCA LP) (9/A) (#12)
25) {TIE} CHANGE WITH THE TIMES/ EARTHQUAKE - Van McCoy
(Avco LP) (9 each/E) (#30)
26) THE ZIP - MFSB
(Phila. Intl 45) (9/C) (#9)
27) * HANDLE WITH CARE - South Shore Commisssion
(Wand LP) (8/F) (NEW)
28. HOLLYWOOD HOT - Eleventh Hour
(20th Century 45) (7/E) (#39)
29) I AM SOMEBODY - Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
(Pye LP) (7/A) (#45)
30) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE - Eddie Drennon & B.B.S. Unlimited
(Friends & Co. 45) (7/AD) (#24)
31) {TIE}PEANUT VENDOR/ FRENESI (B); BRAZIL/ LIFE IS FASCINATION (E) - The Ritchie Family
(20th Century LP) (6 each/BE) (RETURN/RETURN/#11/#41)
32) AGGRAVATION - Martha Velez
(Sire LP) (6/D) (#37)
33) * TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT/ IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG - The Armada Orchestra
(Scepter/Contempo LP) (6/F) (NEW)
34) (R) JOYCE - Papa John Creach
(Buddah LP) (5/B) (RETURN)
35) * JUST CAN'T GIVE YOU UP - Floyd Smith & the Salsoul Orchestra
(Salsoul 45) (5/C) (NEW)
36) (R) MONDO DISCO - El Coco
(AVI 45) (5/F) (RETURN)
37) YOU SET MY HEART ON FIRE (Vocal & Instrumenntal) - Tina Charles
(Columbia 45) (5/AF) (#10)
38. DATE WITH THE RAIN - Frankie Gee
(Claridge 45) (4/CD) (#16)
39) (R) NAME OF THE GAME - The Joneses
(Mercury 45) (4/B) (RETURN)
40) * I'M ON FIRE - Jim Gilstrap
(Roxbury 45) (3/B) (NEW)
41) * LADY BUMP/ THE LADY BUMPS ON - Penny McLean
(Jupiter Records - German Import) (3/A) (NEW)
42) * BREAKAWAY - Ernie Bush
(Scepter/Contempo 45) (2/F) (NEW)
43) * CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU - Gerri Grainger
(20th Century 45) (2/E) (NEW)
44) (R) THEME FROM S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
(ABC 45) (2/C) (RETURN)
45) CHANGE (Makes You Want To Hustle) - Donald Byrd
(Blue Note LP) (1/B) (#20)
46) GIMME MY MULE - The Commodores
(Motown LP) (1/E) (#46)
47) * THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - Moon Lion
(P.I.P. 45) (1/F) (NEW)
48. VOLARE - Al Martino
(Capitol 45) (1/C) (#50)
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STATS:
#11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, (half) 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 & 48 NOT listed in Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) book.
* = Debut (9): #14, 27, 33, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47
(R) = Return (6): #15, 23, 34, 36, 39, 44
Dropped Off:
I LIKE IT - Silver Convention (was #14)
NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO DO - Jeanne Burton (#18.)
(I Want To Dance With You) DANCE WITH ME - Ritchie Family (#19) * will be back
HEADLINE NEWS - Carol Douglas (#25)
IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TO MAKE A LOVE - David Ruffin (half #26) *
MESSIN' WITH MY MIND - Labelle (#27)
LET ME BE THE #1 - Dooley Silverspoon (#28.) *
BOOM BAM BAP - Freeman-Nehls (#33)
ONE MAN AIN'T ENOUGH - Paul Jabara (#34) *
PEACE PIPE - B.T. Express (#35)
TO EACH HIS OWN - Faith, Hope & Charity (#36)
SPECIAL DELIVERY - Polly Brown (#40)
(Do You Wanna) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - Calhoon (#44)*
SWEET LOVE - The Commodores (half #46)
NURSERY RHYMES - People's Choice (#47)
PAPAYA - Urszula Dudziak (#48.) *
SUMMER OF '42/ EXODUS - Biddu Orchestra (#49)
The Final Tally:
48 total items this week; 50 last week
+9 debuts +6 returns/ -17 dropoffs
2 records on all 6 charts (#1 & #3)
3 records on 5 charts
3 records on 4 charts
2 records on 3 charts
8 records on 2 charts
29 records on only 1 chart
What's It All About, Marky?
Philly Soul Vs. Euro Disco; Philly Soul wins once again. The O'Jays have a phenomenal 80 points out of a possible 90!!! I think that's the best score ever with 6 charts.
"I Love Music"
A= #1, B= #8; C= #1; D= #1; E= #4; F= #1
B has dropped Donna Summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:
She's either #1, 2, 3 or 4 on every other chart. Those bastards!!!!!! :x
B also totally drops it's #1 record last week: Percy Faith's remake of "Summer Place '76"; this week it charts as #1: "Sea Lion" an instrumental by Grover Washington, Jr. (this will not chart anywhere else!!) :roll: :roll: :roll:
B has very little in common with the other charts; 9 records charting on B are charting nowhere else. This week it charts "Baby Face" at #2; it will NEVER CHART IT AGAIN!!!
Not even when it's #1 on the A chart!!! :D :D :D
B (Downstairs Records) is either A) a Real Maverick :D :D :D :D or B) a Real Spoiler :x :evil: :o :-? depending on your alliances and preferences.
Penny McLean's German Import charts at #13 on chart A; domestic distribution is just around the corner.
Moon Lion charts a disco version of a perennial Christmas carol-- "The Little Drummer Boy"!!!!!! I say it's the FIRST DISCO CHRISTMAS RECORD. :D
We have our first 4-way--tie, that is. The Ritchie Family charts 4 titles with 6 points each.........so I bundled them at #31. This is the last week for these tunes. "Brazil" has been a smash hit, debuting at #10 on 7/12/7 and lasting til mid-November; (also, highly influential on the records being released at this point, in terms of orchestration and cover material ideas.)
The Salsoul Orchesta LP is the FIRST LP with an "ALL CUTS" listing (well except for the "Love Letters" disclaimer; musta been a ballad?) :-?
Note that the very WHITE Silver Convention has crossed over to top the SOUL/R&B chart!!!! That's an rather unusual track to crossover to top the R&B charts, no? Mechanical, precision tooled--pretty much the opposite of "SOUL" !!! It's gonna top the Pop chart soon also.
The Cover List:
HOW HIGH THE MOON
BABY FACE
SUNNY
TANGERINE
SUMMER PLACE '76
DRIVE MY CAR
OUR DAY WILL COME
CARAVAN
PEANUT VENDOR
FRENESI
BRAZIL
TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT (Jimmy Ruffin disco hit earlier in the year)
IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG (The Four Tops/1965/#5 Pop)
DATE WITH THE RAIN
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU (Frankie Valli/1967/#2 Pop)
LITTLE DRUMMER BOY (Harry Simeone Chorale/ #2 Pop/1958; returned in 1959 (#13); 1960 (#15); 1961 (#24); 1962 (#28.)--the gift record that keeps on giving royalties!!! :P
VOLARE (cover of Dean Martin's Americanized version of the original Italian "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)"; the Italian language version was #1 in the USA for 5 weeks by Italian singer Domenico Modugno. That kinda thing doesn't happen anymore, eh?
What was the last foreign language record that topped the U.S. charts? Uhhhhhhhhhhh..."The Macarena"????? :oops:
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Artist Spotlight
(Review from the 1979 edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide, edited by Dave Marsh)
Debuting this week.......
Penny McLean
(#41)
** LADY BUMP / Atco 36-130
"German disco containing a mid-Seventies hit (the title track) and its followup." (JS= John Swenson)
Short and...uh, short
That's all , foooooooooolks!!!!!!!!!!! :P
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CLUB DIALOG by Tom Moulton
Column #56: 11/15/75
(New York) Mercury has given out a few test pressings of the new Ralph Carter single and these are some of the reactions: Tom Savarese of 12 West and Richie Kacznor of Hollywood both say "Extra, Extra" is much stronger than his last disco smash "When You're Young And In Love."
The label is again releasing a short and long version and there will be special 12-inch test pressings made available to the Record Pool as well as other disco DJs around the country.
RCA is rush-releasing a special single mix of "African Symphony" by Henry Mancini, taken from his just released "Symphonic Soul" LP. The production on this record is so full it sounds like it's from a movie--a very strong production by RCA's Joe Reisman . RCA is also releasing an updated version of the Chiffons hit "One Fine Day" by Julie Budd.
The record has the Gloria Gaynor sound with vocal backgrounds like "Dreaming A Dream"--a strong record. There are several other strong releases from RCA: The Main Ingredient's "Shame On The World," which is a lot like "This Will Be"; Vicki Sue Robinson's "Never Gonna Let You Go," a strong uptempo soul shouting song; and "Chloe," a standard done up disco style by Cy Coleman The latter sounds like something the Ray Conniff Singers should have done. [Is that a compliment, I wonder? :P ]
[Looks like the RCA A&R guys visited Tom this week, eh?] :lol:
Brunswick has just released the new Maryann Farra & Satin Soul single "Never Gonna Leave You." This is the group's second release. They used to be known as De-Lit-Ful. The record has a very similar sound to the Joneses' "Sugar Pie Guy."
Event is releasing The Fatback Band single "(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop" which is about the current dance craze. It's from their new LP which will be released the first part of December. It is a very funky sound and a good dance record.
20th Century has just released a single by Gerri Grainger--a version of Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You." Bob Crewe has done a fine production. It has a strong feel like "Swearin' To God." There will be a special 12-inch test pressing made for the discos of a special mix which is 8:52, and, it is mixed up just right for the clubs.
(Thanks to shootyourshot for providing this last part)
The Temptations new LP on Motown, "House Party," has two good disco cuts: "You Can't Stop A Man In Love," uptempo and very melodic, and "Keep Holding On", which is much harder sounding and more of an R&B record.
Chocolate City Records, a new label distributed by Casablanca, has just released its first single, "Find My Way" by The Players [Cameo]. It sounds a lot like "Dreaming A Dream". (And I bet it tastes like chicken.!!!) :P
Also, just released is Shake Me, Wake Me".....by, uh wut'ser name????, uh, oh yeah.........................................
.......BARBRA STREISAND :P
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The Big Tease:
Next week, six charts are printed, with the 6th chart being the Top 10 Bestselling Imports in NYC. This gives us some unusual titles, most probably known only to Jussik!!!
There will be 20 records debuting, 6 returning, minus 16 dropoffs, for a new record total of 58 items. (Most of the imports disappear the following week except for "Lady Bump" and "I Could Have Danced All Night" by the Biddu Orchestra.)
South Shore Commission's LP produces 3 tracks that constitute a 3-way (tie) for #4. Salsoul Orchestra gains strength....and Penny McLean leaps up to #10.
New titles from the Blackbyrds, Miss Vicki Sue Robinson,(before the "beat is turned around") Fatback Band, Mike (!) Zager & the Moon Band, Joey Porello, Zakariah, Nanette Workman, the Temptations & a singer known as Julie Budd....who is only listed as "Julie" in LA. ("Will & Grace" fans should get "JUST JULIE" ... think 'Just Jack" and the jazz hands!!!!)
:P :P :P :P :P :oops:
OK, that's enuf. :roll:
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
I've got a track by Julie Budd on a TK compilation CD & its quite good in a melodic kinda way. I'd never heard of her before. So many artists, so little time! :P
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
Julie was a teenage-Barbra wannabe (in the Sixties) who never really made it--but she did appear a lot on Ed Sullivan and Mike Douglas and Merv Griffin and shows like that in the Sixties & Seventies. Lotsa "cabaret" appearances in NYC & LA, etc.....I think she's still around today.
She was a very good singer, BUT looked and sounded very- Barbra--unfortunately, there already WAS THEE Barbra. :roll:
here's the AMG bio:
Julie Budd is one of those enduring talents who has outlived her almost premature early success. Discovered at age 12 in the late 1960s, she played her first engagement in the Catskills that same year, and was appearing on the Merv Griffin Show six months later; she subsequently became a fixture on the talk show and supper club circuits. From her precocious beginnings, co-starring with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Liberace, George Burns, and Bob Hope, Budd developed into a sophisticated interpreter of popular songs, comparable to Sinatra or Torme, playing all of the best venues from Las Vegas to the Catskills. Budd has also done some acting, principally in association with the Circle Repertory Theater and Playwright's Horizons in New York, as well as occasional film appearances, but her main activity in recent years has been her one-woman show, which also yielded her album Pure Imagination, issued in 1997. If You Could See Me Now followed in the spring of 2000.
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Strangely, it doesn't even mention the similarilty to BARBRA!!!!???????????????????? :o
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Talking of Barbra, what's 'Shake Me Wake Me' like?
..& talking of the Catskills, it makes me think of an amusing tale that Mel Brooks tells on chat shows of elderly holiday makers there, eating huge meals with lots of rich food & then passing out when they try to sing along with the ever-increasing key changes of 'Dancing In The Dark' during cabaret! :o
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
It's a cover of the Sixties Four Tops hit ("somebody shake me/wake me, when it's over when it's over")....I only have the LP version which is short & sorta weak; BUT there is a 12" version that I downloaded back in that Napster days...which was longer & somewhat better. I think Nicky attested to this at some point here. I've never seen this anywhere. Didn't even know a 12" was released til i saw it on Napster.
The LP version is on her "Lazy Afternoon" LP, when she was working with Rupert ("Pina Colada Song") Holmes.
:lol:
P.S. my fave Catskills line is from Woody Allen in my fave movie of all time Annie Hall....
something about the Jews complaining about how bad the food is at this particular restaurant in the Catskills.
One woman says to her friend: "The food here is terrible."
The friend nods and says...
"Yes ....and such small portions!!!" :lol:
It's better coming outta Woody's mouth, believe me.
My fave Jewish joke:
What's a Jewish "dilemma"??????
"FREE HAM." :lol: :lol:
(told to me by a Jew, for the record.)
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
Gold Record [Level 7]
MARKY is the julie budd record gonna be 'music to my heart' huh huh? i have that somewhere not very exciting,much better is the old patti austin stomper from wayyyyyy back,in fact so far back they were still makin 'black bombers'
is the nanette workman gonna be the other version of lady marmalade huh huh?
sorry to behave like a brat but all this teasin' and having to wait another week kills me :lol:
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Thanx for the barbra info. I remember those lines by Woody Allen & you're right, they sound so much better when a Jew tells 'em! I went to see Joan Rivers in concert a few months ago & she tells some brilliant jew jokes but alas i can't remember 'em at the moment (my memory's going now I'm getting into my 40s! :( You wait & see, I'll be looking at cardigans in shops soon & thinking 'hmm that looks comfy'!)
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
Oh, DD. For you, I'll spill the beans.
Julie Budd's record is a cover of "One Fine Day" (see the Moulton column) which I don't remember, but it does quite well.
Nanette Workman's record is "If It Wasn't For The Money" on Atco.
Ok, feel better now?
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
That's the track DD; it's pleasant isn't it but nothing spectacular. I didn't know Patti Austin did it; how interesting. I'd love to hear Patti & Frankie Valli's version of 'Our Day Will Come' as I love that song.(I've got a version by Dionne Warwick which is nice).
Gold Record [Level 7]
yes marky i did re-read,little does julie know the is about to get dropped [by the label
SANDRA DEE yes pattis version got a english release too on probe records about 1973 though it was older u.s, patti recorded a string of stompers in the 60s most taken up by the northern scene in the early days the best 'take away the painstain' sold on e.bay the other day for $500 all her records seemed to have 'oh no no no', in them regardless of record label :P but there were some great ones
Gold Record [Level 7]
Marky she is credited on the Tom Cat 7" record only as Julie, I never knew anything about her 'till now....& a singer known as Julie Budd....who is only listed as "Julie" in LA.
here's a scan to refresh your memory DD, this was a very catchy fun number at the time, especially if you liked the sound of this new emerging music ....yes marky i did re-read,little does julie know the is about to get dropped [by the label ] as 'music' must follow this i thought it was 75 must be very early early 76 its on tom cat records
http://bellsouthpwp.net/m/i/mixmach/...onefineday.jpg
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
November 22,1975
Billboard Pop Chart Top 5:
1) THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) - KC & The Sunshine Band
2) FLY, ROBIN, FLY - Silver Convention
3) WHO LOVES YOU - The Four Seasons
4) ISLAND GIRL - Elton John
5) THE WAY I WANT TO TOUCH YOU - The Captain & Tennille
Billboard Soul/R&B Chart #1:
1) LET'S DO IT AGAIN - The Staple Singers
(Items in Bold charted on the Disco chart)
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Disco Action
Record World "National Disco File Top 20" #1: I LOVE MUSIC(week #1); (This is the chart being used by Joel Whitburn in his book for this time period--you know, the one chart versus 5 or 6, sometimes 7-- chart thang.)
But I've resolved that issue by combining the 6 (this week) Billboard charts into one.
Billboard charts:
A= Top 15 Audience Response Records in NYC Discos
(#1= I LOVE MUSIC)
B= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Downstairs Records (NYC)
(#1= SALSOUL ORCHESTRA )
C= Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Colony Records (NYC)
(#1= I LOVE MUSIC)
D=Top 15 Retail Best Sellers: Melody Song Shops (Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island)
(#1= SALSOUL ORCHESTRA)
E= Top 15 Audience Response Records in LA/ San Diego Discos:
(#1= LOVE MACHINE)
+ Special 6th chart:
F= Top 10 Best Selling Imports @ NYC Retailers:
(#1= LADY BUMP)
5 charts with 15 items apiece; 15 points for a #1; 1 point for a #15; + 1 chart with 10 items; 10 points for #1; 1 point for #10 = 85 points max.
Add them up and voila!....
THE DISCO COMPILATION CONSENSUS TOP 58
Chart #57: 11/22/75
1) I LOVE MUSIC - The O'Jays
(Phila Intl. 45) (63 total points/charts ABCDE) (last week: #1; 3 weeks total)
2) "THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA" LP (All Cuts) - The Salsoul Orchestra
LP tracks: 1) SALSOUL HUSTLE; 2) GET HAPPY; 3) CHICAGO BUS STOP; 4) YOU'RE JUST THE RIGHT SIZE; 5) TANGERINE; 6) TALE OF THREE CITIES; 7) SALSOUL RAINBOW and 8. LOVE LETTERS
(Salsoul LP) 53/ABCD) (#9)
3) BABY FACE - Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps
(Wing & A Prayer 45) (46/ACDE) (#4)
4) FREE MAN/ HANDLE WITH CARE/ *TRAIN CALLED FREEDOM - South Shore Commission
(Wand LP:"South Shore Commission") (36 each/BCD) (#15/#27/NEW)
5) LOVE MACHINE - The Miracles
(Tamla LP) (31/ABE) (#6)
6) LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY - Donna Summer
(Oasis LP) (28/ADE) (#2)
7) THE ZIP - MFSB
(Phila. Intl. 45) (25/BCD) (#26)
8. EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART - Crown Heights Affair
(De-Lite 45) (23/ABE) (#5)
9) CHANGE (Makes You Want To Hustle) - Donald Byrd
(Blue Note LP) (21/ABD) (#45)
10) LADY BUMP/ THE LADY BUMPS ON - Penny McLean
(says Columbia (?)- Canadian IMPORT) (17/AF) (#41)
11) FLY, ROBIN, FLY - Silver Convention
(Midland Intl. LP) (17/AE) (#7)
12) OVERTURE - The Miracles
(Tamla LP) (16/AB) (#11)
13) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE - Eddie Drennon & B.B.S Unlimited
(Friends & Co.) (14/AD) (#30)
14) ERUCU/ SHE'S THE IDEAL GIRL ("Mahogany" Soundtrack) - Soundtrack (both co-composed by Jermaine Jackson)
(Motown LP) (14/B) (#19)
15) DRIVE MY CAR - Gary Toms Empire
(P.I.P. disco edit) (13/E) (#22)
16) SEA LION - Grover Washington, Jr.
(Kudu LP) (13/B) (#14)
17) * HAPPY MUSIC/ CITY LIFE - The Backbyrds
(Fantasy LP) (12 each/BC) (NEW)
18. CASANOVA BROWN/ (If You Want It) DO IT YOURSELF/ HOW HIGH THE MOON - Gloria Gaynor
(MGM LP) (12/A) (#3)
19) * NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO - Vicki Sue Robinson
(RCA 45) (12/B) (NEW)
20) * (Are You Ready) DO THE BUS STOP - The Fatback Band
(Event 45) (11/D) (NEW)
21) THAT'S THE WAY (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band
(TK LP) (11/E) (#29)
22) I AM SOMEBODY - Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
(Pye LP) (10/A) (#29)
23) DELICIOUS - The Duprees
(RCA 45) (9/CD) (#17)
24) UNDECIDED LOVE - The Chequers
(Scepter 45) (9/AD) (#12)
25) DISCO SAX- Houston Person
(Westbound 45) (9/C) (#13)
26) * I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT - The Biddu Orchestra
(Epic English IMPORT) (9/F) (NEW)
27) * CHLOE - Cy Coleman
(RCA 45) (8/C) (NEW)
28. * S.O.S. - Today's People
(Gamma - Canadian IMPORT) (8/F) (NEW)
29) CHANGE WITH THE TIMES / EARTHQUAKE - Van McCoy
(Avco LP) (7 each/E) (#25)
30) (R) (I Want To Dance With You) DANCE WITH ME - The Ritchie Family
(20th Century LP) (7/D) (RETURN)
31) (R) PAPAYA - Urszula Dudziak
(Arista 45) (7/B) (RETURN)
32) * WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU - Adrienne Ste Clair
(CBS - France IMPORT) (7/F) (NEW)
33) CARAVAN/ WATUSI STRUT - Deodato
(MCA LP) (6/A) (#24)
34) * I'LL BE AROUND - Claude Francois
(Noble- France IMPORT) (6/F) (NEW)
35) (R) ONE WAY STREET - Beckett Brown
(RCA 45) (6/E) (RETURN)
36) OUR DAY WILL COME - Frankie Valli (w/Patti Austin)
(Private Stock 45) (6/D)
37) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Armada Orchestra
(Scepter/Contempo LP) (6/C) (#33)
38. * CENSURE - Christine Charbonnea
(Polydor- Canadian IMPORT) (5/F) (NEW)
39) GIMME MY MULE - The Commodores
(Motown LP) (5/E) (#46)
40) (R) ONE MAN AIN'T ENOUGH - (Paul) Jabara
(A&M 45) (5/C) (RETURN)
41) * THIS IS THE LIFE - Mike (Michael) Zager & The Moon Band
(Bang 45) (5/B) (NEW)
42) * DISCO TRUCKING - Father's Angels
(Black Magic - English IMPORT) (4/F) (NEW)
43) * FOOLS RUSH IN - Joey Porello
(Drive/TK 45) (4/C) (NEW)
44) (R) (Do You Wanna) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - Calhoon
(Warner/Spector) (4/E) (RETURN)
45) YOU SET MY HEART ON FIRE - Tina Charles
(Columbia 45) (4/B) (#37)
46) * BRAZIL/ LOVE CAN - Crispy & Co.
(Creole English IMPORT) (4/F) (NEW)
47) * GIRL FROM IPANEMA -Zakariah
(P.I.P. 45) (3/B) (NEW)
48. * ONE FINE DAY - Julie (Budd)
(Tom Cat 45) (3/E) (NEW)
49) * SUMMER PLACE- John White Group
(Cenpro 45) (3/C) (NEW)
50) (R) SOUL TRAIN '75 - Soul Train Gang
(Soul Train 45) (3/D) (RETURN)
51) * BLUE EYED SOUL - The Biddu Orchestra
(Epic LP - English IMPORT) (2/F) (NEW)
52) CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU - Gerri Grainger (Produced by original songwriter/producer Bob Crewe)
(20th Century 45) (2/E) (#43)
53) * IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MONEY - Nanette Workman
(Atco 45) (2/C) (NEW)
54) NOWHERE - Hokis Pokis
(Black Music 45) (2/A) (#16)
55) * KEEP HOLDING ON - The Temptations
(Gordy LP) (1/D) (NEW)
56) THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - Moon Lion
(P.I.P. 45) (1/C) (#47)
57) MONDO DISCO - El Coco
(AVI 45) (1/E) (#36)
58. * SOUL (says "SANS"?) DRACULA Hot Blood
(Carrere- Canadian IMPORT) (1/F) (NEW)
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STATS:
(Part 2 & 3 of) #4, 7, 9, 13, 16, (half) 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, (half) 29, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 & 58 NOT in Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco (1974-2003) book.
* = Debut (20): # 17, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 38, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 58
(R) = Return (6): #30, 31, 35, 40, 44, 50
Dropped Off:
(11/22/75--the week they forgot to chart....
SUNNY - Yambu (was #8.)* will be back @ #6 next week!!! :roll:
HEAVY LOVE - David Ruffin (#10)
SUMMER PLACE '76 - Percy Faith (#18.) *
I'M IN HEAVEN - Touch of Class (#20)
HOLLYWOOD HOT - Eleventh Hour (#28.)
PEANUT VENDOR/ FRENESI/ BRAZIL/ LIFE IS FASCINATION - The Ritchie Family (#31)
AGGRAVATION - Martha Velez (#32)
IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG - Armada Orchestra (half #33) *
JOYCE - Papa John Creach (#34) *
JUST CAN'T GIVE YOU UP - Floyd Smith & Salsoul Orchestra (#35)
DATE WITH THE RAIN - Frankie Gee (#38.)
NAME OF THE GAME - The Joneses (#39)
I'M ON FIRE - Jim Gilstrap (#40)
BREAKAWAY - Ernie Bush (#42)
THEME FROM S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage (#44) *
VOLARE - Al Martino (#48.) *
THE FINAL TALLY:
58 total items; 48 last week
+20 debuts +6 returns/ -16 dropoffs
0 records on all 6 charts (6th chart being IMPORTS this week)
1 record on 5 charts (THE O'JAYS)
2 records on 4 charts (SALSOUL ORCH. & WING & A PRAYER)
6 records on 3 charts
7 records on 2 charts
42 records on only 1 chart!!!!!!!!!!!
"Tell Me 'Bout the Rabbits, George"
Well, I debated whether to include the 6th IMPORT chart into the totals; decided what the hell, let's do it!!!! :lol:
Most of the IMPORTS disappear next week except "LADY BUMP" & "I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT"--so I'll have to type all the others on the drop list. :x
Lotsa product out there--even not counting the Imports, there's 32 records on only one chart!!!!
Only 16 records on more than one chart!!!!!
It's THE O'JAYS vs. SALSOUL ORCHESTRA for the top spot next week.
The O'Jays rankings this week:
A= #1, B= #6, C= #1, D= #3; E= #6
Salsoul Orchestra's rankings:
A= #7, B= #1, C= #2, D= #1, no charting in LA
The South Shore Commission's LP is charting the new extended version of the previous #1 "FREE MAN" and 2 other titles "HANDLE WITH CARE" & "TRAIN CALLED FREEDOM"; each has 36 points for a #4 ranking this week.
Slippage: Donna Summer, Silver Convention & Gloria Gaynor drop out of the Top 5; Donna retains #6, Silver Convention #11, and Gloria falls down to #18 from #3 last week!!!
Penny McLean (lead singer in Silver Convention) is helped by the IMPORT chart and chart A) to leap up to #10 from #41 last week. Atlantic is gonna release this domestically in a couple weeks. Miss Penny (real name "GERTRUDE"!!! ) steps over her group currently at #11.
First sightings of future disco stars: Vicki Sue Robinson (#19) & "Mike" Michael Zager @ #41.
Jazz artist Donald Byrd leaps up to #9 and his former backup band The Blackbyrds debut at #17.
Bob Crewe redoes his Frankie Valli hit for female singer Gerri Grainger (that's how AMG spells it); the chart says Jerri Granger; Bob wrote & produced the original "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" in 1967; everything old is new again.
The Cover List:
TANGERINE
BABY FACE
DRIVE MY CAR
HOW HIGH THE MOON
I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT (Lerner & Loewe tune from "My Fair Lady"
CHLOE (standard written by Gus Kahn, I think)
CARAVAN
OUR DAY WILL COME
TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT
FOOLS RUSH IN (Johnny Mercer standard previously charted by Brook Benton & Ricky Nelson, among many others)
GIRL FROM IPANEMA (Bossa nova classic by Antonio Carlos Jobim; big hit in the US for sax player Stan Getz & singer Astrud Gilberto in 1963)
ONE FINE DAY (Goffin/King smash for The Chiffons in 1963)
SUMMER PLACE - (another version of the movie theme that has been charting for several weeks by Percy Faith)
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
THE LITTE DRUMMER BOY
and then these suspicious-sounding, possible covers on the IMPORT chart:
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU ( Is this the Labelle song?)
S.O.S (Is this the ABBA song?)
I'LL BE AROUND (Is this the Spinners song?)
BRAZIL (Is this another cover of the Ritchie Family?)
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT:
(Reviews from the 1979 edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide, edited by Dave Marsh)
Debuting this week....
THE BLACKYRDS (#17)
"Originally Donald Byrd's backing band, the Blackbyrds stepped out into the light in the early Seventies as a jazz-funk fusion group with something of their own to say. At least at first, the rhythmic bottom was solid and danceable, the vocals were appropriately spare, and the instrumentation--particularly the horn charts--was melodically adventurous and fulfilling. The Blackbyrds [****] was their debut, and Flying Start [****] represents a creative, if not a commercial peak. But after the success of Flying Start, the Blackbyrds began to see themselves as a disco attraction rather than as a progressive R&B act, and City Life [**] exhibited a dispiriting reliance on recycled riff-hooks and an embarrassing bent for hollow social and psycho-cybernetic commentary. Unfinished Business[*] and Action[*] simply continue the decline into self-parody." (MG = Mikal Gilmore)
VICKI SUE ROBINSON (#19)
"She started as an aspiring Broadway singer/actress, which may account for the uptown energy of "Turn The Beat Around," a truer "Boogie Down Broadway." The rest of Never Gonna Let You Go [***] alternates ballad and Gloria Gaynor-type romps. Her second and third albums have Vicki moving downtown to the cabaret. It's "strictly for lovers," but she earns a shot on the Johnny Carson Show before retiring to Atlantic City." (BT = ??)
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CLUB DIALOG by Tom Moulton
Column #57/ 11/22/75
(My thanks to shootyour shot for providing this entire column) :D
"Kickin," a new LP from the Mighty Clouds Of Joy(ABC), hits the street this week. The album was completed in August and it seems that everyone on the disco circuit is already well aware of it. There are two strong dance cuts: "Ride The Mighty High", uptempo and probably the best song from the group to date, and the medley of "I Got The Music In Me / Superstition." The latter cut isn't as uptempo as "Ride The Mighty High," but it is strong.
Bobby Guttadaro premiered the LP at the grand opening of the new disco Infinity here Nov. 5. The record should prove a monster. As for Infinity, touted as the largest local dance club, its opening drew a couple of thousand persons. The club will be membership only starting Dec. 5.
Buddah is releasing its first 12-inch disco disks for club DJs. The first title available will be "Joyce" by Papa John Creach, which has been remixed [by Tom Moulton] and slowed down [from around 140 bpm to 130 bpm] to work for the clubs. The 12-inchers are part of a new disco series from the label, and in the case of "Joyce," a commercial version will ship out some two weeks after the special promo copies go to the spinners.
The label is also releasing "Hold Back The Night" from the "Legendary Zing" LP by the Trammps. They'll be looking to duplicate the success the song has garnered in the UK. Also coming from the Trammps will be a new single on the Atlantic label.
Bang Records has just released "Do It With Feeling" by Michael Zager and the Moon Band. Several DJs have been playing advance copies of the record, and now that the commercial copies are available the flip side, "This Is The Life," is also starting to create some excitement, dance and sales-wise.
[Watch your back, Gloria....]
Casablanca has hired Disco Sound Associates to put together a bash at the Pachyderm here Tuesday (18.) for Donna Summer's return from Europe. Her "Love To Love You Baby" is high on the disco action charts.
"Once You Hit The Road" by Dionne Warwicke (WB) is one of the strongest cuts on her forthcoming "Track Of The Cat" LP. It has a Spinners sound to it and was arranged and produced by Thom Bell.
Columbia has released two strong singles in "Sing A Song" by Earth, Wind, & Fire, a happy melodic tune with a good dance rhythm, and "(I Like Making That) Early Morning Love" by Rozetta Johnson, a funky R&B number.
And, Atlantic will be rush-releasing the new Simon Said record "Smile." [cover of the Charlie Chaplin composition] It's the first label release for the Gloria Gaynor backup group. [Gloria, watch out...Donna's coming to town...Donna's gonna be #1...so you better "WATCH OUT"] :P __________________________________________________ ___
The Big Tease:
Next week (11/29/75) the 4 NYC charts and 2 guest charts from Washington, D.C and Boston are printed. NO LA CHART!!! :evil:
Most of this week's imports drop off (a total of 28 dropoffs), 10 items debut and 6 return.
Notable debuts include new titles from The O'Jays, the Charles Randolph Greane Sounde, Babe Ruth, Archie Bell & the Drells, Stephanie Mills, the Biddu Orchestra, Margie Joseph & Blue Magic, Michael Zager & the Moon Band, Barbra Streisand, and volume 2 of "Disco Gold."
And, once again, the new battle for #1 is between the current chart-toppers The O'Jays and the contenders, the Salsoul Orchestra.
The second-half of the Top 10 (#6-#10) is replaced by
different titles than this week. Lotsa records out there vying for attention from the dancers.
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This week's chart was typed listening to:
1) the radio :oops:
2) The Collection - The Glass Family
3) Fill My Life With Love: The Best of... - Saint Tropez
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
Obviously, I AM THE GUEST. :roll: :o :x
(I was logged in when I STARTED...but at least I didn't lose the info...but it never gave me the option to re-log in as it usually does. I always copy it first.)
Hate this new system, Bernie. :x AND where's the EDIT option???? :x
Is that being sacrificed (temporarily) so anyone can post without being a member????? :-? :o :-? :o :-?
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
Gold Record [Level 7]
28. * S.O.S. - Today's People
(Gamma - Canadian IMPORT) (8/F) (NEW)
waaaayyy 8) surprising so high,but it deserves it!
42) * DISCO TRUCKING - Father's Angels
(Black Magic - English IMPORT) (4/F) (NEW)
strange :o this was actually the b side of a record called bok to back that was an old northern soul stomper originally released on m.g.m on that original label its one of the holy grail of english northern soul records and on a pink m.g.m promo one of the sexiest looking u.k records ever and guess what they really were fathers not people with children but farthers of the church,AND american!
37) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Armada Orchestra
(Scepter/Contempo LP) (6/C) (#33)
again why did you want this????? the guy that owned the above label black magic was always in new york and he used to find things for me and tell me what was in the import racks there,we used to think it was funny like they give us all this and we give em that :lol:
Dropped Off:
BREAKAWAY - Ernie Bush (#42)
so soon :o loads of mileage in this yet awesome stuff for the pillheads
JUST CAN'T GIVE YOU UP - Floyd Smith & Salsoul Orchestra (#35)
always surprised me this wasnt bigger and better known as its so barry white
Urszula Dudziak
(Arista 45) (7/B) (RETURN) :o :o :o :o
looking theres lots of english crap err stuff in there taking up the spaces and so many great u.s releases never even show here
Gold Record [Level 7]
yes MIXMACHINE thats the one, i dont have this but i do have the follow up 'music to my heart' and she is crdited as julie budd on that
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
------- Marky : Question --- Why do you think The Miracles "Love Machine" charts at #5 and their "Overture " at # 12? They are both from the same "City Of Angels " album . IF they were combined together seems like that would put them close to #1...... BTW I happened to buy that album at Amoeba Records this week (2.99) ... because of the cut "Ain't Nobody Straight In LA" ---- so I am playing "Overture " since I didn't remember it . It's an instrumental which is odd coming from the backup VOCAL group of Smokey Robinson. Not bad at all ....I'd never would have heard it and thought "MOTOWN" much less The Miracles. ( more like Isaac Hayes meets Van McCoy @ Salsoul feat. The Love Unlimited Orch. )
-------- About Julie Budd .... I came upon the TWELVE INCH version of that song way back then mixed in a discount bin at a classical record store . It was on London Records , not RCA ( but maybe RCA distributed London) and it was labeled "ONE FINE DAY " by JULIE . Not remixed --- about a 4 minute song . I think it's the only 12" I ever saw pressed by London --(?)-- I always liked the song and consider it one of my more prized records.
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