70's...Keep dancin? Help!!!

[carlswife]

hello,
need help with a 70's disco song

sang by a man, with a VERY high pitched voice
(kind of bee gees or michael jackson ,kc sunshine band sounding)

this song is VERY disco sounding, fast paced

the only words i know are Keep on dancing, or it might be disco dancing..something to that effect and it is repeated often through out the song...

i wish i could sing it to someone as it is a popular song that i still hear now and then (it is not rare and a never heard song)

it is not dancing machine by jackson 5, nor is it you should bbe dancing by bee gees...

i have tried everything...obviously, the title of it is something that i would never think of.

ANY suggestions would be appreciated

please help get this song off my mind, it is driving me crazy.

thanks in advance,

michelle

[Videoskooter]

Michelle ma belle,

Could it be Gary's Gang "Keep on' dancing"?

Keep on dancing...to the funky music

[markydefad]

That was my thought too. It's on the "54" soundtrack. It's from 1979....more of a club record...but probably was played on the radio at the time... where you heard it would help to determine it's obviousness or obscurity level.

"Keep on dancing to the funky music...

Will you dance with me--eee-eee tonight? (this is sung in a falsetto) bum bum bum bum bum

Dance, Dance, Dance....repeats

It's got a festive, very distinctive sound. I think it's the keyboards...or some instrument that is unknown to me...lotsa of instrumental passages.

[carlswife]

i wish it was, but it is not....

and this song is actually played alot today on the radio

so i think it is probabbly a common band, and a commom song,,, i just cant put my finger on it...

kind of sounds like earth wind and firee....do they have one like that?

thanks for your replies
michelle

[markydefad]

OK, here's the info I was looking for. Michelle...as Stan has advised...keep all the info in the same thread....otherwise you've got people guessing things that have already been discarded as not the right song.

Just do a reply to the orginal post...otherwise you confuse and eventually get on people's nerves. Oh no, NOT this again!!!! :lol:

[markydefad]

OK, after my lecture... :P

If the clue is Earth, Wind & Fire...

try "Boogie Wonderland"...

"Dance!! Boogie Wonderland!! Dance, Dance Dance!!"

[carlswife]

sorry, i didnt know to just relpy to same thread...
i am new on here, i will do that for now on

anyway, it is not earth wind and fire boogie wonderland, but that is a great song too...

the song probably is from a top 20 list...

where can i look through some of those?

thanks everyone,,,sorry if i am driving you crazy with this.

thanks,
michelle :D

[holmes davis]

try
Patti LaBelle 'Music is my way of life'

just in case it really wasn't a mans voice :D

[carlswife]

thanks
i will try and let you know...

also, the voice and the music is kind of like jive...kind of maybe an african american disco..

i will let you know

michelle

[NickNack]

Try Grey and Hanks, "Dancin'". Male, African-American, kind of high in the vocal register. Lots of radio airplay.

DAN-DAN-DAAANCIN', DAN-DAN-DANCIN'!

[carlswife]

welll....

it was not patti labelle music is my way of life...

thanks anyway,
i will try anything

michelle

[markydefad]

Could it be something by Sylvester? Sings in a falsetto; fast disco tempos. Even that seems too obscure for K-Mart Radio...but "Dance, Disco Heat" maybe?

Did ya check out "Boogie Nites" by Heatwave as someone suggested? That's more mainstream.

[nrgbeat]

I was thinking maybe "Can't Stop Dancing" by Sylvester, but doubt that would be played on the radio.

[nrgbeat]

Could it be "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer? He has a high pitched voice.

[pegalon]

No Romanc, Just want to dance by Theo Vaness.

"she says oh oh keep on dancing, oh oh keep on dancing"

[richie]

Are you guy's sure you are not looking for leo sayer? My man's voice wuz right up there.

[markydefad]

I thought of Theo Vaness (the lyrics fit)...but K-Mart Radio ain't playing that in the USA in 2004. :roll:

Leo Sayer? Maybe....that was a radio song....but not fast. It's very pokey. (maybe 100 bpms)

"You make me feel like dancing, (I wanna dance the night away) Repeat

Basically...just keep repeating. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[carlswife]

hello,
sorry everyone,,,it is not leo slayer either..

this is driving me nuts!!!!!

it is on my mind,,the beat and the voice, i juust cant think of any of the words..

it is simple (probabbly very popular in its day)

i wish i could sing it to someone...

does anyone know where i can listen to samples of disco songs? maybbe i can find it there

thanks for everyones help with this!

michelle

[carlswife]

well, i found it..

and i am going to make you keep guessing!! :P :P :P :P

michelle

[carlswife]

just kidding...
i would never do that
i am sure it is driving you crazy too.

well, i was right, it was an african american band (singer)


Marvin Gaye
got to give it up....

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you....

to everyone that helped..
i ended up going to a web site that allows you to listen to clips of top disco songs...and there it was

do you see now how i couldnt think of any of the words, except for the dancin part...???

i just couldnt think of ANY other words...

well, thats until next time!!!

[carlswife]

in case anyone would like to know (it might be helpful to someone else)

the site i went to to listen to music samples was
amazon.com

michelle

[carlswife]

i bet i look like a bbig retard...

just listened to part 1&2 version of the song and the words'give it up are repeated"

this would have bbeen helpful had i known that,
hoever, i bbelieve the places that i heard this song were playing part 1 where "give it up" is not repeated like that..

thanks guys!!!!

[carlswife]

i am just soooooooooo darn happy that i found this....

finally!!!!!!!!

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now, wasnt that easy?

really! it is an easy song...just couldnt think of words!!

michelle

[markydefad]

Well it's nice when we have a happy ending, right? :D

Gawd bless the child that answers his/her own.

Just when I was sure it was "Shake Your Groove Thing"...by Peaches & Herb!!! :oops:

"Let's keep dancing...let's keep daaaa-aa-aan-cing"

"Shake your groove thing/ shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah....show 'em how we do it y'all."

Never mind.

[Videoskooter]

Hey, I never listened to K-Mart radio but when they play Marvin Gaye they aren't that bad :D