FIRST DISCO SINGLE IN HISTORY

[FREDPUTE]

Hi again,i'm a french dancefloor,party and good life fan,so a disco fan......there is in the world people how think that disco was born in europe with moroder,summer,cerrone and other think it was in usa....so i'm of them,i think disco was born in black gay night clubs in USA....but there is a question : which is the first disco song in history......

georges mc crae / rock your baby 1974
gloria gaynor / never can say goodbye 1974

if someone know other eventually disco song released before,so let me know (maybe LTD EXCHANGE / corazon 1973....)

thanks a lot, it is an old discussion........best regards

:lol:

[QUINNY]

Old discussion last discussed only a couple of months ago, soooooo look at that thread (which was less than decisive).

[eddie]

Harold Melvin's-The Love I lost
Producer's Gamble and Huff originally had this track as a slow song in 12/8 time. They sped it up because too much material was ballad oriented and sounded like the Dells.
At the root of the question, is what really defines disco? For me, disco is a color on the template of black soul music. In the mid 70's records were cut in this fashion as opposed to blues, quiet storm, funk, or boogaloo.
Although music is eclectic, the progressive styles in 1970's dance music originated in the black communities of NYC and Philly. This style was merely watered down for the masses and later hi-jacked and soon abandoned by Gays.

[DiscoMan]

Good choice.

Let's not forget Vince Montana Jr. and the innovative blend of latin and soul rythms he developed in the late '60s early '70s which in turn can trace their roots to the early '60s. I think Montana himself claims that the first Disco record was Chubby Checker's "The Twist" from '62 (?).

[efunk_adelic]

3 months earlier released than HAROLD MELVIN - Love I Lost


was

INTRUDERS - I'LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA 6/73


the disco sound came out possibly from Philly

[DiscoMan]

Without a doubt the Disco sound is Philly in origin - TSOP!
Montana, himself, claims to have developed that distinctive Disco sound - dance rythm mixed with Latin Salsa and Soul.