Keep the Disco Beat Alive

  CHANTAL CURTIS - GET ANOTHER LOVER 1979 feat. The Sweethearts Of Sigma By Soren Jensen: After Tunesian-born, French-based Chantal Sitruk had been serving jail time for drug possession and seen her records become big disco hits for the models Michele and Brenda Mitchell, she finally had an album out in May 1979 which was credited to herself (with her last name changed to Curtis). Once again produced by Pierre Jaubert, the rhythm tracks were recorded in Paris and the backing vocals by the Sweethearts of Sigma in Philadelphia. The original French album pressing did not feature a photo of her but simply had a picture of a yellow cab as a hint to the song Hey Taxi Driver. PYE Records in the UK had high hopes for the album and released it as a 2LP set (to ensure the best possible audio quality), the cover featuring a photo of Chantal sat in a bar. The shot on the back cover, however, had her in an unflattering pose, sadly looking as if she were completely stoned. Get Another Love becam...

  Here's a commercial for 7up, with a disco theme.

Here's a totally groovy commercial for the Galaxy Discotheque, located at 37 East Lorraine Road in Addison, IL. $1 per person cover charge on Fridays and Saturdays! It was a "million dollar discotheque", had an "exciting sound activated dance floor", "ultrasonic" sound system, free dance instructions Sundays and Mondays at 9pm, "plenty of free parking", and was "adjacent to the Stardust Bowl" (which is still open!). What's not to love? History Note: During the Winter of 1985, Galaxy Disco changed their name to Dilligaf's (or "Dillies" as the regulars apparently called it). And now you know the rest of the story... Voiceover by ?? This aired on local Chicago TV early Sunday, May 23rd 1976 at a few minutes before 1:00am.  

⁣Tracklist A1No Artist–Introduction And Two-Beat Turn A2No Artist–Four-Beat Turn A3No Artist–The Worm A4No Artist–Rock Basic Swing A5No Artist–Walk And Rock A6No Artist–The Freak A7No Artist–The Dog A8No Artist–The Slide A9No Artist–Hip Bop A10No Artist–Crazy Legs A11No Artist–Series Of Kicks A12No Artist–Spin To Knee Drop A13No Artist–Four Count Knee Walk A14No Artist–Shuffle Step A15No Artist–Snake Arms A16No Artist–Jester's Kick B1No Artist–Basic Foot Pattern B2No Artist–Coaster Motion (Basic Movement) B3No Artist–Sugar Push Turn B4No Artist–Inside Turn With Coaster Motion B5No Artist–Outside Turn With Coaster Motion B6No Artist–Cuddle Turn B7No Artist–Matador Turn With Coaster Motion B8No Artist–Twist Turns B9No Artist–Crossover Turns B10No Artist–Inside And Outside Spins C1No Artist–Outside Spin With Coaster Motion C2No Artist–Inside-Outside Turn C3No Artist–The Whip Or Double Outside Turn C4No Artist–Cuddle Spin C5No Artist–Matador's Back Pass C6No Artist–Matador's Cu...

Tracklist A Sweets For My Sweet 3:57 B High Steppin' 4:30 Companies, etc. Produced For – Medress & Appell Productions Inc. Published By – Rightsong Music, Inc. Published By – Trio Music Co., Inc. Published By – Applecider Music Co. Published By – April Music Credits Producer – Dave Appell, Hank Medress Notes From Lp "I Got Rhythm" Made In USA Mentioned on label "Casablanca Record And Filmworks"

  March 17, 1979 - 42 Years Ago Today: Village People had the Hot Shot Debut at No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with their single, "In The Navy." This was the group's third Hot 100 single peaking at No. 3 for two weeks following the No. 25 peak of "Macho Man" in 1978 and the No. 2 peak of "Y.M.C.A." six week prior. They group scored two more singles on the Hot 100 but neither peaked higher than No. 45. "In The Navy" was their third consecutive single to be certified Gold. "Y.M.C.A." was written by Henri Belolo , Jacques Morali and Victor Willis and was certified Gold and Platinum.

  Cindy tried to make it big in the United States and worldwide to make that song a disco-flavored pop hit, entitled, "Too Close to Home", but her song, co-written by herself and her friend Mark Doyle didn't have enough promotion. Then it died too soon since it got eaten up by an indecent song, entitled, "An Englishman in New York", mistakenly by Godley & Creme. That's why she felt upset and disappointed when she never wanted to her song receive more airplay rather than less.  Her decent song should have been played at the discotheque instead of an indecent song, mistakenly done by Poussez, entitled, "Come On and Do It with Me" with too much moaning, groaning and cursing. Sorry that Miss Bullens would have hit the big time. Her song "Too Close to Home" should have been played more and more often on pop radio stations due to the color of her white skin. Her song should have been the winner. Sad to know that this song, written by her an...

  This song has a very disco-pop feel with harp, orchestrated strings playing and a girl-group sound in the background behind lead singer Corinne Drewery. Here's what the story says about this song: One of the GREATEST and most underrated songs of ALL time!!!! This song unfortunately did NOT receive enough airplay. MUCH better than breakout! They hit #31 in Billboard, 2-27-88. God bless you, Northern Star, for postin' it. Thanx! Have a blessed rest of the week!

An outstanding compilation series shows why disco overcame the haters and seeped into pop's DNA, writes Alexis Petridis Disco Mecca … Studio 54. Photograph: Michael Norcia/Sygma/Corbis Of all the bewildering moments in pop history, few are quite as bewildering as Disco Demolition Night. This was an incident that occurred in Chicago in 1979, when a local radio DJ called Steve Dahl invited listeners to bring disco records to a Chicago White Sox baseball game, where he would blow them up. About 90,000 people turned up. They threw beer and firecrackers, and stormed on to the pitch chanting "disco sucks!", starting fires and rioting. Thirty-nine arrests were made. It's not the Disco Demolition's motivation that's baffling, although British onlookers might be a little startled at the amount of influence a local DJ could wield: if Dr Fox announced a fatwah on dubstep, he'd have difficulty enlisting enough people to fill a lift, let alone a stadium. It's more ...

popular one-hit wonder of 1979" Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" was released as a single, Pink Floyd's first in the UK since "Point Me at the Sky" (1968). It was Pink Floyd's only number-one hit in the United Kingdom, the United States, West Germany and several other countries except Australia.  It was also the final Christmas number one of the decade in the UK. In the US, it reached number 57 on the disco chart.[12] The single sold over 4 million copies worldwide.[3]   Roger Waters wrote this song about his views on formal education, which were framed during his time at the Cambridgeshire School for Boys. He hated his grammar school teachers and felt they were more interested in keeping the kids quiet than teaching them. The wall refers to the emotional barrier Waters built around himself because he wasn't in touch with reality. The bricks in the wall were the events in his life which propelled him to build this proverbial wall around him, and his ...

  I'm an Indian Too Not sure if this song is incredibly racist or just some kind of ineffective social commentary... Possibly both, but whatever it is, this silliness, a disco cover of a song from "Annie Get Your Gun," combines a spectacular groove with some catchy and truly bizarre vocals.  But what else can you expect?  Just another winner from Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band. This disco oddity was released by ZE Records in 1979 as 12" with "Deputy of Love" as a B-side.

  Stansfield first appeared on Coldcut's dance floor classic "People Hold On" and followed it with her 1989 debut album, “Affection.” She wrote and scored several sophisticated Barry White-inspired disco hits off of the record and then seemingly disappeared. In reality, she did release several follow-up albums but failed to reach the heights of her debut.

This kid starts schooling in the second part of “Another Brick in the Wall.” His pain does not end there. In school, he is forced to believe, think, and do to a set criteria. There is no crossing the lanes. There is no free thinking. Everyone becomes emotionless humonoids at the end of this ‘production line.’ The worst part of his schooling is the mental and physical abuse the children have to suffer. The teachers are portrayed in a very dark and cynical light in this song, where they are seen getting pleasure out of emotionally degrading and punishing the kids. In the movie ‘The Wall,’ we are shown a scene where the teacher catches this kid composing a poem. Instead of complimenting him, the teacher goes on to mock the kid and emotionally scar him. An even worse aspect of this is that Pink Floyd reveals us that this behaviour of teachers is something born in their homes. In the song “The Happiest Days of Our Lives,” a mockery on the schooling days consisting of a similar theme to “Ano...

"Pop Music" is a 1979 song by M, a project by English musician Robin Scott, from the debut album New York • London • Paris • Munich. The single, first released in the UK in early 1979, was bolstered by a music video (directed by Brian Grant) that was well received by critics. The clip featured Scott as a DJ singing into a microphone from behind an exaggerated turntable setup, at times flanked by two female models who sang and danced in a robotic manner. The video also featured Brigit Novik, Scott's partner at the time, who provided the backup vocals for the track.[4] The single's B-side, "M Factor", was featured in two different versions. The original cut appeared on the first UK and European releases of the single, while a slightly remixed version appeared on the single released in the United States and Canada. The song reached number one in more than seven countries and was one of the most popular singles of 1979.