This show is inspired by this newspaper clipping from 1964 picturing "discotheque dresses"! Wild! Material played on this show was, according to various sources, played in discos during the 1960's and early 1970's. Songs here were released between 1962 and 1970!
Deliberately not included are tracks from Motown and artists like Sly & The Family and James Brown. Let's stay away from the music politics connected to current perceptions of those acts. There are also no examples of other developed genres of disco like Congolese Rumba, Compass and Ska (and associated Rock Steady, Reggae and Dub.)
Many of the featured artists continued into the 1970's to succeed with Eurodisco or American Disco like Jimmy Castor, Isaac Hayes and Serge Gainsbourg.
For your information, the date of release of each track is included right after the song titles. Enjoy!
| AT THE DISCOTHEQUE (1962) CHUBBY CHECKER - 7" - PARKWAY |
| An OED Appeal for "disco" FIONA MCPHERSON for the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY - youtube |
| LOVE IS A LIKE A BASEBALL GAME [1968] THE INTRUDERS - youtube |
| O-O-H CHILD [1970] THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS - youtube |
| WALK ON BY [1969] ISAAC HAYES - HOT BUTTERED SOUL (LP) - ENTERPRISE |
| HEY, LEROY, YOUR MAMA'S CALLIN' YOU (1966) JIMMY CASTOR - 7" - SMASH |
| ACID (1968) RAY BARRETTO - ACID (LP) - VAMPISOUL |
| SOUND OF THE WITCH DOCTORS (1968) THE MOHAWKS - 7" - PAMA |
| JE T'AIME... MOI NON PLUS [1969] JANE BIRKIN / SERGE GAINSBOURG - JANE BIRKIN / SERGE GAINSBOURG (LP) - FONTANA |
| JANE B. [1969] JANE BIRKIN - DUSTY FINGERS VOLUME FIVE (LP) - STRICTLY BREAK |
| REQUIEM POUR UN CON [1967] SERGE GAINSBOURG - youtube |
| SENIOR THUMP [1970] THE MOHAWKS - THE CHAMP (LP) - PAMA |
| IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR [1966] DELLA REESE - ELK'S DISCO PAK (LP) - ELK'S |
| IT'S OK [1965] JIMMY CASTOR - 7" - JET SET |
| BABY COME BACK [1967] THE EQUALS - DISCOBUMPERS (LP) - MUSIC FOR PLEASURE |
| EVERLASTING LOVE [1967] LOVE AFFAIR - youtube |
| BABY HOLD ON [1968] THE MOHAWKS - 7" - PAMA |
| THERE WAS A TIME [1969] DEE FELICE TRIO - JAMES BROWN'S FAMILY VOLUME 2 (LP) - BLACK NOTE |
| HECTOR [1968] THE VILLAGE CALLERS - 7" - RAMPART |
| I FEEL FUNKY [1970] MATALA - youtube |
| THE CHAMP [1969] THE MOHAWKS - 7" - JJ |
| SEXOPOLIS [1968] JEAN PIERRE MIROUZE - 7" - DISCS AZ |
| YOU'RE NO GOOD [1968] HARVEY AVERNE - DUSTY FINGERS VOLUME 2 (LP) - STRICKY BREAK |
| CALIFORNIA SOUL [1969] MARLENA SHAW - THE SPICE OF LIFE (LP) - CADET |
| DO THE TRAIN (1969) WILLIE WOOTEN ORCHESTRA - 7" - VIRTUE |
| BANDE ORIGINALE DU FILM "LA HORSE" - LA HORSE [1969] SERGE GAINSBOURG et JEAN-CLAUDE VANNIER - 7" - HORTENSIA |
| LA HORSE BONUS BEATS [1969] SERGE GAINSBOURG et JEAN-CLAUDE VANNIER - LES SELECTIONS DU CINEMA DE GAINSBOURG (EP) - LE SMOKE DISQUE |
| DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS [1970] TOM JONES - youtube |
| FEVER [1970] MARIE QUEENIE LYONS - SOUL FEVER (LP) - VAMPISOUL |
| AFRICAN BOOGALOO [1968] JACKIE LEE - 7" - KEYMEN |
| BLACK SKIN BLUE EYED BOYS (1970) THE EQUALS - 7" - SHOUT |
| DO IT (1969) BILLY SHA-RAE - 7" - HOURGLASS |
| NORTH RICHMOND BREAKAWAY [1969] J.G.D. & THE NEW BREED - CALIFORNIA FUNK (2LP) - JAZZMAN |
| WHAT'S IT GONNA BE [1969] BARBARA ACKLIN - SOMEONE ELSE'S ARMS (LP) - MCA |
| VIVA BOBBY JOE THE EQUALS - 7" - PRESIDENT |
| RUB A DUB DUB (1970) THE EQUALS - youtube |
| IN THE SUMMERTIME (1970) MUNGO JERRY - youtube |
| An OED Appeal for "disco" FIONA MCPHERSON for the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY - youtube |
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1:14 PM, May 30th, 2015