A collection of tunes with the distinctive disco beat.
Probably would have been better as a ‘Ninety Minute Disco Dance Party’ but that doesn’t scan so well.
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Introduction
00:00:00 Purple Pieman – I Was Born To Disco 1982
From the Strawberry Shortcake cartoon Let’s Dance LP. Written and performed by Mark Volman And Howard Kaylan originally of The Turtles who also fronted a version of Frank Zappa’s band as the Phlorescent Leech and Eddie.
00:01:07 The Kid Stuff Repertory Company – A Child’s Introduction To Disco 1978
Cover Versions
00:01:35 Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Fire 1979
Originally by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown 1968
00:02:11 Amii Stewart – Light My Fire 1979
The Doors 1967
00:03:10 Linda Clifford – Bridge Over Troubled Water 1979
Simon & Garfunkel 1970
00:05:02 Donna Summer – Macarthur Park 1978
Richard Harris, written by Jimmy Webb 1968
00:06:17 Franck Pourcel – Dancing Queen 1978
Abba 1976
00:07:59 Candi Staton – Suspicious Minds 1982
Mark James though Elvis Presley had the hit 1968
A Pink Floydalude
00:09:39 Snatch – Another Brick In The Wall 1980
From The Wall 1979
00:12:05 Rosebud – Have A Cigar 1977
From Wish You Were Here 1975
00:13:16 Rosebud – Money 1977
From Dark Side Of The Moon 1973
The last two from a whole album of Pink Floyd covers, ‘Discoballs’.
00:14:14 The Champs’ Boys Orchestra – Tubular Bells 1976
The Unusual Suspects
00:16:14 Amon Düül II – Spaniards & Spacemen 1978
00:16:52 The Kinks – Superman 1979
00:18:35 Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street 1978
A.K.A. Dead Disco.
00:20:46 Jethro Tull – Acres Wild 1978
00:21:39 Frank Zappa – Dancin’ Fool 1979
00:22:09 Keith Emerson – Nighthawking 1981
00:22:41 Phil Lynott – The Man’s A Fool 1982
00:24:12 Lou Reed – Disco Mystic 1979
It’s got Disco in the title so it counts okay.
Return Of The Son Of The Nephew Of Cover Versions
00:24:29
The Squirrels – The Hustle 1992
Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony 1975
00:24:46 Gary Toms Empire – Drive My Car 1975
The Beatles 1965
00:26:10 Antonia – La Bamba 1978
Ritchie Valens version of the Mexican folk song 1958
And now a couple of tunes which ‘The Animals’ had hit covers of.
00:26:47 Santa Esmeralda Starring Leroy Gomez – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood 1977
Nina Simone 1964 Written by Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott and Sol Marcus. The Animals version was a year later
00:27:50 Santa Esmeralda – House Of The Rising Sun 1977
1964. An American Appalachian folk song probably of English origin
For Mature Listeners Only
00:30:56 Must – Sado Maso Disco 1979
00:32:09 Stephanie Schwartz With Nightfall – Keep It Up 1977
00:35:07 Mr. J & The Willy Georgia Band – Driller 1984
00:36:48 The Lew Lang Group – Watch Your Balls 1976
00:37:49 Steve Gray & Kara Noble – Flesh
Novelty Corner
00:39:40 The Hokey Pokey Disco 1979
The next couple are by Record Companies that would put lyrics to music for a fee. Are sometimes referred to as ‘Song Poems’ and there are often multiple songs using the same backing track.
00:40:53 Ralph Lowe – Joe Goes Disco
00:42:51 John Muir – Disco Blues
00:43:37 Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation – D’ya Think I’m Disco 1979
00:44:55 Myron Floren – Beer Barrel Polka 1977
00:45:48 Pierre Dutour – Disco Cowboy 1979
00:46:37 Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots – Disco Duck 1976
00:48:04 Hot Blood – Soul Dracula 1975
00:49:01 Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots – Doctor Disco 1976
Classically Yours
00:51:03 Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band – A Fifth Of Beethoven (Taking The Fifth) 1976
00:52:27 Gramophone Revival – Disco Carmen 1976
00:53:34 Dino Solera & Munich Machine – Classically Elisa 1977
00:54:28 James Adler And Madame Moth – Butterfly Disco 1979
A Little Disparaging Don’t You Think
00:55:38 Cristina – Disco Clone 1978
Originally produced by John Cale a later rerecording had Kevin Kline narrating. I’m not sure which this is.
00:57:31 Peggy March – Dancin’ Daddy 1979
An American who had success in Europe, especially Germany.
00:58:50 Albert’s Negrita – That’s The Ball 1976
By German singer and producer Horst Hornung who worked with both Peggy March and Antonia on songs in this collection.
Please Turn To Hymn Number 616 In Your Hymn Books
01:00:19 Leslie Harris And The House Of Fire – Jogging For Jesus 1980
01:02:16 Roberta Kelly – My Sweet Lord 1978
Originally by George Harrison in 1970
Space The Final Frontier
01:02:55 Sheila &B. Devotion – Spacer 1979
01:03:53 Mandré – Solar Flight (Opus I) 1977
01:04:50 Droids – (Do You Have) The Force 1977
01:06:17 Space Project – Conquest Of The Stars 1977
01:07:49 Dee D. Jackson – Meteor Man 1978
01:09:42 Arpadys – Monkey Star 1977
01:10:32 Space – Magic Fly 1977
01:11:47 Mankind – Dr Who 1978
From the long running UK TV series
01:13:24 Script – Ufo’s Fly Again 1979
01:15:32 Venus Gang – Telstar 1978
The second British single to reach number one in the USA by the Tornados as written and produced by Joe Meek. (The first UK tune to reach the top of the American charts was Stranger On The Shore by Acker Bilk
01:16:04 Graham Central Station – Star Walk 1979
01:17:18 Meco – Star Wars Title Theme 1977
01:18:34 子門真人 (Masato Shimon) スター・ウォーズ (Star Wars) 1978
And I Would’ve Have Gotten Away With It If It Weren’t For You Meddling Kids
01:19:21 The Mouseketeers – Disco Mouse 1977
01:20:31 Cookie Monster – Cookie Disco 1978
01:21:21 Sharda – Children’s Disco Musical Stories 1988
01:22:36 Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps – I’m Popeye The Sailor Man 1977
01:23:14 Guy Delo And His Orchestra – The Pink Panther Discostar 1978
01:24:19 Ernie & His Rubber Duckie – Rubber Duckie 1978
The orginal non-disco version reached 16 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970
Meanwhile In…
01:25:18 ไฉไล ไชยทา & ศวรรณี พัฒนะ (Chailai Chaiyata & Sawanee Patana) – Kwuan Tai Duew Luk Puen (You Show Die By Bullets)
01:26:39 Maestro – Savage 1976
01:28:08 Tru Tones – Dancing 1980
01:30:40 Bindiga – Disco Connection 1982
01:31:42 Nazan Şoray – Teselliye Sen Gerek 1981
01:33:19 Bindiga – Perfect Disco Machine 1982
01:34:19 Mike Umoh – Shake Your Body 1981
01:35:20 Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar – Disco ’82 1982
01:36:38 Wild Fire – Living On A String 1978
01:38:41 ปนัดดา ฉายะภาคย์ (Panadda Chayapark) – ๕๐๐๐ นัด (5000 Nut) 1978
01:39:40 山口百恵 (Momoe Yamaguchi) – 赤い絆 (Akai Shougeki) 1977
There’s Snow Business Like Snow Business
01:41:18 The Broadway Brass – Guys And Dolls 1976
01:41:53 Grace Jones – Tomorrow 1977
01:42:49 Tina Charles – Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 1980
01:43:50 Menage – Memory 1983
01:45:03 Linda Clifford – If My Friends Could See Me Now 1978
01:46:51 Frank Sinatra – Night And Day 1977
01:48:14 Ethel Merman – There’s No Business Like Show Business 1979
Meanwhile In The UK
01:49:16 Public Image Ltd. – Death Disco 1979
01:50:35 Bauhaus – Kick In The Eye 1981
01:52:03 The Cure – Hot Hot Hot! 1987
01:52:39 Siouxsie And The Banshees – Israel 1980
01:53:33 Ian Dury And The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful Pt. 3 1979
As written by…
01:54:25 Chas Jankel – Ai No Corrida 1980
Inspired by the Japanese film of the same name with a painful plot twist.
01:56:31 Wings – Goodnight Tonight 1979
01:57:47 The Motors – Forget About You 1980