My disco list

[stewart8980]

Hey guys-

If there's one thing I'm proud of, it's my taste of music (but then again,we all are) Anyways, heres a list of disco songs I enjoy listening and playing. Now, some may not be "disco" per say, but I guarantee all of them will make your toes tap.

EDIT: Sorry for no dashes, but I'm too lazy to go through all 125 of them :P

Disco Inferno The Trammps
Blame It On The Boogie Jackson 5
Lost In Music Sister Sledge
Forget Me Nots Patrice Rushen
Is It Love You're After Rose Royce
Le Freak Chic
Jump To The Beat Stacy Lattisaw
This Is It Melba Moore
Lady Marmalade LaBelle
Give It Up K.C. And The Sunshine Band
Rock The Boat The Hues Corporation
Relight My Fire Dan Hartman
More, More, More Andrea True Connection
Love Really Hurts Without You Billy Ocean
Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry
Working My Way Back To You Detroit Spinners
Young Hearts Run Free Candi Staton
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now McFadden And Whitehead
Strut Your Funky Stuff Frantique
Ain't Nobody Rufus And Chaka Khan
Use It Up And Wear It Out Odyssey
Everybody Dance Chic
Let's Groove Earth, Wind & Fire
He's The Greatest Dance Sister Sledge
It Makes You Feel Like Dancin' Rose Royce
My Simple Heart The Three Degrees
Red Light Spells Danger Billy Ocean
Encore Cheryl Lynn
Boogie Nights Heatwave
Instant Replay Dan Hartman
Best Of My Love The Emotions
Pick Up The Pieces The Average White Band
"Champagne" King Evelyn
Fate Chaka Kan
Bourgie' Bourgie' Gladys Knight & The Pips
#1 Dee Jay Goody Goody
Smack Dab In The Middle Janice McClain
Weekend Phreek
Dynamte! Stacy Lattisaw
Keep Your Body Workin' Kleeer
Funkin' For Jamaica Tom Browne
Expansions Lonnie Liston Smith
Don't Let It Go To Your Head Jean Carn
Nights Over Egypt The Jones Girls
Risin' To The Top Keni Burke
The Groove Rodney Franklin
You + Me = Love Undisputed Truth
Wear It Out Stargard
When You Wake Up Tomorrow Candi Staton
Life On Mars Dexter Wansel
I Shoulda Loved Ya Narada Michael Walden
Ain't No Time Fa Nothing The Futures
Let's Clean Up The Ghetto Philadelphia International All Stars
Disco Nights G.Q.
You Know How To Love Me Phyllis Hyman
Got To Be Real Cheryl Lynn
Gangsters Of The Groove Heatwave
I'll Always Love My Mama The Intruders
Tonight's The Night (Good Time) Kleeer
TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia) MFSB
Daddy Cool Boney M
Keep On Dancin' Gary's Gang
I Love To Love Tina Charles
Yes Sir, I Can Boogie Baccara
Disco Lady Johnnie Taylor
Whistle Bump Deodato
Now Do-U-Wanta Dance Larry Graham & Graham Central Station
Lean On Me Club Nouveau
Feel So Real Steve Arrington
I Can't Wait Nu Shooz
Rumors Timex Social Club
Turn It Up The Conway Brothers
Wikka Wrap The Evasions
Magic Fly Space
I Can't stand The Rain Eruption
Put Your Heads Together The O'Jays
Give Me The Reason Luther Vandross
It's In His Kiss Linda Lewis
It's Raining Men The Weather Girls
Kissin' In the Back Row Of The Movies The Drifters
It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop) The Isley Brothers
Native New Yorker Odyssey
The Love I Lost Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
Baby Don't Change Your Mind Gladys Knight And The Pips
Family Affair Sly And The Family Stone
Hold Back The Night The Trammps
Was That All It Was Jean Carn
See You When I Git There Lou Rawls
Bring The Family Back Billy Paul
Just A Touch Of Love Slave
Keep The Fire Burning Gwen McCrae
Searching Change
The Runner The Three Degrees
Automatic The Pointer Sisters
Shame Evelyn "Champagne" King
Mysteries Of The World MFSB
You Can't Have My Love The Jones Girls
Hold Me Tighter In The Rain Billy Griffin
Jam Jam Jam (All Night Long) People's Choice
Love Train The O'Jays
Stayin' Alive Bee Gees
How Deep Is Your Love Bee Gees
Night Fever Bee Gees
More Than a Woman Bee Gees
If I Can't Have You Yvonne Elliman
A Fifth of Beethoven Walter Murphy
More Than a Woman Tavares
Manhattan Skyline David Shire
Calypso Breakdown Ralph MacDonald
Night On Disco Mountain David Shire
Open Sesame Kool & The Gang
Jive Talkin' Bee Gees
You Should Be Dancing Bee Gees
Boogie Shoes K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Salsation David Shire
K-Jee M.F.S.B.
Disco Inferno The Trammps
Juicy Fruit Mtume
Car Wash (Single Version) Rose Royce
Hollywood Swinging (Single Version) Kool & The Gang
Get Down Tonight Countdown
Get Down Tonight KC & The Sunshine Band
Boogie Oogie Oogie (Single Version 2) A Taste of Honey
Love Sensation Loleatta Holloway
Found a Cure Ashford & Simpson

[VroomVroom]

You've got 'Disco Inferno' on there twice, but that's okay - it's a cool tune. I love playing disco - many of these tunes have incredible bass lines and there's no doubting the responsibility of the bassist in anchoring the groove. I played seven or eight of the tunes on your list on 12/31, and a few more were in reserve. Great stuff.

[bassybill]

Lost In Music Sister Sledge
Le Freak Chic
Give It Up K.C. And The Sunshine Band
Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry
Young Hearts Run Free Candi Staton
Let's Groove Earth, Wind & Fire
Boogie Nights Heatwave
Pick Up The Pieces The Average White Band
Native New Yorker Odyssey
Disco Inferno The Trammps
Car Wash (Single Version) Rose Royce


All these currently in our set, and I'm toying with writing some of the others as charts for the band in the near future - probably Funking For Jamaica, I Should Have Loved Ya or one of the Bee Gees numbers.

Come to think of it, I should probably finish off the arrangement I started of "Spacer" by Sheila B Devotion first, another great disco tune. My New Year's Resolution should be to start less arrangements and finish more of them.

[stewart8980]

oop i forgot Don't Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston

[RHFusillo]

Good list. I would add "Good Times" by Chic.

[bass12]

You're right - a lot of these wouldn't be considered disco ("I Can't Wait" by Nu Shooz?). Good list, though. Nice to see you've included one of my favourites (I played it last night in my DJ set): "Keep The Fire Burning" by Gwen McCRae. What a great bass line!

[JimK]

Originally Posted by VroomVroom

You've got 'Disco Inferno' on there twice, but that's okay - it's a cool tune.

The unedited version is so damn long...what did you expect?

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Maybe not all of these are "great" songs, but anyway I'd add them to the list since I enjoyed them a lot in my early teens, when Disco was at its peak:

- Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart
- Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
- Heart Of Glass - Blondie
- Catch The Cat - Cherry Laine
- Souvenirs - Voyage
- Rasputin - Boney M. (The whole "Nightflight To Venus" album is a classic)
- I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
- Thank God It's Friday - Love And Kisses
- Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
- Bad Girls - Donna Summer
- Our Love - Donna Summer
- Y.M.C.A. - Village People (Yes, I know its connotation, but it's just a cool Disco hit to me)
- Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernández
- Funkytown - Lipps Inc.
- Magic Fly - Space (What a corny video!)
- Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart

EDIT: Added

- Honorable Puff Puff - The Shadows (Released before the Disco craze, but heard on TV lots of times during late seventies in my country)
- Pop Muzik - M