Disco File Top 40 – September 26, 1981

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Enjoy the Record World Disco File Top 40, dated on September 26, 1981! 

In the 1980s the most authentic disco could be find on the Record World Disco File chart. Unfortunately the Disco File charts disappeared in 1982, while the Billboard disco dance chart became a strange mix of all kinds of genres over the decade. One of them was surprisingly British new wave. Names like Soft Cell, Simple Minds, Altered Images, Pete Shelley, A Flock Of Seagulls, Haircut One Hundred, Human League and Thompson Twins popped up. They were played a lot probably in the (alternative) clubs those days and although these acts recorded some very good songs, their music is neither disco nor dance. 

On the Disco File Top 40 of September, 26 1981, electronics slowly took over the chart with acts like Lime, K.I.D, Kraftwerk and Patrick Cowley, which was a sign of things to come.


Tracklist:

Roger – So Ruff, So Tuff [Gazeebo Edit]
Kid Creole & The Coconuts – Going Places [Zemix Version]
Gwen McCrae – Funky Sensation
Dynasty – Here I Am
Rene & Angela – I’ll Be Good
L.O.I. – Body Contact [From Prime Cuts LP]
Geraldine Hunt & Charles Marotta – Heart, Heart
Herbie Hancock – Magic Number
Lime – You’re My Magician
West Street Mob – Let’s Dance (Make Your Body Move)
Hot Cuisine – Who’s Been Kissing You
Denroy Morgan – I’ll Do Anything For You
Cheryl Lynn – Shake It Up Tonight
K.I.D. – Hupendi Muziki Wanguu? (You Don’t Like My Music?)
Spandau Ballet – Chant No. 1
Central Line – Walking On Sunshine
Kraftwerk – Numbers 
Carl Carlton – She’s A Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built. She’s Stacked)
Bohannon Feat. Dr. Perri Johnson – Let’s Start II Dance Again
The Jacksons – Walk Right Now
Boys Town Gang – You’re The One
The Time – Get It Up
Inner Life – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Teena Marie – It Must Be Magic
The Strikers – Inch By Inch
Patrick Cowley – Menergy
Suzy Q – Get On Up And Do It Again
Rick James – Super Freak
France Joli – Gonna Get Over You
Material Feat. Nona Hendryx – Busting Out
Sparque – Let’s Go Dancin’
Luther Vandross – Never Too Much
Donald Byrd & 125th Street – Love Has Come Around
Jimmy Ross – First True Love Affair
Evelyn King – I’m In Love
Patti Austin – Do You Love Me
B.B. & Q. Band – On The Beat
Voggue – Dancin’ The Night Away
Nick Straker Band – A Little Bit Of Jazz
The Quick – Zulu 

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