1978 The Year When Disco Was Dominant

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Everyone’s a winner in 2023! 😊 Let’s start the year with some disco classics from 1978.

To prove my point that disco was dominant in 1978, I selected the Dutch list of best sold disco records of the year. All these tracks (except for the Grease cover) were in the year-end Dutch top 100 singles chart.

It’s funny that the Bee Gees, who were known as a sixties band back then, catapulted the disco craze in the late 1970s. They achieved that their dance music not only sounded good in clubs, but on the radio as well. They ruled the dancefloors (with a little help from John Travolta) and dominated the airwaves too. And their songs are still popular. Foo Fighters made a Bee Gees cover album in 2021 and in the new movie Triangle Of Sadness a male model hums Stayin’ Alive when he’s asked to move rhythmically on the catwalk. Sadly only one of the three brothers, Barry Gibb, is still alive.

Enjoy this new part of the Disco Years! Next up is a winter episode of Smooth Sailing.

Tracklist:

Hot Chocolate – Every 1's A Winner
Eruption – I Can’t Stand The Rain
Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White – Grease
Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
The Trammps – The Night The Lights Went Out
Mistral – Starship 109
Supermax – Love Machine
Donna Summer – Mac Arthur Park
Marshall Hain – Dancing In The City
La Bionda – One For You One For Me
Jimmy "Bo" Horne – Dance Across The Floor
Donna Summer – Last Dance
Sheila B. Devotion – Singin' In The Rain
Bee Gees – Night Fever
Earth, Wind & Fire ‎– Fantasy
Foxy – Get Off
Luisa Fernandez – Make Me Feel Alright [B-side]
Michael Zager Band – Let’s All Chant