Cashbox Disco Top 20 – April 28, 1979 (Everybody Get Dancin’)

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Jana Bemol

Around this time in 1979, you could not only dance to the biggest disco hits, most of the lyrics were about dancing too! In The Navy by The Village People and Hot Stuff by Donna Summer just missed the top 20. Like Cher's Take Me Home and Liquid Gold’s My Baby’s Baby, those songs were released by Casablanca Records. Spinning Gold, a movie about the founder of the company, Neil Bogart, is shown in theatres right now. Enjoy!

Amii Stewart began attending Howard University in Washington but soon left to work with the D.C. Repertory Dance Company, studying ballet and modern dance. Before becoming a recording artist, Stewart was in the touring company of the stage production Bubbling Brown Sugar. When she was in London, she met record producer Barry Leng. Her debut single and biggest hit, a disco cover version of the 1966 Eddie Floyd hit Knock On Wood, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1979, and earned her a platinum record and a Grammy Award nomination. It also reached #6 in the UK, and later that year #10 in the Netherlands.

Theo Vaness is Dutch, just like me, but no one really knows him as a disco singer in the Netherlands. He was the singer of rock band The Shoes in the 1960s and 1970s. When they split he started to record disco music and became very successful with it in Canada and the US. In his home country, however, no one understood his move to the dancefloor. 

Tracklist:

Melba Moore – Pick Me Up, I’ll Dance
Amii Stewart – Knock On Wood
Peter Jacques Band – Fire Night Dance
Instant Funk – I Got My Mind Made Up
Patti LaBelle – Music Is My Way Of Life
Linda Clifford – Hold Me Closer
Sylvester – I Need Somebody Tonight [B-Side]
Bombers – (Everybody) Get Dancin'
David Naughton – Makin’ It
Liquid Gold – My Baby’s Baby
Taana Gardner – Work That Body
Theo Vaness – I’m A Bad Bad Boy
First Choice – Good Morning Midnight
Witch Queen – Bang A Gong
Madleen Kane – Forbidden Love
GQ – Disco Nights (Rock Freak)
Carrie Lucas – Dance With You
Cher – Take Me Home
Sister Sledge – He’s The Greatest Dancer
Gino Soccio – Dancer

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Guido's Lounge said…
These are amazing classics my friend, I remember those good times :)
May 4, 2023 at 5:57 AM
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