Billboard Hot Soul Singles – October 29, 1977 (Mixcloud Exclusive)

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Enjoy the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, dated on the 29th of October 1977, ranked from number 30 to1!

Some tracks that were labeled as 'soul' at the time would now be called differently. KC & the Sunshine Band and Donna Summer, for instance, have been given the definitive label of ‘disco’ and Meco has nothing to do with soul at all. That song would now be categorized as 'cheesy pop' or 'novelty pop'. But all the other tracks on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart are soul songs through and through.

While mixing Dr Love disco pioneer Tom Moulton suffered from a heart attack, but he waited more than four hours to go to hospital, because he wanted to finish the track first. The doctor he spoke was not exactly Dr Love, because he was really pissed that Tom had not come any earlier. So it could have been his final mix, but luckily he could go on with his groundbreaking work.

“The Bee Gees may have been the undisputed disco kings of the late '70s, but KC & the Sunshine Band weren't far behind. From the mid- to late '70s, the multi-member and racially integrated group led by bandleaders Harry Wayne "KC" Casey and Richard Finch racked up some of the era's biggest and instantly recognizable dance hits.”

(Allmusic.com)

Tracklist:

First Choice – Dr. Love [A Tom Moulton Mix]
Spinners – Heaven On Earth (So Fine)
Stevie Wonder – Another Star
Cameo – Funk Funk
The Jacksons – Goin’ Places
Average White Band & Ben E. King – Star In The Ghetto
Johnnie Taylor ‎– Disco 9000
Ashford & Simpson – Send It
The Memphis Horns – Just For Your Love
Kellee Patterson – If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It
The Manhattans – We Never Danced To A Love Song
Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Running Away
Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly – Lady Of Magic
Teddy Pendergrass – The Whole Town's Laughing At Me
KC & The Sunshine Band – Keep It Comin' Love
Donna Summer – I Feel Love
Earth, Wind & Fire – Serpentine Fire
George Benson – The Greatest Love Of All
The Emotions – Don't Ask My Neighbors
High Inergy – You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)
Heatwave – Boogie Nights
Commodores – Brick House
Meco – Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band
Peter Brown – Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me? [Eddy’s “Burning Up” Edit]
Millie Jackson – If You're Not Back In Love By Monday
The Dramatics – Shake It Well
Rose Royce – Do Your Dance [Eddy’s Edit]
Brick – Dusic
L.T.D. – (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again
Barry White – It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me

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