Disco File Top 20 – May 31, 1980 (Mixcloud Exclusive)
This is the disco chart according to Record World and this Friday I will upload the Billboard Disco Top 20 of the same date, so spot the differences then! 😊
Unfortunately the Record World charts disappeared in 1982, while the Billboard disco dance chart became a weird 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 made some very good songs, their music is neither disco nor dance.
Unfortunately the Record World charts disappeared in 1982, while the Billboard disco dance chart became a weird 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 made some very good songs, their music is neither disco nor dance.
Tracklist:
Peter Brown – Can’t Be Love (Do It To Me Anyway)
Rhyze – Just How Sweet Is Your Love
Blondie – Call Me
Bobby Thurston – Check Out The Groove
Watson Beasley – What’s On My Mind
Crown Heights Affair – You Gave Me Love
American Gypsy – I’m OK, You’re OK
Jerry Knight – Overnight Sensation
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – Back Together Again
Stacy Lattisaw – Dynamite
Odyssey – Use It Up, Wear It Out
Brothers Johnson – Stomp!
Baby’O – In The Forest
Two Tons O' Fun – Just Us
Erotic Drum Band – Pop Pop Shoo Wah
Stephanie Mills – Sweet Sensation
Teena Marie – You’re All The Boogie I Need
S.O.S. Band – Take Your Time (Do It Right)
Jermaine Jackson – Let’s Get Serious
Change – Lover’s Holiday / Searching
Comments