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.

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