Disco Ladies

  JANUARY 7, 2018  —  KEVIN MICHAEL JONES HOT 20: 1970s Disco Pop Songs by Female Singers (Uptempo) 1. “The Boss” by Diana Ross (1979) Sheet Music:  MusicNotes.com 2. “Dancing Queen” by ABBA (1976) Sheet Music:  MusicNotes.com 3. “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor (1978) Sheet Music:  MusicNotes.com 4. “Hot Stuff” by Donna Summer (1979) Sheet Music:  MusicNotes.com 5. “Too Close to Home” by Cindy Bullens (1979) Sheet Music:  MusicNotes.com 6. “Knock On Wood” by Amii Stewart (1979) Sheet Music:  RockthePerformance.com 7. “I’m Every Woman” by Chaka Khan (1978) Sheet Music:  MusicNotes.com 8. “We Are Family” by Sister Sledge & Chic (1979) Sheet Music:  MusicNotes.com 9. “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” by ABBA (1979) Sheet Music:  MusicNotes.com 10. “Le Freak” by CHIC (1978) Sheet Music:  MusicNotes.com 11. “Funky Town” by Lipps Inc. (1979) Sheet Music:  MusicNotes.com 12. “Fading into the Night” by Pearly Gates (1979) Sheet Music:  MusicNotes.com 13. “Don’t Leave Me This

 When I heard this song on the radio, I thought it was sung by a black African-American queen of the disco, named, Catherine Russell , then I thought Dianne Marie Harvey , then Ednah Holt from Ednah Holt & Starluv , next thing I thought "Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone" was sung by a black American disco queen, Melba Moore , then I thought Suzi Lane, then I also thought Diva Gray . I wish this song, "Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone" would have been sung by Miquel Brown , Joyce Cobb or Debbie Jacobs , but none of those black disco queens wanted to sing it, so instead Janis Siegel wanted to sing this disco tune in a powerhouse disco style. I like this shorter version better without the Halloween sci-fi spoken narrations from "The Twilight Zone" , plus it's more nightlife disco than the full original that's too experimental. Manhattan Transfer "Twilight tone" Lyrics and composition: Jay Graydon, Bernard Herrmann, Alan Paul Here's wh

Today in 1980, Lipps Inc went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Funkytown". The disco hit was also a No. 1 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Australia and The Netherlands. It reached No. 2 in the U.K. It was written by musician, composer, and record producer Steven Greenberg and sung by Cynthia Johnson. Fun fact: Greenberg reportedly wrote the song while the band was living in Minneapolis with dreams of moving to New York. 

    Side One Medley: St Louis, Broadway, Star Of Paris Around The World Side Two Medley: J'ai deux amours, Josephine Superstar If you have an aversion to all things camp, you might want to skip today's entry. Then again if you did, you probably wouldn't be looking at a disco music blog.. In case you're wondering, yes that is in fact  Mrs. Huxtable  AKA Tony Award winner  Phylicia Allen Bowles Willis Rashad  imitating one of  Josephine Baker's  iconic images on the cover. Essentially this album - " Josephine Superstar " (a play on " Jesus Christ Superstar " perhaps?) is a kind of truly over-the-top, broadway style, discofied musical tribute to Josephine Baker herself.. Was Ms. Baker turning in her grave? I'll let you be the judge.. Mind you, I'm not sure what they were thinking when they decided to do this album. Looking at it now, I don't think something like this would stand a chance of being released today. It's about as likely