Disco Ladies

“Ring My Bell” was Anita Ward’s only hit song. Released in 1979, it hit No. 1 on both the BillboardHot 100 and Soul Singles charts and earned the artist a Grammy nomination. The song’s innuendo raised many eyebrows at the time, which is interesting because it was originally written for 11-year-old Stacy Lattisaw. R&B singer Frederick Knight originally wrote the song for teens about talking on the telephone, but when Lattisaw signed with a different label, he took the song to Ward. She originally didn’t like it, insisting it should capitalize on the disco trend, but even she didn’t want too many suggestive lyrics, since she started out as a gospel singer.

Ellie Hope and Liquid Gold     Two of the "disco-era's" biggest hits came from a group that  never  appeared in America. The U.K. based  Liquid Gold  consisted of Wally Rothe (drums), Ray Knott (bass), Syd Twynham (lead guitar) and Ellie Hope (vocals).          Ray met Ellie in 1976 when both auditioned as replacements for  Babe Ruth.  Babe Ruth had four albums between 1972-1975. Ray and Ellie contributed to  Babe Ruth's  last album  "Kid Stuff,"  before it disbanded.      Ray and Ellie then recruited Syd and Wally to form the  Dream Coupe.  The four played local bars and pubs doing mainly cover tunes while continuing to write there own material and seeking out a recording contract. Producer Adrian Baker happened to catch the group and was so intrigued by Ellie's vocals that he signed the group to Creole records and a one year contract.    ...

Tracklist Nightmare It Must An Ambush Turn The Key In The Lock Keep On Heading In My Direction Victim Of Jealousy This is what should have been released as disco/soul album in 1979 to prevent the disco backlash. Here is the story: British record producer Ian Levine had burst onto the scene in 1975, producing the hit single Reaching For The Best with The Exciters. Several more productions followed over the following years with the likes of Evelyn Thomas, Barbara Pennington, L. J. Johnson, Tyrone Ashley, Doris Jones, James Wells, Eastbound Expressway and Seventh Avenue, until 1979 saw him produce 4 disco albums, none of which would be released at the time, the cost of producing them leaving him indebted and unable to record for four long years until he bounced back with Miquel Brown's million-selling single So Many Men, So Little Time in 1983. One of them was this album by Chicago-based Susan Wells, sister of James Wells, which had been supposed to be released on United Artists in 19...

France-based disco ensemble,recorded two quite rare late 70's albums,highlights include "The Mistery With Me", "Feelings Of Love" and "My Man",Great album perfect for the blog,next album very soon ''The Body Trip'' 1979. Tracklist : 1 Love Is The Real Thing 2 My Man 3 The Mystery With Me 4 Don't Think About It 5 Do You Love Credits : Mixed By – Dominique Do Espirito Santo Mixed By [Assisted By] – Jean Pierre Martin Performer – Barbara Gilby, Berke Mc Kelvey, Bob Stoloff, Elisabeth Field, Irene Quirmbach, Jeff Conrad, Jeffrey Anderson, Jimmy Anderson, Jonathan Klein, Michael Romanul, Michael Woodworm, Mike Peipman, Mitsuyo Akino, Neville Grenfell, Pam Geanelis, Peter Gordon , Sa Davis, Sharan Leventhal, Steve Shrell, Tim Landis Photography By – Carlos Bringas, Gerard Nicolaï Producer – Jo Bisso Recorded By – Bob Schott Vocals – Linda Henderson, Sharon Criswell Vocals [Extra] – Pamela Wood Fraley

  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 ...

 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.