Top 10(ish) Disco (70’s / Early 80’s (the initial boom period))

[PropellerHeadCase]

Can I make a suggestion regarding the Classic Disco Top 10? From experience I really think there is a need to break it down by approximate tempo, i.e. Slow, mid-tempo and fast.

Roughly this would equate to, in my opinion:

Slow 95-110BPM
Mid 111-125BPM
Fast 126+BPM

So, for example, a top 10+ for slow disco - and I think there's an argument to include some of the bouncier 70s-era R'n'B in this segment, so...

01) BeeGees, the - Stayin' Alive
02) ABBA - Dancing Queen
03) Nolans, the - I'm in the Mood for Dancing
04) Hues Corporation, the - Rock the Boat
05) Real Thing, the - You to Me Are Everything
06) Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
07) Sayer, Leo - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
08) McCrae, George - Rock Your Baby
09) Dr Hook - Sexy Eyes
10) KC & the Sunshine Band - That's the Way (I Like It)
11) BeeGees, the - Night Fever
12) Gibb, Andy - I Just Want to Be Your Everything
13) White, Barry - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me (if only for the Robbie Williams tie-through)

Mid-Tempo would be along the lines of (I haven't done this list for myself yet, so I'm makin' it up on the fly):
01) The Jackson 'Blame it on the Boogie'
02) Kool and the Gang 'Celebration'
03) Gaynor, Gloria 'I Will Survive'
04) John Paul Young 'Love is in the Air'
05) Sister Sledge 'We Are Family'
06) Boney M 'Rivers of Babylon' (or Megamix, maybe?)
07) Tavares 'Heaven Must Be Missin' an Angel'
08) Blondie 'Heart of Glass'
09) Summer, Donna 'Hot Stuff'
10) Chic 'Le Freak'
11) Emotions 'Best of My Love'
12) BeeGees, the 'Tragedy'
13) KC & the Sunshine Band 'Get Down Tonight'
14) Jackson, Michael 'Rock With You'
15) Jackson, Michael 'Don't Stop 'til you Get Enough'
16) Lipps, Inc 'Funky Town'
17) KC & the Sunshine Band 'Boogie Shoes'

And Fast:
Anything from The Village People 'YMCA', Earth, Wind & Fire 'Let's Groove' and the Jackson 'Can You Feel it' through to Weather Girls 'It's Rainin' Men', Amii Stewart 'Knock on Wood' and, The Miracles 'Love Machine'.

[deltaforce]

love wont be denied - len boone why is this not been put on before
Knock on wood - Amy Stewart
Young hearts run free - Candi Station
D.I.S.C.O - Ottawan
Love Train - Ojays
Wanted - The Dooleys
Car wash - Rose Royce
Haven't stopped dancing yet - Gonzales
Blame it on the boogie - The Jacksons
Le Freak - Chic
Boogie wonderland - Earth Wind And Fire
Stars on 45

that will do there's so many great songs in this genre

[flatliners]

carnt belive no one has mentioned gil scott heron the bottle, eddie rosemond wake up and move ( funk it ) and leon haywood dont push it dont force it and kc and the sunshine band queen of clubs

[PropellerHeadCase]

Probably because they're all relatively obscure as compared to those that have been mentioned? This is after all "Top 10ish" not trainspotters (not so) anonymous.

[cara]

Supernature - Cerrone
Dance Dance Dance - chic
Keep On Dancin' - Gary's Gang
Chase - Giorgio Moroder
Don't Leave Me This Way - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Dance With Me - Rick James
Do What You Wanna Do - T-Connection
It's Good For The Soul - The Salsoul Orchestra
A Dance Fantasy - Vincent Montana Orchestra
Souvenirs - Voyage

[Classic L.A. Disco]

OK, in my case, two different scenarios:

A. Private gigs like weddings, b-days, anniversaries, etc etc:
1. Staying Alive (always a floor packer)
2. Spin It
3. Play that funky music
4. Capital Tropical
5. Thats the way I like it.
6. Keep on Dancing
7. Mandolay
8. Love is in you.
9. YMCA
10. Another Cha Cha

B. I do ALOT of disco parties with nothing but disco/new wave/80s all night and these are the ones that make the people go crazy:
1. After Dark
2. Souvenirs
3. Over and Over
5. Love and Desire
6. I Feel Love
7. There But for the grace of god
8. Destination
9. Have a Cigar
10. Love Disco Style

so many, so many

[Dazzler]

Earth Wind & Fire - September
Trammps - Disco Inferno
Kool and the Gang - Celebration
Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Barry White - You're the First, The Last, My Everything
Brothers Johnson - Stomp
Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
Lipps Inc - Funky Town
Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough

[soundtracker]

Moved over from Rob's Seventies Disco Thread - Preserved for Posterity!

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Alicia Bridges - I love the nightlife
Amii Stewart - Knock on wood
Andrea True Connection - More more more
Anita Ward - Ring my bell
Average White Band - Queen of my Soul
Baccara - Yes sir I can boogie
Barry White - You're the first the last my everything
Bee Gees - Night fever
Bee Gees - Stayin' alive
Billy Ocean - Love really hurts without you
Billy Ocean - Red light spells danger
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Boney M - Daddy Cool
Boney M - Rasputin
Candi Staton - Young hearts run free
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu fighting
Cerrone - Supernature
Chic - Dance dance dance
Chic - Everybody Dance
Chic - Le Freak
Commodores - Brick House
Crown Heights Affair - Galaxy of love
Crusaders - Street life
Dan Hartman - Instant replay
Donna Summer - Hot stuff
Donna Summer - I feel love
Donna Summer - Loves Unkind
Drifters - You're more than a number in my little red book
Dynasty - I don't wanna be a freak
Earth Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Earth Wind & Fire - September
Edwin Starr - Contact
Edwin Starr - Happy radio
Emotions - Best of my love
Evelyn Champagne King - Shame
Four Seasons - December '63
Frantique - Get up stand up
Gene Chandler - Get Down
George McCrae - Rock your baby
Gibson Brothers - Cuba
Gibson Brothers - Que Sera Mi Vida
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Baby don't change your mind
Gloria Gaynor - I will survive
Gloria Gaynor - Never can say goodbye
Gonzales - I haven't stopped dancing yet
Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes or Thelma Houston - Don't leave me this way
Heatwave - Boogie nights
Herbie Han - I thought it was you
Herbie Han - You bet your love
Hot Chocolate - You sexy thing
Hues Corporation - Rock the boat
Isaac Hayes - Shaft
Isley Brothers - It's a disco night
Jacksons - Blame it on the boogie
Joe Tex - Ain't gonna bump no more
John Paul Young - Love is in the air
Johnny Bristol - Hang on in their baby
KC & Sunshine Band - (Shake shake shake) shake your booty
KC & Sunshine Band - That's the way I like it
Kool & Gang - Ladies night
LaBelle - Lady Marmalade
Maxine Nightingale - right back where we started from
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't no stopping us now
Michael Jackson - Don't stop 'till you get enough
Michael Jackson - Off the wall
Miracles - Love Machine
Musique - In the Bush
Natalie Cole - This will be
Odyssey - Native New Yorker
O'Jays - I love music
O'Jays - Love train
Patrick Juvet _ I Love America
Patsy Gallant - From New York to LA
Peaches & Herb - Shake your Groove Thing
Real Thing - Can you feel the force
Real Thing - Can't get by without you
Real Thing - You to me are everything
Rick James - You and I
Rose Royce - Car Wash
Rose Royce - Is it Love you're after?
Sarah Brightman - I lost my heart to a starship trooper
Shalamar - Take that to the bank
Sister Sledge - He's the greatest dancer
Sister Sledge - Lost in music
Sister Sledge - We are family
Stevie Wonder - I Wish
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Sylvester - You make me feel (mighty real)
Taste Of Honey - Boogie oogie oogie
Tavares - Don't take away the Music
Tavares - Heaven must be missing an angel
Tina Charles - I love to love
Trammps - Disco inferno
Van McCoy - The Hustle
Village People - YMCA
Voyage - From east to west
Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
Yvonne Elliman - If I can't have you

[funksoulbrother]

My god Peter, that is a list and a half.

We must have gone/played at the same discos.

Only one addition to your list, Viola Wills - Gonna get along without you now

Richard

[Tony Scott]

Another 10...

The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On
Candido - Jingo
Brass Construction - Movin'
Harold Melvin - The Love I Lost
AWB - Pick Up The Pieces
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
Odyssey - Use It Up, Wear It Out
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody
Evelyn King - Love Come Down
D Train - You're The One For Me