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Disco Rob's MusicRevue 1972 - 1982 ♪♫

Disco vinyl classics from 1972 to 1982.

Disco Rob's MusicRevue 1972 - 1974 ♪♫

Disco's roots began as early as 1971 with the groundbreaking and hugely influential soul funk gem, 'Theme From Shaft' by the legendary Isaac Hayes, followed by the Temptations epic 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone' in 1972. 1973 saw the emergence of the disco sound as we know it today from the likes of First Choice with their Philly produced disco anthems 'Armed And Extremely Dangerous' and 'Smarty Pants'. It was not until 1974 that the early disco glitter ball really got going with George McCrae's 'Rock Your Baby' , Gloria Gaynor's 'Never Can Say Goodbye', The Hues Corporation's 'Rock The Boat', The Three Degrees's 'Year Of Decision' and Barry White's 'Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up' along with his Love Unlimited Orchestra's anthemic 'Love's Theme'.

Disco Rob's MusicRevue 1975 ♪♫

1975 saw the emergence of what was to be known as 'The Munich Sound' with Silver Convention's utterly influential 'Fly Robin Fly' closely followed by Donna Summer's epic 'Love To Love You Baby'. Boney M had arrived with 'Baby Do You Wanna Bump' closely followed by 'Daddy Cool' the following year, so the Eurodisco sound was assured. KC & The Sunshine Band, Hamilton Bohannon, Disco Tex and The Sex-O-Lettes, The Stylistics, Barry White and Van McCoy with 'The Hustle' were massive on the disco circuit. Salsoul and Philly disco were huge at this point and Germany had their own Philly disco queen, namely Marianne Rosenberg with her phenomenal hits ''Ich Bin Wie Du' and 'Er Gehört Zu Mir', definitely worth a mention here. Orchestral disco from the likes of MFSB, the Salsoul Orchestra and the Biddu Orchestra ruled the airwaves as well as the dance floors.

Disco Rob's MusicRevue 1976 ♪♫

By 1976 disco was well and truly established as a major cultural force. Discotheques were opening on mass in US and world cities. The Real Thing's 'You To Me Are Everything', Billy Ocean's 'Love Really Hurts Without You' and Tina Charles's 'I Love To Love' were major European disco hits. Abba went huge with their 'Dancing Queen' as did the Bee Gees with 'You Should Be Dancing'. Other notable disco hits included Andrea True Connection's 'More More More', Candi Staton's 'Young Hearts Run Free', The Ritchie Family's 'Best Disco In Town' and Tavares with their disco gems 'Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel' and 'Don't Take Away The Music'. Much more was to follow.

Disco Rob's MusicRevue 1977 ♪♫

The truly ground breaking disco anthem from 1977, 'I Feel Love' by Donna Summer stormed the nation's dance floors and ruled the airwaves with it's dramatic synthesised soundcape, therefore ensuring Donna Summer's place in disco history. French disco had well and truly arrived with Space's 'Magic Fly', Cerrone's epic 'Love In C Minor' closely followed by the more electronic 'Supernature'. Giorgio Moroder's 'From Here To Eternity' was another ground breaking disco track. The likes of Boney M, Baccara, Santa Esmeralda Featuring Leroy Gomez, Sheila B Devotion and Amanda Lear were becoming well and truly established and continued to have major disco hits in Europe and beyond.

Disco Rob's MusicRevue 1978 ♪♫

By 1978 disco music was everywhere. The Bee Gees and the Saturday Night Fever movie became both a cultural and global phenomenon. Notable disco successes included Chic's 'Everybody Dance', Patrick Juvet's 'I Love America', Amanda Lear's 'Follow Me', Yvonne Elliman's 'If I Can't have You', Dalida's 'Generation '78', Eruption's 'I Can't Stand The Rain', Voyage's 'From East To West' and Santa Esmeralda's remake of the Animals 1965 hit 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'. Disco music showed no signs of stopping.

Disco Rob's MusicRevue 1979 ♪♫

For many people Gloria Gaynor's 'I will Survive' was the perfect disco record. Actually produced in 1978, this was THE disco anthem of 1979. It seemed by now everyone was jumping on the disco band wagon and even rock star Rod Stewart got into the act with his 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?'. The year did produce it's fare share of classic disco anthems including Chic's 'Le Freak' from the previous year, Gary's Gang's 'Keep On Dancin', The Real Thing's 'Can You Feel The Force?', McFadden & Whitehead's 'Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now' and Michael Jackson's 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough' amongst others. By now the disco backlash movement was gaining momentum in the US, was this to be the end of disco as we knew it ?

Disco Rob's MusicRevue 1980 - 1982 ♪♫

The eighties had arrived and disco music was not dead ! However, it was to be the last year of disco as we knew it. Canada had suddenly become a major disco force with the likes of Voggue's 'Dancing The Night Away' and Harlow's 'Take Off'. Lipps Inc's sublime 'Funkytown' stormed the world's dancefloors. Stephanie Mills 'Never Knew Love Like This Before', The Average White Band's 'Let's Go Round Again' and Coffee's 'Casanova' were notable disco wonders. By now times were a-changing. The Sugarhill Gang appeared with their 'Rappers Delight' and disco music went underground and mutated into Mainstream Dance, Hi-NRG and Italobeat. Other notable dance gems from this period included Melba Moore's 'Love's Comin' At Ya', Evelyn King's 'Love Come Down', Shalamar's 'Night To Remember', Raw Silk's 'Do It To The Music, Odyssey's 'Inside Out' and Luther Vandross with his dance classic 'Never Too Much'.

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