Tuesday, October 28, 2014

BEFORE DISCO EXPLODED, THE ELEMENTS WERE COMING TOGETHER TO USHER IN AN EXCITING NEW SOUND…
THE ROOTS OF
DISCO
Drawing from the rhythms of Motown; the seminal funk of Sly & The Family Stone and James Brown; the lush productions of Barry White, Isaac Hayes and Philadelphia International ‘s Gamble & Huff; all of these genres spawned disco.
Here are 50 songs that were among the early influences on The Disco Sound… Check back each week as 5 new songs will be added (in alphabetical order):
 BAND OF GOLD
Freda Payne (1970)
 BEGGIN'
Timebox (1968)
 BROTHER'S GONNA WORK IT OUT
Willie Hutch (1973)
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE, BABE
Barry White (1974)
CLOUD NINE
Edwin Starr (1971)
DO IT (TIL YOUR SATISFIED)
B.T. Express (1974)
DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (1975)
DOWN TO LOVE TOWN
The Originals (1976)
DREAMING A DREAM
Crown Heights Affair (1975)
FOOT STOMPIN' MUSIC
Hamilton Bohannon (1975)
FOREVER CAME TODAY
Jackson 5 (1975)
FREE MAN
South Shore Commission (1975)
GET READY
Rare Earth (1970)
GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A) SEX MACHINE
James Brown (1970)
HEY GIRL COME AND GET IT
The Stylistics (1974)
HIJACK
Herbie Mann (1975)
I'LL BE HOLDING ON
Big Al Dowling (1974)
I'M DOIN' FINE NOW
New York City (1973)
KEEP ON TRUCKIN' (Part 1)
Eddie Kendricks (1973)
KUNG FU FIGHTING
Carl Douglas (1974)
LAW OF THE LAND 
The Temptations (1973)
LIFE'S NO FUN LIVING IN THE GHETTO
Willie Hutch (1975)
THE LOVE I LOST
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (1973)
LOVE IS THE MESSAGE
MFSB featuring The Three Degrees (1974)
LOVE TRAIN
The O'Jays (1973)

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