Sunday, December 7, 2014

The Roots of Disco- FINAL UPDATE 
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
The 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)
THE LOVE YOU SAVE
The Jackson 5 (1970)
MACHINE GUN
The Commodores (1974)
MASTERPIECE
The Temptations (1973)
MIGHTY HIGH
Mighty Clouds Of Joy (1976)
MIGHTY MIGHTY
Earth, Wind & Fire (1974)
MOVIN'
Brass Construction (1976)
NEVER, NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP
Barry White (1973)
THE PLAYER
First Choice (1974)
PSYCHEDELIC SHACK
The Temptations (1970)
ROCK YOUR BABY (Parts 1 & 2)
George McCrae (1974)
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED (OR TAKE YOUR LOVE BACK)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (1974)
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME
Shirley (And Company) (1975)
SHE'S A WINNER
The Intruders (1972)
SHINING STAR
Earth, Wind & Fire (1975)
SING A SONG
Earth, Wind & Fire (1975)
SOUL MAKOSSA
Manu Dibango (1973)
STICK-UP 
The Honey Cone (1971)
SUN GODDESS
Ramsey Lewis & Earth, Wind & Fire (1975)
TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT
Jimmy Ruffin (1974)
THAT LADY
Isley Brothers (1973)
THEME FROM 'SHAFT'
Isaac Hayes (1971)
WHEN THE FUEL RUNS OUT 
Executive Suite (1974)
WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (1974)
YOU SEE THE TROUBLE WITH ME
Barry White (1976)
YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING
Barry White (1974)




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