Conclusion of a 2-part spotlight on The 100 DISCO #1 Singles on the UK/ US Charts. 

Caffè  Lattè looks back on:

 

DISCO

#1 SINGLES

ON THE

UK / US CHARTS

Disco was a major musical genre that generated unprecedented massive sales and chart feats. It was the dominant musical style in the late 1970s. There was a backlash later and by 1983, disco hits were rarer but there was an ever-present appetite for dance music. In the 1980s and beyond. New trends such as techno and house kept the energy of disco alive.

This list covers all the chart-topping dancefloor favourites, including the proto-disco and post-disco songs that kept the mirror balls spinning and discotheques packed. The 100 songs are listed in chronological order of when they reached the top in America and / or Britain.

* There is often minimal difference in what is or is not a disco track. For the purposes of this list, the broadest definition has been applied.

1978

               BEE GEES Stayin’ Alive

               ANDY GIBB (Love Is) Thicker Than Water

               BEE GEES Night Fever

               BONEY M Rivers Of Babylon /

               BONEY M Brown Girl In The Ring

              YVONNE ELLIMAN If I Can’t Have You

              OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & JOHN TRAVOLTA

      You’re The One That I Want

              ANDY GIBB Shadow Dancing

              ROLLING STONES Miss You

              FRANKIE VALLI Grease

             A TASTE OF HONEY Boogie Oogie Oogie

             EXILE Kiss You All Over

             DONNA SUMMER MacArthur Park

             ROD STEWART Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?

             CHIC Le Freak

             BONEY M Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord 

1979

              VILLAGE PEOPLE Y.M.C.A.

               IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

               BLONDIE Heart Of Glass

               BEE GEES Tragedy

               GLORIA GAYNOR I Will Survive

               AMII STEWART Knock On Wood

               PEACHES & HERB Reunited

               DONNA SUMMER Hot Stuff

               BEE GEES Love You Inside Out

               ANITA WARD Ring My Bell

               DONNA SUMMER Bad Girls

               CHIC Good Times

               MICHAEL JACKSON Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

               HERB ALPERT Rise

               M Pop Muzik

               BARBRA STREISAND & DONNA SUMMER

        No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

   PINK FLOYD Another Brick In The Wall (Pt. 2)

 

1980

               K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND Please Don’t Go

               MICHAEL JACKSON Rock With You

               BLONDIE Atomic

               FERN KINNEY Together We Are Beautiful

               THE SPINNERS Workin’ My way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl

               BLONDIE Call Me

               LIPPS, INC. Funkytown

               OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA Xanadu

               ODYSSEY Use it Up And Wear It Out

               KELLY MARIE Feels Like I’m In Love

               DIANA ROSS Upside Down

               QUEEN Another One Bites The Dust

 

1981

   KOOL & THE GANG Celebration

   ANEKA Japanese Boy

  JULIO IGLESIAS Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)

1982

                IRENE CARA Fame

1983           

   MICHAEL JACKSON Billie Jean

               IRENE CARA Flashdance.. What A Feeling