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

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.

1971

          ISAAC HAYES Theme From ‘Shaft’

1973

               THE O’JAYS Love Train

                EDDIE KENDRICKS Keep On Truckin’

1974

                LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA Love’s Theme

                MFSB & THE THREE DEGREES

                      T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia)

                HUES CORPORATION Rock The Boat

                GEORGE McCRAE Rock Your Baby

                BARRY WHITE Can’t Get Enough Of  Your Love, Babe

                DIONNE WARWICK & THE SPINNERS Then Came You

                CARL DOUGLAS Kung Fu Fighting

                BARRY WHITE You’re The First. The Last, My Everything

1975

               LABELLE Lady Marmalade

               ELTON JOHN Philadelphia Freedom

               EARTH, WIND & FIRE Shining Star

               VAN McCOY The Hustle

                BEE GEES Jive Talkin’

                THE STYLISTICS Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love)

                K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND Get Down Tonight

    K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND That’s The Way (I Like It)

    SILVER CONVENTION Fly Robin Fly

    

1976

               OHIO PLAYERS Love Rollercoaster

               FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS

                   December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)

               RHYTHM HERITAGE Theme From ‘S.W.A.T.’

               THE MIRACLES Love Machine

               TINA CHARLES I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance)

               JOHNNIE TAYLOR Disco Lady

               THE SYLVERS Boogie Fever

               WINGS Silly Love Songs

               DIANA ROSS Love Hangover

               THE REAL THING You To Me Are Everything

               ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE Don’t Go Breaking My Heart

               ABBA Dancing Queen

               BEE GEES You Should Be Dancing

               K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND

                  (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty

               WALTER MURPHY & THE BIG APPLE BAND 

                    A Fifth Of Beethoven

               RICK DEES & HIS CAST OF IDIOTS Disco Duck

1977

               MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS JR.

                        You Don’t Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)

               LEO SAYER You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

   ROSE ROYCE Car Wash

               THELMA HOUSTON Don’t Leave Me This Way

               K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND I’m Your Boogie Man

               MARVIN GAYE Got To Give It Up

               THE JACKSONS Show You The Way To Go

               HOT CHOCOLATE So You Win Again

               DONNA SUMMER I Feel Love

               ANDY GIBB I Just Want To Be Your Everything

   THE EMOTIONS Best Of My Love

                MECO ‘Star Wars’ Theme / Cantina Band

                BACCARA Yes Sir, I Can Boogie