Disco Babble On

Fri, 9 May 2008 20:07:00 GMT

Here's another blast o' disco that grew out of my research for the EMP disco talk.

Erucu â Jermaine Jackson (1975)

Wild Safari â Barrabas (1972)

Rain 2000 â Titanic (1972)

Rain â Dorothy Morrison (1970)

I Canât Stop Talking â Genie Brown (1973)

When the Fuel Runs Out â Executive

Suite (1976)

I Am Love â Jackson Five (1975)

Moonboots â ORS (1977)

Sentimentally, Itâs You â Theo Vaness (1979)

The Beast Day â Marcia Huntâs 22 (1971)

Use It Up, Wear It Out â Odyssey (1978)

Mandolay â La Flavour (1980)

Doing the Best That I Can â Bettye LaVette (1976)

A Taste of Honey â Morgana King (1964)

N.B.: Yes, David Mancuso used to play the Morgana King track during the early days of the Loft

Dance Dance Revolution

davscott@uic.edu — Sat, 5 Apr 2008 18:14:00 GMT

This is the soundtrack that accompanies my April 12, 2008 EMP Pop Conference presentation "Dance Dance Revolution: Disco as Clarion Call to Aspiration."

The tracks are:
"Stone Fox Chase" -- Area Code 615 (1970)
"Jungle Fever" -- the Chakachas (1971)
"Sultana" -- Titanic (1972)
"Jin-Go-Lo-Ba (Drums of Passion)" -- Olatunji (1959)
"I Like What I Like" -- Everyday People (1972)
"Life and Death in G & A" -- Abaco Dream (1969)
"Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" -- the Equals (1970)
"Move On Up" -- Curtis Mayfield (1970)
"Getting Together" -- Brothers Guiding Light (1973)
"Every Man" -- Double Exposure (1976)
"Money Medley" -- Dalida (1978)
"High Society" -- Norma Jean Wright (1979)
"Saturday" -- Norma Jean Wright (1978)
"Fashion Pack" -- Amanda Lear (1979)
"Charge Plates and Credit Cards" -- Sheila and B. Devotion (1979)
"Bourgie, Bourgie" -- John Davis and the Monster Orchestra featuring Ashford & Simpson
"Contort Yourself (August Darnell remix)" -- James White and the Blacks (1978)

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