All-time favorite disco songs

[doofus67]

*** THIS IS THE 2,000TH THREAD ON THIS BOARD!!! ***

NOTE: I did some significant tweaking of the rankings.  -- 5/4/19

One man's opinion...

1.  LAST DANCE...Donna Summer [1978]
2.  DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY...Thelma Houston [1977]
3.  AND THE BEAT GOES ON...The Whispers [1980]
4.  RISE...Herb Alpert [1979]
5.  STAYIN' ALIVE...The Bee Gees [1978]
6.  STOMP!...The Brothers Johnson [1980]
7.  GET DOWN TONIGHT...KC & the Sunshine Band [1975]
8.  CAR WASH...Rose Royce [1977]
9.  HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL...Tavares [1976]
10.  TAKE YOUR TIME (Do It Right)...The S.O.S. Band [1980]
11.  DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH...Michael Jackson [1979]
12.  YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE...Lou Rawls [1976]
13.  TURN THE BEAT AROUND...Vicki Sue Robinson [1976]
14.  FUNKYTOWN...Lipps, Inc.  [1980]
15.  LADIES NIGHT...Kool & the Gang [1979]
16.  BOOGIE NIGHTS...Heatwave [1977]
17.  DANCE WITH ME...Peter Brown featuring Betty Wright [1978]
18.  LIVIN' IT UP (Friday Night)...Bell & James [1979]
19.  LOVE HANGOVER...Diana Ross [1976]
20.  BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE...A Taste of Honey [1978]
21.  BOOGIE WONDERLAND...Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions [1979]
22.  DISCO NIGHTS (Rock-Freak)...GQ [1979]
23.  THE HUSTLE...Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony [1975]
24.  COPACABANA (At the Copa)...Barry Manilow [1978]
25.  ROCK THE BOAT...Hues Corporation [1974]
26.  ROCK YOUR BABY...George McCrae [1974]
27.  ROCKIN' CHAIR...Gwen McCrae [1975]
28.  LOVE'S THEME...Love Unlimited Orchestra [1974]
29.  LE FREAK...Chic [1978]
30.  THEME FROM SHAFT...Isaac Hayes [1971]

[at40petebattistini]

In no particular order...

Disco Inferno – Trammps (1978)
Walking In Rhythm – Blackbyrds (1975)
Knock On Wood – Amii Stewart (1979)
Livin’ In The Life – Isley Brothers (1977)
Fire – Ohio Players (1975)
K-Jee – Nite-Liters (1971)
Born To Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez (1979)
Flashlight – Pariment (1978)
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Santa Esmerelda (1977)
More More More – Andrea True Connection (1976)

[doofus67]

Jun 14, 2018 18:29:02 GMT -5 at40petebattistini said:

In no particular order...

Disco Inferno – Trammps (1978)
Walking In Rhythm – Blackbyrds (1975)
Knock On Wood – Amii Stewart (1979)
Livin’ In The Life – Isley Brothers (1977)
Fire – Ohio Players (1975)
K-Jee – Nite-Liters (1971)
Born To Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez (1979)
Flashlight – Pariment (1978)
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Santa Esmerelda (1977)
More More More – Andrea True Connection (1976)

Aw, man, Santa Esmeralda! I forgot that one!

[1finemrg]

Not a big disco fan, but I'll give you ten

Let's Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
Stomp! - Brothers Johnson
The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Flashlight - Parliament
Turn The Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson
I Love Music - O' Jays
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls
Dazz - Brick
Keep It Comin' Love - KC & the Sunshine Band
Give Me The Night - George Benson

[donwa001]

Though not huge hits on the HOT 100 (no top 10's), I love these 3 songs and listen to them regularly on my phone (also listed the running times):

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda (love the guitar) (16:13)
Devil's Gun - CJ & Company (7:01)
Vertigo / Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman (11:23)

[doofus67]

FANTASY DISCO TOP 20

In honor of National Get Funky Day, which was yesterday

1. "Stayin' Alive"
2. "Rise"
3. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
4. "Ladies Night"
5. "Car Wash"
6. "And the Beat Goes On"
7. "Rock with You"
8. "Back in Love Again"
9. "Don't Leave Me This Way"
10. "Get Down Tonight"
11. "Boogie Nights"
12. "Boogie Wonderland"
13. "Take Your Time"
14. "The Second Time Around"
15. "Stomp!"
16. "Lady Marmalade"
17. "Turn the Beat Around"
18. "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"
19. "Le Freak"
20. "Livin' It Up (Friday Night)"
21. "On the Radio"
22. "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"
23. "Disco Lady"
24. "Disco Nights"
25. "Love Hangover"
26. "Rockin' Chair"
27. "Copacabana"
28. "Shame, Shame, Shame"
29. "Disco Inferno"
30. "September"

[rayshae3]

Jun 14, 2018 11:19:09 GMT -5 doofus67 said:

*** THIS IS THE 2,000TH THREAD ON THIS BOARD!!! ***

I had a few ideas about my own 1000th post doofus67; but in the end I decided to go with your thread here and post my Disco Top 30. 
My top 30 choices all happen to be club classics between 1974 and 1981. Some are more obscure with over half never made the Hot 100; nevertheless of the ones that did, there are a couple of number ones.
In order of preference :

1)Disco Connection-Isaac Hayes Movement/1975
2)Lay All Your Love on Me-ABBA/1981
3)Ain’t Nothing Gonna Keep Me from You-Teri de Sario/1978
4)You Gave Me Love-Crown Heights Affair/1980
5)Ashes to Ashes-David Bowie/1980
**This or the other Bowie title at #17 has the fewer classic disco beats (compared with his other mid-70s hits like “Golden Years”). But both reached the Billboard Disco chart and were included in Whitburn’s dance book.**
6)You Set My Heart on Fire-Tina Charles/1975
7)Thunder in My Heart-Leo Sayer/1977
8)Enola Gay-Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark/1980
9)California Strut-Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band/1976
10)I Want You-Marvin Gaye/1975
11)Galaxy-War/1977
12)Party Line-Andrea True Connection/1976
13)I Like It-Silver Convention/1975
14)Desperately-Barrabas/1976
15)Ooh! What a Life-Gibson Brothers/1979
16)Rotation-Herb Alpert/1979
17)Fashion-David Bowie/1980
18)Hang on in There Baby-Johnny Bristol/1974
19)Hijack-Barrabas/1974
20)Let Me Know (I Have a Right)-Gloria Gaynor/1979
21)Planet Earth-Duran Duran/1981
22)Could You Be Loved/Bob Marley & the Wailers/1980
23)My Sweet Summer Suite-The Love Unlimited Orchestra/1976
24)Use It Up and Wear It Out-Odyssey/1980
25)Rise-Herb Alpert/1979
26)Money-The Flying Lizards/1979
27)Got to Give It Up-Marvin Gaye/1977
28)Blue Eyed Soul-Carl Douglas/1974
29)Echo Beach-Martha & the Muffins/1980
30)Cocomotion-El Coco/1977