... according to tabulations by Joel Whitburn [[1974-2003).
What were they ? Any guesses? [[ no cheating!:))
... according to tabulations by Joel Whitburn [[1974-2003).
What were they ? Any guesses? [[ no cheating!:))
Don't Leave Me This Way
Upside Down/I'm Coming Out???
My guesses are;
"Don't Leave Me This Way"-Thelma Houston
"Love Hangover"-Diana Ross
"Super Freak"-Rick James
"Heaven Must Have Sent You"-Bonnie Pointer
I don't know Boogie!!!! :rolleyes: I would wanna think "Upside Down" is on there.
My guesses have already been mentioned by others. But how about “love machine” by the Miracles? Or “lover girl” by Teena Marie?
Maybe "Got to Give it Up" by Marvin Gaye?
Good responses! Three of the four have now been mentioned, one has not. :)
Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up
Diana Ross - Upside Down
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
I could be wrong af but Diana at least has two, I know it. LOL
Down To Love Town -The Originals Love Machine - The Miracles
Quote:
Originally Posted by khansperac
"Lover Girl" was post-Motown - Epic 34-04619.
My guesses:
Upside Down / I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
Super Freak - Rick James
Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
The Jackson 5 Dancing Machine and Forever Came Today
Brick House
Don't Leave Me This Way
I'm Coming Out
Keep On Truckin'
Surprised SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE and ALL NIGHT LONG haven't been suggested.
But no matter , all four songs have been mentioned .........
Don’t make us wait any longer
And the answer is.......
Here you go Rob!:
#72 GIVE IT TO ME BABY/SUPER FREAK/GHETTO LIFE - Rick James
#45 FOREVER CAME TODAY - Jackson Five
#33 UPSIDE DOWN/I'M COMING OUT- Diana Ross
#14 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY/ANYWAY YOU WANT IT - Thelma Houston
Good job folks!!:) Thanks for playing!:cool:
Thank you
Wow , Forever Came Today
Forever Came Today!!!! J5's version is awful. C'est la vie.
The current writers at Billboard are crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by copley
I like The J5's version of "Forever Came Today", it is great disco and very enjoyable, but I'm not sure I would have put it in Billboard's All-Time Dance Top 100... :rolleyes:
I actually like Diana's Your Love is So Good For Me....and the Ross LP version of Lovin' Livin' & Givin'...and I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walkin' & You're My Driving Wheel a lot more than those 4! [[also on my list non Motown....Celi Bee Superman, Mike Theodore The Bull, Bionic Boogie Risky Changes and Fatback Spanish Hustle...not a bad list for a true 70's "hard rock freak"
If I had to pick only 4 Motown Records to make their Dance/Disco list, they would be:
Marvin Gaye - Got to Give it Up
Bonnie Pointer - Heaven Must Have Sent You
Jr. Walker & the Allstars - Shotgun
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way.
I don't even think we viewed that record as "Disco" back when it was new. "Dancing Machine" was much better.Quote:
Originally Posted by TomatoTom123
You know the Billboard writers are nuts! You can't even dance to "Upside Down", "Coming Out" very well at all. "Forever Came Today" is not even on the level of "Dancing Machine". I would love to know a bit about background of the person[[s) that created this list, like their age!Quote:
Originally Posted by Boogiedown
If you can't dance to Chic's productions on Diana, you would have to be either cripple or asleep! LOL :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by marv2
Lol. Such a stupid statement by you know who. Back in the day. They were playing “Upside Down” and “I’m coming out” at all the house parties. And all the kids didn’t seem to have a problem dancing to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by TomatoTom123
Are they? I didn't know that. But even if they do belong in a pysche ward, what does that have to do with Joel Whitburn?Quote:
Originally Posted by marv2
Joel Whitburn is the president of Record Research, author, record collector, archivist and an esteemed authority on recorded music and the Billboard charts. He has compiled many books based on the Billboard Charts and also the Cash Box charts.
They are very informative and helpful to those people who live by the charts.
No, it's just means I have rhythm!Quote:
Originally Posted by TomatoTom123
I know who Joel Whitburn is. I am pretty sure I have one or two of his books. Maybe he needs to consider retiring. I have not seen the complete list on this subject, but if he meant that the 4 from Motown he selected are being their best, then he is crazy!Quote:
Originally Posted by milven
I’m sorry Marv that he didn’t include “Red Hot”. LOL!😂😂😂Quote:
Originally Posted by marv2
Hi Marv.
This is not an opinion based chart by any means .
Joel Whitburn calculates his results on pure data .... by actual chart performance. This book came out in 2003 and has never been revised afaik.
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Not that he would taint any of his charts, but I especially don't think Joel Whitburn [[born 1939) had any biases when it came to these songs. I don't sense this was his most focused era or favorite genre. He's just a completetist , doing books on music charts from whatever angle.
So if you're going to be mad at the results , be mad at the club goers at the time who responded to these tunes more than they did to others.:rolleyes::p
The ranking is by points based on weeks on the disco/dance chart, peak positions reached and for how long etc.. Being a Number One song is an important way to garner points.
Therefore the very best responses in the discos to Motown releases were:
[[#14) DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY etc.
- #1 for six weeks and spent 18 weeks in the Top Ten.
[[#33) I'M COMING OUT etc.
- #1 for five weeks and spent 13 weeks in the Top Ten.
[[#72) SUPERFREAK etc.
- #1 for three weeks and spent 14 weeks in the Top Ten
and
[[#45) FOREVER CAME TODAY
which was #1 for four weeks and spent thirteen weeks in the Top Ten.
:cool:
Ok Boogie, now that makes a difference. I could not see how anyone would pick those 4 songs especially as the best examples of Motown's best dance music. They are just going by chart numbers. Superfreak and Don't Leave Me This Way make sense because I remember the response to them when they were played at clubs and parties.
Forever Came Today was one of HDH's worst compositions.
Oh marv, next you'll be telling me you can't get down to "Everybody Dance" or "My Forbidden Lover"... :rolleyes::DQuote:
Originally Posted by marv2
Different strokes for different folks. It's my fav DRATS single and is also a fav of HDH who like me consider it to be very underrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by midnightman
I did when I was 17 to "Everybody Dance" when it was new. No to "My Forbidden Lover" LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by TomatoTom123
I agree. Also one of my favorites as well..Quote:
Originally Posted by copley
I love it too copley!Quote:
Originally Posted by copley
Lumme some FCT; a great record and a nice , 'sophisticated' advance of writing [[and performing) style for Motown.
He aggressively tried to chew me down on an LP I was selling on Ebay years ago. It was a sealed C&W LP, and he made me a less than 50% offer. He let me know who he was, and how knowledgeable he was on such things....I knew exactly who he was, I have several of his books, and they are wonderful and accurate reference materials. I told him to buy the next one that comes along at that price.
Good for you Gman!Quote:
Originally Posted by gman