The DISCO Era! Come On, You Know You Liked It!

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I cannot believe that Tom Moulton has not joined this thread yet! He is after all the inventor of the Disco Mix! How heavy is that? Tom, where are you?

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151 - On The Beat - B. B. & Q. Band

152 - Dancing Queen - Abba

153 - You Gave Me Love - Crown Heights Affair

154 - Follow Me - Amanda Lear

155 - Knock On Wood - Ami Stewart

156 - You're The One For Me - D Train

157 - Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

158 - My Baby's Baby - Liquid Gold

159 - Boogie Nights - Heatwave

160 - Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

161 - Y. M. C. A. - Village People

162 - Hills Of Katmandu - Tantra

163 - Love Is In You - Nightlife Unlimited

164 - My Sweet Summer Suite - Love Unlimited

165 - Get Off - Foxy

166 - Get Up And Boogie - Freddie James

167 - H. A. P. P. Y. Radio - Edwin Starr

168 - Le Spank - Le Pamplemousse

169 - Night Fever - Bee Gees

170 - Tale Of Three Cities - Salsoul Orchestra

171 - Your Love - Lime

172 - Get Down Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band

173 - High On Mad Mountain - Mike Theodore

174 - Jungle DJ - Kikrokos

175 - Menergy - Patrick Cowley

176 - Sinner Man - Sarah Dash

177 - Love Is In The Air - John Paul Young

178 - Forbidden Love - Madleen Kane

179 - Love Injection - Trussell

180 - Standing In The Rain - Don Ray

181 - Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation

182 - Mainline - Black Ivory

183 - I'll Always Love My Mama - Intruders

184 - September - Earth, Wind and Fire

185 - Dance And Shake Your Tambourine - Universal Robot Band

186 - Love Attack - Ferrara

187 - Mellow Lovin' - Judy Cheeks

188 - Beat The Clock - Sparks

189 - Music - Montreal Sound

190 - One More Minute - Saint Tropez [[St. Tropez)

191 - Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango

192 - Lady America - Voyage

193 - Staying Alive - Bee Gees

194 - Love's Coming/Baby Love - USA European Connection

195 - In The Forrest - Baby O

195 - Spank - Jimmy "Bo" Horne

197 - Up Jumped The Devil - John Davis & The Monster Orchestra

198 - Love Disco Style - Erotic Drum Band

199 - Cassanova Brown - Gloria Gaynor

200 - Overture - D. C. LaRue

201 - Stomp - Brothers Johnson

202 - Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas

203 - My Love Is Free - Double Exposure

204 - Star Wars Theme - Meco

205 - Standing Right Here - Melba Moore

206 - The Bull - Mike Theodore Orchestra

207 - Touch Me In The Morning - Marlena Shaw

208 - Dancing Fever - Claudja Barry

209 - Pleasure Island - Paul Jabara

210 - The Runner - Three Degrees

211 - Let Me Take You Dancing - Bryan Adams

212 - Love Is The Ultimate - Ultimate

213 - Dance Little Dreamer - Gregg Diamond / Bionic Boogie

214 - Rock With You - Michael Jackson

215 - Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb

216 - Your My First, My Last, My Everything - Barry White

217 - One, Two, three [[Counting On Love) - Peter Jacques Band

218 - Groove Me - Fern Kinney

219 - Dance Yourself Dizzy - ]Liquid Gold

220 - Deputy Of Love - Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band

221 - Pick Me Up, I'll Dance - Melba Moore

222 - Free Man - South Shore Commission

223 - Come On Dance Dance - Saturday Night Band

224 - Can't Fake The Feeling - Geraldine Hunt

225 - Dazz - Brick

226 - Two Hot For Love - THP Orchestra

227 - Haven't You Heard - Patrice Rushen

228 - If You Could Read My Mind - Viola Wills

229 - Boogie Motion - Beautiful Bend

230 - Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Festival

231 - Could It Be Magic - Donna Summer

232 - T. S. O. P. - M.F.S.B. [[M. F. S. B. / MFSB)

233 - You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees

234 - Makin' It - David Naughton

235 - A Lover's Holiday - Change

236 - Fell In Love For The First Time Today - Carol Douglas

237 - Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer

238 - Motown Review - Philly Cream

239 - Music Is My Way Of Life - Patti Labelle

240 - Symphony Of Love - Miquel Brown

241 - Ain't No Mountain High Enough [[Original Larry Levan 12" Mix) - Inner Life

242 - I'm Ok, You're Ok - American Gypsy

243 - Melodies - Made In USA

244 - The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

245 - Sunset People - Donna Summer

246 - Thank God It's Friday - Love and Kisses

247 - Caf? - D. D. Sound

248 - It's A Better Than Good Time [[Walter Gibbons Remix) - Gladys Knight And The Pips

249 - Moskow Diskow - Telex

250 - Caught Up [[In A One Night Love Affair) - Inner Life



251 - Ite Missa Est - Martin Circus

252 - Shine On Silver Moon - Marilyn Mccoo & Billy Davis Jr.

253 - I Love You - Donna Summer

254 - Moonlight Lovin' - Isaac Hayes

255 - Family Affair - M. F. S. B.

256 - Hijack - Herbie Mann - Vinyl

257 - Celebration - Kool And The Gang

258 - Perfect Love Affair - Constellation Orchestra

259 - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning - Thelma Houston

260 - Quiet Village - Ritchie Family

261 - Spacer - Sheila B. Devotion

262 - Copacobana [[En El Copa) - Barry Manilow

263 - Shake Your Body Down To The Ground - The jacksons

264 - A Night To Remember - Shalamar

265 - Do Your Dance - Rose Royce

266 - In The Raw - Whispers

267 - [[Everybody) Get Dancin' - Bombers

268 - Macho Man - Village People

269 - Open Sesame - Kool And The Gang

270 - Rock Your Baby - George McRae

271 - Touch And Go - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain

272 - Atmospheric Strut - Cloud One

273 - Foot Stompin' Music - [[Hamilton) Bohannon

274 - Paradise - Change

275 - Magic Fly - Kebekelektrik

276 - Don't Take Away The Music - Tavares

277 - It Only Takes A Minute Girl - Tavares

278 - Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention

279 - Keep Your Body Working - Kleeer

280 - Found A Cure - Ashford And Simpson

281 - Hot Butterfly - Gregg Diamond / Bionic Boogie

282 - It's Ecstasy When You... - Barry White

283 - After Dark - Patti Brooks

284 - Put Your Feet To The Beat - Ritchie Family

285 - Dreamin' - Loleatta Holloway

Call Me - Blondie

287 - Hold On To My Love - Jimmy Ruffin

288 - Boogie Down - Blackwell

289 - Bye Love - 5000 Volts - Vinyl

290 - Shoot Your Best Shot - Linda Clifford

291 - Sweet Dynamite - Claudja Barry

292 - Another Cha Cha - Santa Esmeralda

293 - Plato's Retreat - Joe Thomas

294 - African Queens - Ritchie Family

295 - At Midnight - T Connection

296 - I'm In Love - Evelyn "Champagne" King

297 - Woman - Barrabas

298 - Lady Night - Patrick Juvet

299 - It's Alright - Gino Soccio

300 - Shake It Up Tonight - Cheryl Lynn

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301 - Que Tal America - Two Man Sound

302 - Accidental Lover - Love and Kisses

303 - Body Music - Strikers, The

304 - Here Comes That Sound Again - Love De-Luxe

305 - Let The Music Play - Arpeggio

306 - Party - KC And The Sunshine Band

307 - Rock It - Lipps Inc.

308 - Touch Me Baby - Ultimate

309 - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White

310 - Give Your Body Up - Billy Nichols

311 - Going Back To My Roots - Odyssey

312 - Is It All Over My Face - Loose Joints

313 - Looking For Love - Fat Larry's Band

314 - The End - Change

315 - The Visitors - Abba

316 - Get Your Chic Together - Class

317 - Let Me Down Easy/Good Morning Midnight / Great Expectations [[Suite) - First Choice

318 - My Forbidden Lover - Chic

319 - Take Me Home - Cher

320 - Tango Hustle - Kay Gees

321 - Bad Company - Ullanda McCullough

322 - Brick House - Commodores

323 - Cream Always Rises To The Top - Bionic Boogie / Gregg Diamond

324 - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson

325 - Jingo - Candido

326 - You And I - Delagation

327 - I Love To Love - Tina Charles

328 - Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills

329 - One Love - Celi Bee

330 - Anybody Wanna Party? - Gloria Gaynor

331 - It's A War - Kano

332 - Time Is Running Out - The Tymes

333 - Come Let Me Love You - Jeanette "Lady" Day

334 - Dance With Me - Peter Brown

335 - I Don't Know What I'd Do - Sweet Cream

336 - Six Million Steps - Rhani Harris.

337 - Theme From S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage

338 - When The Fuel Runs Out - Executive Suite

339 - All American Girls - Sister Sledge

340 - Just Be Good To Me - S. O. S. Band

341 - Kjee - M.F.S.B. [[M. F. S. B. / MFSB)

342 - Love Sensation - Loleatta Holloway

343 - Lucky - Donna Summer

344 - Make That Feeling Come Again - Beautiful Bend

345 - Never Gonna Say Goodbye - Poussez

346 - Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas

347 - Can You Handle It? - Sharon Redd

348 - Don't Let Go - Isaac Hayes

349 - Get Dancing - Disco Tex And The Sex-o-lettes

350 - I Can't Stand The Rain - Eruption

351 - Let No Man Put Asunder - First Choice

352 - Never Gonna Be The Same - Ruth Waters

353 - This Beat Is Mine - Vicki D

354 - Ask Me - Ecstasy, Passion, & Pain

355 - Dance To Dance - Gino Soccio

356 - La Vie En Rose - Grace Jones

357 - Sure Shot - Tracy Weber

358 - Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk

359 - Upside Down - Diana Ross

360 - Cathedrals - D. C. LaRue

361 - Dancin' At The Disco - L. A. X.

362 - I Don't Want To Be A Freak - Dynasty

363 - I Was Born This Way [[Tom Moulton Remix) - Carl Bean

364 - Law And Order - Love Committee

365 - Lust - Rinder & Lewis

366 - Machine Gun - Commodores

367 - Undercover Lover - Debbie Jacobs

368 - You + Me = Love - Undisputed Truth

369 - Dirty Ol' Man - Three Degrees

370 - Manhattan Love Song - King Errisson

371 - Suite Seventeen - Marlena Shaw

372 - This Will Be A Night To Remember - Eddie Holman

373 - Tonight [[I'm Alright) - Narada Michael Walden

374 - What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin' - Stephanie Mills

375 - You Can Get Over - Stephanie Mills

376 - It's Raining Men - Weather Girls

377 - One Nation - Funkadelic

378 - Sunny - Yambu

379 - Weekend - Phreek

380 - Get Down - Voyage

381 - Infatuation - Upfront

382 - I Don't Know If It's Right - Evelyn King

383 - I Love N. Y. - Metropolis

384 - Love Hangover - Diana Ross

385 - Rio De Janeiro - Gary Criss

386 - Saturday - Norma Jean

387 - Take Off - Harlow - Vinyl

388 - The Visitors - Gino Soccio

389 - In The Bottle - Joe Bataan

390 - Miss You - Rolling Stones

391 - Which Way Is Up - Stargard

392 - Without Your Love - Cut Glass

393 - You're All I Have - Poussez

394 - Lady Bump - Penny McLean

395 - Magnifique - Magnifique

396 - Sexy - M. F. S. B.

397 - Twilight Zone - Manhattan Transfer

398 - Cuba - Gibson Brothers

399 - Dancin Johnson - Bill Saluga

400 - Let The Music Play - Shannon

401 - Livin' It Up - Bell and James

402 - Nice And Nasty - Salsoul Orchestra

403 - Daddy Cool - Boney M

404 - Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven [[Remix) - Two Tons O Fun

405 - Love Pains - Yvonne Elliman

406 - Do Or Die - Grace Jones

407 - Love Magic - John Davis & The Monster Orchestra

408 - Mr. DJ You No How To Make Me Dance - The Glass Family

409 - Superstar - Bob McGilpin

410 - Back Together Again [[Remix) - Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway

411 - Beyond The Clouds - Quartz

412 - Enough Is Enough [[No More Tears) - Donna Summer with Barbra Streisand

413 - We're On The Right Track - South Shore Commission

414 - Bounce, Rock, Roll, Skate - Vaughn Mason And Crew

415 - Flashdance - Irene Cara

416 - I Specialize In Love - Sharon Brown

417 - Over & Over - [Sylvester

418 - Sentimentally It's You - Theo Vaness

419 - Can't Live Without Your Love - Tamiko Jones - >Buy CD OR Vinyl

420 - Fascinated - Company B

421 - Feel Like Dancing - France Joli

422 - Soul - Frankie Valli

423 - Starchild - Level 42

424 - Stars - Sylvester

425 - Tangerine - Salsoul Orchestra

426 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 Blow Your Whistle - Gary Toms

427 - Fancy Dancer - Gregg Diamond's Star Cruiser Band

428 - Heart Of Glass - Blondie

429 - Is This The Future? - Fatback

430 - Searching - Change

431 - Lets Go Round Again - Average White Band

432 - Love X Love - George Benson

433 - One More Shot - C-Bank

434 - Crank It Up - Peter Brown

435 - Fantasy - Bruni Pagan

436 - Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players

437 - Mercy - Carol Jiani

438 - Armed And Extremely Dangerous - First Choice

439 - Jump To The Beat - Stacy Lattisaw

440 - It Must Be Love - Alton McClain And Destiny

441 - Lipstick - Michel Polnareff

442 - Make Me Believe In You [[Tom Moulton Remix) - Patti Jo

443 - No One Gets The Prize/The Boss [[12" Remix) - Diana Ross

444 - Ritzy Mambo - Salsoul Orchestra

445 - What A Difference A Day Makes - Esther Phillips

446 - You Stepped Into My Life - Melba Moore

447 - Dance - Paradise Express

448 - Do You Love Me - Patti Austin

449 - Heaven Is A Disco [[Medley) - Paul Jabara

450 - Heavy Vibes - Montana Sextet

451 - I Wanna Dance - Asha

452 - Jump Shout [[Remix) - Lisa

453 - Let's Mend What's Been Broken - Gloria Gaynor

454 - Love Rescue - Project

455 - Malaguena - Pico

456 - Babe Were Gonna Love Tonight - Lime

457 - Sea Hunt - Patrick Cowley

458 - Slide - Slave

459 - Strut Your Funky Stuff - Frantique

460 - Summer Of '42 - Biddu Orchestra

461 - That's The Trouble - Grace Jones

462 - The Very Best In You - Change

463 - Trocadero Suite - Alec R. Costandinos

464 - Angel Eyes - Lime

465 - Beat Box - Art of Noise

466 - California Strut - Walter Murphy

467 - Can We Try Again - Technique

468 - Dance With You - Carrie Lucas

469 - Dancing In Paradise - El Coco

470 - Feelin' Lucky Lately - High Fashion

471 - Forbidden Lover - Tapps

472 - In Private - Dusty Springfield

473 - Judas Iscariot - Sphinx [[Alec Costandinos)

474 - Just Be Yourself - Nightlife Unlimited

475 - Just Begun - Jimmy Castor Bunch

476 - Koka - American Eagles

477 - Let My Heart Do The Walking - Supremes

478 - Look Me Up - Blue Magic

479 - My Baby's Got E. S. P - Four Below Zero

480 - Plug Me To Death - Erotic Drum Band

481 - The Player - First Choice

482 - You Set My Heart On Fire - Tina Charles

483 - Your Disco - Transvolta

484 - Your Move - Change

485 - Arabian Nights Medley - The Ritchie Family

486 - Don't Stop The Music - Yarborough & Peoples

487 - Hang Together - Odyssey

488 - Heaven Knows - Donna Summer

489 - Here's To You - Skyy

490 - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - The Simon Orchestra

491 - I Get Lifted - Jimmy "Bo" Horne

492 - I'll Do My Best [[For You Baby) - Ritchie Family

493 - Keep It Up - Olympic Runners

494 - Let's Clean Up The Ghetto - Philadelphia International All Stars

495 - Love Don't Go Thru No Changes On Me - Sister Sledge

496 - On The Radio - Donna Summer

497 - Ooh I Love It - Salsoul Orchestra

498 - Party Line - Andrea True Connection

499 - Remember Me/Ain't No Mountain - Boystown Gang

500 - Spin It - Sunbelt

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For the record, pardon the pun, I do not wholly agree with the above list and the selections. Too much good stuff was left off and some very obscure garbage was included. See what you think.

[honest opinions]

For the record, pardon the pun, I do not wholly agree with the above list and the selections. Too much good stuff was left off and some very obscure garbage was included. See what you think.

I agree good stuff was left off. This is only 500 songs. You are BOUND to leave stuff off.

I disagree about obscure garbage. Just because you and I may not know a song- that's actually reasonable. We didnt live everywhere, listen to every radio station and go to every club.
But the list was compiled by everybody who did.
What's unreasonable [[and a bit presumptuous) is the "I dont know it/or I dont like it- therefore it must be garbage" conclusion.

That list was put together was a long time ago. I'll bet [[as a member/visitor of DM.C) that if the subject was brought up in 2010- the list would look very different. As different as a Motown top 500 list would look [[as an example) if you did it a decade apart?

I live in NYC. I am surprised sometimes when records we took for granted- ROCKED some club in Canada or San Francisco. But it happened. And just because it didnt happen in NYC dosnt make it less valid. Big world out there.....

You know how many records came out of the Chicago Disco scene that I STILL have never heard that people revere and pay HUGE money for when the 12" comes up on eBay?

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I agree good stuff was left off. This is only 500 songs. You are BOUND to leave stuff off.

I disagree about obscure garbage. Just because you and I may not know a song- that's actually reasonable. We didnt live everywhere, listen to every radio station and go to every club.
But the list was compiled by everybody who did.
What's unreasonable [[and a bit presumptuous) is the "I dont know it/or I dont like it- therefore it must be garbage" conclusion.

That list was put together was a long time ago. I'll bet [[as a member/visitor of DM.C) that if the subject was brought up in 2010- the list would look very different. As different as a Motown top 500 list would look [[as an example) if you did it a decade apart?

I live in NYC. I am surprised sometimes when records we took for granted- ROCKED some club in Canada or San Francisco. But it happened. And just because it didnt happen in NYC dosnt make it less valid. Big world out there.....

You know how many records came out of the Chicago Disco scene that I STILL have never heard that people revere and pay HUGE money for when the 12" comes up on eBay?

Great points Honest Opinions. I too am in NYC, but at the time of the Disco Era I was mostly in Detroit, Denver,Toledo,Philly and Canada and partied in NYC. There were songs that you had to have to have a party in Detroit that are not on this list. I know they had different favorites over in Europe and elsewhere.

[thommg]

Three of my favorite disco songs are not very well known - but should be remembered.

1. I Got The Next Dance With You - Denise Williams
2. Star Love - Cheryl Lynn
3. Dance - Paul Jabara

All 3 of them filled the dance floor down in Washington DC during the day. Now you have to search for them since they are hard to come by.

[soulster]

Three of my favorite disco songs are not very well known - but should be remembered.

1. I Got The Next Dance With You - Denise Williams
2. Star Love - Cheryl Lynn

These two songs are very well-known, at least in the R&B world...

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These two songs are very well-known, at least in the R&B world...

Oh yeah, those got a lot of play when they first hit.

[gordy_hunk]

Three of my favorite disco songs are not very well known - but should be remembered.

1. I Got The Next Dance With You - Denise Williams
2. Star Love - Cheryl Lynn
3. Dance - Paul Jabara

All 3 of them filled the dance floor down in Washington DC during the day. Now you have to search for them since they are hard to come by.

The album "When love comes calling" by Deniece Williams, was issued this week on CD. It contains the single mix, album mix and the 12" disco mix of "I've got the next dance".

Star love is available as a download from Amazon [[the 7 minutes + version) and there is also a version on the newly released CD "The best of" [[the CD was issued August 30). Don't know the length of the track on that CD though.

The track 'Dance' by Paul Jabara from his first album "Shut Out" isn't yet available on CD. It is hoped that the CD will be issued before too long.

Hope this helps.

[thommg]

The album "When love comes calling" by Deniece Williams, was issued this week on CD. It contains the single mix, album mix and the 12" disco mix of "I've got the next dance".

Star love is available as a download from Amazon [[the 7 minutes + version) and there is also a version on the newly released CD "The best of" [[the CD was issued August 30). Don't know the length of the track on that CD though.

The track 'Dance' by Paul Jabara from his first album "Shut Out" isn't yet available on CD. It is hoped that the CD will be issued before too long.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for this info. I actually have all three tracks but am excited to find that Denise Williams When Love Comes Calling is now out on cd. I really enjoyed that one and will definitely pick that cd up. I Got The Next Dance was featured on a cd compilation called Let's Dance which I'm sure is now OOP. The Cheryl Lynn track was on her first album which was released on cd many, many years ago. Paul Jabara had a compilation cd that contained tracks from all of this albums and contains Dance. Again, long out of print.

Also, I would love to find the Melba Moore cd This Is It. I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED that album. I heard it was released on cd but have never been able to find it. This Is It was a great dance floor piece.

[tom_moulton]

I am here.Just reading about others thoughts on it and what it meant to them. I don't have to tell you what it meant to me. You can hear it in the Music.

[gordy_hunk]

you must be absolutely thrilled that your work on Gloria Gaynor has been issued on CD. The album "never can say goodbye" totally changed my life - as it did many others. To be so creative and talented and have a legacy that you were such an influential figure within the music world... I'm envious!

[tom_moulton]

Hi Marv, I missed this post originally. I am not sure what I could have added except that Disco to me was Soul Music with a Groove you could move to. And Did We Move!!!!

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Hi Marv, I missed this post originally. I am not sure what I could have added except that Disco to me was Soul Music with a Groove you could move to. And Did We Move!!!!

Yes we did! I don't recall many obese people back then either! LOL! Tom I wanted to know what methods or steps you took with a specific record to make the extended remix ? I mean how did you decide which parts to use?

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Yes we did! I don't recall many obese people back then either! LOL! Tom I wanted to know what methods or steps you took with a specific record to make the extended remix ? I mean how did you decide which parts to use?

LOL @ not recalling obese people back then

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LOL @ not recalling obese people back then

Well, whenever I look at personal photographs I don't see any overweight, obese people in them and the next time you get the chance to look at old American Bandstand, Soul Train or any classic dance shows........no obese people. Looking at photos in general from the 70's [[Google some!), you just don't see many if any at all! LOL!

[glencro]

Well, whenever I look at personal photographs I don't see any overweight, obese people in them and the next time you get the chance to look at old American Bandstand, Soul Train or any classic dance shows........no obese people. Looking at photos in general from the 70's [[Google some!), you just don't see many if any at all! LOL!

You are so right...Think I need to find a dance floor lol

[soulster]

Well, whenever I look at personal photographs I don't see any overweight, obese people in them and the next time you get the chance to look at old American Bandstand, Soul Train or any classic dance shows........no obese people. Looking at photos in general from the 70's [[Google some!), you just don't see many if any at all! LOL!

That's because everyone was doing lines of coke!

[glencro]

Hi Marv, I missed this post originally. I am not sure what I could have added except that Disco to me was Soul Music with a Groove you could move to. And Did We Move!!!!

I totally agree...and you made a great contribution to the movement