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"Get Off" by Foxy

"Let's All Chant" by The Michael Zager Band

"Boogie-Oogie Oogie" by A Taste Of Honey

"He's The Greatest Dancer" by Sister Sledge

"Don Quichotte" by Magazine 60

"Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" by Tavares

"Pull Up To The Bumper" by Grace Jones

"The Beat Goes On" by The Whispers

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You guys over in Europe never did get around to realizing that disco sucks. :p

 

But in my opinion, no setlist would be compete without Dazz by Brick, and I want your Love by Chic. Also, Disco Nights by GQ, and Stomp by Brothers Johnson.

 

Disco was often overly dramatic and Vegas-y (Like CopaCabana), but I think the guys I listed did it right.

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Boogie Ooogie Ooogie by A Taste Of Honey

Get Off by Foxy

Grooveline by Heatwave

Disco Nights by GQ


are probably my favorites

 

 

Those are my fav's as well. Here's some others that are sure to get 'dem booties shakin'

 

'Boogie Man' by KC & the Sunshine Band

'Dazz' by Brick

'It Only Takes A Minute' by Tavares

'Disco Inferno' by The Trammps

'Love Machine' by the Miracles

'The Love I Lost' by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

'Ain't No Stoppin Us Now' by McFadden & Whitehead

 

Oh yeah, and 'Good Times' by Chic

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It's probably too early to really be considered "disco" in the genre sense -- but in my favorite part of the greater disco era* (around '74-'75) I remember dancing to stuff like "The Cissy Strut" or "Sex Machine." (The Meters and James Brown, respectively.) To me, that was dance music. ;)

 

 

 

*There'd been a resurgence of people spinning funk and soul in between sets in rock clubs and then the first few 'new' discotheques started popping up around. And unlike the rock clubs, people dressed up wild at the first few full-on discos I went to then, trying to outdo each other with weird costumes. I got to practice the blas

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It's probably too early to really be considered "disco" in the genre sense -- but in
my
favorite part of the greater disco era* (around '74-'75) I remember dancing to stuff like "The Cissy Strut" or "Sex Machine." (The Meters and James Brown, respectively.) To me,
that
was
dance
music.
;)
.

 

 

Yeah, 'tis true that there were some records that sounded like Disco before there was Disco, officially...

 

I was thinking of, say:

 

"Want Ads" by The Honey Cone

"Up The Ladder To The Roof" by The Supremes

"Keep On Truckin'" by Eddie Kendricks

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