Disco Friday...

In light of today's need for instant success and fame, it is heartening that it took The Emotions eight years after releasing their first records as The Emotions to finally have a Number 1 hit with the disco classic, "Best Of My Love" in '76. One of the best female vocal trios of all time, "Best Of My Love" marries the trio's tight harmonies to EW&F's Maurice White's joyous production to produce a song worthy of that top spot.

Best Of My Love

Disco Friday...

A bass line sampled many years later by Daft Punk, a terrific string arrangement at the end and a dance tune guaranteed to liven up any disco , courtesy of this week's Disco Friday band, The Originals. Released in 1976 on Motown Records, Freddie Gorman's powerful vocals were like a rallying call to get everyone heading over to "Love Town". There's a  lot worse places to head to on a Friday night, so if you are at a loss where to go tonight, then you know where to head on down to....

Down To Love Town

Disco Friday...

Today's disco tune is another one of those tracks that not everyone may think fits the disco genre, but I feel it merits it's place so it is this week's Disco Friday tune. From 1980, "Take Your Time (Do It Right) was our first introduction to the The Sounds Of Success, better known to all of us as The S.O.S. Band. Apparently the single sold over two million copies, not too shabby for a debut single. Hard to believe that this is almost 35 years old now, although I do have a vague recollection of roller skating to this tune at The Olympia in East Kilbride. It's strangely comforting how you can pin point most parts of your life through music and how certain songs can transport you back to what you were doing at a certain time in your life. Great tune, that today would still get the party started tonight...

Take Your Time (Do It Right)

Disco Friday...

 

Famously sampled (ripped off ??) by Black Box in the late 80's, "Love Sensation" is a true disco classic. You can hear from the opening why it has been sampled so often by so many artists - step forward The Pet Shop Boys, Moby and Samantha Fox (!!) among many, many others. Loletta Hollway's vocals just blow you away from the second she opens her mouth. Easily one of the defining songs of the disco era, great tune, powerful, passionate vocal with a funky beat and top orchestration. What's not to like ?

From The Mary Chain to Loletta Holloway within 24 hours...just proves the point that good music is good music and that there are no boundaries..

Hope you enjoy...

Love Sensation

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