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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.

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Favoriting August 10, 2011: Third not-quite-annual DISCO* DANCE PARTY!

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Summertime always reminds me of listening to Ken "Spider" Webb and Ricky Ricardo and, of course the Chief Rocker Frankie Crocker on WBLS. In that spirit, I invite you to turn of the air conditioning, throw open the windows, and get ready to sweat! I'm busting out the 7" AND 12" vinyl and spinning your favorite classic jams, along with some little-heard gems that will make you move your feet to the beat in the heat. Guaranteed at least one "I haven't heard this in 30 years" or "why haven't I heard this before?!" moment for every listener! The string sections and hi-hats are at the ready - let's groove tonight!

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*Some songs may strike you as more hip-hop, or some other genre, as opposed to strictly "disco." I'm keeping the lines blurry and using "disco" as a catch-all for fun dance music from the mid-70s to the early '80s.



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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
the ritchie family  the best disco in town   Favoriting 7"  marlin  1976     
cherelle  i didn't mean to turn you on   Favoriting 7"  tabu  1984    0:02:30 (Pop-up)
change  searching   Favoriting the glow of love  wb  1980    0:06:27 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
silvetti 

spring rain   Favoriting

7" 

salsoul 

1976 

 

0:14:10 (Pop-up)
maxine nightingale  love hit me   Favoriting 12"  ua  1977    0:17:05 (Pop-up)
nyc peech boys  don't make me wait   Favoriting life is something special  island  1983    0:22:26 (Pop-up)
c.j. & company  devil's gun   Favoriting 7"  westbound  1977    0:28:40 (Pop-up)
love unlimited orchestra  my laboratory is ready for you   Favoriting 12"  unlimited gold  1983    0:32:42 (Pop-up)
anita ward  ring my bell   Favoriting 7"  juana  1979    0:39:11 (Pop-up)
local boy  thriller/owner of a lonely heart   Favoriting 12"  profile  1984    0:42:37 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
cerrone 

love in c minor   Favoriting

7" 

cotillion 

1977 

 

0:48:31 (Pop-up)
alicia bridges  i love the nightlife   Favoriting 7"  polydor  1978    0:52:16 (Pop-up)
patrice rushen  forget me nots   Favoriting 12"  elektra  1982    0:55:18 (Pop-up)
teddy pendergrass  i don't love you anymore   Favoriting 7"  philadelphia international  1977    1:02:31 (Pop-up)
the gap band  burn rubber on me (why you wanna hurt me)   Favoriting iii  total experience  1980    1:06:03 (Pop-up)
s.o.s. band  take your time (do it right)   Favoriting 12"  tabu  1980    1:11:40 (Pop-up)
denroy morgan  i'll do anything for you   Favoriting 12"  mass dance classics  1981    1:15:11 (Pop-up)
janet jackson  when I think of you   Favoriting 7"  a&m  1986  whoa, I didn't realize this was so late in the decade! I'll make an exception to my own arbitrary rules in this case.  1:21:48 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
meco 

star wars theme / cantina band   Favoriting

7" 

millennium 

1977 

 

1:25:36 (Pop-up)
sister power  give me back my love affair   Favoriting 12"  ariola  1979    1:29:10 (Pop-up)
thelma houston  don't leave me this way   Favoriting 7"  tamla  1977    1:35:48 (Pop-up)
dr. john  jet set   Favoriting 12"  streetwise  1984  yes, THAT Dr. John. Produced by Duke Bootee, of Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five fame.  1:39:13 (Pop-up)
frankie smith  double dutch bus   Favoriting 12"  pbi  1981    1:46:46 (Pop-up)
heatwave  boogie nights   Favoriting 7"  epic  1976    1:54:46 (Pop-up)
bee gees  you should be dancing   Favoriting 7"  rso  1976    1:58:13 (Pop-up)
junior  mama used to say   Favoriting 7"  mercury  1981    2:02:39 (Pop-up)
cheri  murphy's law   Favoriting 12"  venture  1982    2:05:39 (Pop-up)
"love bug" starski  you've gotta believe   Favoriting 7"  fever  1983    2:12:12 (Pop-up)
the jacksons  shake your body (down to the ground)   Favoriting 12"  epic  1978    2:16:52 (Pop-up)
donald byrd & 125th st nyc  love has come around   Favoriting love byrd  elektra  1981    2:23:35 (Pop-up)
a taste of honey  boogie oogie oogie   Favoriting 7"  capitol  1978  by request for Pablo Dugan  2:30:40 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
van mccoy & the soul city symphony 

the hustle   Favoriting

disco baby 

avco 

1975 

 

2:34:20 (Pop-up)
yarbrough & peoples  don't stop the music   Favoriting 7"  mercury  1980    2:39:08 (Pop-up)
shannon  let the music play   Favoriting 12"  emergency  1983    2:42:12 (Pop-up)
dorothy moore  let the music play   Favoriting 12"  tk  1977  different song, same title  2:47:41 (Pop-up)
rebbie jackson  centipede   Favoriting 7"  columbia  1984  your seventh Jackson of the evening, ladies and gentlemen.  2:53:01 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
william stuckey 

disco fly   Favoriting

12" 

ica 

1977 

 

2:57:17 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  9:04pm
Tony Manero:

Stayin' alive!
  9:04pm
Julie:

wooooooooo..that's the way I like it
  9:05pm
Disco Duck:

*quack!*
  9:05pm
Marmalade kitty:

YMCA..!
  9:05pm
Dan B From Upstate:

Definitely been looking forward to this all day!
  9:06pm
Julie:

Wasn't there a disco version of the Star wars theme?
  9:06pm
Kat:

Me too! Love the disco ball GIF
  9:06pm
Mirror Ball:

Hypnotized yet?
  9:06pm
Julie:

@MK how you doing?? I heard Manchester got hit yesterday
  9:07pm
Julie:

WKTU wasn't that a big NYC disco station?
  9:08pm
Time Marches On:

70s: The Bronx is burning

10s: The Brits is burning :-(
  9:08pm
listener james from westwood:

Julie, there was indeed a disco version of the Star Wars theme, by Meco, and I adored it as a Star-Wars-obsessed-kid (and still dig it as an adult).
  9:09pm
Time Marches On:

wikipedia: "1978, when the old WKTU (on 92.3) went from an adult contemporary format to a disco music format"
  9:09pm
Marmalade kitty:

Julie, I was woken at 11:30PM.. shouting and smashing of windows!! unbelievable!
  9:10pm
Julie:

@MK I hope you and your place are okay!
  9:10pm
T-Zero:

woot woot woot This is gonna be a great show.
  9:10pm
Julie:

World in turmoil? It's time to Daaaaaaaaaaaaance
  9:13pm
Stevel:

Apparently you CAN'T stop the music. Nobody can stop the music.
  9:14pm
Marmalade kitty:

It's amazing how a little rain can be more effective than a Police presence!
  9:15pm
Julie:

@MK Mancunians? Afraid of the rain?
  9:15pm
Rain:

People can and often want to fight police. Everyone knows rain never gets forced back.
  9:17pm
12539:

It's time for the Evan "Disco" Davies show...
  9:20pm
other david:

Heh, I'm still recovering from that DLR vocal track on the last show
  9:21pm
WranglerDGuy:

No Parking on the Dance Floor!
  9:21pm
Julie:

even in Ireland they're dancing!
  9:23pm
Playlist Asterisk:

Don't be scared of the genre police!
  9:23pm
Marmalade kitty:

are we the only goths at the disco?
  9:24pm
efd:

Hi everyone! Glad to see you're enjoying the show so far!

WDGuy, I actually have a different Midnight Star song with me - I hope that will be acceptable.
  9:25pm
WranglerDGuy:

As long as you play RIng My Bell.
  9:25pm
other david:

Alas more like lumbering, Julie, but warming up towards pulling out some big moves... or at least my back, trying.
  9:25pm
T-Zero:

@efd: Since you asked for suggestions, heh... Pistol In My Pocket
  9:26pm
Kat:

Peech Boys yesssss
  9:26pm
Julie:

@MK that's okay...we can dance longer in our combat boots than they can in their platforms!
  9:27pm
papa:

Yea Dawg!
  9:32pm
Marmalade kitty:

play somethin sleazy!
  9:33pm
efd:

sorry, I didn't bring my copy of "Push, Push (In The Bush) by Musique.
  9:34pm
G:

Did MK mean something along the lines of what's on the heavy breathers premium???
  9:37pm
cubicle carl:

Glad you mentioned the bug sound, efd. I was looking around for a trapped critter behind my 'puter.
  9:38pm
efd:

what up, Papa!

WranglerDGuy, your request is next on WFMU!
  9:42pm
Randy in NC:

Cherchez La Femme
  9:42pm
Julie:

I want Abba Disco! Yeah baby.
  9:42pm
Julie:

Tori Amos did a lovely version of Ring My Bell :)
  9:43pm
WranglerDGuy:

:)
  9:43pm
cubicle carl:

OK. Ring My Bell can only mean that we're totally committed at this point.
  9:44pm
Randy in NC:

Turn the Beat Around
  9:44pm
Julie:

I love the nightlife!
  9:46pm
efd:

Julie, "I Love The Nightlife" for sure!

Randy, two good requests - I might be able to come up with "Cherchez La Femme."
  9:46pm
Julie:

The original mash-up?
  9:46pm
Marmalade kitty:

David Christie "Saddle Up" :)
  9:47pm
Julie:

I Love The Nightlife -- I first heard it in Love at First Bite, great dance moment with the blonde Susan St. James & George Hamilton, the tanned Dracula
  9:47pm
Justsheano:

Awesome set so far, Funk!
  9:48pm
Randy in NC:

Be Thankful for What You've Got, ...diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin tha scene with tha gangsta lean....
  9:49pm
G:

Who's scarier, Vincent Price or Jon Anderson?
  9:49pm
Julie:

I hate you. Now I want to go out and dance.
  9:50pm
Stevel:

Jon Anderson is a bit more pale.
  9:50pm
tomB:

Aint No Stopping Us Now maybe? Disco Inferno?
And for Boston: Tavares?
  9:50pm
Julie:

this is GREAT
  9:52pm
Julie:

I didn't have the radio any quieter for 7SD yet it seems much louder..my neighbors are gonna freak
  9:52pm
Stevel:

Bruce Jenner's film triumph. (I'd make more fun of this film, but I actually know the hand movements to the title song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0TY4FUEd2M
  9:52pm
Julie:

Disco Lucy!
  9:53pm
G:

While we're at it, who's scarier, Michael Jackson in those black leather pants from the early 80s? or Trevor Rabin in those black leather pants from the early 80s?
  9:53pm
Patrick:

Evan how bout some Heatwave?? Boogie Nights it's a must tonight.
  9:53pm
Randy in NC:

Don't Rock the Boat
  9:54pm
Julie:

So what year counts as the beginning of disco?
and YAY!!!
  9:55pm
Justsheano:

AKSHUN
  9:55pm
efd:

Julie, here's your ack-SHAWN!
  9:55pm
Justsheano:

AKSHUN
  9:55pm
lagirlfrench:

Cerrone!!! Wow. Super cool. I'm having such a great time with this show so far!!!
  9:56pm
Julie:

Did she EVER do anything else? I think I actually have the LP somewhere
  9:56pm
G:

@Julie: Do the Hustle was an important moment in popularizing it widely. You couldn't escape that song in the summer of 75.
  9:57pm
Julie:

and BASS man there's so much BASS @G yeah I was thinking 75ish was about right, although the word discotheque goes back farther. And when did it actually become hetero & mainstream?
  9:57pm
cubicle carl:

Oh my. This is freaking me out. I feel like I'm riding around in the car with my mommy with the radio on.
  9:58pm
Randy in NC:

Giorgio Moroder, most anything...
  9:58pm
Madi H.:

I think the video of Alicia Bridges doing this song is worth a look - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu2NzXb4x1s
  9:58pm
Justsheano:

Cookout music!
  9:59pm
Julie:

@Madi interesting to see that because I have an outfit just like that
  9:59pm
T-Zero:

@cubicle carl: heh. I was in my 20s at the time.
@efd: I was just thinking one show isn't going to be enough lol You defintely will need to do another.

Request: 2 Puerto Ricans, a Blackman, and a Dominican
  9:59pm
annoid:

anyone know how to shut down the WFMU app on a Droid? Usually it's the lower right button on apps, but that's not doin' nuttin' - I just had to go into applications and do a Force Stop. There's gotta be another way.
  10:00pm
Justsheano:

Oh man, how many crappy cookouts on the side of the Belt Parkway near Canarsie Pier had this as a soundtrack?
  10:00pm
Julie:

when she was 12, Alicia had her own radio show!
  10:00pm
Randy in NC:

Probably want steer clear of Celebration...

OK, I'll stop
  10:00pm
Julie:

@Annoid what I usually do is just put it on pause and it goes away
  10:01pm
timotato:

Love the bass & rhythm of "Forgrt Me Not"
  10:01pm
annoid:

Great show, by the way! I was out walking around and the WFMU app on my phone decided to spontaneously launch. Suddenly, my pocket started playing "Ring My Bell." Quite surreal.
  10:02pm
G:

Between Hustle and Saturday Night Fever (1975-77) disco went from speciality club music (early 70s) to a dominant mainstream genre. Pre 75, it was a speciality in clubs among blacks, latinos, and gays, partly a rebellion against then-dominent male-hetero rock with its anti-dance anti-pop leanings....
  10:02pm
annoid:

Thanks Julie!
  10:02pm
Julie:

ah so what's some of that specialty club music pre 1975?
  10:03pm
Randy in NC:

@timotato - This stuff is from back in the day when people actually played their instruments rather than assembling everything on a lap top from samples.
  10:04pm
Joe B:

disco was already big business pre Saturday Night fever. that's how/why that movie got made
  10:05pm
Randy in NC:

Does anyone remember Huckapoo shirts?
  10:05pm
efd:

Hi Madi, nice to see you! Nice to see all of you, of course! Thanks for boogieing along G, annoid, timotato, Justsheano (request coming up!), T-Zero, cubicle carl, and anyone I missed (Sorry!)
  10:05pm
Julie:

@JoeB exactly..the movie kind of signalled the end of its being "cool"
  10:05pm
G:

wikipedia: "In what is considered a forerunner to disco style clubs, in February 1970, the New York City DJ David Mancuso opened The Loft, a members-only private dance club set in his own home. Allmusic claims some have argued that Isaac Hayes and Barry White were playing what would be called disco music as early as 1971. According to the music guide there is disagreement as to what the first disco song was. Claims have been made for Manu Dibango's "Soul Makossa" (1972), Jerry Butler's "One Night Affair" (1972), the Hues Corporation's "Rock the Boat" (1974), George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby" (1974), and "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974) by Biddu and Carl Douglas. The first article about disco was written in September 1973 by Vince Aletti for Rolling Stone Magazine. In 1974 New York City's WPIX-FM premiered the first disco radio show.""
  10:06pm
Julie:

Will there be some KC & The Sunshine Band?
  10:06pm
Julie:

When I think of disco I think of Johnny Fever's massive hatred of it, and his five minutes as host of a disco tv show :D
  10:06pm
efd:

There will!
  10:07pm
efd:

yikes, I'm already starting to feel overcommitted with 2 hours left!
  10:08pm
Julie:

You can do it Evan! In the 70s, that's what cocaine was for! More disco!
  10:08pm
T-Zero:

@eft; Heh. Not to say I told you so, but I said so. lol Disco defintely gets a bad rap
  10:09pm
T-Zero:

efd ... damn typos
  10:10pm
efd:

I am feeling rather newt-like. :) Yep, T-Zero, you're correct on all counts.


JUSTSHEANO, your request is next on WFMU!
  10:11pm
timotato:

Oh love the p-funk influence!
  10:11pm
zoot allors:

pink floyd's 'have a cigar' cover by Rosebud, if ya got it?
  10:11pm
annoid:

Burn Rubber indeed! Total flashback to driving my Chevy Impala around Phoenix in the 80s blastin' this mutha.
  10:11pm
cubicle carl:

@Randy in NC, yes, I wore them with those flared jeans with leather pockets.
  10:11pm
efd:

(well, after the mic break that is)
  10:11pm
Julie:

Bad rap NO Disco YES
  10:12pm
Noah:

Dirty, greasy naughty groovy!
  10:13pm
Randy in NC:

@cubicle carl - I might still have one in a box of stuff from college...
  10:14pm
Justsheano:

WOOOOOOHOOOOOO
  10:16pm
Julie:

I saw Airplane this week, nice disco scene in that....oooooh love the echo EFD you are my idol
  10:17pm
cubicle carl:

@Randy in NC - the designs on those were absurd. I had one that was a picture of mountain climbers ascending some sort of iceberg looking thing.
  10:17pm
annoid:

Bless you EFD! Keep bringin' the happy over here in the corporate computer slog bog....
  10:18pm
efd:

zoot allors, I DO have that Rosebud 12" Did you hear me play it a few years ago? Anyway, I'lll see if I can get that on for you.
  10:18pm
Justsheano:

Thanks, Evan! I am so happy! I first learned that song when I was in day camp in the second grade... and it sticks with me to this day
  10:18pm
Julie:

I love how so many of these are 7". Did the 12" single exist before disco?
  10:19pm
efd:

Awesome, my pleasure Justsheano!
  10:19pm
Canadian Dude:

Lime!
  10:20pm
Amanda:

Awww, I have this 12"! I grabbed it off the street once when someone was throwing out a whole bunch of stuff. Also in the haul was... wait for it... Double Dutch Bus.
  10:20pm
G:

wikipedia: "The 12-inch single gramophone record came into existence with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. The first 12" (30 cm) single was actually a 10" (25 cm) acetate used by a mix engineer (Jose Rodriquez) in need of a Friday night test copy for famed disco mixer Tom Moulton. "
  10:20pm
T-Zero:

@efd: You have any disco rough on hand? (ie, Alan Bega Juke Box Babe, Material, Mathematiques Modernes, Elli & Jaccno)?
  10:20pm
Julie:

AMANDA!!!! are you dancin'?
  10:21pm
Bohannon:

Wardell Piper _ Super Sweet ... so forgotten.
  10:21pm
Julie:

Um how can the first 12" single be a "10?
  10:22pm
efd:

Bohannon, I've played that before! But I don't have it with me tonight. :(
  10:22pm
Amanda:

Yes! If by dancing you mean sitting on the couch with my notebook!
  10:22pm
efd:

T-Zero, that's a sub-genre I'm not familiar with! I think it'll just be smooth disco tonight.
  10:23pm
Auld:

I think there was a brief window of 4-track tapes before the 8-track came into being.
  10:23pm
efd:

well, Material I know but I don't think of them as disco-y.
  10:23pm
Julie:

@Amanda yes I am couch-dancing as well!
  10:23pm
lagirlfrench:

'Le freak c'est chic' on the playlist? Or the Italian Pino d'Angio 'ma quale que idea'? :)
  10:23pm
G:

Because shifts operate by steps. That's my experience with processes, anyway. Does that sound right to you? For more detail, check the rest of the "12 inch single" article in wikipedia. Only small bites can go here.
  10:24pm
Julie:

Is there German disco? I want German disco!
  10:24pm
lagirlfrench:

I want French disco!!
  10:24pm
efd:

Oh, there's plenty of good German disco! But not tonight.
  10:25pm
cheri:

hey what's shaking evan??? i ddc am grooving to this awsome disco show!!!! hiya julie!!
  10:26pm
Julie:

late though it is, this Janet sure has a disco beat
  10:27pm
T-Zero:

@efd: re Material ... Upriver and Secret Life would probably qualify as disco rough. Wouldn't a lot of the German disco fall into disco rough? (This is the problem with style classification, it's not logically consistent.)
  10:27pm
Denny Terrio Jr.:

Who's the guy who instigated the record burning at Wrigley Field?
  10:28pm
Kat:

@Denny Steve Dahl.
  10:28pm
Julie:

there were so many disco novelty songs..disco Lucy among them
  10:28pm
G:

"July 12, 1979 became known as "the day disco died" because of an anti-disco demonstration that was held in Chicago. Rock station DJs Steve Dahl and Garry Meier, along with Michael Veeck, son of Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck, staged Disco Demolition Night, a promotional event with an anti-disco theme, between games at a White Sox doubleheader for disgruntled rock fans."
  10:29pm
Julie:

Going to google disco rough...funny I thought you said NICO..disco Nico now that'd be something
  10:29pm
cubicle carl:

Is that a light saber in your pocket...
  10:30pm
T-Zero:

heh, I thought he said Nico also and was going huh?
  10:30pm
cheri:

evan & julie what's a disco show without the bee gees???
  10:32pm
Ace:

I Was Made For Lovin' You Baby ............... KISS
  10:34pm
glenn:

i'm not sure if it's considered disco, but it's definitely dance music, anyway, i hereby request......... gina x.
  10:34pm
G:

wow, more than half over, time flies etc....
  10:34pm
Gil Gerard:

I look at this as exposure therapy
  10:34pm
efd:

cheri, this might actually be the week where I fulfill one of your requests.
  10:35pm
efd:

Also, if this Sister Power song isn't the biggest rip-off of "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston I don't know what is...
  10:35pm
G:

circle the calendar!
  10:36pm
Gil Gerard:

yes, they totally ripped off the beat
  10:36pm
cheri:

thank you evan!!!
  10:36pm
Harry Casey Type:

GQ - Disco Nights loved that one GREAT show Evan, per usual.
M - Pop Musik was a huge one back then.
  10:38pm
Randy in NC:

@efd you are right for sure!
  10:38pm
T-Zero:

@Julie: I doubt you'll find much on disco rought as an "official" sub-genre. These days it get's lumped/dumped into being called Dance Punk, Synth-Pop these days... which is "fair" I guess.
  10:39pm
Noah:

Evan - Can you fill in for me tonight? Just keep playin the disco while I stay home and tear the floor up!
  10:39pm
Julie:

That "ahhhhhhhhhhh baby!" is definitely one of the top disco moments
  10:40pm
Julie:

well then what IS "disco rough," besides perhaps some sort of gay code
  10:40pm
G:

Evan's decided if he keeps the talkovers minimal, he can squeeze in three or four more tracks before the witching hour...
  10:40pm
Gibson Bro:

It's all about that four-on-the-floor at what ... 120 BPM? Would you consider Fly Robin Fly by Silver Convention (German, incidentally) as the first disco hit?
  10:40pm
efd:

Noah, what do I tell your guests? They've been tweeting all day about coming out here!
  10:40pm
Julie:

@Noah get some disco and join in! Keep the party going!
  10:41pm
cheri:

heey julie what's up??
  10:41pm
Weems:

Normally I know 4% of the songs on the EFD show, tonight the number is more like 84%!
  10:41pm
G:

There is a disc titled Disco Rough from 82, so that term did have some currency back in the day...
  10:41pm
cubicle carl:

Disco ninety one one.
  10:41pm
Julie:

what's up? I'm listening to the Evan Funk Davies Disco Dance Party that's what's up!
  10:43pm
Stevel:

Did NOT expect Dr. John. Very happy.
  10:43pm
T-Zero:

Not sure it would be any kind of "gay code".

@G: Yeah. Celluloid Records put out an album compilation with that title. Listening to it would probably provide a better understanding of disco rough than me trying to pigeion hole it.
  10:43pm
cheri:

i'm digging it too julie,,,
  10:45pm
Joe B:

there were many disco hits before Silver convention.
  10:45pm
T-Zero:

@efd: Thanks much much much for the show.
  10:45pm
cheri:

evan,,julie i really love disco!!!!
  10:46pm
Randy in NC:

The synth on this Dr John sounds like Kraftwerk
  10:46pm
Pidge:

Terrific show Evan. Reminds me of my old days at 96FEVER in Clearwater, Fl. 1979
  10:47pm
efd:

"Rock The Boat" by Hues Corporation (which Randy mentioned/requested earlier) is often cited as the first charting disco single, but I don't think there's universal agreement on which song was truly the first "disco" song.
  10:48pm
T-Zero:

I'm really liking this dr john
  10:49pm
Kat:

Thanks, EFD, I was going to ask for the producer credit on the Dr. John track! That explains a lot. Aside from the corny lyrics, that was pretty awesome.
  10:49pm
Silver Convention:

"Fly, Robin, Fly" (1975) is the Billboard chart-topping non-instrumental song with the fewest number of unique words in the vocals, six.
  10:51pm
efd:

Pidge, "96FEVER" sounds like it would have been right up my alley!

Yeah, that Dr. John song is pretty sweet. Plus, he sounds like Frankie Smith! :)
  10:53pm
efd:

Patrick, if you're still out there: Your request is next on WFMU!
  10:53pm
T-Zero:

@efd: Would it be fair to say disco rough is a type of early disco electronic house? I don't know how to explain it to Julie.
  10:55pm
efd:

I hadn't heard that phrase until you brought it up earlier, so you're on your own with that one! :)
  10:55pm
T-Zero:

But see, this is the problem with genre classification because I don't think Alan Vega would really fit in disco house. Beh! (Waves a white flag)
  10:55pm
Gil Gerard:

I am having Viet Nam like flashbacks, except instead of rice paddies running red with blood I see the Solid Gold Dancers and bad Chroma-key.
  10:55pm
cheri:

julie this is a true fact,,, i used to be called "disco diva cheri" but not anymore,,, is"nt that right evan??
  10:57pm
Gil Gerard:

this I like, though. and Rubberband Man.
  10:58pm
T-Zero:

@efd: Oh! When you mentioned Material, I thought maybe... Guess it must have been more am "inside among my friends" term back in the day ... Thought it was more known. (Oh well...)
  10:59pm
KR:

Grooveline was another great Heatwave tune, and Always and Forever. Rod Temperton ... wrote huge hits for Mike Jackson.
  10:59pm
efd:

cheri, I don't know of anyone who called you that besides you.

T-Zero, yeah, I know the band Material but hadn't heard that term used before to describe them.
  11:01pm
Memory Lapse:

Who did Don't Disturb This Groove? Too stubborn to Google
  11:03pm
G:

The System, 1987
  11:03pm
cheri:

thnx very much evan..
  11:04pm
Stigwood:

Best Disco song possibly ever. Perfectly captures the time and vibe. Incredible.
  11:04pm
Julie:

Bee Gees are a bossy bunch aren't they? Don't tell me what I should be doing, you Manx bastards
  11:05pm
Noah:

I have my Coffee Break shirt on JUST for your show Evan, Frankie "Hollywood" Crocker is on it....
  11:06pm
Joe B:

wow, thought Groove Line was a lock for this show!
  11:07pm
efd:

Joe, I thought so too! Switched it up at the last minute!
  11:08pm
Rudiger:

Keep the tunes comin. Makes me wish Jammin 105 didn't groove off into the sunset.
  11:08pm
WranglerDGuy:

efd did you just say "Big Star" as in "Sitting in the back of a car" Big Star???
  11:08pm
Stevel:

OK Julie. You made me post this parody link. (Manx bastards indeed!) Ever hear the Hee Bee Gee Bees? (It has its moments.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-gZKRKNy4w
  11:09pm
Danne D:

I always wondered what cheri sounded like.
  11:10pm
cheri:

i'm forever in your debt ,,evan.hiya danne!
  11:10pm
efd:

WDGuy, no no no - big starS! (I was trying to cover up for the fact that I couldn't remember who it was off the top of my head!)
  11:10pm
Who Knew:

She sounds a lot like Texas Scott, matter of fact.
  11:10pm
Gil Gerard:

Back when this was all happening, there were actual reports on the network evening news about an affliction called "disco thumb" - which people suffered due to excessive finger snapping while at the discotheque.
  11:10pm
Julie:

Do you think we can replace the dead Bee Gee with one of those?
  11:11pm
Julie:

@Gil a resurgence of "beat thumb?"
  11:12pm
Disco Thumb:

O, snap!
  11:12pm
Danne D:

Hiya cheri! Figured you'd be on the board tonight.

Loved the Yes/Thriller mash-up earlier, EFD.
  11:13pm
WranglerDGuy:

Ooops. That's what happens when one listens while reading Sci-fi.
  11:13pm
Danne D:

*ponders that somewhere in a parrallel universe there's a person name cake asking for this very song*
  11:13pm
tomB:

The return of Disco Duck in Murphy's Law! &I always maintained that the original Disco Duck was musically a notch above many others that summer of '76.
  11:14pm
cheri:

ooh evan you are the greatest
  11:14pm
annoid:

Wow, you are really dredging up some memories here. I didin't even know the artist's name was Cheri or that she was singing "Murphy's Law"
  11:14pm
Julie:

Does Rick Dees still have a radio show?
  11:14pm
KC:

Do ya wanna go ... partay
  11:16pm
cheri:

evan & julie ,,i do believe in disco
  11:17pm
T-Zero:

@efd: That's okay. I'd never heard the term "smooth disco" before either. lol And this set I'd have called electrofunk ;) Genre/style classification is such a morass with crossovers, groups constantly being recategorized/relabled etc, all that matters is if you like it you like and if you don't, you don't. (Not "you" personally of course, just in general.)
  11:18pm
WIKI:

As of May 4, 2011, Dees is hosting the morning show at R&B oldies station (and sister station of KIIS-FM) KHHT, "Hot 92.3" in Los Angeles.
  11:18pm
Gil Gerard:

"I AM... some dancer!"
  11:19pm
Julie:

does the thriller mashup count?
  11:19pm
T-Zero:

Sorry. Trying to describe it still for Julie, and became a bit obsessive. I'll drop the subject.
  11:20pm
Disco Thumb:

No actual Jackson voices were harmed, or used, in the making of that mashup.
  11:21pm
Gary Indiana:

La Toya's "Imagination" must be cued up.
  11:21pm
Julie:

Okay now I want a disco thumb illustration, thumb dressed in disco suit
  11:21pm
Julie:

I don't believe La Toya is a real jackson. I think they grew her in a lab or something? we didn't hear of her till much later
  11:22pm
Mark Farner:

Rebbie! Inchworm
  11:23pm
efd:

Mark, you're so close!
  11:24pm
cheri:

well thank you evan & julie for your great company,, i got to scoot but i'll still be listening,, g'night all!!!
  11:25pm
Danne D:

g'night cheri keep groovin'
  11:25pm
Disco Thumb:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=149539448412411

Facebook "Sore Thumb Disco" group with thumb featured
  11:25pm
Julie:

I'm singing to this...I kinda hate myself
  11:27pm
Sample Joe:

Randi Crawford ... Streetlife.
  11:31pm
Stevel:

We always thought Latoya was Michael in drag. Never saw those two together...
  11:33pm
Danne D:

I dunno if I'll ever catch Trader Aharon in the Evan "Funk" Davies Happy How Do You Do To You Fantasy Baseball League, but I still feel pretty good about the job I've done managing my team this year :)
  11:33pm
Sukiyaki:

Ahh ... vinyl.
  11:34pm
other david:

*boogie oogie oogies*
  11:34pm
Gil Gerard:

I must admit, sometimes I do feel too cool to boogie.
  11:36pm
Fogerty:

I always confuse boogiein' and chooglin'
  11:36pm
Danne D:

Do the Hustle!
  11:37pm
Disco Thumb:

Not leaving out many biggies tonight, efd
  11:38pm
annoid:

When I was a kid I thought they were singing "DO THE HOT DOG!"
  11:38pm
Uncle Floyd:

Boogie oogie oogie, Oogie!
  11:39pm
Gil Gerard:

@annoid: If Only! HAR
  11:39pm
Eric:

request "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This"
  11:42pm
Whopper Sr.:

Damn, this Yarborough sounds fantastic.
  11:44pm
tomB:

@Whopper
yeah like Al Green w perfect falsetto
  11:45pm
Julie:

I don't want it to end...
  11:47pm
efd:

I know, me either! You should see all the records I haven't played yet!
  11:48pm
The Bartender.:

Last call. Last call.
  11:48pm
G:

Don't let it go another four years! If it's quasi-annual you actually have a few make-up installments, since the last one was in 07!
  11:48pm
Danne D:

*visualize EFD barricade himself in the studio with Noah furiously banging on the door while EFD continues to spin*
  11:49pm
Julie:

Ask Noah..maybe till his guests get there!
  11:49pm
Eric:

This track is mixed very nicely.
  11:49pm
Danne D:

@The Bartender - of course we know what disco classic usually plays at last call
  11:49pm
T-Zero:

This (let the music play) always makes me think of the Boy George cover of The Crying Game even though this came out long before.
  11:49pm
Gil Gerard:

I could do a couple lines and probably keep going for another half hour. But then I 'd have to do another couple lines.
  11:50pm
osvi:

Ah, the days of recording old skool mixes on Pop's cassettes...
  11:50pm
efd:

props to Chris Barbosa and Nelson Cruz for mixing that Shannon record.
  11:50pm
T-Zero:

Doh. I forgot, it was on that sound track. Maybe that's why.
  11:51pm
Julie:

Yes, let the music play! keep on playin that music!
  11:52pm
cheri:

one last note----have a great night evan & julie!!!
  11:56pm
efd:

alright party peoples... time to start winding it down, I'm afraid.
  11:57pm
Mark Farner:

Dammit, I knew it! I knew it!
  11:57pm
Julie:

:( You need to do a part two!
  11:57pm
G:

jackson no 7, the eldest of the siblings
  11:57pm
Danne D:

Almost the Last Dance? :(
  11:57pm
Randy in NC:

Great show!
  11:57pm
T-Zero:

@efd: Thought for sure Donna Summer and/or Dianna Ross would get play time. Had a good time. Thank you for the effort of putting this together.
  11:57pm
Share:

Fantastic. One for the books, Evan.
  11:58pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

Wow--I missed a rare occasion to hear Cheri on the radio (I knew her in the 80's--she was the daughter of Geraldine Hunt who sang Heartbeat)
  11:58pm
Kat:

This song (Centipede) has always creeped me out.
  11:58pm
Gil Gerard:

@efd - watch out for those "hot" centipedes out there.
  11:58pm
Julie:

and no KC! I will have to play him on tuesday
  12:00am
Phil:

Centipede is kinda Sussudio.
  12:00am
Aharon:

Wow. Haven't heard a lot of these, but they still make me nostalgic.
  12:00am
Gil Gerard:

everyone's forgotten her follow-up "Silverfish"
  12:00am
Danne D:

Thanks for a great show EFD!

Have a great night everyone!

And I'll catch you yet, trader Aharon!!!!!!
  12:00am
Julie:

I'm sad now..EFD this was such an awesome show! thank you!
  12:02am
G:

@Gil: And people also avoided buying the comeback try, "Do the Bedbug"
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