As long as I can go back with knowledge and money I have now than yes for sure. Invest in property. Place bets on super bowls, World Series and all other sporting events. Would be like a back to the future II.
Um, about Cheryl Lynn: While "Got to Be Real" was her only POP hit, she had a number of other R&B chart hits over the years: "Shake It Up Tonight" (#5, 1981); "Encore" (#1, 1984); "Every Time I Try to Say Goodbye" (#7, 1989); and the duet with Luther Vandross, "If This World Were Mine" (#4, 1982). Oh, she also helped Toto hit the Top 20 on the R&B chart with "Georgy Porgy" in 1979 (she basically sang the song's chorus--perhaps as a favor to one of the guys who helped her write "Got to Be Real" as David Paich was one of the founding members of Toto).
Don't forget star love 1978 and keep it hot 1979 ! Those are my favorites from her. All you say is totally 100% true. There are others here in this compilation who are NOT one hit wonders.
Cheryl Lynn, First Choice, Sylvester had a bevy of hits. I would rank that as the #4 ranked song of First Choice. 1) Let No Man Put Asunder, 2) Doctor Love, 3) Love Thang. Oh don’t forget Double Cross!
I JUST got finished posting a rant about the same thing. "You Saved My Day" still makes me lose it whenever I attend deep house functions. I remember going to the Music Box in Chicago and Ron Hardy remixed the song for a good 15 minutes or so.
I'm a baby boomer, living through the 70's was the best era, which had the best music. The 'Disco' era was the highlight of my childhood. Thank you for taking me back to an era with these memorable songs ❤
@@jimmiesmith5811 I see I missed the point about one hit wonders, my apologies. I just got swept away in disco days and how much I enjoyed it and those two songs in particular. I'm sure you are correct. These songs were my special standouts among all disco music. ♥️
@@smorgasbroad1132 I have a number of 1980s songs and albums by Evelyn champagne King. I got a taste of honeys boogie oogie oogie, susiaki, and resque me. Totally awesome days!
Van McCoy the hustle he have been has only hit for himself but he wrote countless numbers hits for other artists during the 60s and 70s he was truly underrated
@@TheDreamtheaterlover The hustle was his biggest hit the others were minor compared to the hustle hey girl come and get it party change with the time the disco kid still good though
@@jediknightdiscomike22 I disagree, because Manu Dibango's "Soul Makossa" was released four months before that Three Degrees song that is actually titled "Dirty Ol' Man."
@@jediknightdiscomike22 : The disco era began in the 1960's and wasn't started by a particular hit song. There are references to disco clubs in several 1960's movies and TV shows.
@@mariovaccarella6854 Yep, Billboard Hot 100. It was one of the weeks that My Sharona was no 1. It finished 24 for the year, and also spent 7 weeks at no. 1 on the Adult Contemporary charts. Only peaked at 28 on R&B.
You guys forgot to mention Don't Leave Me This Way of Thelma Houston is a cover originally recorded by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes which is also a hit. In some countries like the Philippines, Amy Stewart had another hit titled Friends.
Cheryl Lynn had more than one hit 'Encore' and 'If This World Was Mine' with Luther Vandross was also hits....To Be Real was a big hit but so was Encore
THANK YOU! Cheryl Lynn IS NOT a one hit wonder. She’s regarded as one of the top female voices in R&B. It’s true, she doesn’t have a long list of songs, but she’s got more a few.
Cheryl Lynn had other soul hits, yes. He needs to define his terms. If all he means is Top 40 US pop, he's right about her. But he was clearly referring to a disco chart when he referred to US stats of "Let's All Chant."
Met her and her husband many times. They invited and I friend and I to opening night after party when Behind The Beat opened off broadway. Folks have no idea how prolific she was. She was the Doublement gum, NY Bell, Haines Underwear, jingles mistress! One hit wonder - nope she released around 55 tracks throughout her career. None made pop however her incredible run in the clubs ran f or decades. To Sir With Love, Hold Tight, Everlasting Love, Nightime Fantasy swirled for decades. She was a much sought after back singer working on projects with Cher Michael Bolton. Cyndi Lauper appeared on Gran Them Cakes. She voiced Pokeman! One hit wonder hardly!
Man, watching this made me think of the late David Soul. He had a song, Don't Give Up On Us that I loved. He was Hutch on Starsky and Hutch. When I googled it, I'm surprised to see that he had several songs. RIP David.
Met a match on the disco floor and fell in love dancing to "Don't Leave Me This Way", a sheer electric force there. Unfortunately, two months later...I DID. Ah disco, that fleeting era. Was nice while it lasted
@bobdavis4848 I said 3 hits in the UK scraping the top 40 in Britain is not considered a hit. The three I mentioned were hits .One of those five you mentioned is a remix of her old hit.
@@Raider577 Here in the US, I grew up listening to Casey Kasem’s ”American Top 40.” It used the top part of the Billboard Hot 100. He’d say, “We’re counting down the 40 biggest hits in the 50 states.” I consider any song to make the Billboard Hot 100 at all to be a hit, and anywhere in the Top 40 to be among the biggest. I don’t know why you consider a #39 peak to not be a hit. “Light My Fire” was actually titled “Light My Fire / 137 Disco Heaven,” as Jimmy Somerville has said. No, one of the five I mentioned was not a remix of her old hit. I was not counting the remix. Amii Stewart’s five Top 40 hits in the UK were “Knock On Wood,” “Light My Fire / 137 Disco Heaven,” “The Letter / Paradise Bird,” “My Guy / My Girl” (medley, duet with Johnny Bristol) and “Friends.”
I remember how silly disco got when songs like disco duck was heard everywhere. I still love disco and was a young kid when it was all happening. I remember adults going out to discos and getting all dressed up and with the disco music, it all seem so glamorous.
I love all these songs. David Paich’s last name is pronounced “Paych,” one syllable, not the two syllable “Pay-itch.” You said “Disco Duck” had a “unique duck voice.” No, it sounds like Donald Duck. Not “everyone” was dancing to it. Michael Zager’s last name is pronounced “Zaygur.” It does not rhyme with “Jagger.” The “Let’s All Chant” lyric goes “…everybody work your body,” not “everybody moves your body.” You can hear the real lyric right after you spoke! Andrea True Connection was not a one hit wonder; their “N.Y. You Got Me Dancing” reached #27. You said “More, More More” had lines like “I want your love, I want your love.” No, that line is nowhere in the song. Are you a bot who got confused with Chic? Thelma Houston was not a one hit wonder; after “Don’t Leave Me This Way” reached #1, “Saturday Night, Sunday Morning” reached #34. Sylvester was not a one hit wonder; he had three top 40 pop chart hits and you did not even featured the biggest of them! “Dance (Disco Heat)” reached #19; ”I (Who Have Nothing)” reached #40. Your graphics omitted the parentheses around “Mighty Real.” You said Sylvester was known as the queen of disco. You think he was called that more than Donna Summer or Gloria Gaynor were? Songs are not one hit wonders; artists may be. Artists record songs; songs don’t record songs.
Amazing 1970's disco songs revisited! A few of these songs were not actually one hit wonders as those particular artists had more than one hit, at least minor hits. These were amazing and wonderful pop and disco hits of the 1970's! Although i am a man living far out in South Asia, i enjoyed listening to these songs very well. ❤ That was a wonderful time! 😊 Fond memories remain. I miss that golden era of music. 😔 Thank you for the video! 🎉
ONE HIT WONDERS OF DISCO 1970'S : @00:34 : "TURN THE BEAT AROUND" : VICKI SUE ROBINSON ( 1976 ) @01:40 : "RING MY BELL" : ANITA WARD ( 1979 ) @02:40 : "GOT TO BE REAL" : CHERYL LYNN ( 1978 ) @03:38 : "I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE ( DISCO ROUND )" : ALICIA BRIDGES ( 1978 ) @04:36 : "DISCO DUCK" : RICK DEES AND HIS CAST OF IDIOTS ( 1976 ) @05:45 : "THE HUSTLE" : VAN MCCOY ( 1975 ) @06:55 : "LET'S ALL CHANT" : MICHAEL ZAGER BAND ( 1978 ) @07:55 : "MORE , MORE , MORE" : ANDREA TRUE CONNECTION ( 1976 ) @08:53 : "PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC" : WILD CHERRY ( 1976 ) @09:53 : "DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY" : THELMA HOUSTON ( 1976 ) @11:00 : "ARMED AND DANGEROUS" : : FIRST CHOICE ( 1973 ) @11:54 : "LIVIN' IT UP ( FRIDAY NIGHT )" : : BELL AND JAMES ( 1978 ) @12:44 : "YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIGHTY REAL" : SYLVESTER ( 1978 ) @13:50 : "KNOCK ON WOOD" : AMII STEWART ( 1979 ) @14:50 : "MAKIN' IT" : DAVID NAUGHTON ( 1979 ) OTHER DISCO SONGS : "RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM" : MAXINE NIGHTINGALE "INSTANT REPLAY" : DAN HARTMAN "I HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET" : GONZALES "CUBA" : GIBSON BROTHERS "DISCO INFERNO" : TRAMMPS "(EVERYTIME I TURN AROUND) BACK IN LOVE AGAIN" : LTD
@@drbluzer Dan Hartman was NOT a one hit wonder. Remember vertigos relight my fire with loleatta halloway, I can dream about you, love sensation - a song he produced for loleatta halloway, we are the young Gibson brothers - if you should go & everybody do it - salsa Also see my other comments on other artists on this list who were NOT or are NOT one hit wonders
LTD was not a OHW, they had five other songs in the Top 100 and 13 songs in the R&B Top 50, including three number 1 records. Jeffrey Osbourne was their drummer and lead singer, when he went solo, he had several more hit records. He co-headed a tour with Luther Vandross and Whitney Houston was their opening act. He also co-wrote "All at Once" for Whitney Houston.
You have to take Van McCoy off that One Hit Wonder List. Because Van had Hundred’s Hits. Literally! He was one of the Hottest Producers in the Business, starting from 60’s to his Death.
Cool video. As a Househead though, I would argue that FIRST CHOICE was not a one-hit wonder group. ARMED/EXTREMELY DANGEROUS may well have been their most mainstream billboard pop hit, but the group has several other songs that are popular among black urban listeners, especially those into house music. LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER, DOUBLE-CROSS, DOCTOR LOVE and HOLD YOUR HORSES are all righteous club bangers that are easily recognizable to listeners. To a lesser extent, I would also make this case for Thelma Houston. But this was a fun video overall. Took me back to some cuts I hadn't thought about in decades.
I taught my friends how to do the hustle in Darlene Mudd's living room on the shag carpet. Later I taught my fellow high school students how to do the hustle in our gym with over 100 people behind me. A few years later, wrapping up the 70's, our local town disco (more like an old roadhouse with a mirror ball) when Ring My Bell came on everyone rushed to the dance floor.
Boogie Nights - Heatwave Disco Inferno - The Trammps I was made for Dancing - Leif Garrett Yes sir, I can Boogie - Baccara Boogie Oogie Oogie - A taste of Honey Boogie Woogie Dancing shoes - Claudja Barry Shame, shame, shame - Shirley and Company
We used go to Buzzby's in San Francisco during the 70's, that had a all steel dance floor and a DJ up above it with lights like a theater marquee. They put sawdust on the dancefloor so you wouldn't slip and fall. Heard these songs there, and had such a good time. If I had a time machine would love to go back there and get the experience again (but not in my old 70 year old body) Dan Hartman also had another hit "Instant Replay" that got a LOT of play back then in the discos. Thank you for posting.
Also : Patrick Hernández - Born to be alive . Bonnie Pointer - Heaven must have sent . France Joli - come to me . Freddie James - Get up and boogie . Lipps Inc.- Funky town. La Flavour - Mandolay . The S.O.S. Band - Take your time . Gonzalez - Haven't stopped dancing yet . GQ - Disco night .
Bonnie Pointer - "Free me from my Freedom" was quite popular on the radio. The The S.O.S. Band had several more popular R&B hits: "Just Be Good to Me", "The Finest" and "Tell me if You Still Care."
@@perroerudito Thank you for the great list. I knew and loved all those songs, but it was the first time for me to hear Freddie James and I love it, too. It seemed you were trying to communicate that all those music acts were one hit wonders. So I mentioned GQ’s followup hit to “Disco Nights (Rock Freak).”
I was a terrible disco dancer, but I loved the music. My favorite hits were Let's all chant, More, more, more, I love the nightlife, and You make me feel.
There are artists here are NOT one hit wonders. I have several records from Cheryl Lynn - keep it hot, star love, encore, shake it up tonight. Sylvester - dance disco heat, do yo wanna funk, don't stop, tell me, you're moving me First choice - doctor love, let no man put as-under Andrea true connection - what's your name, what's your number. It is more raw and hard hitting disco than more more more. ALL OF THESE ARE IN MY DISCO RECORD COLLECTION!!!
@@bobdavis4848 "Star Love" was the B side to "Got to Be Real", so it can be argued that it helped propel it to the top of the charts. I actually bought the 45 specifically for "Star Love" when I was little.
Sylvester had three top 40 pop chart hits and they did not even mention the biggest, "Dance (Disco Heat)." He's from San Francisco, and the San Francisco Chronicle does the same thing.
I got the privilege of seeing Sylvester's last performance in Philadelphia before he passed - he shared the stage with the Weather Girls (yes, they did "It's Raining Men" and it was legendary. He was definitely not a one hit wonder by any chance.
First Choice also had hits on the R&B and disco charts with Smarty Pants, Doctor Love, Love Thang, Guilty. Sylvester also had hits with Do You Wanna Funk and Dance (Disco Heat) in the U.S. and Europe. To say they were one hit wonders wouldn’t be quite accurate. They just weren’t all necessarily in the mainstream. The Grateful Dead’s only mainstream top 40 hit was Touch of Grey. It would be totally crazy to call them a one hit wonder.
I've been a dj for over 48 years, please get your facts together. Cheryl Lynn does not belong on this list. She had multiple hits such as Encore, Shake it up Tonight and If This World was Mine with Luther which is a hit at most weddings.
remember this era so well - my high school and college years; fun times! The only song here I don't remember being a huge hit is Armed and Extremely Dangerous. Must not have been a hit in Chicago.
We did the Hustle in my dorm at school. We did it in the living room. I was in 10th grade. Told my parents about it when we went to a restaurant and I did it there too.
On my 60th birthday, my daughter threw me a disco party. My friends and all felt like we were 15 again wearing bell bottoms, boogieing away. Normally, at our age we would be singing karaoke.
You made a mistake with First Choice. They had several recordings that were hits in the clubs and that is what counted to us, the fans. Cheryl Lynn is another artist you didn't get right
The best part of this video, hands down, has got to be the heart-touching Nostalgia of being unable to hear any of the music because of a guy who keeps on talking and talking and won't shut the hell up 😲 Good Job
She actually won The Gong Show singing Joe Cocker's "You are So Beautiful". Columbia Records signed her based on her performance, then she recorded "Got to Be Real". She might have came back and performed on the show after "Got to Be Real" became a hit.
66 y/o here. It was all about the music and your dance moves. Did not matter what color your skin was, or your political party you belonged to. I had two Angle Flights suites and the platform shoes. I was Disco Stu (the Simpsons) so I thought. Miss those times
Cheryl Lynn, First Choice, Sylvester had a bevy of hits. I would rank that as the #4 ranked song of First Choice. 1) Let No Man Put Asunder, 2) Doctor Love, 3) Love Thang. Oh don’t forget Double Cross!
THANK YOU! I still play ALL of those songs and hear them when I go to deep house functions in Chicago. First Choice was a big influence on Mary J. Blige. She remade two of their songs and even had them sing background on her cover of "Let No Man Put Asunder".
I was surprised to see that David Naughton was a singer. I know him from the classic horror movie An American werewolf in London, which is a masterpiece.
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I’m a 66 year old disco loving retired DJ who has all this music & I miss this era very much.🔥🔥
Me too...I was a dj too in the disco era
@@marythomas8312 : I was in NY,you??
@JuanAlmonte-rf7xk Maryland..my mom was from Ny...I'm 63..
@JuanAlmonte-rf7xk I was a dj in a gay club..kept the floor packed dancing..dj"s today don't know what spinning lp's are..they have it easy..
We all miss this great era ! So much great music... No cell phones and no Internet ! And our lives were way better !
I want to go back to the 70's in a time machine.....Anyone else coming?
Yes, me.... I'm right with you 😉
Be right there!
I'll go with you 🙂.
Would love to go😅
As long as I can go back with knowledge and money I have now than yes for sure. Invest in property. Place bets on super bowls, World Series and all other sporting events. Would be like a back to the future II.
Um, about Cheryl Lynn: While "Got to Be Real" was her only POP hit, she had a number of other R&B chart hits over the years: "Shake It Up Tonight" (#5, 1981); "Encore" (#1, 1984); "Every Time I Try to Say Goodbye" (#7, 1989); and the duet with Luther Vandross, "If This World Were Mine" (#4, 1982). Oh, she also helped Toto hit the Top 20 on the R&B chart with "Georgy Porgy" in 1979 (she basically sang the song's chorus--perhaps as a favor to one of the guys who helped her write "Got to Be Real" as David Paich was one of the founding members of Toto).
Don't forget star love 1978 and keep it hot 1979 ! Those are my favorites from her. All you say is totally 100% true. There are others here in this compilation who are NOT one hit wonders.
Cheryl Lynn, First Choice, Sylvester had a bevy of hits. I would rank that as the #4 ranked song of First Choice. 1) Let No Man Put Asunder, 2) Doctor Love, 3) Love Thang. Oh don’t forget Double Cross!
My goodness. Cheryl Lynn was far from a one hit wonder artist. Many nights, we partied to her song Encore.
I JUST got finished posting a rant about the same thing. "You Saved My Day" still makes me lose it whenever I attend deep house functions. I remember going to the Music Box in Chicago and Ron Hardy remixed the song for a good 15 minutes or so.
Love the song "Georgy Porgy"
I'm a baby boomer, living through the 70's was the best era, which had the best music. The 'Disco' era was the highlight of my childhood. Thank you for taking me back to an era with these memorable songs ❤
Gots to say nayno to that.
@@bartmix8994 Got to say nayno to what???
The 70s was not the best era.
@bartmix8994 Perhaps not to you! I was speaking of myself and others who agree. What you think doesn't matter.
1970s brooklyn girl growing up ,I grew up with it all !
I still love listening to Disco Radio! The 70’s were the best! 😃❤️👍🏻👍🏻
"Shame" and "Boogie Oogie Oogie" were my two favorite songs to dance to. What a fun time that was!
@@smorgasbroad1132 Evelyn Champagne King and a Taste of Honey weren't one hit wonders they both had in the late 70s and early 80s
@@jimmiesmith5811 I see I missed the point about one hit wonders, my apologies. I just got swept away in disco days and how much I enjoyed it and those two songs in particular. I'm sure you are correct. These songs were my special standouts among all disco music. ♥️
@@smorgasbroad1132 I have a number of 1980s songs and albums by Evelyn champagne King.
I got a taste of honeys boogie oogie oogie, susiaki, and resque me.
Totally awesome days!
@@jimmiesmith5811
I was about to text about that
I was there. I have the K-tel albums to prove it!
And rso records.
I have 12"lps of all this music
@@marythomas8312 the majority of my record collection are of 12 inch singles.
@@jediknightdiscomike22 mine too
Lol
Two hit wonder, Silver Convention... Fly, Robin Fly and Get Up N Boogie... back in the day it was SO easy to get into a club underage 🙂
You are so right! We got in 'Big Daddy's ' Daytona Beach back in '78 at age 17 with our fake IDs from Canada
Right? Fly Robin Fly!
I got sneaked into a Mexican disco in 1979 when I was a month short of my 16th birthday!
My friends and I started going to clubs when we were 15. We loved to dance, and we loved disco music! The 70’s were the best!!!💃🕺🏾❤
More! More! More! - Andrea True Connection!
Van McCoy the hustle he have been has only hit for himself but he wrote countless numbers hits for other artists during the 60s and 70s he was truly underrated
He also charted in the UK with "The Shuffle".
He also produced hits for Chad and Jeremy and Chris Bartley "sweeter thing this side of heaven" in 1967, just to name a couple.
He also died of a heart attack at age 39 in 1979.
He also had a hit with Soul Cha Cha
@@TheDreamtheaterlover The hustle was his biggest hit the others were minor compared to the hustle hey girl come and get it party change with the time the disco kid still good though
Another good one is "Rock the Boat" by Hues Corporation.
Trivia: The beginning of the rock era is considered to be when Rock Around the Clock hit no. 1. The same is true for the disco era and Rock the Boat.
@@ulcardfan8540 I would put the disco era starting in 1973 with the 3 degrees - dirty old man
@@jediknightdiscomike22 I disagree, because Manu Dibango's "Soul Makossa" was released four months before that Three Degrees song that is actually titled "Dirty Ol' Man."
@@jediknightdiscomike22 : The disco era began in the 1960's and wasn't started by a particular hit song. There are references to disco clubs in several 1960's movies and TV shows.
I love that song! "Rock the Boat" by Hues Corporation was featured in an episode of Derry Girls a few years ago.
I grew up in the 60s and 70s i do miss the great music the cars the hair and of course our clothes
Another Great One-Hit Wonder was Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From. It's great.
She also had a Top 5 hit with “Lead Me On”.
@@ulcardfan8540 Thank You for your comment. Really? Was it #5 on Billboard? Or, only The Soul/R&B Charts?
I've always liked that record!
@@southernoregoncatmom6519 Thank You for your comment. I love that record. The Theme Song for the movie, Slap Shot.
@@mariovaccarella6854 Yep, Billboard Hot 100. It was one of the weeks that My Sharona was no 1. It finished 24 for the year, and also spent 7 weeks at no. 1 on the Adult Contemporary charts. Only peaked at 28 on R&B.
Sylvester had 3 top-40 hits on the Billboard pop chart. Dance from 1978 was actually his most significant hit, which peaked at #19
@@theonlymoo5e dance disco heat. I have the 8 min version.
I also have a number of his hits from the 1980s.
even at 62 I still love disco music,those were the good days
Me too
You guys forgot to mention Don't Leave Me This Way of Thelma Houston is a cover originally recorded by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes which is also a hit.
In some countries like the Philippines, Amy Stewart had another hit titled Friends.
Teddy Pendergrass was a member of the Blue Notes.
@@BIGELOW.65 yup
You mean Amii Stewart.
@@shiroibasketshoes Yes Amii Stewart, my bad.
Thelma Houston also had a hit with "You Used to Hold Me So Tight", so she's NOT a one-hit wonder
Disco was awesome!!!
Oh my gosh I remember all of these!!! I use to go out dancing with my cousin to these songs too! Those were good times.
❤️💜💚
🙋🏾♂️ Donna Summer was and still IS the Queen of Disco.
And she was no “one hit wonder”.
@@ladonna2u742Neither was Gloria Gaynor
My friend, who was in lips inc, had a one hit wonder ! PJ Johnson.
Grew-Up listening & dancing to these great songs. The best of times.
You forgot to mention that "More More More" was interpolated into "Steal My Sunshine" in the 90s
Yes! Was thinking the same thing
Andrea and the true connection. More more more
One favorite of mine, “Runaway Love” by Linda Crawford! Loved that song!
that era was a lot of fun 😀
Cheryl Lynn song titled, "Star Love", we still play it.
Cheryl Lynn had more than one hit 'Encore' and 'If This World Was Mine' with Luther Vandross was also hits....To Be Real was a big hit but so was Encore
True!
Cheryl Lynn singing on Georgy Porgy.... Excellent !
@@davidbrown8310 you right I forgot about
Sidenote Van Mc Coy had the big hit the hustle but as a writer and producer he had hits on many artists before and after that song
THANK YOU! Cheryl Lynn IS NOT a one hit wonder. She’s regarded as one of the top female voices in R&B. It’s true, she doesn’t have a long list of songs, but she’s got more a few.
You can't call Cheryl Lynn a One-Hit wonder. "Encore" was a chart-topping R&B song.
Cheryl Lynn had other soul hits, yes. He needs to define his terms. If all he means is Top 40 US pop, he's right about her. But he was clearly referring to a disco chart when he referred to US stats of "Let's All Chant."
Star Love was my fave
The same too about Sylvester! How can he say he was known as "the Queen of Disco" but put him in the 'one-hit wonder' category!
Great song ( encore )
She had a lot of hits
Van McCoy's The Hustle is the finest disco tune ever written. It catches the energy of that era 100&.
I still have the vinyl album this song is on.
First Choice?!? You have got to be kidding me!! They had a string of hits throughout the 70's and were Disco darlings of Salsoul Records.
Don't leave this way was originally recorded by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.
David Naughton's "Making It" was the 6th grade graduation song from my grammar school!
Had the chance to meet Vicki Sue Robinson and she was a wonderful person.
One of my favorite songs from the 70’s!
Met her and her husband many times. They invited and I friend and I to opening night after party when Behind The Beat opened off broadway. Folks have no idea how prolific she was. She was the Doublement gum, NY Bell, Haines Underwear, jingles mistress! One hit wonder - nope she released around 55 tracks throughout her career. None made pop however her incredible run in the clubs ran f or decades. To Sir With Love, Hold Tight, Everlasting Love, Nightime Fantasy swirled for decades. She was a much sought after back singer working on projects with Cher Michael Bolton. Cyndi Lauper appeared on Gran Them Cakes. She voiced Pokeman! One hit wonder hardly!
Nothing compares to the Amazing 70s Disco!
Everyone danced, everyone was slim and everyone had fun.
Man, watching this made me think of the late David Soul. He had a song, Don't Give Up On Us that I loved. He was Hutch on Starsky and Hutch. When I googled it, I'm surprised to see that he had several songs. RIP David.
Loved him in the 1970s horror movie, Salem’s Lot😃
Donna Summer - Try Me I Know We Can Make It was my joint with John Davis & The Monster Orchestra - I Can't Stop 😀😀😀😀👍👍
Love both of those!!
Met a match on the disco floor and fell in love dancing to "Don't Leave Me This Way", a sheer electric force there. Unfortunately, two months later...I DID. Ah disco, that fleeting era. Was nice while it lasted
Ami Stewart had at least 2 big hits in the US and 3 in Britain and Europe. Knock on Wood, Light my Fire, and Friends.
Amii, not Ami. Amii Stewart had only one US Top 40 pop hit. She had five top 40 pop hits in the UK.
@bobdavis4848 I said 3 hits in the UK scraping the top 40 in Britain is not considered a hit. The three I mentioned were hits .One of those five you mentioned is a remix of her old hit.
@@Raider577 Here in the US, I grew up listening to Casey Kasem’s ”American Top 40.” It used the top part of the Billboard Hot 100. He’d say, “We’re counting down the 40 biggest hits in the 50 states.” I consider any song to make the Billboard Hot 100 at all to be a hit, and anywhere in the Top 40 to be among the biggest. I don’t know why you consider a #39 peak to not be a hit. “Light My Fire” was actually titled “Light My Fire / 137 Disco Heaven,” as Jimmy Somerville has said. No, one of the five I mentioned was not a remix of her old hit. I was not counting the remix. Amii Stewart’s five Top 40 hits in the UK were “Knock On Wood,” “Light My Fire / 137 Disco Heaven,” “The Letter / Paradise Bird,” “My Guy / My Girl” (medley, duet with Johnny Bristol) and “Friends.”
@@bobdavis4848 okay leave it at that.
Let's All Chant we play it too...Club Zanzibar Newark, NJ
Still played everywhere...the good music..are not old or new!!!! Is good like Disco!!!!!
What a time to be young. Loved it!
Patrick Hernandez’s “Born to be Alive” is probably the most iconic one-hit disco wonder.
I remember how silly disco got when songs like disco duck was heard everywhere. I still love disco and was a young kid when it was all happening.
I remember adults going out to discos and getting all dressed up and with the disco music, it all seem so glamorous.
I love all these songs. David Paich’s last name is pronounced “Paych,” one syllable, not the two syllable “Pay-itch.” You said “Disco Duck” had a “unique duck voice.” No, it sounds like Donald Duck. Not “everyone” was dancing to it. Michael Zager’s last name is pronounced “Zaygur.” It does not rhyme with “Jagger.” The “Let’s All Chant” lyric goes “…everybody work your body,” not “everybody moves your body.” You can hear the real lyric right after you spoke! Andrea True Connection was not a one hit wonder; their “N.Y. You Got Me Dancing” reached #27. You said “More, More More” had lines like “I want your love, I want your love.” No, that line is nowhere in the song. Are you a bot who got confused with Chic? Thelma Houston was not a one hit wonder; after “Don’t Leave Me This Way” reached #1, “Saturday Night, Sunday Morning” reached #34. Sylvester was not a one hit wonder; he had three top 40 pop chart hits and you did not even featured the biggest of them! “Dance (Disco Heat)” reached #19; ”I (Who Have Nothing)” reached #40. Your graphics omitted the parentheses around “Mighty Real.” You said Sylvester was known as the queen of disco. You think he was called that more than Donna Summer or Gloria Gaynor were? Songs are not one hit wonders; artists may be. Artists record songs; songs don’t record songs.
I still love disco music
Me, too!
Honorable mention should go to...
"Ain't No Stopping Us Now" -- MacFadden & Whitehead
"I Was Made For Loving You" -- Kiss
All of them. I had my first experience in a disco in New York at the age of 18. I had to bring my brother along. We had fun.
Thanks for saying this. "Disco" was what everyone else called R&B when I was coming up.
Amazing 1970's disco songs revisited!
A few of these songs were not actually one hit wonders as those particular artists had more than one hit, at least minor hits.
These were amazing and wonderful pop and disco hits of the 1970's! Although i am a man living far out in South Asia, i enjoyed listening to these songs very well. ❤ That was a wonderful time! 😊
Fond memories remain.
I miss that golden era of music. 😔
Thank you for the video! 🎉
ONE HIT WONDERS OF DISCO 1970'S :
@00:34 : "TURN THE BEAT AROUND" : VICKI SUE ROBINSON ( 1976 )
@01:40 : "RING MY BELL" : ANITA WARD ( 1979 )
@02:40 : "GOT TO BE REAL" : CHERYL LYNN ( 1978 )
@03:38 : "I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE ( DISCO ROUND )" : ALICIA BRIDGES ( 1978 )
@04:36 : "DISCO DUCK" : RICK DEES AND HIS CAST OF IDIOTS ( 1976 )
@05:45 : "THE HUSTLE" : VAN MCCOY ( 1975 )
@06:55 : "LET'S ALL CHANT" : MICHAEL ZAGER BAND ( 1978 )
@07:55 : "MORE , MORE , MORE" : ANDREA TRUE CONNECTION ( 1976 )
@08:53 : "PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC" : WILD CHERRY ( 1976 )
@09:53 : "DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY" : THELMA HOUSTON ( 1976 )
@11:00 : "ARMED AND DANGEROUS" : : FIRST CHOICE ( 1973 )
@11:54 : "LIVIN' IT UP ( FRIDAY NIGHT )" : : BELL AND JAMES ( 1978 )
@12:44 : "YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIGHTY REAL" : SYLVESTER ( 1978 )
@13:50 : "KNOCK ON WOOD" : AMII STEWART ( 1979 )
@14:50 : "MAKIN' IT" : DAVID NAUGHTON ( 1979 )
OTHER DISCO SONGS :
"RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM" : MAXINE NIGHTINGALE
"INSTANT REPLAY" : DAN HARTMAN
"I HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET" : GONZALES
"CUBA" : GIBSON BROTHERS
"DISCO INFERNO" : TRAMMPS
"(EVERYTIME I TURN AROUND) BACK IN LOVE AGAIN" : LTD
@@drbluzer Dan Hartman was NOT a one hit wonder. Remember vertigos relight my fire with loleatta halloway, I can dream about you, love sensation - a song he produced for loleatta halloway, we are the young
Gibson brothers - if you should go & everybody do it - salsa
Also see my other comments on other artists on this list who were NOT or are NOT one hit wonders
LTD was not a OHW, they had five other songs in the Top 100 and 13 songs in the R&B Top 50, including three number 1 records. Jeffrey Osbourne was their drummer and lead singer, when he went solo, he had several more hit records. He co-headed a tour with Luther Vandross and Whitney Houston was their opening act. He also co-wrote "All at Once" for Whitney Houston.
Club/Klub or now called House since 1985 we still play certain songs listed and artist.
Yeah! I agree: I would like to go back to that time in dance history: it was great and remember it fondly.
Danced to ALL of them in the 70s and 80s 😂
The Emotions ~ Best of My Love (1977)
Also a baby boomer from NYC. In my teenage years went to many discos in my high school years. Manhattan and Queens
Girl from brooklyn nyc ,greenpoint grew up in the 70s to all the beats ,peace
You have to take Van McCoy off that One Hit Wonder List. Because Van had Hundred’s Hits. Literally! He was one of the Hottest Producers in the Business, starting from 60’s to his Death.
I agree! Same about Vicki and Cheryl, too. Well, they were this way here in Brazil. Let's include Andrea in it.
The 70 s were so awesome that i miss the 80s so much.
Cheryl Lynn had a few hits. Her version of "If This World Was Mine" with Luther Vandross was a classic.
@@kevinleonard1693 Shake it up tonight encore if you were mine
On the Billboard US Top 40 pop chart she just had one. On the Billboard US Top 40 soul chart, she had thirteen.
Shirley and Co - Shame Shame Shame
Lipps Inc - Funky Town
Hues Corp - Rock The Boat
Disco really was the business back then.
Gordon Gilstrap with swing your Daddy
Lipps Inc had Designer Music, so they're a Two Hit Wonder
I was in high school boarding school with disco. My years were ‘75-‘78.
Let’s be clear. Sylvester tore that floor up!!!
" Let's All Chant " and " You Make Me Feel Mighty Real " were most played in my hometown . Hi 👋 from Morocco.
Cool video. As a Househead though, I would argue that FIRST CHOICE was not a one-hit wonder group. ARMED/EXTREMELY DANGEROUS may well have been their most mainstream billboard pop hit, but the group has several other songs that are popular among black urban listeners, especially those into house music. LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER, DOUBLE-CROSS, DOCTOR LOVE and HOLD YOUR HORSES are all righteous club bangers that are easily recognizable to listeners. To a lesser extent, I would also make this case for Thelma Houston. But this was a fun video overall. Took me back to some cuts I hadn't thought about in decades.
Cheryl Lynn sang “If this world were mine” with Luther Vandross in the 80s. It was pretty popular.
I taught my friends how to do the hustle in Darlene Mudd's living room on the shag carpet. Later I taught my fellow high school students how to do the hustle in our gym with over 100 people behind me. A few years later, wrapping up the 70's, our local town disco (more like an old roadhouse with a mirror ball) when Ring My Bell came on everyone rushed to the dance floor.
Wow, I loved every one of these (except the Duck one LOL!). Thanks for the walk down disco memory lane; it was such a fun time!
I agree with you , dislike that one
I agree with you,over rated
I agree with you.over rated
I agree with you. Over rated
Over rated
Boogie Nights - Heatwave
Disco Inferno - The Trammps
I was made for Dancing - Leif Garrett
Yes sir, I can Boogie - Baccara
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A taste of Honey
Boogie Woogie Dancing shoes - Claudja Barry
Shame, shame, shame - Shirley and Company
ATOH had more than just one hit.
We used go to Buzzby's in San Francisco during the 70's, that had a all steel dance floor and a DJ up above it with lights like a theater marquee. They put sawdust on the dancefloor so you wouldn't slip and fall. Heard these songs there, and had such a good time. If I had a time machine would love to go back there and get the experience again (but not in my old 70 year old body) Dan Hartman also had another hit "Instant Replay" that got a LOT of play back then in the discos. Thank you for posting.
Love to go back to the 70’s
Also :
Patrick Hernández - Born to be alive .
Bonnie Pointer - Heaven must have sent .
France Joli - come to me .
Freddie James - Get up and boogie .
Lipps Inc.- Funky town.
La Flavour - Mandolay .
The S.O.S. Band - Take your time .
Gonzalez - Haven't stopped dancing yet .
GQ - Disco night .
GQ reached pop chart #20 with "I Do Love You."
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Bonnie Pointer - "Free me from my Freedom" was quite popular on the radio.
The The S.O.S. Band had several more popular R&B hits: "Just Be Good to Me", "The Finest" and "Tell me if You Still Care."
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@@perroerudito Thank you for the great list. I knew and loved all those songs, but it was the first time for me to hear Freddie James and I love it, too. It seemed you were trying to communicate that all those music acts were one hit wonders. So I mentioned GQ’s followup hit to “Disco Nights (Rock Freak).”
I was a terrible disco dancer, but I loved the music. My favorite hits were Let's all chant, More, more, more, I love the nightlife, and You make me feel.
There are artists here are NOT one hit wonders. I have several records from Cheryl Lynn - keep it hot, star love, encore, shake it up tonight.
Sylvester - dance disco heat, do yo wanna funk, don't stop, tell me, you're moving me
First choice - doctor love, let no man put as-under
Andrea true connection - what's your name, what's your number. It is more raw and hard hitting disco than more more more.
ALL OF THESE ARE IN MY DISCO RECORD COLLECTION!!!
Thank you these guys like to use the term one hit wonder too loosely
Cheryl Lynn also had a hit with Star Love and had a modestly successful career in the early eighties. She actually got her start on The Gong Show!
@@Rick-hx9fo Shake it up tonight and encore were hits also
@@jimmiesmith5811 yup. I mentioned this in my comments as well.
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I can see her singing while wearing a leotard, dancing and waving ribbons. Like it was yesterday.
He mentioned The Gong Show. "Star Love" did not make the pop top 40.
@@bobdavis4848 "Star Love" was the B side to "Got to Be Real", so it can be argued that it helped propel it to the top of the charts. I actually bought the 45 specifically for "Star Love" when I was little.
Sylvester ? A one hit wonder???? R U SERIOUS??
Yeah 👍. What the hell man!!
Sylvester had three top 40 pop chart hits and they did not even mention the biggest, "Dance (Disco Heat)." He's from San Francisco, and the San Francisco Chronicle does the same thing.
I got the privilege of seeing Sylvester's last performance in Philadelphia before he passed - he shared the stage with the Weather Girls (yes, they did "It's Raining Men" and it was legendary. He was definitely not a one hit wonder by any chance.
Agree! He wasn’t a one hit wonder. Sylvester is a legend
Those with that one hit wonder bs really should start listening to the artists other songs they came out with before and after their huge hits.
First Choice also had hits on the R&B and disco charts with Smarty Pants, Doctor Love, Love Thang, Guilty. Sylvester also had hits with Do You Wanna Funk and Dance (Disco Heat) in the U.S. and Europe. To say they were one hit wonders wouldn’t be quite accurate. They just weren’t all necessarily in the mainstream. The Grateful Dead’s only mainstream top 40 hit was Touch of Grey. It would be totally crazy to call them a one hit wonder.
@@mindybubner2843 They also had double cross
@@jimmiesmith5811 I forgot about that song. But what is also not mentioned... Let no man put asunder may 1983.
Long ago. What a wonderful time.
I considered Play That Funky Music more funk than disco.Disco Duck was a parody of Disco music,most people didn't realize it
I have to agree with you, on both.
A lot of funk was being played during that time every dance song that came out during that era wasn't all disco
@@jimmiesmith5811 The Ohio Players were the top funk band of the time.
@@David-yw2lvParliament/Funkadelics might disagree.
@@ulcardfan8540 P/Funk made one record I liked Tear the Roof off the Sucker.I loathed the rest of their songs.
I've been a dj for over 48 years, please get your facts together. Cheryl Lynn does not belong on this list. She had multiple hits such as Encore, Shake it up Tonight and If This World was Mine with Luther which is a hit at most weddings.
You are absolutely correct
Wild cherry funky music
Cheryl Lynn had 2 other Hits STAR LOVE & SHAKE IT UP TONIGHT
She also sang Georgy Porgy with Toto.
remember this era so well - my high school and college years; fun times!
The only song here I don't remember being a huge hit is Armed and Extremely Dangerous. Must not have been a hit in Chicago.
Armed and Extremely Dangerous was definitely a well-known hit in Chicago and received the standard amount of radio play.
@@mel2000 huh - I really don't remember ever hearing it - thanks for the confirmation
Thelma Houston also got a Grammy for Don’t leave me this way. She is one of the greatest singers of that period and she is still great.
We did the Hustle in my dorm at school. We did it in the living room. I was in 10th grade. Told my parents about it when we went to a restaurant and I did it there too.
Me too! Love reading your comment.
@@jstokes you’re welcome.
On my 60th birthday, my daughter threw me a disco party. My friends and all felt like we were 15 again wearing bell bottoms, boogieing away. Normally, at our age we would be singing karaoke.
You made a mistake with First Choice. They had several recordings that were hits in the clubs and that is what counted to us, the fans. Cheryl Lynn is another artist you didn't get right
The best part of this video, hands down, has got to be the heart-touching Nostalgia of being unable to hear any of the music because of a guy who keeps on talking and talking and won't shut the hell up 😲 Good Job
I remember the Gong Show appearance of Cheryl Lynn singing Got to be Real.
She actually won The Gong Show singing Joe Cocker's "You are So Beautiful". Columbia Records signed her based on her performance, then she recorded "Got to Be Real". She might have came back and performed on the show after "Got to Be Real" became a hit.
This is a summary of my playlist (except for Disco Duck)
I swear, the hustle always makes me think of going to aunt marie's house for sunday dinners. I can almost smell the gravy!
Good job. Great selections and just the right amount of info. 🏆
Great era of music!! I’m going back n a time machine
Ring my bell loved it.
You forgot Mr. DJ (YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE ME DANCE) by The Glass Family - infectious DANCE tune; I STILL listen to it today 🎶 👌 😉 😎
66 y/o here. It was all about the music and your dance moves. Did not matter what color your skin was, or your political party you belonged to. I had two Angle Flights suites and the platform shoes. I was Disco Stu (the Simpsons) so I thought. Miss those times
Cheryl Lynn, First Choice, Sylvester had a bevy of hits. I would rank that as the #4 ranked song of First Choice. 1) Let No Man Put Asunder, 2) Doctor Love, 3) Love Thang. Oh don’t forget Double Cross!
THANK YOU! I still play ALL of those songs and hear them when I go to deep house functions in Chicago. First Choice was a big influence on Mary J. Blige. She remade two of their songs and even had them sing background on her cover of "Let No Man Put Asunder".
My favorite song "The Hustle"
I loved disco - still do. Wish you would have played a bit more of each song.
Calling Cheryl Lynn, Sylvester and First Choice one hit wonders is wild!
Cheryl lynn had quite a few hits.
Great music❤ it.
I was surprised to see that David Naughton was a singer. I know him from the classic horror movie An American werewolf in London, which is a masterpiece.