Move the furniture aside, pump up the volume and hit the floor during the next ninety minutes with groovy tracks from my music library!
| Title | Artist | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Into the Groove | Madonna | “Into the Groove”, written and produced by Madonna and her then-boyfriend Stephen Bray, was inspired by Madonna’s affection for the dance floor, which she described as a “magical” place. The song featured on the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan. |
| Let’s Groove | Earth, Wind & Fire | “Let’s Groove” by American band Earth, Wind & Fire was written by band members written by Maurice White and Wayne Vaughn. |
| Shake Your Groove Thing | Peaches & Herb | “Shake Your Groove Thing” is a song by disco duo Peaches & Herb. The American vocal duo was created in 1966 with Herb Fame (born October 1, 1941) as a constant and seven different women filling the role of “Peaches”, most notably Francine Edna “Peaches” Hurd Barker (April 28, 1947 – August 13, 2005), the original “Peaches” who lent her nickname to the duo, and Linda Greene Tavani, the third “Peaches”, who appeared on the duo’s biggest hits “Shake Your Groove Thing” (1978) |
| Blame It On The Boogie | The Jacksons | Michael George Jackson (born 2 November 1947) is an English singer-songwriter and the co-writer of “Blame It on the Boogie”. Mick Jackson recorded his version first in 1977 and The Jacksons’ management team picked up the song at Midem, the music industry trade fair in Cannes, France. ‘The Battle of the Boogie’ started when the press at the time enjoyed the similarity in the names (between Mick Jackson and Michael Jackson) and release coincidence (the two versions were released within weeks of each other). |
| Dr. Beat | Miami Sound Machine | “Dr. Beat” by the American band Miami Sound Machine, led by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan (born Fajardo), was written by the band’s drummer Enrique “Kiki” Garcia. Established in 1975 by Emilio Estefan Jr., the band was originally known as the Miami Latin Boys before becoming the Miami Sound Machine in 1977. |
| Don’t Stop The Music | Yarbrough & Peoples | “Don’t Stop the Music” is Yarbrough and Peoples biggest-selling release from 1980. Cavin Leon Yarbrough (born January 22, 1954) and Alisa Delois Peoples (born June 29, 1957) both grew up in Dallas, married in 1987, and started their own music production company, Yarbrough & Peoples Productions.[ |
| Do It Anyway You Wanna | People’s Choice | “Do It Any Way You Wanna” by The People’s Choice is a 1975 crossover hit written and produced by Leon Huff, one of the godfathers of the Philadelphia soul or Philly soul music sound. The People’s Choice was an American funk band formed in 1971 in Philadelphia by Frank Brunson and David Thompson. |
| You Can Do It (12′) | Al Hudson And The Partners | “You Can Do It” by Al Hudson & The Partners, released in 1979, was written by band members Alicia Myers and Kevin McCord. The US disco soul & funk band from Detroit, Michigan initially evolved from Soul Partners to Al Hudson & The Partners and eventually continued as One Way. |
| Get Down On It | Kool & The Gang | “Get Down on It” by American band Kool & the Gang, released in 1981, was produced by Brazilian Eumir Deodato, who helped them move towards mainstream pop and dance-oriented music with greater emphasis on catchy hooks and chorus lines. |
| Baby Do You Wanna Bump | Boney M. | “Baby Do You Wanna Bump” by Boney M., released in 1975, is a remake of Prince Buster’s 1960s song “Al Capone” written by German record producer Frank Farian, under the pseudonym Zambi. Boney M. was created by Farian and originally based in West Germany, including initial group members Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat, and Bobby Farrell from Aruba. The pseudonym he got from an Australian television detective series Boney. |
| Groove Me | Fern Kinney | Firn Kinney worked in the early 1970s as a session musician and backing vocalist when she recorded King Floyd’s “Groove Me”. In 1979, having settled as a housewife, Kinney attempted a comeback and recorded her own version of “Groove Me”, changing the rhythm to turn it into a disco dance track. |
| Shame Shame Shame | Shirley & Company | “Shame, Shame, Shame” by American disco band Shirley & Company, released in 1974, written by Sylvia Robinson, uses the Afro-Cuban clave rhythm, one of the most common bell patterns found in Afro-Cuban music, and also known in pop music as the Bo Diddley beat. |
| Shake Shake Shake (Your Booty) | KC And The Sunshine Band | “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty” by KC and the Sunshine Band, released in 1976, written by band members “KC” Harry Wayne Casey and bassist Richard Finch. |
| Get Up And Boogie (That’s Right) | Silver Convention | “Get Up and Boogie” by German disco act Silver Convention, was released in 1976 and written and composed by Serbian Sylvester Levay and German Stephan Prager. Austrian Penny McLean, German Ramona Wulf and Linda G. Thompson became the public face of Silver Convention. |
| Let’s All Chant | Michael Zager Band | “Let’s All Chant” by the Michael Zager Band, released in 1977, written by American record producer and composer Michael Zager and Alvin Fields, is a disco song driven by a repetitive bassline, handclaps, Afro-Cuban drums and numerous vocal hooks. The typical disco lyrics (such as “Ah-ah, eh-eh, let’s all chant” and “Your body, my body, everybody work your body”) are about dancing and working one’s body. |
| Forget Me Nots | Patrice Rushen | “Forget Me Nots” by Patrice Rushen, released in 1982, was written by Patrice Rushen, Fred Washington & Terry McFadden. The 1982 Grammy nominated recording was sampled in “Men in Black”, which Will Smith recorded for the movie of the same name. George Michael also had a dance-hit version of “Forget Me Nots”. |
| Jump To The Beat | Stacy Lattisaw | “Jump to the Beat” by American singer Stacy Lattisaw, released in 1980, is a song written by Narada Michael Walden and Lisa Walden. Stacy Lattisaw was only 13 years old when the song was released in May 1980. |
| Gimme The Funk (12′) | Charrade | Gimme the Funk by Charrade, released in 1982, is known as a cool jam among music business insiders (rappers, producers, DJs, etc.) as evidenced by the intro rap: “do you swear to give me the funk, the whole funk, and nothing but the funk”. It was written by Golden Lotti Golden (born November 27, 1949) an American singer-songwriter, record producer, poet and artist. |
| And The Beat Goes On (12′) | The Whispers | “And the Beat Goes On” is a 1979 single by the American music group The Whispers. |
| Dancer | Gino Soccio | “Dancer” by Gino Soccio, was released in 1979. Gino Soccio (born September 9, 1955) is a Canadian disco record producer based in Montreal. |
Sources
The information sources of the song facts include, but are not limited to, Wikipedia, songfacts.com, discogs.com, secondhandsongs.com, YouTube and artists’ related websites.
