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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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August 21, 2024: The 16th Annual Evan "Funk" Davies Show Disco/Dance Party!
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In 1976 or '77, in thrall to punk rock, I sauntered into the Harvard Coop, a big department store in Harvard Square, made my way to the customized t-shirt department, and picked out a blank gold-colored shirt. I then selected the black block letters that I wanted to be heat-transferred onto that shirt: D-I-S-C-O S-U-C-K-S. Ultimately the shirt didn't get much use, although that was more because my Mom didn't care for the salty language. Fast forward a few years and I'm in New York City in the sweltering summertime, between semesters at NYU in the late '70s and early '80s. I still love punk and its offshoots, but listening to Ken "Spider" Webb and Ricky Ricardo and, of course the Chief Rocker Frankie Crocker on WBLS has made me realize the folly of that t-shirt. Fast forward several more years and now every summer I start itching to play my favorite records from that era (give or take a few years) -- favorites I loved back then, and recently acquired records that I never heard back in the day. In that spirit — despite today's less than sweltering temperatures, at least here in New Jersey — I'm excited to bring you the 16th annual Evan "Funk" Davies Show Disco/Dance Party! Hook up the disco ball, pull the rug back and turn up the volume! ======================================= Disco/dance disclaimer! I'm keeping the lines blurry and using "disco" and "dance" as catch-all terms for my own take on fun dance music from the mid-70s to the early '80s, expanding the boundaries (and sound) of the traditional disco era. Don't @ me! SOCIAL MEDIA DISCO WHISTLE! Put on your-your-your-your-your Boogie Shoes and get on over to your favorite (or least-hated) social media platform : · follow me on Mastodon (@masto.efdnet.com) · find me on BlueSky (@efd.bsky.social) · Like The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on Facebook (@efdonFMU) · Be my Instagram friend (@efdefd) |
| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Approx. start time |
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| the new york rubber rock band |
dance with me
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12" | henry street records | 1976 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | |
| lemon |
freak on
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12" | salsoul | 1978 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 0:02:52 (Pop-up) |
| central line |
walking into sunshine
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12" | mercury | 1981 | last played on the Disco Dance Party in 2021! | 0:07:29 (Pop-up) |
| gary's gang |
keep on dancin'
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7" | columbia | 1978 | 0:12:45 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: bebu silvetti |
spring rain
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12" |
salsoul |
1976 |
0:16:18 (Pop-up) |
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| wonder |
up and down
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12" | uniwave | 1980 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 0:20:58 (Pop-up) |
| rice & beans orchestra |
coconut groove
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12" | tk | 1977 | last played on the Disco Dance Party in 2014! | 0:26:14 (Pop-up) |
| the quick |
rhythm of the jungle
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one light in a blackout | epic | 1982 | last played on the Disco Dance Party in 2021! | 0:31:51 (Pop-up) |
| vaughan mason & crew |
bounce, rock, skate, roll
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bounce, rock, skate, roll | brunswick | 1979 | Disco/Dance Party debut! (Although I have played it on the show before.) Going out to Suzy Hotrod! | 0:35:54 (Pop-up) |
| the players association |
ride the groove
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turn the music up! | vanguard | 1978 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 0:43:01 (Pop-up) |
| south side coalition |
(don't cha wanna) get down get down
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7" | brown dog | 1976 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 0:48:50 (Pop-up) |
| donald byrd & 125th st nyc |
love has come around
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love byrd | elektra | 1981 | 0:52:27 (Pop-up) | |
| barbara roy & ecstasy passion and pain |
if you want me
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12" | black sun | 1981 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 0:58:30 (Pop-up) |
| mcfadden & whitehead |
ain't no stoppin' us now
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7" | phila int'l | 1979 | last played on the Disco Dance Party in 2019, somehow?! | 1:04:32 (Pop-up) |
| rhoades affair |
see you in september
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12" | brass records | 1979 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 1:07:43 (Pop-up) |
| first choice |
great expectations
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12" | gold mind | 1979 | A Tom Moulton mix | 1:13:14 (Pop-up) |
| the futures |
party time man
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12" | phila int'l | 1978 | 1:18:38 (Pop-up) | |
| jumbo |
let's dance (dance, dance, dance)
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turn on to love | prelude | 1976 | The very first release on Prelude? Some sources say so. In any case it's a Disco/Dance Party debut! | 1:23:30 (Pop-up) |
Music behind DJ: frankie crocker & the heart and soul orchestra |
my reverie
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s/t |
casablanca |
1977 |
1:27:25 (Pop-up) |
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| jimmy "bo" horne |
i wannna go home with you
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12" | tk | 1980 | 1:30:45 (Pop-up) | |
| gary toms empire |
7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (blow your whistle)
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7" | pickwick int'l | 1975 | 1:33:33 (Pop-up) | |
| alma faye brooks |
stop, i don't need no sympathy
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12" | rca | 1977 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 1:38:35 (Pop-up) |
| nonchalance |
love queen boogie (pt. 1)
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12" | private stock | 1978 | model/actress Patricia Snaric on vocals. A Disco/Dance Party debut! | 1:43:48 (Pop-up) |
| voggue |
dancin' the night away
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7" | atlantic | 1981 | 1:52:29 (Pop-up) | |
| miquel brown |
so many men, so little time
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12" | tsr | 1983 | 1:55:22 (Pop-up) | |
| camp galore |
boop boop a hustle
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12" | d&m sound | 1976 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 2:02:23 (Pop-up) |
| southroad connection |
just laying it down
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12" | mahogany | 1977 | 2:05:49 (Pop-up) | |
| rockers revenge feat. donnie calvin |
walkin' on sunshine
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12" | ariola/dance records | 1982 | 2:12:07 (Pop-up) | |
| arpeggio |
love and desire (part 1)
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7" | polydor | 1978 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 2:20:42 (Pop-up) |
| gonzalez |
haven't stopped dancing yet
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haven't stopped dancin' | capitol | 1978 | last played on the Disco Dance Party in 2021! | 2:24:14 (Pop-up) |
| dorothy moore |
let the music play
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12" | tk/malaco | 1977 | 2:30:25 (Pop-up) | |
| the skyliners |
the love bug (done bit me again)
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12" | tortoise international | 1977 | Yes, those Skyliners! A Disco/Dance Party debut! | 2:35:47 (Pop-up) |
| bobby rydell |
sway
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12" | alta | 1976 | Yes, that Bobby Rydell! A Disco/Dance Party debut! | 2:40:36 (Pop-up) |
Music behind DJ: rhythm heritage |
sky's the limit
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sky's the limit |
abc |
1978 |
2:45:42 (Pop-up) |
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| the jacksons |
shake your body (down to the ground)
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12" | epic | 1978 | 2:48:27 (Pop-up) | |
| south shore commission |
train called freedom (disco version)
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7" | wand | 1976 | completing the South trilogy! last played on the Disco Dance Party in 2020! | 2:54:28 (Pop-up) |
Music behind DJ: van mccoy |
love is the answer
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12" |
h&l records |
1976 |
2:57:59 (Pop-up) |
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