Disco Music

Disco Music

Disco Music is a musical style originating in the early 70’s. It began to emerge from America’s urban nightlife scene, where it had been curtailed to house parties and makeshift discotheques / night clubs. Well-known disco music performers included Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, the Trammps, and France Joli. While disco music artists /performers gained much public attention, record producers working behind the scenes played an important role in developing the “disco sound”. Many non-disco artists recorded disco songs at the height of disco’s popularity, and films such as Saturday Night Fever and contributed to the disco’s rise in mainstream popularity. By the late 1970s, most major U.S. cities had thriving disco club scenes, where DJ’S would mix a seamless sequence of dance records. Disco music was a worldwide phenomenon and was a key influence in the later development of electronic dance music and house music & freestyle music.

Disco Freestyle Platinum Series - Disco Music

Top 100 Greatest Disco Songs

1. “Shame” by Evelyn “Champagne” King
2. “Last Dance” by Donna Summer
3. “Le Freak” by Chic
4. “We Are Family” by Sister Sledge
5. “Love Hangover” by Diana Ross
6. “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson
7. “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now” by McFadden and Whitehead
8. “Don’t Leave Me this Way” by Thelma Houston
9. “Good Times” by Chic
10. “Bad Girls” by Donna Summer
11. “Disco Inferno”  by Trammps
12. “You Make Me Feel Mighty Real” by Sylvester
13. “Got to be Real” by Cheryl Lynn
14. “Upside Down” by Diana Ross
15. “Hot Stuff” by Donna Summer
16. “Boogie Wonderland” by Earth, Wind and Fire
17. “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor
18. “The Hustle” by Van McCoy
19. “Stayin Alive” by the Bee Gees
20. “Ring My Bell” by Anita Ward
21. “Rock With You” by Michael Jackson
22. “You Should Be Dancing” by Bee Gees
23. “Turn The Beat Around” by Vicki Sue Robinson
24. “Ladies Night” by Kool and the Gang
25. “I’m Coming Out” by Diana Ross
26. “Boogie Ooogie Oogie”  by A Taste of Honey
27. “Night Fever” by BeeGees
28. “Young Hearts Run Free” by Candi Staton
29. “I Feel Love” by Donna Summer
30. “I Love Music” by O’Jays
31. “The Love I lost” by Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes
32. “Ain’t Nobody” Rufus feat. Chaka Khan
33. “And the Beat Goes On” by Whispers
34. “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love” by Barry White
35. “Car Wash” by Rose Royce
36. “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel” by Tavares
37. “Let’s Groove” by Earth, Wind and Fire
38. “The Boss” by Diana Ross
39. “Funkytown” by Lipps Inc.
40. “Native New Yorker” by Odyssey
41. “Boogie Nights” by Heatwave
42. “Got to Give It Up” by Marvin Gaye
43. “Love Train” by O’Jays
44. “Play that Funky Music” by Wild Cherry
45. “Pick up the Pieces” by Average White Band
46. “Second Time Around” by Shalamar
47. “That’s the way (I Like it)” by KC And The SunShine Band
48. “On the Radio” by Donna Summer
49. “Best of My Love” by The Emotions
50. “Stomp” by Brothers Johnson
51. “You Know How to Love Me” by Phylis Hyman
52. “More Than a Woman” by Tavares
53. “Rock the Boat” by Hues Corporation
54. “Shake Your Body” (Down to the Ground) by The Jacksons
55. “You and I” by Rick James
56. “Everybody Dance” by Chic
57. “Disco Nights” by GQ
58. “Shake Your Groove thing” by Peaches and Herb
59. “Love Come Down” by Evelyn “Champagne” King
60. “For the Love of Money” by The O’Jays
61. “I Need Your Lovin'” by Teena Marie
62. “Never Can Say Goodbye” by Gloria Gaynor
63. “Get Down Tonight” by KC And The SunShine Band
64. “Knock on Wood” by Amii Stewart
65. “Let It Whip” by The Dazz Band
66. “Don’t Stop the Music” by Yarbrough and Peoples
67. “If I Can’t Have You” by Yvonne Elliman
68. “She’s A Bad Mama Jama” by Carl Carlton
69. “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” by Lou Rawls
70. “Pull Up to the Bumper” by Grace Jones
71. “Love’s Theme” by Love Unlimited Orchestra
72. “Somebody Else’s Guy” by Jocelyn Brown
73. “YMCA”  by Village People
74. “MacArthur Park Suite” by Donna Summer
75. “Fire” by Ohio Players
76. “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang
77. “Found A Cure” by Ashford and Simpson
78. “The Glow of Love” by Change
79. “It’s Raining Men” by Weather Girls
80. “The Groove Line” by Heatwave
81. “Working My Way Back to You” by The Spinners
82. “Do It (Til Your Satisfied)” by BT Express
83. “It’s A Love Thing” by The Whispers
84. “Working Day and Night” by Michael Jackson
85. “Fantasy” by Earth, Wind and Fire
86. “Fly Robin Fly” by Silver Convention
87. “I Can’t Go For That” by Hall and Oates
88. “I’ll Be Good to You” by Brothers Johnson
89. “Make that Move” by Shalamar
90. “Rock Your Baby” by George McCrae
91. “Walk Away From Love” by David Ruffin
92. “Bad Luck” by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
93. “I Love the Nightlife” by Alicia Bridges
94. “Get off” by Foxy
95. “Heaven Knows” by Donna Summer
96. “Love is the Message” by MFSB
97. “Take that to the Bank” by Shalamar
98. “It Only Takes a Minute” by Tavares
99. “Lost in Music” by Sister Sledge
100. “Jump To It” by Aretha Franklin

 

 

The Disco / Freestyle Platinum Series