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  Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 713 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.100.69 |
Per Billobaord Dance Book--it is................. BAD LUCK by Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes!Do we have faves? Mine is Dont Leave Me This Way(also HM orig)-by Thelma Houston. | ||
Vickie (vickie) 4-Laureate Username: vickie Post Number: 126 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 198.81.26.46 |
"Got To Give It Up" Mr. Marvin Gaye | ||
Robb_K (robb_k) 6-Zenith Username: robb_k Post Number: 674 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.81.17.157 |
Doesn't that depend on what dance beat you want? Aren't there "No. 1 Dance songs" for each different dance beat? I might like "Shake And Fingerpop", "At My Front Door", "I Do", "At The Party" and "The Blue Danube Waltz" for different reasons, at different times. | ||
Richard Felstead (felstead2001) 4-Laureate Username: felstead2001 Post Number: 140 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 128.40.91.183 |
Mmmm, It's all relative isn't it. Was the verdict of Bad Luck based on record sales, or a poll, or what ?. Great track, which I love to bits but best dance track of all time ? Hardly. What are the criteria ?. | ||
here i am (here_i_am) 4-Laureate Username: here_i_am Post Number: 78 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 80.201.53.189 |
hi everyone....one off the greatest all time classic dance songs in Europe is "DIRTY OLD MAN" by the Three Degrees....we all like their Tom Moulton remixed extended version....you can hear it on the Philadelphia Classics album and it has also been released as a cds in HOLLAND on Sony | ||
Manny (manny) 6-Zenith Username: manny Post Number: 496 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.51.141 |
Hello submarine to all! Here in Spain the things were some different. Practically nobody knows the original of "Don't Leave Me This Way" was by Harold M & BN. Everybody knows Thelma Houston's cover and perhaps was the most popular danceable track in the 70's and one of the most danced in the 80's with the Communard's cover. "Dirty Old Man" in Spain was also danced and airplayed but in the soul-less cover by european Silver Convention, who established a "Munich sound - Philly sound fight" (???!!!) in the opinion of ignorant music-criticals. Philly music it's essentially SOUL (classical-flavoured and / or jazzy-flavoured, more or minus danceable). Personally I got good remembrances when I danced with the sintony of the '77 edition of the "Vuelta ciclista a Espa�a", "September" by Earth Wind & Fire. Peace & Soul Food | ||
Jester (jester) 2-Debutant Username: jester Post Number: 29 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 62.253.64.16 |
Sooo many but one that NEVER ceases to stir my loins to 'da floor' is Main Ingredient's Evening Of Love...Cuba's voice over that constant hipnotic funky rhythm guitar ...& a 'sing ya head off' chorus too;o)) Jester. (Message edited by jester on October 14, 2004) | ||
Mike Sku (mike_sku) 3-Pundit Username: mike_sku Post Number: 46 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.9.11.62 |
My vote is for Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way". A close second would be the medley of Diana Ross's "The Boss/No One Gets the Prize". | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 6-Zenith Username: paladin Post Number: 417 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 152.132.8.197 |
Hmmmmmm......"Funky Good Time" by Unohoo and The JB's .......gonna take you higher....yeah....!!!! | ||
1wicked (1wicked) 5-Doyen Username: 1wicked Post Number: 347 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.126.64.72 |
A question like this takes me straight back to the Soul Train Line and E.K.'s "Keep On Truckin'" | ||
Nosey (nosey) 5-Doyen Username: nosey Post Number: 308 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.153.113.238 |
Bohannon's song, can't think of the correct title but Carolyn Crawford is encouraging everyone to "Git on Up and Dance". Packed every dance floor I was ever on. | ||
Soul Sister (soul_sister) 6-Zenith Username: soul_sister Post Number: 1933 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.234.10.241 |
Anything by James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave. S.S. | ||
isaiah imani (isaiah) 4-Laureate Username: isaiah Post Number: 168 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 216.148.246.156 |
RobbK, as per the usual, you're on point with that insight...(smile!) For my era, the '70's and '80's, I'd have to say that MFSB's Love Is The Message is the champion of dance classics... That's when you're talking uptempo stuff... My favorite dance of all-time, however, is Da Slow Drag(smile!) Peace! Isaiah | ||
Gary (gary) 5-Doyen Username: gary Post Number: 223 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.2 |
I like all these excellent dance tracks mentioned on this thread. I gotta shout out "The Twist" by Chubby Checker. Don't laugh. If any of you ever go clubbing on "Old Skool Night", watch and see how fast the dance floor fills up when the deejay puts on "The Twist". I speak from much experience. | ||
Richard Felstead (felstead2001) 4-Laureate Username: felstead2001 Post Number: 144 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 128.40.91.183 |
Nosey, the track is called "Let's Start The Dance". Perhaps not the best, but a fave on mine is Slave's "Just A Touch Of Love". Turn The Music Up - The Players Association | ||
Morgan (leeway) 4-Laureate Username: leeway Post Number: 119 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.104.139.161 |
I love the O'Jay's "I Love Music" That's #1 in my opinion. | ||
Nosey (nosey) 5-Doyen Username: nosey Post Number: 309 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.153.113.238 |
Thanks Richard! | ||
Iris Smith (hellostranger) 2-Debutant Username: hellostranger Post Number: 20 Registered: 9-2004 Posted From: 68.76.84.240 |
For me it's got to be "Funtion at the Junction" Iris | ||
Kev-Lo (7273747576) 5-Doyen Username: 7273747576 Post Number: 266 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 4.231.239.70 |
Hi this is Kev-Lo 60's Tighten Up Function At The Junction Get On Up Boogaloo Down Broadway Dance To The Music Cold Sweat Shot Gun Karate Boogaloo Cool Jerk The Jerk But It's Alright 70's Sex Machine It's A Shame Do It Doing It To Death Think Do It To You Sactisfied Party Freaks PT.2 Love Is The Message Groove Me Moving Brick House I Can Understand It Skin Tight Foot Stomping Music | ||
Moe (moe) 5-Doyen Username: moe Post Number: 356 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.240.205.63 |
OK, I have to separate it: In the 50's Bill Doggett Honky Tonk Part 2 (Ralph says Part 1 is unfortunately overlooked. He says to ask Lynn Bruce about this-hell all I can remember is that Stroll Line!!!) In the 60's you cannot forget the Twist (even though I liked Hank Ballard's version the best it was Chubby Checker who bought it to the forefront). In the 70's it's a toss-up; Thelma Houston vs Sylvester (you CANNOT ignore disco) In the 80's the clubs I went to in Pittsburgh played Celebration by Kool and the Gang | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 266 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.15.230.23 |
Theme from a Black Hole Flashlight More Bounce to the Ounce So Ruff, So Tough Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough Wonder Worm Operator Groove Line Push Push For Those Who Like to Groove Borderline Nasty Girl The Men All Paused and of course, Last Dance | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 2849 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
This is too broad a question. Are they talking about Disco, Soul, Funk? A question like this is hard to answer without some parameters. Also, are we talking about different eras? It's hard to pick one song from all of these different genres & eras. If I have to pick one, I have to go with a song that packed dance floors for over 20 years. This song transcended the generation gap & helped give rise to a genre which started from humble beginnings, to dominate the music industry as a whole. This song helped to fuel a bastard child, whose influence has become a way of life, even influencing the way that Madison Avenue operates. That song is Love Is The Message by MFSB. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you simply had to be there to understand its influence. The mere sound of that song caused a stampede to dance floors for over 20 years, even if played 3 times a night. That song was transcendant & damn near a religious experience. Believe me, you had to be there! | ||
Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 715 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.100.134 |
Billboard used its standard criteria-# of weeks at #1,# of weeks on chart...I believe there were 4 categories that I will check and list--I think # of weeks in top 10 another one. |
