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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 17, 2022: The 14th Annual Evan "Funk" Davies Show Disco/Dance Party!
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I'll admit it: 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, though that was more because my Mom didn't care for the language. Fast forward a few years and I'm in New York City in the summertime, between semesters at NYU. 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 new favorites that I never heard back in the day. In that spirit, I'm excited to bring you the 14th annual Evan "Funk" Davies Show Disco/Dance Party! It's three hours of classic dance and disco jams from the '70s and early '80s, plus some lost shoulda-been-hits that just might become your new faves. Hook up the disco ball, pull your rug back and turn up the volume. Everybody's dancin', everybody's on the beat, and there ain’t no stoppin' us now! ======================================= 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! Hey! Put on your-your-your-your-your Boogie Shoes and get on over to your favorite (or at least most tolerated) social media platform : · Like The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on Facebook · follow me on Twitter (@efd) · Instagram (@efdefd) |
| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Approx. start time |
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| edwin starr |
h.a.p.p.y. radio
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12" | 20th century | 1979 | last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2014! | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) |
| carolyne bernier |
hold me, touch me
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12" | private stock | 1977 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 0:06:24 (Pop-up) |
| creative source |
don't be afraid (take my love)
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7" | polydor uk | 1975 | last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2016! | 0:11:19 (Pop-up) |
| mizz |
tell the truth
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s/t | casablanca | 1980 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 0:15:20 (Pop-up) |
| melba moore |
this is it
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12" | buddah | 1976 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 0:19:36 (Pop-up) |
Music behind DJ: silvetti |
spring rain
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7" |
salsoul |
0:25:43 (Pop-up) |
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| moment of truth |
you got me hummin'
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12" | salsoul | 1977 | last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2017! | 0:28:12 (Pop-up) |
| k.i.d. |
don't stop
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7" | sam | 1979 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 0:33:46 (Pop-up) |
| yarbrough & peoples |
don't stop the music
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7" | mercury | 1980 | 0:37:09 (Pop-up) | |
| the futures |
party time man
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12" | phila. int'l | 1978 | 0:41:04 (Pop-up) | |
| poussez! |
come on and do it
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12" | vanguard | 1979 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 0:46:49 (Pop-up) |
| rockers revenge feat. donnie calvin |
walkin' on sunshine
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12" | ariola | 1982 | last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2016, shockingly! | 0:50:41 (Pop-up) |
| nyc peech boys |
don't make me wait
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life is something special | island | 1983 | 0:56:32 (Pop-up) | |
| barbara pennington |
twenty-four hours a day
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12: | ua | 1977 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 1:02:55 (Pop-up) |
| sister power |
gimme back my love affair (short version)
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12" | ariola america | 1979 | 1:09:03 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: walter murphy |
new york city suite
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rhapsody in blue |
private stock |
1977 |
1:12:42 (Pop-up) |
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| lamont dozier |
boogie business
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7" | warner bros. | 1979 | RIP to one of the greatest songwriters of our time, and a fine solo performer as well | 1:16:57 (Pop-up) |
| philly cream |
motown review
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7" | fantasy/wmot | 1979 | last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2014! | 1:20:35 (Pop-up) |
| deborah washington |
love shadow / standing in the shadow of love
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12" | ariola | 1978 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 1:24:03 (Pop-up) |
| ritz |
locomotion
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12" | epic | 1979 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 1:29:08 (Pop-up) |
| scherrie payne |
i'm not in love / girl, you're in love
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12" | altair | 1982 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 1:34:37 (Pop-up) |
| cheri |
murphy's law
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12" | venture | 1982 | last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2017! | 1:42:45 (Pop-up) |
| change |
searchin'
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the glow of love | rfc/warner bros. | 1980 | 1:48:27 (Pop-up) | |
| southroad connection |
you like it we love it
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12" | mahogany | 1977 | 1:56:24 (Pop-up) | |
| la flavour |
mandolay
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12" | sweet city | 1979 | 2:02:13 (Pop-up) | |
| gary toms |
don't fight the feeling
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turn it out | mca | 1977 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 2:08:30 (Pop-up) |
| miquel brown |
the day they got disco in brazil
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symphony of love | polydor | 1978 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 2:14:32 (Pop-up) |
| the jacksons |
shake your body (down to the ground)
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12" | epic | 1978 | 2:20:06 (Pop-up) | |
| the bob crewe generation |
menage a trois
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street talk | elektra | 1976 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 2:28:03 (Pop-up) |
| beautiful bend |
boogie motion
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7" | marlin | 1978 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 2:32:33 (Pop-up) |
| jimmy "bo" horne |
i wanna go home with you
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dance across the floor | sunshine sound | 1978 | 2:36:20 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: herbie mann |
pick up the pieces
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discotheque |
atlantic |
2:39:24 (Pop-up) |
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| dorothy moore |
let the music play
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12" | tk | 1977 | 2:42:40 (Pop-up) | |
| montreal sound |
music (very special disco mix by paj)
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12" | smash disco | 1977 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 2:47:21 (Pop-up) |
| voggue |
love buzz
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12" | celsius | 1981 | Disco/Dance Party debut! | 2:52:31 (Pop-up) |
Music behind DJ: disc-o-tech |
control tower
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the magic disco machine |
motown |
1975 |
2:56:13 (Pop-up) |
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Listener comments!
Hopey Sockmonkey:
Handy Haversack:
G:
luka:
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):
xtrakrispy:
Figgsrock:
Stevel:
I stand corrected!
Krys O.:
nycmusicnerd:
queems:
love2laf:
Various Julius:
nycmusicnerd:
Carmichael:
Figgsrock:
Weems:
Stevel:
efd:
efd:
Vertual:
clarke:
Handy Haversack:
Cp304:
karlward:
efd:
Cp304:
nycmusicnerd:
jeff-m:
clarke:
timinoak:
clarke:
prof.fuzz:
Midge:
?:
clarke:
clarke:
Jessie:
Andres:
morphe':
Went to a Disco theme party/benefit for artists losing their Willyburg space 2000s???with a mandatory "Disco Attire" mandate and there was a tete-a-tete at the door amongst the gate keepers if my Haines hand made "Disco Sucks" shirt was acceptable and I got a pass.... "When I hear the word Disco ... I reach for my Haines and a Black Magic Marker.."
Various Julius:
Andres:
efd:
K8:
clarke:
Handy Haversack:
The almost complete lack of passive-aggressive family nonsense was perhaps the best part, given we were anticipating a lot of it. Followed closely by the paddle on the Pentwater River, I guess, and the dog's joy at feeling like a "tractor bro" while I was doing some chores.
prof.fuzz:
Daybreak, just Daybreak:
Handy Haversack:
efd:
clarke:
Various Julius:
prof.fuzz:
K8:
love2laf:
clarke:
timinoak:
Jack McGuire:
K8:
dave:
clarke:
morphe':
No joke - I grew up in the 70s in Bay Ridge and the
Disco crowd used to jump out of their cars and beat people up at random -
calling them "hicks" for wearing corduroys and plain t shirts....
It was a fairly dangerous and unpleasant time at times around their discos ...
morphe':
PKNY:
efd:
Figgsrock:
PKNY:
clarke:
karlward:
karlward:
Baja Joe:
karlward:
karlward:
Baja Joe:
clarke:
Handy Haversack:
Ken From Hyde Park:
Andres:
Andrea True:
?:
prof.fuzz:
Domenica:
Miss Georgia Peach:
gauche knee:
efd:
Jessie:
prof.fuzz:
Domenica:
Handy Haversack:
karlward:
efd:
clarke:
Domenica:
Hoboken Jack:
gauche knee:
clarke:
PuraVida:
?:
prof.fuzz:
clarke:
clarke:
prof.fuzz:
?:
clarke:
K8:
Handy Haversack:
efd:
Andres:
bradford:
clarke:
karlward:
clarke:
Domenica:
clarke:
nathan:
Miss Georgia Peach:
Miss Georgia Peach:
Andres:
clarke:
clarke:
clarke:
clarke:
nycmusicnerd:
?:
Jessie:
clarke:
morphe':
for some reason ??? The East side or the South side of most cities are often the roughest - that is a worldwide thing I have noticed in a lot of travels...
That is also a global thing as the South Hemisphere and the East tend to be poorer than the North and the West ???
A big generalization and no explanation, but it is my lived experience???
Andres:
Andres:
Yes:
clarke:
Domenica:
clarke:
johnk77:
Hopey Sockmonkey:
efd:
morphe':
ps
Kidd Creole(not Coconusts but GMF+5) is upstate for a manslaughter that he admits to
but the story is more complex than played out in most papers...
Domenica:
Domenica:
Figgsrock:
Andres:
efd:
Yes:
efd:
efd:
Figgsrock:
morphe':
paddy:
efd:
PuraVida:
efd:
PuraVida:
Yes:
Figgsrock:
clarke:
Handy Haversack:
Midge:
Robm:
Hopey Sockmonkey:
efd:
Johannes:
efd:
clarke:
efd:
prof.fuzz:
@MissGP: i live on the north side of dallas, so trying to figure out if i'm on the front side, the back side, or one of the side sides...
clarke:
clarke:
Handy Haversack:
clarke:
Andres:
Crownless Gander:
Miss Georgia Peach:
clarke:
Andres:
prof.fuzz:
@handy: wherever i am is the fuzzside.
@MissGP: in that case, it's probably whatever dallas dive bar we're fuzzing up on any given friday or saturday night.
@clarke: the "maestro" of today has nothing to do with the maestro of yesteryear. a handful of really good replicas of the original maestro fuzz out there.
clarke:
efd:
clarke:
BH:
efd:
Figgsrock:
prof.fuzz:
clarke:
efd:
Bryant in TO:
clarke:
Andres:
efd:
efd:
Bryant in TO:
still b/p:
clarke:
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):
Handy Haversack:
Susan See:
bradford:
popchop:
efd:
Figgsrock:
Krys O.:
PuraVida:
Krys O.:
efd:
Andres:
Krys O.:
still b/p:
prof.fuzz:
Tommy in Neversink:
Krys O.:
efd:
PuraVida:
Krys O.:
Krys O.:
Mister Dobalina:
Yes:
efd:
dave miss:
morphe':
thanks EFD and all ..
clarke:
clarke:
clarke:
efd:
clarke:
Jessie:
clarke:
Michael from the Left Coast:
PuraVida:
Michael from the Left Coast:
efd:
Michael from the Left Coast:
Michael from the Left Coast:
clarke:
Michael from the Left Coast:
prof.fuzz:
clarke:
efd:
Midge:
Andres:
olivia:
efd:
efd:
PuraVida:
steveo:
PuraVida:
still b/p:
efd:
steveo:
efd:
steveo:
Krys O.:
Andres:
clarke:
still b/p:
clarke:
steveo:
clarke:
steveo:
clarke:
Midge:
steveo:
clarke:
efd:
Andres:
efd:
Handy Haversack:
efd:
clarke:
clarke:
nycmusicnerd:
steveo:
clarke:
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):
loveless:
larry of lackawack:
prof.fuzz:
clarke:
prof.fuzz:
Mike Sin:
clarke:
Merlin:
prof.fuzz:
JetBoy of Brooklyn:
clarke:
still b/p:
I thought there was something incongruous about the celebration of near nekkidness, drugs and hedonism that was Studio 54 getting some kind of Highlights media highlighting.
clarke:
prof.fuzz:
clarke:
clarke:
Hopey Sockmonkey:
clarke:
still b/p:
"Thievings...
Nothing more than...thievings..."
Yes:
K8:
clarke:
Yes:
prof.fuzz:
prof.fuzz:
vinylmonkee:
clarke:
thanks for the Fun Evan!!
efd:
efd:
Handy Haversack:
Thanks, efd! Discoed and danc'd the afternoon away!
larry of lackawack:
prof.fuzz:
PuraVida:
clarke:
BH:
ILikedWaterworld:
bradford:
clarke:
Figgsrock:
prof.fuzz:
Midge:
JetBoy of Brooklyn:
steveo:
Asheville Jon:
WE WANT THE AIR HORN!!!!
clarke:
Hopey Sockmonkey: