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A disco-kid+80s music nerd & writer here to help you embrace your secret love for 70s and 80s dance music. Each week, I share the stories of artists you know and those you think you don’t. Fair warning: a dose of sarcasm, puns, and dry humor is inevitable!
40 years ago today, Aretha Franklin hit #1 on the Billboard Club Play chart with “Who’s Zoomin’ Who.”
One of my favourites from that era — not because it’s a masterpiece, but because it was so much fun to mix. Great intro, great break.
Did you like this Aretha track?
#music #musicsky #funk
Most big artists who jumped on disco in the late ’70s didn’t survive the backlash. But Barbra Streisand did, and she came out winning.
This week I’m digging into her short but powerful 1979 disco era.
#disco #barbrastreisand #music #musicsky
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21.11.2025 12:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No it’s not Gloria Gaynor 😀
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In preparation for tomorrow’s episode about the 1979 Hi-NRG disco track we’ll be exploring, you’ll need the right gear.
So grab your boxing gloves, because tomorrow we’re gonna fight, fight, fight…
Any guesses which song and artist I’ll be diving into?
#disco #hinrg #music #musicsky
The original hit No. 1 back in 1976, thanks to Vicki Sue Robinson.
Eighteen years later, to the day, Gloria Estefan took it back to the top.
A great song is always a great song.
So tell me — which version of Turn the Beat Around is your favorite? 🎶
#music #house #latin #musicsky
Yesterday, we lost one of the most soulful and distinctive voices of ’80s dance music. Richard Darbyshire, the voice behind Living In A Box, has passed away at the age of 65. His music will live on, and that iconic song will stay with us forever.
Rest in peace, Richard.
#music #eighties #musicsky
Interesting. Thanks for the tip CAL!
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What else was moving US dancefloors in 1977, beyond Philly soul and the coming Eurodisco wave?
This week: Jazz-Funk meets disco via one of the greats — “Could Heaven Ever Be Like This” by Idris Muhammad.
The song, the story, the influence — and how he helped shape Brit-Funk in the UK. 🪩🎷✨#music
43 years ago, the Billboard Dance chart had a new No. 1, one that wouldn’t make it onto every radio playlist. A little too risqué for some. But on the dancefloor? They couldn’t get enough!
Vanity 6 — Nasty Girl 🔥
#music #prince #funk #musicsky
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Every Friday, a new episode of The Twelve Inch comes with its own soundtrack. This week, we take a deep dive into the disco sounds of 1977, arguably the most fascinating year in disco’s short but packed history.
Ready to dance? Then dive in, here’s the Mixcloud version:
#music #mixtape #musicsky
Every Friday, a new episode of The Twelve Inch comes with its own soundtrack. This week, we take a deep dive into the disco sounds of 1977, arguably the most fascinating year in disco’s short but packed history.
Ready to dance? Then dive in, here’s the Youtube version:
#music #mixtape #musicsky
This week’s episode traces the remarkable journey of one of Britain’s greatest singers, a story of soaring fame, near self-destruction, and an unlikely comeback. This week, I pay tribute to one of my all-time favourites: Dusty Springfield. #house #music #musicsky
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There are a few Madonna tracks you probably don’t remember that well.
This one actually hit #1 on the Billboard Dance Chart on this day in 1987, then quietly vanished into the archives.
💃 “Causing a Commotion.”
Here’s a reminder 👇
#Madonna #music #DanceMusic #OnThisDay #Billboard #DiscoHistory
0 years ago, everyone thought DeBarge might be the next Jacksons — their label sure did. It didn’t pan out, but they had their moments: in ’85 You Wear It Well hit No.1 on Billboard’s Club Play chart — and their music on Miami Vice. 💿🌴 #80s #DiscoHistory #music #musicsky
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One story I left out this week: Jacques Morali was obsessed with making “pure joy” disco. He’d stop a take if the singers weren’t smiling, literally. 😄
“Smile in the studio, smile in the groove,” he’d say. And you can hear it. ✨
#DiscoHistory #JacquesMorali #StudioStories #TheTwelveInch
#music
Full Philly this week on The Twelve Inch 💿
The Ritchie Family’s “Brazil” (1975) + one hour of lush strings, horns & Tom Moulton magic.
Your Sunday just got a soundtrack. 🎶
#Disco #PhillySound #TomMoulton #TheRitchieFamily #TheTwelveInch #music #musicsky
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What a treat, today we’re heading back to 1988 to celebrate a true dancefloor gem that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Club Play chart: Was (Not Was) with “Spy in the House of Love.”
It wasn’t the only dance hit from the Was brothers, though.
Can you name any of the others?
#music #musicsky
haha.. I must look it up. Will do an episode on Divine and the man behind it all : Bobby Orlando
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One of those wild 1990 dance hits that topped the club charts. Kinda like Deee-Lite’s Groove Is in the Heart. Betty Boo (no “p”) had two more hits, but Doing the Do was the big one. Loved it then — not sure it’s aged as well. What do you think? #house #music #musicsky
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Forty years ago, this gem hit the top of the Billboard Dance Chart.
1985 was such a great year for music, and this track was one of the reasons why.
Do you remember this one? 🎶✨
#synthfunk #disco #music #musicsky
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Birthdays that are sadly no birthdays — Part 2 🎂
75 years ago today, dance-music pioneer Patrick Cowley was born. He passed away in 1982, but his groundbreaking work and productions (notably for Sylvester) helped shape modern dance music.
Happy birthday, Patrick — wherever you are. 🕯️
#disco #music
Birthdays that are sadly no birthdays — part 1.
Eighty years ago today, Harris Glenn Milstead, better known as Divine, was born.
He passed away in 1988, but his birthday is well worth celebrating with this gem. 🌈🎶
#eighties #music #musicsky
“It’s why I want to fuck every man in the ass at least once. Every guy needs to be penetrated at least once. Do it yourself if you want”
Not my words, they’re Grace Jones’s, from her autobiography I’ll Never Write My Memoirs. Grace was always left of center as you read in this week's post #music
Exactly 50 years ago today, one of my all-time favorite disco tracks reached No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Chart, Gloria Gaynor’s “How High the Moon.”
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There are songs like this 1992 gem, that send me straight to the dancefloor. It’s that infectious.
How about you? Seems I wasn’t alone that week in 1992, the whole of America agreed, as it hit number one on the Billboard Dance Chart.
#music #billboard #house #funk #musicsky
Quincy Jones did far more than produce Michael Jackson at the start of the eighties. He also ran his own record label, and one of its brightest talents, Patti Austin, topped the Billboard Club chart with this wonderful gem (and question): Do You Love Me? Answers below please 😂
#funk #music #musicsky
Sometimes you come across something so magical that, even if it’s a little off-topic, you just have to share it.
I bet you’ve never heard Beethoven’s Fifth played quite like this! What do you call someone like him, a prodigy, a super talent, a genius, or simply a damn good guitar player?
#music
I couldn’t stop dancing to this one back in 1988! How about you? On this day 37 years ago, everyone on U.S. dancefloors seemed to agree, it hit No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Chart. #hiphouse #housemusic #music #musicsky
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This day in 1978, Dan Hartman scored his first No. 1 on the US Dance Chart with Instant Replay, not just the song, but the entire album.
This was part of the same album, and on this day, 46 years ago, it was lighting up dance floors across the US. 💃🪩
#disco #music #musicsky #danhartman
