Odyssey "Native New Yorker" 1977

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Went to #21 on the Hot 100



en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_New_Yorker_(song)

The lead singer passed away this week.

[HolidayGuy]

I love it. It's on the disco CD that I listen to pretty often. Native New Yorkers especially should love it. :)

[Verisimilitude]

Love this so much!

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Love this! This was played in an episode of "Good Times" when they were doing that fundraiser show.

[Soulsista]

Love it. Also hit #6 on the R&B chart.

Believe it or not, this is actually a cover. Frankie Valli released the original just a few weeks earlier.

[Nick]

I lived in Harlem for years, and that line always gets me.

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#404 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

You Know What It Is: One of the best one-off disco hits ever recorded, with a sophisticated air and a somewhat jaded undertone.

Who Put the Bomp: Pop veterans Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, who co-wrote the song, had previously co-written The Toys’ “A Lovers Concerto” and the Four Seasons classics “Let’s Hang On!” and “Working My Way Back to You.” Frankie Valli, the lead singer of the Four Seasons, was actually first to record “Native New Yorker,” earlier in 1977 — though Odyssey was ultimately the right act for the song.

These Words: “Love is just a passing word/It’s the thought you had in a taxi cab/ That got left unheard/ When he dropped you off/ At East 83rd.” Damn, that’s good writing.