KTU's Top 103 of the 70s

[Moonshadow]

Here's the final installment of the KTU countdown series. The oldest track is from '73. No surprises there that the list is heavily concentrated on the second half of the 70s.


Position Year Artist Song Title
1. '78 Bee Gees Stayin' Alive
2. '79 Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
3. '78 Chic Lefreak
4. '78 Taste Of Honey Boogie Oogie Oogie
5. '78 Donna Summer Last Dance
6. '79 Sister Sledge We Are Family
7. '79 Chic Good Times
8. '79 Donna Summer Bad Girls
9. '79 Sugar Hill Gang Rapper's Delight
10. '79 Patrick Hernandez Born To Be Alive
11. '79 France Joli Come To Me
12. '78 Village People Y.M.C.A.
13. '79 Cheryl Lynn Got To Be Real
14. '77 Emotions Best Of My Love
15. '76 Thelma Houston Don't Leave Me This Way
16. '79 Anita Ward Ring My Bell
17. '76 Vicki Sue Robinson Turn The Beat Around
18. '75 Kc & The Sunshine Band Get Down Tonight
19. '79 Donna Summer Hot Stuff
20. '76 Bee Gees You Should Be Dancing
21. '74 Labelle Lady Marmalade
22. '79 Kool & The Gang Ladies Night
23. '78 Alicia Bridges I Love The Nightlife
24. '78 Alex R Constantinos Romeo & Juliet
25. '75 KC& The Sunshine Band That's The Way
26. 78' Village People Macho Man
27. '78 Bee Gees Night Fever
28. '76 Diana Ross Love Hangover
29. '75 O'jays I Love Music
30. '75 Silver Convention Fly Robin Fly
31. '77 Trammps Disco Inferno
32. '79 Michael Jackson Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
33. '79 Ami Stewart Knock On Wood
34. '76 Wild Cherry Play That Funky Music
35. '79 Bonnie Pointer Heaven Must Have Sent You
36. '79 McFadden & Whitehead Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
37. '79 Machine There But For The Grace Of God
38. '78 Evelyn King Shame
39. '77 Bee Gees More Then A Woman
40. '77 Donna Summer I Feel Love
41. '77 Heatwave Boogie Nights
42. '79 Jacksons Shake Your Body
43. '79 Jackie Moore This Time Baby
44. '77 Marvin Gaye Got To Give It Up
45. '76 Silver Connection Get Up And Boogie
46. '76 Tavares Heaven Must Be Missing Angels
47. '78 Donna Summer McArthur Park
48. '76 Dr. Buzzard's Origianl Savannah Band Cherchez La Femme
49. '75 Van McCoy THE HUSTLE
50. '78 Chaka Khan I'm Every Woman
51. '74 Barry White Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
52. '79 Donna Summer Heaven Knows
53. '79 Blondie Heart Of Glass
54. '78 Earth Wind And Fire September
55. '75 Harold Melvin Bad Luck
56. '76 Rose Royce Carwash
57. '74 Gloria Gaynor Never Can Say Goodbye
58. '76 KC & The Sunshine Band Shake Your Booty
59. '79 Donna Summer On The Radio
60. '76 Abba Dancing Queen
61. '77 Odyssey Native New Yorker
62. '79 Gonzalez Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet
63. '77 Chic Everybody Dance
64. '79 Donna Summer Dim All The Lights
65. '79 Dan Hartman Vertigo/ Relight My Fire
66. '74 Carol Douglas Doctor's Orders
67. '77 Village People San Francisco/Hollywood
68. '77 Bee Gees Jive Talkin'
69. '78 Peaches & Herb Shake Your Groove Thing
70. '79 Diana Ross The Boss
71. '79 G.Q. Disco Nights
72. '75 Donna Summer Love To Love You Baby
73. '79 Earth Wind And Fire Boogie Wonderland
74. '74 Barry White First, Last, My Everything
75. '79 Sylvester You Make Me Feel Mighty Real
76. '74 George McCrae Rock Your Baby
77. '78 Barry Manilow Copacabana
78. '77 Commodores Brickhouse
79. '78 Edwin Starr Contact
80. '78 Musique In The Bush
81. '79 Gibson Brothers Cuba
82. '77 Brick Dazz
83. '75 Tavares It Only Takes A Minute
84. '77 Santa Esmerelda Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
85. '76 Stevie Wonder Sir Duke
86. '79 Sister Sledge He's The Greatest Dancer
87. '77 Andy Gibb I Just Wanna Be Your Everything
88. '78 Cerrone Supernature
89. '77 Love & Kisses I Found Love
90. '78 Karen Young Hot Shot
91. '78 Melba Moore You Stepped Into My Life
92. '76 Candi Station Young Hearts Run Free
93. '77 T-Connection At Midnight
94. '79 Donna Summer No More Tears
95. '79 Gino Soccio Dancer
96. '73 Hues Corporation Rock The Boat
97. '76 Andrea True Conn. More, More, More
98. '76 Sylvers Boogie Fever
99. '79 Cher Take Me Home
100. '78 Michael Zager Let's All Chant
101. '77 First Choice Doctor Love
102. '78 Linda Clifford If My Friends Could See Me Now
103. '78 Dan Hartman Instant Replay

[Chelsea Press 2]

Great list! The Dan Hartman song should have been ranked much higher.

[billcs]

Excellent list! I own copies of a lot of these songs and a lot of them appear on my all time favourite dance songs listing at www.geocities.com/tunedon/alltimedance1.html and www.geocities.com/tunedon/alltimedance2.html

BTW Rock The Boat actually was a big hit in the summer of 1974. Very few people would acknowledge that disco as we know it actually started before that year, though there are a lot of songs that would provide a good argument - Sylvia's "Pillow Talk", Manu DiBangu's "Soul Makossa", "Theme From Shaft" by Isaac Hayes, "Family Affair" by Sly & The Family Stone, Barry White's "I'm Going To Love You Just A Little More Baby" and so on.

[Ace of Clubs]

What an excellent list! Two things caught my eye: 1st that "Stayin Alive" was #1 and "I Will Survive" #2. It is usually reversed but I agree with KTU on this one. 2nd that it was The Bee Gees version of "More Than A Woman" included here when Tavaras' version was a bigger hit. I prefer the Bee Gees version. Thank you for sharing this!