looking at that chart,it's clear that disco had really taken over

the jam by the Jones Girls "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else"...

that was tough....

the charts don't look like this anymore that's for sure.....that was one of my favorite hobbies

looking at that Jet top 20 singles and albums weekly chart

and then watch Kasey Kasem's "America's Top 40" every saturday

those were awesome times....

Scorp said:

the jam by the Jones Girls "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else"...

that was tough....

the charts don't look like this anymore that's for sure.....that was one of my favorite hobbies

looking at that Jet top 20 singles and albums weekly chart

and then watch Kasey Kasem's "America's Top 40" every saturday

those were awesome times....

indeed this was in the days when you could listen to the radio and actually hear GOOD music...not just one or two good songs,like nowadays.

Some of these songs are still in heavy rotation, on the air and on the dance floor!

SoulAlive said:

Scorp said:

the jam by the Jones Girls "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else"...

that was tough....

the charts don't look like this anymore that's for sure.....that was one of my favorite hobbies

looking at that Jet top 20 singles and albums weekly chart

and then watch Kasey Kasem's "America's Top 40" every saturday

those were awesome times....

indeed this was in the days when you could listen to the radio and actually hear GOOD music...not just one or two good songs,like nowadays.

you're right SoulAlive

it was beautiful wasn't it...

u didn't need any money back then, even if you didn't have any (as a teenager loll), your whole day was covered......

you felt proud

what was great about it

you had a great balance

even when we had many young acts present, we had established acts, mature acts still contributing, if anything, the presence of the mature acts is what made it possible for the young acts to thrive....

even as the Jackson Five was prominent, we still had the Lou Rawls of the world gracing us

a group like G.Q......you could see how GUY patterned their act and style from those guys...

Almost every song on that list is great.

What a list. At that time, everyone out could sing, play, or both. No faking back then, or just getting by. Talent is all up and through that list.

Now, I get served some lukewarm junk, while being told it's HOT. No, I know what hot is, and that ain't it.

MadamGoodnight said:

No faking back then

There was Boney M.

vainandy said:

MickyDolenz said:

MadamGoodnight said:

No faking back then

There was Boney M.

Chile who? Are they on this list? I've never heard of them. But at least you didn't bring up some obscure polka act this time.

MadamGoodnight said:

MickyDolenz said:

There was Boney M.

Chile who? Are they on this list? I've never heard of them. But at least you didn't bring up some obscure polka act this time.

A disco group and not the real singers on the records. They did the appearances and were on the album covers. There were also several "bands" in the 1960's and 1970's that were really studio musicians and session singers where they would send out other people for the appearances. A few had Ron Dante or Toni Wine singing on the records. Shalamar originally was one of these kinds of groups. Uptown Festival became a hit, so they found some people to tour (Gary Mumford, Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel) and they became the group. They were on the 1st album cover picture. Gary does sing on some of the songs on the album, but Jody & Jeffrey are not on the album at all. Not much that happens in the music business is really new. Milli Vanilli wasn't the first front group, it's just many of the other fake groups were not on TV and did not do concerts. Obviously, The Archies could not tour, but they had a hit record.

MickyDolenz said:

MadamGoodnight said:

Chile who? Are they on this list? I've never heard of them. But at least you didn't bring up some obscure polka act this time.

A disco group and not the real singers on the records. They did the appearances and were on the album covers. There were also several "bands" in the 1960's and 1970's that were really studio musicians and session singers where they would send out other people for the appearances. A few had Ron Dante or Toni Wine singing on the records. Shalamar originally was one of these kinds of groups. Uptown Festival became a hit, so they found some people to tour (Gary Mumford, Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel) and they became the group. They were on the 1st album cover picture. Gary does sing on some of the songs on the album, but Jody & Jeffrey are not on the album at all. Not much that happens in the music business is really new. Milli Vanilli wasn't the first front group, it's just many of the other fake groups were not on TV and did not do concerts. Obviously, The Archies could not tour, but they had a hit record.

Ah! Good info. Thanks. Now I do remember the Shalamar situation.

I try to keep up, but

must have been a good music yr

Bumping this thread before it gets buried just because that was an awesome era of music. When we were experiencing it in our youth we didn't know how good we had it. I had a 8-track recorder and I used to record those songs off the radio when I was a kid. I made some awesome mixtapes, too bad I no longer have anything to play them on, lol.

redflag said:

Bumping this thread before it gets buried just because that was an awesome era of music. When we were experiencing it in our youth we didn't know how good we had it. I had a 8-track recorder and I used to record those songs off the radio when I was a kid. I made some awesome mixtapes, too bad I no longer have anything to play them on, lol.

So true