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Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X, archived from the original on 2010-03-16; Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1975—1979
Billboard began compiling the top-performing dance singles in the United States with the Disco Action chart in 1974. Premiered on the issue dated October 26, the chart ranked the popularity of songs in New York City discothèques , expanded to feature multiple charts each week which highlighted playlists in various cities such as San Francisco ...
Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the National Disco Action Top 30 chart. Premiered on the issue dated August 28, the chart ranked the popularity of singles in nightclubs across the country, based on a national survey of club disc jockeys .
[18] In 2009, VH1 ranked the song at number 37 on its list of the "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 1980s". [19] In 2018, Time Out ranked it at number 44 on its list of "The 100 best party songs". "Funkytown" expresses a simple, repetitive yearning for the pulse of a bigger city, goosed by a killer ten-note synth riff.
Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart and the Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales chart. . Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club D
These are the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and Maxi-Singles Sales number-one hits of 1996. Issue date Club Song ... Full Intention [43] [44] June 8 [45] [46]
This is a list of artists primarily associated with the disco era of the 1970s and some of their most noteworthy disco hits. Numerous artists, not usually considered disco artists, implemented some of the styles and sounds of disco music, and are also included.
Lipps Inc. started as a project of Steven Greenberg when he was a wedding DJ who wanted to try his hand at writing disco songs. He had intended to use the name Lip Sync, but it was in use by another group, so instead he chose the homophone Lipps Inc. Greenberg was the sole member of the group until he met Cynthia Johnson while auditioning singers for his song "Rock It".