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Disco Nights is the debut album by American soul/disco group GQ, released in 1979 on the Arista label. The lead single "Disco Nights (Rock Freak)" was a major crossover hit, topping the R&B chart and peaking at #12 on the pop chart. The follow-up, a cover of Billy Stewart's 1965 classic "I Do Love You", also made the R&B top 5 and the pop top ...
To overcome his lack of familiarity with the New York disco scene, Cohn combined the image of the figure outside the club with people he knew from his youth, including a gang member from the Northern Ireland city of Derry, where Cohn had grown up, and a young man he knew in England. [3] "My story was a fraud", he wrote.
They had several highly ranked singles in multiple markets (US Pop, US R&B, US Disco/Club). Their biggest hit was 1979's "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)", a single from their debut album Disco Nights , which reached #1 (for two weeks) on the R&B singles chart , #3 on the Hot Dance Club Play and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
South Beach clubs lit up the night in the 1990s. There seemed to be a venue on every block. Themed nights. Celebs. DJs and drinks. Dancing and more dancing.
"Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" is a song written by Emanuel LeBlanc, Herb Lane, Keith Crier and Paul Service and performed by American band GQ, from their 1979 debut studio album Disco Nights. [1] The song was produced by Larkin Arnold, Beau Ray and Fleming Jimmy Simpson. [ 2 ]
The origins of disco in the Black and Brown gay clubs of New York City is commonplace knowledge, but Disco sets the story in the social, political, economic, and musical context of the time. As ...
Why grown-ups are lovin' them. Kerry Justich. December 14, 2023 at 6:31 PM. McDonald's has launched the Kerwin Frost-created Happy Meal for adults. (McDonald's USA)
"Make My Dreams a Reality" is a song written and performed by GQ. It reached No. 8 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1979. [1] The song was featured on their 1979 album, Disco Nights [2] and later became the B-side to their next single, "I Do Love You".