Disco Lady

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"Disco Lady"
Single by Johnnie Taylor
from the album Eargasm
B-side"You're the Best Girl in the World"
ReleasedJanuary 1976
Recorded1975
Genre
Length4:02 (Promo Version) 4:28 (Album Version)
Don Davis
Producer(s)Don Davis
Johnnie Taylor singles chronology
"Try Me Tonight"
(1975) 		"Disco Lady"
(1976) 		"Somebody's Gettin' It"
(1976)

"Disco Lady" is a 1976 single by American singer Johnnie Taylor that went on to become his biggest hit. It spent all four weeks of April 1976 at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and six weeks atop the Billboard R&B chart in the U.S.[3] It was also the first single to be certified platinum by the RIAA;[4] ultimately it sold over 2.5 million copies.[5] Billboard ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1976; Cash Box had it the year's No. 1 song[6]

The single was Taylor's first for

background vocals by BRANDYE
(Cynthia Douglas, Donna Davis, Pamela Vincent).

"Disco Lady" was the first Hot 100 No. 1 hit with the word "disco" in the title, although it is not a disco song. The single also reached No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart.[8]

In the finale of the 1976, The Paul Lynde Halloween Special, Paul Lynde and the entire cast sing Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" (gender-neutralized to "Disco Baby").[9]

It earned Taylor his second

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
.

In 1998, a remake of the song "Disco Lady 2000" (along with a "radio slam" remix) can be heard on the album Taylored to Please released by Malaco Records.

Chart history

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[21] Gold 75,000^
United States (RIAA)[22] Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (August 26, 2019). "The Number Ones: Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 28, 2023. But Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" wasn't a disco song. Instead, it was a sweaty, swampy soul-groove.
  2. ISBN 031214704X
    .
  3. ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of April 24, 1976 – Billboard.com. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "History Of The Awards". RIAA.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  5. ISBN 0142004081
    . Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  6. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
  7. ^ Disco Lady song review, Allmusic.com
  8. ^ "Official Charts - Johnnie Taylor". officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company. 1976-04-24. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  9. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1qFfItfnXY
  10. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  11. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-06-12. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  12. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 16 July 1976
  13. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1976-04-24. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  14. ^
    ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  15. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 17, 1976
  16. ^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  17. ^ New Zealand End Of Year Charts 1976
  18. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  19. ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1976
  20. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Johnnie Taylor – Disco Lady". Music Canada. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  22. ^ "American single certifications – Johnnie Taylor – Disco Lady". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

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