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Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music that that had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, psychedelic and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. While disco was a form of black commercial pop music and a craze among black gay men...
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Midnight Express
Midnight Express is a 1978 Alan Parker film based on Billy Hayes' book of the same name adapted into screenplay by Oliver Stone. Hayes was a young American student sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey. The movie...
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- 1978
Austin Powers: Goldmember
Austin Powers in Goldmember, released in 2002, is the third film of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. The movie was directed by Jay Roach, and co-written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers. Myers also plays the roles...
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- Jul 16, 2002
Leif Garrett
Leif Garrett is the debut studio album by American singer-actor Leif Garrett, released on 1977 by Atlantic. He recorded this album and released it at age 15.
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- 1977
Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band is the debut funk album by Bootsy's Rubber Band, released in April 1976 (see 1976 in music). The album was released by Warner Bros. Records. The album was recorded around the same time as Parliament's ...
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- Apr 1976
Thriller
Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The album was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall. Thriller...
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- Nov 30, 1982
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- 2,547.507 s (42.45845 min )
Fame
"Fame" is a pop song written by Michael Gore (music) and Dean Pitchford (lyrics) that was released in 1980 and achieved chart success as the theme song to the Fame film and TV series. The song was performed by Irene Cara, who played the role of Coco...
JT
JT is singer-songwriter James Taylor's ninth album, and his first album for Columbia Records. Released in 1977, it contains hit singles in "Handy Man" and "Your Smiling Face" and was Taylor's highest charting album since Mud Slide Slim and the Blue...
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- Jun 1977
Discovery
Discovery is the second studio album by the French house duo Daft Punk, released on March 13, 2001. It marks a shift in the sound from Chicago house, which they were previously known for, to disco, post-disco and synthpop-inspired house.
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- Feb 26, 2001
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- 3,660.293 s (61.00488 min )
Thunder in My Heart
Thunder in My Heart is the fifth album by the English singer-songwriter, Leo Sayer, and was released in 1977.
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- Oct 1977
Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer is the self-titled sixth album by English singer-songwriter Leo Sayer, and released in 1978.
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- Sep 1978
Here
Here is the seventh original album by the English singer-songwriter, Leo Sayer, and was released in 1979.
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- Mar 1979
Xanadu
The soundtrack to the 1980 movie Xanadu featured songs on side one of the album written by John Farrar and performed by Olivia Newton-John, and songs on side two performed by the Electric Light Orchestra which were composed by lead singer Jeff Lynne...
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- Aug 1980
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- 2,492.067 s (41.53445 min )
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson is the self-titled debut album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released in 1982 by A&M; Records. Jackson's career as a recording artist was established by her father and manager Joseph Jackson, who arranged her recording...
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- Sep 21, 1982
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- 2,337.76 s (38.9627 min )
Disco Inferno
Disco Inferno is an album released by the Trammps in 1976.
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- Dec 29, 1976
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Where the Happy People Go
Where the Happy People Go is an album released by the disco and funk group The Trammps in 1976.
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- Apr 15, 1976
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The Whole World's Dancing
The Whole World's Dancing is an album released by the disco and funk group The Trammps in 1979.
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- 1979
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Slipping Out
Slipping Out is an album released by the disco and funk group The Trammps in 1980.
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- 1980
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The Trammps III
The Trammps III is an album released by the disco and funk group The Trammps in 1977.
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- Nov 10, 1977
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Beautiful.
beautiful. is the third album from Fantastic Plastic Machine. It is the follow-up to Luxury, as well as the first album after moving from Readymade Records to avex trax. beautiful. is generally regarded as one of his most critical works, signaling a...
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- Jan 17, 2001
Pac-Man Fever
Pac-Man Fever is a 1982 album recorded by Buckner & Garcia. It is also the name of the first song on that album. Each song on the album is about a different classic arcade game, and uses sound effects from that game. The album was released as an LP,...
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- 1982
Empire Burlesque
Empire Burlesque is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 23rd studio album, released by Columbia Records in June 1985.
The production techniques used on Empire Burlesque are typical of the 1980s, and contemporary critics find it to be one of the few Dylan...
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- May 30, 1985
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- 2,817.867 s (46.96445 min )
G.I.T.: Get It Together
G.I.T.: Get It Together (a.k.a. Get It Together) was the seventh official studio album by The Jackson 5, released in September 1973 for the Motown label.
During the group's last years with Motown, the label struggled to come up with material for the...
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- Sep 1973
Moving Violation
Moving Violation was the ninth and final official studio album released on Motown Records by The Jackson 5.
By the end of their six-year run in Motown, all five Jackson brothers had matured dramatically in both age and vocals: youngest member...
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- May 1975
Confessions on a Dance Floor
Confessions on a Dance Floor is the tenth studio album by American recording artist Madonna. It was released on November 15, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was a complete departure from her last studio album American Life (2003). It...
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- Nov 11, 2005
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- 3,394.747 s (56.57912 min )
Dynasty
Dynasty is a studio album by the American hard rock band Kiss. The album, and its subsequent tour, were billed as the "Return of Kiss." The band as a full unit had not released a studio album since 1977 and had not toured since the Spring of 1978....
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- May 23, 1979
Love Maniac album
Love Maniac is the first album by Maria Conchita Alonso. It was released on 1979 as a collaboration with Italo-Venezuelan producer Rudy La Scala, under the nickname of Ambar. The album was recorded in English and the songs were influenced by Donna...
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- 1979
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The Witch
The Witch is the second album by Ambar, and collaboration between actress and singer Maria Conchita Alonso and Italo-Venezuelan producer Rudy La Scala. It was released in 1980 and was their second and final collaboration together. Like its...
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- 1980
Love to Love You Baby
Love to Love You Baby is the second album by Donna Summer, and her first to be released internationally.
Summer's previous album had only been released in European countries where she had also had a couple of hit singles.
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- Aug 27, 1975
Soulsation!
Soulsation! is a 4-CD box set of music performed by the legendary Jackson 5 throughout their historic tenure in Motown spanning from 1969 to 1975 when they left for CBS Records and went on to greater success before finally breaking up in 1990....
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- 1995
ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits
ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits is a compilation album of recordings by Swedish pop group ABBA, released by PolyGram in 1992, the first compilation to be issued after the company had acquired Polar Music and thus the rights to the ABBA back catalogue. In...
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- Sep 21, 1992
House Party
House Party is a 1975 album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. Made up of vaulted songs compiled without the group's input, Otis Williams referred to the album in his Temptations autobiography as a "mismatched collection of, pardon my...
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- Nov 4, 1975
Wings of Love
Wings of Love is a 1976 album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. The album was an unsuccessful release, both commercially and critically. Wings of Love's only single, "Up the Creek (Without a Paddle)" was co-written by Sly Stone, the...
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- Mar 10, 1976
The Temptations Do the Temptations
The Temptations Do the Temptations is a 1976 album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. The album was the group's final release from its original Motown tenure; the Temptations terminated their Motown contract during the recording of...
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- Aug 16, 1976
Gloryhallastoopid
Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tail on the Funky) is a 1979 album by the funk ensemble Parliament. It was their penultimate album on the Casablanca Records label, and is another concept album which tries to explain that Funk was responsible for the...
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- 1979
Love Trilogy
A Love Trilogy is the third album by Donna Summer. It was released in the spring of 1976, just a couple of months after her international breakthrough with the single and album of the same name - "Love To Love You Baby". The boldly sexual nature of...
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- Mar 18, 1976
Génération 78 / Voilà pourquoi je chante / Ça me fait rêver
This album from Dalida, with, as special guest, Bruno Guillain, was made in 1978 and was a huge radio/club disco hit.
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- 1978
Flashdance... What a Feeling
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" is an Academy Award winning song from the 1983 film Flashdance which was performed by Irene Cara.
In addition to topping the Billboard Hot 100 and earning a platinum record in 1983, "Flashdance... What a Feeling" won...
Live at the London Palladium
Live at the London Palladium is a live double album by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released March 15, 1977 on Tamla Records. Recording sessions took place live at several concerts at the London Palladium in London, England in October of 1976, with...
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- Mar 15, 1977
The Last Days of Disco
The Last Days of Disco is a 1998 sardonic comedy and drama film written and directed by Whit Stillman and loosely based on his travels and experiences in various nightclubs in Manhattan, including Studio 54. The film concerns a group of Ivy League...
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- May 26, 1998
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Cher Gold
Gold is the sixth compilation album by American singer-actress Cher, released on March 1, 2005 by Hip-O Records. The album was only released two years after the multi-platinum The Very Best of Cher, yet it was well received by critics, and Allmusic...
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- Mar 1, 2005
Take Me Home
Take Me Home is the fifteenth album by American singer-actess Cher, released on January 25, 1979 by Casablanca Records. The RIAA certified it Gold on May 17, 1979.
Take Me Home was the first album of 1979, and was the first album released by...
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- 1979
Visionary: The Video Singles
Visionary: The Video Singles is a series of 20 of Michael Jackson's hit singles, released in Europe between February 20, 2006 and June 26, 2006, and then released in North America as a boxed set on November 14, 2006. They were preceded by One More...
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Hooked on Classics
Hooked on Classics was a series of record albums first introduced in 1981, toward the end of the disco era's peak in popularity.
Louis Clark, former arranger for Electric Light Orchestra, conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing a...
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- 1981
Global Underground 015: Darren Emerson in Uruguay
Global Underground 015: Darren Emerson, Uruguay is a DJ mix album in the Global Underground series, compiled and mixed by Darren Emerson. The mix is a retrospective look at a set at the La Morocha club in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
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- May 15, 2000
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- 4,225.787 s (70.42978 min )
Stars on Long Play
Long Play Album was the first album by the Dutch soundalike studio group Stars on 45, released on the CNR Records label in The Netherlands in 1981. In the US the album was retitled Stars On Long Play, released on Atlantic Records' sublabel Radio...
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- Mar 1981
Patti LaBelle LP
Patti LaBelle is the debut solo album for singer Patti LaBelle, released in the fall of 1977. The album is notable for not only the singer's covers of The Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You", Edwin Starr's "Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On", and Bob...
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Four Seasons of Love
Four Seasons of Love is the fourth album released by singer Donna Summer. Released in 1976, this concept album became her third consecutive successful album to be certified gold in the US. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard 200.
This was the third...
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- Oct 11, 1976
Izitso
Izitso is an album released by the British singer/songwriter Cat Stevens in 1977. After the lackluster Numbers, Izitzo – an album of pop/rock songs more in keeping with the style of Stevens' earlier 1970s albums – proved to be his comeback. The song...
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- Apr 1977
Mickey Mouse Disco
Mickey Mouse Disco is an album released by Disneyland Records in 1979. A late entry in the genre of disco, Mickey Mouse Disco included disco-fied versions of Disney classics and Disney-fied versions of disco classics. Re-released on CD in 1995, this...
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- 1979
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Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band is the debut album by disco group Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. The lead vocals where provided by Songstress and lead singer Cory Daye
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- 1976
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Anthology: The Temptations
Anthology: The Temptations is one of three greatest hits collections released by Motown Records covering the work of soul/R&B; group The Temptations. The initial release was a vinyl three-LP set issued on August 23, 1973, which covered the group's...
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Could It Be Magic
"Could It Be Magic" is a song by Adrienne Anderson and Barry Manilow. It was included on Manilow's 1973 debut album, Barry Manilow I.
Due to its popularity, it was released as a single in 1975, two years after it had originally been recorded, where...
Dance Like Nobody's Watching
Dance Like Nobody's Watching is the third (excluding rerecordings of Suburban Legends) EP of the third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. The EP was released on May 12, 2006 and is made available for sale at the band's website.
The EP cover was briefly...
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- May 12, 2006
Prisoner
Prisoner is the sixteenth studio album by American singer-actress Cher, released on October 22, 1979 by Casablanca Records. Prisoner had a more moderate success, mostly due to the dance track "Hell on Wheels".
Prisoner (initially planned to be...
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- Oct 22, 1979
KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band is the second studio album of the hugely successful disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The album contained three major hit songs—"That's the Way (I Like It)", "Get Down Tonight", and "Boogie Shoes".
This album was re...
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- 1975
Part 3
Part 3 was the fourth album released by KC and the Sunshine Band. The album contains the singles "I'm Your Boogie Man" and "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty".
This album was re-released in 1994 by Rhino as Part 3 ...And More. This reissue...
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- 1976
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Who Do Ya Love
Who Do Ya Love was an album released in 1978 by KC and the Sunshine Band. The album was released in the heat of the disco fever, but achieved little success compared to other albums by the group.
All songs were written by Harry Wayne Casey and...
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- 1978
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Do You Wanna Go Party
Do You Wanna Go Party was an album released in 1979 by KC and the Sunshine Band. The album was released with tracks representing more of a disco flavor than ever before, with the catchy and successful title track "Do You Wanna Go Party". The album...
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- 1979
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Space Cadet
Space Cadet was an album released in 1981 by KC and the Sunshine Band. The album generated fairly little success, as the band turned to more pop-focused music.
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- 1981
Everybody's Dancin'
Everybody's Dancin' was an album released by the funk band Kool and the Gang. The album was released in 1978, and failed to generate any major impact. This album is now recognized as one of two albums between the group's two periods of success. It...
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- 1978
