In alphabetical order, below is a list of what are likely my favourite Disco songs of the classic Disco era 1974-1981.
Some may argue – including me, that the Disco era might have started as early as 1968 with “Dance To The Music” by Sly & The Family Stone, or in 1971 with “Theme From ‘Shaft’” by Isaac Hayes, or in 1973 with “Love’s Theme” by the Love Unlimited Orchestra. For clearly the writing was on the wall many years before the Miami Disco sound of “Rock Your Baby” by George McCrae ushered Disco into the Pop charts in mid-1974.
I’ve managed to fit 101 songs into the list (thanks to a classic Donna Summer mix). Some may argue that a few of them aren’t really Disco songs because they didn’t make the national Disco chart (there’s even one release that was a Canadian club hit). I own a copy of each song but one in some shape or form. I stopped the list with 1981 since 1982 ushered in one of the most important records that transformed Pop, R&B, and Disco/Dance – Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
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| After Dark | Pattie Brooks | 1978 |
| Ain’t That Enough For You | John Davis & The Monster Orchestra | 1978 |
| Automatic Lover | Dee D. Jackson | 1978 |
| Bad Girls/Hot Stuff (12” mix) | Donna Summer | 1979 |
| Bad Luck | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes | 1975 |
| The Best Disco In Town | Ritchie Family | 1976 |
| Boogie Nights | Heatwave | 1977 |
| Born To Be Alive | Patrick Hernandez | 1979 |
| Boys Will Be Boys | Duncan Sisters | 1979 |
| Brazil | Ritchie Family | 1975 |
| Brick House | Commodores | 1977 |
| Car Wash | Rose Royce | 1977 |
| Chase | Giorgio Moroder | 1979 |
| Come To Me | France Joli | 1979 |
| Contact | Edwin Starr | 1979 |
| Daddy Cool | Boney M. | 1977 |
| Dance (Disco Heat) | Sylvester | 1979 |
| Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah) | Chic | 1977 |
| Dance With Me | Peter Brown | 1978 |
| Dancer | Gino Soccio | 1979 |
| Dazz | Brick | 1977 |
| Do It Any Way You Wanna | People’s Choice | 1975 |
| Doctor’s Orders | Carol Douglas | 1975 |
| Don’t Leave Me This Way | Thelma Houston | 1977 |
| Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | Santa Esmeralda | 1977 |
| Everybody (Get Dancin’) | Bombers | 1979 |
| Follow Me | Amanda Lear | 1978 |
| From Here To Eternity | Giorgio Moroder | 1977 |
| Get Down Tonight | K.C. & The Sunshine Band | 1975 |
| Get Off | Foxy | 1978 |
| Gimme Some Lovin’ | Kongas | 1977 |
| Got To Give It Up | Marvin Gaye | 1977 |
| The Groove Line | Heatwave | 1978 |
| He’s The Greatest Dancer | Sister Sledge | 1979 |
| Heart That Breaks The Heart | France Joli | 1980 |
| Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel | Tavares | 1976 |
| Heaven Must Have Sent You | Bonnie Pointer | 1979 |
| Hot Shot | Karen Young | 1978 |
| I Could Have Danced All Night | Biddu Orchestra | 1975 |
| I Feel Love | Donna Summer | 1977 |
| I Love The Night Life | Alicia Bridges | 1978 |
| I Love To Love | Tina Charles | 1976 |
| I Remember Yesterday | Donna Summer | 1977 |
| I Want Your Love | Chic | 1979 |
| I’ll Be Good To You | Brothers Johnson | 1976 |
| I’m Every Woman | Chaka Khan | 1978 |
| I’m On Fire | 5000 Volts | 1975 |
| If My Friends Could See Me Now | Linda Clifford | 1978 |
| Instant Replay | Dan Hartman | 1978 |
| It Only Takes A Minute | Tavares | 1975 |
| Jive Talkin’ | Bee Gees | 1975 |
| Knock On Wood | Amii Stewart | 1979 |
| Last Dance | Donna Summer | 1978 |
| Le Freak | Chic | 1978 |
| Let’s All Chant | Michael Zager Band | 1978 |
| Let’s Start The Dance | Bohannon | 1978 |
| Like An Eagle | Dennis Parker | 1979 |
| Love And Desire | Arpeggio | 1979 |
| Love Hangover | Diana Ross | 1977 |
| Love’s Unkind | Donna Summer | 1977 |
| A Lover’s Holiday | Change | 1980 |
| MacArthur Park | Donna Summer | 1978 |
| Mandalay | La Flavour | 1980 |
| More More More | Andrea True Connection | 1976 |
| More Than A Woman | Bee Gees | 1978 |
| Movin‘ | Brass Construction | 1976 |
| My Baby’s Baby | Liquid Gold | 1979 |
| My Love Is Music | Space | 1979 |
| Native New Yorker | Odyssey | 1977 |
| Night Fever | Bee Gees | 1978 |
| No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) | Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer | 1979 |
| Now That We Found Love | Third World | 1979 |
| Pull Up To The Bumper | Grace Jones | 1981 |
| Queen Of Clubs | K.C. & The Sunshine Band | 1976 |
| Rasputin | Boney M. | 1979 |
| Rock With You | Michael Jackson | 1980 |
| Rock Your Baby | George McCrae | 1974 |
| Romeo & Juliet | Alec R. Costandinos | 1978 |
| Sexy | MFSB | 1975 |
| Star Love | Cheryl Lynn | 1979 |
| Stayin‘ Alive | Bee Gees | 1978 |
| Strawberry Letter 23 | Brothers Johnson | 1977 |
| Sunset People | Donna Summer | 1979 |
| Supernature | Cerrone | 1977 |
| T.S.O.P. | MFSB | 1974 |
| Take Your Time (Do It Right) | S.O.S. Band | 1980 |
| There But For The Grace Of God Go I | Machine | 1979 |
| This Time Baby | Jackie Moore | 1979 |
| Tragedy | Bee Gees | 1979 |
| Turn The Beat Around | Vicki Sue Robinson | 1976 |
| Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone | Manhattan Transfer | 1980 |
| Up In A Puff Of Smoke | Polly Brown | 1975 |
| Warm Leatherette | Grace Jones | 1980 |
| Weekend Two Step | THP Orchestra | 1979 |
| Which Way Is Up | Stargard | 1977 |
| Whispering/Cherchez La Femme/ Se Si Bon | Dr. Buzzard’s Original “Savannah” Band | 1976 |
| You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) | Sylvester | 1978 |
| You Should Be Dancing | Bee Gees | 1976 |
| Young Hearts Run Free | Candi Staton | 1976 |
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