So you have them in your collection but you don't know what they are?

Yeah I'm lost too.

Name 120,000 songs, mark get set go..

I can name quite a few, but i cant name 2 hours worth. So I am curious to see if there is some favs out there that i havent thought of

One of the first rules of DJing...know your music. I would Google top Disco songs and go through your library to compare what you got. I don't know how old you are but if you are old enuff you should be able to rattle the big hits off pretty easy.

en.wikipedia.org

The real stuff.
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isn't it your job to keep your library organized?

I didn't want to go there.

justayin

Seriously,Do cat's have no discretion when downloading or grabbing new files?

Delete the entire library, then rebuild it only using only tracks you know.

That should clear out about 100k tracks that are useless to you, and you won't need to ask silly questions on the Internet any more.

And here I was trying to be nice. lol

Nah, screw it.

I understand that in the Internet age mobile jocks need a lot of music, but even if they're jusr for requests, having tracks in your library that you don't know is just weak. How do you know they aren't shit quality? Or don't have swearing in? Or dont't cut off half-way through the chorus?

Part of a DJ's job is to know their library. Period.

I have an idea. Why don't you list the ones you know and we will help fill in the blanks.

I am not trying to be a dick but to me it sounds like you are a newbie dj trying to get information. If that's the case fine, just say that because your reasoning for posting this question sounds ridiculous.

Stayin Alive, intro looped for 2 hours

disco stu doesnt answer square questions

HaHaHa...

Man, I've seen some whacked out DJ's recently that have no clue what is in their music library. This thread really brought this to a head! :) I am trying to clean house myself, but thanks for the extra motivation!

Reminds me of shopping at Lowe's or Home Depot and asking some 17 yr old kid where they drywall sanders are. They just look at you like they don't have a clue, then tell you to check isle 89 while they drone off in the opposite direction!

So are you looking for cheesy commercial generic disco or are you looking for names of THEREAL SHIT ???

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Something like Black Ivory - Mainline is THE REAL SHIT (Check that break around 4:00 min mark)...

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Hamilton Bohannon- Let's Start The Dance

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Secret Weapon - "Must Be The Music"

If you don't like any of those go get the SATURDAY NITE FEVER soundtrack off iTunes and Get the fuck outta here!

I could list a whole bunch of shit but you'd have to pay me as a consultant...

That secret weapon tune is one of my faves

Real disco is one of the few genres left where cats have some real hidden gems and secret weapons, and you want us to come clean here? Nah bro. Ain't gonna happen...

+1000

If he is looking for THE REAL that shit can be right in front of his face but it depends on what he plays before and after...

R&B or disco smash hits?

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BAD LUCK HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES

Change - The Glow of Love
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I'm done - Thundercat is gonna revoke my DJ card....

if you have to dj a disco party in the ny area, email me at benny at djbennyb .com and we can do the party together and split the money

Thank you! I greatly appreciate it. You don't just do a google search and find stuff like that.

I asked here because we're all DJ's... and in general DJ's are known for helping eachother (Unless they see eachother as competition, if i lived in FL i'd be afraid of getting shot). Going to google will find all the songs that people have heard a million times. May as well say Celebration is my fav song of all time... (it's not)




That song feels like it lasts 30 minutes already...



It isnt all quality, i've had to transfer hard drives many times. when hard drives were only 60 gb, I couldnt have all of my songs as MP3's, from back then I do have some songs that were 192 bitrate. With all of the hard drive transfers as hard drives got larger, some files have popped up as corrupt. I delete as I come accross issues or low quality files.

I am curious how many people know their whole libary when it has even 20,000 songs. I'm sure you couldnt name every song that it has, even if it is organized to perfection.

My dedication is pretty simple. I typically have a song that anyone requests. If not, and I like it, I buy it.

To everyone who is helpful, thanks...

To everyone who was not, at least you cared enough to write something...

Sounds good. I'll start running some ad's right now. send me a message and lets talk prices, i'm sure I'll be able to get something.

finding 2 hours of disco is like a 15 min pop set.

I call bulshit on this. I just did a Google search and got a site with 700 of the best REAL disco songs with the three Art posted on there. And for the record...those are extremely commonly known songs...not secret weapons (pun intended)

You were lazy, wanted a hand out & got called on it. Leave it at that and stop making excuses.

Here is 100

1. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor - 1978
2. Le Freak - Chic - 1978
3. Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees - 1977
4. Super Freak - Rick James - 1981
5. Funky Town - Lipps Inc. - 1979
6. Disco Inferno - Trammps - 1976
7. YMCA - Village People - 1978
8. Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez - 1979
9. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson - 1982
10. Get Up...I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - James Brown - 1970
11. Mandolay - La Flavour - 1980
12. I Feel Love - Donna Summer - 1977
13. Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer - 1975
14. Shame - Evelyn "Champagne" King - 1977
15. I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters - 1982
16. Do You Wanna Funk - Sylvester - 1982
17. Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight - Lime - 1982
18. That's The Way I Like It - K.C. & the Sunshine Band - 1975
19. Knock On Wood- Amii Stewart - 1978
20. Night Fever - Bee Gees - 1977
21. Last Dance - Donna Summer - 1978
22. Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston - 1976
23. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - Tavares - 1976
24. Take Your Time (Do It Right) - S.O.S. Band - 1980
25. Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith - 1981
26. Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang - 1979
27. Feels Like I'm In Love - Kelly Marie - 1981
28. Celebration - Kool & the Gang - 1980
29. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson - 1979
30. Love Hangover - Diana Ross - 1976
31. Hot Stuff - Donna Summer - 1979
32. Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer - 1979
33. This Time Baby - Jackie Moore - 1979
34. Let's All Chant - Michael Zager Band - 1978
35. Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey - 1978
36. Get Down Tonight - K.C. & the Sunshine Band - 1975
37. Spank - Jimmy "Bo" Horne - 1978
38. Bad Girls - Donna Summer - 1979
39. The Hustle - Van McCoy - 1975
40. Ladies Night - Kool & the Gang - 1979
41. Macho Man - Village People - 1978
42. Turn The Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson - 1976
43. Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor - 1974
44. White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash - 1983
45. So Many Men, So Little Time - Miquel Brown - 1983
46. There But For The Grace Of God - Machine - 1979
47. The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & Bluenotes - 1973
48. Come To Me - France Joli - 1979
49. I'll Always Love My Mama - Intruders - 1973
50. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Barry White - 1974
51. Bad Luck - Harold Melvin & Bluenotes - 1975
52. I Love The Night Life-(Disco 'Round) - Alicia Bridges - 1978
53. We Are Family - Sister Sledge - 1979
54. Wishing On A Star - Rose Royce - 1978
55. It Only Takes A Minute - Tavares - 1975
56. Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango - 1973
57. Give It To Me Baby - Rick James -1981
58. Holiday - Madonna - 1983
59. Where Do We Go From Here - Trammps - 1974
60. Sugar Pie Guy - Joneses - 1974
61. Heart Of Glass - Blondie - 1978
62. You're The One For Me - "D" Train - 1981
63. Let's Start II Dance Again - Bohannon - 1981
64. Contact - Edwin Starr - 1978
65. Love Train - O'Jays - 1972
66. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - Trammps - 1972
67. Rock Your Baby - George McCrae - 1974
68. Good Times - Chic - 1979
69. Date With The Rain - Eddie Kendricks - 1972
70. Ten Percent - Double Exposure - 1976
71. More, More, More - Andrea True Connection - 1976
72. It's Raining Men - Weather Girls - 1982
73. Let's Groove - Earth Wind & Fire - 1981
74. Souvenirs - Voyage - 1978
75. Devil's Gun - C.J. & Co. - 1977
76. Think (About It) - Lynn Collins - 1972
77. Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation - 1974
78. San Francisco (medley) - Village People - 1977
79. I Love Music - O'Jays - 1975
80. Doing It To Death-Fred Wesley & J.B.'s (James Brown) - 1973
81. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester - 1978
82. Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life - Indeep - 1982
83. La La Peace Song - O.C. Smith - 1973
84. September - Earth, Wind & Fire - 1978
85. The Boss - Diana Ross - 1979
86. 1999 - Prince - 1982
87. Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman - 1979
88. Ask Me - Ecstasy. Passion & Pain - 1974
89. All My Love - L.A.X. - 1981
90. Brick House - Commodores - 1977
91. Honey Bee - Gloria Gaynor - 1973
92. I Found Love - Love & Kisses - 1977
93. Car Wash - Rose Royce - 1976
94. TSOP - MFSB featuring the Three Degrees - 1974
95. That's Where The Happy People Go - Trammps - 1976
96. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead - 1979
97. Woman - Barrabas - 1973
98. Get Off - Foxy - 1978
99. Got To Give It Up (pt. 1) - Marvin Gaye - 1977
100. Lady (You Bring Me Up) - Commodores - 1981

You're right, it is easy to find... thanks for the help...

Now, what i was asking was what some of the favs are of some of the DJ's here. thanks DJ Val-BKNY11203 for calling me out... Now that I put in 2 seconds to find what I had already looked at, I am still hoping for some favs or people around here who may have something that wouldnt be on a most popular list.

This thread delivers.

Ok. One. Just one. And I may even have to penalize myself for it (if JohnnyM doesn't come knocking at the door just to smack me first).

George Duke - I Want You For Myself
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yo free man:

your list is of the most corny, well known, and obvious disco songs.

people in here are posting deep classics like george duke and bohannon. if you are djing a party where they want to here YMCA and stayin alive... do not play george duke!!

and if you are playing a party like that i hope you are getting PAID because that gig sounds pretty horrible

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what were the search terms - curious to see that site...

link (or pm to keep it from freeman - lol)

So you have 120k Disco songs and that's why you can't find any?




What does that have to do with it? You said you have tons of Disco, yet you can't think of any, how about going through them and picking what's good? I don't care if I have 100 million songs in my library, if someone asks me to randomly play 90s Hip Hop, I'm not going to say "sorry, I have millions of songs, i won't be able to play that for you"

if this is the case, why have so many songs?

I'm sure you'll say 90s Hip Hop is easy compared to Disco, but the point is it's not a continually growing genre (excluding House/Revival stuff), you can add on to it with forgotten gems, but 1978 is still 1978, the amount of songs from other genres that have come out since then is not going to change that.

This is what happens when you hit the internet and download music from other people, you end up not knowing your own library.

There's a lot of stuff in there that's not even Disco.

think about how many blogs are dedicated only to disco

Hate to admit it, but I didn't find this one until "Barbara Streisand" came out and I searched for the sample. Glad they brought it back, nothing like discovering "new" old music..

Boney M - Gotta Go Home
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And that is why I came here for help... cause that is what google offeres as help.

Ok I'll help you.

listen to all the songs on your list and when you find stuff you like, seek out more. after months of listening, buying and researching you will be able to dj a good disco set. learn the obvious songs first, then listen to the ones suggested in this thread after.

i dont know how many of those songs you are familiar with or how old you are, but even djs who dont like or play disco know most of those songs. those are some of the biggest songs ever.

and a big part of djing is STUDYING music. youre talking to dudes who have been studying music for 10 or 20 years. And if you know house music or hip-hop, if you really know the origins, then you know disco.

i mean, i dont know why you were asking this? if its because you are djing a party THIS weekend and they asked for you to play some disco along with other stuff, just play like 3 or 4 songs and keep it moving. play a song off the off the wall album, 2 chic songs and something else.. thats the best help you can get really. if youre supposed to dj an entire set of disco, you better let someone else do it.

I'm sorry Free Man but I'm still laughing at this.





When's the last time you had to name 120, 000 songs for ANY night? On a given 4-5 hour night where you're not only playing 15 seconds of songs (something you wouldn't do with Disco) you'd only have to name 120 songs, not 120k.

When I originally read that you had already lost me so I disregarded the rest until now when I just realized...




This is only for a 2 hour night? LOL, so what... 40-50 songs maybe? Out of an astounding 120k library that should be nothing.




That's when you go through the "tons" of Disco" you already have and pick your own favs, since at that point it's not about "most popular". Throw those in with the corny list and 2 hours shouldn't be that hard to do, if it is, Disco might not be your thing.

A lot of stuff I try to never ever play.

Boney M is awesome.

The Heavy also used that same sample in How You Like Me Now

The more I see these kinds of questions, the more I wonder if anyone listens to their music anymore?

Go through you disco tracks and pick out what you like.

If you haven't labeled your disco tracks, that's on you. Spend a evening or two going through your 110 - 125 bpm tracks and pick out the disco and then label them.

Even easier, make a smart playlist in itunes or smart crate in serato and exclude genres you have tagged like "top 40" or "hip hop" and you'll have an easier list to work with.

If you don't have any of your songs tagged properly, then that's definitely your own fault.

Free Man, make sure you play "Free Man".

It was nice to see someone post this, I thought I was alone. I got the 45 stashed in my 45 collection.

Also, got the Bohannon LP in the record room.

You know this thread has been officially inducted into the "Backfired Threads" category...right?

serato.com

Just sayin.....

Oh, and that "Top 100" list is COMPLETELY BOGUS....

How you gonna NOT gonna have

Disco Nights - GQ OR Dance, Dance, Dance - Chic?

Chic INVENTED disco....

Madonna......REALLY?

White Lines? C'mon son....

Oh, and since cats are throwing out GEMS....

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The Isley Brothers - It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)...

But you BETTER not play it....

Hell, here's one...

Dude you are hilarious. If you are playing disco...they WANT the most obvious. They don't want some obscure track that's not popular.

And since you seem to be content with that list, with everything you already looked at. You should know it's shit if you don't have Cerrone or Alec Costadinos on it not once.

Just play the SalSoul greatest hits quadruple vinyl. Beware of the breakdown in Doctor Love. Also play Disco Circus by Martin Circus. This also has a EXTREMELY nasty breakdown. Can't remember if Just as Long as I Got You, by Love Committee is on that SalSoul greatest hits jawn, but it also has some hot changes and a magnificent breakdown. Glad we could do your job for you....................

Hell yeah

That is MUCH MUCH too deep for him - you should never let that cat out of the bag....

He ain't ready for that one the original is 14+ minutes... shit gets serious around 6:30 - hits orgasm at 8:18
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or he can try and find that bootleg re-edit dub... My vinyl copy had all types of skips and crackles but I still tried to play it.....

Though the thread backfired, there is some dope stuff in here. I just started learning this genre. Got into newer disco house lately and I've been wanting to learn more. This music is awesome. I was scratching my head when I saw Madonna's Holiday on that list. Had to look it up on wikipedia to see what genre that song is labeled as, and it wasn't disco.

Some big disco songs were not realeased as disco. It might have been a pop or & R&B hit that took off in the discos.

www.feelmybicep.com

FEEL MY BICEP OLD-SCHOOL DISCO FLEX.

lotta paradise garage ting and such.

MOST of the SalSoul catalog is available on Amazon as HIGH QUALITY mp3 downloads. a lot of the vinyl is up there too. Also he should play some Love Unlimited Orchestra and anything with Georgio Moroder.

Thats part of my problem... Taking so much time to sort through all the R&B to find my disco.

The stuff that comes up as disco is the stuff that is the abba and pop disco

free man: why are you asking for disco in the first place?

I have nothing to constructively add to this conversation except, no.

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My fav Disco song is pretty much a cheesy, commercial one: Watchwww.youtube.com

but much prefer this version: Watchwww.youtube.com

And I got into this one for obvious reasons: Watchwww.youtube.com

A few more:
Love Sensation - Loleatta Holloway/Salsoul Orchestra - One of the most sampled
Let Me Take You Dancing - Bryan Adams - Before they decided to market him as Rock
Rock Your Baby - George Mcrea - considered to be one of the first Disco songs

The problem is that many of these up and coming DJs did not grow up musically - they just decided one day to be a DJ. I have always been atuned to music - just in the course of growing up I knew the songs of my generation, along with 2-3 generations before me. Not that you should know every semi-obscure song from every generation, but you should be a lot more knowledgeable about music in general than the average person on the street...

Well I grew up playing this shit on my TEchs slb210, I called it disco guess I was wrong. Best thing, my auntie has all my 12" rec still in Oakland, 22nd st! Contemplating on going and getting them.

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^^ Just listened to that last one. Cool song, def has a disco sound


thanks for sharing

Great list.
I have all those on vinyl.

The first one is not Disco though.
I used to play that sucker on 45 RPM.

Unique I called it electro Disco back in my day, but what did I know.BTW Free Man 120,000 and you don't have Magnific, time to delete that HD and stard a new.....


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And this one is mine and my 12 yrd old favorite one!

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Disco like edm, open to evrybodys enterpertation of what disco is and electro is....

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and my ladies favorite:

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Great stuff Monchi.

Thanks Unique but I hate myself for giving up all of these to my aunt, Gonna have to call her soon. And this here I have at home just need to search my pile! This one I know you played@45 and then some:

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I did, but I used to play the Sixty-Nine side.
Are you from LA?

EAST LOS now Upland.

Awesome.
I live in the SF Valley.

Here's a few gems from the original wktu days

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not really

lol... you speak the truth. I have tried a few different things before, but it just takes so much time, and is a guarenteed headache. Plus i'm married, so my wife would give me a guilt trip a week past the time she found out what i was working on because she would see it as a waste of time.

You muhfuggahs are crazy...

tru dat...

I hope ya'll get paid for his gig. SMH (They fall for the same trick everytime)

you're responsible for managing your library. Don't you listen to the songs and tag them before putting them in your collection?

Nobody really gave him names of stuff he can really "Play" assuming this is just an "average" Disco theme...

He basically provided his own list...

Although I do have a gig that sparked the disco, I have been wanting to put a real disco playlist together for a long time. Some great songs above, even if i never play them at a gig, I appreciate the people who helped me out. Because I will have new (old) songs to enjoy myself that i hadn't heard before.

here's a couple more
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yes exactly. most of the stuff in this thread is for a very small amount of people.

Most of the stuff is what we would listen to if you threw a party ONLY for other dj's......

How crazy would that be????

ala dj Harvey

Just have to find the right crowd. They *do* exist...

QFT

Mmmmm hmmmmmm

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The funniest part is if they asked for disco but meant funk, show up with all this disco and they wanted funk. The hardest part about people is they "name" something but don't know what that means. I had a dancer request "latin music" at the strip club, I played "latin music" for her, but she came up to me and she meant she wanted Carlos Santana, Pitbull, shit like that.

This made me lol.

Quote fail.

The original still hits.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, it feel like WBMX in this Batch. Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettttttsssss Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Just heard Angel Eyes.

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Sorry for those who don't know WBMX played mixes all damn day in Chicago when I was growing up. HOUSE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG!

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Ok I will let you cats get back to Disco. LMAO

HOUSE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG!

Peaks in thread... Looks left looks right... Chuckles to self... Backs out of thread... Nothing to say...except evil laugh

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk it LOL

HOUSE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG!

atrain and craigmac - y'all should know this stuff better than me - my appreciation for
(club/real) disco came from you Chicago muthas...

It started with that italio disco on BMX and moved into the R&B/Soulful stuff in the clubs before House....

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Damn you a-train - I was just thinking about this song a few days ago - reminds me of Lime except funkier - Watchwww.youtube.com - U made me youtube it....

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Even though it was from a movie, I banged the sht out of it in L.A. house parties....other djs diggin for it but didn't have a clue,,,,,,this a must have

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Monchi, that is a nightly thing at spots here in the Chi. Giorgio Moroder.


Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo that's my shit. DJ Art Pumpin Payne. I don't really know a lot of disco but hear shit from when I was growing up. That brings me back to BMX.

djatrain must be nice. I was banging this when I was a youuunnnngggin. The Chase is timeless to me. I believe Moroder was a beast and ahead of the times. Its not a song its like a journey listening to The Chase. Even my 11 year old kid plays it on ocassion :)

Disco is my specialty. That is all I play. I was a disco DJ back in the 70's. I have over 70 classic disco mixes here: www.house-mixes.com some of them have a track list. My best mix is probably this one: www.house-mixes.com it is a two hour set of disco classics that is guarantee to keep the dance floor packed. If you need any help, just let me know.

i know a guy that was playing in SA around that era, ended up moving to dallas.

Is his name Greg?

Good stuff Panotaker

I just died and went to Disco Heaven. Thank you Panotaker!

Your welcome. This mix has been getting a lot of hits too www.house-mixes.com It's a little more funky, but I listed a track list.

A couple more

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this thread is timeless..

11 years later and counting. I miss the old Serato forum.