DISCO FOR CHILDREN

The "My First Disco Album" children's album, featuring the Kid Stuff Singers, was released as a record in 1978 by Kid Stuff Records (Kenneth J. Schwartz Records). The songs included

The television show "Soap Factory Disco" began to broadcast from Palisades Park, New Jersey in 1978 and lasted until 1980. It was syndicated to dozens of stations.

Williams Electronics, Inc. released their "Disco Fever" pinball game in August 1978.

Snoopy acted as "The World-Famous Disco Dancer" in the October 16, 1978 Peanuts comic strip.

New York City Mayor Ed Koch declared June 19-25, 1978 "Disco Week".

The following disco songs were included on the 1978 movie soundtrack "The Eyes of Laura Mars": "Native New Yorker" by Odyssey, "Shake, Shake, Shake (Shake Your Booty)" by K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and "Let's All Chant" by Michael Zager Band.

The following disco songs were included on the 1978 movie soundtrack "Thank God It's Friday": "Thank God It's Friday" by Love and Kisses, "You're the Most Precious Thing in My Life" by Love and Kisses, "After Dark" by Pattie Brooks, "Last Dance" by Donna Summer, "With Your Love" by Donna Summer, "Disco Queen" by Paul Jabara, "I Wanna Dance" by Marathon, "Leatherman's Theme" by Wright Brothers Flying Machine, "Take it to the Zoo" by Sunshine, "Sevilla Nights" by Santa Esmeralda, "Floyd's Theme" by Natural Juices, and "Love Masterpiece" by Thelma Houston.

        "Chase" and "Theme from Midnight Express" by Giorgio Moroder, as well as "War Dance" and "Mirage" by Kebekelektrik, "Dance With Me" by Chilly, "Music Drives Me Crazy" and "It Takes Me Higher" and "Wonderful Girl" and "Saturn" by Ganymed, "Forget the Timing" and "One to Choose" and "Follow Me" by Black Devil, "Twist a St. Tropez" by Telex, "Automatic Lover" by Dee D. Jackson, and "Automatic Lover" by Sylvia are techno songs. "Lovin', Livin' and Givin'" by Diana Ross could also be called techno. Claudja Barry's "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes" is heavily electronic Hi-NRG, not disco, and her songs "Love Machine" and "Take Me In Your Arms..." are also electronic dance numbers. "Keep on Dancin'" and "Let's Lovedance Tonight" by Gary's Gang, "I'm a Big Freak (R.U.1.2)" by Phreek, "Let Me Take You Dancing" by Bryan Adams, "Green-Eyed Lady" by Total Unity (a cover of Sugarloaf's hit), "Macho Disco Master" by Wild Geese, "Disco Zoo" by Adrenaline, "Disco Fever" by Zig Zag, and "Jungle D.J." by Kikrokos are also electronic dance. "'Cose There's Music in the Air" by Macho is another early electronic Hi-NRG song.
        "One Nation Under a Groove" by Funkadelic, "What You Waitin' For" by Stargard, "Which Way to a Disco" by Fuzzy Haskins, and "Was Dog A Doughnut?" by Cat Stevens are electro-funk. "The Disco Scene" by Lake Shore Drive is electro-funk-dance. "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb, "Disco Dancing" by Billy Preston, "Discomance" by the Wright Combination, "Happiness" by the Pointer Sisters, "Grease" by Frankie Valli, "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose" by Teddy Pendergrass, and "Spend a Little Time With Me" by Barbara Pennington are R&B songs. The Jacksons' "Blame it on the Boogie" and "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", Gloria Gaynor's "Anybody Wanna Party?", and Chic's "(Funny) Bone" are tracks that are more funk than disco. Other 1978 funk songs included "I'm Every Woman" and "Life is a Dance" by Chaka Khan, "Funk Encounter" by Constellation Orchestra, "Midnight Ride" by Barbara Pennington, "Disco Dancin'" by A Taste of Honey, "Disco Man" by Idris Muhammad, "Let's Go Disco" by Jimmy James, "Let's Go Disco" by The Real Thing, "Disco People" by Stargard, "Disco Ball" by Brighter Side of Darkness, "Disco Worm" by Billy Bell (William Bell Concept Band), "Disco to Go" by Brides of Funkenstein, "Disco Junction" by Side Effect, "Disco Hustle" by the Nu'rons and Co., "At the Disco" by Peace, Justice and Equality, "All Night Long" by Dexter Wansel, "Dance to the Drummer's Beat" by Herman Kelly and Life, "Groove on Down" by Dunn Pearson Jr., "Let Me Party with You (Party-Party-Party)" by Bunny Sigler, "Hi-Tension" and "British Hustle" by Hi-Tension, "Super Sporm" a.k.a. "Wonder Worm" by Captain Sky, "You Fooled Me" by Grey and Hanks, "Sun is Here" by Sun, "Get On Up (Disco Version)" by Tyrone Davis, "Agora é Moda" by Rita Lee, "Dream World" by Crown Heights Affair, and "I Like What You Do" by the Commodores. Don Ray's "Standing in the Rain", Wilbert Longmire's "Black is the Color", Quincy Jones's "Stuff Like That", Aquarian Dream's "You're a Star", "Georgy Porgy" by Toto featuring Cheryl Lynn, and Gap Mangione's "Time of the Season" are jazz-funk. "Spread Love" by Al Hudson and the Soul Partners is an excellent soulful boogie track, overall not disco but containing brief disco sections. "All Night Dancin'" by the Jacksons is very disco-flavored and up-tempo but lacks the disco beat pattern.
        "Now That We Found Love" by Third World is reggae. "Runaway Love" by Linda Clifford, "Disco Melody" by the Whispers, and "Use Ta Be My Girl" by the O'Jays are soul. "Are You Ready for Love" by Elton John starts out as a mid-tempo soul song but then in the closing section becomes a disco-beat affair; in August 2003, the re-release of "Are You Ready for Love" reached #1 on the British Pop singles chart.
        A disco influence can be detected in many of this year's pop songs, like "Shakedown Street" by the Greatful Dead, "Shake It" by Ian Matthews, "Stumblin' In" by Chris Norman and Suzi Quatro, "Love Will Find A Way" by Pablo Cruise, "Disco Crazy" by Jesse Green, "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" by Dr. Hook (#6 Pop in the USA in August 1979, #1 Pop in the U.K. in November 1979), and the rock-oriented song "Kiss You All Over" by Exile.

Disco Music released before 1978:

Disco Music released after 1978: