R And J Stone – We Do It 01/1976
Claude Francois – Tears On The Telephone 01/1976
David Ruffin – Walk Away From Love 01/1976
Wing And A Prayer Fife And Drum Corps – Baby Face 01/1976
Yvonne Fair – It Should Have Been Me 01/1976
Faith, Hope And Charity – Just One Look 01/1976
L.J. Johnson – Your Magic Put A Spell On Me 02/1976
C.W. McCall – Convoy 02/1976
St Andrews Chorale – Cloud 99 02/1976
M And O Band – Let’s Do The Latin Hustle 02/1976
Eddie Drennon And BBS Unlimited – Let’s Do The Latin Hustle 02/1976
Rainbow Cottage – Seagull 03/1976
Emmylou Harris – Here There And Everywhere 03/1976
Surprise Sisters – La Booga Rooga 03/1976
Hank Mizell – Jungle Rock 03/1976
Chris White – Spanish Wine 03/1976
Rodger Collins – You Sexy Sugar Plum (But I Like It) 04/1976
Keith Emerson – Honky Tonk Train Blues 04/1976
Eric Carmen – All By Myself 04/1976
Laurie Lingo And The Dipsticks – Convoy G.B. 04/1976
Harpo – Movie Star 04/1976
Johnnie Taylor – Disco Lady 04/1976
J.J. Barrie – No Charge 04/1976
Robin Sarstedt – My Resistance Is Low 05/1976
Mistura ft Lloyd Michaels – The Flasher 05/1976
Elvin Bishop – Fooled Around And Fell In Love 05/1976
Our Kid – You Just Might See Me Cry 05/1976
Lee Garrett – You’re My Everything 05/1976
Maureen McGovern – The Continental 06/1976
Flintlock – Dawn 05/1976
Linda And The Funky Boys – Sold My Rock ‘N’ Roll (Gave It For Funky Soul) 06/1976
Walter Murphy – A Fifth Of Beethoven 07/1976
Lou Rawls – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine 07/1976
Starland Vocal Band – Afternoon Delight 08/1976
Twiggy – Here I Go Again 08/1976
Georghe Zamfir – (Light Of Experience) Doina De Jale 08/1976
Henry Gross – Shannon 08/1976
Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson – I Need It 08/1976
Can – I Want More 08/1976
Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots – Disco Duck 09/1976
Ritchie Family – The Best Disco In Town 09/1976
Sherbet – Howzat 09/1976
Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music 10/1976
England Dan And John Ford Coley – I’d Really Love To See You Tonight 09/1976
Climax Blues Band – Couldn’t Get It Right 10/1976
Hot Blood – Soul Dracula 10/1976
Hank C. Burnette – Spinning Rock Boogie 10/1976
Kursaal Flyers – Little Does She Know 11/1976
Listen to: Hank Mizell – Jungle Rock
Walter Murphy – A Fifth Of Beethoven
Starland Vocal Band – Afternoon Delight
Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music
Climax Blues Band – Couldn’t Get It Right
Disco, baby! Boy, I do hope there’s not a new music genre that develops in the next year as a sort of reactionary backlash. Anyway, “A Fifth Of Beethoven” is great and I dare you to listen and sit still for the entirety of the song, “Afternoon Delight” is fun and I dare you not sing along during the chorus and “Play That Funky Music” is fantastic and I dare you to not get out your air guitar whilst enjoying. Climax Blues Band wasn’t a name I recognised but I’ve definitely hear “Couldn’t Get It Right” somewhere in my life and it doesn’t hurt that it’s a smooth jam. Hank Mizell is a different story though. He record “Jungle Rock” in ’58 but it didn’t take off until it appeared on bootlegs at the start of the 70’s. It was re-issued this year and made it as high as number 3 on the charts. Mizell by this time had become a preacher and had no idea this was all going on.
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