"Disco Lady" is a 1976 single by American singer Johnnie Taylor that went on to become his biggest hit. It spent all four weeks of April 1976 at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and six weeks atop the Billboard R&B chart in the U.S.Billboard Hot 100, Week of April 24, 1976 – Billboard.com. Retrieved May 13, 2023. It was also the first single to be certified platinum by the RIAA; ultimately it sold over 2.5 million copies. Billboard ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1976, while Cashbox had it as the year's No. 1 song.Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
The single was Taylor's first for Columbia Records, where he signed after his long-time label, Stax Records, went bankrupt. The song was produced by Taylor's long-time producer, Don Davis.[ Disco Lady song review], Allmusic.com Among the guests on the song were four members of Parliament-Funkadelic: bassist Bootsy Collins, keyboardist Bernie Worrell, guitarist Glenn Goins, drummer Tiki Fulwood, and background vocals by BRANDYE (Cynthia Douglas, Donna Davis, Pamela Vincent).
"Disco Lady" was the first Hot 100 No. 1 hit with the word "disco" in the title (though the song was a ballad and not a disco record). The single also reached No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart.
In the finale of The Paul Lynde Halloween Special, broadcast in October 1976, Paul Lynde and the entire cast sing Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" (gender-neutralized to "Disco Baby").
It earned Taylor his second Grammy Award nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
In 1998, a remake of the song "Disco Lady 2000" (along with a "radio slam" remix) can be heard on the album Taylored to Please released by Malaco Records.
Chart history
Weekly charts Chart (1976)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)42Canada RPM Top Singles14New Zealand (RIANZ)Flavour of New Zealand, 16 July 19766UK25U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - 1U.S. Billboard R&B1U.S. Cash Box Top 100Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 17, 19761
Year-end charts Chart (1976)RankCanada 131New ZealandNew Zealand End Of Year Charts 197621U.S. Billboard Hot 100Musicoutfitters.com3U.S. Cash Box Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 19761
All-time charts Chart (1958-2018) PositionU.S. Billboard Hot 100266
Certifications
References
External links Lyrics of this song